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Merrick Garland appoints peculiar counsel to oversee Trump investigations
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Having sought for years to shield his taxation returns from being released, Donald Trump has yet mislaid his conflict to artifact Democratic-led House committees from obtaining the records, mounting up a sprint by investigators with Democratic lawmakers to reappraisal them earlier the adjacent Congress is sworn in.
“Why would anybody beryllium amazed that the Supreme Court has ruled against me, they ever do!” helium ranted connected Truth Social, complaining that “The Supreme Court has mislaid its honor, prestige, and standing, & has go thing much than a governmental body, with our Country paying the price.” Three of the court’s 9 existent justices were appointed by him; nary dissented from the latest decision.
Meanwhile, prosecutors successful New York are awaiting a verdict successful the taxation fraud proceedings against the Trump Organization aft resting their lawsuit connected Monday pursuing conscionable 2 witnesses taking the stand.
And successful Washington, Dr Anthony Fauci, the Trump Covid effect squad member-turned apical people of the Maga right, gave his last White House property league connected Tuesday arsenic helium prepares to discontinue aft much than 5 decades of authorities service. He remains a hatred fig for galore connected the Trump-aligned right.
Bannon weighs successful connected Bolsonaro’s predetermination theft claims
Having initially kept quiescent aft losing past month’s statesmanlike election, Brazil’s defeated president Jair Bolsonaro – a populist authoritarian who has taken counsel from assorted radical successful the Trump orbit – is present contesting the result, claiming that voting machines were someway compromised.
Among those present getting down the losing president’s claims astir the predetermination is convicted felon and erstwhile White House advisor Steve Bannon, who has antecedently appeared with Mr Bolsonaro’s lad Eduardo astatine far-right events.
Here’s a video the younger Bolsonaro is present sharing successful which Bannon draws a parallel betwixt Mr Bolsonaro’s contention and the ongoing mendacious claims of predetermination fraud being pushed by Kari Lake successful Arizona:
Andrew Naughtie23 November 2022 15:00
Trump Organization case: accountant testifies to monolithic losses
The ongoing taxation fraud proceedings of the Trump Organization yesterday saw an accountant who spent years preparing Donald Trump’s taxation documents attest that the erstwhile president reported losses connected his returns for much than a decade.
Donald Bender, a spouse astatine Mr Trump’s longtime accounting steadfast Mazars USA LLP, was fixed immunity to attest astatine the transgression proceedings successful New York city.
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On stand, accountant confirms Trump claimed immense taxation losses
Donald Trump reported losses connected his taxation returns each twelvemonth for a decade, including astir $700 cardinal successful 2009 and $200 cardinal successful 2010, his longtime accountant testified Tuesday, confirming long-held suspicions astir the erstwhile president’s taxation practices
Andrew Naughtie23 November 2022 14:30
Kanye West ‘visits Mar-a-Lago’
Kanye West, aka Ye, was precocious readmitted to Twitter by Elon Musk aft each but removing himself from nationalist acceptance with a menace to spell “death con 3” connected Jewish people. And helium is present utilizing his relationship to boast of his long-running affinity with Donald Trump:
Mr West’s erratic behaviour successful caller years makes it hard to cognize what if thing successful this tweet is truth, parody, oregon invention.
Andrew Naughtie23 November 2022 14:00
Former anti-abortion activistic claims Supreme Court justness leaked landmark 2014 determination to influential donors
The Supreme Court’s conservatives are nether occurrence yet again — this clip with a 2nd accusation involving 1 of their members supposedly leaking a determination earlier it was announced publicly.
Evangelical curate Rob Schenck, erstwhile a salient anti-abortion person successful Washington DC, claims successful a missive to Chief Justice John Roberts that helium was informed of the precocious court’s ruling successful Burwell v Hobby Lobby, which marked a important triumph for Christian blimpish groups.
But Justice Samuel Alito, the subordinate of the Court accused of leaking the decision, is already denying it, claiming that helium ne'er detected immoderate effort by Mr Schenck to either power decisions oregon “extract” them from the court.
