1 year ago
36
Donald Trump says Twitter has go ‘very boring’ since helium got banned
Sign up for the regular Inside Washington email for exclusive US sum and investigation sent to your inbox
Get our escaped Inside Washington email
In the people of a circular of appearances connected right-wing outlets, Donald Trump this greeting called for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to beryllium impeached, claiming that Republican members of Congress “have thing connected him”.
The ex-president’s loathing of Mr McConnell is well-known, but determination is nary crushed to expect different Republican senators to marque a concerted effort against him. Mr McConnell has invested heavy successful the Senate midterm campaign, whereas Mr Trump has utilized a disproportionate stock of the wealth helium has raised for his ain ineligible bills.
Mr Trump’s deed astatine Mr McConnell comes aft the quality that a erstwhile cardinal aide, Kash Patel, is acceptable to attest earlier a expansive assemblage investigating the handling of concealed documents astatine Mar-a-Lago aft being granted immunity from prosecution.
Mr Patel is simply a adjacent advisor to the erstwhile president and maintains a idiosyncratic narration with him. He was appointed arsenic 1 of his authoritative representatives to the National Archives and Records Administration.
Meanwhile, the proceedings of the Oath Keepers yesterday saw prosecutors uncover a connection to Mr Trump penned but ne'er sent by the group’s erstwhile leader, Stewart Rhodes, who faces seditious conspiracy charges successful narration to the January 6 attack.
Pelosi attack: Capitol Police motorboat enquiry implicit missed CCTV feed
The US Capitol Police person launched an interior probe aft officers monitoring CCTV cameras trained connected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco location failed to announcement the break-in which instantly preceded a brutal battle connected Ms Pelosi’s hubby past week.
Earlier this week, aggregate outlets reported that officers astatine the department’s Washington DC bid centre liable for keeping ticker connected unrecorded feeds from cameras installed to show the Pelosi residence did not cognize thing was amiss aboriginal connected the greeting of 28 October until they saw constabulary vehicles with exigency lights activated extracurricular of the speaker’s townhouse.
The serviceman successful complaint of monitoring the cameras lone discovered the footage of alleged assailant David DePape smashing a solid doorway astatine the rear of the residence and entering it erstwhile subsequently reviewing footage from the erstwhile fewer hours.
Andrew Feinberg reports.
Andrew Naughtie3 November 2022 15:25
Trump slams McConnell (again)
Appearing connected right-wing fringe media this morning, Donald Trump has reiterated his boilerplate criticisms of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Here’s a sample:
Andrew Naughtie3 November 2022 14:15
ICYMI: Trump sues Letitia James
Donald Trump announced connected his Truth Social relationship that helium has filed a suit against New York lawyer general Letitia James, accusing her of pursuing a “relentless, pernicious, public, and unapologetic crusade” against him.
The erstwhile president besides claimed successful the suit filed successful the Florida circuit tribunal that the New York lawyer wide was violating his rights to privateness and property.
He said Ms James was violating his rights arsenic a grantor and beneficiary of the Donald J Trump revocable trust.
Mr Trump further said that Ms James has done small to support New York against rampant crime.
The suit stated that the extremity of the lawyer wide is “destroying him [Donald Trump] personally, financially, and politically”.
Maroosha Muzaffar reports:
Andrew Naughtie3 November 2022 13:45
The Oath Keepers’ connection to Trump
As prosecutors wrapped up their lawsuit successful the proceedings of starring members of the Oath Keepers connected seditious conspiracy charges, they yesterday showed the assemblage a connection written by militia person Stewart Rhodes for the attraction of Donald Trump.
In it, Mr Rhodes wrote that if Mr Trump did not invoke the insurrection act, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would “turn each that powerfulness connected you, your family, and each of us,” meaning “You and your household volition beryllium imprisoned and killed. You and your children volition dice successful prison.”
The connection was not yet sent, but it is already known that Mr Rhodes tried to scope Mr Trump via contacts successful his interior ellipse aft the January 6 effort to halt the certification of Joe Biden’s triumph ended successful failure.
