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☆ Video: Geoff Duncan on why he’s voting for Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Serenitie Wang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ No Labels keeps failing to secure prized recruits for a third-party challenge to Trump and Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementNo Labels, the outside organization aiming to field a centrist third-party presidential ticket, still can't find the main ingredient to its long shot challenge: an actual candidate. JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty ImagesNo Labels does not have to disclose its donors, but previously reported that it raised $60 million last year to support its effort. The outside group is currently funding an expansive ballot access effort, which is necessary since, unlike Biden and Trump and, to some extent, more established third parties, such access isn't automatically assured. No Labels is behind its previously stated timetable of being on the ballot in 27 states by the end of 2023. AdvertisementRobert F. Kennedy Jr. abandoned his long shot Democratic primary challenge to Biden before pinning his aspirations on a third-party bid.

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☆ Opinion: Donald Trump defeats Nikki Haley in South Carolina. She should continue fighting
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Opinion Geoff Duncan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Immediately after the polls closed on Saturday night, CNN projected that the former South Carolina governor had come up short to Trump. During the fourth quarter of 2023, Haley out-raised Trump, $24 million to $19 million. In January 2024, as the rest of the GOP field winnowed, Haley’s fundraising again bested Trump’s, $9.8 million to $8.8 million. To her credit, Haley has taken dead aim at both Trump and Putin, accusing the former of emboldening the latter. During the 2016 South Carolina primary, there were still six serious candidates in the GOP race.

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☆ Opinion: Taylor Swift has it. Elon Musk and George Santos don’t
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Exit George SantosVideo Ad Feedback SE Cupp: Trump didn't pave the way for George Santos. In the week that Americans said goodbye to Rosalynn Carter, Henry Kissinger and Sandra Day O’Connor, it was jarring that Santos occupied our minds. But as SE Cupp argued, in a more rational world, Santos would have resigned from Congress long ago. • Join us on Twitter and Facebook“Many Republicans just don’t care,” wrote Zelizer. Ron Edmonds/APAs a 12-year-old girl in 1981, Traci Lovitt was riveted by the appointment of Sandra Day O’Connor as the first woman on the Supreme Court.

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☆ Opinion: Israel-Hamas war’s endgame
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. Last week, as Israel continued its military response to the October 7 Hamas terror attack, its political goals — and potential endgame — remained a source of huge controversy. Join us on Twitter and Facebook“Take, for example, the Israel Defense Forces strike on Gaza’s Jabalya refugee camp on Tuesday. “Following the horrific massacre in Israel by Hamas terrorists on October 7, I felt an intense, relentless grief. Though Perry wanted to escape Chandler, he kept him around, because heaven forbid anyone saw what he was hiding.”

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☆ Opinion: McCarthy’s downfall offers a clear lesson for Republicans
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Stuart Ross | Opinion Geoff Duncan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —As the dust settles on the tenure of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, there are lessons the Republican Party should learn. As the Republican caucus considers its next steps, they must choose a leader whose stewardship signals a clear break from the past. Here are the ways that Trump triggered the events that fueled McCarthy’s downfall. In 2022, Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker, a former football star whose controversial candidacy was fueled by his connection to the former president, met the same fate. Fast forward less than a year and Trump was nowhere to be found when McCarthy’s fate as speaker hung in the balance.

Persons: Geoff Duncan, Kevin McCarthy, Geoff Duncan Geoff Duncan, Donald Trump’s, Trump, Jim Jordan of, That’s, McCarthy, MAGA, Matt Gaetz, Republican Sens, David Perdue, Kelly Loeffler, Herschel Walker, Vance of Ohio —, Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, speakership, Joe Biden, “ Organizations: CNN, GOP, America’s Conservative Party, Republican Party, Republican, Trump, Republicans, Senate, ” Voters, Democratic, Trump - Locations: Jim Jordan of Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Arizona , New Hampshire , Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington ,

☆ Opinion: The surprise winner of the debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Opinion Cnn Contributors | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +30 min

