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Donald Trump hosted prominent QAnon influencer and Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Liz Crokin at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday, with photos showing the pair posing together. Ms. Crokin, who continues to fuel a baseless conspiracy theory accusing Democrats of child sex abuse, is just the latest far-right figure the former president has welcomed to his Florida club after coming under fire for meeting with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and the anti-Semitic Kanye West. last month. Wednesday’s event comes amid a week of political and legal blows for the former president. On the same day, it was revealed that a search of Mr Trump’s properties had turned up at least two classified documents in a storage unit in Florida. The documents have now been turned over to the FBI. On Tuesday, the Trump Organization pleaded guilty to all charges stemming from what prosecutors described as a sweeping, decades-long tax fraud scheme. Meanwhile, the chairman of the January 6 committee, Rep. Benny Thompson, said they would refer criminal charges to the Department of Justice. And Trump-endorsed GOP candidate Herschel Walker lost the Georgia Senate race to Democrat Raphael Warnock.
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Flynn testifies in Georgia election probe
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn appeared in a downtown Atlanta court today to testify before a grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in the state of Georgia.
Michael Flynn testifies in Georgia election probe
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn appeared in court in downtown Atlanta on Thursday to testify before a special subcommittee investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia Oliver O’Connell8 December 2022 20:28 1670530559
Trump attacks Griner’s “stupid” and “unpatriotic” prisoner swap
Former President Donald Trump criticized the prisoner swap deal that freed WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russia in exchange for arms dealer Victor Booth. Trump posted: “What kind of deal is it to trade Brittney Griner, a basketball player who openly hates our country, for the man known as ‘The Merchant of Death’ who is one of the biggest arms dealers in the world. , and responsible for tens of thousands of deaths and horrific injuries. Why was ex-Marine Paul Whelan not included in this completely one-sided transaction? They would have left him out for the sake of it. What a “stupid” and unpatriotic embarrassment for the USA!!!” Mr Whelan was charged with espionage and arrested in Russia in December 2018. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison in June 2020 — during the Trump administration. Oliver O’Connell8 December 2022 20:15 1670529959
Unlike her brothers and father, Ivanka Trump’s finances are no longer under judicial oversight
Donald Trump’s eldest daughter will no longer have her business finances overseen by a court-appointed monitor to prevent the Trump Organization from lying to banks or insurance companies or hiding assets from the N.Y. Attorney General York, Letitia James, while her fraud lawsuit against the ex-President’s namesake company is in court. According to court documents, Ivanka Trump is now exempt from a Nov. 4 court order requiring the former president, his family and his companies to “sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of non-cash assets” listed in “financial statements. condition’ which were the focus of Ms James’ inquiry and required a court-appointed monitor to ensure that any financial statements or asset valuations submitted by the company were accurate. Andrew Feinberg has the details. Oliver O’Connell8 December 2022 20:05 1670528159
Watch: Trevor Noah mocks Donald Trump’s ‘genius’ management of the Trump Organization
Trevor Noah mocks Donald Trump’s ‘genius’ management of the Trump Organization
Daily Show host Trevor Noah lashed out at Donald Trump following the news that the Trump Organization had been found guilty of tax fraud. The former president’s company was convicted on Tuesday, December 6, of helping its top executives avoid taxes on off-the-books perks such as Manhattan apartments and luxury cars. Neither Trump nor his family members were on trial. Noah joked that Trump would “go to jail,” not as an inmate, but to visit “the underdogs” who “did this without his knowledge or permission.” Sign up for our newsletters. Oliver O’Connell8 December 2022 19:35 1670527019
The January 6 committee will meet on Sunday for criminal referrals
Jan. 6 committee chairman Bennie Thompson says the committee plans to meet Sunday to discuss criminal referrals. There will be no announcement of who will be the subject of the referrals until the next hearing when they release their final report. Oliver O’Connell8 December 2022 19:16 1670526359
After Warnock’s victory, Georgia becomes a battleground in 2024
After Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s runoff victory, Georgia Democrats are embracing — and Republicans are grudgingly accepting — the state’s transition from GOP stronghold to top battleground as the political calendar turns to the 2024 presidential cycle.
Warnock’s win makes it official: Georgia is ’24 battleground
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s new victory has Georgia Democrats embracing — and Republicans begrudgingly accepting — the state’s transition from GOP stronghold to primary battleground as the political calendar turns to the 2024 presidential cycle Oliver O’Connell8 December 2022 19:05 1670524559
ICYMI: Rep. Gossard Deletes Tweet Supporting Trump’s Call To End Constitution
Mr. Gosar initially supported Trump’s insistence that the Constitution be terminated because Twitter limited the reach of Hunter Biden’s “scandal” during the 2020 presidential campaign. Abe Asher reports how the lawmaker then appeared to change his mind. Oliver O’Connell8 December 2022 18:35 1670522759
Don Jr. Launches Attack on Biden for Freeing Brittney Griner
Donald Trump Jr. bemoaned WNBA star Brittney Griner’s trade deal with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in a series of tweets Thursday morning, echoing some of his father Donald Trump’s favorite talking points about Biden’s negotiating skills. Oliver O’Connell8 December 2022 18:05 1670520956
What the Georgia Senate result means for Trump
As another Trump pick for the Senate fails to win, Sean O’Grady looks at what that might mean for the former president going forward. Oliver O’Connell8 December 2022 17:35 1670518723
Trump’s lawyer confirms she will represent him in a rape lawsuit
Donald Trump is facing a new lawsuit from E. Jean Carroll, an author who has long accused him of assaulting and raping her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, and of defaming her by claiming she is a “fraud” the claim. With the court proceedings under way, a judge warned Trump and his legal team that they needed to clarify which of his motley crew of various well-known lawyers would actually represent him in the case. And now, finally, it’s clear who will step up to the plate: Alina Habba, who has become a key figure in the Mar-a-Lago documents saga thanks to her many public statements about the Justice Department’s investigation into Mr. .Trump. accumulation of documents. While the statute of limitations for the alleged incident has expired, a new law in effect in New York state means that people who didn’t or couldn’t file lawsuits over alleged abuse now have the chance to do so whenever they say it happened. Ms. Carroll took advantage of the law as soon as it was implemented. Read more about Ms Carroll’s legal action below. Andrew Naughtie8 December 2022 16:58
