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☆ Top Wisconsin Republican Robin Vos expected to meet with Jan. 6 panel Wednesday
  + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Ryan Nobles | Haley Talbot | Zoë Richards | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
Trump tried to convince Vos that the ruling should apply retroactively, which Vos informed him was not possible. The speaker's refusal to attempt to throw out the election results led Trump to campaign against his re-election. Vos was previously criticized by Wisconsin Democrats for appropriating close to $700,000 to investigate the state’s 2020 election results. The House committee has held a series of interviews with former Trump officials in recent weeks. The panel is not expected to continue beyond January, when Republicans take control of the House.
☆ GOP to conduct post-election audit after disappointing midterms
  + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
The party’s disappointing midterm results earlier in the month marked a breaking point of sorts for some committee members, who are now more open to change. Ten years have passed since the RNC last commissioned a post-election audit. Some RNC members were particularly concerned after she offered a rosy assessment of the GOP’s performance during a conference call the day after the midterms. Now, McDaniel is tasked with maintaining unity within her party as a growing number of GOP leaders push back against Trump’s influence. In recent days, some of them, including former Vice President Mike Pence, have condemned Trump’s recent private meeting with white supremacist and antisemite Nick Fuentes.
☆ Former Trump deputy chief of staff Ornato, a key witness on Jan. 6, to appear before House committee
  + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Ryan Nobles | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Rebecca-Shabad-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
WASHINGTON — Tony Ornato, who served as deputy White House chief of staff under Donald Trump, is expected to appear Tuesday for an interview before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, a person familiar with the panel's plans said. Ornato is considered a key witness on the events surrounding the Capitol riot and will likely be questioned about testimony from star witness Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. She said Ornato told her Trump lunged at the steering wheel of the SUV he was in, demanding to be taken down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol. Officials from the Secret Service have questioned Hutchinson’s testimony, prompting the committee to bring some of them back for questioning under oath. After serving in the Trump White House, Ornato was an assistant director at the Secret Service until he left the agency in August for a job in the private sector.
☆ Kellyanne Conway appears before Jan. 6 committee
  + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Ryan Nobles | Haley Talbot | Https | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
WASHINGTON — Former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway appeared Monday before investigators of the House select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. Conway spoke to the committee on the record, two sources familiar with her appearance said. Conway was seen entering a conference room in the O’Neill House Office Building with attorney Emmet Flood, who was a lawyer in former President Donald Trump's White House. When she left the meeting room for a break, Conway told reporters “I’m here voluntarily.” Asked when she last spoke with Trump by a reporter, Conway said he called her last week. Conway worked as a senior counselor to Trump from the beginning of his term through Aug. 2020.
☆ Jan. 6 committee is questioning ex-Trump aide Kellyanne Conway
  + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Former top Trump White House aide Kellyanne Conway is being questioned by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, NBC News reported Monday. An ABC News reporter on Monday morning had spotted Conway entering a conference room used by the select committee. The former White House senior advisor did not respond to questions at that time. During the break in Monday's deposition, Conway told reporters that Trump had called her last week. The select committee is set to expire at the end of the current Congress.
☆ George Conway says the GOP has a 'terrible choice' to make: Fight Donald Trump, or get hit by the blast radius as he self-destructs
  + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
George Conway said the GOP has a "terrible choice" with regards to Donald Trump. The GOP can let Trump "self-destruct" or mount a one-on-one challenge to him, Conway said. That's because a split race would result in Trump winning the presidential primary even with "30 or 40%" of the vote, Conway added. "They have to fight Trump or let him self-destruct, but they're gonna be in the blast radius. It's just a terrible, terrible choice that the Republican Party faces."
☆ George Conway says Trump is bound to lose in 2024 because 'too many Americans would crawl on broken glass to vote against him'
  + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
George Conway says Trump is bound to lose in 2024. He said "too many Americans would crawl on broken glass to vote against" Trump in 2024. His narcissism, his megalomania, his delicate yet illimitable ego, would have it no other way," Conway wrote. Conway wrote that the former president is likely seeking "vengeance" amid a brimming docket of lawsuits and criminal investigations. In October, Conway told CNN he was sure Trump would run for president again in an attempt to fend off his legal troubles.
☆ George Conway says he doesn't think Ron DeSantis will run for president because there's no 'upside' to wading into a 'mud fest to end all mud fests'
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
George Conway doesn't think Ron DeSantis will run for president. Conway said he did not see any upside for DeSantis to wade into a "mud fest" with Trump. Ron DeSantis will run for president against Donald Trump in 2024. "He's rational, unlike Trump," Conway said. Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway said in September that the former president is eager to announce his 2024 run soon.