Read much astir the latest ungraded enveloping the embattled Court’s blimpish majority:
Andrew Naughtie23 November 2022 13:30
Trump rants astir Supreme Court loss
Donald Trump reliably flies disconnected the grip connected Truth Social whenever helium suffers a ineligible setback, and truthful it went aft the Supreme Court yesterday sided with Congress successful his effort to support his taxation returns secret. Not lone did helium spell aft the tribunal connected that, but helium besides threw successful a callback to the court’s rejection of a lawsuit challenging the results of the 2020 election, wherever it was decided that the radical of states bringing the lawsuit had nary lasting to bash so.
Andrew Naughtie23 November 2022 13:00
Mike Pence backed distant from anti-LGBT figures earlier 5 killed successful Colorado shooting
Former vice president Mike Pence appeared to instrumentality a measurement backmost from his party’s hard-right helping basal successful an interrogation that was taped conscionable days earlier the deadly onslaught astatine a cheery nightclub that has been blamed connected a rising tide of anti-LGBT hate.
His pivot occurred during an interrogation with CBS’s Margaret Brennan; it’s since been reported that Mr Pence is actively staffing up successful anticipation of a 2024 bid for the White House.
The erstwhile vice president and longtime blimpish seemed to backmost distant from the rhetoric that has been embraced by galore far-right commentators specified arsenic Matt Walsh, Chris Rufo, and Tucker Carlson seeking to nexus LGBT Americans to pedophilia successful prescient remarks that took spot conscionable days earlier the Colorado Springs shooting.
Read much successful The Independent from John Bowden:
John Bowden23 November 2022 12:31
Jury begins deliberating successful Oath Keepers sedition trial
A assemblage has begun deliberating successful the proceedings of Oath Keepers laminitis Stewart Rhodes and 4 associates, who are charged with seditious conspiracy — the astir superior complaint to look from January 6 and the onslaught connected the Capitol frankincense far.
If convicted, the members of the right-wing militia volition look up to 20 years successful prison.
Read much astir this high-profile lawsuit that could person superior implications for the Justice Department’s January 6 prosecutions going forward:
Jury begins deliberating successful Oath Keepers sedition trial
Jurors person started deliberating successful the Capitol riot lawsuit accusing Oath Keepers laminitis Stewart Rhodes and 4 associates of a convulsive crippled to halt the transportation of statesmanlike powerfulness from Republican Donald Trump to Democrat Joe Biden
Andrew Naughtie23 November 2022 12:00
Supreme Court sides with Congress successful Trump taxes case
Donald Trump has yet mislaid his conflict to artifact Democratic-led House committees from obtaining his tax returns, mounting up a dormant sprint by investigators with Democratic lawmakers to reappraisal them earlier the adjacent Congress is sworn in.
The president had sought for years to shield his taxation returns from being released to the House Ways and Means Committee, but connected Tuesday saw a last decision ironically astatine the hands of the blimpish bulk that helium himself installed connected the nation’s highest court.
The triumph for House members connected Tuesday means that Democratic lawmakers volition person the remainder of November and December to contented reports based connected the findings from the taxation returns earlier power of the committee is turned implicit to Republicans successful January. Democrats volition inactive beryllium capable to merchandise reports beyond that date, but volition deficiency the powerfulness of the committee to prosecute further documents oregon different evidence.
John Bowden reports.
Andrew Naughtie23 November 2022 11:30
Appeals sheet appears inclined to flip retired Trump peculiar maestro order
Donald Trump could beryllium connected the verge of a large decision successful his suit against the Justice Department, filed successful effect to the hunt warrant executed astatine Mar-a-Lago.
A three-judge sheet of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals appears poised to flip retired a territory judge’s bid blocking the Department of Justice from utilizing documents seized during the 8 August hunt of erstwhile president Donald Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida location and office.
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John Bowden23 November 2022 10:30
Fauci gives ‘final message’ to Americans successful past nationalist briefing aft 54 years of service
Dr Anthony Fauci, the White House Covid effect coordinator appointed by Donald Trump and aboriginal turned into an entity of villainy by the blimpish right, gave his past property league arsenic NIAID manager connected Tuesday.
Speaking to Americans successful the relation for the past time, helium urged listeners to get vaccinated and support taking communal consciousness preventative measures against the Covid microorganism — adjacent arsenic less and less Americans are masking up and practicing societal distancing.
At 1 point, the briefing was disrupted by a right-wing newsman who demanded clip to inquire questions astir the virus’s origin.
Watch that infinitesimal below:
John Bowden23 November 2022 09:31
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