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    Trump Nominates Head Of His Personal Security Detail To Lead Secret Service

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    President Donald Trump formally nominated Sean Curran, the head of his personal Secret Service security detail, to serve as director of the U.S. Secret Service Wednesday.

    Curran, one of several agents who rushed on stage to protect Trump during a July 13 assassination attempt, was already expected to be named to the position.

    In a Truth Social post Wednesday, Trump wrote that it was an “honor” to appoint Curran.

    “Sean is a Great Patriot, who has protected my family over the past few years, and that is why I trust him to lead the Brave Men and Women of the United States Secret Service,” the president wrote.

    Trump called Curran a “brilliant leader, who is capable of directing and leading operational security plans for some of the most complex Special Security Events in the History of our Country, and the World.

    “He proved his fearless courage when he risked his own life to help save mine from an assassin’s bullet in Butler, Pennsylvania,” Trump said. “I have complete and total confidence in Sean to make the United States Secret Service stronger than ever before.”

    Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned following the failed assassination attempt of Donald Trump.

    Cheatle herself called the Secret Service’s performance that day its “most significant operational failure in decades,” though she only begrudgingly referred to it as a “colossal failure.”

    Trump announced other nominees on Wednesday, including Andrew F. Puzder, the president’s pick for U.S. ambassador to the European Union.

    In a separate statement Wednesday, Trump announced that conservative writer L. Brent Bozell III has been named to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Trump said that “few understand the Global Media landscape in print, television, and online” better than Bozell.

    “He and his family have fought for the American principles of Liberty, Freedom, Equality, and Justice for generations, and he will ensure that message is heard by Freedom-loving people around the World,” Trump wrote. “Brent will bring some much needed change to the U.S. Agency for Global Media.”

    Trump Invites China’s Xi Jinping To Inauguration Day

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    By The White House from Washington, DC - President Trump at the G20, Public Domain,

    World leaders will be flocking to Washington, D.C. next month…

    President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese leader Xi Jinping to his inauguration, a spokesperson confirmed Thursday.

    In an appearance on “Fox and Friends,” Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, who will serve as press secretary in the new administration, confirmed a CBS News report that Trump invited Xi to attend his inauguration.

    “This is an example of President Trump creating an open dialogue with leaders of countries that are not just our allies but our adversaries and our competitors too,” Leavitt said. “We saw this in the first term. He got a lot of criticism for it, but it led to peace around the world. He is willing to talk to anyone. He will always put America’s interest first.”

    Leavitt did not say whether Xi had yet accepted the invitation to attend the inauguration, saying “to be determined” when asked by the panel of Fox hosts.

    The invitation comes as Trump has vowed to impose new tariffs on China and tow a tough line on Beijing. That said, Trump has shown indications he wants to discuss matters with the U.S. adversary, he and Xi spoke on the phone shortly after Trump was declared the winner of the November election.

    Trump Adviser Sues FBI Director, Former Trump DOJ Officials Over Personal Records

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    Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ramón Colón-López and the chief of staff to Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller, Kash Patel, arrive at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Jan. 14, 2021. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

    Former Trump National Security Council official Kash Patel filed a lawsuit against FBI Director Chris Wray and former Trump Justice Department officials, accusing them of violating his Fourth Amendment right to protection from unreasonable searches and seizures.

    In the lawsuit filed Monday, Patel alleges that Wray and others violated the Fourth Amendment when they tried to obtain Patel’s personal records.

    Just The News reports:

    The FBI and Justice Department officials in the lawsuit obtained a subpoena in November 2017 for Patel’s “personal information as part of a politically motivated investigation,” Google handed over responses to the subpoena the following month, the lawsuit obtained by Just the News states. 

    Patel said he was kept in the dark about the subpoena until he was notified by Google in 2022.

    The defendants, which include then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, “improperly and politically targeted Mr. Patel’s personal records because of his official position and actions in furtherance of the United States House of Representatives’ lawful investigation into the Department of Justice’s handling of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation,” the lawsuit also states. 

    Patel’s private accounts were subpoenaed while he worked as senior counsel and chief investigator for then Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., on the House Intelligence Committee investigating the FBI and Justice Department for their conduct in Crossfire Hurricane, the federal investigation of the since-disproven allegations that the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to win the 2016 election.

