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Joe Biden on Tuesday announced new tariffs on $18 billion worth of Chinese exports, including electric vehicles, chips, batteries and other goods.
“Today, I’m announcing new tariffs in key sectors of the economy that’ll ensure that our workers are not held back,” Biden said.
WATCH:
BIDEN: "Today, I'm announcing new tariffs … that'll ensure that our workers are not held back."
If Crooked Joe Biden was serious about protecting American workers, he'd REPEAL his electric vehicle mandate that’s killing the U.S. auto industry. pic.twitter.com/JbIyfwq6xk
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 14, 2024
A reporter asked Biden about Trump’s remarks on his decision to finally impose tariffs on China.
“Trump said today China is eating our lunch. What do you say in response?” a reporter shouted at Biden.
The reporter referred to Trump’s remarks Tuesday morning outside of the New York courthouse.
“I said where have you been for 3.5 years? They should have done it a long time ago. China is eating our lunch right now,” Trump said slamming Joe Biden.
WATCH:
President Trump SLAMS Biden's TOTAL FLIP FLOP on Tariffs: I said where have you been for 3½ years? They should have done it a long time ago. China is eating our lunch – and they went away from what I was doing… it was VERY BAD for the auto industry. pic.twitter.com/W9F5jBceGm
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 14, 2024
Biden tried to troll Trump but he failed miserably.
“He’s been feeding them a long time,” Biden shouted.
WATCH:
REPORTER: "Trump said today China is eating our lunch. What do you say in response?"
BIDEN (confused and desperate): "He's been feeding them a long time."
FACT: Biden has spent his *entire career* selling out American workers and factories to China. pic.twitter.com/aDv8jeQJ6J
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 14, 2024
Recall that in 2019 Joe Biden slammed Trump’s tariffs and promised to reverse them.
Crooked Joe Biden is announcing higher tariffs on certain Chinese goods today (which he OPPOSED when President Trump did it).
Here's Biden in 2019: "It's really easy to be tough when someone else absorbs the pain."pic.twitter.com/ANstR6cM19
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 14, 2024
All of a sudden Biden is on board with tariffs on China…since it is an election year.
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A New York Appeals court on Tuesday rejected President Trump’s request to lift crooked Judge Juan Merchan’s gag order.
The appeals court said Merchan “properly weighed” Trump’s First Amendment Rights.
Unbelievable!
“We find that Justice Merchan properly weighed petitioner’s First Amendment Rights against the court’s historical commitment to ensuring the fair administration of justice in criminal cases, and the right of persons related or tangentially related to the criminal proceedings from being free from threats, intimidation, harassment, and harm,” according to the order.
The NY appeals court said Trump’s public statements posed a threat to the integrity of the testimony of witnesses.
“Justice Merchan properly determined that petitioner’s public statements posed a significant threat to the integrity of the testimony of witnesses and potential witnesses in this case as well.”
Merchan has trampled all over Trump’s First Amendment rights. Only Trump is gagged. Convicted perjurer Michael Cohen, the so-called ‘star witness’ in the hush money trial, can go on TikTok and trash Trump.
Trump has a gag order on him but Alvin Bragg’s lead witness Michael cohen can go on TikTok and sell t shirts of Trump in jail
pic.twitter.com/uQRQ7numNK— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 10, 2024
Recall that Judge Merchan expanded his gag order against Trump to bar the former president from criticizing his family members.
The judge’s daughter, Loren Merchan, is a far-left political operative who worked for the Biden-Harris campaign. The media has infantilized 34-year-old Loren Merchan in an effort to attack Trump’s First Amendment-protected speech.
Loren Merchan’s firm, Authentic Campaigns, Inc., has received tens of millions of dollars from Democrats who want to take down Trump.
According to The New York Post, Loren Merchan helped Democrats raise $93 million off of her father’s case.
Earlier this month Judge Merchan held Trump in contempt after fining him thousands of dollars for free speech violations.
Merchan also threatened to jail Trump.
Trump blasted Merchan’s gag order on Tuesday morning in remarks outside of the New York courthouse.
“You ask me questions I’m not allowed to respond,” Trump told reporters Tuesday morning. “The gag order has to come off.”
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Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch obtained documents explaining to noncitizens and illegal aliens how they can register to vote in local DC elections.
A federal judge last year upheld a Washington DC law that allows noncitizens – including illegal aliens – to vote in municipal elections.
US District Judge for the District of Columbia Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee tossed a lawsuit filed by a conservative group challenging the Local Resident Voting Rights Act, passed by the DC Council in October 2022.
The law not only allows non-citizens and illegals to vote, it also permits noncitizens to run for office!
Judge Jackson said the lawsuit failed to demonstrate how the plaintiffs are harmed by illegals voting or running for office.
Excerpt from Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch announced today that it received 13-pages of records in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the District of Columbia, explaining to illegal aliens and other noncitizens how they can register to vote in local elections.
The PowerPoint presentation explains:
Non-US citizen residents of the District of Columbia can vote in local elections under the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022. Non-US citizen residents can vote in District elections for the offices of Mayor, Attorney General, Chairman or member(s) of the DC Council, member(s) of the State [sic] Board of Education, or Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner(s) Non-US citizen residents cannot vote for Federal Offices
To register to vote in the District of Columbia as a non-citizen, you must: Be at least 17 years old and 18 years old by the next General Election; Maintain residency in the District of Columbia for at least 30 days prior to the election in which you intend to vote; Not claim voting residence or the right to vote in any state, territory, or country; Not been found by a court to be legally incompetent to vote.
