End of day summary
It was a lively day in Washington with developments on several fronts this afternoon.
Former Vice-president, Mike Pence, will not fight a judge’s order compelling him to appear before a special grand jury hearing testimony in the justice department’s investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
King Charles invited Biden to the United Kingdom for an official state visit and the US president accepted, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. She offered no timeline for when the visit would take place.
Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed the repeal of a dormant 1931 law that the banned abortion and criminalized providers who performed them.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen in California today, becoming the most senior US figure to meet a Taiwanese leader on US soil since 1979, despite threats of retaliation from China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own.
The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has weighed in to say he does not agree with the criminal charges brought against former president Donald Trump in the US, calling the case political, Reuters reports.
Reflecting on his day in court, Trump said he sees a silver lining.
“As much as I can enjoy a day like Tuesday,” the former president wrote, denouncing liberals as “Radical Left Lunatics” and insisting there was “no crime” committed, “it was an unbelievable experience, perhaps the Best Day in History for somebody who had just suffered Unjustifiable Indictment!”
In a burst of posts on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump shared polling, promoted by conservative outlets, that showed him stretching his lead over the nominal Republican presidential field.
While Trump’s arraignment have appeared to rally Republican voters to his side, polling also shows that a majority of Americans agree with indictment, suggesting his legal woes could hinder him with the broader electorate.
He added: “My Poll Numbers have never been better, almost $10 Million was raised for the Campaign and, the day was capped off with a very important Speech. If we don’t stop the Radical Left, America is DEAD!”
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