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They knew. They all knew. Today’s hearing focused on Donald Trump, John Eastman, and his allies’ effort to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the results of the 2020 election on January 6. According to testimony, key players in Trump’s inner circle — including Trump and Eastman themselves — knew that Pence overturning the election would be illegal, but pushed him to do it anyway. In other words, they knowingly launched an illegal attempted coup. The two in-person witnesses today were Pence’s former counsel Greg Jacob and retired federal judge Michael Luttig. Luttig is a well-respected conservative legal icon; so much so, he’s been considered for a Supreme Court nomination in the past. Ted Cruz and John Eastman were clerks for Luttig, and Pence reached out to Luttig ahead of January 6 for advice. Luttig advised that he did not have the authority to overturn the election. The hearing today went on to outline a damning timeline of events that would’ve read like a … [Read more...] about What we just heard about Trump, Pence and Giuliani on January 6th was beyond the worst-case scenario

The National Rifle Association has accepted contributions from at least 23 Russia-linked donors since 2015, the gun rights group revealed in a letter addressed to Congress. The admission came after Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, prodded the NRA as part of an investigation into what political organizations may have been used by Russia to influence the 2016 election in favor of Donald Trump. The money totaled $2,500, with most of it coming from subscriptions or membership dues, according to the letter, which was released Wednesday and first reported on by NPR . About $525 of that money came from "two individuals who made contributions to the NRA," wrote John Frazer, the general counsel for the gun rights group. The 23 people "may include U.S. citizens living in Russia," the NRA said. Kremlin-linked politician Alexander Torshin, a "life member" of the NRA since 2012, was among the list of donors, but Frazer said the organization was "currently reviewing our … [Read more...] about NRA admits accepting money from 23 Russia-Linked donors

Mike Pence's wife was forced to draw the curtains to conceal the then-vice president's whereabouts after a violent mob came within 40ft of him during the Capitol riot last year, it emerged on Thursday. The then-vice president was targeted by Donald Trump's supporters on January 6, 2021 after failing to heed his demand to halt the certification of Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election. The real and immediate danger to Mr Pence's life was revealed by the congressional committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack in grim detail on Thursday. In a live televised hearing, the committee outlined a plot by some of the rioters "to kill Mr Pence if given a chance". The plot was detailed to the FBI by a confidential informant in the far-right Proud Boys group. The Jan 6 Committee also shed new light on Mr Trump's efforts to pressure his vice president to use his ceremonial role to prevent the certification of Mr Biden's win in Congress. In one phone call, Mr … [Read more...] about Mike Pence and wife hid from pro-Trump mob shouting ‘hang’ him during Capitol riot

Former vice president Mike Pence offered his strongest rebuke yet of Donald Trump, calling his attempt to overturn the election “unAmerican” and in doing so pitting himself against the Republican Party. Mr Pence directly took on Mr Trump's claim that the former governor of Indiana had the unilateral power to prevent President Joe Biden from taking office by blocking congressional certification of the results. "President Trump is wrong," Mr Pence told a crowd at the Federalist Society in Florida on Friday. "I had no right to overturn the election. And frankly, there is no idea more unAmerican than the notion that any one person could choose the American president. Under the Constitution, I have no right to change the outcome of our election.” In a rambling statement issued in response, the 75-year-old former president refrained from attacking Mr Pence but said “I was right and everyone knows it.” Mr Pence had until now largely stayed quiet about Mr Trump’s role in the … [Read more...] about Mike Pence calls Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn election ‘unAmerican’ in rare attack

During meetings with some political advisers at his Mar-a-Lago estate this year, former US President Donald Trump regularly posed a question: "What's a tougher issue, abortion or guns?" In a two-day span this week, a Supreme Court whose makeup was dramatically shifted to the right during Trump's presidency gave his supporters significant wins on two seismic issues. Most dramatically, there was the overturning of Roe v Wade , culminating a 49-year crusade from the Republican Party (GOP) to discard the decision protecting the right to abortions , but also the knockdown of a gun control law in New York . Both decisions were 6-to-3, with the three justices appointed by Trump casting the decisive votes. Both gun control and abortion are issues that are likely to reshape and inject vigour into the 2022 midterm elections and the 2024 presidential race - and give Trump signature victories to reanimate his supporters, while driving out his biggest foes in droves. So far, the 2022 … [Read more...] about Donald Trump publicly praises Roe v Wade’s repeal, but privately frets about impact