**
You must provide proof of your address in the District of Columbia at an Early Vote Center prior to Election Day or at the polling place assigned to your address on Election Day.
“Illegal aliens and noncitizens should not vote in any elections,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said. “That Congress allows the votes of citizens to be legally stolen by illegal aliens in our nation’s capital is inexcusable.”
.@JudicialWatch: New Documents Reveal DC Training for Noncitizen Voting – https://t.co/MTlgdbpdWw pic.twitter.com/T5jklqKhuH
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 14, 2024
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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Monday evening delivered remarks at a reception celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month.
In his opening remarks, Biden claimed he works for Kamala Harris.
“My name’s Joe Biden. I work for Kamala Harris. I asked her to be my VP because I knew I needed somebody smarter than me,” Joe Biden said.
WATCH:
BIDEN: "My name's Joe Biden. I work for Kamala Harris. I asked her to be my VP because I knew I needed somebody smarter than me" pic.twitter.com/tpOD6GWqBK
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 13, 2024
Biden’s entire speech was a disaster.
“I could go on folks, Look, the point here is we’re lowering costs, expanding opportunities and protecting freedoms!” Biden slurred.
Of course, this is a lie. Grocery prices are up 30+%, gas prices are soaring, energy prices are up, and mortgage rates are high.
At one point Biden lost a battle with his teleprompter.
“There is no singular Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander identity and diversity and those cultures, the breadth of achievement, and shape the strength and fabric of this country,” Biden said.
WATCH:
BIDEN v. TELEPROMPTER: "There is no singular Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander identity and diversity and those cultures, the breadth of achievement, and shape the strength and fabric of this country" pic.twitter.com/0p1o6R0K8T
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 13, 2024
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Republicans will hold US Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt over the Justice Department’s refusal to hand over audio recordings of Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur.
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee on Monday released a report recommending that the full House of Representatives hold Garland in contempt for defying a congressional subpoena.
The House Oversight and Judiciary Committees will meet on Thursday morning to consider a resolution to hold Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress.
“The House Oversight and Judiciary Committees issued lawful subpoenas to Attorney General Garland for the audio recordings of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Hur, yet he continues to defy our subpoenas,” House Oversight Chairman James Comer said in a statement Monday. “These audio recordings are important to our investigation of President Biden’s willful retention of classified documents and his fitness to be President of the United States.”
Comer added: “There must be consequences for refusing to comply with lawful congressional subpoenas and we will move to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt of Congress.”
#BREAKING: @Jim_Jordan Releases Report Recommending that the House of Representatives Cite AG Merrick Garland for Contempt of Congress
Read here: https://t.co/3em14Dby4e
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) May 13, 2024
House Oversight Chairman James Comer last month released a statement after the DOJ rebuffed his committee’s request for the audio recordings.
“The Biden Administration does not get to determine what Congress needs and does not need for its oversight of the executive branch,” Comer said. “The American people deserve to hear the actual audio of President Biden’s answers to Special Counsel Hur.”
Comer said it is “curious” that the Biden Regime is refusing to release audio of Biden’s interview with Hur after releasing the transcript.
What we do know is that Joe Biden lied about Robert Hur raising the issue about his dead son Beau.
The Justice Department previously defended not bringing charges against Biden because he’s a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”
According to the transcript, Joe Biden forgot when he was Vice President and couldn’t remember when his son Beau died.
Joe Biden attacked Robert Hur during an impromptu presser in February.
“There is even reference that I don’t remember when my son died. How in the hell dare he raise that?” Biden previously told reporters in an impromptu White House press conference. “Frankly, when I was asked the question, I thought to myself, it wasn’t any of their damn business.”
What else is Biden lying about? How bad was his memory during the 2-day interview with Robert Hur?
Special Counsel Robert Hur testified before Congress in March on Biden’s interview on his stolen classified documents scandal that spanned two days.
Robert Hur in February released a 345-page report on his investigation of the stolen classified documents.
Robert Hur
Biden’s stolen classified documents were scattered all over the place in damaged cardboard boxes and unlocked drawers at the Penn Biden Center. The documents were also easily accessible in Biden’s Delaware garage and basement den.
Robert Hur found that Joe Biden “willfully retained” classified information, however, he decided not to charge him. Hur said there is evidence Biden retained classified notebooks, “knowing he was not allowed to do so.”
Biden was not charged even though he willfully retained SCIF-designated classified documents and shared material with his ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer.
According to Robert Hur, In 2017, Joe Biden read aloud classified passages about meetings in the Situation Room to his ghostwriter “verbatim on at least three occasions” – and Biden still wasn’t charged.
“We also considered whether Mr. Biden willfully disclosed national defense information to his ghostwriter by reading aloud certain classified notebook passages to the ghostwriter nearly verbatim on at least three occasions,” the report read.
Biden wasn’t charged for reading classified information to his ghostwriter because jurors could conclude his actions were “unintentional.”
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President Trump on Monday afternoon addressed the media after serial liar Michael Cohen testified in the ‘hush money’ lawfare trial.
Convicted perjurer Michael Cohen took the witness stand on Monday in Alvin Bragg’s ‘hush payment’ lawfare trial against Trump in New York City.
