Aneeta Mathur-Ashton
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Covering Congress + politics for @usnews , @AU_SOC alum, proud New Yorker & Marylander. 📧 amathur-ashton @usnews .com.
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Came home to perhaps the coolest package ever from
@washingtonpost
. I am endlessly grateful to have been a part of the team that worked on the Jan 6 project and will always be grateful for this massive life moment.
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The DOJ filed several appeals Wed night challenging the length of the prison sentences for eight Oath Keepers, including founder Stewart Rhodes.
The appeals signal the DOJ is not satisfied with the sentences given by Judge Mehta.
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DOD announces additional aid package for Ukraine valued up to $200M.
The new package will include additional air defense capabilities, anti-tank weapons, and other equipment.
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BREAKING: DJT captured on tape pressuring a Detroit county's canvassers not to certify MI's 2020 election results.
Also present on the call was RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.
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Breaking: SCOTUS rules 5-4 to allow BP agents to remove concertina wire installed by TX at the southern border.
The court also vacated the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling from last month.
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GOP-touted witness in Hunter Biden laptop probe charged by DOJ For acting as unregistered foreign agent.
Gal Luft, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, is also charged w/ arms trafficking & violating anti-Iran sanctions.
W/
@KlasfeldReports
+
@stephen_neukam
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Fulton County DA has subpoenaed Trump DOJ official Jody Hunt in Jeffrey Clark’s hearing seeking a transfer of his case to federal court.
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@TheMessenger
w/
@KlasfeldReports
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Georgia’s Supreme Court Monday unanimously rejected DJT’s request to disqualify Fulton County DA Fani Willis and to quash a grand jury report.
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Well I just got laid off from
@TheMessenger
unfortunately. But the good news is that I am for now hire!
Please send any openings - I have nearly six years of experience and would love to continue politics and elections! My DM's are open!
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An order filed Monday revealed Steve Bannon’s appeal will go before a federal appeals court panel on October 12 in D.C.
He received a four-month sentence stemming from his contempt of Congress charge from the Jan. 6 committee.
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Lawyers for SC Jack Smith's team and DJT's inner circle were literally racing between courtrooms on Thursday.
(Why some good running shoes might be useful as DJT's legal troubles keep mounting)
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Amid the ongoing legal debate,
@TheMessenger
surveyed all secretaries of state on whether they can boot DJT from the ballot under the 14th Amendment.
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@TheMessenger
w/
@BySteveReilly
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@KlasfeldReports
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‘Florida’s Got 99 Problems And Ron DeSantis Is Responsible for Every Single One,' says a new joint statement from Florida and Iowa Democratic Party chairs
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@TheMessenger
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✨Slight change of plans - I’m joining
@usnews
as their Congress reporter! Grateful to continue covering my favorite beat. Please add me to your press lists, send scoops, etc! ✨
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Four indictments, hundreds of players, and one major election: Here’s a comprehensive guide featuring 272 names central to DJT’s ever-growing legal problems.
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@themessenger
w/
@dsamuelsohn
+
@annadeen2
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BREAKING
@TheMessenger
: A flood in a room where surveillance footage was kept at Mar-a-Lago is raising red flags for prosecutors in DJT’s classified documents case.
The unreported flood is the latest in a string of events concerning federal prosecutors.
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After Sen. McConnell's latest health scare, I spoke to three neurologists who all told me it is indicative of a serious health issue.
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@TheMessenger
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Never did I think I’d see my own reporting being used during a congressional hearing but here we are!!
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Despite only a three-year age gap between Biden and Trump, recent polls show voters don’t treat the slim difference the same. Despite news of Biden using a CPAP renewing concerns over his age and health, data actually shows he will likely outlive Trump.
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The 2nd Circuit appeals court has denied DJT's request to delay his upcoming defamation trial involving E. Jean Carroll.
The three-judge panel rejected his claim of immunity.
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The investigation into 1/6, the FBI’s largest FBI investigation, is still ongoing nearly three years later.
I spoke to two sedition hunters who have been helping the agency:
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The Biden Administration and DoD announce a new $100M military package for Ukraine.
The new package includes additional air defense capabilities, artillery ammunition, and more.
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@TheMessenger
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Trump has been bootef from Maine’s GOP primary ballot in a scathing 34-page ruling from SoS Shenna Bellows.
