Alex Jones abandons Trump for Ron DeSantis: ‘We have someone way better’ ‘I can look into his eyes on HD video, and I see the real sincerity,’ Jones says of DeSantis The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2022
Media to ask judge to release Trump search warrant affidavit Attorneys for the nation’s largest media companies will try to persuade a federal magistrate judge to make public the affidavit supporting the warrant that allowed FBI agents to search former President Donald Trump’ Florida estate The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2022
Trump news – live: Poll says majority of Americans back Mar-a-Lago raid as Pence rebukes GOP for FBI attacks Former lawyer also speculated Jared Kushner may have tipped off FBI about stashed papers The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2022
The far-right disinformation pipeline that now spans the globe goes straight from Trumpland to Australia The anti-vaxxers obstructing hospital entries in Melbourne are consuming the same misinformation and subsuming the same moral values as the Americans The Guardian - AU · Aug 17, 2022
FBI rescues more than 200 sex trafficking victims, including 84 children ‘As we did in this operation, the FBI and our partners will continue to find and arrest traffickers, identify and help victims, and raise awareness of the exploitation [of] our most vulnerable populations’ The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022
The Loop: Red warnings as severe rain hits New Zealand, Lebron James resigns with Lakers, and Liz Cheney 'thinking' about White House run — as it happened The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen. ABC News · Aug 17, 2022
Mike Pence condemns Republicans’ attacks on FBI over Trump search Search of Mar-a-Lago came as part of an investigation into Trump’s handling of classified material during his presidency The Guardian - US · Aug 17, 2022
Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen says he kept classified documents as ‘get out of jail free card’ Former Trump lawyer and convicted felon also suggested Jared Kushner may be the person who tipped off FBI to documents’ location The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022
Pence tells GOP to stop lashing out at FBI over Trump search Former Vice President Mike Pence is urging fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at the FBI over the search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last week The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022
Key insider: 2 men were 'very eager' to kidnap Gov. Whitmer A man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor says two other men were “very eager” to move forward with the plan in 2020 The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022
Alec Baldwin says ‘everybody knows exactly who’s to blame’ for Halyna Hutchins’ death The FBI concluded the cinematographer was killed accidentally Evening Standard · Aug 17, 2022
Trump's law: End presidential privilege Americans wanted to get over Watergate by letting Richard Nixon slink away quietly. Trump will do no such thing Salon · Aug 17, 2022
Cheney defeated in Wyoming primary, looks forward Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney will be looking for her next act in public life after being rejected by the Cowboy State’s Republican voters Tuesday. Tribune News Service · Aug 17, 2022
What We Know About the FBI's Latest National 'Human Trafficking' Sting Plus: Book ban enthusiasm ensnares Bible, free speech for nutrition advice, and more... Reason · Aug 17, 2022
Salon · Aug 17, 2022 Top attorneys refuse to represent Trump Another Trump lawyer is a former OAN anchor who pushed election conspiracy theories that got the network sued
The New Daily · Aug 17, 2022 Cinematographer’s tragic death on film set ruled ‘accident’, but Alec Baldwin’s problems not over Eleven months after Halyna Hutchins was killed after a shooting incident involving Alec Baldwin, new reports have emerged as Baldwin faces a civil suit
WEKU · Aug 17, 2022 Judge rejects plea deal in submarine secrets case, saying sentences were too light A Maryland couple had been charged in an alleged plot to sell secrets about U.S. nuclear-powered warships by hiding information in objects such as a chewing gum wrapper and a peanut butter sandwich.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Aug 17, 2022 Editorial: Republicans can side with law and order or with Trump's lawless base. Not both Having spent the past week inflaming the base over the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, Republican leaders are getting exactly what they invited: threats against law enforcement and at least one actual attack that resulted in the attacker’s death. The lesson of Jan. 6, 2021 — that some of former President…
Tribune News Service · Aug 17, 2022 Editorial: After Mar-a-Lago, GOP must stop attacks on federal law enforcement In the days after the FBI served a warrant to search former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, the language of protest crossed into conspiracy theories, as well as veiled and direct threats against federal law enforcement officials.
The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022 Trump news – live: Poll says majority of Americans back Mar-a-Lago raid as Pence rebukes GOP for FBI attacks Former lawyer also speculated Jared Kushner may have tipped off FBI about stashed papers
The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2022 Rather than sink Donald Trump, the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago raid could save him Being investigated under the Espionage Act would end most people’s political aspirations. For the martyr-in-chief, this could be just the boost he needs, writes the Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi
Reason · Aug 17, 2022 Trump's Defense Suggests His Treatment of Classified Material Was Remarkably Cavalier Whatever threat it may have posed, the trove of government documents seized by the FBI does not reflect well on the former president's judgment.
France 24 · Aug 17, 2022 Trump critic Liz Cheney loses Wyoming Republican primary Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican adversary in Congress, was defeated in a GOP primary Tuesday, falling to a rival backed by the former president in a contest that reinforced his grip on the party’s base.
Tribune News Service · Aug 17, 2022 Feds investigating Black Hammer Party in wide-ranging criminal probe ATLANTA — The Black Hammer Party, an Atlanta-based extremist group that preaches violent revolution against the United States government, is the target of a joint investigation by the FBI and the Fayetteville Police Department on a charges ranging from weapons offenses and narcotics to kidnapping and human trafficking.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Aug 16, 2022 A QAnon follower who showed up to Philly’s 2020 vote count in a Hummer filled with guns is now facing Capitol riot charges PHILADELPHIA — One of two Virginia men awaiting trial in Philadelphia for driving a Hummer filled with weapons to the Pennsylvania Convention Center during the counting of the 2020 election vote has been arrested again — this time for taking part in the Capitol riot.