Michael Cohen played audio of a secret recording he took between himself and his then-client Donald Trump. Attorney-client privilege is a right for every American — except Donald Trump.
Trump has been accused of paying Daniels ‘hush payments’ through his then-attorney Michael Cohen in a scheme to silence her and stop the story about their alleged affair from being published in the National Enquirer.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged Trump with 34 felony counts related to the Stormy Daniels ‘hush payment’ transaction.
Cohen on Monday testified he paid Stormy Daniels from his own pocket. Cohen used a home equity line of credit (HELOC) to pay Stormy $130,000.
President Trump once again used a clever trick to side-step crooked judge Juan Merchan’s gag order. He quoted other people and read press clippings.
Trump quoted Senator JD Vance: “Uh, JD Vance, what’s going on in that courtroom is a threat to democracy and we cannot have a country where you get to prosecute your political opponent instead of persuading voters.”
Next up Trump quoted the Iowa Attorney General: “Let the American people decide who the next leader of the free world will be.”
Trump also boasted about the New York Times poll that shows he is leading Joe Biden in 5 key swing states.
WATCH:
BREAKING: A fired up President Trump addresses the media after Michael Cohen testifies in the NYC trial, once again reading from press clippings quoting others, expertly side-stepping violating the gag order: pic.twitter.com/GfFaLQWias
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 13, 2024
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Meanwhile in the Democrat hellhole of California…
California is completely controlled by the Democrat party. Republicans have been snuffed out in the Golden State.
Major cities such as San Francisco and Los Angeles are plagued by homelessness, violent crime and theft.
Californians are taxed to death as illegal aliens are given taxpayer-funded ‘free’ healthcare, housing and debit cards.
Now this…
An emissions reduction program by an environmental regulator will lead to a 50-cent per gallon of gasoline increase, according to a report by a state environment regulator.
Last year the California Air Resources Board (CARB) said gas prices would increase by 50 cents next year and every year after in order to reduce emissions.
This is in addition to California’s existing gas tax!
“The middle class, the low income, they can’t afford gas to go to school, work or grocery or the doctor’s office,” Janet Nguyen told Fox Business. “No one knows about this. I think people just think it’s a tax, so they don’t know the difference between the carbon tax versus the state tax. It’s almost like a tax on the tax.”
Excerpt from Fox Business:
A longstanding emissions reduction program may lead to a 50-cent increase in gasoline prices within two years in California, according to a little-known state air quality regulator report.
In September, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the state’s primary environmental regulator, reported gas prices will rise next year by about 50 cents a gallon and every year thereafter to aid in clean air efforts. The price increase does not include the existing gas tax in the state.
The report foresees gasoline price increases due to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard reforms that were created in 2007, likely rising by 47 cents next year and 52 cents by 2026. Diesel prices could climb by 59 cents this year and 66 cents in two years. Long-term projections suggest gasoline could surge by $1.15 and diesel by $1.50 per gallon from 2031 to 2046, with jet fuel increasing by $1.21.
The air board staff later called the gas price hike projections “incomplete” in a December report, focusing instead on the cost savings to drivers as more people transition to EVs.
California’s air regulators previously voted to ban new gas-powered car sales by 2035.
100% of all cars sold in California by 2035 must be ‘free of fossil fuel emissions.’
“The climate crisis is solvable if we focus on the big, bold steps necessary to stem the tide of carbon pollution,” California’s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom said in a previous statement.
Because everyone has $70,000 to spend on a new car and $20,000 for a car battery replacement.
“This is monumental,” California Air Resources Board member Daniel Sperling told CNN in 2022. “This is the most important thing that CARB has done in the last 30 years. It’s important not just for California, but it’s important for the country and the world.”
It is unclear how California drivers will be able to charge millions of electric vehicles in a state plagued by rolling blackouts.
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Feel good story of the day.
UNC-Chapel Hill abolished Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) funding on Monday.
The Board of Trustees at UNC-Chapel Hill voted to divert $2.3 million away from DEI and funnel it to “public safety.”
“The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees has voted to divert $2.3 million away from diversity, equity and inclusion programs and into “public safety.”” North Carolina Public Radio reported.
“The unanimous vote occurred at a special Board of Trustees meeting Monday morning. It is unclear if the diversion of funds would lead to layoffs.” WUNC reported.
One board member, Marty Kotis, said it was the the US flag incident during the anti-American protests in explaining his vote.
Marty Kotis: “We talk about peaceful protest, but when you destroy property or you take down the U.S. flag and you have to put gates around it… North Carolinians are watching all this, and they are not happy. And I think it’s imperative that we have the proper resources for our law enforcement to protect the campus — and that means our property and that means our flag as well.”
UNC trustee @mkotis:
“We talk about peaceful protest, but when you destroy property or you take down the U.S. flag and you have to put gates around it…North Carolinians are watching all this, and they are not happy. And I think it’s imperative that we have the proper resources… https://t.co/Zdo12xEMUl pic.twitter.com/p2g4ive2Wf
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) May 13, 2024
“I think that DEI in a lot of people’s minds is divisiveness, exclusion and indoctrination. We need more unity and togetherness, more dialogue, more diversity of thought,” Marty Kotis, the vice chair of the board’s budget and finance committee said.
BREAKING: The Board of Trustees at UNC Chapel Hill has just voted to abolish DEI funding and are diverting the money to public safety and campus law enforcement.