CNN —CNN Opinion asked our political contributors to weigh on the first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 season. On Wednesday night, on more than one issue, Haley broke with the old guard in some meaningful ways. Karen Finney: Ron DeSantis falls flatKaren Finney Ralph AlswangeAfter weeks of buildup and reports of serious debate preparation with a top Republican debate coach, this was supposed to be the night that Florida Gov. Instead, DeSantis delivered a flat debate performance devoid of any standout moments, demonstrating why he is the best alternative to former President Donald Trump. Asa Hutchinson in a few instances, not one of the GOP candidates sounded like a serious contender for the White House.

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☆ Analysis: Donald Trump's $200,000 bond drives home the unique peril of his Georgia indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Trump had to agree, for example, to make no threats on social media against co-defendants, witnesses and the 30 unindicted co-conspirators. The former president has excoriated special counsel Jack Smith, who indicted him twice, on social media and in speeches. Elliot Williams, a former federal prosecutor and CNN legal analyst, said that the terms were fair and did not infringe on Trump’s rights. Trump’s many late-night social media eruptions will make it hard for observers to believe that he will stick to the conditions to which he’s agreed. By Monday evening, Trump had already posted on his social media network about the bond.

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☆ Georgia grand jury indicts Trump, Giuliani, and others over attempts to overturn the 2020 election results
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

A Georgia grand jury indicted Donald Trump on charges related to his effort to overturn the 2020 election. After reportedly making 18 attempts to contact Raffensperger, Trump and his team finally got through to him. Rudy Giuliani arriving at a courthouse in Atlanta to face questions from the special grand jury. That special grand jury completed a report earlier this year summarizing their findings and making charging recommendations to the Fulton County District Attorney's office. Some of those fake electors have reportedly accepted immunity deals with prosecutors in the months since the completion of the special grand jury report.

Persons: Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Trump, Joe Biden, Fulton, Fani Willis, Mark, Sidney Powell, Willis, —, Brad Raffensperger, baselessly, Raffensperger, Brynn Anderson, Brian Kemp, Gov, Geoff Duncan, Chris Carr, Trump's, Cleta Mitchell, Kurt Hilbert, Frances Watson, Maria Alejandra Cardona, Kemp, Lindsey Graham of, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman, Jack Smith, Smith, Stormy Daniels, Ben Gray, he's, Jean Carroll Organizations: Service, Georgia, Georgia's, Raffensperger, Georgia Republican, Trump, Justice, Republican, New York Attorney, Capitol Locations: Georgia, Wall, Silicon, Fulton County's, Mark Meadows, Atlanta, Trump, Meadows, Sen, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Fulton County, Washington , DC, Florida, Manhattan

☆ Donald Trump: A stunning possible fourth indictment looms over the former president and the 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Trump believes he will be among them and is already fundraising off of the possibility of more criminal charges, casting them as Democratic efforts to interfere in the 2024 election. But there will be key differences between the potential case in Georgia and Trump’s previous indictments. Investigators have long suspected the breach was not an organic effort sprung from sympathetic Trump supporters in the Republican stronghold. Smith, for example, has asked a judge to open a trial into the election interference charges in January – just two weeks before the Iowa caucuses. It’s too early to speculate how headlines about these cases could weigh on Trump or Biden in November 2024.

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☆ Trump targets Judge Tanya Chutkan in federal election case, claims she 'wants me behind bars'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. August 12, 2023. Former President Donald Trump kicked off the week of his expected fourth indictment by railing against the judge overseeing the federal case charging him with illegally conspiring to subvert the 2020 election results. In a pair of social media posts just after midnight Monday, Trump attacked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan as "highly partisan" and "very biased & unfair!" "She obviously wants me behind bars," Trump wrote on Truth Social at 1:14 a.m. "The people who mobbed that Capitol were there in fealty, in loyalty, to one man," Chutkan said, according to a transcript of the hearing.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Tanya Chutkan, Christine Priola, Chutkan, Gov, Geoff Duncan Organizations: Fair, U.S, Capitol, CNBC Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Fulton County , Georgia, Georgia