Bellows wrote that the 1/6 insurrection “occurred at the behest of, and with the knowledge and support of the outgoing President."
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Just another ✨personal news✨ tweet… I’ll be heading over to
@msnbc
full-time to produce prime time for
@ChrisJansing
. It’s been a wonderful 5+ years in print but I’m excited to make the move into broadcast!
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BREAKING: A Colorado man linked to the Three Percenters who was one of the first rioters to breach the Capitol through a broken window has been sentenced to 4 years in prison.
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@TheMessenger
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Slowly inching towards becoming my mother completely (and yes I am aware my new glasses take up half my face…)
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Finally received one of the most expensive pieces of paper I’ll ever own courtesy of
@merrillcollege
. Always proud to be
#merrillmade
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SC Jack Smith made his first remarks since DJT’s third indictment, calling ⅙ an “unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy.” He also noted his office’s work is NOT done:
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@TheMessenger
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A Mar-a-Lago maintenance worker, Carlos De Oliveira, is now the third person to be charged in SC Jack Smith's classified documents probe.
w/
@dsamuelsohn
and
@BySteveReilly
for
@TheMessenger
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Canada has expelled a top Indian diplomat and the head of Indian intelligence amid credible allegations the Indian government is linked to the death of a Sikh leader
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@TheMessenger
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DJT took another swipe at Judge Chutkan on Truth Social, alleging a "classic conflict of interest" with the ongoing Hunter Biden case:
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@TheMessenger
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EXCLUSIVE
@TheMessenger
: Scammers created fake identities w/ pictures of doll faces to rip off the largest U.S. COVID relief program, per images of the phony accounts given to government investigators & later obtained by us.
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Proud Boy Ethan Nordean, also known as Rufio Panman, was sentenced today to 18 years in his seditious conspiracy case.
Nordean was found guilty, alongside three others from the group, in May.
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@TheMessenger
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Today I graduate with honors from
@merrillcollege
with a BA in multi-platform journalism. I will forever be indebted to this school and all it gave to me. I’m proud to say I’m the second
#merrillmade
in my family and the fifth
#Terp
. Raise high the black and gold
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I am BEYOND excited to announce I’ve been selected to join
@AU_SOC
’s
@washingtonpost
practicum this fall. I’m so excited to learn the in’s and out’s of investigative journalism from one of the best newspapers in the industry.
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Sens. Collins, Cassidy, Murkowski, Romney, Sasse, Toomey all vote in line with Democrats on the constitutionality question
#ImpeachmentTrial
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BREAKING
@TheMessenger
: DJT has revealed on Truth Social he has been INDICTED in the classified documents probe.
He says he has been summoned to court next week in Miami.
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Five officers involved in the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols have been indicted by a federal grand jury.
Officials from DOJ + FBI are expected to hold a press conference later today to announce the charges in depth.
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BREAKING: Court files reveal SC Jack Smith has charged a third defendant, Carlos De Oliveira, in the classified documents case.
NYT has identified him as the worker who drained the pool and flooded the room where surveillance footage is kept in Oct.
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In a new filing Tuesday, DOJ lawyers argue DJT's ‘daily’ social media posts regarding federal 1/6 case "threaten to prejudice the jury pool"
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@TheMessenger
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Ray Epps' lawyer in Fox News defamation suit takes aim at the network, saying it should "take a lesson from Ray and accept responsibility for its conduct."
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@TheMessenger
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A 1/6 rioter who assaulted USCP officers with a wooden pallet has been arrested in Louisiana.
Ronald Alfred Bryan: “I stole a baton. I stole a shield. [I] knocked two of them to the ground, took six of them to get me off of them.” For
@TheMessenger
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During a contentious back and forth with a voter in NH, Nikki Haley declines to say whether slavery was the cause of the Civil War.
"What do you want me to say about slavery? Next question."
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@TheMessenger
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A quick run-down of all of DJT's indictments and known open criminal cases.
For
@TheMessenger
w/
@dsamuelsohn
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What began in 2021 with secret subpoenas quickly spiraled into search warrants, the discovery of top-secret documents, and efforts to hide them.
I went back through the years to unpack how we got to the 37-count indictment for
@TheMessenger
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Time for some ✨personal✨ news
I'm joining
@themessenger
as a breaking news reporter out of its new D.C. office.
