Bill Barr tears apart Trump’s secret papers defence saying DoJ was being ‘jerked around’
FBI agents found a document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, when they searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate last month, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday night.
The revelation severely undercuts Mr Trump’s defence that the documents are harmless or meant for a future presidential library or other projects.
Earlier Former Attorney General Bill Barr believes Judge Aileen Cannon’s ruling on having a special master review the classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago was wrong, deeply flawed, and should be appealed by the government.
Mr Barr told Fox News there is a case against Donald Trump regardless of the content of the documents, based on their presence in his residence because they were subpoenaed but not received, and therefore the government was deceived before the FBI search uncovered them.
The former president was seen to have achieved a minor legal victory through the judge’s ruling, though Mr Barr believes it will just delay the investigation.
Meanwhile, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CBS News that she believes Mr Trump led and encouraged a criminal seditious conspiracy against the US, contrasting her response to losing the 2016 election to his 2020 loss.
In a series of tweets, Secretary Clinton also laid out the differences between her alleged email controversy and the scandal engulfing the former president, denying there was any comparison as she had been found to have no classified documents. “Zero,” she said, underlining the point.
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Video shows fake elector taking Trump operatives to Georgia county elections office
A new video shows a Republican official in Georgia who was part of the scheme to send fake electors to overturn the 2020 election results escorting two operatives working for former president Donald Trump’s attorney into the county’s election offices on the same day the voting system was breached, CNN reports.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is now looking into the breach and it has become a point of interest for the Fulton County District Attorney’s probe into the Trump campaign’s interference in the 2020 election results.
The video shows Cathy Latham, the former chairwoman of the Coffee County Republican Party, escorting a team of operatives into the county’s elections office on 7 January 2021, the same day that a voting system was known to be breached.
Eric Garcia has the story.
Video shows fake elector taking Trump operatives to Georgia elections office
The two operatives have acknowledged they gained access to a voting machine at the behest of Sidney Powell
Oliver O’Connell7 September 2022 06:00
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Analysis: Trump picked a fight with the National Archives. It may be the end of him
It seems apparent that Donald Trump, a man who spent much of his political life trampling over institutions and norms, underestimated the archivists and their mission. His alleged mishandling of government records now represents the greatest legal threat he faces and potentially the end of his political career.
Trump is learning an important lesson the hard way: Don’t mess with librarians
The National Archives is responsible for collecting, cataloguing and storing all federal government records. It takes its job very seriously, reports Richard Hall
Oliver O’Connell7 September 2022 05:15
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FBI Mar-a-Lago search uncovered Trump’s medical records and accounts, judge says in ruling
Among documents uncovered during the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago in early August were non-governmental records relating to Donald Trump’s health and accounts, according to US District Court Judge Aileen Cannon’s ruling on the appointment of a “special master”.
She wrote that among the government records seized by the FBI, agents found some of Mr Trump’s “medical documents, correspondence related to taxes, and accounting information”.
FBI Mar-a-Lago search uncovered Trump’s medical records and accounts
In two instances, materials that should have been identified as privileged ended up with prosecutors, Judge Aileen Cannon notes
Oliver O’Connell7 September 2022 04:30
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White House press secretary calls Fox News reporter’s question ‘ridiculous’
Fox News’s Peter Doocy joined the list of conservatives taking issue with Joe Biden calling out Donald Trump and the ongoing threat that his efforts to spread conspiracies and lies about the 2020 election on Tuesday.
Doocy once again sparred with Mr Biden’s press team at the White House’s daily news briefing, hosted on Tuesday by press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
John Bowden has the story.
White House press secretary calls Fox News reporter’s question ‘ridiculous’
Conservatives have reacted with shock to Biden denouncement of Trumpism
Graeme Massie7 September 2022 04:06
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Trump once again demands to be reinstated as president
Donald Trump complained again on Monday that the 2020 election should be overturned in a Truth Social post which clearly depicted a candidate unused to the prospect of his own defeat.
Nearly two years after he was defeated by Joe Biden and stopped from running the White House for another four years, Mr Trump is still adamant that he should be ushered into the presidency.
Trump once again demands to overturn the results of the 2020 election
Former president claims media’s handling of Hunter Biden story cost him the race
Oliver O’Connell7 September 2022 03:45
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Bill Barr says DoJ should appeal ‘wrong’ special master ruling on Trump documents
Donald Trump’s former attorney general says the recent ruling to appoint an outside arbiter for the documents in the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago investigation won’t get the former president out of legal jeopardy.
“I don’t think the appointment of the special master is going to hold up, but even if it does, I don’t see it fundamentally changing the trajectory,” Bill Barr told Fox News on Tuesday.
Josh Marcus has all the details.
Bill Barr says DoJ should appeal ‘wrong’ special master ruling on Trump documents
Federal court ruled on Monday that outside arbiter must review seized Trump documents
Graeme Massie7 September 2022 03:24
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After Palin asks Begich to drop out of Alaska race, he declines
Alaska US House candidate Sarah Palin called on fellow Republican Nick Begich to drop out of the race Monday, holding a news conference in the same place where on a holiday weekend more than a decade ago she announced plans to resign as Alaska’s governor.
“He keeps calling me a quitter,” she told reporters, adding later: “And now he wants me, the one who is clearly the only true conservative in this race who can win, he wants me to quit! Now that’s the real joke. Sorry, Nick. I never retreat, I reload.”
Palin urges Begich to drop House bid; Begich declines
Alaska U.S. House candidate Sarah Palin called on fellow Republican Nick Begich to drop out of the race
Oliver O’Connell7 September 2022 03:00
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Oath Keepers founder fires attorneys and demands Jan 6 committee transcripts ahead of trial
Less than a week after the Oath Keepers’ counsel was arrested and charged in connection with the attack on the US Capitol, the founder of the far-right anti-government militia has “relieved and terminated” his attorneys and asked to delay his trial on seditious conspiracy charges.
Alex Woodward has the story.
Stewart Rhodes fires attorneys and demands Jan 6 committee transcripts ahead of trial
Stewart Rhodes is charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with Capitol attack
Graeme Massie7 September 2022 02:42
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Massachusetts Republican voters size up Trump loyalist for Governor
Massachusetts Republicans are weighing which candidate has the best chance of keeping the governor’s office in GOP hands as they vote in Tuesday’s primary: a former state lawmaker endorsed by Donald Trump or a political newcomer who’s cast himself as the more moderate choice.
Geoff Diehl and Chris Doughty are vying for the chance to replace incumbent Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, who’s opted not to seek a third term.
Massachusetts GOP voters size up Trump loyalist for governor
Massachusetts Republicans are weighing which candidate has the best chance of keeping the governor’s office in GOP hands as they vote in Tuesday’s primary
Oliver O’Connell7 September 2022 02:15
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Dr Oz told radio show incest ‘not a big problem’ as long as ‘more than a first cousin away’
Dr Mehmet Oz raised eyebrows by suggesting in a newly unearthed radio interview that incest was “not a big problem” as long as “you’re more than a first cousin away.”
The candidate for Pennsylvania’s US Senate seat also told The Breakfast Club show in February 2014 that girls don’t want to have sex with their fathers because of pheromones.
Dr Oz says incest ‘not a big problem’ as long as not with first cousin
‘Yet another issue where Oz and I disagree,’ tweets opponent John Fetterman
Graeme Massie7 September 2022 01:55