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As youve probably heard by now, Donald Trump is in a whole lot of legal peril. For starters, hes currently on trial for rape, having been accused by writer E. Jean Carroll of attacking her in a New York department store in the mid-90s. Then there are the 34 class E felonies he was charged with by the Manhattan district attorneys office last month, stemming from various hush money payments he allegedly made in the lead up to the 2016 election. But of course, thats not all. The ex-president is also under investigation by the Fulton County district attorneys office for trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia; hes been sued by the New York attorney generals office on allegations of massive fraud; and a special counsel appointed by the Justice Department is running a pair of criminal probes into both his handling of classified documents (and possible obstruction) and plot to stay in power following his loss to Joe Biden (plus the insurrection that followed). And the former guy is unlikely to be thrilled about the latest development in the DOJs election investigation.

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CNN reports that special counsel Jack Smith sat in on the federal grand jury proceeding while former vice president Mike Pencetestified for more than five hours last week, according to a trio of people familiar with the matter. As the outlet notes, the former VPs testimony is likely to elicit a strong negative reaction from Trumpand not just because Trump is prone to massive outbursts over the smallest of perceived slights.

As a reminder, the ex-president has expended significant time and energy trying to block Pence from testifying about January 6 and the weeks leading up to the attack on the US Capitol; last month, his attorneys reportedly tried (and failed) toreverse a judgesorderforPence to appear before a federal grand jury. (For his part, Pence spent the two-plus years since January 6, 2021,refusingto tell investigatorswhat he knew about the insurrection and the days that preceded it, and then, in April,his adviser announcedthat he would not appeal the latest ruling ordering him to comply with the special counselsubpoena for testimony.) Trumps desire to block Pence from speaking likely has something to do with the former VPs unique insights into his attempt to stay in power and the lengths he went to steal a second term. Those insights include but are not limited to: the fact that Trump reportedly spent weeks pressuring Pence to overturn the 2020 election,even after being told it was illegal; told Pence, You can be a patriot or you can be a pussy; told Pence, in the days before January 6, that hundreds of thousands of people were going to hate him for being too honest to overturn the results of the election; and inspired his supporters to go after Pence by telling them at the Stop the Steal rally that the then VP had the power to blockJoe Bidens win, which resulted in chants of Hang Mike Pence and a situation wherein the Secret Service had tomove Penceand his family to a secure location, lest the rioters make good on their threats.

After Pence said in March that his old boss was wrong to demand he overturn the results of the election andin his most strongly worded remarks to do datedeclared that history will holdDonald Trumpaccountable, Trump flew off the handle and blamed Pence for January 6,saying: Had [Pence] sent the votes back to the legislatures, they wouldnt have had a problem with Jan. 6, so in many ways, you can blame him for Jan. 6. Had he sent them back to Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, the states, I believe, number one, you would have had a different outcome. But I also believe you wouldnt have had Jan. 6 as we call it.

It was a claim so divorced from reality that even the gang at Fox News couldnt believe it.

So, yeah, Pence (and Smith) can probably expect that a strong negative reaction is forthcoming.

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Well, this seems suboptimal for democracy

Nothing to see here, just a former Tucker Carlson producer claiming that the erstwhile Fox News host thought he could play a role in deciding whom our Speaker of the House would be

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Take the example of Mr. DeSantis. He became a star on the right as an aggressive culture warrior fighting liberals on race and gender issues. He has no deep foreign policy experience, and if anyone from the blob is advising him on foreign policy, he certainly isnt advertising it. He mostly stayed mum on the Ukraine issue until this year, when he responded to a candidate questionnaire from Tucker Carlsons now-canceled show, which had become a major way to shape what the Republican base thinks about policy. Mr. DeSantis minimized the war as a territorial dispute, aligning himself with the isolationist argument that the United States has little interest in the conflict and should limit its involvement. Its probably relevant that support for U.S. aid to Ukraine, while high among the general public, has steadily decreased among Republican voters in opinion polls. Pew polling showed that in March of last year, only 9 percent of Republican respondents thought the United States was too involved; this year, that number had grown to 40 percent.