☆ Atlanta DA set to present Trump Georgia election interference case to grand jury
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Jordan earlier this month received a subpoena to testify before the grand jury. The Republican Trump has said he expects to be charged this week by Fulton County DA Fani Willis in what would be his fourth criminal indictment. Georgia criminal law makes it a felony to directly or indirectly try to deter a witness from testifying in any court or before a grand jury. In his Truth Social post on Monday, Trump wrote: "Would someone please tell the Fulton County grand jury that I did not tamper with the election." Trump was indicted in early August by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., on charges that he conspired with others to overturn his defeat in the national election in 2020.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Bee Nguyen, Jen Jordan, Willis, Jordan, Republican Trump, Nguyen, Gov, Geoff Duncan, Trump, Duncan, shouldn't, Joe Biden, Brad Raffensperger, Stormy Daniels Organizations: Attorney, Fulton County Justice Center Tower, Former U.S, Windham High School, Democrat, Democratic, NBC News, Republican, Fulton, Former, CNN, Georgia, Electoral, Washington , D.C Locations: Fulton County , Georgia, Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, Former, Windham , New Hampshire, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Former Georgia, Washington ,, Florida

☆ Trump election probe in Georgia is headed to grand jury next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Former President Donald Trump looks on before the first round of the LIV Golf Bedminster golf tournament at Trump National Bedminster, August 11, 2023. A Georgia prosecutor probing whether Donald Trump and his allies illegally sought to overturn the state's 2020 election results is expected to seek an indictment from a grand jury next week. "I'll certainly answer whatever questions are put in front of me," said Duncan, a Republican who has criticized Trump's false conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who brought the Washington case, has also charged Trump separately in Florida with illegally retaining classified documents after leaving office and with obstruction of justice. In a post on his Truth Social site on Saturday, Trump again called the Georgia investigation a "witch hunt."

Persons: Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Geoff Duncan, Duncan, George Chidi, Trump, Joe Biden's, Jack Smith, Willis, Republican Brad Raffensperger, Biden, Chidi Organizations: Bedminster, Trump National Bedminster, CNN, Republican, Trump Locations: Georgia, Atlanta, Fulton County, Washington, Florida

Aug 12 (Reuters) - A Georgia prosecutor probing whether Donald Trump and his allies illegally sought to overturn the state's 2020 election results is expected to seek an indictment from a grand jury next week. "I'll certainly answer whatever questions are put in front of me," said Duncan, a Republican who has criticized Trump's false conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who brought the Washington case, has also charged Trump separately in Florida with illegally retaining classified documents after leaving office and with obstruction of justice. In a post on his Truth Social site on Saturday, Trump again called the Georgia investigation a "witch hunt." Her investigation began soon after Trump made a phone call to the state's top election official, Republican Brad Raffensperger, and urged him to "find" enough votes to alter the outcome.

Persons: Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Geoff Duncan, Duncan, George Chidi, Trump, Joe Biden's, Jack Smith, Willis, Republican Brad Raffensperger, Biden, Chidi, Joseph Ax, Daniel Wallis Organizations: CNN, Republican, Trump, Thomson Locations: Georgia, Atlanta, Fulton County, Washington, Florida

☆ Geoff Duncan: Former Georgia lieutenant governor to testify before Fulton County grand jury in 2020 election probe Tuesday
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Sara Murray Jeremy Herb Marshall Cohen | Sara Murray | Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Former Georgia Lt. Gov Geoff Duncan, a Republican, said Saturday on CNN that he has been told to appear Tuesday before a Fulton County grand jury to testify about the efforts by Trump and his allies. Independent journalist George Chidi posted on social media later Saturday that he’d been told to appear before the grand jury on Tuesday too. The witnesses Willis has subpoenaed to testify when she presents her case include Duncan, Chidi and former Georgia state Sen. Jen Jordan, a Democrat. Georgia law is unusual in that special purpose grand juries – which have broad investigative powers – are not permitted to issue indictments. When the subpoenaed witnesses appear before the regular grand jury, those grand jurors will hear the witnesses’ testimony for the first time with a narrower purpose at hand: to approve or reject indictments.

