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CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump said in 2016 that a president under indictment would “cripple the operations of our government” and create an “unprecedented constitutional crisis” – years before he himself was indicted on federal charges while running for a second term as president. Trump made the comments nearly seven years ago about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential …

The New York Times reports: Trump has boasted that he’s so far ahead of his Republican rivals that he might not bother to show up for the first debate in August, hosted by Fox News in Milwaukee. “I think that he’ll show up at the debates because his ego won’t permit him not to,” Christie said. “He can’t have a …

“I watched him show documents to people at Mar a Lago on the dining room patio. So he has no respect for classified information. Never did. You know, listening to that exchange every time, it just makes me so angry. “He talks specifically that he should have declassified it, but he didn’t. So there, I think, is proof. I believe …

“They want to delete our legends. We’re not letting them delete our legends. We’re not letting them delete General Pickens, either, that I can tell you. There will be no deletion of General Pickens! He’s become very famous today, I have to be honest. “This thing is all over the world. They have it broadcast, look at all the fake …

The Associated Press reports: Trump accused the “radical left” of “slandering Moms for Liberty as a so-called hate group. “But Moms for Liberty is no hate group,” he said. “You are joyful warriors, you are fierce, fierce patriots. You’re not a threat to America.” Trump told them he would sign an executive order to cut federal funding for any school …

Bloomberg News reports: A “standing order” that former President Donald Trump has claimed authorized him to instantly declassify documents removed from the Oval Office could not be found by either the Justice Department or Office of Director of National Intelligence. The disclosure by the agencies was made in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed last August by …

CNN reports: Former Donald Trump campaign official Mike Roman is cooperating with prosecutors from special counsel Jack Smith’s team in the ongoing criminal probe related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. One of the sources said that the agreement, known as a proffer agreement, means that Roman may not have to …

The Independent reports: The Department of Justice is prepared to seek indictments against multiple figures in former president Donald Trump’s orbit and may yet bring additional charges against the ex-president in the coming weeks, The Independent has learned. According to sources familiar with the matter, the department has made preparations to bring what is known as a “superseding indictment” — …

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ABC News reports: One of the top advisers on Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign is among the individuals identified but not named by special counsel Jack Smith in his indictment against the former president for allegedly mishandling classified documents, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Susie Wiles, one of Trump’s most trusted advisers leading his second reelection effort, is …

The New York Times reports: The voluntary interview, which took place under what is known as a proffer agreement, was a significant development in the election interference investigation led by Jack Smith, the special counsel, and the latest indication that Mr. Smith and his team are actively seeking witnesses who might cooperate in the case. The session with Mr. Giuliani, …

The Huffington Post reports: Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie declared that there was no need for Jared Kushner’s trips to the Middle East as a White House adviser to father-in-law Donald Trump, adding that he “cashed in” on his work in the administration. “Jared Kushner, six months after he leaves the White House, gets $2 billion from the Saudi …

Semafor reports: Former President Donald Trump insisted on Tuesday that he was not showing off classified documents in an audio clip first published by CNN in which he referred to “highly confidential” material and “secret information” that he could no longer declassify. “I would say it was bravado, if you want to know the truth, it was bravado,” Trump said …

Reuters reports: Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday sued E. Jean Carroll for defamation, alleging she falsely accused him of rape after a jury in a civil trial found that he sexually abused her. Trump’s counterclaim against Carroll in Manhattan federal court comes after a jury’s unusual finding in May that he sexually abused and defamed but did not …

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump’s valet charged in the classified documents case had his arraignment on Tuesday delayed for a second time to July by a magistrate judge, after he was forced to abandon his top choice Florida lawyer over a dispute about legal fees, according to two people familiar with the matter. The valet, Walt Nauta, appeared alongside Trump …

“It’s stunning to hear it. It sounds familiar in some ways. I talk a lot about these instances in my memoir, where I categorize how every few months or so we would come back to this issue about Iran and what to do. I can say Mark Milley worked for me for nearly 18 months, which was most of Trump’s …

Mediaite reports: Pam Hemphill, a 69-year-old woman who was sentenced to two months in prison last year for her role in the January 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol, told former President Donald Trump to stop using her for political gain on Monday. After Trump shared a post about Hemphill being given more prison time than Hunter Biden, Hemphill told …

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: The Deranged Special Prosecutor, Jack Smith, working in conjunction with the DOJ & FBI, illegally leaked and “spun” a tape and transcript of me which is actually an exoneration, rather than what they would have you believe. This continuing Witch Hunt is another ELECTION INTERFERENCE Scam. They are cheaters and thugs! Followed by this: …

NBC News reports: About half a dozen Secret Service agents have testified before the grand jury that will decide whether to indict former President Donald Trump for his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol and efforts to interfere in the peaceful transfer of the presidency, according to two sources familiar with their testimony. Roughly five …

CNN reports: CNN has exclusively obtained the audio recording of the 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey, where President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify. The recording includes new details from the conversation that is a critical piece of evidence in special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of Trump over the mishandling of classified information, including a …