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Florida governor blames Biden administration for 'weaponisation of federal agencies'

He is being probed for his role in last January’s Capitol riot by a congressional committee. Now the Regime is getting another 87k IRS agents to wield against its adversaries? “The raid of MAL [Mar-a-Lago] is another escalation in the weaponisation of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents, while people like Hunter Biden get treated with kid gloves.

Ex-president's Florida home raided by FBI agents on Monday, seemingly over the removal of classified records from the White House at the close of his ...

However, doing so would force him to litigate the matter while campaigning, which could well count against him at the ballot box. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The National Archives and Records Administration (Nara) requested the probe launch back in February. By clicking ‘Register’ you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice. By clicking ‘Register’ you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice. The same code alluded to by Mr Elias states that a person found to have tampered with government documents shall “be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States”.

The National Archives and Records Administration announced it was investigating the former president's removal of documents from the White House at the ...

A federal investigation was launched into Mrs Clinton in 2016 after it transpired she had classified information sent to her personal email account. The raid is an escalation of Mr Trump's legal tangles. Mr Garland also defended the FBI, countering "unfounded attacks on the professionalism of the FBI and Justice Department agents and prosecutors" by saying: "The men and women of the FBI and the Justice Department are dedicated, patriotic public servants." He cited "substantial public interest in this matter" and said he "personally approved" the decision to carry out the search, noting the decision was "not made lightly". As a result, he described the search as "not necessary or appropriate", "prosecutorial misconduct", the "weaponisation of the justice system" and "an attack by radical Democrats who desperately don't want me to run for president in 2024". Mr Trump could have also potentially broken legislation on the appropriate handling of government documents while he was still in office or be charged for obstruction of justice if he were found to have been covering his tracks.

Donald Trump's team and allies are moving swiftly to draw political benefit from an unannounced search by FBI agents at the former president's Mar-a-Lago ...

The search is the latest development in a months-long investigation into whether the Trump administration mishandled presidential records. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his office also weren’t given a heads up about the search. He eschewed making a media appearance even as Eric Trump took to Fox News, and his daughter-in-law, Lara, did the same. Focus groups of Trump 2020 voters have shown that even they have grown wary of the drama that accompanies his political ventures and are ready to move on. Both the person close to Trump and another individual who is in touch with the former president speculated that he would now expedite his decision to announce a presidential bid. Aides said they were pleased with a statement by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who vowed to take action against the Department of Justice over the FBI’s search. By the end of the night, the RNC had dashed off a fundraising text: “THIS IS NOT A DRILL: UNPRECEDENTED move Biden’s FBI RAIDS Pres. Trump’s home. The person noted papers were seized from the home, where Trump has kept his primary residence and set up his post-presidential office. While Trump’s team was bullish about the political benefits of being targeted by the FBI, the situation comes with clear and obvious downsides. The search would require the signoff of a federal judge or magistrate, who would issue the warrant based upon evidence of a potential crime. And, soon enough, a clear narrative emerged from them: The search represented a deliberate political targeting, one that underscored the Democrat’s perception of Trump as a political threat. The FBI and DOJ have declined to comment on the search.

Whether the DOJ is no longer scared of the Republicans, or the January 6 hearings have changed things, Trump is the subject of a serious criminal inquiry, ...

In the hours after the raid, Trump and his Republican allies made it clear that they thought they could gain a political advantage by casting themselves as the victims of an aggressive federal bureaucracy that was overstepping its authority. He didn’t want to pursue what could look like a politically motivated prosecution of a political opponent; he didn’t want to annoy the sizeable minority of the US that sees Trump as a beloved, almost messianic figure. The DOJ investigating Trump for his 15 boxes of documents is a bit like when the FBI was finally able to prosecute the mobster Al Capone – for tax evasion. But some accountability is better than none, and it could be that the agencies are pursuing the easiest possible case against Trump in an effort to leverage their way to more information. The raid is a significant escalation of the department’s relationship with Trump. It’s now difficult to think, as many of us long did, that the DOJ is unwilling to make Trump himself the object of a serious criminal inquiry. The former president has long been dogged by accusations that 15 boxes of secret material came with him from the White House to Mar-a-Lago after he was finally forced to leave office in January 2021, a move that would violate federal codes governing the destruction or removal of such materials.

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The former US president says his Palm Beach resort is being "occupied by a large group of FBI agents".