Please add me your press lists and don’t forget to subscribe when we launch *very soon*
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Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has entered hospice care at home.
She now joins her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, who entered hospice as well earlier this year.
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Meet the GA judge presiding over DJT's Fulton County Case: Scott McAfee.
McAfee, a former state and federal prosecutor, was tapped by GA Gov. Brian Kemp in 2022 and has been serving on the bench for six months.
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@TheMessenger
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The GA indictment is sweeping in its 98 pages - listing 13 counts against DJT as well as naming 18 other co-conspirators from his inner circle.
Here's a look at some of them:
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@TheMessenger
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@KlasfeldReports
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.
@CongresswomanSC
is now the latest in a growing number of reps to sign a bipartisan letter urging the State Dept. to evacuate Americans stuck in Israel.
Since the letter was sent, the number of signees has jumped to more than 140.
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Officially the *most* expensive piece of paper I own. Also the one I’m most proud of. Love
@AU_SOC
always!
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Confirming CNN's report that Trump hired an Atlanta-based bond company to pay for his bond.
The company told
@TheMessenger
it will be posting his bond tonight.
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FL Gov Ron DeSantis' camp is now claiming the media's early call for the Iowa Caucus is "election interference"
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A federal judge has ordered an evidentiary hearing for former CoS Mark Meadows' bid to move his GA case to a federal court.
The hearing will now fall on the same day/time as the next hearing in SC Smith’s case
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@TheMessenger
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I’m excited to announce that on top of being selected to join the
@washingtonpost
practicum at
@AU_SOC
, I’ve been selected as the year-long fellow with
@irworkshop
. I’m unbelievably excited to get to work and start my master’s next month!
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BREAKING: An Illinois Proud Boy who assaulted two police officers with a wooden flag on Jan. 6 was sentenced to 37 months in a minimum security prison.
For
@TheMessenger
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I am unbelivably humbled and at a loss for words to be included in this award and to have thing project recognized in such a fantastic way. It is the privilege of a lifetime to have been able to work on this and the accompanying pieces!
Big congrats to
#AUSOC
students
@McKenzieBBeard
@h_macneil
@MathurAshton
@vanessamontzz
@carley_welch_
Caroline Cliona Boyle, Nick Trombola and Megan Ruggles who contributed to this story as part of the
@washingtonpost
practicum run by
@JohnSullivanAU
!
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A federal judge has threatened Giuliani with contempt of court and more “severe sanctions” in GA election worker’s defamation suit.
He was ordered last month to pay an estimated $90,000 in attorney fees to the two women suing him.
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NEW: .
@washingtonpost
has been tracking every single federal case filed against Jan. 6 rioters. Of 701 federal defendants, 74 have been sentenced, nearly all for misdemeanors. Ive spent the last 3+ months working on the tracker: ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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NEW
@TheMessenger
: Mark Meadows, the last COS for DJT, has testified before a grand jury in special counsel investigation.
Meadows, who has kept a low-profile for months, is considered a key witness in the investigations.
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Scoop: A Japanese company with ties to the Chinese government may have profited from a PPP scheme created by a fintech.
Documents examined by
@TheMessenger
show the alleged fraud went beyond the $5M the fintech took for itself.
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Super excited to share I'm stepping into a new role as a freelancer with
@YahooNews
. I'll be working alongside
@Isikoff
to complete long and short-form investigative pieces on domestic policy!
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Fulton County DA is arguing the GA fake electors aren't entitled to move their case to federal court as they weren't federal officials at the time of their conduct.
“Their fiction is not entitled to recognition by this court.”
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@TheMessenger
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“American University really is real. I promise it’s not made up despite the name…”
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BREAKING
@TheMessenger
: DOJ has informed DJT's legal team he is the focus of classfied documents probe.
The notification signals an indictment could be imminent.
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I feel so lucky to be given such an amazing opportunity with
@irworkshop
. This is a testament of the support I’ve received over the years from my parents,
@palbergo
,
@lynneperri
,
@merrillcollege
, and
@AU_SOC
. I’m very lucky to be able to do what I love!
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Ahead of Wednesday's oral arguments before Colorado's state Supreme Court,
@CREWcrew
has filed four amicus briefs in support for its appeal.
