The Daily Beast reports: Jeff Gunter’s opening video depicts him stepping into a Ford F-150 pickup truck—cowboy boots and all—admiring the bucolic western landscape in a burgundy button-down as he talks about his credentials. It’s not only that Gunter is a wealthy dermatologist and megadonor to Donald Trump, serving as the former president’s controversial ambassador to Iceland; it’s that he …
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LIVE AUDIO: Supreme Court Hears Immunity Case
NBC News reports: Tackling an unprecedented and politically fraught issue, the Supreme Court on Thursday considers former President Donald Trump’s assertion of total immunity from criminal charges over his attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. The court will take on the novel legal question of whether a former president can be prosecuted for what Trump’s attorneys say were “official …
Read More »Secret Service Agent Assigned To Protect Kamala Harris Removed From Detail After Fistfight With Other Agents
Via press release from the Secret Service: At approximately 9 a.m. April 22, a U.S. Secret Service special agent supporting the Vice President’s departure from Joint Base Andrews began displaying behavior their colleagues found distressing. The agent was removed from their assignment while medical personnel were summoned. The Vice President was at the Naval Observatory when this incident occurred and …
Read More »New York Court Overturns Weinstein’s Rape Conviction
The Associated Press reports: New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case. The court ordered a new trial. His accusers could again be forced to relive …
Read More »Trump Seeks Dismissal Of Two Charges In GA Case
ABC News reports: Former President Donald Trump, in a court filing Wednesday, asked the judge overseeing his Georgia election interference case to dismiss two more counts against him. Trump’s filing urges the judge to dismiss counts 15 and 27 of the indictment, which charge him with conspiracy to commit filing of false documents as well as the filing of false …
Read More »Politico: WH Will Stay Out Of “House Speaker Drama”
Politico reports: As congressional Democrats debate whether to prop up Johnson’s speakership amid threats from Republicans looking to oust him, Biden is signaling that he’s going to stay out of it. The White House will instead leave it up to House Democratic leaders to determine whether to rescue Johnson or let Republicans once again devour their own and pitch the …
Read More »Ex-Trump WH Lawyer: Giuliani “Sold His Soul” To Trump
The Hill reports: Former White House attorney Ty Cobb on Wednesday suggested that Rudy Guiliani “sold his soul” to protect former President Trump following an Arizona grand jury indictment charging him for his alleged role in a “fake elector” scheme. Among those indicted includes Boris Epshteyn, a longtime Trump adviser, whom Cobb noted is still “very much” in Trump’s “inner …
Read More »Johnson Claims He Doesn’t “Think About MTG At All”
“We’re trying to keep the Republicans working together. And we’ve gotten better policy, better process, and we’re getting things done. But it’s very difficult when very individualistic, individual-minded Republicans don’t want to move together as a bloc. “I don’t think about her [MTG] at all. Listen, some of my colleagues want us to throw a Hail Mary pass on every …
Read More »Oklahoma House Approves Chaplains In Public Schools
The Tulsa World reports: The possibility of having chaplains in Oklahoma’s public schools moved closer to reality on Wednesday with the House of Representatives’ narrow passage of Senate Bill 36, by Sen. Nathan Dahm [photo], R-Broken Arrow. House sponsor Kevin West, R-Moore, compared his concept of school chaplains to those in the military or police and fire departments. His intent, …
Read More »Alina Habba Doesn’t Have “High Hopes” In NYC Trial
“I don’t have hopes really that high at this moment that the New York courts will do the right thing, that the jury will do the right thing. We’re in a blue state, as you know, Greg. And I think everything’s by design. We’re in a case that was eight years old, over the statute of limitations, was denied by …
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