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    Georgia Lawmaker Seeks Probe of Prosecutor Who Indicted Trump
    The Georgia Legislature could investigate and possibly impeach Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who this week secured a grand jury’s racketeering indictment against former President Donald Trump and allies who helped Trump challenge the outcome of the presidential election in Georgia.  State Sen. Colton Moore, a Republican, said Willis engaged in “political persecution” of…
    Fred Lucas
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    Liberal Media Would Have You Think Trump’s Prosecutors Are Nonpartisans. They Aren’t.
    Here we go again. The Democrats have unfurled a fourth indictment of former President Donald Trump, this time in Fulton County, Georgia. The No. 1 media bias complaint on this trend—other than how these indictments “flood the zone” and devolve the Republican presidential primary into a hyperbolic courtroom drama—is that reporters typically fail to identify…
    Tim Graham
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    Trump Takes 47-Point Lead Over Republican Field as Ramaswamy Surges to Second
    Former President Donald Trump is widening his lead over the field of Republican rivals, according to a new poll shared with The Daily Signal. With support from 60% of Republican primary voters, Trump commands a 47-point advantage over his nearest competitor in Scott Rasmussen’s latest national survey. The poll from RMG Research Inc. was in…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Hillary Clinton Laughs at News of Trump’s Indictment Over 2020 Election
    Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who famously lost the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump, laughed at news of the latest indictment against her former campaign opponent on Monday night. “All over the country right now, people are wondering what Hillary Rodham Clinton is thinking, watching things unfold in Georgia,” MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow said…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Federal Indictment of Donald Trump Is Weaponization of American Political System
    The indictment of former President Donald Trump by special counsel Jack Smith—with the full approval of Attorney General Merrick Garland—is an attack on the American political system and fundamental rights protected by the First Amendment to freely discuss, debate, and contest serious election and political issues. It represents the ultimate weaponization of the Justice Department,…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Trump Says Supreme Court ‘Must Intercede’ in His Case
    Former President Donald Trump said Friday that the Supreme Court “must intercede” in special counsel Jack Smith’s case against him. Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday in Washington, D.C., to four charges relating to his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election. He said Friday in a post on Truth Social that the indictments against him are “election interference” that…
    Katelynn Richardson
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    Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 Trump Indictments Are an Attack on Political Speech
    If recklessly lying to voters were a crime, most everyone in Washington, D.C., would be serving life in solitary confinement at Supermax. But in a liberal democracy, as frustrating as it often is, political misconduct is settled by voters and elections, not partisan prosecutors or rioters. Feel free to campaign and vote against Donald Trump…
    David Harsanyi
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    4 Things to Know About Obama-Appointed Judge Presiding Over New Trump Case
    The federal judge who will oversee former President Donald Trump’s case in Washington related to challenging the 2020 election outcome has a reputation for being tough on Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants.  An appointee of Trump’s predecessor, President Barack Obama, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has ruled against the Trump administration in the past, as…
    Fred Lucas
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    Surprising What Is—and Isn’t—in 3rd Trump Indictment, Legal Expert Says
    Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday was indicted for a third time, and “it’s striking that there’s really nothing new in the indictment,” Steven Bradbury says. The latest indictment by special counsel Jack Smith is “all based on what we already knew publicly from the work of the Jan. 6 committee and from all the…
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump Campaign Compares New Indictment With Nazi, Soviet Tactics
    A federal grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump—the third so far against the former president—over Trump’s efforts challenging the outcome of the 2020 election. "Today an indictment was unsealed charging Donald J. Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding," said…
    Fred Lucas
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    Donald Trump Promises: ‘I Will Prevent World War III’
    PALM BEACH, Fla. — In a speech to college students and conservative Americans on Saturday evening, former President Donald Trump promised that he would not allow the United States to head into a third world war. "I'm the only one that can make this promise," Trump said, amid concerns over President Joe Biden's approval of the…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Trump Signs ‘Presidential Promise’ to Fight for ‘Dignity of Women and Motherhood’
    Former President Donald Trump has signed a presidential pledge to uphold the dignity of women and motherhood should he again become president of the United States, according to a national women's group. "As president of the United States, I promise to uphold the truth that women are exclusively female," the pledge says. "Only women can…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    ‘Crackhead’: Trump Slams Special Counsel as Aide Pleads Not Guilty in Document Case
    A personal aide to Donald Trump in the White House and after his presidency pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court in Miami, in a delayed development in Trump’s classified documents case.  A lawyer for Walt Nauta, Trump’s personal aide, told a judge that his client “takes very seriously the charges.”  The same day, Trump…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Promises to Swing Hammer of Executive Orders on Behalf of Parents
    PHILADELPHIA—Former President Donald Trump promised to issue executive orders and ask Congress to pass laws that protect parental rights in a speech Friday evening at Moms for Liberty’s Joyful Warriors National Summit here. Trump began by praising Moms for Liberty, a parental rights group that stands up to school boards across America, in the face…
    Tony Kinnett
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    The Dangerous Trump Indictment Precedent
    This week, a Rubicon was crossed: The former president of the United States and current Republican front-runner for the presidential nomination, Donald Trump, was indicted on 37 federal felony charges relating to mishandling classified information and obstruction of justice. Needless to say, this has never happened before—and the precedent is horrifying. Trump himself campaigned in…
    Ben Shapiro
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    ‘Fake and Fabricated Charges’: Trump Denounces Federal Indictment in Primetime Address
    Former President Donald Trump denounced the federal case against him as “the most evil and heinous abuse of power in the history of our country” during a primetime speech from his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.  Trump called it a “sham indictment put forward by the Biden administration.” “This day will go…
    Fred Lucas
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    Watchdog: Trump Indictment Puts Pressure on Special Counsel Investigating Biden Classified Documents
    The special counsel investigating the classified documents kept by President Joe Biden could face pressure to act after last week’s indictment of former President Donald Trump, according to a government watchdog group.  Robert Hur, a former Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in Maryland, was appointed special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland in January amid revelations that…
    Fred Lucas
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    Unprecedented Indictment of Trump Likely to Deepen Political Divisions
    For the first time in our nation’s history, a former president has been indicted by the federal government. And not just a former president, but the current front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.    A federal grand jury in South Florida has returned a combined 38-count indictment against former President Donald Trump…
    John G. Malcolm | Cully Stimson
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    New Trump Indictment Harms America in 2 Ways, Sen. Marco Rubio Says
    The second indictment of former President Donald Trump, this time related to classified documents he took from the White House, will do great “harm” to America, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said Friday. For one thing, Rubio noted, President Joe Biden reportedly retained classified documents from his eight years as vice president without securing them as…
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump Indicted on Charges Related to Classified Documents
    Former President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that a federal court in Miami has indicted him. The indictment is currently sealed. However, Trump connected the charges to documents he held after leaving the White House. Trump released a statement about the charges that he posted on Truth Social: The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my…
    Jarrett Stepman
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