What caused the shift in opinion among Republican voters, apart from simple impatience with the war and dissatisfaction with the Biden administration? Those factors certainly play a role. But alongside this is a structural shift: The influence cycle now runs in a never-ending loop between politicians and their voter base a loop that now excludes the NATO-loving wonks of the former establishment and instead flows through powerful nodes in the conservative media ecosystem, like the former Fox News star Mr. Carlson and the current one Laura Ingraham.

Mr. Trump has a talent for the populist art of reflecting supporters instincts, feeding off them and intensifying them. Its not as though he invented the isolationist strain in Republican foreign policy thinking; Mr. Trumps views echo the old-school pre-World War II anti-internationalism kept alive by more marginal figures like Patrick Buchanan and Ron Paul. But he did intuit its potentially broad appeal to voters who distrust elite decision making. Mr. DeSantis, instead of intuiting this potential, merely mirrored a position to an audience already primed to accept it.

Mr. Trump, with his bloodhounds nose for potential weakness in his competition, dismissed Mr. DeSantis as a copycat who is merely following him. Whatever I want, he wants, Mr. Trump said in March after Mr. DeSantiss initial statement on Ukraine. Ms. Haley, Mr. Trumps former ambassador to the United Nations, who is running for president this cycle, also accused Mr. DeSantis of copying Mr. Trump. Voters deserve a choice, not an echo, she said. Other former establishment hawks were predictably upset, including Senators Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham. The blob has its own allies like Ms. Haley and Mike Pompeo, a former secretary of state who traveled to Ukraine recently to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky and argued that arming the country saves the United States money in the long run.

Amid the backlash, Mr. DeSantis retreated somewhat. In an appearance on Piers Morgans show in March, he said that his territorial dispute remark had been mischaracterized and he was simply referring to contested areas in eastern Ukraine and that he believed Vladimir Putin is a war criminal.

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Former President Donald Trump, who's campaigning for another term in the White House, will be the keynote speaker at an Oakland County Republican Party event on June 25, the county GOP announced Wednesday.

In an email, the Oakland County Republican Party said Trump will participate in its Lincoln Day dinner, which the party described as "celebrating the man of the decade." The former president has previously claimed he was named Michigan's "man of the year," but it's been unclear what honor he's referring to.

"Save the date for June 25th, 2023, as this will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear directly from one of the most influential figures in modern American politics," the email from the Oakland County GOP said. "President Trump's unparalleled leadership, unwavering dedication to conservative values, and relentless pursuit of American greatness have left an indelible mark on our country and the world."

Trump spoke at the Oakland County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner in 2013, addressing a crowd of 2,300 to 2,400 attendees.

Meshawn Maddock, former co-chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party, said she submitted the request to have Trump return to Oakland County.

"...I am thrilled to welcome the president back to Michigan," she said.

Trump is expected to speak at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. Oakland County Republicans are hoping the former president will help them raise money for their field work in the 2024 election.

Its going to be a great fundraising mechanism to get acountyback on track that has been lacking for the past several years, said Amber Harris, executive director of the Oakland County Republican Party. He is still very popular amongst a lot of people in Michigan.

Although a field of Republican challengers is taking shape, Trump is the favorite for the GOP nomination to take on Democratic President Joe Biden in 2024.

Already, the other GOP candidates include Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence could also join the race.

DeSantis visited Michigan in April. Pence came in March.

In 2020, Trump lost Michigan to Biden by 3 percentage points or 154,000 votes.

Oakland County, once a Republican stronghold, is Michigan's second largest county and has swung heavily in Democrats' favor in recent years. Biden won the county by 14 percentage points over Trump in 2020.

Trump last came to Michigan on Oct. 1 when he campaigned for the Republican nominees for governor, attorney general and secretary of state in Macomb County.

Those GOP nominees Tudor Dixon, Matt DePerno and Kristina Karamo, were all endorsed by Trump and all lost in November 2022.

In 2016, Trump won Michigan against Democrat Hillary Clinton by less than 1 percentage point or about 11,000 votes.

