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Trump and his attorneys on the hook for nearly $1 million in sanctions for Clinton lawsuit, judge says | CNN Politics By Tierney Sneed CNN January 20, 2023 A federal judge said Thursday that former President Donald Trump and his attorneys are liable for nearly $1 million in sanctions for a lawsuit Trump brought against Hillary Clinton, ex-top Justice Department officials and several others alleging they conspired against him in the 2016 campaign. “This case should never have been brought. Its inadequacy as a legal claim was evident from the start,” US District Judge Donald Middlebrooks of the…

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By Veronika Kyrylenko The New American January 19, 2023 While the American public is unlikely to ever learn about the contents of the classified documents possessed by Joe Biden, it is likely that they will have to deal with his family’s criminal dealings with the Communist China, Russia, and Ukraine, opined legal analyst Larry Klayman, the founder of influential non-profits Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch. In this interview with The New American, Mr. Klayman dives deep into the dysfunctional world of the legal system in America and describes how the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) practically turned into a…

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Biden on decision not to publicly reveal discovery of classified documents earlier: ‘I have no regrets’ | CNN Politics By Sam Fossum CNN January 19, 2023 President Joe Biden said Thursday that he has “no regrets” over not revealing earlier that classified documents had been discovered at his private office in November. “We’re fully cooperating, looking forward to getting this resolved quickly,” Biden said following remarks on the ongoing recovery efforts in California following recent storms. “I think you’re gonna find there’s nothing there. I have no regrets. I’m following what the lawyers have told me they want…

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Judge says Jan. 6 rioter who broke into Capitol followed “Trump’s instructions” By Shawna Chen Axios January 19, 2023 A federal judge said Tuesday that a California woman who breached the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection “followed then-President Trump’s instructions” in breaking the law. Driving the news: Danean MacAndrew, who traveled to D.C. from California for Trump’s rally and filmed herself storming the Capitol with the mob of pro-Trump supporters, was found guilty on charges including violent entry and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building after a three-day bench trial. What they’re saying: Before the Jan.…

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‘Not a place I’d want to be in’: Will Biden’s classified documents debacle hamper a 2024 re-election bid? By Aubrie Spady Fox News January 16, 2023 As President Joe Biden is rumored to soon announce a 2024 bid for re-election, the developing investigation into several batches of classified documents found in his possession could cause turmoil for a potential campaign. Last week, news broke of three sets of classified documents found at the Penn Biden Center and in two separate locations at the president’s home in Wilmington, Delaware. On Saturday, White House Special Counsel Richard Sauber revealed that…

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Trump’s political fate may have been decided — by a Georgia grand jury By Chris McGreal the Guardian January 15, 2023 Even as Donald Trump prepares to dial up his campaign to take back the White House, the former US president’s political and personal fate may already have been decided by the secret workings of a grand jury in Georgia. The 23-member panel, convened to consider whether Trump and others committed crimes in trying to overturn his defeat in Georgia when it appeared the state might decide the outcome of the entire 2020 presidential election, was dissolved on…

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The Merrick Garland You Don’t Know By Ankush Khardori POLITICO January 15, 2023 When Merrick Garland took center stage late last year to announce the appointment of a special counsel to oversee the ongoing criminal investigations concerning Donald Trump, it was not the first time that the mild-mannered former judge had taken on the role of the tortured moralist at the center of an epic and unspooling drama. As a high school student in suburban Chicago in the late 1960s, the man who is now the attorney general played the lead role in J.B. — a modernized, Pulitzer…

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Democrats worry Biden controversy will be Clinton emails repeat The Hill January 14, 2023 Democrats are increasingly worried that the controversy surrounding the classified documents found at President Biden’s Wilmington, Del., home and at his former office will loom large over his expected reelection campaign. While Democrats say they remain confident that Biden can overcome the problem, they say the disclosure of numerous batches of classified documents complicates matters for the president ahead of his campaign launch. Privately, they wonder how tough it will be for Biden to explain what happened and draw comparisons to 2016 Democratic presidential…

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Montana man who took his juvenile son on 3-day road trip to the US Capitol for Jan. 6 is arrested and charged By Erin Snodgrass Business Insider January 14, 2023 A man who traveled with his juvenile son from Great Falls, Montana, to Washington, DC, ahead of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, was arrested and charged in relation to the attack earlier this month. Patrick William O’Brien, 54, was arraigned Thursday on three misdemeanor charges, including entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, and disorderly conduct in a Capitol…

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