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☆ Leaders of the anti-vaccine movement are thrilled RFK Jr. could run HHS: ‘A dream come true’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Brandy-Zadrozny-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Brandy Zadrozny | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

“It’s like Typhoid Mary being in charge of food safety.”But another group was celebrating Trump’s pick: the anti-vaccine movement Kennedy leads. She and Polly Tommey, director of CHD.TV and a longtime anti-vaccine activist, reflected on Kennedy’s power within their campaign. Holland urged viewers to “educate” the public and Congress that Kennedy’s anti-vaccine claims were accurate, aiming to boost his support among senators who would vote on his confirmation. Kennedy now has a chance to bring that advocacy into the top public health office in the country. Stone replied, “I am over the moon about the appointment.”Others relished how Kennedy might bring a dreamed-about reckoning in public health agencies and retribution against former public health officials.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, ”, Mandy Cohen, ” “, Richard Besser, Kennedy, Paul Offit, Mary, Mary Holland, Polly Tommey, “ Bobby Kennedy, ” Holland, “, ” Tommey, Holland, Bobby Kennedy, wouldn’t, he’s, Del Bigtree, Michaela Roman, Dr, Sherri Tenpenny, Trump, Steve Kirsch, Kirsch, Alex Azar, ” Kennedy, “ We’re, Alex Jones, Roger Stone, Stone, Steve Bannon, Fauci, Anthony Fauci, Naomi Wolf Organizations: Department of Health, Human Services, “, Centers for Disease Control, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Health Defense, ”, MAHA Alliance, Kennedy’s, Oregon Capitol, Vaccine Safety Research Foundation, RFK, CDC, National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration, NIH, National Institute of Allergy, Bannon’s

Bidders interested in acquiring the media company founded by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will battle it out at a bankruptcy auction Wednesday, potentially silencing his Infowars broadcasting platform for good. "All you leftists celebrating the end of Alex Jones and Infowars, you're fools," he said. Jay Westbrook, a University of Texas bankruptcy law professor, said the ultimate goal would be to earn a "maximum return for the victims." Jones, 50, founded Infowars, which operates under Free Speech Systems, in 1999. "Despite the judgment, Alex Jones still has a First Amendment right to speak his mind and continue to speak about anything he wants," he said.

Persons: Alex Jones, Jones, Sandy, Infowars, Roger Stone, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Christopher Murray, Sandy Hook, Jay Westbrook, Callie Kalny, Roy Gutterman Organizations: Free Speech Systems, Elementary, ThreeSixty, Associated Press, University of Texas, Center of Media Psychology, Northwestern University, Musk, U.S, Bankruptcy, Southern, Southern District of, Sandy Hook Elementary, Speech Systems, Syracuse University, Center, Free Locations: Winnebago, Austin , Texas, Infowars, Southern District, Southern District of Texas, Newtown , Connecticut, Connecticut, Texas

☆ Infowars attracts ‘seven-figure’ auction bids that will decide fate of Alex Jones’ empire
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —On Wednesday morning, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ notorious Infowars media empire will go up for auction in a court-mandated sale, and at least one bid is in the “seven-figure” range, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Jones was found guilty of defamation by juries in Texas and Connecticut for using his Infowars megaphone to falsely claim the massacre was a hoax. But if “bad guys” buy Infowars, as Jones put it Monday, he’ll “keep broadcasting until they show up” after the Wednesday auction and shut down the fringe outlet. The Onion CEO Ben Collins was previously a journalist at NBC where he extensively covered disinformation and conspiracy theorists, including Jones and Infowars. The Barbed Wire, a progressive Texas-based outlet, said it had planned to bid in the Infowars auction but ultimately decided against it.