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☆ Analysis: Donald Trump's legal drama grows by the day
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Donald Trump’s already daunting legal predicament gets grimmer by the day as new details emerge of the depths to which he was prepared to stoop to reverse his defeat in the 2020 election. And as the former president’s legal team juggles court dates in different cities this week, their task in defending Trump is getting ever more complex. The stampede of developments around Trump’s cases is providing only a hint of the political and legal collision that is likely to unfold next year. But data from Trump’s account could potentially provide information about which phone – and potentially person – posted tweets to the account. Twitter data might also show any direct messages sent to or from Trump’s account.

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Willis, a Democrat, has been eyeing conspiracy and racketeering charges, which would allow her to bring a case against multiple defendants. Trump acolytes who took part in each of those schemes believe they will face charges in Georgia next week, people familiar with their thinking said. All of them previously testified before a special purpose grand jury that was tasked with investigating the Trump case and heard from more than 75 witnesses. Video Ad Feedback Will Trump and his allies face charges in Georgia? At a campaign event Tuesday, Trump continued to insist it was a “perfect phone call.”Willis has been reportedly weighing racketeering charges in the Trump case.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Willis, Trump, Willis ’, Gov, Geoff Duncan, Sen, Jen Jordan, George Chidi, Will Trump, CNN Willis, Brad Raffensperger, “, ” Willis, Jack Smith Organizations: CNN, Democrat, Trump acolytes, Georgia Democratic, Trump, Republican Locations: Fulton County, Georgia, Coffee County , Georgia, Atlanta, New Hampshire

☆ Trump election probe: Georgia grand jury expected to hear evidence next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Atlanta prosecutor overseeing the investigation of possible crimes by Donald Trump for trying to reverse his defeat in Georgia's 2020 presidential election is expected to present her case to a grand jury next week, NBC News reported. That presentation by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could lead to an indictment of the former president in the case on state charges. In addition to Trump, Willis is known to be eyeing a number of the ex-president's allies for possible criminal charges, as well. NBC has been in contact with three people who received subpoenas to appear before a grand jury in Fulton County Superior Court, where officials have been ramping up security measures in recent days. It could take several days for the prosecutor to present evidence to the grand jury.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, Willis, Gov, Geoff Duncan, Sen, Jen Jordan —, Biden Organizations: NBC News, Fulton, Trump, Fulton DA, NBC, Fulton County Superior Court, Republican, Georgia Democratic, Electoral College Locations: Fulton County, Fulton County , Georgia, Atlanta, New Hampshire, Georgia

☆ A day of legal action in Trump imbroglio previews a chaotic 2024 election year
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

All of this frenzied activity unfolding on one day represents just a snapshot of the complex legal morass now surrounding Trump. And while Monday was notable for a head-spinning sequence of legal maneuvering, it did not even encompass all of the pending cases against Trump. When it comes to Smith’s indictment, Trump’s lawyers are arguing that he was within his rights to claim the election was stolen. Trump’s legal plight reverberates in 2024 campaignAny normal political candidate would have seen their political ambitions crushed by even one of the cases in Trump’s bulging portfolio of legal jeopardy. Thanks to Trump’s unfathomable and widening legal nightmare, nothing about the 2024 election is going to be anywhere near normal.

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☆ Live updates: The latest news on Trump's indictment in 2020 election probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Aditi Sangal | Matt Meyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Former President Donald Trump is seen in court on Thursday in this courtroom sketch. America now faces the prospect of an ex-president repeatedly going on trial in an election year in which he’s the Republican front-runner and is promising a new White House term of retribution. He is responding with the same kind of extreme rhetoric that injected fury into his political base and erupted into violence after the last election. If he wins back the White House, the already twice-impeached new president could trigger a new constitutional crisis by sweeping away the federal cases against him or even by pardoning himself. Any alternative Republican president could find themselves besieged by demands from Trump supporters for a pardon that, if granted, could overshadow their entire presidency.

