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Florida high court OKs grand jury probe of COVID-19 vaccines ABC News December 23, 2022 TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court will convene a grand jury at Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ request to investigate any wrongdoing with respect to the COVID-19 vaccines, the court announced Thursday. The Republican governor, who is often mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2024, earlier this month called for the investigation. He suggested it would be in part aimed to jog loose more information from pharmaceutical companies about the vaccines and potential side effects. Vaccine studies funded by pharmaceutical companies that developed…
McConnell calls out ‘diminished’ Trump, vows not to bow to his candidates in 2024 NBC News December 23, 2022 Sen. Mitch McConnell deferred to former President Donald Trump’s handpicked candidates in competitive midterm races, culminating in jarring defeats and a larger Democratic majority that bucked the odds. He promises not to let that happen again, insisting he will “actively look for quality candidates” to promote in the 2024 primaries. In a rare and pointed criticism of the former president, who’s seeking a comeback in two years, McConnell said Trump’s power is on the wane and called on him…
Republicans release their own US Capitol riot report focused on security failures | CNN Politics By Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer, Marshall Cohen CNN December 22, 2022 House Republicans on Wednesday released a report focused on security failures at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, highlighting well-documented breakdowns in intelligence sharing, Capitol security and coordination between various law enforcement agencies that responded that day. Their primary recommendation centers around reforming the US Capitol Police Board and bolstering congressional oversight of the Capitol Police force — two issues that were identified by lawmakers of both parties in the wake…
In Testimony, Hannity and Other Fox Employees Said They Doubted Trump’s Fraud Claims By Jeremy W. Peters New York Times December 22, 2022 On Nov. 30, 2020, Sean Hannity hosted Sidney Powell on his prime-time Fox News program. As she had in many other interviews around that time — on Fox and elsewhere in right-wing media — Ms. Powell, a former federal prosecutor, spun wild conspiracy theories about what she said was “corruption all across the country, in countless districts,” in a plot to steal re-election from the president, Donald J. Trump. At the center of this imagined…
Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee set to release Trump’s taxes in the coming days | CNN Politics By Lauren Fox, Daniella Diaz, Jeremy Herb CNN December 21, 2022 The Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee said Tuesday it would release former President Donald Trump’s tax returns within days and asserted that the IRS failed to properly audit the former president’s taxes while he was in office. The committee also released a report Tuesday that detailed six years’ worth of the former president’s tax returns, including his claims of massive annual losses that significantly reduced his tax burden.…
READ: House Ways and Means Committee report finding Trump was not properly audited by IRS as president | CNN Politics CNN December 21, 2022 The Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday released a summary report that concluded the IRS failed to audit former President Donald Trump’s taxes as required under the mandatory presidential audit program. Read the report here: Read a supplemental report from the Joint Committee here. Continue Reading…..
Pope Francis to Return 3 Parthenon Marble Fragments to Greece By Elisabetta Povoledo and Alex Marshall New York Times December 20, 2022 Pope Francis will return to Greek hands three 2,500-year-old pieces of the Parthenon that have been in the papal collections of the Vatican Museums for two centuries, the Vatican said in a statement on Friday. The fragments — a head of a horse, a head of a boy and a bearded male head — will become the property of Archbishop Ieronymos II, the head of the Greek Orthodox Church, the statement added. Most surviving fragments of…
Gaetz jabs Trump over McCarthy support: ‘HR was not always his best thing’ The Hill December 20, 2022 Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) voiced clear disagreement with former President Trump after he supported House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as the next Speaker, saying Trump has not chosen the “best people” to work for him in the past. “HR was not always his best thing,” Gaetz told the conservative network Real America’s Voice on Monday at a Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix. Gaetz added that Trump chose a “parade of horribles” to serve in his administration. Continue Reading…..
Trump responds to Jan. 6 criminal referrals: ‘It strengthens me’ The Hill December 20, 2022 Former President Trump on Monday responded to the Jan. 6 committee’s decision to urge the Justice Department to prosecute him and some of his associates over their involvement in the Capitol riot and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, saying the move makes him “stronger.” “These folks don’t get it that when they come after me, people who love freedom rally around me. It strengthens me. What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger,” Trump said on his Truth Social social media platform. Continue…