    In addition to Rosenstein and Wray, the defendants also include Rosenstein’s aide Robert Hur, who is now leading the probe of President Joe Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, former U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jesse Liu, former Justice Department National Security official Ed O’Callahan and two unnamed John Does.

    Fox Corp. Issues Cease-and-Desist Letter Over Leaked Tucker Carlson Footage

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    Fox Corp., the parent company of Fox News, has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Media Matters for America over its publication of leaked videos of Tucker Carlson.

    “We write on behalf of Fox Corporation to clarify any misunderstandings Media Matters
    may have had regarding previously unaired footage that Media Matters has published in a series of articles headlined “FOXLEAKS,” attorneys for the network wrote in a letter dated Friday.

    “That unaired footage is Fox’s confidential intellectual property; Fox did not consent to its distribution or publication; and Fox does not consent to its further distribution or publication.”

    Over the past week, Media Matters has published a series of videos of Carlson, who was recently ousted from his show on the network. One of the leaked videos showed Carlson trashing the network’s streaming service, Fox Nation.

    “I don’t want to be a slave to Fox Nation, which I don’t think that people watch anyway,” Carlson said on a call captured by video. “We’re gonna — because, you know, I’m like a representative of the American media now, speaking to an exile in Romania and welcoming him back into the brotherhood of journalists.”

    The network’s lawyers said the videos were given to the liberal media watchdog group “without Fox’s authorization” and demanded it “cease and desist from distribution, publication, and misuse of Fox’s misappropriated proprietary footage, which you are now on notice was unlawfully obtained.”

    Carlson was suddenly ousted from Fox News nearly three weeks ago. His sudden exit came hours after Fox agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million to settle a defamation suit against the corporation.

    Neither Carlson nor Fox has yet to publicly address the primetime host’s sudden departure.

    Report: Trump Must Pay Nearly Half-Billion Dollars Before Appealing New York Ruling

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    Before Donald Trump can appeal Judge Arthur Engoron’s ruling he must pay nearly half a billion dollars as a bond to New York State.

    Last week, the judge ordered Trump to pay $354 million in fines, $450 million with interest, after New York Attorney General sued Trump under and obscure New York fraud statute.

    Jonathan Turley points out another astonishing fact at the New York Post: before he can appeal, Trump must pay the whole fine:

    Under New York law, Trump cannot appeal this ruling without depositing the full amount, including interest, in a court account. Even for Trump, $455 million is hard to come by. Likewise, a bond would require a company to guarantee payment for a defendant who has been barred from doing business in New York and is facing the need to liquidate much of his portfolio.

    Nothing succeeds like excess for judges like Engoron. By imposing this astronomical figure, he can make it difficult or impossible for a defendant to appeal, absent declaring bankruptcy or selling off assets at distress prices.

    The excessive fine and its basis raise serious statutory and constitutional questions. Many of us believe it should be substantially reduced or tossed out entirely.

    Report: Trump Indicted In Documents Case

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    Former President Donald Trump broke the news that he’s been indicted in the classified documents case.

    A federal grand jury in Miami indicted Trump on seven charges for his alleged mishandling of over 100 classified documents after leaving office.

    It is the first time a former president of the United States has been indicted on federal criminal charges.

    Trump has been ordered to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday at 3 p.m.

    Fox News has more:

    Former President Trump has been indicted on federal charges that emerged out of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s months-long investigation.

    Trump facing at least seven federal counts related to document handling and obstruction of justice. He has been ordered to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday.

    Trump himself announced the indictment on his social media platform, Truth Social.

    “The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax, even though Joe Biden has 1850 Boxes at the University of Delaware, additional Boxes in Chinatown, D.C., with even more Boxes at the University of Pennsylvania, and documents strewn all over his garage floor where he parks his Corvette, and which is “secured” by only a garage door that is paper thin, and open much of the time,” Trump said on Truth Social.

    This is a breaking news story. Click refresh for the latest updates.

    Mitch McConnell Endorses Donald Trump

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    On Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) officially endorsed Donald Trump for President.

    McConnell unveiled the endorsement only after former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R), Trump’s final remaining opponent, dropped out of the race following Trump’s big wins on Super Tuesday.

    “It is abundantly clear that former President Trump has earned the requisite support of Republican voters to be our nominee for President of the United States. It should come as no surprise that as nominee, he will have my support,” McConnell said.

