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Trump Grants Sweeping Pardons To Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Others Tied To 2020 Election Trump Grants Sweeping Pardons To Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Others Tied To 2020 Election
Trump Grants Sweeping Pardons To Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Others Tied To 2020 Election President Donald Trump has granted sweeping pardons to 77 individuals, including close allies Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, and John Eastman, for actions tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.  The high-profile move was announced late Sunday night, Nov. 9, by US Pardon Attorney Ed Martin, who posted a copy of the official proclamation on social media. The proclamation, signed by Trump, declares, “This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of …
'Bizarre': Obama Responds After Trump Accuses Him Of 'Treason' 'Bizarre': Obama Responds After Trump Accuses Him Of 'Treason'
'Bizarre': Obama Responds After Trump Accuses Him Of 'Treason' Former President Barack Obama is pushing back after the current chief executive, Donald Trump, accused him of “treason” in connection with the 2016 election. “These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction,” an Obama spokesman said Tuesday, July 22, in response to Trump’s latest claims.  The spokesperson stated that although they typically wouldn’t "dignify the constant nonsense" from Trump with a response, the allegations are “outrageous enough to warrant a reply.” The statement comes days after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a re…
NY Native Leaves '60 Minutes' Top Producer Role Amid Trump's $10B Lawsuit: Report NY Native Leaves '60 Minutes' Top Producer Role Amid Trump's $10B Lawsuit: Report
NY Native Leaves '60 Minutes' Top Producer Role Amid Trump's $10B Lawsuit: Report The executive producer of "60 Minutes" has resigned, saying he could no longer run the news program independently as the TV show is locked in a legal battle with President Donald Trump, according to reports. Bill Owens announced his resignation in a memo to staff on Tuesday, April 22, The New York Times reported. The Greenwich, Connecticut, resident has worked at CBS News for 34 years. A native of Oyster Bay, New York, Owens is just the third executive producer in the news magazine show's 57-year run. Since 2019, he has led the nation's No. 1 news program through landmark int…
'I Should Have Never Left The White House' Trump Says At Pennsylvania Rally 'I Should Have Never Left The White House' Trump Says At Pennsylvania Rally
'I Should Have Never Left The White House' Trump Says At Pennsylvania Rally Former President Donald J. Trump bluntly laid out how he feels about the election in Pennsylvania at his latest rally in the Keystone State; held just two days before election day.  Late on Friday, Nov. 1, the Trump-Vance campaign team announced yet another Pennsylvania rally. This one was held in Lititz, at FlyADVANCED Lancaster located at 530 Airport Road with doors opening at 6 a.m. and "The 45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump [Delivering] Remarks," at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 3. Unsurprisingly, Trump told the crowd "I should have never left the White House," and discuss…
Trump DOJ Lawyer Forced To Stand Outside In Boxers During Humiliating Raid: CNN Trump DOJ Lawyer Forced To Stand Outside In Boxers During Humiliating Raid: CNN
Trump DOJ Lawyer Forced To Stand Outside In Boxers During Humiliating Raid: CNN Police forced a former Department of Justice lawyer for President Donald Trump to stand outside in his underwear while they raided his home last month, video obtained by CNN shows.  Wearing his underwear and a button down shirt, Jeffrey Clark asked agents at the door of his Fairfax County home if he could call his lawyer, put on pants or stand in his garage, the footage shows. “We’re gonna clear the house, and as soon as we clear the house, we’ll get you talking to your lawyer and we’ll get some pants on, okay?" one of the agents told him in the video. They did allow Clark to stand b…
Conspiracy Theorists Sent Threatening Robocalls To Suppress Black Voters, NY AG Says Conspiracy Theorists Sent Threatening Robocalls To Suppress Black Voters, NY AG Says
Conspiracy Theorists Sent Threatening Robocalls To Suppress Black Voters, NY AG Says New York Attorney General is going after a pair of conspiracy theorists who allegedly orchestrated a large-scale robocall campaign to intimidate Black communities during the 2020 election. James announced on Thursday, May 6 that she has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit against “notorious conspiracy theorists” Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman for their efforts to suppress Black voters. An investigation into approximately 5,500 complaints from New Yorkers who said they were subjected to discriminatory and harassing robocalls from Wohl and Burkman, who allegedly hid behind a sham organizat…