"No advance knowledge," said the senior official, who was not authorised to speak publicly about the matter. Mr Biden pledged during his White House campaign to stay out of justice department affairs. Attorney General Merrick Garland has said he intends to hold "everyone" accountable. Some of them had to be taped back together, the Archives said. "Sadly, America has now become one of those Countries, corrupt at a level not seen before. Mr Trump said it amounted to "prosecutorial misconduct" and "the weaponisation of the Justice System" to prevent him from running for the White House again.

Unprecedented search of an ex-president's home for official documents provoked outrage from supporters but proving intent will be key to any charge.

At the start of the meeting, Trump paid a visit and chatted to the investigators but without answering questions. In the end, the DoJ decided not to prosecute Clinton because it found no evidence of intent on her part. According to CNN, the extra boxes had been identified in June when DoJ investigators travelled to Mar-a-Lago to meet with two of Trump’s lawyers to discuss possibly classified material. Several prominent conservatives likened the search to the actions of a tinpot dictator. At the time, father and son were in Trump Tower in Manhattan, where the former president is preparing to be deposed in a civil lawsuit brought by New York state relating to his company’s financial bookkeeping. According to NBC News, they stayed on site most of the day.

"Trump's supporters hold the FBI in contempt and suspicion - they see its agents as the long arm of Washington elites and in league with the Democratic ...

The sooner the better might be his legal advice too. Once again he is the victim, they say, of a bent criminal justice system and its political patrons. A fresh fundraising drive was launched off the back of the news. Trump's supporters also hold the FBI in contempt and suspicion. Recent polls suggest even half of Republicans want anyone else but him to stand as their candidate in 2024. But Joe Biden's popularity is woefully low.

Donald Trump had his own way of keeping records during his presidency: heaping documents in boxes, tearing up papers to signal a discussion was over, ...

Former US president Donald Trump said his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida was “raided” by “a large group of FBI agents” in an unprecedented search of a former ...

That seems to suggest Mr Trump could be ineligible to run again if he was found guilty of having destroyed government records. The statute says people convicted should “forfeit” their federal office and “be disqualified from holding any office under the United States.” The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan is poised to rule on whether Ms Carroll’s lawsuit should be dismissed. But the latest raid is just one of several headaches for the former president, who is facing investigations related to his conduct in office and private business. The US House of Representatives Oversight Committee at that time said it was expanding an investigation into Mr Trump’s actions and asked the Archives to turn over additional information. “The penalties for breaking that law include disqualification from holding any federal office,” the New York Times reports. This means that Mr Trump’s status as a former president will not protect him from criminal investigation. He accused her of lying to drum up sales for a book. However the committee cannot charge Mr Trump with federal crimes. Mr Garland said last month he would “pursue justice without fear or favour” when weighing up the alleged crimes. Meanwhile New York State attorney general, Letitia James, is conducting a separate civil investigation examining whether the Trump Organisation inflated real estate values. The FBI’s headquarters in Washington and its field office in Miami both declined comment.

After Trump announced in a statement that his resort and residence was “currently under siege, raided, and occupied”, angry supporters rushed there to protest ...

“If there was a 99% chance” of Trump running again, “it’s 100% now,” Politico’s source added. “Using government power to persecute political opponents is something we have seen many times from 3rd world Marxist dictatorships,” he said on Twitter. “But never before in America.” Now the US justice department may have handed Trump a gift in disguise. After Trump announced in a statement that his resort and residence was “currently under siege, raided, and occupied”, angry supporters rushed there to protest as police with rifles looked on. Similarly, Republican voters’ enthusiasm for the idea of Trump running for president again had been declining. Trump’s influence on the Republican party had appeared to wane somewhat in recent months.

Members of the Republican Study Committee are set to travel to Bedminster Tuesday night to have dinner with former President Donald Trump.

'The GOP must set up a Select Committee to investigate the FBI's politically-motivated raid on Mar-a-Lago and on ALL the fraudulent persecution of President Trump from our government,' she continued. We are turning into a banana republic at record speed.' 'RSC has visited with him many times before. Rep. Jim Banks, the chair of the Republican Study Committee, will be bringing a group of a dozen House Republicans to have dinner with former President Donald Trump at his Bedminster golf resort in New Jersey Members of the Republican Study Committee are set to travel to Bedminster Tuesday night to have dinner with former President Donald Trump, a day after FBI agents raided Mar-a-Lago. - Members of the Republican Study Committee are set to travel to Bedminster Tuesday night to have dinner with former President Donald Trump

Furious allies of former President Donald Trump are demanding an explanation for the FBI's raid on his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago. The FBI and Department of Justice have yet to comment on the search, which Mr Trump disclosed on Monday evening.