In April, New York prosecutors charged Trump with 34 felonies related to payments made in 2016 to silence claims of an alleged extramarital sexual encounter.

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Donald Trumps in the UK at his Scotland golf course this week and he took the chance to take swings at Meghan Markle, Joe Biden, China and trans athletes in a wide ranging interview on GB News.

Questioned on Farage: The Trump Interview by Brexiteer politician-turned-broadcaster Nigel Farage, he twice claimed the Duchess of Sussex Meghan had disrespected the UKs late Queen Elizabeth. He also commented on Prince Harrys plan to attend his father King Charles Coronation on Saturday.

Its going to be a great day and theyll do a great job. [Charles] really loves the country and he loved his mother and thats why I thought she was treated so disrespectfully by Meghan, he said. There was just no reason to do that. I was actually surprised Harry was invited, to be honest.

Trump agreed with Farage that the Queen was the most popular human being in the world during her lifetime and commended her for going through years and decades without controversy. She passed away in September last year, leading to Charles ascension to the throne.

Harry and Meghan stepped down from frontline royal family work in 2020 and now live in the U.S., where they made the controversial Netflix doc Harry & Meghan, which leveled several incendiary allegations at the royal family. Harry also authored Spare, an autobiography that revealed more about thew split between his family and the rest of the royal contingent.

He said some terrible things in the book, said Trump. To me, it was horrible.

[Meghan] has been very disrespectful to the Queen, he added. People make mistakes but I cant think of one mistake [the Queen] made. She went through years and decades without controversy. You cannot be disrespectful to her.

Trump also slammed President Joe Biden for choosing not to attend the Coronation, though this is a tradition that American leaders have always held. First Lady Dr Jill Biden will lead a U.S. continent at the event on Saturday morning.

I dont think he can do it physically. Its hard for him physically, said Trump. Certainly, he should be here as a representative of our country. I was surprised when I heard he wasnt coming. Its very disrespectful for him not to be there.

Trump, who is standing for the Republican Presidential nomination, also criticized Biden for his handling of the Ukraine War, saying: Putin never would have gone into Ukraine if it wasnt for the incompetence of this administration.

The former President claimed he could end that war in one day, adding: I know Zelenskyy well and Putin well. It would be easy. That war has to be stopped, that war is a disaster.

Trump also railed on China over role in the Covid-19 pandemic. The disease was first found in Wuhan province in 2019 and soon spread around the world, leading to many conspiracy theories and much debate over how it emerged.

What they did to the world is unacceptable, he said, claiming the country owes trillions of dollars in reparations.

The number is $50 to 60 trillion dollars. They can never pay that, nobody can. You could have ten Chinas and they couldnt pay it. Im not even talking about the lives, which are far more important. Millions and millions and millions of people dead.

And [it was] probably a mistake, [though] there are many people who believe it wasnt. I know how to make them pay. You have to deal with them I took in hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes from China.

He added that until Covid came along had gotten along very well with Chinas President Xi and Russian President Putin.

A final clip shared on Twitter showed Trump calling out trans athletes competing in womens sports competitions. When I see men participating in womens sports and records being broken pretty easily, its very unfair and very disrespectful to women, he said. I talk about it all the time and I dont do it for applause but one of the biggest hands I get is when I say we will not allow men to compete in womens sports.

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Former President Donald Trump talked about throwing dirt in the faces of journalists while breaking ground on a new golf course at his resort in Aberdeen, Scotland, on Monday.

And we throw it at the press, right in their faces. We throw it right in their faces, the 2024 GOP presidential candidate said while holding a shovelful of soil in a video shared as an Instagram story by Margo Martin, his deputy director of communications.

The clip was posted on Twitter by the PatriotTakes account.

Laughter broke out following Trumps comment.

The dig came during his first trip abroad since his indictment in the Stormy Daniels hush-money case. Meanwhile, his civil trial is ongoing involving allegations he raped former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll in a New York department store in 1996.

Trumps attacks on the press are a mainstay. He has repeatedly labeled journalists and media outlets who dont write flattering stories about him as fake news and enemies of the people.

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