Persons: Donald Trump, Bill Hennessey, Trump, pardoning, “, ”, Geoff Duncan Organizations: Washington, Republican, Trump Locations: America, Georgia

☆ Trump’s surreal arraignment day in Washington augurs ominous days ahead
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

He was irked, sources familiar with his mindset told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, that the judge referred to him simply as “Mr. Any alternative Republican president could find themselves besieged by demands from Trump supporters for a pardon that, if granted, could overshadow their entire presidency. The California Republican compared Trump’s behavior to the complaints by supporters of past Democratic presidential nominees Al Gore and Hillary Clinton, who complained of electoral irregularities. A few Democrats objected to certifying Trump’s election in Congress is 2016, but Clinton did not challenge it in the courts. But their blind spot on Trump’s far worse, Constitution-threatening conduct shows just how far he has changed their party.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, –, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Jack Smith –, “, ” Trump, pardoning, J, Michael Luttig, ” Luttig, ”, Geoff Duncan, ” Duncan, Richard Nixon, ” Nixon, Smith, Alberto Gonzales, George W, Bush, Ty Cobb, CNN’s Erin Burnett, Cobb, Elliot Williams, Biden’s, Kevin McCarthy, Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, ” McCarthy, Gore, Clinton, Kinzinger, Biden, Hunter Organizations: CNN, Washington, Republican, Capitol, Trump, Justice Department, Department of Justice, White, GOP, California Republican, Democratic, Supreme, CNN Republicans, Republicans Locations: America, United States, New Jersey, Georgia, California, China, Ukraine, Bedminster

☆ Opinion: The election that couldn’t happen in high school
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —In the classic 1999 film, “Election,” the high school student government vote has everything: naked ambition, campaign poster shredding, ballot manipulation, infidelity and more. But what the gifted writer Tom Perotta likely couldn’t imagine was an election in which two unpopular candidates square off for president. That doesn’t happen in high school, even in a satirical movie. The president supports stripping that state of its first-in-the-nation primary status in favor of South Carolina, the state that energized Biden’s 2020 campaign. “In the runup to the 2024 elections, Democrats plan to put the Supreme Court on trial,” wrote David Mark.

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☆ Opinion: As a Republican, I know the way forward cannot include Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Opinion Geoff Duncan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s Note: Geoff Duncan, a CNN political contributor and Republican, served as Georgia’s lieutenant governor from 2019 to 2023. Geoff Duncan CNNMultiple candidates, including former President Donald Trump, have outright refused to commit to supporting the ultimate nominee. For a Republican candidate to effectively govern the country, there are far more meaningful questions worth answering. Here’s the truth: In the immediate aftermath of the 2020 election, Trump’s Department of Justice searched high and low for alleged improprieties. It’s long past time for the Republican Party to demonstrate our independence from former President Trump.

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☆ Opinion: This Trump indictment will change history. The question is how
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Jane Carr | Opinion Jane Greenway Carr | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. “Big Brother” is a fierce indictment of a power structure that surveils and oppresses while poverty and suffering proliferate. Clay Jones“Next year will mark 50 years since President Richard Nixon resigned as a result of the Watergate scandal. And yet, “Trump denies any and all wrongdoing and continues to remain the leader of the pack. “When former President Donald Trump took office in 2017, he left the rules in place.

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☆ Opinion: Mitch McConnell’s confidence is being put to the test
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. Not to worry, said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a veteran of debt limit battles. McConnell’s reassurance that all will work out in the end is validated by history, but that doesn’t mean this time couldn’t be different. “If female voters are key to a Donald Trump victory in 2024, the former president should be in big trouble – but he doesn’t seem to care,” Jill Filipovic observed. “The town hall audience – selected on the basis of their intention to vote in the Republican primary in New Hampshire – appeared to be made up mostly of Trump fans.

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