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Washington CNN —In her new book “Enough,” former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson paints the closing days of the Trump White House as even more chaotic and lawless than she previously disclosed in her shocking televised testimony last summer. “We killed Herman Cain,” Meadows told Hutchinson and asked for his wife’s phone number. Unlike White House communications director Alyssa Farah, who resigned on December 3, 2020, or deputy White House press secretary Sarah Matthews, who left on January 6, 2021, Hutchinson remained. In the summer of 2017, Trump’s first year in office, Hutchinson was an intern in Sen. Ted Cruz’s office. It turns out, Hutchinson writes, that she coordinated with Farah, who is now a CNN political commentator, telling her everything she knew.

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☆ Mike Pence, the Indictment and the Chaos of Donald Trump - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Katherine Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

They left behind a few panicked people who remained grounded in reality like former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Mr. Pence, and then Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and the rest. Again and again, people describe desperate circumstances, arguments about doing things like seizing the voting machines, or trying to persuade Mr. Trump to call off the riot. According to prosecutors, at 7:01 p.m. on Jan. 6, Mr. Cipollone called Mr. Trump and asked him to withdraw his objections to certification; Mr. Trump refused. In his book, “Why We Did It,” Tim Miller debates this question with Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former White House communications official. In his book, Mr. Esper describes the way Mr. Pence represented a sane, normal presence in meetings.

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CNN —Special counsel Jack Smith unveiled his case alleging that former President Donald Trump broke several laws in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, with a grand jury indictment returned Tuesday that illustrated the depth and breadth of the federal criminal investigation. Trump, who has derided Smith’s case as a politically motivated “fake indictment,” has been summoned to appear before a magistrate judge on Thursday. Prosecutors put forward several examples of Trump being told by his aides that fraud claims he was promoting were false. The new indictment recounts a conversation between Trump and Meadows, during which Meadows allegedly told Trump that he had observed Georgia election officials were “conducting themselves in an exemplary fashion,” while assuring Trump they would find fraud if it existed. Hours later, Trump tweeted that the election officials were “terrible people” who were trying to cover-up evidence of fraud.

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WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had received a letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith stating that he is a target of a grand jury investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election result. Officials have testified that during his final months in office, Trump pressured them with unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud. stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation," Trump wrote on his Truth Social media site. In his Truth Social post, Trump said Smith's office has given him "a very short 4 days" to appear before the grand jury in the probe. But he said the cumulative impact of the cases against Trump could deter some moderate Republicans and hinder his chances in the general election.

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CNN —Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, testified before the grand jury investigating the aftermath of the 2020 election and the actions of the then-president and others, a source familiar with the testimony confirmed to CNN. Former Trump aide Hope Hicks also went before the grand jury, according to two sources familiar, testifying in early June. Some of the questions being asked in the grand jury were about whether Donald Trump was told he had lost the election, according to one of the sources familiar. Kushner’s and Hicks’ appearances before the grand jury are notable because both were members of the former president’s inner circle. Several key Trump White House officials have also testified befoe the grand jury, including Pence, Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows and former White House counsel Pat Cipollone, among others.

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☆ Mike Pence will testify before a grand jury about Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Oma Seddiq | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Pence will not fight a court ruling ordering him to testify before a grand jury about Trump efforts to overturn the 2020 election. A federal judge ruled last month that Pence must testify about conversations he had with Trump leading up to January 6, 2021. Trump pressured Pence, both publicly and privately, to assist in his efforts to overturn Biden's 2020 election victory. Trump supporters could be heard chanting that they wanted to "hang Mike Pence" during the Capitol riot, according to video footage. They're literally calling for the vice president to be effing hung,'" Hutchinson testified.

☆ Factbox: Six highlights from testimony released by the Jan. 6 committee
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Moira Warburton | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Since the release of its report last week, the committee has released testimony transcripts highlighting other developments in Trump's White House, before and after the riot. "The president floated the idea and Cipollone said no," McEntee told the committee, referring to Pat Cipollone, former White House counsel. He said something to the effect of, God, no," Hutchinson told the committee, referring to the memo. Originals of all White House documents must be kept for the archives, but copies can be burned. She suspected her former lawyer of leaking her testimony to the press, and telling other Trump-adjacent figures about what she told the committee.

☆ Factbox: Four highlights from testimony released by the Jan. 6 committee
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Moira Warburton | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Since the release of its report last week, the committee has made public transcripts of testimony from various witnesses. BLANKET PARDONSTrump wanted to issue blanket pardons for everyone who participated in the riot, according to testimony from John McEntee, former head of personnel at the White House. "The President floated the idea and Cipollone said no," McEntee told the committee, referring to Pat Cipollone, former White House counsel. Originals of all White House documents must be kept for the archives, but copies can be burned. She suspected her former lawyer of leaking her testimony to the press, and telling other Trump-adjacent figures about what she told the committee.

