Trump says investigations are about ‘retribution’
Donald Trump is both studying the information or is aware of one thing all of us don’t as a result of he’s spent the morning on his Truth social network account blasting the continued investigations into his conduct.
“They’re additionally going after me as RETRIBUTION for the Republicans in Congress going after them. The distinction is, they’ve created main crimes, I’ve created none!” he wrote.
He additional elaborated on the theme of being handled unfairly, citing the categorised paperwork discovered at Joe Biden’s properties and likewise at Mike Pence’s residence:
The Marxists and Fascists within the DOJ & FBI are going after me at a stage and velocity by no means seen earlier than in our Nation, and I did nothing improper. Joe Biden stored (retains) thousand of paperwork, in lots of places, some illegally taken from skiffs whereas he was a Senator, a giant portion of which have been categorised. He didn’t need to give them again, and nonetheless doesn’t. Nothing occurs to him, with similar cheap prosecutor who accurately exonerated Mike Pence. I’ve a a lot completely different prosecutor, a Trump hater!
Write it off because the ramblings of a has-been former president if you’d like, however earlier than you do, check out the ballot beneath, which confirms the identical pattern that’s been current for months and which may finally put Trump again within the White Home:
NEW: Monitoring the 2024 GOP Major:
Trump: 56%
DeSantis: 22%
Pence: 7%
Haley: 3%
Scott: 3%
Ramaswamy: 3%
Cheney: 2%
Abbott: 1%
Noem: 1%
Hutchinson: 1%
Christie: 1%
Somebody Else: 1%
*June 2-4, 2023 https://t.co/zpObC29kvJpic.twitter.com/vrOuJEuvz2
— Morning Seek the advice of (@MorningConsult) June 6, 2023
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As the Associated Press reports, Republican House oversight committee chair James Comer along with GOP senator Chuck Grassley last month said they had heard the FBI possesses a document detailing “an alleged criminal scheme” “relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions” between a foreign national and Biden when he was vice-president. While Comer and other Republicans have played up the allegation, they haven’t offered any proof to substantiate it.
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Comer sent a subpoena to Wray for the document, and on Monday was briefed on it alongside Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the Oversight committee. But Comer said the briefing does not satisfy the demands of the subpoena, and demanded the document be handed over to the committee – something the FBI has resisted, saying it contains sensitive information.
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“We will now initiate contempt of Congress hearings this Thursday,” Comer said yesterday.
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In a sign that the push has the support of the chamber’s Republican leaders, House majority whip Steve Scalise today elaborated on the reasons for the contempt proceedings at a news conference:
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House Majority Leader Scalise defends contempt of Congress hearings against FBI Director Wray, despite FBI showing and explaining the Hunter Biden documents to House Oversight:
“The FBI are trying to block our ability to exercise our legal right to go look at those documents.” pic.twitter.com/eCN0Li2OUm
— The Recount (@therecount) June 6, 2023
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Ukraine’s government developed a plan to bomb the Nord Stream pipeline transporting gas from Russia to Germany that was discovered by American intelligence, though it remains unclear if Kyiv was ultimately behind the pipeline’s sabotage last September, the Washington Post reports.
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The story, based on documents allegedly posted online by Jack Teixeira, a US Air National Guardsman arrested in April on charges related to leaking a trove of government intelligence, strengthens the case for Ukraine being the perpetrator of the mysterious attack that sent natural gas pouring into the Baltic sea.
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Here’s more from the Post’s report:
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Three months before saboteurs bombed the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline, the Biden administration learned from a close ally that the Ukrainian military had planned a covert attack on the undersea network, using a small team of divers who reported directly to the commander in chief of the Ukrainian armed forces.
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Details about the plan, which have not been previously reported, were collected by a European intelligence service and shared with the CIA in June 2022. They provide some of the most specific evidence to date linking the government of Ukraine to the eventual attack in the Baltic Sea, which U.S. and Western officials have called a brazen and dangerous act of sabotage on Europe’s energy infrastructure.
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The European intelligence reporting was shared on the chat platform Discord, allegedly by Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira. The WashingtonPost obtained a copy from one of Teixeira’s online friends.
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The intelligence report was based on information obtained from an individual in Ukraine. The source’s information could not immediately be corroborated, but the CIA shared the report with Germany and other European countries last June, according to multiple officials familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence operations and diplomatic discussions.
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The highly specific details, which include numbers of operatives and methods of attack, show that for nearly a year Western allies had a basis to suspect Kyiv in the sabotage. That assessment has only strengthened in recent months as German law enforcement investigators uncovered evidence about the bombingthat bears striking similarities to what the European service said Ukraine was planning.
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Donald Trump will give an interview to Fox News’s editorial side for the time since his 2020 election defeat on 19 June, the Hill reports.
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While the former president has repeatedly spoken to the conservative network’s opinion hosts, including at a town hall hosted by Sean Hannity last week, he has openly feuded with its news division, accusing them of being partial to his 2024 rival, Ron DeSantis. According to the Hill, Trump will sit down with anchor Bret Baier.
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“For all the bluster, we are finalizing an interview in the next couple of weeks,” a Fox News source told the Hill. “It’s going to be fair, but it’s not going to be easy.”
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Donald Trump is either reading the news or knows something we all don’t because he’s spent the morning on his Truth social network account blasting the ongoing investigations into his conduct.
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“They are also going after me as RETRIBUTION for the Republicans in Congress going after them. The difference is, they have created major crimes, I have created none!” he wrote.
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He further elaborated on the theme of being treated unfairly, citing the classified documents found at Joe Biden’s properties and also at Mike Pence’s residence:
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The Marxists and Fascists in the DOJ & FBI are going after me at a level and speed never seen before in our Country, and I did nothing wrong. Joe Biden kept (keeps) thousand of documents, in many locations, some illegally taken from skiffs while he was a Senator, a big portion of which were classified. He didn’t want to give them back, and still doesn’t. Nothing happens to him, with same reasonable prosecutor who correctly exonerated Mike Pence. I have a much different prosecutor, a Trump hater!
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Write it off as the ramblings of a has-been former president if you want, but before you do, take a look at the poll below, which confirms the same trend that’s been present for months and which could ultimately put Trump back in the White House:
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NEW: Tracking the 2024 GOP Primary:
Trump: 56%
DeSantis: 22%
Pence: 7%
Haley: 3%
Scott: 3%
Ramaswamy: 3%
Cheney: 2%
Abbott: 1%
Noem: 1%
Hutchinson: 1%
Christie: 1%
Someone Else: 1%
*June 2-4, 2023 https://t.co/zpObC29kvJpic.twitter.com/vrOuJEuvz2— Morning Consult (@MorningConsult) June 6, 2023
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Good morning, US politics blog readers. Back in November, attorney general Merrick Garland named Jack Smith as special counsel to handle three major investigations into Donald Trump, and signs are emerging that prosecutors will soon conclude one of these. Trump’s attorneys yesterday met with Smith and other justice department officials, the latest indication that prosecutors could soon announce whether they will file charges over the classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Intriguingly, two sources familiar with the matter told the Guardian a new grand jury has been empaneled in Florida – separate from one sitting Washington DC – to hear evidence in the case, and has already heard from one witness. However the documents inquiry is resolved, Smith is also looking into Trump’s involvement in two other major events: the January 6 insurrection, and the attempts to overturn the 2020 election result. If there’s more news about this today, you can find it here.
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Here’s what else is going on today:
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Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie will at 6.30pm announce that he, too, is running for the Republican presidential nomination.
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre faces off with reporters at 1pm.
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Punchbowl Information reviews that speaker of the Home Kevin McCarthy additionally helps the push to carry FBI director Christopher Wray in contempt:
NEW — @SpeakerMcCarthy informed Home Republicans he’ll assist holding FBI Director Chris Wray in contempt if Oversight doesn’t get the paperwork it has requested.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) June 6, 2023
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NEW — @SpeakerMcCarthy informed Home Republicans he’ll assist holding FBI Director Chris Wray in contempt if Oversight doesn’t get the paperwork it has requested.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) June 6, 2023
Home GOP pushes ahead with plan to carry FBI director in contempt
Home Republicans say they plan to vote on holding FBI director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress for declining to show over a doc outlining an unverified allegation of corruption in opposition to Joe Biden.
