What happened during the search for FBI Mar-a-Lago?
The Department of Justice has returned Donald his passport in the possession of former President Trump.Florida
The agency's "filter agents" seized three passports bearing Trump's name, according to an email from the agency shared by a Trump spokesperson. , two of which had expired, one of which was his valid diplomatic passport.
Meanwhile, a date has been set for a hearing in Florida federal court on whether to open the affidavit justifying the investigation. A hearing will be held this Thursday at 1 p.m.
The Department of Justice refused efforts to produce an affidavit in support of the search warrant. The Department of Justice said the documents contained sensitive information about the witnesses and that releasing them would allow others with information material to the investigation.
Mr. Trump gave his first interview since his raid yesterday. Fox News admitted in a discussion with his digital that the temperature of public discourse "must be brought down" as angry supporters are taking their anger out on his FBI. Raid. However, he continued to frame the search as part of a political witch hunt.
Rhythm 5 Cheney was Donald Trump's biggest bane
Rep. Liz Cheney faces her first Trump-backed challenger tonight in Wyoming. Polls show her trailing rival Harriet Hageman significantly.
This is due to her status as the de facto leader of the anti-Trump Republican Party in Washington, thanks to her role as Vice Chairman of the Commission on January 6. It is due to
As voters decide her fate, let's take a look back at some of her sharpest criticisms of Donald Trump:
Anti-Trump voices within the Republican Party can be damaging, as the January 6 Commission showed
"You're not a patriot": Judge said in court on 6 January
A federal judge uttered strong words Monday against convicted participants in the Capitol riot, saying he wanted more Warned that he could have gotten a prison sentence.
John Cameron was sentenced to three years of probation and his 30 days of intermittent confinement on Monday. He was also fined $1,000 and an additional $500 in damages.
"I was told by the defendant on January 6, 'We are being prosecuted,' as if by surprise, or unfairly, 'We are being persecuted.' I keep hearing it like it's something I don't understand the psychology of," Justice Thomas Hogan told him during the sentencing. "The thing that infuriates me most is that you claim to be patriots. You are not patriots when you attack the US Capitol."
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Judge unimpressed by defendant's appeal to patriotism
Trump says FBI returned passports because he compared investigators to "common criminals"
Trus Social post his family, while comparing the agent to a "common criminal".
Last week, the ex-president announced that his passport had been seized along with a box of classified materials allegedly recovered from Mar-a-Lago.
SeeThe Independent at for more information. Graeme Massie:
Donald Trump said the FBI He said he had returned his passport after a raid on A-Lago's home and compared the agent to a "common criminal".
Mr. Trump said at the request of the FBI that he used the Mar-a-Lago camera declined a request to turn off the Searching for Classified Documents
Donald Trump said Tuesday on his "Truth Social" platform that FBI agents had executed search warrants in Mar-a-Lago last week. , claimed to have demanded that the security cameras be turned off.
he wrote on Tuesday: What is it? I said no.
Following breaking news that the former president continued to denigrate the work of law enforcement and was accused of unlawfully holding classified material, Provoking outrage against the FBI.
Read more from The Independent in Bevan Hurley:
"What is that? We said no," Trump posted on Truth Social
Mine: Trump resisted advisers' calls to return White House documents
Donald Trump was warned that the records he held were being held illegally, but the former president refused to return them because he disagreed with that allegation. , a new report claims.
On Tuesday, the New York Times published documents, including those apparently classified, when Trump was contacted by former White House deputy attorney Patrick. reportedly categorically refused to return the box containing the Philbin.
For more information The Independent from John Bowden:
The President ignored counsel's advice to heed the National Archives' demands for records
Facebook Won't Revive Trump's Account Early - Even If He Runs For President
Facebook's parent company says it won't bring back Donald Trump enduring a two-year suspension imposed by the platform after considering its initial decision to kick Trump off the platform on Jan. 6 Trump account. , Politico to allow Trump to rejoin the community in January 2023, regardless of whether Trump had previously announced his candidacy for the White House. He said he would stick to a timeline to do. It is strongly speculated that he is planning a third campaign.
See The Independent from Graeme Massie:
Arizona Republican candidate keeps "treason watchlist" and posts on Pinterest about stockpiling ammunition
The man, who ran as a Republican for Arizona's Secretary of State, was recently spotted advising his social media followers to stockpile ammunition and created his own "treason watch list."
Trump-backed candidate Mark Finkem wrote on his now-deleted account that the Democratic-backed restrictions on firearms are clearly another holocaust against conservatives. He reportedly posted about his belief in connecting.
See The Independent from Graig Graziosi:
Former President Barack Obama created what he described as a "traitor watchlist"
Eric Trump ridiculed after claiming apologetic Americans keep offering to buy him dinner Did
Former President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump, whose father illegally retained classified material even after he left the White House, said a random anonymous American A man still approaches him and his wife and offers to pay for their meals as punishment for alleged mistreatment by the US political system.
Eric Trump, the youngest of Trump's two adult sons, claimed this week in an interview with Sean his Hannity that he was quickly ridiculed. I was.
See The Independent from Gino Spocchia:
Statements made when the FBI returned ex-president's passport
Hannity reassures Trump supporters that ex-president can run even if convicted of felony
Fox News host Sean Hannity told Donald Trump voters: Monday. A former president can run for president even if he is convicted of a serious felony.
Hannity said on his radio show on Premiere Networks The Sean Hannity Show on Premiere Networks a week after FBI agents raided the former president's home and resort. } at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, for classified documents.
Hannity said in comments first reported byYahoo that "being a felon is not a disqualification." News "Thus, even a crime that may be much more serious than what is alleged, even with the possibility of mishandling of classified will never stop trying to become president." Former White House attorney
White House adviser Pat Cipollone and another Trump administration attorney interviewed by the FBI about the a-Lago documents said in classified documents Mar-a-Lago: I spoke with the FBI regarding the execution of the search warrant for The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
Mr. Cipollone said he had previously testified before the Commission on 6 January, and from their statements, almost fully, if not completely, cooperated with their questions. It is worth noting that the
Patrick Philbin, his second oldest in the White House attorney's office on January 6, was also interviewed.