Some aired concerns that it could boost support for the former president. No-one at the White House was given a heads-up," she said. "Complete overkill," she said. "To have a warrant, you need justification," she told NBC News. "And that says that no-one is above the law, not even a president or former president of the United States." She told reporters that Mr Biden had gone to great lengths to preserve the independence of the justice department, adding: "President Biden believes in the rule of law." The FBI and Department of Justice have yet to comment on the search, which Mr Trump disclosed on Monday evening.

The FBI search at Mar-a-Lago prompts sincere talk of violence. But some threats remain mere threats.

The January 6 committee has adopted a counter-insurrection strategy by portraying Trump squarely as the leader of a violent movement, and not simply the leader of the GOP. But some of his more extreme followers are now turning on one another. Trump, as a former president of the United States, may be a rather unique leader of a violent insurrection, but that doesn’t make the ongoing, multiyear strategy any less effective. The FBI’s arrival at Mar-a-Lago yesterday evening to collect evidence in a criminal investigation related to former President Donald Trump is the trigger that some of his supporters needed to suggest that violence is imminent. Even on the night of the FBI search, in the area of Florida that he now calls home, an impromptu roadside demonstration in support of him attracted “roughly two dozen” supporters, the Miami Herald reported. The latest such propaganda is shocking to read, mostly because the talk of violence comes so casually to Trump’s apologists. The bad news is that much of this talk is sincere.

"Lock and load," was one of the top comments on an online forum dedicated to former President Donald Trump on Monday night, soon after it emerged his ...

CNN has not independently confirmed that this is the judge in question and is not naming him at this time. Reached for comment Tuesday, officials from the court didn't say why the judge's webpage was removed. Users also encouraged others to post the address of the magistrate judge they believe signed off on the search warrant. While some mentions of "civil war" came from Trump critics expressing fear what his supporters might do -- one researcher posted multiple screenshots "We are seeing conspiratorial rhetoric from elected officials, political leaders, and political entertainers that is fueling calls for real-world violence," Jones said. One post CNN found called for violence against FBI agents.

As supporters urge him to run for president again, the search on Mar-a-Lago has lit a match for Trump.

This has been an underlying theme (in the fringe of the Republican party) for 10 or 15 years. But someone who's been in the heart of Republican politics for decades, Mr Steele, is less sanguine. In the longer run, many Democrats believe Mr Trump is the best candidate for them to face in the 2024 presidential election. More than once I heard them say a civil war is coming in the country. For Democrats in tight races, "the spending bill is a series of victory laps," said Democratic strategist Mary Anne Marsh. But the first lap has now been truncated. When he is in the news, they believe, it helps Democrats across the country. Now he has his minions who will do it for him." It plays straight into the narrative Mr Trump himself perpetuates that he is a victim of a corrupt establishment. For Democrats meanwhile, the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago holds its own political peril. They would prefer that the midterms focus almost exclusively on inflation and the poor state of the US economy. Around the country millions of his fans are waiting for him to do just that. In fact, the FBI search Mr Trump has called a "raid" is helping to solidify his campaign of grievances against the state.

Trump is believed to be pursuing a presidential run in 2024, and many calculate the Mar-a-Lago raid would benefit him politically.

The top comment on a pro-Trump message board was “Lock and load.” Trump is widely believed to be pursuing a presidential run in 2024, and many speculated that the raid would benefit him politically. Trump sought to exploit the investigation and encouraged chants of “lock her up” during campaign rallies. And in New York, the state attorney general, Letitia James, is leading an investigation into Trump’s family business. “It is a horrible precedent for the Department of Justice to investigate a former president of the United States,” said congressman Ted Lieu, a Democrat from California who was a manager during Trump’s second impeachment trial. “I’ve seen enough,” the California Republican wrote in a statement that he posted online.

The ex-president's campaign arm, currently taking the form of the Save America PAC, blasted out both emails and texts to supporters the next morning as many ...