    “During his Presidency, we worked together to accomplish great things for the American people including tax reform that supercharged our economy and a generational change of our federal judiciary – most importantly, the Supreme Court. I look forward to the opportunity of switching from playing defense against the terrible policies the Biden administration has pursued to a sustained offense geared towards making a real difference in improving the lives of the American people.”

    Despite Haley dropping out of the race, the former United Nations ambassador has yet to endorse Trump for President.

    This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.

    Mark Meadows Ordered to Testify in Georgia

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    Office of Congressman Mark Meadows, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

    On Wednesday, a Georgia circuit judge ordered former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows to testify in an ongoing election investigation.

    Circuit Judge Edward Miller ruled that Meadows must cooperate in the probe by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who’s investigating former President Donald Trump and his associates for possible criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, according to The Hill.

    Willis is looking into possible 2020 election interference in Georgia, which was initiated after a January 2021 conversation came to light of Trump urging Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger to “find” more than 11,000 votes.

    “I am going to find that the witness is material and necessary to the investigation and that the state of Georgia is assuring not to cause undue hardship to him,” Miller ruled

    Willis subpoenaed Meadows in August, noting that he had been a part of a meeting in December 2020 with Trump and others “to discuss allegations of voter fraud and the certification of the electoral college votes from Georgia and other states.”

    She also noted Meadows’ attempt to observe an audit of election results in the state and also stated that the former Trump official was involved in the infamous call with Raffensberger. 

    Piers Morgan Bets Former White House Official $1000 Trump Will Win Election

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    Ex-White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci is putting his money where his mouth is…

    Recently, Scaramucci bet journalist Piers Morgan’s $1000 bet that his old boss, former President Donald Trump, would lose the 2024 presidential election.

    Citing the tweet during an interview on his show Piers Morgan Uncensored on Monday night, the host asked: “Do you stand by it? And if you do, will you accept a $1000 bet from me right now that Trump isn’t going to pull out?”

    Hesitant, Scaramucci replied: “Well, I’ll bet you $1000 on the election, I don’t know if I’m going to bet on the pullout. I mean, he’s got to drop more substantially in the polls.”

    Expanding on his answers he continued to outline the gap in polling numbers between the two candidates: “You know, he’s down with the likely voters. If she opens up a lead, 12 to 15 points, he’s not going to want to lose to her. He’s the worst presidential candidate for the Republicans since Herbert Hoover. He’s lost the House, the Senate and the presidency. And if [Florida Governor Ron] DeSantis or Nikki Haley were running against Kamala Harris, they’d probably be up 10 or 15. So we’ll have to see. But on likely voters, he’s already down six. And I like her momentum.”

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    He added: “I understand all the issues that you’re raising related to her. But unfortunately, there’s only two choices. There’s him and her. And I think I would implore people to read H.R. McMaster’s book if they get a chance, because he’s very honest and very objective about the insanity that is Donald Trump.”

    Seeing the bet as non-viable, Morgan pivoted to the election bet, which the ex-Trump staffer accepted.

    “A thousand dollars on the election,” Scaramucci said. “I got Kamala. You can take the orange man if you want. I’m done on that part.”

    Morgan accepted too: “I’ll tell you what, we’ll make you for charity. We’ll make you for charity. I’ll take that bet. I still think Trump’s going to win. I’m not an American citizen. I don’t have a vote. I don’t have a horse in the race. I just think reality is going to kick in.”

    Senate Confirms Agriculture Secretary

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    Gage Skidmore Flickr

    Just in…

    On Thursday, the Senate voted to confirm Brooke Rollins to lead the Department of Agriculture (USDA).

    Rollins was easily confirmed by the Senate shortly after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as Trump’s Health secretary.

    Most recently, Rollins has served as president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) think tank, which she co-founded after Trump’s first term. 

    In Trump’s first administration, Rollins served in the Office of American Innovation and as acting director of the Domestic Policy Council.

    The newly elected president announced his selection of Rollins for USDA chief in November, recalling she did “an incredible job” during his first term. 

    “Brooke’s commitment to support the American Farmer, defense of American Food Self-Sufficiency, and the restoration of Agriculture-dependent American Small Towns is second to none,” he said. 

    This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.

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