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11 indicted in Arizona 2020 election probe

April 24, 2024, 7:29 PM Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has announced charges against 11 alleged fake electors, the office announced in a press release on Wednesday, for their alleged role in a scheme after the 2020 presidential election. The charges include fraud, forgery, and conspiracy. Several of the names have been redacted, but Mayes said those names will be unredacted when "all defendants have been served." Arizona becomes the fourth state to file criminal charges again ...

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Trump Media has gotten Congress involved in its crusade against short sellers

Apr 24, 2024, 3:45 PM EDT The CEO of Trump Media filed a letter on Tuesday urging House Republican committee heads to look into the possibility of illegal manipulation of the company's stock, which has plunged since it went public at the end of March. Devin Nunes said in the letter that the firm has identified a "strong indication" of shady trading, and the committee should swiftly investigate its scope, including "whether any laws, including RICO statutes and tax evasion laws, ...

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Former Republican mayoral candidate gets 10 days in prison in Jan. 6 case

April 24, 2024, 3:43 PM EDT WASHINGTON — A former Republican candidate who lost his race for mayor in Connecticut last year was sentenced Wednesday to 10 days of incarceration for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Gino DiGiovanni Jr. admitted he entered the Capitol after he was confronted by NBC Connecticut in October 2022 after he was identified by online "sedition hunters" who have aided hundreds of cases against Capitol rioters. “I wouldn’t want to be arrested fo ...

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Trump is unindicted co-conspirator in 2020 Michigan fake electors probe, investigator testifie

(CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is an unindicted co-conspirator in the Michigan attorney general’s probe into the attempts to overturn the 2020 election in that state, an investigator testified Wednesday. The investigator also said the list of unindicted co-conspirators includes ex-Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, and former Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis. The revelations came at a pretrial hearing in Lansing for some of Michigan’s fake ...

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Arizona House advances a repeal of the state's near-total abortion ban to the Senate

Updated 4:18 PM EDT, April 24, 2024 PHOENIX (AP) -- A proposed repeal of Arizona's near-total ban on abortions won approval from the state House Wednesday after two weeks of mounting pressure on Republicans over an issue that has bedeviled former President Donald Trump's campaign to return to the White House. Three Republicans joined in with all 29 Democrats Wednesday to repeal a law that predated Arizona's statehood and provides no exceptions for rape or incest. If the Senate approves as exp ...

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Trump Says Roe's Demise 'Working Out Very Well'

(LA Mag) Former President Donald Trump took his boast about overturning Roe v. Wade to a critical swing state Tuesday, even as he was stuck in court in New York City. Appearing remotely before going into court for his election interference trial, Trump told Philadelphia's ABC6 that his administration "terminated Roe v. Wade." "When you look at it and you look at what's happening all over the country now, states are voting," Trump said. "Ohio just voted. All different by the way. It's tailor made, and it's really working out well for people and they're very, very happy."

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Donald Trump Suffers Huge Vote Against Him in Pennsylvania Primary

(Newsweek) Donald Trump suffered a blow in the Pennsylvania primary on Tuesday, as tens of thousands of Republicans refused to vote for him despite being the presumptive GOP nominee. The former president won the primary race in the key swing state with 83.5 percent of the vote, amounting to more than 786,000 votes. However, Nikki Haley, who ended her campaign for the White House after Super Tuesday in March, still received 16.5 percent of the vote, equating to more than 155,000 ballots.

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Biden scores major union backing as its leaders attack Trump

(CNN) Joe Biden will land a major union endorsement Wednesday from North America’s Building Trades Unions, whose leaders say the president has his infrastructure bill largely to thank for it. In making one of their earliest ever presidential endorsements, NABTU leaders are kickstarting an eight-figure organizing program to try to deliver their 250,000 members in the battlegrounds of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin for Biden.

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Pelosi says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "should resign"

(CBS News) House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said she believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "should resign," criticizing the Israeli leader's aggressive response in Gaza to Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, and saying Netanyahu has been an obstacle to peace "for years." Pelosi made the remarks in an interview with Irish public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann during a visit to Ireland. Democrats, including President Biden, have grown increasingly critical of Netanyahu's leadership as Israel continues its assault on Gaza.

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Trump Wants 2 Criminal Counts Tossed Out In Georgia Election Case

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11 indicted in Arizona 2020 election probe

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Trump's 2020 'fake electors' charged with state crimes in Arizona

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Trump Media has gotten Congress involved in its crusade against short sellers

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Former Republican mayoral candidate gets 10 days in prison in Jan. 6 case

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Trump is unindicted co-conspirator in 2020 Michigan fake electors probe, investigator testifie

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Arizona House advances a repeal of the state's near-total abortion ban to the Senate

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