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Former President Trump reiterated his support for Mike Johnson as the House
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is "part of the conspiracy" to "take down" former President Donald Trump, according to Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Trump.While interviewing Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Wednesday on his far-right War Room podcast, Bannon accused Johnson of having "hate" for Trump's MAGA movement and being part of what he says is a "vast criminal conspiracy" against the ex-president.Greene, who is planning to force a vote on a motion to oust Johnson as...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is working to stay in the good graces of former President Donald Trump as he attempts to defuse a possible rebellion by his right flank in the House. Trump has repeatedly voiced support for Johnson as hard-liners, upset by a series of deals Johnson cut in the last month, weigh whether […]
Former First Lady Melania Trump is unlikely to appear at her husband's side in his Manhattan hush money trial because she believes the allegations against him could be true and has her own reputation to defend, CNN's Kirsten Holmes suggested Tuesday.This comes after former President Donald Trump's son Eric became the first other Trump family member to attend the trial, raising natural speculation about whether Trump's wife might follow suit.Holmes' co-panelist Alyssa Farah Griffin, former White...
To the editor: In a remarkable moment of clarity, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) seemed to realize his choice was between dooming GOP control of the House in the 2024 elections by maintaining legislative paralysis, or dooming Donald Trump's candidacy by resolving the issues on which Trump has claimed the big problems can't be solved until he is back in office. ("The House passes billions in aid for Ukraine and Israel after months of struggle," April 20) Johnson did this with a courageous and...
As pro-Biden media outlets argue that Donald Trump's criticism of his legal adversaries is endangering lives, Hillary Clinton claimed on a podcast that Trump would like to "kill his opposition," and the media find that's not dangerously suggestive. Democrats (like congressional candidate Nate McMurray in New York) tweeting "Die MAGA Die" shouldn't be questioned. On a podcast with her old lawyer Marc Elias, Hillary said "Trump was like, you know, just gaga over Putin because Putin does what...
As pro-Biden media outlets argue that Donald Trump's criticism of his legal adversaries is endangering lives, Hillary Clinton claimed on a podcast that Trump would like to "kill his opposition," and the media find that's not dangerously suggestive. Democrats (like congressional candidate Nate McMurray in New York) tweeting "Die MAGA Die" shouldn't be questioned. On a podcast with her old lawyer Marc Elias, Hillary said "Trump was like, you know, just gaga over Putin because Putin does what...
Legal analyst Alan Dershowitz warned on Sunday about newly introduced legislation that would strip felons of Secret Service protection, saying that Democrats want former President Donald Trump "killed."Representative Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat and ranking member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, brought forth the "Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable Former Protectees Act"—or the DISGRACED Act—on Friday...
Law professor Alan Dershowitz predicted that Donald Trump would be murdered in prison if he is stripped of his Secret Service protections. Dershowitz made the remarks to Newsmax after Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) introduced a bill to revoke Secret Service benefits if the former president is convicted of a crime. "So he would not have Secret Service if he's behind bars," a Newsmax host told Dershowitz. "Well, that's ridiculous," the law professor replied. "That means that they want him...
In a post to X this Thursday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said that he will not change the procedure for removing him from his leadership position, after far-right members erupted in anger over the proposed rule change. “Since the beginning of the 118th Congress, the House rule allowing a Motion to Vacate from a single member has harmed this office and our House majority,” Johnson wrote. “Recently, many members have encouraged me to endorse a new rule to raise this threshold. While I understand...
After a vote in favor of sending $95 billion to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan passed, far right Republicans are threatening a motion to vacate the speaker of the house.