The group is challenging DJT's 2024 eligibility using Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
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The judge in Hunter Biden's case is now ordering all future issues and inquiries be brought to her and not the Clerk’s office.
Judge Noreika also ordered anything brought up must be submitted in writing and put on the docket:
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@TheMessenger
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A FL Proud Boy who threw rocks at the Capitol doors on 1/6 was sentenced to five years.
Anthony Sargent pleaded guilty in July to a felony charge and six misdemeanor charges.
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@TheMessenger
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Fulton County DA is calling DJT's latest allegations against her ‘derogatory and false.’
She is now directing her staff not to comment or respond.
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@TheMessenger
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NEW for
@TheMessenger
: Group of Senate Dems send letter to
@POTUS
urging him to ready 14th amendment as debt ceiling fight continues
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Exclusive: The DNC slammed DJT for plans to bring back and expand the ‘Muslim Ban’ in his second term on the seven-year anniversary.
For
@TheMessenger
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Rudy Giuliani's lawyer Bob Costello sued him Monday night for unpaid legal fees totaling $1.36 million.
While the legal services given to him total $1,574,196.10, Giuliani has only paid $214,000.
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@TheMessenger
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DJT allowed to travel across country for '24 campaign without needing court's ok, judge rules.
He is NOT permitted to discuss the case with former aide who is also charged.
w/
@MarcACaputo
@TheMessenger
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DJT is now facing his third criminal indictment stemming from the 2020 election and Jan. 6.
I went back through the last three years to understand how we got here:
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@TheMessenger
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Fulton DA Fani Willis accuses Jim Jordan of seeking to "obstruct a Georgia criminal proceeding and to advance outrageous misrepresentations" in a new letter.
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@TheMessenger
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Just minutes after everyone was back in the New York City courtroom, DJT went after presiding Judge Kaplan in a Truth Social.
It was sent shortly after he was almost kicked out for his disruptive behavior.
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@TheMessenger
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Mark Meadows, the last COS for DJT, has filed to move the Fulton Co election case from state to federal court in GA.
The filing comes less than 24 hours after he and 18 others were indicted in the probe.
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@TheMessenger
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Trump ally + ex NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik has met w/ special counsel investigators. The meeting comes shortly after he cut a deal to hand over documents related to 2020 election fraud instances.
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@TheMessenger
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The bid to televise DJT's federal trials hit another roadblock after a federal judicial panel denied a bid to do so.
This comes a week after the DOJ rejected a similar bid from media outlets.
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@TheMessenger
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In a hearing Thursday, the SBA's IG confirmed it is indeed investigating five fintechs over their role in the COVID relief program fraud.
The IG also confirmed some members of the firms have been arrested
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@TheMessenger
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A new DOJ expenditure report released today shows SC Robert Hur tops $1.2M so far in probe of POTUS' handling of classified docs. The report only details the first 11 months he was on the job.
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@TheMessenger
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While the historic hearing in CO over DJT's 2024 eligibility will end today, challenges against him are far from over.
I spoke with legal experts and Minnesota's SoS to understand the challenges and Colorado's path to SCOTUS.
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In light of Sen. Menendez's second indictment, here is a brief overview of nine major bribery scandals in U.S. political history.
(Hint: They involve gold bars, corruption and cash in a freezer)
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My latest for
@CNSmd
focuses on the Biden Administration's efforts to reform the immigration system. I got to sit down with
@LULAC
's
@Domingotexas
to talk about the proposed immigration bill and the task force aimed at reunifying families at the border.
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FL Gov. DeSantis backs Central FL prosecutors who are seeking the death penalty for a man indicted for the sexual battery of a child.
The case is likely to set off a constitutional challenge as SCOTUS precedent doesn't allow capital punishment for rape
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Developing story: Biden tells donors in D.C. that Israeli PM must change his hardline gov as support wanes.
Biden: Netanyahu cannot say “no” to a Palestinian state in the future.
For
@TheMessenger
w/
@ngaudiano
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CO's SoS has asked SCOTUS in a new brief to settle the issue of DJT's 2024 eligibility “as expeditiously as possible in light of the upcoming election calendar.”
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@TheMessenger
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To celebrate Father’s Day, I made my former editor father edit a story. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads never truly off duty ❤️
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