Trump lawyers invoke Biden’s ‘lock him up’ remark in motion to dismiss 2020 election interference case 
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Trump lawyers invoke Biden’s ‘lock him up’ remark in motion to dismiss 2020 election interference case 

Donald Trump’s legal team on Thursday cited President Biden’s call for the former president to be locked up in a motion demanding the dismissal of the federal 2020 election interference case.  “The proposed motion establishes that this unjust case was dead on arrival — unconstitutional even before its inception,” Trump…

DOJ sues Alabama, Secretary of State Wes Allen for allegedly purging noncitizen voters befoore election
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DOJ sues Alabama, Secretary of State Wes Allen for allegedly purging noncitizen voters befoore election

The Department of Justice sued the State of Alabama and its top election official, alleging that they had removed voters who had previously been issued noncitizen identification numbers from its election rolls too close to election day. Noncitizen identification numbers are a tax-processing number issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to…

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris push rent control — a great way to destroy cities
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Joe Biden, Kamala Harris push rent control — a great way to destroy cities

Few policies raise economists’ ire as much as rent control. “In many cases,” Swedish economist Assar Lindbeck famously said, “rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city — except for bombing.” Nonetheless, President Biden, along with Vice President Kamala Harris, recently proposed a…

DOJ has more evidence of possible Trump obstruction in classified docs probe: report
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DOJ has more evidence of possible Trump obstruction in classified docs probe: report

The legal hits keep coming against former President Trump. The Justice Department and FBI found new evidence of possible obstruction by the GOP firebrand tied to their investigation into classified documents recovered at Mar-a-Lago last year, the Washington Post reported Sunday. After Trump’s advisors received a subpoena in May demanding…

Two people who searched Trump properties for classified documents testify before grand jury
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Two people who searched Trump properties for classified documents testify before grand jury

Two people hired to search for classified material last year at properties belonging to former President Donald Trump have testified before a federal grand jury, according to a report. Both individuals provided the panel investigating the 76-year-old former president’s mishandling of classified documents with roughly three hours of testimony, according…

Rep. Matt Gaetz unlikely to face charges in sex trafficking probe: report
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Rep. Matt Gaetz unlikely to face charges in sex trafficking probe: report

Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz is not likely to face charges in a long-running investigation that alleges he sex-trafficked a 17-year-old across state lines, according to a new report. Prosecutors have recommended against charging Gaetz in the sex-trafficking probe to senior Justice Department officials, The Washington Post reported Friday, citing…

Donald Trump says there’s no formal declassification process
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Donald Trump says there’s no formal declassification process

Former President Donald Trump in a Wednesday night interview again insisted he had declassified the records seized by the feds at Mar-a-Lago — and said there’s no definitive document declassification process for US heads of state. Trump made the comments in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity that aired…