His supporters in the media and on Capitol Hill cried foul after the raid for that reason, as many believe Mr Trump plans to run in 2024. Mr Trump’s fundraising prowess remains impressive in his post-presidency; at the end of last year, he controlled more cash on hand than did both major US political parties combined. The American people are pissed!” Eric Trump wrote on Twitter.

The US Justice department is remaining tight-lipped about the search, but it is claimed the former president took boxes from the White House to his home in ...

The NARA then referred the case to the US Justice Department to probe whether Mr Trump's unauthorised handling of the documents amounted to a violation of federal law. The search of Mr Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence. Former senior Justice Department officials have testified at the inquiry into the 6 January riots at the US Capitol building that Mr Perry had "an important role" in Mr Trump's effort to try to install Jeffrey Clark - a top Justice official who was pushing Mr Trump's baseless claims of election fraud - as the acting attorney general.

(Bloomberg) -- The search of former President Donald Trump's home in Florida was unprecedented, but bringing a case will be difficult and -- if successful ...

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And the vitriol was pouring out on social media, recalling the violent speech that led up to the Capitol attack. And it demonstrated how many Republicans with aspirations of winning elections know they must show total loyalty to the former President, whatever his alleged transgressions. This new national nightmare is sure to color yet another election since Trump is already a front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination and millions of supporters will buy into his storylines. The unhinged rhetoric was, if anything, more extreme on conservative media outlets that supported and enabled Trump while he was president. The former President met 12 of his closest House allies at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club on Tuesday and got nothing but support for a bid to get his old job back. Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, who raised a fist in encouragement to Trump's mob before it stormed the Capitol on January 6 said that, at a minimum, Garland should be impeached or resign. The FBI search on Monday represented a remarkable development in just one of the legal fronts bearing down on Trump. It recently emerged that his lawyers are in discussions with Justice Department prosecutors conducting a probe into the circumstances surrounding the January 6, 2021, insurrection. And because government prosecutors don't typically talk about ongoing investigations unless they reach a decision to charge someone -- to ensure the integrity of the probe and the privacy of those under investigation -- it is unlikely there will be clarity on the situation anytime soon. And he is set to be deposed on Wednesday While the furious reaction from Trump world builds, his defenders are ignoring one key fact: The FBI didn't just turn up at his Palm Beach residence on a whim. That includes FBI Director Christopher Wray (a Trump appointee), Attorney General Merrick Garland and the former President himself, who has not said what was written in the search warrant. Such procedures are how it's supposed to work in the justice system, which rests on the principle that no one -- not even former presidents -- are above the law.

Search warrant executed by FBI agents suggests investigation comes with potentially far-reaching political ramifications for former president.

Trump was not there at the time of the raid and learned about it while he was in New York. The justice department is understood, at some point since the investigation was opened in April this year, to have asked for the return of classified materials. Corcoran declined to comment. The officials asked to see where the White House records were being kept. For years, Trump has ignored the statute. And the extraordinary search, the sources said, came after the justice department grew concerned – as a result of discussions with Trump’s lawyers in recent weeks – that presidential and classified materials were being unlawfully and improperly kept at the Mar-a-Lago resort.

President Biden stood outside the White House on Tuesday, celebrating what was arguably the best stretch of his presidency. He smiled.

But while reports about Trump continue to dominate the news, the former president is not the one setting the agenda or driving the coverage. “The president was not briefed, was not aware of it,” she said. And about three weeks after he took office, Biden was pushing his first big legislative initiative, the American Rescue Plan. The country is still experiencing the aftershocks from the Trump earthquake of four years. Efforts to corral countries into imposing caps on Russian oil imports were no match for former White House staffer Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony about a purported assault by Trump on one of his Secret Service protectors and a fit of anger in which he threw a porcelain plate at a White House wall and left dripping ketchup in his wake. In Biden’s remarks on Tuesday on signing the semiconductor bill, he never mentioned Trump but seemed to allude to him. Biden continues with his earnest attempts at enacting and touting policy achievements, from infrastructure to veterans’ health. No president in memory has had to contend with a predecessor who falsely claims he won the last election and hints broadly that he will run again, while land mines from his time in office continue to erupt. The news is often not particularly positive for the former president — revelations about his term, congressional testimony and hearings, legal rulings and complications — but it can nonetheless eclipse Biden’s ability to deliver his message and command public attention. George W. Bush did not have to worry about Bill Clinton. Trump himself did not have to worry about Obama, who made it a point not to offer regular commentary on his successor. A new book excerpt reported that Trump had expressed appreciation for the loyalty that Nazi generals showed Adolf Hitler. The day concluded with the bombshell that the FBI had searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, a tempest that shows little sign of abating. Over the course of several hours on Monday, as Biden was visiting flood victims in Kentucky, photos emerged purporting to show that Trump had flushed documents down the toilet.

