Trump cultists

The Daily Beast reports: Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday joined the chorus of critics falsely claiming the New York judge presiding over Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial won’t let the former president attend his son’s graduation, insisting Juan Merchan is “not a judge in the tradition of Anglo-American jurists.” A spokesperson for Giuliani insisted that any implication that the former mayor’s …

CBS News reports: House Republicans are presenting the articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, kicking off a confrontation over an impeachment trial that’s been brewing for months. More than two months after the lower chamber voted to impeach the Cabinet secretary, House impeachment managers are walking the articles over to …

Deadline reports: Smartmatic has reached a settlement with One America News Network over claims that the news outlet amplified false claims that the voting systems company rigged the results of the 2020 election. “Smartmatic has resolved its litigation against OANN through a confidential settlement,” said attorney Eric Connolly, who is representing the voting company in the lawsuit. An attorney for …

The Daily Beast reports: A day after encouraging members of the public to “take matters into their own hands” to deal with peaceful protesters, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is doubling down on his endorsement of mob violence. The Arkansas Republican shared a video on X on Tuesday morning of climate protesters who were blocking a road in France being grabbed …

Media Matters has the transcript: JESSE WATTERS (HOST): When you approach these people, whether they’re migrants or outlaws, this is what we’re going to be looking at. Do you have any advice for Donald Trump if he assumes office again? Is he going to make you deportation czar? DUANE “DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER” CHAPMAN (GUEST): I would like a job …

“I think we ought to go back and learn the lessons of the 1930s. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was faced with a Nazi effort inside the United States. They locked people up. “I believe, frankly, we should say, ‘If you are for the victory of Iran, if you want to scream death to America, we are deporting you. If you’re an …

ABC News reports: The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments in a high-stakes case that could invalidate felony obstruction charges for more than 300 individuals connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack — including former President Donald Trump. At issue in the case of Fischer v. United States is whether a federal law enacted in 2002 to prevent …

Newsweek reports: Former congressman Madison Cawthorn reportedly crashed his vehicle into a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) cruiser on Monday. Alethea Shapiro shared on X, formerly Twitter, that she was driving on I-75 toward Miami at around 4:30 p.m. when a black sports car began tailgating her. “I ignored it, assuming the person would go around me if they were so …

The Independent reports: Disgraced ex-New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani’s bid to reverse a massive defamation verdict was rejected, leaving him owing $146 million to two Georgia election workers that he defamed and possibly complicating his arguments in bankruptcy court. US district court Judge Beryl Howell ruled on 15 April that the verdict, in which Mr Giuliani owes the titanic …

Reuters reports: The state of California sued the city of Huntington Beach over its voter identification law on Monday, saying the measure violates state law and that state election integrity is already protected by robust voter ID requirements. Voters in Huntington Beach on March 5 approved an amendment to the city charter that could require voter identification among other steps. …

The Washington Examiner reports: The Supreme Court declined to take up a lawsuit filed by a group of House Republicans challenging the establishment of metal detectors in the House of Representatives following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The rejection comes after three House Republicans, Reps. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) and former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), appealed to …

Playbook reports:  Former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Rob Schneider delivered a comedy set so off-color and off-putting to a group of prominent Republicans late last year that the host cut the performance short and later apologized to attendees. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) walked out during Schneider’s performance, which occurred at the holiday gala hosted at the Waldorf Astoria by …

The Hill reports: Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) accused conservative media personality Clay Travis of jury tampering as former President Trump heads to trial this week in New York regarding an alleged hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Travis is a commentator and writer for [Fox-owned] sports media website OutKick and appears frequently on Fox News and elsewhere …

The Daily Beast reports: Outside the Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday, a “Christian conservative rapper” who identified himself as “Shawn DVS 7.0” awaited the arrival of Donald Trump. He was one of about 50 Trump-stanning protesters who gathered for the start of jury selection in the first of Trump’s four criminal trials. Penned up outside 100 Centre St., they carried …

USA Today reports: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder and prominent election denier, who unsuccessfully argued his rights were violated when FBI agents seized his phone in 2022. The federal government was investigating the sharing of sensitive information from Colorado’s computerized voting systems. Lindell was a key ally of Donald …

“To our friends in Israel, do what you must to defend yourselves against Iranian aggression. I, along with many others in the United States, will do our best to support you. “My concern is that the Biden Administration’s pathetic weakness throughout the world — not Israel’s strong response to being attacked — is the source of catastrophic conflicts. “Unlike President …

ABC News reports: In an interview on ABC News’ “This Week,” Sununu, a Republican who campaigned against Trump in the GOP primary before becoming a Trump defender, was repeatedly pressed by anchor George Stephanopoulos about his previous views. Sununu said he stood by a 2021 denunciation of Trump over Jan. 6 but said he no longer believes that Trump should …

Fox News reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., says former President Donald Trump is “100% with” him as he faces a barrage of attacks from members of his own party, most notably Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s motion to oust him from his leadership position. “I spent hours with the president on Friday. He and I talked frequently…. He’s 100% …

The Washington Post reports: Former President Donald Trump backed former hedge fund CEO Dave McCormick on Saturday in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race, after excoriating him two years earlier. “I am officially giving my endorsement to David McCormick tonight,” Trump told the crowd. “He wants to run a good ship. He’s a smart guy who was a very successful guy. He’s …

The New York Times reports: Manhattan’s Criminal Courts Building, at 100 Centre Street, is short on charm: circled in scaffolding, lit like an aging cafeteria and, in recent months, neighbor to a colossal pile of rubble, the remains of the Manhattan Detention Complex, which is being demolished. Yet come Monday, it will be the pulsing center of a swirling mass …