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    Trump-endorsed Congresswoman Defeats McCarthy-backed Primary Challenger

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    South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace emerged victorious over a serious primary challenge on Tuesday evening.

    On Tuesday, The Associated Press projected that Mace won renomination in South Carolina’s competitive Low Country-based 1st Congressional District by defeating Catherine Templeton, a former director of South Carolina’s labor agency who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2018, and Marine Corps veteran Bill Young.

    Templeton was backed by millions spent by outside groups aligned with former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

    “We did it – You, Lowcountry voters did it! A thousand times over – THANK YOU!,” Mace wrote in a social media post moments after her race was called.

    Last week, Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) reportedly confronted fellow South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson on the House floor Tuesday after he endorsed her primary opponent.

    Fox News Digital spotted Mace and Wilson having what appeared to be a tense exchange during House votes late Tuesday afternoon, hours after Wilson released a statement backing Catherine Templeton to unseat her.

    Mace told Fox News that she told Wilson she “would never do to him what he has done to me,” and “we needed to stop the infighting and unify so we can win it all in November.”

    “Too much at stake,” Mace added. “And that there is a place in the party for people like me, people like him, Trump, MAGA, independents, women, everyone. Oh, and that I was working hard to crush it Tuesday.”

    Report: Trump Classified Documents Grand Jury to Reconvene This Week

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    Donald Trump via Gage Skidmore Flickr

    The grand jury in the federal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents is reportedly scheduled to meet this week in Washington, D.C. potentially signaling that prosecutors are nearing a charging decision.

    On Monday, Trump attorneys John Rowley, James Trusty, and Lindsey Halligan were first spotted at the D.C. federal courthouse on Monday morning by CBS News.

    The former president’s legal team late last month had requested a meeting with prosecutors.

    “We request a meeting at your earliest convenience to discuss the ongoing injustice that is being perpetrated by your Special Counsel and his prosecutors,” Rowley and Trusty wrote in a letter on May 23.

    NBC News reported that not much is known at this point about whether special counsel Jack Smith will seek an indictment. Recent reports say the National Archives informed Smith that it has 16 records that allegedly show that Trump and his top advisers had knowledge of the process that Trump would have to go through to declassify information while he was president and audio recordings that prosecutors have obtained that allegedly feature Trump discussing a classified document he kept after leaving office.

    The investigation into the former President focuses on whether he retained classified information after leaving office and if he tried to obstruct investigators or destroyed evidence. The National Archives first alerted Trump in May of 2021 that it was seeking approximately two dozen boxes of records to be returned. Trump was warned in late 2021 that they could escalate the issue to prosecutors or Congress if the former president continued to refuse to hand over the documents.

    In January 2022, about 15 of the boxes were returned at which time officials discovered there were more than 700 pages of classified materials in the boxes. 

    On August 8, the FBI executed a search warrant on Trump’s Mar-A-Lago property and recovered additional sets of classified material.

    Trump has defended his actions, saying last week that “everything I did was right” and suggesting the case is a “witch hunt.”

    Since the raid on Trump, classified documents were discovered in a Biden think tank in Washington, D.C. as well as former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home.

    Last week, the Justice Department announced it would not be charging Pence in the investigation into the documents.

    Trump Files Emergency Petition With Supreme Court

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    President-elect Donald Trump filed an emergency petition to the United States Supreme Court Wednesday morning in an effort to block his impending sentencing in New York v. Trump. 

    Judge Juan Merchan set Trump’s sentencing in New York v. Trump for Jan. 10 after a jury found the now-president-elect guilty of falsifying business records in the first degree.

    Read the full petition:

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    “President Trump’s legal team filed an emergency petition with the United States Supreme Court, asking the Court to correct the unjust actions by New York courts and stop the unlawful sentencing in the Manhattan D.A.’s Witch Hunt,” Trump spokesman and incoming White House communications director Steven Cheung told Fox News Digital. 

