Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) argument that she changed the precedent on impeachment inquiries is “hogwash.” “That’s hogwash. I mean, it’s ridiculous and I don’t know why the press keeps repeating it,” Pelosi said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” when asked about McCarthy’s claim. “The fact is, we…
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Former President Trump led former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley by 28 points in a new poll of likely 2024 Republican primary voters in her home state. In a Monmouth University-Washington Post poll released Thursday, 46 percent of likely GOP primary voters in South Carolina said they plan to vote for Trump in the February…
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A federal appeals court has agreed to expedite consideration of former President Trump’s argument that he has absolute presidential immunity from a defamation lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. The ruling will likely enable the court to weigh in on the issue before Carroll is set to take Trump to trial in January over…
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The Hatch Act rescued the prosecutions of Mark Meadows and Donald Trump. Slatesource
Former President Trump railed against the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), arguing that “RINOS” — or “Republican in name only” — are attempting to undo Paxton’s reelection last fall. “Texas Attorney General Paxton was easily re-elected last November, but now establishment RINOS are trying to undo that Election with a shameful impeachment…
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Former President Donald Trump is pictured here at the Trump National Golf Club on Aug. 13, 2023, in Bedminster, New Jersey. (Mike Stobe / Getty Images) (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday reacted for the first time on camera to the Georgia indictment that accuses him of being the head of a “criminal enterprise” to…
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Count one of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Aug. 1 indictment of Donald Trump alleges that he used “knowingly false” claims of election fraud in a conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. To help prove Trump’s guilt, prosecutors will seek to demonstrate that Trump knew his fraud claims were false. There are strong reasons…
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Former President Trump seeks to separate President Biden’s numerical age from the question of his fitness for highest office, according to a new interview set to air on Thursday. “Age is interesting because some people are very sharp, and some people do lose it, but you lose it at 40 and 50, also,” Trump said…
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.FILE – A Transportation Security Administration agent signals for the next airline passenger in line at a security checkpoint in Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Friday, May 26, 2023. On Aug. 25, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming TSA managers were told on Aug. 15…
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AdvertisementSupported byJudge Aileen Cannon’s order did not specify where the former president could discuss the classified material but suggested it should not be Mar-a-Lago.By Alan FeuerFor the past few weeks, lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump and federal prosecutors have been arguing about a touchy subject: Should Mr. Trump, accused of mishandling classified documents,…
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Trump, Meadows offer quid pro quo on speedy trial to sever Georgia election case from co-defendants CNBC Trump waives right to speedy trial as Georgia prosecutor seeks to try him with 18 others next month The Associated Press Why would defendants in Donald Trump’s Georgia case want to move to federal court? USA TODAY source
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Trump set for ‘Meet the Press’ interview Sunday as Kristen Welker takes over as moderator CNNsource
Exclusive: Two Trump lawyers considered a ‘murder-suicide pact’ where one would resign if the other was firedDonald Trump’s legal team for months has weathered deep distrust and interpersonal conflict that could undermine its defense of the former president as the criminal investigation into his handling of classified documents and obstruction of justice at Mar-a-Lago nears…
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America's election cycle is topsy-turvy. What would normally be down is up – at least as far as the two main candidates and their popularity goes. The number of criminal charges against Donald Trump keeps stacking up – but so do his poll numbers in the Republican primary and his pile of campaign money. The…
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By Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer In his new documentary “Superpower,” Sean Penn assesses Ukraine’s ongoing war with Russia and the meaning of the word “freedom” in a world gone mad. He’s also revisits his own past with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, a moment that Penn calls a dark memory from decades before he would…
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Exclusive: Pelosi defends Trump impeachment approach in face of GOP inquiry into Biden CNNsource
Trump encouraged House GOP’s launch of Biden impeachment inquiry CNNsource
The difference between the flawed former mayor of Washington, D.C., and the feckless former president is vast, but I understand Trump’s cultlike following because I used to love Marion Barry.
Trump lawyers negotiating with Fulton County DA over details of surrender, sources say CNNsource
Timothy Snyder explained why the Russian president wants Donald Trump back in the White House.
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) – Former President Donald Trump will visit the Summerville area in less than two weeks.Trump will speak at Sportsman Boats on Sept. 25, according to his website. The former president is set to speak at 3 p.m. and doors will open at noon, his website states.Tickets are available on a first-come, first-serve…
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The White House is warning against so-called MAGAnomics, referring to former President Trump’s economic agenda, to tout President Biden’s economic agenda. The president is traveling to Maryland Thursday to give a speech on the so-called Bidenomics, and the White House shared in a memo ahead of that to argue that the president and former president’s…
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Hunter Biden walks to the motorcade after arriving at Fort McNair, after U.S. President Joe Biden spent the weekend at Camp David, in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) – The lawyers of U.S. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against an…
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MSNBC host shows how the former White House chief of staff was the “quarterback” of the fake electors plot.