#Trump should ‘smash some windows’ in New York

#Trump should ‘smash some windows’ in New York

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) joked on Twitter that former President Trump should “smash some windows, rob a few shops and punch a cop” on his way to the Manhattan district attorney’s office as a tactic to avoid prosecution.   Graham, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the ironic comment to allude to Manhattan…

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#Bragg warns GOP lawmakers against Donald Trump case oversight

#Bragg warns GOP lawmakers against Donald Trump case oversight

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) warned Republican lawmakers on Friday that their efforts to conduct oversight into his investigation of former President Trump represents a “dangerous usurpation” by Congress that could impinge upon the former president’s rights. The response from Bragg’s office comes the morning after a grand jury he empaneled to hear evidence…

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#The Hill’s Morning Report — Trump indicted. Now what?

#The Hill’s Morning Report — Trump indicted. Now what?

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#House Speaker vows to hold Bragg ‘and his unprecedented abuse of power to account’

#House Speaker vows to hold Bragg ‘and his unprecedented abuse of power to account’

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday vowed to hold Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) “and his unprecedented abuse of power to account” after news broke that former President Trump has been indicted by a New York grand jury, the first time a sitting or former U.S. president has faced criminal charges. McCarthy argued Bragg “irreparably damaged…

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