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The Buffalo News reports: Saying President Trump “lost his mind” after the 2020 election, Rep. Chris Jacobs on Friday called on the Republican Party to choose someone else as its presidential nominee in 2024. “I think it would be best for the party if we embrace the new generation of leadership,” Jacobs, an Orchard Park Republican, said in a wide-ranging …

Via press release: The Pulitzer Prize Board has an established, formal process by which complaints against winning entries are carefully reviewed. In the last three years, the Pulitzer Board has received inquiries, including from former President Donald Trump, about submissions from The New York Times and The Washington Post on Russian interference in the U.S. election and its connections to …

The Hill reports: Retired GOP Sen. Alan Simpson (Wyo.) called former President Trump a “vicious animal who has poisoned our democracy” in comments included in a new book. In “Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump’s Washington and the Price of Submission,” journalist Mark Lelbovich interviewed Simpson, 90, who criticized the current Republican party and called it a “cult.” “This …

Rolling Stone reports: When Donald Trump formally declares his 2024 candidacy, he won’t just be running for another term in the White House. He’ll be running away from legal troubles, possible criminal charges, and even the specter of prison time. In recent months, Trump has made clear to associates that the legal protections of occupying the Oval Office are front-of-mind …

Deadline reports: Last week, Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson had declined to say whether the upcoming primetime session on Thursday would be the committee’s final hearing, but told NBC News it would be “the last one — at this point.” Today on CBS’s Face the Nation committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger told host Margaret Brennan, “This investigation is not winding …

Politico reports: A little-known Donald Trump campaign operative delivered lists of false electors to Capitol Hill in a bid to get them to Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, according to two people familiar with the episode. Mike Roman, then Trump’s 2020 director of Election Day operations, delivered those false elector certificates — signed by pro-Trump activists in …

The Guardian reports: The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack has issued a subpoena to the US Secret Service for text messages from 5 January and 6 January 2021 understood to have been erased, pursuing what investigators suspect might be an instance of corruptly destroyed records. The subpoena issued late on Friday – the first to an executive branch …

The Insider reports: Former Justice Department officials who served in Republican administrations, issued a call on Friday for the DOJ to prosecute Donald Trump, arguing that the January 6 committee has uncovered sufficient evidence for the unprecedented prosecution of a former president. “The evidence is now overwhelming that Donald Trump was the driving force behind a massive criminal conspiracy to …

ABC News reports: Depositions for former President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. in connection with the New York Attorney General’s civil investigation have been delayed, the New York Attorney General’s Office said Friday. “In light of the passing of Ivana Trump yesterday, we received a request from counsel for Donald Trump and his children to adjourn all …

CNN reports: A Washington, DC, police officer has corroborated to the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, details regarding a heated exchange former President Donald Trump had with his Secret Service detail when he was told he could not go to the US Capitol after his rally, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. The officer with the …

CNBC reports: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot said its next hearing will focus on how former President Donald Trump’s failure to quell the violent mob for several hours showed a “supreme dereliction of duty.” The committee’s eighth public hearing, expected to air in prime time July 21, marks its last scheduled presentation of evidence implicating …

CNN reports: A group of conservatives, including prominent lawyers and retired federal judges, issued a 72-page report on Thursday categorically rebutting each of the claims made in court by former President Donald Trump and his supporters over the 2020 election results. The report, “LOST, NOT STOLEN: The Conservative Case that Trump Lost and Biden Won the 2020 Presidential Election,” looked …

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump tried to call a member of the White House support staff who was talking to the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. The support staffer was not someone who routinely communicated with the former President and was concerned about the contact, according to the sources, …

Axios reports: Donald Trump is returning to Washington later this month for the first time since the end of his presidency, Axios has learned. Trump’s planned July 26 visit — to headline an event for the America First Policy Institute — comes as the Jan. 6 committee’s blockbuster hearings contribute to speculation his grip on the Republican Party may be …

Mediaite reports: Donald Trump Jr. went into spin overdrive Wednesday and connected the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the confirmation of the tragic story of a 10-year-old Ohio girl who was raped and forced to cross state lines to get an abortion. Many on the right, from the governor of South Dakota to Fox News hosts to the Wall Street …

Raw Story reports: On CNN’s “New Day,” correspondent Kristin Holmes reported that Donald Trump has been “riveted” by the televised hearings being conducted by the House select committee looking into the Jan 6th insurrection and that he has been badgering friends and aides about how he is coming across in them. “Trump is always watching, we are told, riveted, according …

ABC News reports: The hearing focused on a White House meeting that took place on December 18th, 2020, where the cast of political actors included Eric Herschmann and Pat Cipolline, who clashed with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Mike Flynn, and former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne. As Raskin put it, the meeting was “a heated and profane clash between this group …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump should have conceded the 2020 election, former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone told the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol. Cipollone, who served as Trump’s White House counsel in the last years of his administration, gave testimony to the committee on Friday. The footage was shown during Tuesday’s committee …

Mediaite reports: Like everyone’s favorite Borscht Belt comedian, former President Donald Trump returned to one of his old chestnuts Tuesday morning, releasing a ragetastic statement that went full ALL CAPS in disgust with the New York Times. By pure coincidence, the New York Times published a new poll earlier in the day on Tuesday morning which revealed that just over …

The Hill reports: Former President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed the idea that 80 is too old to be president after a poll found many voters believe President Biden is too old to run for re-election, and as concerns about age could affect Trump’s own prospective White House bid. Trump’s commentary came after The New York Times published a poll …