Month: January 2024

A chronicle of Donald Trump's Crimes or Allegations

Revealed: Trump allies behind January 6 also leading Biden impeachment, says watchdog – The Guardian US

Exclusive: Report says former president’s loyalists in the House, including Mike Johnson and Jim Jordan, continue to push 2020 election liesThe attempted US coup of 6 January 2021, never ended, according to a watchdog report, since the same Donald Trump allies behind that insurrection are now leading a sham impeachment effort against Joe Biden.The report,…
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Illinois voters file petition to remove Trump from Republican primary ballot – The Guardian US

State joins more than a dozen others in their requests, following Colorado and Maine barring former president from their ballotsVoters in Illinois have filed a petition to remove Donald Trump from the state’s Republican primary ballot, echoing efforts in other states to bar the former president from returning to the White House over his role…
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Chris Christie Apologizes for Previously Backing Trump, Who He Now Believes Will “Burn America to the Ground” – Vanity Fair

Chris Christie Apologizes for Previously Backing Trump, Who He Now Believes Will “Burn America to the Ground”  Vanity Fairsource

'Terrible': GOP strategist reacts to Trump attorney's remark on Fox News – CNN

‘Terrible’: GOP strategist reacts to Trump attorney’s remark on Fox News  CNNsource

Trump's Businesses Got Millions From Foreign Governments While He Was President – The Wall Street Journal

Trump’s Businesses Got Millions From Foreign Governments While He Was President  The Wall Street Journalsource

Michael Cohen accidentally gave his lawyer fake citations, court filing says – The Guardian US

Former Trump lawyer says he used AI program Google Bard and blames his lawyer for not fact-checking himMichael Cohen, the former attorney and fixer for ex-president Donald Trump, said in a newly unsealed court filing that he accidentally gave his lawyer fake legal citations that were made up by an artificial intelligence program.In a sworn…
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Raskin: Trump has fulfilled ‘worst fears and nightmares’ of founders with foreign spending at businesses

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, joined MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Friday to discuss Democrats’ recent report that former President Trump’s businesses took in at least $7.8 million from foreign entities in 20 countries while he was in the White House. “The founders of our Constitution were terrified that presidents…
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Jeffrey Epstein: Court documents rev up interest in elite social circle – The Associated Press

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Unsealed court records offer new detail on old sex abuse allegations against Jeffrey Epstein.Read more about the documents here: bit.ly/3NTw8USFILE – This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. Social media is abuzz with news that a judge is…
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Live updates: The latest on the 2024 primary campaign – CNN

Live updates: The latest on the 2024 primary campaign  CNNsource

Biden hits the stump as Team Trump floods Iowa in unofficial 2024 kickoff – CNN

Biden hits the stump as Team Trump floods Iowa in unofficial 2024 kickoff  CNNsource

Allred: ‘Whatever Happens, I Love You’

Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) recalls texting his wife from the House floor during the Jan. 6 attack.

Trump won't tell hush-money DA of any blame-the-lawyers defense plans – Business Insider

Jump to Donald Trump’s hush-money prosecutors have asked a Manhattan judge to force him to reveal by February 12 whether he’ll mount an advice-of-counsel defense when the case goes to trial six weeks later.In such a defense, Trump would claim to jurors that he can’t be held responsible for allegedly falsifying business documents to hide…
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McGovern: ‘What Evil Looks Like’

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass) describes what he saw as he and fellow lawmakers fled the House floor on Jan. 6.

Democrats Urge Clarence Thomas To Recuse Himself In Trump Ballot Case

Virginia Thomas, the conservative justice’s wife, has worked to keep Trump in office.

Jacobs: ‘There’s Going To Be Someone With a Machine Gun’

Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) describes her fears during the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Kuster: ‘Just Make Good Decisions’

Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) describes what she told herself as Jan. 6 attackers tried to enter the House chamber.

Trump's odd Jan. 6 defense: It was the Russian interference – The Mercury News

Today's e-EditionGet Morning Report and other email newsletters Get Morning Report and other email newslettersToday's e-Edition Trending: By Katelyn Polantz | CNNMuch of Donald Trump’s legal strategy in his federal 2020 election interference case has, so far, centered around trying to delay the start of his March trial until after the November presidential election.But in…
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DeSantis says 'Democrats want Trump': 5 town hall takeaways – USA TODAY

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis was once thought to be the person who could take the GOP nomination from Donald Trump, but as of late the Florida governor is struggling to keep hold of second place.DeSantis has been eclipsed in some surveys by former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who has turned the heads of…
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Trump Ballot Challenges Advance, Varying Widely in Strategy and Sophistication – The New York Times

Trump Ballot DecisionsAdvertisementSupported byDonald J. Trump’s eligibility for the presidential ballot has been challenged in more than 30 states, but only a handful of those cases have gained traction so far.By Jenna Russell, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Mitch SmithJenna Russell reported from Concord, N.H.John Anthony Castro, a 40-year-old Texan, long-shot Republican presidential candidate and the most prolific…
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House Report Reveals Trump Received $8M in Foreign Payments as President – Truthout

Republicans are seeking to impeach Biden over foreign government payments they have no evidence of.House Republicans have spent the last year desperately trying to impeach President Joe Biden over claims, for which they have produced zero evidence, that Biden has received payments from foreign governments while not in office. A new bombshell analysis reveals, however,…
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Now is a terrible time for a nanny tax on electric vehicles

In an amazing turn of events, according to news reports, the Biden White House is exploring the possibility of raising the prices Americans pay for Chinese-made electric vehicles.  EVs, of course, are the type of automobile the administration would otherwise prefer that we Americans buy. Included in this new policy would be shipments from Tesla’s Shanghai plant…
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Pelosi: Threat to democracy is ‘real, present, and urgent’

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) warned of a “real, present, and urgent” threat to America’s democracy in an op-ed in The Atlantic on Friday, marking three years since the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Pelosi, who was Speaker at the time of the insurrection, detailed her experience attempting to certify President Biden’s victory,…
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Trump faces new 14th Amendment challenge in Massachusetts

A group of voters including the former mayor of Boston filed a challenge to former President Trump’s ballot qualifications in Massachusetts Friday, claiming he should be barred from the ballot due to the 14th Amendment. Free Speech for People, the same organization which pushed for 14th Amendment challenges in Minnesota, Michigan, Oregon, and Illinois, organized…
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Haley features conservative general’s endorsement in New Hampshire ad

Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley promoted a prominent conservative military officer in her latest GOP presidential campaign ad targeted at New Hampshire voters, just weeks from the Granite State primary. Gen. Don Bolduc was the GOP nominee for the New Hampshire Senate seat in 2022, but maintains his reputation as a…
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Trump Wants Prosecutors Held in Contempt in Federal Election Case – The New York Times

Trump Federal Election CaseAdvertisementSupported byThe former president’s lawyers sought to have Jack Smith and two deputies explain why they should not be held in contempt of court for taking new steps in the case after it was put on hold.By Alan FeuerLawyers for former President Donald J. Trump said on Thursday that they want the…
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