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Mitch McConnell explains why he will still support Donald Trump
Donald Trump has said that he wouldn’t go back to Twitter if his ban was lifted during an interview in which he also boasted about Hispanic support for the Republican Party.
Mr Trump also told SiriusXM’s Americano Media people would be “very happy” about his plans for the 2024 election, which he said would be made public after the midterms in the fall.
Concerning Twitter, Mr Trump said that he “probably wouldn’t have any interest” in going back.
Meanwhile, two lawyers who served at the most senior level in the Trump White House are today set to talk to the committee investigating events leading up to the 6 January insurrection. Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and his onetime deputy Pat Philbin are reportedly speaking to the committee on a semi-formal basis rather than giving full testimony.
Meanwhile, the latest Capitol riot defendant to go on trial is blaming his actions on Donald Trump and his false claims about a stolen election, in a rare mention of the former president’s role during the ongoing hearings.
Dustin Byron Thompson, an Ohio man charged with stealing a coat rack from the Capitol, did not deny that he joined the mob on 6 January 2021. But his lawyer vowed on Tuesday to show that Mr Trump abused his power to “authorise” the attack.
Trump aide Stephen Miller reverses and agrees to cooperate with Capitol riot committee
Stephen Miller, a former top aide in the Trump White House, will testify before the Jan 6 committee today. It’s a huge reversal for Mr Miller, who has sought to keep lawmakers on the committee from obtaining his phone records, and shows how even some of Donald Trump’s fiercest allies fear the wrath of the Justice Department.
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John Bowden14 April 2022 16:04
Trump told Barr: Get impeached
Former President Donald Trump turned to Fox News to excoriate his former attorney general over a wide range of issues, and shared some advice he gave the former head of the US Justice Department.
“I said: ‘Look, get impeached. I went up a lot in the polls when I got impeached. You have to get impeached, maybe.’ But he was so afraid of being impeached that he refused to do his job,” Trump said on Fox News.
John Bowden14 April 2022 15:37
Elon Musk shocks Twitter, offers to buy platform
Tesla CEO Elon Musk made an offer to buy Twitter on Thursday.
His potential purchase of the site is seen by some as an effort to push for weaker content moderation across social media. Doing so could allow or encourage former President Donald Trump to return to the site.
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John Bowden14 April 2022 15:09
Trump ally’s latest stab at congressional districts would disenfranchise Black Democratic lawmaker
A top ally of Donald Trump in the GOP is leading up his state’s redistricting proccess. The partisan battle is likely to have at least one casualty: Democratic Rep Al Lawson, who could see his seat split up.
Mr Lawson’s seat is one of many oddly-shaped districts thanks to past gerrymandering in the US, and currently he represents a 200-mile-long stretch of the state.
““We are not going to have a 200-mile gerrymander that divvies up people based on the color of their skin. That is wrong,” claimed Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis.
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John Bowden14 April 2022 14:18
UPenn professor tells Tucker Carlson ‘Blacks’ resent ‘Western peoples’ and India is a ‘s***hole’
A Pennsylvania professor is facing a fierce backlash after she made a series of comments attacking non-white Americans in an interview with Tucker Carlson.
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Maroosha Muzaffar14 April 2022 13:00
ICYMI: Trump flexes massive fundraising haul in bid to oust Georgia’s Republican governor
Former president’s fundraising eclipses both major parties.
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Maroosha Muzaffar14 April 2022 12:15
Trump PAC gives $500,000 to attack Georgia’s Brian Kemp
Former President Donald Trump’s political action committee has given $500,000 to a group that is running attack ads in Georgia against Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.
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Maroosha Muzaffar14 April 2022 11:55
ICYMI: Trump returning to Ohio for GOP rally ahead of May 3 primary
Former President Donald Trump is returning to Ohio to try to boost Republican candidates and turnout ahead of the 3 May primary.
Mr Trump will headline an evening rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Delaware, north of Columbus, on 23 April — certainly to stump for US House candidate Max Miller, his pick for the 7th Congressional District, and perhaps for US Senate or governor choices he is yet to make, the Associated Press reported.
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Maroosha Muzaffar14 April 2022 09:30
ICYMI: Trump says he ‘probably wouldn’t have any…
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