Read much from Alex Woodward:
Andrew Naughtie3 November 2022 13:12
Ted Cruz complains Trump isn’t spending capable connected midterms
The Texas legislator called retired the one-term president during Tuesday’s occurrence of his podcast The Verdict, claiming that helium is sitting connected “a 100 cardinal dollars” alternatively of utilizing it to enactment pro-Trump candidates connected ballots crossed the country.
“I privation Trump was spending immoderate of his money,” helium said.
“Trump’s got a 100 cardinal dollars and he’s spending astir nary of it to enactment these candidates.”
Mr Trump is simply a relentless and effectual small-donor fundraiser, but it has go wide since helium near the White House that overmuch of the wealth he’s pulling successful has gone toward his and his interior circle’s everlastingly mounting ineligible bills.
Johanna Chisholm reports.
Andrew Naughtie3 November 2022 12:30
Obama sounds informing astir menace of governmental violence
As the state faces its archetypal high-profile predetermination since the statesmanlike contention successful November 2020, which was plagued by baseless claims of a rigged predetermination fuelled by Donald Trump and reverberated by an astounding percent of Republican leaders, the governmental disagreement is vast.
“This expanding wont of demonising governmental opponents creates a unsafe climate,” erstwhile President Barack Obama said. “If that’s the situation that we create, much radical are going to get hurt.”
Andrea Blanco reports.
Andrew Naughtie3 November 2022 12:00
Kari Lake calls Trump state Steve Bannon a ‘modern time George Washington’
The right-wing erstwhile TV anchor is progressive successful a competitory contention with Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, to beryllium the state’s governor.
“I privation you to conscionable and springiness a large Arizona invited to 1 of my favourite guys successful the world, 1 of the astir patriotic men I know, I telephone him a modern-day George Washington, Steve Bannon,” she told a assemblage connected Tuesday night.
Andrew Naughtie3 November 2022 11:15
Stewart Rhodes to Trump: ‘Save the republic’ oregon ‘die successful prison’
Growing frustrated with what helium believed was Donald Trump’s inadequate effect to the 2020 statesmanlike election, the person of a far-right anti-government radical that allegedly conspired to tempest the US Capitol wrote a connection to the president 4 days aft the attempted insurrection.
Oath Keepers person Stewart Rhodes allegedly called connected the president to invoke the Insurrection Act, activate the radical to support the federation from his governmental enemies, and jailhouse members of Congress and authorities legislators, according to a message that was shared successful tribunal connected 2 November successful the ongoing seditious conspiracy proceedings involving Mr Rhodes and members of his militia.
Alex Woodward reports connected what other Rhodes told Trump.
Oliver O'Connell3 November 2022 10:45
Elon Musk: Trump and different banned users won’t beryllium backmost connected Twitter earlier midterms
Banned users won’t beryllium backmost connected Twitter “for weeks,” Elon Musk has said, meaning that erstwhile President Donald Trump and different users blocked from the level won’t beryllium backmost earlier the midterm elections connected 8 November.
The Tesla CEO finished his $44bn acquisition of the societal media level past week aft failing to backmost retired of the deal.
“Twitter volition not let anyone who was de-platformed for violating Twitter rules backmost connected [the] level until we person a wide process for doing so, which volition instrumentality astatine slightest a fewer much weeks,” Mr Musk tweeted connected Wednesday.
Gustaf Kilander reports.
Oliver O'Connell3 November 2022 09:15
Can thing halt Trump moving successful 2024?
But portion losing to Joe Biden successful November 2020 whitethorn person dented the one-term president’s pridefulness and fuelled 18 months of lies astir rigged ballot boxes, it present seems astir definite that Mr Trump volition tally again for the White House successful 2024.
So what, if anything, could halt him?
Graeme Massie and Gustaf Kilander report.
Oliver O'Connell3 November 2022 07:45
English (US)