    “The Supreme Court’s historic decision on Immunity, the Constitution, and established legal precedent mandate that this meritless hoax be immediately dismissed.” 

    Cheung said the “American People elected President Trump with an overwhelming mandate that demands an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and all of the remaining Witch Hunts.” 

    He added, “We look forward to uniting our country in the new administration as President Trump makes America great again.”

    The filing to the United States Supreme Court comes after a judge in New York on Tuesday denied Trump’s motion to stay the Jan. 10 sentencing, which is currently set for Friday, Jan. 10 at 9:30 a.m.  

    Merchan set the sentencing date last week but said he will not sentence the president-elect to prison. 

    Merchan wrote in his decision that he is not likely to “impose any sentence of incarceration,” but rather a sentence of an “unconditional discharge,” which means there would be no punishment imposed. 

    Pro-Trump Influencer Dead at 51

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    The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

    Pro-Trump influencer Ineitha Lynnette Hardaway, better known as “Diamond” in “Diamond and Silk” has sadly passed away according to the former president.

    In a message to his TRUTH Social account, Trump announced Diamond’s sudden passing. She was only 51 years old.

    “Really bad news for Republicans and frankly, ALL Americans,” Trump said in a post on social media. “Our beautiful Diamond, of Diamond and Silk, has just passed away at her home in the State she loved so much, North Carolina.”

    “Silk was with her all the way, and at her passing,” the message continued. “There was no better TEAM anywhere, or at any time! Diamond’s death was totally unexpected, probably her big and precious HEART just plain gave out. Rest In Peace our Magnificent Diamond, you will be greatly missed!”

    The Diamond and Silk Twitter account shared a link for people to donate to her funeral. The funds will be received by her sister Herneitha Rochelle Hardaway Richardson, also known as “Silk.”

    The duo were conservative activists who posted live-stream videos talking about politics. The occasionally appeared on conservative news shows and regularly attended rallies for the former president.

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    Report: Kamala And Trump In Statistical Tie

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    Republicans are concerned…

    Kamala Harris appears to be gaining on Donald Trump according to a new poll reporting the to in a statistical tie.

    The poll, conducted by Cygnal from August 6-8 of 1,500 expected general election voters, shows Trump and Harris in a statistical tie. In a head-to-head match up, Harris has 47.6% of the vote to Trump’s 47% — with 5.5% of voters saying they were undecided. In a full ballot that includes candidates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West, Trump got 44.4% and Harris earned 44.2%.

    The Daily Wire reports:

    “After one of the wildest six weeks of American politics, we find ourselves back at more of a stasis,” said Cygnal pollster Chris Lane. “The idea that Kamala Harris came into this race and Independents and moderates stumbled over each other to support her is simply not the case.”

    Lane said that the tightening up of the race was primarily due to President Joe Biden dropping out.

    “The truth is traditional Democrat voters simply started to indicate they are going to vote for the Democratic Presidential candidate, a not so shocking revelation,” he said. “Biden had such a low floor that it was hard to believe that could last.”

    The poll also found that more voters trust Trump on issues of illegal immigration, inflation and cost of living, and economy and jobs. Among independents, Trump was favored by 18 points on immigration, seven points on inflation, and six points on the economy.

    Overall, the top issues for voters were inflation and the economy, illegal immigration, and “threats to democracy.”

    The poll found that Harris also appeared to be having trouble solidifying support among people who voted for Biden in 2020.

    “At the same time, Harris faces challenges solidifying her support with 13 percent of 2020 Biden voters saying they do not consider themselves part of her base and a whopping 71 percent of likely voters perceiving Harris as ‘liberal’ versus only 15 percent who view her as ‘moderate,’” he said. “That label will push away Independent voters while Trump maintains the edge on the issues voters care about most – the economy, cost of living, and illegal immigration.”

    Big Tech Accused Of Election Manipulation After Omitting Trump Shooting

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    Google users searching for the attempted assassination of former President Trump are having difficulty accessing information…

    Instead, the website autocomplete feature omitted the results of the July 13 shooting, prompting accusations the Big Tech giant is trying to influence the presidential election. 