As the Associated Press reports, Republican Home oversight committee chair James Comer together with GOP senator Chuck Grassley final month stated they’d heard the FBI possesses a doc detailing “an alleged felony scheme” “regarding the trade of cash for coverage choices” between a international nationwide and Biden when he was vice-president. Whereas Comer and different Republicans have performed up the allegation, they haven’t supplied any proof to substantiate it.
Comer despatched a subpoena to Wray for the doc, and on Monday was briefed on it alongside Jamie Raskin, the highest Democrat on the Oversight committee. However Comer stated the briefing doesn’t fulfill the calls for of the subpoena, and demanded the doc be handed over to the committee – one thing the FBI has resisted, saying it comprises delicate info.
“We are going to now provoke contempt of Congress hearings this Thursday,” Comer stated yesterday.
In an indication that the push has the assist of the chamber’s Republican leaders, Home majority whip Steve Scalise right this moment elaborated on the explanations for the contempt proceedings at a information convention:
Home Majority Chief Scalise defends contempt of Congress hearings in opposition to FBI Director Wray, regardless of FBI displaying and explaining the Hunter Biden paperwork to Home Oversight:
“The FBI try to dam our means to train our authorized proper to go have a look at these paperwork.” pic.twitter.com/eCN0Li2OUm
— The Recount (@therecount) June 6, 2023
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Home Majority Chief Scalise defends contempt of Congress hearings in opposition to FBI Director Wray, regardless of FBI displaying and explaining the Hunter Biden paperwork to Home Oversight:
“The FBI try to dam our means to train our authorized proper to go have a look at these paperwork.” pic.twitter.com/eCN0Li2OUm
— The Recount (@therecount) June 6, 2023
Ukraine deliberate to bomb Nord Stream pipeline – report
Ukraine’s authorities developed a plan to bomb the Nord Stream pipeline transporting gasoline from Russia to Germany that was found by American intelligence, although it stays unclear if Kyiv was finally behind the pipeline’s sabotage final September, the Washington Post reports.
The story, primarily based on paperwork allegedly posted on-line by Jack Teixeira, a US Air Nationwide Guardsman arrested in April on prices associated to leaking a trove of presidency intelligence, strengthens the case for Ukraine being the perpetrator of the mysterious assault that despatched pure gasoline pouring into the Baltic sea.
Right here’s extra from the Publish’s report:
Three months earlier than saboteurs bombed the Nord Stream pure gasoline pipeline, the Biden administration realized from a detailed ally that the Ukrainian army had deliberate a covert assault on the undersea community, utilizing a small staff of divers who reported on to the commander in chief of the Ukrainian armed forces.
Particulars in regards to the plan, which haven’t been beforehand reported, have been collected by a European intelligence service and shared with the CIA in June 2022. They supply among the most particular proof to this point linking the federal government of Ukraine to the eventual assault within the Baltic Sea, which U.S. and Western officers have referred to as a brazen and harmful act of sabotage on Europe’s vitality infrastructure.
The European intelligence reporting was shared on the chat platform Discord, allegedly by Air Nationwide Guard member Jack Teixeira. The WashingtonPublish obtained a replica from one among Teixeira’s on-line buddies.
The intelligence report was primarily based on info obtained from a person in Ukraine. The supply’s info couldn’t instantly be corroborated, however the CIA shared the report with Germany and different European international locations final June, based on a number of officers acquainted with the matter, who spoke on the situation of anonymity to debate delicate intelligence operations and diplomatic discussions.
The extremely particular particulars, which embody numbers of operatives and strategies of assault, present that for almost a 12 months Western allies had a foundation to suspect Kyiv within the sabotage. That evaluation has solely strengthened in current months as German regulation enforcement investigators uncovered proof in regards to the bombingthat bears putting similarities to what the European service stated Ukraine was planning.
Trump plans 19 June interview with Fox Information journalist
Donald Trump will give an interview to Fox Information’s editorial facet for the time since his 2020 election defeat on 19 June, the Hill reports.
Whereas the previous president has repeatedly spoken to the conservative community’s opinion hosts, together with at a city corridor hosted by Sean Hannity final week, he has brazenly feuded with its information division, accusing them of being keen on his 2024 rival, Ron DeSantis. In keeping with the Hill, Trump will sit down with anchor Bret Baier.
