#Trump pleads not guilty in classified documents indictment

#Trump pleads not guilty in classified documents indictment

Former President Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges on 37 counts following a Department of Justice indictment alleging he violated both the Espionage Act and obstructed justice in taking classified records from his presidency and refusing to return them. The arraignment was Trump’s second this year but his appearance in a Miami courthouse was…

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#McConnell declines to comment on Trump indictment

#McConnell declines to comment on Trump indictment

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Tuesday said he won’t comment on former President Trump’s legal problems, pledging to stay out of the 2024 GOP presidential primary altogether. McConnell declined to say whether he would support Trump if he is the party’s nominee for president in 2024 or respond to the allegations laid out…

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#GOP lawmaker drops f-bomb as moderates bash conservatives over revolt: ‘A little spicy in there’

#GOP lawmaker drops f-bomb as moderates bash conservatives over revolt: ‘A little spicy in there’

Moderate House Republicans lashed out Tuesday against the conservative lawmakers who shut down the chamber floor last week, using a closed-door GOP meeting to accuse the rebels — in apparently profane terms — of undermining the party’s agenda. Reps. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) and Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) castigated the hard-liners, according to a number of…

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#Classified docs case in court

#Classified docs case in court

Former President Trump is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday afternoon, his first appearance after being indicted on 37 counts in the federal investigation into classified documents found at his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago. Trump’s arraignment is set for 3 p.m. at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse in Miami, where he says he plans…

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#Trump blames Biden poll numbers for DOJ indictment

#Trump blames Biden poll numbers for DOJ indictment

Former President Trump claimed without evidence that the Biden administration was bringing a federal indictment against him because President Biden’s poll numbers have been dipping.  “They’re using this because they’re losing in the polls. They’re losing very big in the polls,” Trump said Monday in a radio interview in Miami.  “We’re beating Biden by 10…

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#McCarthy attacks CNN in response to Trump question

#McCarthy attacks CNN in response to Trump question

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) pushed back on questioning from a CNN reporter about former president Trump’s recent federal indictment by bringing up hires the network has made of former federal law enforcement officials. “The idea of equal justice is not playing out here,” McCarthy said to a number of reporters gathered at the Capitol…

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