Congressman Mike Turner rejects Trump’s call to terminate Constitution
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Department of Justice prosecutors are urging a judge to hold Donald Trump’s team in contempt of court for not fully complying with a subpoena to return all of the government documents he is accused of illegally keeping after leaving the White House.
Trump’s lawyers have claimed in federal court that he has fulfilled subpoena requests to provide papers in his personal possession, while prosecutors say searches carried out on the former president’s behalf have not been satisfactory. A court hearing on the matter will be held today.
It comes as the January 6 select committee is reportedly considering criminal referrals for at least four of Trump’s associates: former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer John Eastman, former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and former Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark, sources told CNN.
Meanwhile, Trump has hit out at the deal that saw Brittney Griner returned from Russia, complaining that Joe Biden should have sought the release of US Marine Paul Whelan. He did not acknowledge that Whelan was arrested in Russia on his watch, or that he himself failed to act to get him home.
Jewish Americans confront antisemitism with resolve, worry
Jewish Americans are closely following the recent upsurge in antisemitic rhetoric and actions with a mix of anxiety and resolve — along with a yearning that a broader swath of Americans, including leaders across the political spectrum, speak out against anti-Jewish hatred.
Across the United States, many Jewish Americans are closely following the recent high-profile surge in antisemitic rhetoric and actions
‘They should be ashamed of themselves’: Trump lashes out at ‘Jewish leaders’ for ‘lack of loyalty’ to him
Former President Donald Trump hit out at “Jewish leaders” for a “lack of loyalty” to him in a post on Truth Social on Friday morning, saying “they should be ashamed of themselves”.
Posting a link to an article in The Gateway Pundit by Wayne Allyn Root, defending him from the outrage sparked by his dinner at Mar-a-Lago with antisemitic rapper Kanye West and white nationalist Nick Fuentes, Mr Trump thanked the author for lauding his record with Israel.
Former president posted article defending his dinner with anti-semitic rapper Kanye West
WTO rules against Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs
The World Trade Organization has rejected the 2018 import taxes that then-President Donald Trump imposed on foreign steel and aluminum, saying they violated global trade rules.
Trump’s tariffs of 25% on foreign steel and 10% on aluminum outraged America’s long-standing allies, including the European Union and Japan, because he relied on a little-used provision of U.S. trade law to declare their steel and aluminum a threat to U.S. national security.
China and other trading partners challenged the tariffs at the 164-nation WTO.
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The World Trade Organization has rejected the 2018 import taxes that then-President Donald Trump imposed on foreign steel and aluminum, saying they violated global trade rules
Pro-Trump Republican challenger says Jan 6 protesters ‘held in DC gulag’
Andrew Buncombe interviewed Mr Kent for The Independent.
Former Green Beret hoping to take down one of the Republicans who voted to impeach Trump tells The Independent hs support for the former president inspired him to run
Trump’s lacklustre campaign and series of disasters ‘emboldens GOP rivals'
It’s been three weeks featuring one calamity after another since Donald Trump launched his 2024 campaign with an unremarkable speech before a crowd of fans in the ballroom of Mar-a-Lago.
There have been no campaign events, mounting blame for the GOP midterms performance thanks to his candidate picks, and a shocking dinner with antisemitic rapper Kanye West and white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
On top of that, his legal problems continue to escalate, with his company found guilty of tax fraud, and the investigations into the January 6 Capitol riot and Mar-a-Lago classified documents drawing toward potential criminal charges.
“Everybody had this anticipation he’s going to announce,” former New Jersey governor Chris Christie told ABC’s This Week on Sunday. “Nothing has happened since then except bad things for Donald Trump.”
What does this mean for other 2024 hopefuls? Mark Niquette and Bill Allison write in Bloomberg that the former president is finding himself increasingly isolated from fellow Republicans.
“There’s no question that other candidates smell blood in the water, between Trump getting blamed for the midterm results, a less-than-inspiring announcement, and then a huge display of misjudgment shortly thereafter,” Republican strategist Alex Conant told Bloomberg.
Increasingly, more and more Republicans — such as Mr Christie — are speaking out against the former president and calling on the party to move on from him.
GOP Megadonors have also signaled that they are either moving on or waiting to see the full candidate field.
Nevertheless, Mr Trump remains a driving force amongst the party’s base, though donations have slowed — no thanks to the lack of any meaningful campaign push following the announcement that he is running again.
Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, and others are just biding their time before making their own announcements regarding 2024.
Voices: Of course Joe Biden is going to be the Democratic nominee in 2024
Noah Berlatsky writes:
Unless he develops a serious health problem or is hit by a meteor, he’s going to be the next Democratic nominee for president. Moreover, anyone who actually cares about a Democratic victory, or democracy in general, should want Biden to run.
Anyone who actually cares about a Democratic victory, or democracy in general, should want Biden to run
John Bolton: Trump turned down Paul Whelan and Viktor Bout prisoner swap
Mr Trump blasted the Biden administration’s deal on his Truth Social platform – despite refusing to take action to try to free Mr Whelan for two years of his own presidency
Steve Bannon defends Trump’s call to ignore the US Constitution
Steve Bannon, a former strategist for Donald Trump’s campaign, appeared on Real America’s Voice, a right-wing media website, and defended the one-term president’s call for the Constitution to be ignored and for him to be reinstated into the Oval Office.
“The reality is we have a constitutional crisis...because Joe Biden is not legitimate,” Bannon said on a livestream.
Mr Trump, again claiming the 2020 election was stolen from him, said on Truth Social that “a Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
Christian nationalism on the rise, according to Arizona evangelical pastor who denounced Trump
Caleb Campbell, a pastor in Arizona who spoke out against Donald Trump during his tenure, has made it his mission to try to divert Christians away from the dangerous ideology of religious nationalism.
He told The Independent that the rise in Christian nationalism during the Trump years and into today caused a division between Christians.
“Our families were splitting in two. The church was splitting in two. It exposed a huge rift within the church. We had groups of people that would meet in homes that just couldn’t even stomach each other anymore,” he said.
Richard Hall has more in his story. Read it at The Independent below:
Pastor Caleb Campbell spoke out against Trump, now he is warning evengelicals away from Christian nationalism. Richard Hall reports
Trump continues Truth rampage by retruthing himself
One of Donald Trump’s odder Truth Social behaviours is his periodic habit of re-sharing his own posts only minutes apart accompanied by gnomic comments. This is the sort of morning he appears to be having today: