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The presidential election is three years away, but former President TrumpDonald TrumpTask force has reunited 100 children with families separated under Trump Overnight Health Care FDA authorizes second COVID-19 bill, but stresses limitations Democrats look to scale back Biden bill to get it passed MORE is already fueling speculation he might mount a third bid for the White House.

In findings that would be sure to please the former president, more voters said they would back Trump over President BidenJoe BidenUnited, Delta cancel more than 200 Christmas Eve flights amid omicron surge Task force has reunited 100 children with families separated under Trump Suspect charged in Philadelphia carjacking of Democratic congresswoman MORE if the election were held today, according to a recent Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey.

While he has declined to say definitively whether he will run again, Trump has continued to host rallies and endorse candidates for races across the country, posing a challenge for other potential 2024 Republicans like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisRon DeSantisTaking aim at critical race theory, Ron DeSantis grabs reins of the conservative movement History shows only a new Voting Rights Act can preserve our fragile democracy Biden resists shutdowns as omicron threat rises MORE and former Vice President Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard PenceJim Jordan says he has 'real concerns' with Jan. 6 panel after sit-down request Jan. 6 panel seeks sit-down with Jim Jordan Flynn sues Jan. 6 panel to block access to phone records, testimony MORE.

Here are five recent comments from Trump that suggest a third presidential bid is likely.

"The country needs it." (July 1, 2021)

Trump told Fox News host Sean HannitySean Patrick HannityEquilibrium/Sustainability Presented by Southern Company Otters plunder Singapore's pools and paths The Memo: Failure on big bill would spark cascade of trouble for Biden Brad Parscale says Jan. 6 committee issued subpoena for his phone records MORE at a July town hall in Texas that he had made a decision on whether he will run for president again in 2024 though he didnt disclose what the decision was.

The remark came just days after he held his first post-presidential rally in Ohio.

"It's not that I want to," Trump said when pressed by Hannity about the prospect of running again. "The country needs it. We have to take care of this country. I don't want to, is this fun? Fighting constantly? Fighting always? I mean, the country, what we have done is so important."

"I guess a bad call from a doctor or something, right?" (Sept. 25, 2021)

Trump suggested during an interview in September that the only thing that would prevent him from running again would be a problem with his health.

"Well, I don't I guess a bad call from a doctor or something, right?" Trump said on "The Water Cooler" show on Real America's Voice, when asked what would keep him from seeking another White House bid.

Trump, now 75, was previously the oldest president to enter office until Biden earlier this year. If he wins in 2024, Trump would be 82 years old upon his completion of his second term.

"Things happen. Through God, they happen," he told commentator David Brody on the show. "But I feel so good."

If I faced [DeSantis], I'd beat him like I would beat everyone else." (Oct. 4, 2021)

If Trump decides to run again, he could face a crowded primary field and one of his closest-watched potential rivals is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).

With speculation swirling over a DeSantis run, Trump sent a possible warning signal to the governor, saying he thinks DeSantis would step aside to give the former president another shot at the White House.

But Trump didnt express concern even if DeSantis were to remain in the race.

If I faced him, I'd beat him like I would beat everyone else, Trump said during an interview with Yahoo Finance Live released on Oct. 4.

Should Trump run, he would likely skate to the 2024 GOP nomination, according to Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll released Monday.

The poll, largely in line with other recent surveys, found that 67 percent of Republican voters would back the former president, with former Vice President Mike Pence coming in second with 9 percent and DeSantis coming in third with 8 percent.

"If you love the country you have no choice." (Dec. 1, 2021)

In a December interview with British broadcaster Nigel Farage, the former politician known for his championing of the Brexit movement, Trump continued to hint at a third bid for the White House. Farage was the first British politician to meet Trump following his election in 2016.

When asked at his Mar-a-Lago resort if he would be willing to give up his more laid-back post-presidency lifestyle, Trump indicated an eagerness to return to Washington.

I love our country, Trump told Farage.

If you love the country you have no choice. It's not a question, this is a wonderful, beautiful life. But I liked that too because I was helping people. That's why I did it. And I think you'll be happy in the future too, he said.

'If you love the country you have no choice'

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Trump also told Farage that many Republican candidates running in next years midterm elections are asking for his endorsement.

"If I do decide [not to run again], I think my base is going to be very angry." (Dec. 8, 2021)

In an interview with conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt Wednesday, Trump said hell see what happens right after the midterms."

I think we have a couple of people that are, would be very good, but its, you know, very early. Its very, very early, Trump said.

Even with other potential candidates in the race, Trump expressed concern about not remaining in good graces with his supporters if he chooses to not run in 2024.

If I do decide that, I think my base is going to be very angry, he said.

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DALLAS Former President Donald Trump downplayed the seriousness of the Jan. 6 insurrection an attack that led to five deaths and cost millions of dollars in damages to the U.S. Capitol during stops in Houston and Dallas this weekend.

What happened on Jan. 6 was a protest against a rigged election, that's what it was, Trump said to cheers Sunday at American Airlines Center in Dallas. This wasn't an insurrection.

During a four-stop tour with former Fox News host Bill OReilly revisiting his presidency, Trump hammered on the false insistence that he, in fact, won the 2020 election even after multiple failed legal attempts by Trump to challenge the election results and his own attorney generals assurance that the election was accurate and secure.

In his remarks, Trump said he wished lawmakers had more protection during the Jan. 6 attack and that he asked for 10,000 National Guard troops to be present at the Capitol that day a claim that has been debunked.

The former president made no mention of the revelation last week that several Fox News hosts implored his former chief of staff through text messages to urge Trump to call off the rioters.

Nearly a year out of office, Trump still looms large in Texas.

His nod is highly coveted among Texan Republican candidates eager to prove to primary voters theyre loyal to the former president. But Trump wasnt here to stump for those he endorsed Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Trumps obsession with spreading falsehoods about the election may have inspired state Republican lawmakers this year to pass the sweeping voting restrictions bill. He also directly pressured top GOP leaders, including Abbott, to pursue audits of local election results even though Trump won Texas.

Trumps remarks about the insurrection this weekend drew swift condemnation from Texas Democrats, who accused the former president of perpetrating the big lie that he won the election not President Joe Biden.

This is dangerous, and it is a poor reflection for Americas commitment to democracy for the rest of the world to see, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said in a statement to the Houston Chronicle.

Trumps first stop on Sunday was at the First Baptist Dallas Church headed by Robert Jeffress, one of Trumps earliest supporters among evangelical Christian leaders and later an informal adviser to the president to give what was billed as a special Christmas greeting to the congregation.

But Trump regularly veered into political territory in his 12-minute speech. The former president, who wanted to pull U.S. troops from combat in Afghanistan, blasted Bidens withdrawal there as the most embarrassing day in the history of our country. He alluded to the countrys inflation crisis, rising violent crime and to problems at the U.S.-Mexico border.

I will say that there's a lot of clouds hanging over our country right now, very dark clouds, Trump said. But we will come back bigger and better and stronger than ever before.

Trump entered the church stage left at Jeffress side to a standing ovation, many congregants holding their phones aloft to get a snapshot of the former president.

As Trump sat in the front row, Jeffress called him a great friend to me, one of my closest friends and a great friend of Christians everywhere.

I can say this without any dispute at all: He is the most pro-life, pro-religious liberty, pro-Israel president in the history of the United States of America, Jeffress said.

Later Sunday afternoon, attendees who paid up to $200 for admission stood for more than an hour in the cold outside of the American Airlines Center to see Trump and OReilly. Lines stretched around the arena and onto adjacent blocks. Many wore classic Trump garb like hats with his slogan Make America Great Again.

Inside, large sections of the arena were filled, though there were many visibly empty seats the number of which grew slightly throughout the event as some attendees trickled out after an intermission. Other sections were blocked off entirely.

During the Dallas show, Trump nodded at Abbotts move to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border using state funds and private donations, though he didnt mention the governor by name. He also shouted out Paxtons lawsuits against major social media companies a source of ire for the former president, still resentful that Twitter banned him from the platform in January.

Trump took a swipe at Abbott's Democratic challenger former Congressman Beto ORourke. Two years ago, ORourke defended his support for a mandatory assault weapon buyback program in the wake of a mass shooting in his hometown of El Paso that killed 23 people.

Trump predicted ORourkes positions on gun policy would help Republicans keep Texas bright, beautiful red.

He's against guns, God and what else? Trump said of ORourke. How is he going to do in Texas? He should not be a problem.

A spokesperson for the ORourke campaign did not immediately provide a response.

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In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot.

Donald Trump entered the holiday season as fixated as ever on overturning the results of the election. "VOTER FRAUD IS NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORY, IT IS A FACT!!!" he tweeted on December 24.

The night before, Trump flew to Florida to spend the holidays at his Mar-a-Lago home. Flying with him on Air Force One: Rudy Giuliani, the president's Number One cheerleader, who was spending Christmas with the Trumps.

Upon arriving at his golf club that Thursday, the president "received a warm welcome from members," according to CNN. Fellow golfers were excited that Trump wasn't giving up the fight.

Vice President Mike Pence was on Trump's mind, though. The two men were fundamentally different. Pence, deeply conservative and a conscientious holder of his office, was never close to or buddies with the showman.

Donald Trump tweeted on Christmas Eve: "Mike Pence MUST do this ... defend our Constitution from our enemies: Foreign: China, Russia, Iran..." This was the only way for Trump to directly communicate; their meetings at this point were formal and perfunctory.

Pence was reaching out to everyoneConstitutional lawyers, former vice presidents, Congressional leadersand every one of them told him he had no role to play in the vote count on January 6, other than the pro forma ceremonial role. The Constitution was clear: Congress certified the electoral votes that had already been counted. As president of the Senate, Pence presided. But he didn't have to. Vice President Hubert Humphrey didn't preside, turning over the duties to the President Pro Tempore, the senior member.

Trump and his supporters, of course, had their own theory of what was possible, the Pence could reject the electors in swing states, substituting in Trump electors. It was preposterous, but Trump and the campaign produced their own experts, lawyers, and kibitzers who happily contradicted the facts, making up their own path to reversing the election when the Joint Session of Congress met.

What was Donald Trump to think? Though Pence, by all accounts, was struggling with the personal and ethical dilemma of making the final break with Donald Trump, he also continued to publicly support the president, creating the illusion that he might come through. Speaking to a group of young conservatives in Florida earlier in the week, Pence exhorted the crowd to "keep fighting until every legal vote is counted" and "every illegal vote is thrown out."

"Stay in the fight for election integrity. Stay in the fight to defend all we've done," Pence said. "Four more years!"

"Stop the steal!" the crowd chanted.

Official Washington"the swamp," the high-and-mighty, as John Bolton called them, the lawyers and lobbyists, the bureaucracyconcluded overwhelmingly that the election was over. Donald Trump and his supporters were merely bellowing conspiracies and fantastic claims, they thought. It was all theater to stoke the president's ego. Donald Trump was responsible for riling people up, they thought, dismissing the 70 million who had voted for him as ignorant, illiterate, ridiculous.

And yet, outside Washington, the national angst was deep and there was genuine confusion and concern. It wasn't just a group of young Republicans. It wasn't just Trump's golf club. Take, for instance, the experience of Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, when he went back to Utah for Christmas.

According to Bob Woodward and Robert Costa's "Peril," Senator Lee "began hearing from friends, neighbors, family members about the election being stolen ... People who would not be regarded as being on the fringe of societymayors, city council men, county commissioners, sheriffssaid that were expecting to go back to Washington and 'stop the steal.' Text messages, social media posts, people who got his phone number wanting to know what was going on. How was the election stolen? What are you going to do?"

"Cancel culture" Trump tweeted, railing against Twitter for "going wild with their flags, trying hard to suppress even the truth. Just shows how dangerous they are, purposely stifling free speech. Very dangerous for our Country."

"This is how Communism starts," Trump raged.

Donald Trump's army was ready to go to war for their president, to prevent communism, to defend the nation. They sought a sense of patriotic duty, expressed in their quasi-military pretensions and even their dress.

"Who wants to go to dc?" Christopher Quaglin posted on Facebook on December 24, "I have an extra double twin bed available."

"Driving in with my wife from Berryville VA," Donavan Ray Crawl posted on Facebook. "Meeting up with Oathkeepers from North Carolina and Patriot group from the Shenandoah Valley."

Ronald Mele posted on Facebook that he and three friends were thinking of renting a car to drive cross-country, "arriving January 5 to support our President on the 6th and days to follow just in case." The following day, he explained in another Facebook post that he was "going to rent a suburban. Team of four rotating eight hours each. Need room for the 'gear.'"

"[I]t is IMPERATIVE that we let our elected federal officials know in both the Senate and the house that we will not be voting for them again if they do not support our President Trump on January 6th when they are counting Electoral College votes ..." Kenneth Reda posted.

Benjamin Burlew spoke to a family member on a call that day as well, saying he planned to "storm the Capitol."

"By bullet or ballot," Ryan Taylor Nichols posted on Facebook. "Restoration of the Republic is Coming."

"That's my basement gun room," Quaglin captioned a photo. "I have been planning for this since fucking Bush left office and Obama came in"

All six were later arrested for their roles on January 6.

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In his nine months in office, Attorney General Merrick Garland has done a great deal to restore integrity and evenhanded enforcement of the law to an agency that was badly misused for political reasons under his predecessor. But his place in history will be assessed against the challenges that confronted him. And the overriding test that he and the rest of the government face is the threat to our democracy from people bent on destroying it.

Mr. Garlands success depends on ensuring that the rule of law endures. That means dissuading future coup plotters by holding the leaders of the insurrection fully accountable for their attempt to overthrow the government. But he cannot do so without a robust criminal investigation of those at the top, from the people who planned, assisted or funded the attempt to overturn the Electoral College vote to those who organized or encouraged the mob attack on the Capitol. To begin with, he might focus on Mark Meadows, Steve Bannon, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman and even Donald Trump all of whom were involved, in one way or another, in the events leading up to the attack.

Almost a year after the insurrection, we have yet to see any clear indicators that such an investigation is underway, raising the alarming possibility that this administration may never bring charges against those ultimately responsible for the attack.

While the Justice Department has filed charges against more than 700 people who participated in the violence, limiting the investigation to these foot soldiers would be a grave mistake: As Joanne Freeman, a Yale historian, wrote this month about the insurrection, Accountability the belief that political power holders are responsible for their actions and that blatant violations will be addressed is the lifeblood of democracy. Without it, there can be no trust in government, and without trust, democratic governments have little power.

The legal path to investigate the leaders of the coup attempt is clear. The criminal code prohibits inciting an insurrection or giving aid or comfort to those who do, as well as conspiracy to forcibly prevent, hinder or delay the execution of any law of the United States. The code also makes it a crime to corruptly impede any official proceeding or deprive citizens of their constitutional right to vote.

Based purely on what we know today from news reports and the steady stream of revelations coming from the House select committee investigating the attack, the attorney general has a powerful justification for a robust and forceful investigation into the former president and his inner circle. As White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows was intimately involved in the effort to overturn the election. He traveled to Georgia last December, where he apparently laid the groundwork for the phone call in which the president pressured Georgias secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, to find 11,780 votes. Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio reportedly promoted a scheme to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to reject duly certified Joe Biden electors. And from their war room at the Willard Hotel, several members of the presidents inner circle hatched the legal strategy to overturn the results of the election.

The president himself sat back for three hours while his chief of staff was barraged with messages from members of Congress and Fox News hosts pleading with him to have Mr. Trump call off the armed mob whose violent passion he had inflamed. That evidence, on its own, may not be enough to convict the former president, but it is certainly enough to require a criminal investigation.

And yet there are no signs, at least in media reports, that the attorney general is building a case against these individuals no interviews with top administration officials, no reports of attempts to persuade the foot soldiers to turn on the people who incited them to violence. By this point in the Russia investigation, the special counsel Robert Mueller had indicted Paul Manafort and Rick Gates and secured the cooperation of George Papadopoulos after charging him with lying to the F.B.I. The media was reporting that the special counsels team had conducted or scheduled interviews with Mr. Trumps aides Stephen Miller and Mr. Bannon, as well as Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Of course, there is no way to know for sure whether Mr. Garlands Department of Justice is investigating the leaders of the attack behind closed doors. Justice Department policy does not permit announcing investigations, absent exceptional circumstances. Mr. Garland, unlike his predecessor, plays by the book, keeping quiet about investigations until charges are filed. But the first of the rioters to plead guilty began cooperating with the Justice Department back in April. If prosecutors have been using their cooperation to investigate the top officials and operatives responsible for the siege of the Capitol and our democracy, there would likely be significant confirmation in the media by now.

It is possible that the department is deferring the decision about starting a full-blown investigative effort pending further work by the House select committee. It is even conceivable that the department is waiting for the committees final report so that federal prosecutors can review the documents, interviews and recommendations amassed by House investigators and can consider any potential referrals for criminal prosecution.

But such an approach would come at a very high cost. In the prosecution business, interviews need to happen as soon as possible after the events in question, to prevent both forgetfulness and witness coordination to conceal the truth. A comprehensive Department of Justice probe of the leadership is now more urgently needed than ever.

It is also imperative that Mr. Trump be included on the list of those being investigated. The media has widely reported his role in many of the relevant events, and there is no persuasive reason to exclude him.

First, he has no claim to constitutional immunity from prosecution. The Department of Justices Office of Legal Counsel has recognized such immunity only for sitting presidents because a criminal trial would prevent them from discharging the duties of their office. Mr. Trump no longer has those duties to discharge.

Nor is exclusion of the former president remotely justified by the precedent President Gerald Ford set in pardoning Richard Nixon to help the country heal from Watergate. Even our proud tradition of not mimicking banana republics by allowing political winners to retaliate against losers must give way in the wake of violence perpetrated to thwart the peaceful transition of power. Refusing to at least investigate those who plot to end democracy and who would remain engaged in efforts to do so would be beyond foolhardy.

Furthermore, the pending state and local investigations in New York and Atlanta will never be able to provide the kind of accountability the nation clearly needs. The New York case, which revolves around tax fraud, has nothing to do with the attack on our government. The Atlanta district attorney appears to be probing Mr. Trumps now infamous call to Mr. Raffensperger. But that is just one chapter of the wrongdoing that led up to the attack on the Capitol.

Significantly, even if the Atlanta district attorney is able to convict Mr. Meadows and Mr. Trump for interfering in Georgias election, they could still run for office again. Only convicting them for participating in an insurrection would permanently disqualify them from office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

Some have expressed pessimism that the Department of Justice would be able to convict Mr. Trump. His guilt would ultimately be for a jury to decide, and some jurors might believe he deluded himself into believing his own big lie and thus genuinely thought he was saving, rather than sabotaging, the election. But concerns about a conviction are no reason to refrain from an investigation. If anything, a federal criminal investigation could unearth even more evidence and provide a firmer basis for deciding whether to indict.

To decline from the outset to investigate would be appeasement, pure and simple, and appeasing bullies and wrongdoers only encourages more of the same. Without forceful action to hold the wrongdoers to account, we will likely not resist what some retired generals see as a march to another insurrection in 2024 if Mr. Trump or another demagogue loses.

Throughout his public life, Mr. Garland has been a highly principled public servant focused on doing the right thing. But only by holding the leaders of the Jan. 6 insurrection all of them to account can he secure the future and teach the next generation that no one is above the law. If he has not done so already, we implore the attorney general to step up to that task.

Laurence H. Tribe (@tribelaw) is a university professor emeritus at Harvard Law School. Donald Ayer (@DonaldAyer6) was a U.S. attorney in the Reagan administration and deputy attorney general in the George H.W. Bush administration. Dennis Aftergut (@dennisaftergut) is a former assistant U.S. attorney.

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The New York attorney general, Letitia James, said on Monday her investigation of Donald Trumps business affairs would continue undeterred, despite Trump suing to stop it on grounds of political bias, because no one is above the law, not even someone with the name Trump.

The New York Times first reported Trumps lawsuit, filed in federal court in Syracuse, New York. It alleges that James, a Democrat, is guided solely by political animus and a desire to harass, intimidate and retaliate against a private citizen who she views as a political opponent.

James is investigating whether the Trump Organization manipulated valuations of its real estate properties.

In one such instance, as Trump ran for president in 2016, the Guardian reported on differing valuations of a golf club outside New York City. The headline: How Trumps $50m golf club became $1.4m when it came time to pay tax.

The Washington Post and other outlets have reported similar alleged practices at other Trump properties.

Last year, investigators working for James interviewed Eric Trump, one of the former presidents sons and a Trump Organization executive. James went to court to enforce a subpoena and a judge forced the younger Trump to testify, after his lawyers canceled a deposition.

In an investigation that could only result in civil charges, James recently said she would seek to question Donald Trump under oath.

It is rare for law enforcement agencies to issue a civil subpoena for testimony from a person also the subject of a related criminal investigation, partly because the person could simply cite their fifth amendment right to remain silent.

It is unlikely Trumps lawyers would allow him to be deposed unless they were sure his testimony could not be used against him in a criminal case.

Trumps business and tax affairs are also the subject of a criminal investigation run by the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance, which has been in progress for more than three years. James joined that investigation in May.

The Manhattan case includes a focus on whether the Trump Organization overstated the value of some real estate assets to obtain loans and tax benefits.

In their lawsuit against James, who recently announced a run for governor of New York before stepping back, Trump and the Trump Organization claim the attorney general has violated their rights under the US constitution by pursuing a politically motivated investigation.

Trump and the company pointed to public statements James made before she was elected as attorney general.

The lawsuit also made a plainly political play of its own, echoing Trumps language in office and on the campaign trail when it said: Rather than diligently prosecuting actual crimes in the state of New York which are steadily on the rise James has instead allocated precious taxpayer resources towards a frivolous witch hunt.

Trump and the Trump Organization are seeking a court order barring the investigation from going forward.

In a statement, Trumps attorney, Alina Habba, said: By filing this lawsuit, we intend to not only hold her accountable for her blatant constitutional violations, but to stop her bitter crusade to punish her political opponent in its tracks.

In her own statement, James said: The Trump Organization has continually sought to delay our investigation into its business dealings and now Donald Trump and his namesake company have filed a lawsuit as an attempted collateral attack on that investigation.

To be clear, neither Mr Trump nor the Trump Organization get to dictate if and where they will answer for their actions. Our investigation will continue undeterred because no one is above the law, not even someone with the name Trump.

James also noted that in August 2020 she filed a motion to compel the Trump Organization to provide documents and testimony from multiple witnesses regarding several, specific Trump Organization properties and transactions.

Since then, the court has ruled in Attorney General James favor multiple times.

Last month, Trumps former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen who served a three-year sentence for offences including campaign finance violations relating to a payoff to the porn star Stormy Daniels, who claims an affair with Trump was asked about the prospect of Trump being indicted in the criminal investigation in Manhattan.

Cohen said he was confident prosecutors could indict Donald Trump tomorrow if they really wanted and be successful.

Asked if he was confident you did help Donald Trump commit crimes, Cohen told NBC: I can assure you that Donald Trump is guilty of his own crimes. Was I involved in much of the inflation and deflation of his assets? The answer to that is yes.

In July, the longtime Trump Organization chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in what a prosecutor in Vances office called a sweeping and audacious 15-year tax fraud.

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