☆ Roger Stone cautioned Ron DeSantis that it would be 'ingratitude and treachery' to run against Trump in 2024
  + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Roger Stone told Ron DeSantis that it would be "ingratitude and treachery" to run against Trump. He also hit out at DeSantis' wife, comparing her to Lady Macbeth. Ron DeSantis that it would be treacherous for him to run against Trump in 2024. In the post, Stone also hit out at DeSantis' wife, Casey DeSantis. "Have you ever noticed how much Ron DeSantis' wife Casey is like Lady Macbeth?"
☆ White House chief of staff Ron Klain warned after Hatch Act violation flagged by former Trump official Stephen Miller
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Emma Kinery | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain received a warning for violating the Hatch Act after he retweeted a political group's post from his government Twitter account. The Hatch Act prohibits government officials from using government resources for political activities. Miller was not the only member of the Trump administration to violate the Hatch Act during his time in office. Jean-Pierre herself is cautious about running afoul of the Hatch Act. She frequently reminds reporters from the White House briefing room podium that she cannot comment on political issues because of the act.
☆ Paul Ryan says 'anybody not named Trump' has the best chance of winning the White House in 2024
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
He` said "anybody not named Trump" would have a better shot at the White House in 2024. "That new swing voter in American politics is the suburban voter, and it's really clear the suburban voter doesn't like Trump, but they like Republicans," Ryan said. "So I think anybody not named Trump, I think is so much more likely to win the White House for us." "Any one of these candidates would make a fine president, and most importantly, will win the White House." In June, Ryan also praised Rep. Tom Rice for being one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Capitol riot.
☆ George Conway predicts Trump will run for president in 2024 for 'protection' against his many legal troubles
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
George Conway thinks Trump will run in 2024 as protection against his legal cases. "He will run for president, in effect, for protection against these legal proceedings, but there's just gonna be too many of them," Conway said. The lawsuit alleges that Trump, his company, and his three oldest children — Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump — misled people into investing in a multi-level marketing scheme. After the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago, he said that he thought Trump was "in very substantial legal jeopardy." Conway is married to Kellyanne Conway , Trump's former senior counselor.
☆ The GOP's American psychosis didn't start with Trump. It won't end with him, either.
  + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( David Corn | David Corn Is A Veteran Washington Journalist | Political Commentator. He Is The Washington Bureau Chief For Mother Jones Magazine | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +15 min
This piece has been adapted from "American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy,” by David Corn. Some reporters feared Goldwater supporters were about to storm the stage and physically attack the governor. The Republican Party — those then in control of it — thought otherwise. They were guided by what Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway once called “alternative facts.” For many of the Capitol Hill assailants, Trump and his paranoia had become a theology. Excerpted from "American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy."
☆ George Conway says 'any fair jury' would convict Trump over his handling of classified documents
  + stars: | 2022-09-03 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
George Conway said "any fair jury" would convict Trump over his handling of classified documents. "The one way he had out of this was to basically turn the documents over a year ago," Conway said. "I think it's going to be very difficult for the Justice Department to decline prosecuting him," Conway said. "I think before any fair jury, he'd have to be convicted based upon what we're seeing. When Jong-Fast asked what a "good lawyer" could do for Trump, Conway replied: "Nothing."
☆ George Conway says individuals defending Trump over his handling of presidential records are 'basically desperate'
  + stars: | 2022-08-13 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
George Conway during a CNN interview was highly critical of Trump's handling of classified documents. "Having top-secret FBI information in our home? Conway said individuals defending Trump and criticizing the FBI were "basically desperate." On CNN, Conway proceeded to lambast individuals who have backed Trump's claims regarding the FBI's search. He had no business bringing top-secret FBI material from the Situation Room or the Oval Office up to the residence.
☆ Trump's most important 2016 donor is sitting out 2020
  + stars: | 2020-07-24 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +20 min
Robert and Rebekah Mercer ranked among President Donald Trump's most influential backers in 2016. A representative for Priorities USA Action, a leading pro-Biden super PAC, said the organization wasn't underestimating Trump's reelection forces, Mercers or no Mercers. (Bossie, like former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and many others, has recently found himself back in Trump's favor.) The Cambridge Analytica data that the Trump campaign paid for was "so stupidly wrong" and a "complete joke," Spicer added. But sources familiar with the Mercers' political spending said they have no evidence that the Mercers are doing so.
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