Another domino falls in war against the DEI bigots. Congratulations UNC Chapel Hill!https://t.co/kemh4pskwu
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 13, 2024
Earlier this year, the University of Florida fired all of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) staff in response to a new state law that bars colleges from using state or federal funds for the Marxist program.
“To comply with the Florida Board of Governor’s regulation 9.016 on prohibited expenditures, the University of Florida has closed the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer, eliminated DEI positions and administrative appointments, and halted DEI-focused contracts with outside vendors,” the memo read.
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A Minnesota mom told Alpha News that her 9-year-old daughter was savagely beaten on the playground because “she wasn’t Muslim.”
Shawna Larson said her 3 grader was savagely beaten by four other students at Hidden Valley Elementary on April 29 because of her “race and religion.”
The school principal approached Larson as she went to pick up her daughter from school and informed her about the attack.
“They came up to my vehicle and informed me that there was an incident at school that day. They wanted to make it very apparent that my daughter didn’t do anything to cause this, and they told me this was a calculated incident and that she had been attacked on the playground by four other students in her grade,” Larson told Alpha News’ Liz Collin.
“I ended up learning … this was due to her race and her religion because she wasn’t Muslim. So that was pretty jarring to hear,” the mother said.
According to school officials, the attack on Larson’s daughter was planned.
The child was covered in bruises and had a black eye after the Muslim students beat her.
“She told me she tried to get up and when she tried to get up and go for help the first time, and I believe it was the first time that they had gotten her on the ground, that she was trying to fight back and they had told her that if she hit them or she touched them, that they would hurt themselves and tell the teacher that she had hurt them. So, she just told me, ‘You know, so all I could do there is lay there, Mom,’” Larson said.
Larson said the school hasn’t taken any action against the four students who beat up her Christian daughter.
“My daughter hadn’t done anything to initiate this or create what had happened. This was just because of her race and her religion. So that was a big thing. Just the lack of action the school was taking, which I do understand to a point that the school has their own rules and their own laws that they have to follow. But the fact that because this was race and religion fueled, the fact that they were never suspended or expelled from school or redirected to distance learning instead of continuing to stay in the classroom, which two of them were in the same classroom as my daughter, is alarming, regardless of their age,” Larson said.
The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District remained defiant and told Alpha News that they “can’t share any private data about students, including specifics about student behavior or discipline.”
Watch the full interview with Shawna Larson and Alpha News’ Liz Collin:
Partial transcription courtesy of Alpha News.
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Kamala Harris on Monday delivered remarks at the annual Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) Legislative Leadership Summit in DC.
Per APAICS:
The 2024 APAICS Legislative Leadership Summit brings together nonprofit and corporate leaders, subject matter experts, as well as local, state, and federal elected officials to discuss important issues that affect the Asian American & Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander community and the nation at large.
Past events focused on issues, policies, practices, and trends in the AA & NH/PI community in an environment that facilitates solution-oriented dialogue and building public service pipelines in communities of color.
Kamala Harris dropped an F-bomb on stage and then cackled.
“We have to know that sometimes people will open the door for you and leave it open and sometimes they won’t,” Harris said.
“And then you need to kick that f*cking door down! Ha ha ha! Excuse my language! Ha ha ha!” Harris said.
Harris said this after Jimmy O. Yang, a comedian who was moderating the discussion asked her to share her experience as the first female and person of color to serve as Vice President.
“Here’s the thing about breaking barriers. Breaking barriers does not mean you start on one side of the barrier and you end up on the other side. There’s breaking involved, and when you break things you get cut. And you may bleed. And it is worth it every time,” Harris said.
WATCH:
KAMALA: “You need to kick that f**king door down! Ha ha ha! Excuse my language! Ha ha ha!” pic.twitter.com/SoU4alubyd
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 13, 2024
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Joe Biden made a stop in Racine, Wisconsin last week to promote his ‘investing in America’ agenda.
Everyone is worse off because of Joe Biden. No matter how Biden spins it, crippling inflation is destroying the working class.
Black voters in Wisconsin are not happy with Joe Biden.
“A key piece of [Biden’s] coalition is Black voters — some of whom don’t see how they benefit from his economic plan,” KWWL reported.
“As they see the prices rise with Biden, they think Trump made the economy BETTER and Biden is making it WORSE,” a black voter told KWWL.
WATCH:
WISCONSIN: "A key piece of [Biden's] coalition is Black voters — some of whom don't see how they benefit from his economic plan."
"As they see the prices rise with Biden, they think Trump made the economy BETTER and Biden is making it WORSE." pic.twitter.com/cc3XdNDFFE
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 8, 2024
One black voter in Milwaukee slammed Joe Biden for his racist “you ain’t black” rant.
Recall that during the 2020 presidential election, racist Joe Biden told black radio host Charlamagne tha God that black Americans “ain’t black” if they don’t vote for him.
“If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black!” Biden said from his Delaware basement in 2020.
WATCH:
FLASHBACK: In 2020, Biden told Charlamagne that Black Americans "ain't Black" if they don't support him.pic.twitter.com/Dl7C4cDCHZ
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) December 9, 2023
Biden blamed his own racist comment on Charlamagne tha God for “being a wise guy.”
“I didn’t like hearing [Biden] say you’re not black, if you don’t vote Democrat, you know, I thought that was a load of BS,” Milwaukee voter Cle Crepe told WISN ABC.
