Trump claims FBI Mar-a-Lago raid made him look ‘like a slob’
Donald Trump has promised to seriously consider granting full pardons to 6 January rioters if he decides to run for the 2024 presidential elections and manages to secure a second term.
In an interview with Wendy Bell Radio on Thursday, Mr Trump said: “I will tell you, I will look very, very favourably about full pardons [sic]. If I decide to run and if I win, I will be looking very, very strongly about pardons. Full pardons.”
In another interview on Wednesday, he claimed that the story of the documents found at Mar-a-Lago has boosted his poll numbers, and also warned that his supporters are “really angry” and “aren’t going to stand for this”.
Mr Trump has accused the Justice Department of staging an already infamous photo of classified documents seized at his residence, while still claiming without evidence that he had “declassified” them.
Meanwhile a new filing from his legal team failed to clarify their objections to the FBI’s search at Mar-a-Lago.
Mr Trump’s lawyers are seeking the appointment of a special master to review the seized documents.
After three year legal battle Trump must hand over financial records to Congress
Donald Trump and his accounting firm have reached an agreement with the House Oversight Committee for lawmakers to receive key financial records as part of a long-running probe into his disclosures and conflicts of interest.
“After numerous court victories, I am pleased that my Committee has now reached an agreement to obtain key financial documents that former President Trump fought for years to hide from Congress,” committee chair Carolyn Maloney announced on Thursday (1 September).
Trump forced to hand over financial records to Congress after three-year legal battle
Agreement with House Oversight Committee could end ex-president’s legal battle to shield documents exposing his ‘egregious conduct’, chair announces
Oliver O’Connell2 September 2022 07:00
Trump says he will ‘very, very seriously’ consider full pardons for 6 Jan rioters
Donald Trump has promised to seriously consider granting full pardons to 6 January rioters if he decides to run for the 2024 presidential elections and manages to secure a second term.
In an interview with Wendy Bell Radio on Thursday, Mr Trump said: “I will tell you, I will look very, very favourably about full pardons [sic]. If I decide to run and if I win, I will be looking very, very strongly about pardons. Full pardons.”
He added: “We’ll be looking very, very seriously at full pardons because we can’t let that happen … And I mean full pardons with an apology to many.”
The former president had made a similar promise during his final days in office when some of the rioters were already in jail.
However, none were pardoned before he left office.
(AP)
Sravasti Dasgupta2 September 2022 06:32
Trump rages at DoJ for making him look ‘like a slob’ in raid photos
Donald Trump is staring down a lot of problems, but the one he seems chiefly concerned about isn’t how classified documents from the White House ended up in his Palm Beach resort, but rather how those materials – photographed strewn across his floor – could make him appear “like a slob”.
Johanna Chisholm has the story.
Trump rages at DOJ for making him appear ‘like a slob’ in raid photos
“They put them there in a messy fashion. And then they took a picture and they released to the public,” said the former president
Oliver O’Connell2 September 2022 06:15
Emails show Ginni Thomas tried to overturn 2020 Wisconsin election victory
The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was active in not just one but two states as she sought to overturn the rightful results of the 2020 election in favour of Donald Trump, new emails show.
The Washington Post reported on Thursday that Ginni Thomas emailed at least two elected lawmakers in Wisconsin, urging them to back the plot for a vote to “decertify” the state’s election results (which is not something the state legislature can legally do) in favour of a slate of Trump-supporting “electors” who would go to Washington and cast Electoral College votes for Mr Trump instead of Joe Biden.
Emails show Ginni Thomas tried to overturn Biden’s 2020 election victory in Wisconsin
Wife of Supreme Court justice was apparently leading wide-ranging effort to influence local officials
Oliver O’Connell2 September 2022 05:45
Trump White House lawyers to appear before Jan 6 grand jury
The White House counsel under former President Donald Trump and his top deputy are set to appear Friday before a federal grand jury investigating efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.
Lawyers in Trump White House to appear before 1/6 grand jury
The White House counsel under former President Donald Trump and his top deputy are set to appear before a federal grand jury investigating efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election
Oliver O’Connell2 September 2022 05:15
Trump claims he has his own polls that show Mar-a-Lago raid has made him more popular
Donald Trump found something to celebrate on Thursday after tacitly admitting to keeping classified presidential records without the permission of the National Archives in a legal filing the day earlier.
In an interview with a right-wing broadcaster, the former president pointed out how his poll numbers among Republican voters have rebounded in recent weeks amid news of the raid and new criminal investigation targeting him.
“I don’t even like saying it because it sounds so trivial…my poll numbers have gone through the roof because of [the raid],” he said. “I’ve never been involved in an event that’s driven me up like this.”
Trump claims he has his own polls that show Mar-a-Lago raid has made him more popular
Trump cites polling bump against DeSantis while most Americans don’t want him to run
Oliver O’Connell2 September 2022 04:45
Trump repeats false explanation for how classified documents got to Mar-a-Lago
Former president Donald Trump on Thursday repeated a previously-discredited explanation for how classified documents he hoarded during his term ended up at his Palm Beach, Florida home during an appearance on a conservative talk radio show.
Trump repeats false explanation for how classified documents got to Mar-a-Lago
Mr Trump is still trying to blame the General Services Administration for the presence of national defence information at his Florida home
Oliver O’Connell2 September 2022 04:15
Ex-intel officials say Trump’s document hoarding could ruin years of work
Former president Donald Trump’s hoarding of highly classified national defence information at the Palm Beach, Florida, home could bring about a level of damage to US intelligence operations not seen in decades, according to current and former intelligence community officials and experts who spoke to The Independent.
Ex-intel officials say Trump’s document hoarding could ruin years of work
Intelligence experts say efforts to mitigate damage from Mr Trump’s hoarding of classified documents at his Florida home could bring down years-long efforts to cultivate intelligence sources. Andrew Feinberg reports
Oliver O’Connell2 September 2022 03:45
Steve Doocy calls out Trump in surprising segment
Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy made a rare break from the network’s fawning coverage of Donald Trump to question why the former president kept top secret files at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday.
Fox News’ Steve Doocy calls out Trump in surprising segment
“These are the biggest secrets in the world” the Fox & Friends host said as he grilled Gov Kristi Noem on Wednesday
Oliver O’Connell2 September 2022 03:15
New poll: Half of Americans think Trump should be prosecuted over Mar-a-Lago papers
Half of Americans say Donald Trump should be prosecuted for hoarding top secret files at Mar-a-Lago, according to a new poll.
And nearly six in 10 think he acted inappropriately in storing boxes of classified information at his Florida residence, compared to 26 per cent who believe he was in the right, according to the Quinnipiac University survey.
Half of Americans say Trump should be prosecuted over top secret papers at Mar-a-Lago
‘Americans have been watching closely and have their own verdict,’ says Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy
Oliver O’Connell2 September 2022 02:45
