Meet the Press host reveals ‘most influential person’ shaping 2024 election
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After a lengthy speech about the New York investigation into his business and personal finances, Donald Trump promised to make a “big political speech” at his Miami gold shop today. The event appears to be a response to criticism from the “fake news media” about his lackluster start to his 2024 campaign, which almost saw him leave Mar-a-Lago.
Mr. Trump is also reportedly set to return to Twitter as part of his 2024 campaign, and representatives have petitioned Facebook parent Meta to reinstate his account on that platform, according to a report by NBC News.
The former president also continued to talk about the parallel investigations into the discovery of classified material at Mar-a-Lago and classified documents at President Joe Biden’s home and an office he once used. In angry posts on Truth Social, he claimed he had done nothing wrong, but Mr. Biden had.
Meanwhile, an embarrassing error by Mr Trump in his testimony in the lawsuit brought against him by the writer E Jean Carroll, who accuses him of raping her in a New York department store in the mid-1990s, may have undermined some from his defense strategy.
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Trump will make a “big political speech” today at his golf club
Donald Trump says he will make a “big political speech” today at his Miami golf course, Trump Doral. He hit back at the “fake news media”, saying he was “not running a very strong campaign”, calling them “stupid and corrupt”.
Mr. Trump has hardly left Mar-a-Lago since the low-key launch of his 2024 campaign on Nov. 15, 2022, shortly after the midterm elections handed the GOP a disappointing House margin and Senate loss .
The former president promises “LOTS OF GIANT RALIES” and other events and that it will be “wild and exciting.”
Oliver O’Connell January 19, 2023 2:30 pm
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George Santos denies competing as a drag queen in Brazil
Republican Congressman George Santos has tried to deny reports that he participated in drag racing under the name “Kitara” while living in Brazil more than a decade ago.
Mr. Santos remains under fire for a series of alleged falsehoods about his background that stemmed from a New York Times investigation that alleged he had fabricated a number of key details about his past.
Oliver O’Connell January 19, 2023 7:15 pm
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Trump brags about keeping classified files as “cool” memorabilia
Donald Trump insisted on Wednesday that many of the documents marked “classified” taken from Mar-a-Lago — more than 300 in total — were actually empty folders marked “classified” that he took as souvenirs.
John Bowden knows the story.
Oliver O’Connell January 19, 2023 6:45 pm
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The discussion about Lara Trump’s classified documents turns into conspiracy theories
Former President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law this week held a discussion about Joe Biden’s retention of classified documents from his time as vice president, which quickly turned into conspiracies for Mr. Biden’s allies.
Lara Trump hosted a podcast discussion with former Trump administration official Lynn Patton and Turning Point USA contributor Erin Elmore, where the three quickly agreed that behind the discovery of documents at Mr. Biden’s Wilmington home and a DC think tank , associated with it. The comments were first reported by RawStory.
John Bowden knows the story.
Oliver O’Connell January 19, 2023 6:30 pm
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Gene Carroll: Trump says he’s never read a book accusing him of rape
Former President Donald Trump said he never read a single part of a book in which columnist E Jean Carroll accuses him of raping her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s, according to court records unsealed Wednesday .
The former president was questioned under oath in October by lawyers for Ms. Carroll, who is suing the Republican. During his five-and-a-half-hour testimony, Mr. Trump said he had not read Carroll’s book, “What Do We Need Men For?” and had not seen excerpts from it in a New York magazine article when the book was released in 2019
Oliver O’Connell January 19, 2023 6:15 pm
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The Oath Keepers saw the riot at the Capitol as a “moment to celebrate,” prosecutor says
The Capitol riot was the culmination of weeks of preparation and a moment of triumph for the Oath Keepers, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday in closing arguments in the second insurgent conspiracy trial against members of the far-right extremist group.
Prosecutor Louis Manzo told jurors that Oath Keepers leader Stuart Rhodes, who was convicted in a previous trial, began pushing to stop the transfer of power from then-President Donald Trump to Democratic rival Joe Biden almost immediately after the 2018 election. 2020 and that members of the Rhodes Group took up the cause.
Oliver O’Connell January 19, 2023 6:00 p.m
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Jan. 6: Capitol troublemaker who propped his feet on Pelosi’s desk regrets ‘rude’ note he left
The man who propped his feet up on Nancy Pelosi’s desk as crowds flooded the halls of Congress testified in his own defense after facing eight charges, including felony charges, related to his widely-photographed role in the Capitol riots.
Richard ‘Bigo’ Barnett – whose lawyers compared him to “everyone’s crazy countryman uncle” – admitted to the jury on January 19 that “I probably shouldn’t have put my feet up on the desk”.
Alex Woodward follows the process.
Oliver O’Connell January 19, 2023 5:45 pm
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Trump prepares return to Twitter and Facebook
As the race for the White House in 2024 begins, the former president will once again use some of the biggest and most influential social media platforms after being kicked out of them following the Jan. 6 riot, according to NBC News.
Gustav Kilander knows the story.
Oliver O’Connell January 19, 2023 5:30 pm
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Don Jr. under fire for ‘hateful’ reaction to Alec Baldwin Rust’s allegations
Donald Trump Jr. has come under fire for his “hateful” reaction to Alec Baldwin’s Rust allegations.
Gustav Kilander reports what he said and how people reacted.
Oliver O’Connell January 19, 2023 5:15 pm
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Pompeo accuses Haley of trying to usurp Pence’s role as vice president
His new book, Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love, contains several passages in which Mr. Pompeo belittles his former colleagues, including Nikki Haley, Donald Trump’s former ambassador to the United Nations. Excerpts from the book have been obtained by The Guardian ahead of its publication next week.
John Bowden looked at what Mr. Pompeo had written.
Oliver O’Connell January 19, 2023 4:52 pm
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