“I thought that was an insult,” he said.
WATCH:
WISCONSIN VOTER: "I didn't like hearing [Biden] say you're not black, if you don't vote Democrat, you know, I thought that was a load of BS."
"I thought that was an insult." pic.twitter.com/evxddMsJNX
— Bobby LaValley (@Bobby_LaVallley) May 13, 2024
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Convicted perjurer Michael Cohen will take the witness stand on Monday in Alvin Bragg’s ‘hush payment’ lawfare trial against Trump in New York City.
Trump’s former lawyer-turned-rat Michael Cohen has been on TikTok nearly every day trashing Trump and selling t-shirts of Trump in jail.
Meanwhile, President Trump is gagged and cannot defend himself against Michael Cohen’s attacks.
Trump has a gag order on him but Alvin Bragg’s lead witness Michael cohen can go on TikTok and sell t shirts of Trump in jail
pic.twitter.com/uQRQ7numNK— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 10, 2024
Judge Juan Merchan last week warned Michael Cohen to stop talking about the Trump hush money case.
A 2018 letter from Michael Cohen’s lawyers admitting Trump knew nothing about the Stormy Daniels ‘hush money’ transaction re-emerged this year as the judge set the trial date.
Last year the Daily Mail obtained a 2018 letter from Michael Cohen’s lawyer stating Cohen used his own personal money to pay Porn Star Stormy Daniels in 2016.
The letter also states that the Trump Org nor the Trump campaign reimbursed Michael Cohen for the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels.
This directly contradicts Cohen’s testimony – not surprising given Michael Cohen is a convicted perjurer.
Trump has been accused of paying Daniels ‘hush payments’ through his then-attorney Michael Cohen in a scheme to silence her and stop the story about their alleged affair from being published in the National Enquirer.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged Trump with 34 felony counts related to the Stormy Daniels ‘hush payment’ transaction.
Michael Cohen’s former legal advisor Robert Costello last year appeared before the Manhattan grand jury to set the record straight.
Costello blasted Michael Cohen as a “convicted perjurer” in remarks to reporters in New York last March.
The prosecutors “cherry-picked” 6 emails out of more than 300 emails, Costello said.
Costello told reporters that Michael Cohen used the money “pursuant to a HELOC (Home Equity Line of Credit) loan” to pay Stormy.
“And why did you take the loan, Michael?” Costello said recalling a conversation he had with Cohen about the payment to Stormy Daniels.
“‘I wanted this secret. I didn’t even want my own wife to know. Much less Melania Trump,’” Costello said recalling Cohen’s remarks about using money from a HELOC to pay Stormy Daniels.
WATCH:
"Michael Cohen is far from solid evidence:" Cohen's former legal advisor Robert Costello attacked his ex-client's credibility as the "star witness" in the hush money case against former President Donald Trump. More: https://t.co/crLKBCYjsW pic.twitter.com/TYRpvSmR9W
— NewsNation (@NewsNation) March 20, 2023
A 2018 letter from Michael Cohen’s lawyer to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) blows another hole in Cohen’s testimony.
“In a private transaction in 2016, before the U.S. presidential election, Mr. Cohen used his own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to Ms. Stephanie Clifford,’ Cohen’s lawyer Stephen Ryan, who worked form McDermott Will & Emery wrote.
“Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford, and neither reimbursed Mr. Cohen for the payment directly or indirectly,” the lawyer wrote.
“Contrary to the allegations in the complaint, which are entirely speculative, neither Mr. Cohen nor Essential Consultants LLC made any in-kind contributions to Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., or any other presidential campaign committee.” he said.
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According to a newly unsealed defense motion related to search warrants against Walt Nauta, a lawyer with an attorney-client privilege relationship with President Trump proposed to act as an undercover informant in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case.
Recall that Walt Nauta, a former White House employee and Navy veteran who worked valet for Trump and served as a personal staffer at Mar-a-Lago was indicted along with Trump last year.
According to the motion filed earlier this month, a lawyer for Trump was enlisted to act as an undercover informant/source in Jack Smith’s classified documents case.
“The affiants hid information about [redacted] who were acting as political enemies of President Trump, including one attorney who had an attorney-client privilege relationship with President Trump and then proposed to act in an undercover parallel role to [redacted].
Well this seems important.
From defense motion related to numerous search warrants against Trump aide Walt Nauta.
I’ve long suspected at least one govt informant/source involved in this case. This suggests that hunch is true.
Not exactly sure what it means but we will find out pic.twitter.com/0Keo9yghUC
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) May 12, 2024
The defense motion argued that the affiants “used attorney-client violations as the basis for evidentiary allegations, but the SCO cannot use information it gathers improperly to justify a search warrant, or as evidence against a third party.”
Details like this won’t be covered by the corporate media as they continue to insist Judge Cannon is the bad guy here. Now you know why she wants to make this dirty case public. pic.twitter.com/BcacUcpIZx
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) May 12, 2024
Cannon last Tuesday afternoon indefinitely postponed Jack Smith’s classified documents trial against Trump after the Special Counsel admitted to tampering with evidence.
Judge Cannon set a second set of pre-trial deadlines to manage pending discovery and disclosure matters.
The Judge vacated the May 20, 2024 trial date. It may be several months until Judge Cannon sets a new trial date.