Donald Trump cried foul on Monday after FBI agents searched his residence at the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, while his fellow Republicans have rushed to ...

The FBI's search of former President Trump's estate in Florida is a political thunderbolt that on Tuesday had a number of Republicans thinking it could ...

Democrats immediately seized on the news as yet more proof that Trump is unfit to govern. “It’s the typical conundrum.” Campaign Campaign “One thing I can tell you: I believed he was going to run before. “The FBI raiding Trump’s beloved Mar-a-Lago rips the 2024 Republican primary wide open.

Former President Donald Trump is expected to be deposed by lawyers from New York Attorney General Letitia James' office Wednesday, people familiar with the ...

"I would give my opinion," Trump said in the deposition. Last year he provided videotaped testimony for a lawsuit involving an assault outside of Trump Tower. The case is set to go to trial in the fall. A special grand jury hearing evidence in the case expired in April, but a new one could be seated in the future. "I think everybody" exaggerates about the value of their properties, he testified, adding: "Who wouldn't?" In his statement Wednesday, Trump said, "Now I know the answer to that question" and decried James' investigation. James left at the lunch break and Trump shook her hand as she was leaving. Trump said in a post on Truth Social earlier Wednesday morning that he would be "seeing" James "for a continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt in U.S. history! Under oath, Trump confirmed that he wanted to testify but he would not answer questions, citing his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. When an individual declines to answer a question by "taking the Fifth," he or she invokes that right. Another consideration that had been discussed, the people familiar say, is the political implications of not answering questions as Trump is widely expected to announce that he will run for president in 2024. The Fifth Amendment guarantees that an individual cannot be compelled by the government to provide information that might be incriminating against themselves. But once the questioning began, with the state attorneys saying he could repeat the "same answer," the atmosphere turned professional and cordial.

Former President Donald Trump says he will be questioned under oath Wednesday in the New York attorney general's long-running civil investigation into his ...

That could be a successful strategy, since Trump is known as more of a “big-picture guy” Gillers said. Trump has denied the allegations, explaining that seeking the best valuations is a common practice in the real estate industry. Whoever questions him will encourage that,” the professor added. No former president has even been charged with a crime. The people were not authorized to speak publicly and did so on condition of anonymity. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. A grand jury that had been hearing evidence disbanded. “In New York City tonight. “THERE IS NO CASE!” Trump said in a February statement, after Manhattan Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that James’ office had “the clear right” to question Trump and other principals in his company. As vociferous as Trump has been in defending himself in written statements and on the rally stage, legal experts say the same strategy could backfire in a deposition setting because anything he says could potentially be used against him or his company in the criminal investigation. According to the subpoena issued by James’ office, Trump was to appear in person at the attorney general’s office, located in a Manhattan office tower that has doubled as the fictional conglomerate Waystar Royco’s headquarters on HBO’s “Succession.” He says James’ investigation is part of a politically motivated “witch hunt” and that her office is “doing everything within their corrupt discretion to interfere with my business relationships, and with the political process.”

Former President Donald Trump will sit for a deposition on Wednesday with the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James amid its ongoing probe into ...

They also cited the Fifth Amendment as an option for the president in his deposition. But New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron in February rejected the lawyers’ attempts to dodge the testimony and asserted that Trump and his children all had the right to show up to the depositions and claim their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. The former president’s meeting on Wednesday came just days after the attorney general’s office questioned Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, both of whom did not plead the Fifth. The former president is also the subject of a parallel criminal investigation being conducted by the Manhattan district attorney’s office into whether he fraudulently inflated property values. Trump had tried for months to avoid Wednesday’s deposition — which comes at a high stakes moment for the former president just two days after the FBI raided his Florida home in an investigation into the alleged mishandling of White House records. A crush of media followed the former president from his Midtown Manhattan apartment at Trump Tower downtown to the attorney general’s office around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning.

Two of Trump's children, Donald Jr and Ivanka, are believed to have testified in the investigation in recent days.