    Screenshots from Google instead showed recommended search results of the failed assassination of Ronald Reagan and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the shooting of Bob Marley and the failed attempt on former President Ford. 

    Even the keywords “Trump assassination attempt” yielded no additional terms from Google, according to users. 

    “Big Tech is trying to interfere in the election AGAIN to help Kamala Harris,” Donald Trump Jr. wrote on X. “We all know this is intentional election interference from Google. Truly despicable.”

    A Google spokesperson told FOX Business that there was no “manual action taken on these predictions.”

    “Our systems have protections against Autocomplete predictions associated with political violence, which were working as intended prior to this horrific event occurring,” the spokesperson wrote. “We’re working on improvements to ensure our systems are more up to date.”

    The company spokesperson said the autocomplete feature is “just a tool to help people save time” and they can still search for anything they want. 

    “Following this terrible act, people turned to Google to find high quality information – we connected them with helpful results, and will continue to do so,” the company said. 

    X owner Elon Musk chimed in on the surprising results.

    “They’re getting themselves into a lot of trouble if they interfere with the election,” he wrote in a follow-up post.

    Trump Says FBI Was After Documents That Would Exonerate Him: REPORT

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    Former President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with attendees at the 2022 Student Action Summit at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida. [Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons]

    A new report from The Daily Caller indicates that former President Trump believes the FBI was after documents that would exonerate him.

    The report says that the FBI was seeking documents that Trump believes would exonerate him from Russian collusion claims.

    We reported yesterday that the unit that conducted the raid was the same one involved in investigating the Trump-Russia hoax. [READ MORE: FBI Unit Investigating Trump has a Bias Problem]

    Along with the Russia evidence Trump also believes that the FBI was looking for election-related evidence.

    The FBI also collected passports from Trump which Trump claimed were stolen.

    The passports were outside the scope of the warrant and the DOJ admitted that the FBI overstepped the authority granted to them in the search warrant.

    The passports are reportedly being returned.

    [READ NEXT: DOJ Admits FBI Violated Trump’s Rights]

    Report: J6 Defendant Arrested After Threatening Trump Judge, Prosecutor

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    This week, authorities took a Jan. 6 defendant into custody over his repeated online threats against people involved in former President Trump’s legal battles, FBI agents who investigated the defendant’s case, and Supreme Court justices. 

    Charles Austin, a federal magistrate judge in Maryland, on Monday ordered Bradley Nelson be detained

    “While there is no history of prior release violations, these statements evidence an actionable threat to the community – at the least, law enforcement involved in the investigation,” Austin wrote in his order. 

    According to The Hill, prosecutors said Nelson over the past year has posted images of U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) and a Georgia state judge with apparent crosshairs drawn on their heads.  

    Court documents indicate the post about James, who brought a major civil fraud prosecution against Trump that led to a $464 million judgment, also included a threatening comment: “give every [expletive] thing I have to watch that [expletive]’s head explode, or at least the back of her head blowout.” 

    And in June, prosecutors say Nelson made a threatening post about Barrett, Trump’s final appointee to the Supreme Court. 

    The post was allegedly made roughly one hour after the Supreme Court narrowed the use of an obstruction charge levied against hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants, including Nelson. Barrett wrote the dissent, siding with prosecutors alongside two of the court’s liberals. 

    “I pray to God with all my [expletive] heart that somebody cuts your [expletive] throat from ear to ear you worthless piece of [expletive],” Nelson’s comment read, according to court documents. 

    “The Court does not, in any way, disregard or minimize statements concerning state and federal judges and attorneys general,” the judge wrote. “Those comments and rhetoric are even more offensive and violent than the agent-focused statements. Moreover, they support concerns that Nelson might resort to violence in the future.” 