“The Court also determines that finalization of a trial date at this juncture—before resolution of the myriad and interconnected pre-trial and CIPA issues remaining and forthcoming—would be imprudent and inconsistent with the Court’s duty to fully and fairly consider the various pending pre-trial motions before the Court, critical CIPA issues, and additional pretrial and trial preparations necessary to present this case to a jury. The Court therefore vacates the current May 20, 2024, trial date (and associated calendar call), to be reset by separate order following resolution of the matters before the Court, consistent with Defendants’ right to due process and the public’s interest in the fair and efficient administration of justice,” Cannon wrote in an order reviewed by The Gateway Pundit.
Judge Cannon set hearings on key motions, including Walt Nauta’s motion to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution.
Additionally, a June 21 hearing was set on Trump’s motion to dismiss the indictment based on the unlawful appointment and funding of Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Stay tuned!
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In an unusual move, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced coffee prices will no longer be factored into the CPI inflation data.
This is another way for the US government to fudge the inflation numbers to help Joe Biden in the middle of a presidential election.
The overwhelming majority of Americans consume coffee every day. According to Drive Research, 73% of Americans drink coffee every day.
This week’s April CPI inflation report will NOT include coffee price inflation.
Coffee prices are exploding which explains why the Biden Regime doesn’t want it factored into the inflation data in the middle of a presidential election.
Inflation is on the rise again this year thanks to Joe Biden’s tax-and-spend policies.
Consumer prices rose 0.4% in February – less energy and food prices. Grocery prices are up 30+%. Gas prices are soaring.
“Since September 2023, coffee prices are up a MASSIVE 78%.” the Kobeissi Letter, a blog on capital markets said.
This is unusual:
The US BLS has announced that coffee prices will no longer be factored into CPI inflation data.
In fact, the April 2024 CPI inflation report this week will be the first to NOT include coffee price inflation.
Well, the obvious next step is to see what happened… pic.twitter.com/ibkc3HmISS
— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 12, 2024
Joe Biden knows persistent inflation is destroying his presidency and ruining his chances of reelection.
He’s so desperate to distract from the inflation that he lied to CNN’s Erin Burnett during a dumpster fire interview last week.
Biden falsely claimed inflation was 9% when he came into office.
Inflation was 1.4% when Biden took office in January 2021.
Joe Biden blamed people’s financial struggles on “corporate greed.”
VIDEO:
CNN: "Grocery prices are up 30%+ … that's a real day-to-day pain that people feel…"
BIDEN: "They have the money to spend!"
Then he repeats the debunked lie about Snickers bars and "corporate greed." pic.twitter.com/3qJDyK1bvy
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 8, 2024
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President Trump on Saturday held a MASSIVE rally in Wildwood, New Jersey.
A crowd of estimated 80,000 to 100,000 people showed up to support Trump – in deep blue New Jersey!
Biden could NEVER draw a crowd like this!
CROOKED JOE BIDEN COULD NEVER: Part ∞ pic.twitter.com/kDxeQWSj6c
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 12, 2024
Look at that enthusiastic crowd!
WATCH:
MAKE NEW JERSEY GREAT AGAIN! pic.twitter.com/hQ9F8k8qqE
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 11, 2024
President Trump blasted the Soviet-style Democrat lawfare trials and whipped the crowd up into a frenzy.
“I’ve been indicted more than the great Alphonse Capone!” Trump said referring to notorious mobster Al Capone, AKA, “Scarface,” who was indicted on tax evasion charges during the prohibition era.
“And I got indicted more than him. On bullsh*t, too!” Trump said.
The Jersey crowd erupted: “Bullsh*t! Bullsh*t! Bullsh*t!”
WATCH:
Trump says he’s been indicted on “bullshit”, even more than Al Capone, the notorious American gangster who terrorized Chicago during the Prohibition era. WATCH pic.twitter.com/tzfQdqLwmN
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) May 11, 2024
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Here we go.
According to ProPublica and the New York Times, President Trump could owe more than $100 million in taxes for writing off a massive financial loss on his Chicago tower twice – once in 2008 and again in 2010
“The first write-off came on Trump’s tax return for 2008. With sales lagging far behind projections, he claimed that his investment in the condo-hotel tower met the tax code definition of “worthless,” because his debt on the project meant he would never see a profit. That move resulted in Trump reporting losses as high as $651 million for the year, ProPublica and the Times found.” ProPublica reported.
Of course, the IRS settled this inquiry years ago but brought it back after Trump ran for the White House.
“There is no indication the IRS challenged that initial claim, though that lack of scrutiny surprised tax experts consulted for this article. But in 2010, Trump and his tax advisers sought to extract further benefits from the Chicago project, executing a maneuver that would draw years of inquiry from the IRS. First, he shifted the company that owned the tower into a new partnership. Because he controlled both companies, it was like moving coins from one pocket to another. Then he used the shift as justification to declare $168 million in additional losses over the next decade.” according to ProPublica.
The outlets reported that Trump could owe more than $100 million in taxes.
“This matter was settled years ago, only to be brought back to life once my father ran for office. We are confident in our position, which is supported by opinion letters from various tax experts, including the former general counsel of the IRS,” Trump’s son Eric Trump, told The Times and ProPublica in a statement.
The Democrat-Deep State-media complex has harassed President Trump over his tax returns for years.
The Democrats previously sought 10 years of Trump’s tax returns in search of a crime.
