It turned out that the White House telephone records from January 6, 2021, received by the Capitol Riot Commission, show a gap of 7 hours in the communications of former President Donald Trump, a period that includes the attack on the building by a horde of his supporters. . . Later Tuesday, former National Security Adviser John Bolton said Mr. Trump knew the term “flashlight” was used to describe an undetectable cell phone used to evade surveillance and used the term on several occasions. The news comes after the selection committee voted to refer assistants Trump Dan Scavino and Peter Navarro to the House of Representatives for contempt of Congress. The panel also gained access to an email cache leaked from its investigation by John Eastman, the lawyer who wrote a notorious note outlining a plan for Mike Pence to overthrow the 2020 election in favor of Donald Trump. In a scathing opinion, the trial judge wrote that “Dr. Eastman and President Trump launched a campaign to overthrow the Democratic Party, an action unprecedented in American history” – and that “if the plan of Dr. Eastman and President Trump had acted, they would have definitively ended the peaceful transition of power, undermining American democracy and the Constitution. “If the country does not commit itself to investigating and seeking responsibility for those responsible, the court fears that January 6 will be repeated.”
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Trump’s spokesman promotes Hunter Biden’s retold story
With the mainstream political news cycle focusing on the 7 hours missing from the White House telephone records since January 6, 2021, Donald Trump’s team is redirecting attention to an interview the former president gave to the right-wing television network Just the News , in which he reiterates a claim he has made many times in the past: that Hunter Biden has benefited from trading with Eastern European oligarchs in ways that somehow reconcile his father, the current president. Mr Trump has been making this claim since at least 2020, repeatedly referring to payments made by the Moscow mayor’s wife after trying to co-operate with the city’s administration in the 1990s. Trump did not find clear evidence of a direct link between the $ 3.5 million payment he cites and the Biden family. Oliver O’Connell29 March 2022 22:45 1648588210
Trump calls on Putin to release dirt from Hunter Biden amid war
Five years and eight months after he asked Russia to release harmful information about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump still hopes that Russia listens. In an interview with the right-wing newspaper Just the News, Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin should release information about a Russian widow’s investment in a company that Republicans claim is linked to Hunter Biden, the youngest and only surviving son. by President Joe Biden. Oliver O’Connell29 March 2022 22:10 1648586410
Bolton claims Trump knew about “burning phones” despite denial of call logs
Former President Donald Trump knew the term slang “light telephone” was used to describe an undetectable cell phone used to prevent surveillance and used the term on several occasions, his former national security adviser said. On Tuesday, the Washington Post and CBS News reported that the White House archives handed over to the House on Jan. 6 by the National Archives Committee do not include calls made or received by Mr. Trump between 11:17 a.m. . and 6.:54 p.m. on the day a mob of supporters stormed the US Capitol in hopes of halting the certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington, DC. Oliver O’Connell29 March 2022 21:40 1648585510
What we do not yet know about Trump’s White House call logs since January 6
A bomb report by CBS News and the Washington Post this week revealed that there has been a mysterious gap in Trump’s White House call logs since the Capitol Uprising on January 6, 2021. As rioters tried to plunder the US Capitol, shouting “hang Mike Pence” and delaying the certification of Joe Biden’s victory, Donald Trump was hiding in the White House with his staff. We now know that several top officials, including Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, have been sending calls and messages from desperate lawmakers to the Capitol urging the president to withdraw his supporters before the violence escalates. However, this is not mentioned in the White House call logs, which contain a gap of more than seven hours during the uprising, where no calls were recorded. The logs are not a complete picture of communications made by White House officials, including the president, during the uprising, given the use of personal cell phones, but calendars remain a point of interest for the House committee that investigates the uprising in the Capitol. . John Bowden in Washington, DC has more details. Oliver O’Connell29 March 2022 21:25 1648584310
New York AG continues the search for the Trump family to testify in a civil case
New York attorney general asks state court assets such as golf courses and skyscrapers in financial statements for more than a decade. In documents filed late Monday, Attorney General Letitia James said she has every right to question Mr. Trump, who is appealing the lower court ruling, as he seeks to determine whether the falsified values appear to creditors. , tax authorities and other companies the interests constituted fraud and, if so, who committed this fraud. Oliver O’Connell29 March 2022 21:05 1648583410
Bolton: Trump knew the term “light telephone”
Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, said in an interview on Tuesday, following the publication of the CBS-Post on the lost hours of telephone logs, that he remembers that Donald Trump used the term “burning phones” in many discussions and that the former president was aware of its importance. Oliver O’Connell29 March 2022 20:50 1648582810
“A lot of people ask,” Trump mocked for saying a hole in one
Donald Trump on Monday claimed in a lengthy statement that he took a rare golf shot while playing with professionals at his club in West Palm Beach on Saturday. “A lot of people are asking, so I’ll give it to you now, it’s 100 percent true,” said the 45th president of the United States. “Donald Trump claims he made a hole while playing golf today. “He intends to release the video in 2 weeks, along with his tax returns and health plan,” a tweet said. Oliver O’Connell29 March 2022 20:40 1648581310
CBS criticized for hiring former Trump chief of staff Mick Malvey
Mr Mulvaney, a former South Carolina lawmaker and founding member of the far-right Freedom Caucus, made his first online appearance Tuesday morning to analyze a new budget proposal by President Joe Biden that includes a tax on wealthier American households. . Oliver O’Connell March 29, 2022 8:15 p.m. 1648579810
McCarthy will speak to Cawthorn after commenting on the DC orgies
The expected reprimand comes after Republicans expressed frustration with Mr Cawthorn’s comments. Oliver O’Connell29 March 2022 19:50 1648578010
The GOP says Biden used notes to suggest “cognitive decline,” but so did Trump.
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul has argued that President Joe Biden’s use of notes during press conferences is a sign of cognitive decline, despite former President Donald Trump doing the same in some public appearances. Gustaf Kilander reports from Washington, DC. Oliver O’Connell March 29, 2022 7:20 p.m.