☆ Former WH aide says Trump allies helped deliver a ‘dolly of boxes’ full of what may have been classified intelligence documents to the Situation Room in the final days of Trump’s presidency
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A former WH aide detailed the flow of intelligence documents to the Situation Room during Trump's last days. In a new transcript, she described how Trump allies including Meadows sought boxes of documents from congress. "On December 31st — or December 30th — we got all the documents, Hutchinson told the committee in a May 17, 2022 interview. "And why would they need to bring them to the White House to look into them?" "I don't know," she answered, maintaining that she never took part in the meetings between the White House officials and Republican allies, despite her top security clearance.

☆ Jan. 6 committee releases nearly 50 more witness transcripts — including Ivanka Trump, Bill Barr, and Mike Pompeo — to little fanfare
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The January 6 committee released a new trove of nearly 50 witness transcripts on Friday. Testimony from Ivanka Trump, Mike Pompeo, and Bill Bar was included in the release. Testimony from several high-profile witnesses were included in the Friday release, including Ivanka Trump, former Attorney General Bill Bar, and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The committee released testimony transcripts from 46 witnesses in total on Friday, having already published several transcripts earlier in the week. Testimony from Trump-aligned attorney Sidney Powell, former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, and former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was also released Friday.

☆ Jan. 6 committee highlights: Panel votes on criminal referrals for Trump and others
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Rebecca Shabad | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Jonathan-Allen-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +48 min

“By the time President Trump was preparing to give his speech, he and his advisors knew enough to cancel the rally. “Some have suggested that President Trump gave an order to have 10,000 troops ready for January 6th. On far-right groups drawing inspiration from Trump: Trump has not denied that he helped inspire far-right groups, including the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, to violently attempt to obstruct the official certification proceedings on Jan. 6. "There is no question from all the evidence assembled that President Trump did have that intent." Share this -Link copiedInside the final Jan. 6 committee meeting The Jan. 6 committee met for what’s likely its final public meeting, with many of the usual faces present.

☆ Jan. 6 committee summary: Ivanka Trump not 'forthcoming'; Giuliani changed tone on stolen election during deposition
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Sahil-Kapur-Headshot.Jpg | Sahil Kapur | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

In some cases, the committee said the purported memory lapses were not credible and appeared to be an attempt to conceal information. Yet the panel suggests that she knew more than she was letting on, contrary to others, like then-White House counsel Pat Cipollone. That appeared to be the case with Ornato,” according to the executive summary. The committee says it has “significant concerns about the credibility of this testimony,” according to the executive summary, and says it will release the transcript of his November interview. The panel alleges Trump also reached out to witnesses, without naming names: “The Select Committee is aware of multiple efforts by President Trump to contact Select Committee witnesses.

☆ Key things to watch out for in the Jan. 6 report beyond Trump
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Michael Conway | Michael Conway Was Counsel For The House Judiciary Committee In The Impeachment Inquiry Of President Richard Nixon In In That Role | He Assisted In Drafting The Committee'S Final Report To The House In Support Of The Three Articles Of Impeachment Adopted The Committee. Conway Is A Graduate Of Yale Law School | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

The expected recommendation that former President Donald Trump be prosecuted would be a political thunderbolt. For initial news reporting, journalists will gravitate to it rather than the report itself, and so will the general public. The expected recommendation that former President Donald Trump be prosecuted would be a political thunderbolt. On Thursday, House Democrats introduced legislation to bar Trump from holding federal office in the future. For prosecutors who have subpoenaed key witnesses to testify to a federal grand jury, this would create a unique advantage.

Smith takes over a staff that’s already nearly twice the size of Robert Mueller’s team of lawyers who worked on the Russia probe. Smith will also take on national security investigators already working the probe into the potential mishandling of federal records taken to Mar-a-Lago after Trump left the White House. Those lawyers maintain the former president is unlikely to be indicted, according to two sources familiar. Special Counsel Robert Mueller makes a statement about the Russia investigation on May 29, 2019 at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. Trump allies have consistently maintained that nothing Trump did related to the election and January 6 itself amounts to a crime.

☆ The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Dan Berman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

CNN —All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, whose third White House bid has already become mired in controversy. The Justice Department investigation continues into whether documents from the Trump White House were illegally mishandled when they were brought to Mar-a-Lago in Florida after he left office. Any unauthorized retention or destruction of White House documents could violate a criminal law that prohibits the removal or destruction of official government records, legal experts told CNN. During the panel’s hearings this summer, fingers were pointed at GOP lawmakers and Trump allies who tried to help overturn the election and Trump White House officials who failed to stop the former president’s actions. Recently, DOJ moved to compel additional testimony from former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and deputy White House counsel Patrick Philbin.