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According to Politico, the grand jury that indicted Trump 2020 alternate electors, Trump attorneys and GOP activists were “unusually aggressive” and stacked with Trump-hating leftists.
Politico spoke with a witness who received an immunity agreement. The witness told Politico that not only did grand jurors aggressively grill them for hours, they indicted two of Trump’s lawyers who weren’t even a target of the investigation!
One grand juror was described as the leader of the “indict them all crowd ” – a rabid leftist who wanted all of Trump’s allies charged with crimes just because.
Two of Trump’s lawyers, Jenna Ellis and Christina Bobb were witnesses and specifically told they were not being investigated. In fact, Ellis and Bobb both received letters from prosecutors stating they were not under investigation and two months later they were indicted by the “indict them all” grand jury.
“In my over 20 years practicing criminal law, I’ve never encountered someone who was a witness being indicted less than two months later, who was told in writing that they’re a witness and not under investigation,” former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti told Politico.
Politico reported:
One of the witnesses who spoke to POLITICO underscored the divergence between the grand jurors and prosecutors. The witness, who received an immunity agreement over the winter, was told to expect roughly an hour of questioning on some boilerplate details of the probe.
Instead, grand jurors grilled the witness for three hours, sometimes in pointed and accusatory ways — “a level of aggression that caught me off guard.” The witness recalled a juror who “seemed to be the leader of the ‘indict them all crowd’ and asked ‘pointed but specific questions.’” Another grand juror asked “more high-level questions” like, “How could you even talk to these people? What were you thinking?” with long “preambles” that made his views of the case known, the witness said.
Another smaller faction of grand jurors consistently reframed the questions of the more aggressive jurors and seemed to be more skeptical of the angle they were taking, the witness recalled, noting that this group was visibly “rolling their eyes, heavy sighing, shifting uncomfortably.”
Last month Trump 2020 alternate electors, GOP state legislators, former Arizona GOP chairwoman Kelli Ward and others were indicted by a state grand jury in Arizona on Wednesday.
A total of 18 people involved in the Arizona alternate electors plan were indicted by the Arizona grand jury last month.
Arizona’s Democrat Attorney General Kris Mayes announced last month. She defended her witch hunt and the curious timing of the indictment – just months before the 2024 general election. Make no mistake, the charges are a warning shot to anyone who may want to challenge the 2024 election.
“We conducted a thorough and professional investigation over the past 13 months into the fake electors scheme in our state,” Arizona’s Democrat Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a video announcing the charges. “I understand for some of you today didn’t come fast enough. And I know I’ll be criticized by others for conducting this investigation at all. But as I’ve stated before, and we’ll say here again, today, I will not allow American democracy to be undermined.”
Kris Mayes admitted last year she was investigating Trump’s 2020 alternate electors from Arizona.
In a dirty move, Mayes’ office knew the alternate electors were going to invoke their Fifth Amendment rights but she made them appear before a grand jury anyway. This is a highly unusual and risky move.
The Fifth Amendment allows a person to exercise their right to remain silent to protect against self-incrimination.
Democrat prosecutors requiring the Pro-Trump alternate electors to plead the Fifth before a grand jury could unnecessarily prejudice the grand jurors.
Although the Fifth Amendment is not an admission of guilt, grand jurors may assume the pro-Trump alternate electors are guilty.
The state grand jury indicted 11 Trump alternate electors, state legislators, GOP activists and others.
President Trump was named “Unindicted Coconspirator-1” in the indictment because he made a phone call about the ballot counting to former governor Doug Ducey.
From @politico: ‘Inside the unusually aggressive Arizona grand jury that indicted Trump’s allies.’ It appears the grand jury included an unusual number of MSNBC viewers. https://t.co/EUaSuSRq4h pic.twitter.com/VUW6PURDIm
— Byron York (@ByronYork) May 11, 2024
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Jeff Fortenberry
Biden Regime hit man DC US Attorney Matthew Graves indicted former GOP Congressman Jeff Fortenberry after a previous conviction related to a campaign finance investigation was overturned on jurisdiction.
As previously reported, last December, an appeals court wiped out a conviction of a former Congressman after defense lawyers argued the FBI “set up” the lawmaker.
In 2022, Nebraska GOP Congressman Jeff Fortenberry resigned from Congress after being convicted of lying to the FBI.
“Due to the difficulties of my current circumstances, I can no longer serve you effectively,” Fortenberry said in a statement.
Kevin McCarthy joined then-Speaker Pelosi and called for Fortenberry to step down.
“I think when someone’s convicted, it’s time to resign,” McCarthy told reporters in 2022, according to Politico.
“Congressman Fortenberry’s conviction represents a breach of the public trust and confidence in his ability to serve. No one is above the law,” Pelosi, a lifelong crook who mysteriously made hundreds of millions of dollars as a member of Congress said in 2022.
Fortenberry was convicted on three felony counts – one count of falsifying and concealing material facts and two counts of making false statements (each count carries five years) by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles.
Fortenberry’s lawyers argued at trial that the FBI lured the Congressman into giving two interviews – then indicted him after he couldn’t remember all the details about a conversation he had with an FBI informant about the illicit campaign donation.
“Defense lawyers said the FBI “set up” Fortenberry after a national investigation fizzled into foreign money funneled to members of Congress. They said Fortenberry’s flaw was voluntarily meeting with agents and prosecutors to help their probe and having a faulty memory.” – AP reported.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in December wiped out Fortenberry’s conviction after his defense lawyers argued the FBI set him up.