    The judge added, “Yet, the Court is mindful of its directive to consider not only the nature of any alleged threats but also Mr. Nelson’s resources and capabilities.” 

    In connection with the Jan. 6 riot, Nelson faces charges like obstruction, entering a restricted building, and disorderly conduct. He pleaded not guilty. 

    Trump Slams Rupert Murdoch Over Recent Election Comments

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    Donald Trump took a swing at Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch in an early morning post on his Truth Social account on the subject of election fraud.

    “How does Rupert Murdoch say there was no election fraud when 2000 Mules shows, on government tape, that there were millions of ‘stuffed ballots,’ & Elon Musk released the FBI/Twitter Files, where pollsters say that the silencing of information made a 17% difference in the Vote,” Trump asked on TRUTH Social.

    “2000 Mules” is a film produced by conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza that examines claims that drop boxes were stuffed with fraudulent ballots. Fact-checkers have said that the film does not show evidence of widespread voter fraud and former Attorney General William Barr, who served under Trump, told the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot that he was “unimpressed” with the movie. 

    “Then there was, of course, FBI/Facebook, another big election integrity fraud costing millions of Votes-& this doesn’t even count all of the many other ways they cheated, or the fact that they avoided State Legislatures?” Trump continued on TRUTH Social.

    Trump’s jab comes as Fox fights a $1.6 billion lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems, which is arguing that the network defamed its voting tech by sharing Trump’s claims that the machines were used to fraudulently elect President Biden. 

    Recently, court documents revealed that some prominent Fox News figures privately expressed concerns about Trump’s claims of election fraud during the 2020 election. (RELATED: New Court Filing Reveals Fox News Star’s Private ‘Disgust’ with Trump 2020 Election Claims)

    According to the filing, which included statements made by the network’s owner, Ruper Murdoch, former Republican Speaker Paul Ryan (Wis.), who sits on the board of Fox Corp., wrote to Murdoch after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot to express his concerns. (RELATED: Paul Ryan Refuses to Attend RNC if Trump Wins 2024 Nomination)

    The Hill reports Ryans said he believed that “some high percentage of Americans” thought the election had been rigged against Trump “because they got a diet of information telling them the election was stolen from what they believe were credible sources.”

    “Thanks Paul,” Murdoch wrote back, according to the filing. “Wake-up call for Hannity, who has been privately disgusted by Trump for weeks, but was scared to lose viewers.”

    Trump isn’t the only high-profile conservative to target Murdoch recently. Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon tore into Murdoch during his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)

    “Note to Fox News senior management: When Donald J. Trump talks, it’s newsworthy,” Bannon said during a fiery speech saying, “You’ve disrespected Donald Trump for long enough.” 

    “Is there really that much going on at two in the afternoon on Fox News that you can’t cover him live,” Bannon said. “They don’t respect you, read the depositions. They have a fear, a loathing and a contempt for you.” 

    “The Murdochs immediately have to start covering President Trump. No special deals, just cover the man, ask the tough questions,” Bannon said. “But we need to hear the voice of Donald J. Trump.”

    Trump Posts $91.6 Million Bond To E. Jean Carroll In Potential Legal Settlement

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    Former President Donald Trump has posted a $91.6 million bond in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case.

    Despite his appeal, Trump had to post the money which he can get back if he wins the case in appeals court.

    The Hill reports:

    Trump had aimed to delay posting the bond or reduce the amount as he seeks a new trial and otherwise continues fighting the recent verdict.

    But after U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected Trump’s latest request to delay a Monday deadline, the former president on Friday formally filed his appeal and posted the full $91.63 million bond.

    “President Trump respectfully requests that this Court recognize the supersedeas bond obtained by President Trump in the sum of $91,630,000.00 and approve it as adequate and sufficient to stay the enforcement of the Judgment, to the extent that the Judgment awards damages, pending the ultimate disposition of President Trump’s appeal,” Trump attorney Alina Habba wrote in court filings.

    This article originally appeared on American Liberty News. Republished with permission.

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