A South Carolina judge ruled Wednesday that former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows must testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating possible interference in the 2020 presidential election. Meadows, who lives in South Carolina, has tried to avoid testifying before the grand jury probe into possible election interference by then-President Donald Trump and his allies. A spokesperson for Willis said Meadows won’t appear before the grand jury until sometime after the midterm elections next month, as the investigation is in a “quiet period” around then. A federal appeals court ruled last week that Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., also must testify before the Fulton County grand jury. Trump's former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani have also testified before the grand jury.

A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., must testify before a Georgia grand jury examining possible election interference in the state two years ago. It also sided with the lower court's finding that "there is significant dispute about whether his phone calls with Georgia election officials were legislative investigations at all." Willis has said publicly she’s investigating a pair of post-election phone calls Graham made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, and his staff. Graham has been fighting the subpoena since it was issued in July, turning to federal court after an unsuccessful bid to challenge it in state court. The Fulton County grand jury is currently in a “quiet period” through Election Day, Nov. 8.

☆ Trump told Rudy Giuliani to 'go wild' and 'do anything you want' in seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election: book
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump told Giuliani he could "go wild" in challenging the 2020 results, per a forthcoming book. In "Confidence Man," NYT reporter Maggie Haberman detailed how Trump placed his faith in Giuliani. "My lawyers are terrible," Trump reportedly said of many of the other attorneys on his team. Haberman detailed in the book that Trump spoke of Giuliani's newfound control during a phone call. I don't care," Trump reportedly said, according to Haberman.

☆ Newt Gingrich, who 'broke' Congress, returns to raise support for Kevin McCarthy's midterm strategy on Capitol Hill but dodges questions about testifying in the January 6 probe
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Newt Gingrich referred reporters to his lawyers when asked about the ongoing Jan. 6 investigation. "I don't talk about it. House investigators have asked Gingrich to testify about advice he gave Trump's 2020 election team. "I don't talk about it. Others who have yet to appear for questioning or have fought against testifying publicly include former Vice President Mike Pence, former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone, as well as McCarthy and other House GOP subpoena dodgers.

☆ Liz Cheney says Mike Pence was 'essentially the president' on January 6 as Trump refused to send reprieve
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Cheney suggested that Mike Pence was "essentially" the acting president on January 6, 2021. "Testimony that President Trump was the only person who refused to respond to desperate calls for help, even from his own congressional allies. In her speech on Monday, Cheney suggested that Trump's second-in-command, Mike Pence, stepped into his superior's role. "If you watched our hearings closely, you understand that Vice President Mike Pence was essentially the president for most of that day," she said. After Trump assailed Pence on Twitter for refusing to reject Electoral College votes for President Joe Biden, rioters throughout the Capitol began chanting "hang Mike Pence."

☆ The full timeline of Trump's known phone calls on the day of the January 6 insurrection
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-21 | by ( Grace Panetta | Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Here's the full timeline of Trump's known phone calls as recorded in official White House records. Trump speaks to lawyer Kurt Olsen, who played a key role in legal efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Hawley said he never returned Trump's calls on January 6, when he objected to election results at the joint session of Congress. Hawley said he never returned Trump's calls on January 6, when he objected to election results at the joint session of Congress. AP Photo/John MinchilloTrump spoke at the "Save America" rally at the Ellipse at noon and returned to the White House at 1:19 pm, according to White House records.

☆ Ex-White House aide said she wanted Mark Meadows to 'snap out' of it and pay attention to the Capitol riot as it was unfolding
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-28 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An ex-aide to Meadows said she wanted him to "snap out" of it and pay attention to the Capitol riot. Cassidy Hutchinson said she asked Meadows if he could see what was transpiring on his TV on January 6. "I remember thinking in that moment, 'Mark needs to snap out of this and I don't know how to snap him out of this but he needs to care.'" About a minute later, then-White House counsel Pat Cipollone appeared and pressed Meadows to act on the events at the Capitol. "I remember Pat saying to [Meadows], something to the effect of, 'The rioters have gotten to the Capitol, Mark, we need to go down and see the president now,'" Hutchinson said.

☆ Trump a anunţat că nu se va prezenta la ceremonia de învestire în funcție a lui Joe Biden
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-08 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

„Pentru toți cei care au întrebat, nu voi participa la inaugurarea de pe 20 ianuarie”, a scris Donald Trump pe Twitter, evitând din nou să pomenească numele succesorului său la Casa Albă. Este pentru prima oară în ultimii 151 de ani când un președinte refuză să participe la ceremonia de învestire a succesorului său. Ultima oară, un astfel de eveniment s-a petrecut în 1869, când președintele Andrew Johnson a refuzat să participe la învestirea succesorului său, Ulysses Grant. Astfel, Trump a trebuit să se schimbe la 180 de grade în ultimul discurs, și să îi condamne pe susținătorii săi violenți, deși doar cu o zi înainte anunțase că îi „iubește”. Joe Biden și Kamala Harris, câștigătorii alegerilor din 3 noiembrie, for fi învestiți în funcțiile de președinte și vicepreședinte, în după-amiaza zilei de 20 ianuarie.

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