Donald Trump rebuffed his own security’s warnings about armed protesters in the January 6 rally crowd and made desperate attempts to join his supporters as they marched to the Capitol, according to dramatic new testimony Tuesday before the House committee investigating the 2021 insurrection. Cassidy Hutchinson, a little-known former White House aide, described an angry, defiant president that day who was trying to let armed protesters avoid security screenings at a rally that morning to protest his 2020 election defeat and who later grabbed at the steering wheel of the presidential SUV when the Secret Service refused to let him go to the Capitol. And when the events at the Capitol spiraled toward violence, with the crowd chanting to “Hang Mike Pence,” she testified that Trump declined to intervene. Trump “doesn’t think they’re doing anything wrong,” Hutchinson recalled hearing from her boss, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Hutchinson’s explosive, … [Read more...] about Ex-White House aide says Donald Trump knew Capitol rioters were armed in explosive testimony

Former Vice President Mike Pence received a standing ovation after he delivered a speech to a controversial Iranian dissident group once considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. Pence had travelled more than 5,000 miles to address the People's Mujahedeen of Iran (MEK) in Albania, where the fringe group is now based following its exile from its native country. During his talk, Pence hit out at the "brutality" of the Tehran regime, as well as urging the Biden administration not to renew an Iran nuclear deal which the U.S. withdrew from under Donald Trump 's presidency. While considered a cult with no real support in Iran, a number of high-profile figures from both parties in Washington D.C. have long considered the MEK a real democratic alternative to Iran's current rulers. "No oppressive regime can last forever. For inside every human heart is an unquenchable fire that burns to be free," Pence said. "Just as the Soviet Union collapsed under the weight of its own … [Read more...] about Mike Pence gets standing ovation at ex-terrorist group’s rally

Hours after a mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh that killed at least 11 people, President Donald Trump gave a political speech at the Future Farmers of America Convention. During the speech, Trump, unprompted, discussed how his hair was ruined earlier in the day when he had to stand outside in the rain by Air Force One answering questions about the shooting. "By the way, somebody just said your hair looks different today," Trump said in Indianapolis. "I was standing under the wing of Air Force One doing a news conference earlier this morning, a very unfortunate news conference, and the wind was blowing and the rain and I was soaking wet and that's what I ended up with today," he added. Trump, whose hair has long been the subject of much mocking and questioning, continued: "And I said but at least you know it's mine." As the crowd laughed, Trump said that he mentioned the possibility that he should "cancel this "arrangement because I have a bad hair day." "The bad … [Read more...] about Donald Trump jokes about his hair being ruined by having to answer questions in the rain about Pittsburgh shooting

Donald Trump said his daughter Ivanka had "long since checked out" after she rejected claims that the election was stolen. In evidence to the Congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol, Ms Trump said she agreed with Bill Barr, her father's former attorney general, who called suggestions of widespread voter fraud "bull----." In a statement on social media, Mr Trump dismissed his daughter's evidence. He said: “Ivanka Trump was not involved in looking at, or studying, Election results. "She had long since checked out and was, in my opinion, only trying to be respectful to Bill Barr and his position as Attorney General (he sucked!)." Video footage of Mr Barr's evidence to the committee was played during a prime-time hearing broadcast live for two hours on many US TV channels. Fox News did not show the proceedings live. Mr Barr said: "I made clear [to Mr Trump after the election] that I did not agree with the idea of saying the … [Read more...] about Donald Trump says Ivanka had ‘checked out’ when she accepted election wasn’t stolen

Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner says Justice Department investigators are closing in on Donald Trump after it was reported that federal authorities on Wednesday searched the home of Jeffrey Clark, his former acting assistant attorney general. Multiple news outlets—including The New York Times , Fox News and CNN—first reported the news Thursday afternoon. Clark was reportedly a key figure in Trump's effort to pressure top prosecutors to support the former president's discredited claims about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. The reason for the raid on the conservative lawyer's home was unclear. However, it came just one day before the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot, as well as Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, was set to hold a hearing about his efforts to pressure the Justice Department to comply with his plot. Kirschner, who now works as a legal analyst for MSNBC and NBC News, surmised that … [Read more...] about Glenn Kirschner says DOJ tightening on Trump: “Let the flipping begin”