The appeals court said the FBI interviews took place in Nebraska at Fortenberry’s home and in DC. Meanwhile, a Los Angeles jury convicted Fortenberry of the alleged crimes that took place in another state.
“Fortenberry’s trial took place in a state where no charged crime was committed, and before a jury drawn from the vicinage of the federal agencies that investigated the defendant,” US District Judge James Donato wrote in the opinion.
“The Constitution does not permit this. Fortenberry’s convictions are reversed so that he may be retried, if at all, in a proper venue,” the opinion read.
“We are gratified by the Ninth Circuit’s decision. Celeste and I would like to thank everyone who has stood by us and supported us with their kindness and friendship,” Fortenberry said in a statement.
Now this…
Biden Regime hatchet man DC US Attorney Matthew Graves indicted Jeff Fortenberry on the same charges on Thursday.
Fortenberry resigned from Congress and performed his probation sentence, but that wasn’t enough. The Biden Regime keeps going after him.
“Federal prosecutors have charged former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry in Washington for allegedly lying to investigators in connection with a campaign finance probe of a foreign billionaire’s political contributions.” Politico reported.
Fortenberry’s spokesperson Chad Kolton released a statement.
“The Biden/Garland Justice Department seems intent on dragging Jeff Fortenberry around the country to face one trial after another until it can secure a conviction that actually holds up. This case never should have been brought in the first place, and it shouldn’t have been pursued again after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled so decisively in Fortenberry’s favor.,” Chad Kolten said.
“This case has defined overzealous prosecution from the earliest days of the investigation, and retrying it in D.C. just highlights the prosecutors’ vindictive obsession with destroying a good man’s life,” he said.
“Federal prosecutors should have better things to do than force a distinguished former public servant to incur massive additional legal costs despite already having resigned his office and performed his sentence from a conviction that was ultimately overturned.,” he said.
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Democrat Rep. Collin Allred (TX) handed out cards with instructions to help illegal aliens evade law enforcement and deportation.
Allred is currently running for US Senate in Texas against Republican Ted Cruz.
According to Fox News, Allred handed out “Know Your Rights Cards” during one of his campaign stops in Dallas earlier this month.
Fox News reported:
Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, the Democratic nominee in the Texas Senate race, is handing out cards with instructions to help illegal immigrants evade law enforcement and potential deportation.
Allred handed out the “Know Your Rights Cards” during a recent campaign event with the Dallas County Democrat Party in early May, while running for the seat currently held by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
The red cards, viewed by Fox News Digital, explain how someone in the U.S. illegally can avoid immigration agents that are asking them questions or showing up at their door.
When asked about the distribution of such cards, Allred did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
More than 10 million illegal aliens – mainly military-age males – have crossed the border since Joe Biden took office in January 2021.
The illegals will be a huge voting bloc for Democrats and they will be given representation in Congress.
House Democrats on Wednesday night voted unanimously to give illegal aliens – including Joe Biden’s 11 million illegal border crossers – representation in Congress and the Electoral College.
Democrats continue to put Americans and American workers in line behind alien invaders.
The House vote was 206 to 202 with 22 representatives 11 Democrats and 11 Republicans abstaining from the vote.
ALERT: House Dems just voted UNANIMOUSLY to give illegals representation in Congress AND the Electoral College. House Seats and Electoral College votes WILL BE added to areas with the most illegals (including all Biden illegals) unless Senate passes the bill. Invasion by design. pic.twitter.com/nVjhmsNh34
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) May 9, 2024
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Longtime KTLA Entertainment reporter Sam Rubin died suddenly on Friday at the age of 64.
According to TMZ, Sam Rubin had a heart attack on Friday just one day after he was on air Thursday morning.
Sam Rubin’s co-workers are shocked over the longtime anchor’s sudden death because he showed no signs of illness on Thursday when he was on the air.
Rubin has been with KTLA 5 since 1991.
“KTLA 5 is profoundly saddened to report the death of Sam Rubin. Sam was a giant in the local news industry and the entertainment world, and a fixture of Los Angeles morning television for decades. His laugh, charm and caring personality touched all who knew him. Sam was a loving husband and father: the roles he cherished the most. Our thoughts are with Sam’s family during this difficult time.” KTLA said in a statement on X.
KTLA 5 is profoundly saddened to report the death of Sam Rubin. Sam was a giant in the local news industry and the entertainment world, and a fixture of Los Angeles morning television for decades. His laugh, charm and caring personality touched all who knew him. Sam was a loving… pic.twitter.com/eG0tQswBSH
— KTLA (@KTLA) May 10, 2024
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Sam Rubin, one of the most respected and connected entertainment anchors in the nation, died suddenly on Friday at age 64.
The circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately released. Rubin was on the air a day earlier and showed no outward signs of illness, co-workers said.
Rubin joined KTLA 5 Morning News in Los Angeles in 1991, instantly making an impact with his encyclopedic knowledge of film and television and infectious charm. His news reports, interviews and feature segments were central to the morning broadcast and a hallmark of KTLA’s brand.
“The Sam that you saw on the air is the Sam that was off the air,” Rubin’s longtime colleague and friend Frank Buckley said in announcing his passing on live television. “Our hearts are broken. To all of us he shared his mornings with on television, and to those he worked with behind the scenes … we will not forget him. Quite simply, Sam was KTLA.”
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