Persons: Alex Jones ’, ”, Jones, Sandy, “, ” Jones, Infowars, Roger Stone, Donald Trump, Stone, he’ll, AJNLive, they’re, imploring, Sandy Hook, Ben Collins, Collins, Christopher Mattei Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, Elementary, AP, NBC, Elon, ” Representatives, Media Locations: New York, Texas, Connecticut, Infowars

☆ Trump is already wielding power and causing massive disruption
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( Stephen Collinson | Trump S Determination To Project Peerless Authority Is Playing Out On Multiple Fronts | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Democrats are, meanwhile, coming to terms with the massive fallout of their failure to stop Trump’s return to power, even as they dissolve into self-recrimination. They lack a clear leader to revive their message or a platform of power if Republicans retain control of the House. Establishing dominance over Washington Republicans: Trump has been mostly behind closed doors since his victory rally last week. Trump is promising to return to the volatile foreign policy that defined his first term — and then some. The conundrum facing US allies was laid out by French President Emmanuel Macron, who rode the Trump first-term rollercoaster.

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Fifty-five hard-to-miss nuns of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie. These sisters don’t deserve to be put down by some misinformation that we’re a sham, that we’re a fraud,” said the prioress, Sister Stephanie Schmidt. Sister Stephanie Schmidt speaks during an interview with CNN, in Erie, Pennsylvania. Because the Benedictine Sisters don’t sit still. “If the 53 people registered at this address are legal voters… then I encourage them to participate in their right to vote,” Maloney posted.

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Between the time it takes to process mail ballots and deal with provisional ballots in some battleground states, votes will not be fully tabulated on election night. Projections of who won a close presidential race might not come for days, similar to the 2020 election. The sources all noted they did not have direct knowledge that this was a formal Trump campaign plan. The Trump campaign did not respond to a request seeking comment. In 2020, Trump quickly proclaimed victory on election night, even though he ultimately ended up losing to Joe Biden.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump’s, Seven Harris, —, Trump, ” Harris, Donald Trump, ”, “, Joe Biden, there’s, “ I’ve, ” “, ” Al Schmidt, Harris, Rudy Giuliani, “ That’s, Susie Wiles, Chris LaCivita, ’ ” Roger Stone, James Baker, George W, Bush, Joseph Kennedy, John F, Kennedy, Stone, ” Stone, ‘, Biden, Harris ’, ” Trump Organizations: NBC, Trump, NBC News, United States Capitol, Republican, CBS, New, “ Locations: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Wisconsin , Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania’s, North Carolina, New York City

If Trump Wins, Could He Really Use the Justice Department to Jail His Rivals? One of the most powerful appointees within the Justice Department is the director of the F.B.I., who ordinarily serves a 10-year term. He would be limited to a pool of senior Justice Department employees and Senate-confirmed officials, but still…. Even if Trump has installed loyalists at the top levels of the Justice Department, F.B.I. If the public comes to see the Justice Department as compromised, will witnesses and informants continue to cooperate?

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Biden, weaponizing, Harris, Trump, Richard Nixon, Christopher Wray, James Comey, …, Joe Biden, —, Peter Keisler, George W, Bush, “, Hillary Clinton, Aileen Cannon, Jack Smith, Steve Bannon, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Robert Jackson Organizations: Trump, Department, Justice Department, Loyalists, Republicans, Senate, Power, White, Heritage Foundation, Federal, Justice, Prosecutors, Republican, 11th Circuits, Capitol Locations: U.S, Texas, Florida, America

U.S. officials have privately said that Trump's campaign was the victim of the attack. Former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally on Sept. 24, 2024, in Savannah, Ga. Brandon Bell / Getty ImagesUnsolicited emails that included the stolen material from Trump’s campaign were then sent to associates of his Democratic political rival. The hack against the Trump campaign is just the latest example of an increasingly brazen approach by Iran that includes alleged murder plots against dissidents and defectors on American soil and an assassination threat against former President Trump, U.S. officials and analysts say. For more than two months, hackers who stole the documents have tried to persuade the American media to write about or publish the files they stole. “I’m just not a believer of the news media as an arm of the government, doing its work combating foreign influence.

