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    Report: Rudy Giuliani Files For Bankruptcy

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    On Thursday, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani filed for bankruptcy days after the former Trump lawyer was ordered to pay a whopping $148 million to two ex-Georgia election workers.

    According to reports from The Hill, Giuliani’s Chapter 11 petition, filed in U.S. bankruptcy court in New York, lists between $1 million and $10 million in assets and between $100 million and $500 million in liabilities.

    Last week, a judge ordered Giuliani to pay about $148 million to former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. The judge on Wednesday ordered that the judgment be immediately enforced.

    “The filing should be a surprise to no one,” Ted Goodman, political advisor to Giuliani, said in a statement.

    “No person could have reasonably believed that Mayor Rudy Giuliani would be able to pay such a high punitive amount,” Goodman added. “Chapter 11 will afford Mayor Giuliani the opportunity and time to pursue an appeal, while providing transparency for his finances under the supervision of the bankruptcy court, to ensure all creditors are treated equally and fairly throughout the process.”

    Giuliani’s bankruptcy petition estimates he owes the largest amount to the two women and has a total of less than 50 creditors.

    It includes Hunter Biden, the president’s son, who sued Giuliani over his involvement in Biden’s laptop scandal; voting-equipment companies Smartmatic and Dominion, which both sued Giuliani for defamation over his 2020 election claims; Giuliani’s ex-lawyers, who are suing him over unpaid legal bills; a Staten Island, N.Y. supermarket employee who sued Giuliani after being arrested for allegedly assaulting the former mayor; and one of Giuliani’s former employees, who accused him of sexual assault.

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

    Haley Surges Ahead In Latest New Hampshire Poll

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    Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is gaining on Trump and leaving other Republican contenders in the rearview.

    The latest New Hampshire polls report Haley has now doubled her support in the early voting state since September.

    The survey, published Thursday by the Saint Anselm College Survey Center (SACSC), found Haley garnered 30 percent of the likely Republican primary vote, just 14 points behind Trump, who showed 44 percent support.

    The Hill has more:

    While the former South Carolina governor has gained momentum in the early primary state since September, her closest rival — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — dropped 6 points from 11 percent to 5 percent.

    Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie saw a slight gain in support, garnering 12 percent support in December, a 2 point increase from September, pollsters found. Meanwhile, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson remain in the single digits with 6 and 1 percent, respectively.

    As for the general election, President Biden led Trump by 10 points — 49 percent to 39 percent — in a hypothetical rematch between the two party front-runners. Independent candidate Robert Kennedy, Jr., however, picked up 8 percent support in the new survey.

    The results come less than a month before the Granite State’s primary.

    Earlier this month, popular New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) officially endorsed Haley for president.

    CNN Deals Brutal Reality Check To Democrats’ Latest Anti-Trump Hope

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    CNN’s senior data reporter Harry Enten burst the Democrats’ bubble over their latest attack on Trump.

    Trump said illegal immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country” during a recent speech, prompting left-wing commentators to condemn the comments as “racist” and “fascist.”

    However, the CNN reporter pointed out that Trump does increasingly well across the board when it comes to handling illegal immigration and that his comments don’t seem to have the same effect on voters as Democrats would hope.

    “Take a look at this poll from Marquette University Law School. Want increased efforts to stop illegal immigration at the southern border, look, you see here, 96% of Republican voters want that but it’s 78% of all voters and even among Hispanic voters it’s 71%. Let’s take a look more broadly. Do a better job on border security and immigration. In 2020, we basically saw a dead heat between Joe Biden and Donald Trump…look at the change that we have seen over the past three years. Donald Trump has opened up a 23-point lead on this issue, whatever he has been doing or whatever folks have been seeing along the border has definitely impacted their views. And at this particular point, this is an issue that Donald Trump wants to play not just in the Republican primary but the general election as well.”

    “Hispanic voters?” CNN’s Phil Mattingly asked.

    “Yeah, so I think there is this idea ‘OK, maybe this rhetoric will hurt among Hispanic voters. And take a look here of the Hispanic voters Biden versus Trump in a general election matchup. Biden won these voters in 2020 by a large margin, 26 points. Look at where we are now. Biden still leads, but that margin has shrunk to just six percentage points.”

    “In 2020, it was one of the best performances for a Republican candidate in a generation since George W. Bush in 200 so we have seen an increasing trend towards Trump. You might be asking yourself, ‘Ok, what about this rhetoric from Donald Trump? Will this hurt him among Hispanic voters?’ Take a look. Better job on border security and immigration among Hispanic voters, check this out, the plurality of Hispanic voters actually prefer Donald Trump on this issue 42% to 30%. So, look, this rhetoric, I think a lot of people don’t like it, but the fact is when it comes to border security and immigration a lot of folks are liking what Donald Trump is saying, especially compared to Joe Biden,” Enten continued.