“For all of the bluster, we’re finalizing an interview within the subsequent couple of weeks,” a Fox Information supply informed the Hill. “It’s going to be honest, however it’s not going to be simple.”
Republican Ron DeSantis is campaigning on his report as governor of Florida, together with his enactment of the so-called “don’t say homosexual” invoice that prohibits lecturers from educating kids between kindergarten and third grade on sexual orientation or gender id. The regulation is a part of a push by conservative states to crack down on LGBTQ+ rights, which because the Guardian’s Amelia Abraham reviews has real-life penalties for the folks caught up in them:
This month, Lauren Rodriguez will transfer out of her dwelling in Texas, a state the place she has lived for 20 years, to relocate to New Zealand. “Folks suppose we’re dramatic for leaving, however once you have a look at what’s occurred to my household, we’re not,” she says, amid packing up her life’s belongings. “It has been a complete witch-hunt. It takes its toll.”
Six years in the past, Rodriguez’s son Gray informed her that he was transgender. That first evening, she stayed up Googling “what to do when your child tells you they’re trans”. From there, she took him to get his “first boy haircut” and contacted native LGBTQ+ organizations for recommendation.
Though she describes the local weather in opposition to trans folks then as much less hostile than it has grow to be, the information was not effectively acquired by some of their neighborhood. On the excessive, neighbors, a trainer, and even members of the family reported Rodriguez to the Little one Safety Company (CPS) for serving to her son, who was then below 18, entry gender affirming medical care. Rodriguez, a social employee, has been on the receiving finish of greater than 10 complaints to the CPS. All circumstances have been opened, investigated and closed.
Donald Trump isn’t the one 2024 presidential contender dealing with authorized hassle. The Guardian’s Adam Gabbatt reviews that Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis could also be in scorching water over his involvement in flying migrants round the US:
A Texas sheriff’s workplace has really useful felony prices over flights that the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, organized to deport 49 South American migrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Winery, in Massachusetts, final 12 months.
In a press release on Monday, the Bexar county sheriff’s workplace stated it had filed a felony case with the native district legal professional over the flight. The Bexar county sheriff, Javier Salazar, has beforehand stated the migrants have been “lured below false pretenses” into touring to Martha’s Winery, a rich liberal city.
The advice comes after the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, threatened DeSantis with kidnapping prices on Monday, after Florida flew a bunch of individuals in search of asylum to Sacramento. It was the second time in 4 days Florida had used taxpayer cash to fly asylum seekers to California.
Right here’s extra from the Guardian’s Hugo Lowell on the assembly yesterday between Donald Trump’s attorneys and Jack Smith – an indication that the particular counsel’s investigations into the categorised paperwork discovered at Mar-a-Lago could possibly be wrapping up:
Legal professionals for Donald Trump met with high US justice division officers on Monday to complain about perceived misconduct within the felony investigation into the previous US president’s dealing with of nationwide safety supplies and obstruction, based on two folks acquainted with the matter.
The assembly concerned Trump attorneys Jim Trusty, John Rowley and Lindsay Halligan talking with the particular counsel Jack Smith, who’s main the investigation, and a senior profession official to the deputy legal professional basic, one individual stated. CBS News first reported the assembly.
Trump’s attorneys made a basic case as to why Trump shouldn’t be charged within the Mar-a-Lago paperwork case and prompt that some prosecutors working below particular counsel Jack Smith engaged in what they thought of prosecutorial misconduct, the folks stated.
Prosecutors within the categorised paperwork case are homing in on an incident at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort through which an try to empty a pool ended up flooding a room the place servers holding video surveillance logs have been stored, CNN reports.
Prosecutors consider the sequence of occasions surrounding the pool’s draining are suspicious, based on the report, although it doesn’t appeared to have harmed proof they have been in search of.
Right here’s extra from CNN’s report:
A minimum of one witness has been requested by prosecutors in regards to the flooded server room as a part of the federal investigation into Trump’s dealing with of categorised paperwork, based on one of many sources.
The incident, which has not been beforehand reported, got here roughly two months after the FBI retrieved hundreds of classified documents from the Florida residence and as prosecutors obtained surveillance footage to trace how White Home data have been moved across the resort. Prosecutors have been inspecting any effort to hinder the Justice Division’s investigation after Trump acquired a subpoena in Might 2022 for categorised paperwork.