Persons: Donald Trump, Brandon Bell, Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri, Roger Stone, “, Joe Biden’s, Trump, Matthew Olsen, Olsen, —, Sen, JD Vance, Ken Klippenstein, ” Klippenstein, “ I’m, General Merrick Garland, Kent Nishimura, Robert, ”, Robert persona’s, Konstantin Kalashnikov, Elena Afanasyeva, Tenet Organizations: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Getty, Democratic, CIA, Defense Department, United Nations, FBI, National Intelligence, Infrastructure Security Agency, Justice Department, NBC News, department’s National Security Division, Trump, Beijing, U.S, NBC, Department of Justice, Justice, YouTube, RT, Tenet Media Locations: Washington, Savannah , Ga, Iran, Fars, U.S, Russia, China, American, R, Ohio, Tennessee

CNN —US federal prosecutors on Friday unsealed criminal charges against three Iranian government-linked hackers in connection with a hacking operation aimed at Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri and Yasar (Yaser) Balaghi are accused of aggravated identity theft and wire fraud for their hacking efforts on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Separately, the US Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on seven people as part of a sweeping response to Iranian efforts “to influence or interfere” in the 2020 and 2024 US presidential elections. The alleged Iranian hack threw a twist in the presidential campaign in August when multiple news outlets reported receiving emails from a pseudonymous email account peddling documents stolen from the Trump campaign. The hacking operation began in June, when the alleged IRGC-linked hackers targeted longtime Trump ally Roger Stone and used access to his email account to target campaign staff.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri, Balaghi, “, JD Vance —, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris ’, Roger Stone, Harris Organizations: CNN, Court, District of Columbia, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, US Treasury Department, Trump, Biden, FBI, The, Department, Washington Post, Fox Locations: Russia, China, Iran, Russian, Ukraine

☆ Iranian hackers sent stolen Trump campaign information to Biden campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | Evan Perez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Iranian hackers sent unsolicited information they stole from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to people who were affiliated with Joe Biden’s campaign over the summer, federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday. The law enforcement statement Wednesday said that the hackers’ efforts to send information to US media outlets have continued. Law enforcement officials have previously said that those efforts also included an unsuccessful attempt to hack the Biden-Harris campaign. The Iranian hackers did breach the email account of longtime Trump ally Roger Stone to target campaign staff in June, CNN has reported. Investigators believe the suspected Iranian hackers breached Stone’s account and then used that email account to try to break into the account of a senior Trump campaign official as part of a persistent effort to access campaign networks.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Joe Biden’s, “, Biden’s, Trump’s, Kamala Harris ’, ”, Biden, Morgan Finkelstein, Harris, “ We’re, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Vance, Roger Stone, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Organizations: CNN, National Intelligence, FBI, Infrastructure Security Agency, Trump, Politico, The New York Times, Washington Post, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Investigators Locations: stoke

CNN —The Justice Department is expected to soon announce criminal charges against the Iranian government-backed hackers who carried out a hack-and-leak operation targeting former President Donald Trump’s campaign, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The criminal charges against the Iranian hackers could be unveiled as soon as next week, two of the sources said. The Iranian hackers stole internal Trump campaign documents and shared them with news organizations in an attempt to sow discord during the presidential election, according to US officials. The hackers breached the email account of longtime Trump ally Roger Stone to target campaign staff in June, CNN has reported. CNN has requested comment from the Justice Department on the pending move against the hackers.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Roger Stone, Matthew Olsen, “, ” Olsen, China — Organizations: CNN, The Justice, Trump, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Justice Department, The Washington, Columbia Law, Department’s Locations: Russian, Iran, China, United States

☆ Iranian hackers target WhatsApp accounts of Biden and Trump administration associates, Meta says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Jalen Beckford | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —An Iranian hacker group targeted the WhatsApp accounts of individuals associated with the administrations of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, Meta announced Friday. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Meta said its investigation linked the efforts to a group called “APT42,” known for using phishing tactics to steal credentials to people’s online accounts. Meta’s security team blocked a cluster of accounts posing as support agents for various tech companies, an activity it linked to APT42. CNN has reached out to both the White House and the Trump campaign for comment.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Trump, Kamala Harris, Roger Stone’s, Meta Organizations: CNN, Meta, Google, Biden, Democratic, Republican, Trump, Getty, FBI, White Locations: Iranian, Iran, Israel, Palestine, United States

