Donald Trump

Jen Psaki: It May Be Hard To Believe, But We Don’t Spend Much Time Thinking Or Talking About Trump

The Washington Post reports: White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that those in the Biden administration don’t spend much time thinking about Trump.  “Hard to believe, we don’t spend a lot of time talking about or thinking about President Trump here. Former President Trump, to be very clear,” Psaki told reporters at a White House briefing. Her remarks …

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Kinzinger Launches Anti-Trump Republican PAC

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), one of 10 Republicans to vote to impeach Donald Trump earlier this month, has launched a new leadership political action committee that is designed to become a financial engine to challenge the former president’s wing of the GOP caucus and stand up against a leadership team still aligned with him. Kinzinger, a …

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Rob Portman: Trump’s Behavior Can Be Inexcusable And Yet Not Be Subject To Conviction At Trial [VIDEO]

“I have said with regard to the president’s comments that day that they were partly responsible for what happened, for the horrible violence that occurred on Capitol Hill. I’ve also said that what he did was wrong and inexcusable. “I’ve used the word inexcusable because that’s how I feel. It can be inexcusable and yet not be subject to a …

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Kinzinger: The GOP Can’t Be A “Trump First” Party

The Hill reports: Speaking with Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Kinzinger was asked for his thoughts on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) recent meeting with Trump. Todd noted that Trump appeared to be eager to share a photo from that meeting and wondered if the party was rejoining Trump after distancing from him following the Jan. 6 Capitol …

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Ex-KGB Spy Tells Of 80s “Charm Offensive” With Trump

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump was cultivated as a Russian asset over 40 years and proved so willing to parrot anti-western propaganda that there were celebrations in Moscow, a former KGB spy has told the Guardian. Yuri Shvets, posted to Washington by the Soviet Union in the 1980s, compares the former US president to “the Cambridge five”, the British spy …

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REPORT: Trump Obsessed With Unseating Liz Cheney

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump is focusing his political energy on targeting Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranking House Republican, who voted for Trump’s impeachment earlier this month. According to one source, Trump has repeatedly questioned his Republican allies about efforts to remove Cheney from her leadership position and run a primary candidate against her. He has also been showing …

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Kinzinger: My Vote To Impeach Could End My Career

CNN reports: “I did it knowing full well it could very well be terminal to my career,” Kinzinger said of his vote. “But I also knew that I couldn’t live with myself having, you know, try to just protect it and just felt like the one time I was called to do a really tough duty, I didn’t do it. …

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BOOK: KGB Began Grooming “Vain” Trump In 1980s

The Daily Mail reports: Donald Trump was cultivated as a Russian asset more than 40 years ago which exploded into a decades-long ‘relationship’ of mutual benefit to both Russia and Trump, a shocking new book claims. Trump was rescued multiple times from multiple bankruptcies by boatloads of Russian cash laundered through his real estate in the 80s and 90s, the …

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LIVE VIDEO: Impeachment Article Presented To Senate

NBC News reports: The House will deliver its article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, kicking off preparations for the upcoming trial. House impeachment managers will hold a procession ceremony through National Statuary Hall and the Capitol Rotunda to the Senate on Monday evening to present the article of impeachment to the secretary of …

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VIDEO: Real Time Reactions To Trump’s Incitement

Just Security reports: How direct is the connection between what President Donald Trump communicated to his supporters and their actions in laying siege to the U.S. Capitol? Videos recorded by many individuals over the course of the day provide some answers. A portion of these videos have not been seen widely before, including video footage largely from the platform Parler …

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Schumer: Impeachment Trial Will Begin February 8th

Axios reports: The Senate will begin former President Trump’s impeachment trial the week of Feb. 8, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Friday on the Senate floor. Trump is the only president in U.S. history to be impeached twice for “incitement of insurrection” after a violent pro-Trump mob breached the U.S. Capitol, resulting in five deaths. The day of the insurrection …

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Carl Icahn Quashes Auction To Explode Trump Casino

Philadelphia’s CBS News affiliate reports: Atlantic City has set a new date for the implosion of the former Trump Plaza hotel and casino. It will come down on Feb. 17 at 9 a.m. Mayor Marty Small made the announcement Thursday. Monday’s date was scrapped after the building owner, billionaire investor Carl Icahn, opposed a charity auction for the right to …

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Proud Boys Members Turn On “Total Failure” Trump

The New York Times reports: As Mr. Trump departed the White House on Wednesday, the Proud Boys, once among his staunchest supporters, have also started leaving his side. In dozens of conversations on social media sites like Gab and Telegram, members of the group have begun calling Mr. Trump a “shill” and “extraordinarily weak,” according to messages reviewed by The …

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Schumer: Senate To Get Impeachment Article Monday

USA Today reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., proposed Thursday to start the trial in February, after preliminary statements are filed by House prosecutors and Trump’s defense team. He argued the slight delay would offer time for Trump’s legal team to familiarize themselves with the case. “At this time of strong political passions, Senate Republicans believe it is absolutely …

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Fauci: “Lack Of Facts” Under Trump Likely Cost Lives

The Hill reports: Anthony Fauci on Friday said that a lack of facts “likely did” cost lives over the last year in the nation’s efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic. In an appearance on CNN, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert was directly asked whether a “lack of candor or facts” contributed to the number of lives lost during the …

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Biden Inauguration Beats Trump’s In Nielsen Ratings

The Hill reports: President Biden’s inauguration garnered more viewers than that of his predecessor, former President Trump, with nearly 40 million tuning in to see him sworn into office. Citing Nielsen ratings, Variety reported on Thursday that 39.9 million people across six major TV news channels watched Biden be sworn into office. When Trump was sworn into office in 2017, …

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McConnell Floats February Date For Trump’s Trial

ABC News reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to present a proposal to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to delay the start of the impeachment trial of former President Trump until February, multiple sources familiar with the plan tell CBS News. This would give impeachment managers and Mr. Trump’s defense at least a week to prepare. McConnell floated the proposal …

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NYPD Slashes Security Presence At Trump Tower

The New York Post reports: The NYPD’s security presence at Trump Tower is going to be significantly scaled-back now that its namesake has turned over the role of commander-in-chief to President Biden, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday. Hizzoner announced the reduction in security around the Midtown skyscraper one day after Biden was inaugurated as president. “It’s still obviously a …

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Facebook Refers Trump’s Ban To Its “Supreme Court”

Politico reports: Facebook said Thursday it will refer its indefinite suspension of former President Donald Trump’s account to its independent oversight board — the highest-profile test to date for the panel, and a move that could lead to Trump either returning to the platform or facing a permanent suspension. The announcement: Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president of global affairs and …

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Scotland To Trump: “Don’t Haste Ye Back” [VIDEO]

Yahoo News UK reports: First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has said many people in the country “will be very happy to say cheerio to Donald Trump” on January 20, the day the former president left office. Speaking during First Minister’s Questions, she said: “First, I’m sure many of us across the chamber and across Scotland will be very happy …

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