Prosecutors have heard testimony that the IT tools within the room was not broken within the flood, based on one supply.
But the flooded room in addition to conversations and actions by Trump’s staff whereas the felony investigation bore down on the membership has caught the eye of prosecutors. The circumstances might issue right into a potential obstruction conspiracy case, a number of sources inform CNN, as investigators attempt to decide whether or not the occasions of final 12 months round Mar-a-Lago point out that Trump or a small group of individuals working for him, took steps to attempt to intrude with the Justice Division’s evidence-gathering.
Donald Trump’s Republican allies in Congress have clearly additionally heard the rumblings in regards to the investigation into the previous president, as a result of they’ve launched a brand new demand letter to legal professional basic Merrick Garland for particulars of the appointment of particular counsel Jack Smith.
“We beforehand requested info and paperwork associated to the FBI’s raid on President Trump’s residence and its subsequent investigation. As a result of you haven’t offered this info, and in gentle of your appointment of Jack Smith as particular counsel, we write to request an unredacted copy of the memorandum outlining the scope of Mr. Smith’s probes relating to President Trump and any supporting documentation associated to his appointment as particular counsel,” Jim Jordan, the chair of the judiciary committee and a detailed Trump ally, wrote to Garland.
The justice division has previously told Jordan that it’s prepared to cooperate together with his committee, however gained’t reveal particulars of ongoing investigations.
Trump says investigations are about ‘retribution’
Donald Trump is both studying the information or is aware of one thing all of us don’t as a result of he’s spent the morning on his Truth social network account blasting the continued investigations into his conduct.
“They’re additionally going after me as RETRIBUTION for the Republicans in Congress going after them. The distinction is, they’ve created main crimes, I’ve created none!” he wrote.
He additional elaborated on the theme of being handled unfairly, citing the categorised paperwork discovered at Joe Biden’s properties and likewise at Mike Pence’s residence:
The Marxists and Fascists within the DOJ & FBI are going after me at a stage and velocity by no means seen earlier than in our Nation, and I did nothing improper. Joe Biden stored (retains) thousand of paperwork, in lots of places, some illegally taken from skiffs whereas he was a Senator, a giant portion of which have been categorised. He didn’t need to give them again, and nonetheless doesn’t. Nothing occurs to him, with similar cheap prosecutor who accurately exonerated Mike Pence. I’ve a a lot completely different prosecutor, a Trump hater!
Write it off because the ramblings of a has-been former president if you’d like, however earlier than you do, check out the ballot beneath, which confirms the identical pattern that’s been current for months and which may finally put Trump again within the White Home:
NEW: Monitoring the 2024 GOP Major:
Trump: 56%
DeSantis: 22%
Pence: 7%
Haley: 3%
Scott: 3%
Ramaswamy: 3%
Cheney: 2%
Abbott: 1%
Noem: 1%
Hutchinson: 1%
Christie: 1%
Somebody Else: 1%
*June 2-4, 2023 https://t.co/zpObC29kvJpic.twitter.com/vrOuJEuvz2
— Morning Seek the advice of (@MorningConsult) June 6, 2023
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Prosecutors close to charging determination in Trump paperwork case, new grand jury hears proof
Good morning, US politics weblog readers. Again in November, legal professional basic Merrick Garland named Jack Smith as particular counsel to deal with three main investigations into Donald Trump, and indicators are rising that prosecutors will quickly conclude one among these. Trump’s attorneys yesterday met with Smith and different justice division officers, the newest indication that prosecutors may quickly announce whether or not they’ll file prices over the categorised paperwork discovered at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Intriguingly, two sources acquainted with the matter informed the Guardian a brand new grand jury has been empaneled in Florida – separate from one sitting Washington DC – to listen to proof within the case, and has already heard from one witness. Nonetheless the paperwork inquiry is resolved, Smith can also be trying into Trump’s involvement in two different main occasions: the January 6 rebellion, and the makes an attempt to overturn the 2020 election outcome. If there’s extra information about this right this moment, you will discover it right here.
Right here’s what else is happening right this moment:
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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are assembly with their cupboard on the White Home at 2.15pm japanese time.
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Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie will at 6.30pm announce that he, too, is operating for the Republican presidential nomination.
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White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre faces off with reporters at 1pm.