Still, the Trump campaign has long worried that Kennedy’s campaign, built on conspiracies and anti-vaccine rhetoric, pulled directly from their side, especially in a handful of key states. Women were more likely to support Kennedy than men, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey, though other polls haven’t shown a meaningful difference. Supporters take a selfie together during a rally for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on May 13, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to the media at a Cesar Chavez Day event at Union Station in Los Angeles, California on March 30, 2024. As Kennedy’s campaign picked up support, Trump labeled the former Democrat a member of the “radical left” and attacked his environmental activism.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, “, ”, Trump, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, It’s, Vermont Sen, Bernie Sanders ’, Donald Trump Jr, ” Trump, Ramsey Reid, ’, ” Reid, Harris, who’s, ” Harris, Michael Tyler, Biden, Scott Eisen, Trump Kennedy, Joe Biden, John F, Kennedy –, Chris LaCivita, LaCivita, Timothy Mellon, Sergio Flores, Don Jr, Roger Stone, Privately, Kennedy’s, Bobby Kennedy III, Nicole Shanahan, Tucker Carlson –, Omeed Malik, ” Kennedy, Cesar Chavez, Mario Tama, Shanahan, ” Shanahan, Kristen Holmes, Kate Sullivan, Ethan Cohen Organizations: CNN, Democratic, CBS, Republican, Pew Research Center, Fox News, Democratic National Committee, RFK Jr, Biden, Convention, Trump, Democrats, Electoral, DNC, Clear Choice PAC, Getty, Kennedy, Trump Jr, Union Station, White, Republican National Convention Locations: Arizona, Vermont, Boston , Massachusetts, Michigan, Wisconsin, ”, Pennsylvania, New York, Austin , Texas, AFP, Trump’s, Los Angeles , California, Milwaukee, Harris

☆ News outlets were sent leaked Trump campaign files. They chose not to publish them
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Jon Passantino | Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The dossier included what the Trump campaign identified as Vance’s potential vulnerabilities. Instead, the first public sign of any release of private information came Saturday, when the Trump campaign went public with its announcement that it had been hacked, pointing the finger at Iranian operatives. “These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said. As long as they’re verified and newsworthy, then they’re fair game, but motive is an important part of the story, too,” Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, told CNN. The role of the media is to act independently in this situation,” Kirtley told CNN.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Robert, ”, Donald Trump’s, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Trump, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio, Vance, they’d, ” “, Brad Dayspring, ” Trump, Steven Cheung, Roger Stone, Hillary Clinton’s, newsrooms, Hunter, “ I’ve, it’s, Clinton, rallygoers, Julian Assange, ” Dan Kennedy, ” Jane Kirtley, ” Kirtley, Neera, Biden, Robert ”, Matt Murray Organizations: CNN, Politico, The New York Times, Washington Post, AOL, Trump, GOP, Times, Post, Democratic, FBI, Republican, Iranian, Microsoft, Democratic National Committee, Wikileaks, New York Times, Univision, WikiLeaks, “, Northeastern University, Democratic National, University of Minnesota, ” Washington Post Locations: Florida, United States, Iran, Tehran, Russia, Afghanistan, Iraq

☆ Trump campaign office in Virginia burglarized, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Police in a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C., said Monday that they are investigating a break-in at a campaign office for former President Donald Trump. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that deputies responded after they were contacted at roughly 9 p.m. The campaign office in Ashburn, about 30 miles northwest of Washington, is being leased by the Trump campaign, and the state’s 10th District Republican Committee is also headquartered there, the sheriff's office said. A burglary suspect sought by police in a Donald Trump campaign office in Loudoun County, Ashburn, Va. Loudoun County Sheriff's Office“It is rare to have the office of any political campaign or party broken into,” Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman said in a statement. A Trump campaign spokesperson and the campaign for Mike Clancy, the Republican nominee for the House seat in the state's 10th Congressional District, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Monday evening.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Mike Chapman, Mike Clancy, Harris, Roger Stone Organizations: Washington , D.C, Loudoun County Sheriff’s, Republican, Va . Loudoun County Sheriff's, Congressional, FBI, NBC News, Biden, The Washington Post Locations: Virginia, Washington ,, Loudoun County, Ashburn, Washington, Va . Loudoun County, ” Loudoun County, Iranian