Prosecutor: Central Jersey Man Illegally Voted In Wrong County For 4 Years Prosecutor: Central Jersey Man Illegally Voted In Wrong County For 4 Years
Prosecutor: Central Jersey Man Illegally Voted In Wrong County For 4 Years A Middlesex County man faces up to five years in state prison for illegally voting in Monmouth County, authorities said. Steven Solop, 67, of the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township, was charged with fraudulent voting, interference with election and false registration, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. Solop surrendered to investigators at the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday, where he was charged, processed, and released on a summons pending a future court date, Gramiccioni said. An investigation by the Monmouth Count…
Reports: President Trump Called Pennsylvania House Speaker To 'Fix' Election Results Reports: President Trump Called Pennsylvania House Speaker To 'Fix' Election Results
Reports: President Trump Called Pennsylvania House Speaker To 'Fix' Election Results President Trump called the Speaker of Pennsylvania's House of Representatives in an attempt to reverse his election loss there, according to media reports. The Washington Post reported that Trump called Speaker Bryan Cutler, a Republican, urging him to intervene and take some action to "fix" state law that prevents lawmakers from intervening and replacing electors selected by the voters to cast the state's electoral votes. Votes from the Keystone State helped former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, surge ahead of Trump in the days following the election. Biden is now president-elect by…
Philly Judge Won't Drop Election Charges Against VA Men Who Came To 'Straighten Out' Vote Count Philly Judge Won't Drop Election Charges Against VA Men Who Came To 'Straighten Out' Vote Count
Philly Judge Won't Drop Election Charges Against VA Men Who Came To 'Straighten Out' Vote Count A Philadelphia judge on Thursday refused to dismiss election charges against a pair of Virginia men, who were apparently armed with an AR-15 when police stopped them near a vote-counting center during the 2020 Presidential Elections, news reports say. Joshua Macias, 42, and Antonio LaMotta, 61 -- both of Chesapeake, VA -- were originally arrested on weapons offenses, although LaMotta's charge was dropped as he was licensed to carry in his home state. Bike patrol officers stopped the two men around 10:30 p.m., on Nov. 5, and found them in possession a pair of guns -- which they did not have…
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Obama Pentagon Expert On Russia From Chappaqua Joins Race For Westchester Congressional Seat Obama Pentagon Expert On Russia From Chappaqua Joins Race For Westchester Congressional Seat
Obama Pentagon Expert On Russia From Chappaqua Joins Race For Westchester Congressional Seat A former assistant defense secretary from the Obama Administration -- who has been openly critical of President Donald Trump’s Russian connections -- officially joined the race for the New York congressional seat of retiring U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Harrison. Evelyn Farkas, a national security analyst and author, announced her campaign on Monday, Nov. 18 here on Twitter and on national television. She planned to attend a candidate forum near her hometown of Chappaqua, where Bill and Hillary Clinton now resides. Lowey is a close friend and political associate of the Clintons. Farkas, who…
NY Joins Investigation Of Facebook Data Use As Zuckerberg Responds NY Joins Investigation Of Facebook Data Use As Zuckerberg Responds
NY Joins Investigation Of Facebook Data Use As Zuckerberg Responds As the controversy heightens as to how data mining company Cambridge Analytica obtained 50 million Facebook users' profile information to aid Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, New York State has joined those demanding answers from the social media giant. "Consumers have a right to know how their information is used -- and companies like Facebook have a fundamental responsibility to protect their users' personal information," New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement. "We sent a demand letter to Facebook -- the first step in our joint investi…
Greenwich's Hope Hicks Focus Of Trump-Russia Probe Greenwich's Hope Hicks Focus Of Trump-Russia Probe
Greenwich's Hope Hicks Focus Of Trump-Russia Probe Hope Hick's unflinching loyalty and silence have secured her a prominent place in Donald Trump’s ever-changing orbit.  But that access to the president — the Oval Office is one door down from hers — could come at a prohibitive legal cost for the 29-year-old White House communication director from Greenwich.  Hicks, Trump’s gatekeeper during the campaign -- whom some call his "real daughter" --- is now at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., and the focus of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, the New York Times reported here on Wednesd…