However, it ran into problems after a new district attorney, Alvin Bragg, raised questions internally about the viability of the case, and its lead prosecutors resigned. Trump’s testimony was initially scheduled for last month but was delayed after the 14 July death of his ex-wife Ivana Trump. He declined to answer questions about the hours-long search Monday at Mar-a-Lago. Fischetti added that Trump’s decision to take the fifth had been made shortly before the interview started. “[She] will pursue the facts and the law wherever they may lead. Trump’s deposition, which took place in lower Manhattan, appears to have lasted roughly four hours.

Donald Trump says he will sit for a deposition by the office of Attorney General Letitia James, who is examining his business practices and property ...

Congressional hearings: The House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol has conducted a series of hearings to share its findings with the U.S. public. This person said Pompeo was asked about the 25th Amendment, which allows for the removal of a president if they are unfit for duty, among other topics. And the work of the House panel probing Jan. 6 continues. The former president has a week to appeal the ruling before it takes effect. “This is one of the best outcomes they could have hoped for going into this,” said Snell, who worked on the state’s case against Trump University, which resulted in a $25 million settlement. The Fifth Amendment is invoked when there is a possibility of incriminating oneself in criminal activity. Separately, Trump partisans have come under scrutiny in an investigation by local authorities in Georgia about his efforts to overturn the state’s election results. Incredibly, his deposition marked just the halfway point of what has been a frenetic week for Trump and his lawyers. Trump emerged from the question-and-non-answer session with praise for the “very professional” way Attorney General Letitia James’s team handled the meeting, in which he refused more than 400 times to answer questions about his businesses, property valuations and loans, according to a person with knowledge of the discussion. James could file a lawsuit against the Trump Organization and its executives if she concludes that their conduct legally amounted to wrongdoing. Their brother Eric Trump, who was also a lieutenant in the company, took the Fifth more than 500 times when he sat for questioning in October 2020 in the same investigation, according to public disclosures made by James. Then, on Wednesday morning, Trump arrived at a Manhattan office building to be deposed in James’s investigation of his business dealings.

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DEMS’ DREAMS — In two of the most-watched contests that are expected to decide control of the Senate this fall, Democrats are pinning their hopes on progressives who have voiced support for Medicare for All, are allied with BERNIE SANDERS and have vowed to end the filibuster. The rise of MANDELA BARNES in Wisconsin and JOHN FETTERMAN in Pennsylvania “is an opportunity for the left wing of the party, which has often struggled to flip swing seats and instead found success in ousting Democratic incumbents in deep-blue areas,” Holly Otterbein writes this morning. What the strategists are saying: “If there was ever a lane for a Trump-y — but not Trump — Republican in the 2024 presidential primary, it now appears to be that much narrower. Perry told Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser that “while traveling with his family earlier in the day, he was approached by three FBI agents who handed him a warrant and requested that he turn over his cellphone.” HOW IT HAPPENED — WaPo’s Paul Kane is up with a good analysis of Senate Majority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER’s leadership style and how it has helped Senate Dems — and Biden — notch a series of legislative wins ahead of the midterms. Oversight of the Bidens, they contend, would counterbalance what they see as a Justice Department where partisanship influences decisions like the probe of 2020 election subversion that’s drawing closer to Trump.” “Republican strategists working for potential rivals to Trump ahead of the next presidential election were already preparing for the likelihood that he could now clear the field; Republicans across four midterm primary states on Tuesday were rushing to his side. “Bobb said the Justice Department officials commented that they did not believe the storage unit was properly secured, so Trump officials added a lock to the facility. Lordy, NYT says there are tapes: “After Mr. Bratt and other officials visited Mar-a-Lago, they subpoenaed the Trump Organization for a copy of Mar-a-Lago’s surveillance tapes, a person with knowledge of the matter said. Trump stopped by the meeting as it began to greet the investigators but was not interviewed. Halligan estimates 10-15 FBI vehicles went in and out of the property, including a Ryder truck. They note Trump could clear a lot of the mystery up himself.”

Mr Trump's decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination could be used against him in any civil litigation that arises from the ...

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The New York attorney general launched the civil investigation in 2019 after Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen testified in Congress that the ex-president exaggerated his assets “when it served his purposes”. “I declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the United States Constitution,” Trump said in a statement. Former US President Donald Trump has said that he refused to answer questions under oath during an appearance before the New York state attorney general in an investigation into his business dealings.

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