☆ Watchdog Finds No Evidence of Political Interference in Stone Sentencing
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Glenn Thrush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Justice Department’s in-house watchdog found no evidence of political interference in the reduction of a prison sentence proposed for the longtime Trump ally Roger Stone in 2020, attributing the stunning reversal to “ineffectual” leadership, according to a report released on Wednesday. The report concluded a four-year investigation into the decision by Attorney General William P. Barr in February 2020 to reduce Mr. Stone’s proposed sentence to about three years, after initially recommending seven to nine. The episode incited accusations of political interference and prompted four prosecutors in the case to resign. He denounced the sentencing recommendation as a “miscarriage of justice.”But the inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, concluded that Mr. Barr had argued that the more stringent sentence was unreasonably harsh before Mr. Trump expressed those sentiments. Mr. Barr was blindsided by a subordinate who had led him to believe the department would request a lesser prison term, Mr. Horowitz wrote.

Persons: Department’s, Trump, Roger Stone, William P, Barr, Stone’s, Donald J, Stone, Michael E, Horowitz Locations: Russia

☆ Roger Stone sentencing proposal change was ‘highly unusual’ but politics didn’t play an improper role, DOJ watchdog says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The investigation was launched after the Justice Department issued a second sentencing memo for Stone called for a prison sentence “far less” than the 7-9 year recommendation his trial team initially put forward. Stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison, but that sentence was ultimately commuted by Trump. However, the inspector general found in Wednesday’s report that even career department lawyers believe “reasonable minds” can disagree on whether the initial sentencing recommendation for Stone was too high. “Thus, we found that Barr had articulated his position about the sentencing recommendation both before and shortly after the first sentencing memorandum was filed, and before the President’s tweets,” the inspector general said. The comments during these deliberations formed a “substantial basis” for Zelinsky’s congressional testimony, the inspector general said.

Persons: Roger Stone, Donald Trump, Stone, Aaron Zelinsky, General Michael Horowitz, ” Zelinsky, Bill Barr, Barr, Trump, Timothy Shea, Shea, ”, Joshua Matz Organizations: CNN, Justice Department, Trump, DOJ, DC, Attorney Locations: DC

In this gilded echo chamber, Mr. Trump enjoys unwavering devotion — and collects the staggering price of admission. During the 2014-15 season — the last before Mr. Trump officially entered politics — The Times counted 52 fund-raiser events at Mar-a-Lago. More than two dozen midterm candidates had already held fund-raisers on the property when Mr. Trump made that statement. But that changed when Letitia James, the New York attorney general, sued Mr. Trump for exaggerating the value of his properties. And, unlike when Mr. Trump was president, “he was there a lot,” Mr. Rustmann said.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, MAGA, Matt Gaetz, “, Sebastian Gorka, ”, Forgiato, Donald Trump, Ryan Garcia, “ Donald Trump, Glenn Beck, Roger Stone, Liz Crokin, Michael T, Flynn, We’re, —, Vivek Ramaswamy, Matthew DePerno, Frank Pavone, Kari Lake, Joe Kent, ” Cameron Moore, Alex Stone, Stone, Roger J, Stone Jr, Roseanne Barr, don’t, Abraham Lincoln, Lago, Thomas D, Homan, ” Sebastian Gorka, Gorka, Abraham Lincoln ”, Trump’s, ” Mr, Vernon Jones, Letitia James, galas, Laurence Hirsh, James, Greg Christovich, Christovich, Christovich’s, Michael Barnett, Barnett, ” Frank Vain, Fred Rustmann, Mr, Rustmann Organizations: Gravity, House, New York Times, Mar, U.S.A, Times, Trump, Palm, Republican Party of Palm, Lincoln, Breakers, Policy Institute, America’s, Inc, White, Mr, America, of, Republican, Republicans, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial, Trump Organization, New, U.S ., Secret Service, U.S . Department of State, Records, The Trump Organization, Republican Party of, RSM, Republican Party Locations: Mar, Jan, America, Palm Beach, Lago, Charlottesville, Va, Beach, Georgia’s, “, New York, Republican Party of Palm Beach County, Florida

