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Prosecutors did their homework on Trump’s 1/6 co-conspirators who are reportedly already turning on each other and trying to get shift the blame for the coup plot. Via Rolling Stone: Prosecutors appear to be only too happy to seize on these divisions. Sources who’ve …

Early on March 18, former President Donald J. Trump hit send on a social media post saying he would be “arrested on Tuesday of next week.” “Protest,” he wrote on his Truth Social website. “Take our nation back!” Mr. Trump’s prediction was based on media reports, according to his lawyers, …

The Secret Service blockaded the entrance and created a bottleneck which Trump jumped into for a photo to create the false impression of a big crowd for him at the Iowa State Fair. Ron Filipkowski tweeted about how this media illusion was done: After …

new video loaded: Iowa State Fair Goers Weigh In on a Possible Trump-Biden Rematch transcript Back transcript Iowa State Fair Goers Weigh In on a Possible Trump-Biden Rematch Lisa Lerer, a national political correspondent for The New York Times, spoke to voters about their options in the 2024 presidential election. …

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) stood beside Trump on stage and said the plan was for Trump and his supporters to use force to bring change to DC. Gaetz said, “We are having a great time at the fair. We love standing with you, but …

It’s been said that a bad day at the fair is always better than a good day at work. For Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, those two ideas collided on Saturday in Iowa. Mr. DeSantis, who has been struggling to gain ground on former President Donald J. Trump and is …

Trump was asked by reporters while campaigning in Iowa if he intended to overturn the 2020 election, and his answer was short, off the cuff and potentially damning. Video: Question: Did you intend to overturn the 2020 election? Trump: You know the answer pic.twitter.com/d4rvDvN8NU …

Congressional Republicans have for months repeatedly written to Attorney General Merrick B. Garland demanding he appoint a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, the president’s son, over his business dealings. Some even demanded that a specific man be named to lead the inquiry: David C. Weiss, the Trump-appointed Delaware U.S. …

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on Friday elevated the federal prosecutor investigating President Biden’s son Hunter to the status of special counsel after negotiations to revive a plea agreement on tax and gun charges foundered. The move raised the possibility that Mr. Biden could be tried in the politically charged …

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy accused President Biden of obstruction after the Department of Justice named a special counsel for the Hunter Biden case, just as Republicans wanted. McCarthy tweeted: This action by Biden’s DOJ cannot be used to obstruct congressional investigations or whitewash the Biden family corruption. If …