☆ Trump’s former top strategist pushes the 2024 election as a ‘victory or death!’ war
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Is this a political war to the knife?”I was not familiar with that term – “war to the knife” – but Bannon also recently used it in an interview with ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Ousted from White House role in 2017Bannon’s tenure in Trump’s White House was relatively short; he was fired in August 2017, part of a major reorganization under then-chief of staff John Kelly, who was brought in to control a chaotic atmosphere. As chief strategist at the White House, Bannon was known for large whiteboards full of lists of priorities – things that still ring true in the priorities he outlined over the weekend. Courts, Congress and mismanagement kept Bannon and Trump from achieving many of these goals in Trump’s first term. Anticipating the potential for a second Trump term, there are any number of supporters who are mapping out how to make the most of it.

Persons: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s, Bannon, ”, Tucker Carlson, “, Trump, Read, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, John Kelly, Kelly, Trump’s, ” Bannon, Joe Biden’s, General Merrick Garland, Gestapo … there’s, MAGA, Peter Bergen, Bergen, Trump ” –, Roger Stone, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Alex Jones Organizations: CNN, FBI, Fox News, Sovereign, of Congress, Democrats, White, Trump’s, Trump –, Trump, of Justice, DOJ, Gestapo, Federal Reserve, Heritage Foundation, State Department, Heritage Locations: Detroit, Kansas, Atchison, White, Ukraine, Trump’s, State

Some Trump allies, including another veteran of his 2016 campaign and the Trump White House, former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, have downplayed the former president’s comments. Earlier this month, Conway noted that Trump’s Justice Department did not try to prosecute Hillary Clinton despite the chants of “Lock her up!” at 2016 campaign rallies. But other allies have responded more forcefully to Trump’s conviction in his New York hush money trial. He was sentenced to four months in prison, and a federal judge earlier this month ordered him to report to prison by July 1. Once a top adviser to Trump’s 2016 campaign and a senior White House aide, the bombastic Bannon is now a right-wing podcaster with a following of loyal Trump supporters.

Persons: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, Bannon, Trump, ”, ” Bannon, ’, ” Trump, Sean Hannity —, it’s Joe Biden, Hannity, Kellyanne Conway, Conway, Hillary Clinton, “, Jim Jordan, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Matthew Colangelo, Marco Rubio, Vance of Ohio —, Biden, Kevin McCarthy, Ronna McDaniel, Roger Stone, Rudy Giuliani, “ they’re Organizations: CNN, Fox News, Trump, Trump White House, Trump’s, Ohio, Attorney, Capitol, White House, Republican National, Justice Department, FBI Locations: New York, Detroit, Manhattan, Marco Rubio of Florida

Washington CNN —Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared defiant Tuesday as he spent hours fielding questions from lawmakers on a range of topics, occasionally sparring with Republican House members seeking to use his testimony to attack the Justice Department. “These repeated attacks on the Justice Department are unprecedented, and they are unfounded,” he told lawmakers. “I will not be intimidated, and the Justice Department will not be intimidated. “It is not the fault of the Department of Justice that Donald Trump has surrounded himself with criminals,” Lieu said. “Trump brought that upon himself.”Lieu also noted that President Biden’s son Hunter is being prosecuted “in federal court right now” by Garland’s Justice Department.

Persons: General Merrick Garland, Garland, Donald Trump, Hunter Biden, Garland’s, Joe Biden’s, Robert Hur, ” Garland, lobbed, ”, “, Biden, Trump, Jack Smith’s, Jim Jordan, Jack Smith, Smith, Jordan, Hunter Biden’s, Ben Cline, Cline, Ted Lieu, Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, George Papadopoulos, Michael Cohen, Roger Stone, Elliott Broidy –, ” Lieu, “ Trump, Biden’s, Hunter Organizations: Washington CNN, Republican, Justice Department, GOP, Department, DOJ, CNN, Manhattan District, Republicans, Trump, Manhattan District Attorney, Justice, Ohio Republican, White House, Democratic, Department of Justice, Garland’s Justice Department Locations: New York, York, Washington ,, Florida, Delaware, Trump

☆ Judge Cannon expands hearing on Trump’s request to declare special counsel’s appointment invalid
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Dan Berman | Katelyn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Cannon is planning on holding a sprawling hearing on Trump’s request to declare Jack Smith’s appointment as special counsel invalid, signaling she could be more willing than any other trial judge to veto the special prosecutor’s authority. Wednesday, Cannon went further, adding a hearing on a gag order request from prosecutors to limit Trump’s rhetoric about law enforcement and allotting more time to hear arguments on the special counsel issue. Cannon’s signal of willingness to entertain challenges to the special counsel comes in the same week Republicans are bearing down on Attorney General Merrick Garland for his use of special counsels. A third group says the Department of Justice’s use of a special counsel should be upheld. Cannon still agreed to the hearing Trump wanted.

Persons: Aileen Cannon, Donald Trump’s, Cannon, Jack Smith’s, It’s, –, Trump, Evan Corcoran, Hunter, didn’t, Paul Manafort’s, Robert Mueller’s, Andrew Miller, Roger Stone, General Merrick Garland, David Weiss, Hunter Biden, – Cannon, ” Bradley Moss, Edwin Meese, Michael Mukasey, Meese, Mukasey, ’ Organizations: CNN, FBI, Trump, Southern District of, Justice Department, Republican Locations: Los Angeles and Delaware, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Delaware, Washington ,

☆ Many Trump associates faced prison. Unlike Cohen, many got pardons
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Now Christie, like Cohen, is a former Trump associate trying to take the former president down. Cohen is rare in the universe of Trump associates since he both turned on Trump and went to prison. Many of the other Trump aides and associates who faced jail eventually got pardons or clemency and still support the former president. Trump’s pardon helped Bannon avoid prosecution in the border wall scheme, but Bannon may yet go to prison. Trump issued the Flynn pardon shortly after losing the 2020 presidential election.

Persons: Michael Cohen, Donald Trump, Charles Kushner, Kushner, –, Chris Christie, Christie, Jared Kushner, Trump’s, Cohen, Trump, Manafort, Paul Manafort, Manafort –, He’s, Bannon, Steve Bannon, Pardoning Bannon, Navarro, Peter Navarro, he’s, Stone, Flynn, Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, Rikers Trump, Allen Weisselberg, Weisselberg, Jonathan Karl, Cohen’s Organizations: CNN, Trump, New, New Jersey Gov, US, Manafort, Republican, Convention, Trump White House, Department of Justice, ABC News Locations: New York City, New Jersey, Mexico, Russia

☆ Why Jake Tapper made a new series about pre-Trump political scandals
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Zachary Wolf | Analysis Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —There’s a funny, interesting and very sad new series on CNN featuring Jake Tapper. If you are encountering them for the first time, it will be an education in what Tapper calls his “Jar Jar Binks” theory. TAPPER: The scandals involving Trump are so vast and complex and ongoing. You revisit sex scandals, corruptions scandals and a spy scandal. TAPPER: I have a theory called the “Jar Jar Binks” theory, which is that every great person rises to a level where they can remove from their circle anyone telling them when they’re making a mistake.

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That's when Rep. Elise Stefanik, the hard-charging upstate New York Republican, came up, according to a person at the dinner table. At the thought of Stefanik as a possible choice for vice president, Trump nodded approvingly. "I'm not going to get into any of my conversations with President Trump. In New York, Stefanik is known as a frequent presence not only in her district but across the state — and someone who can easily be reached. Aside from Stefanik, Bannon ticked through his view of Trump's deep bench of potential VP picks.

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