    “Hispanic voters aren’t single issue, they aren’t monolithic. It’s an important thing for everybody to remember,” Mattingly added.

    Trump has been leading Biden in a series of swing state surveys. Respondents have overwhelmingly voiced concerns over Biden’s handling of the border and foreign policy.

    Report: Trump Voter Challenge Dismissed

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    North Carolina’s election board has dismissed a voter’s challenge to Donald Trump’s candidacy on the state’s primary ballot.

    On Tuesday, the State Board of Elections voted 4-1 to dismiss the candidacy challenge brought by Brian Martin who argued Trump should be booted from the ballot under the 14th Amendment.

    Before the vote, general counsel to the elections board, Paul Cox, made the case against hearing the voter’s candidacy challenge and said he was “quite uncertain” as to whether the board had the authority.

    The Hill has more:

    “I do think it’s uncertain. And I think that the board has to consider whether it has the jurisdiction and authority to act,” Cox told members of the board during Tuesday’s meeting. “Obviously the board is an administrative agency that derives its authority from the law, and it must consider whether the statutes that give it authority, give it this authority.”

    “And, in reading the language of the challenge statutes, I’m quite uncertain as to whether the challenge statutes in North Carolina law contemplate a challenge to a presidential preference primary candidate,” he added.

    Siobhan Millen, the sole vote against the motion, pushed back on Cox’s arguments, asking him when a voter could bring a candidacy challenge. She argued the board was hiding behind technicalities.

    “It seems like there is an unknown as to whether the presidential primary statute controls the field or whether the challenge statute controls the field, and it’s never been litigated before. You’re uncertain, if I’m hearing you,” Millen said.

    “It’s troubling to me,” she continued. “We have a voter who’s gone to the trouble to fill out a facially very impressive challenge form and we are, to me, hiding behind a technicality by saying it doesn’t apply, that we won’t even hear it. That’s — it’s troubling.”

    The dismissal came the same day the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump should be removed from the state’s primary ballot under the 14th Amendment.

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

    Colorado Republican Party Threatens To Cancel Primary If Trump Is Not Included On Ballot

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    Last night, the Colorado Supreme Court disqualified former President Donald Trump from appearing on the Colorado Republican presidential primary ballot. The ruling has the Colorado Republican Party threatening to call off the primary election in the state if Trump is kept off the ballot.

    The Daily Wire’s Ryan Saavedra reported on the Colorado GOP’s response following the state supreme court’s finding that Trump is ineligible for the presidency:

    “We will withdraw from the Primary as a Party and convert to a pure caucus system if this is allowed to stand,” the party said in responding to the Court’s ruling.

    “A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution,” the opening lines of the court’s opinion read. “Because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Colorado Secretary of State to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot.”

    The opinion said that the majority had “little difficulty concluding that substantial evidence” showed Trump’s subversion of the democratic process by “a concerted and public use of force or threat of force by a group of people to hinder or prevent the U.S. government from taking the actions necessary to accomplish the peaceful transfer of power in this country.”

    The majority concluded “the events of January 6 constituted an insurrection.”

    Saavedra continued, noting the legal reaction to the bombshell ruling:

    Heritage Foundation election law expert and former FEC commissioner Hans von Spakovsky responded to the ruling by calling it “nakedly partisan” and “anti-democratic.”

    “First, Section 3 of the 14 Amendment applies only to individuals who were previously a ‘member of Congress,’ an ‘officer of the United States,’ or a state official. Individuals who are elected—such as the president and vice president—are not officers within the meaning of Section 3,” he said. “Second, no federal court has convicted Trump of engaging in ‘insurrection or rebellion.’ In fact, the Senate acquitted Trump of that charge in his second impeachment.”

    “Third, some scholars assert Section 3 doesn’t even exist anymore as a constitutional matter after the Amnesty Acts of 1872 and 1898–a matter completely ignored by the court today,” he continued. “Fourth, prior court rulings have held that Section 3 is not self-executing and Congress has never passed any federal law providing for enforcement, meaning that courts such as the Colorado Supreme Court have no legal authority to enforce Section 3.”

    The Colorado Supreme Court temporarily stayed its ruling until Jan. 4, 2024, pending further appellate proceedings.

    The Trump campaign has vowed to swiftly appeal the “completely flawed decision” to the U.S. Supreme Court.

    “We have full confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and finally put an end to these unAmerican lawsuits,” campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement.

    This article was republished with permission from American Liberty News.

    Colorado Supreme Court Rules On Trump Ballot Ban

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    The Trump campaign announced it will swiftly appeal the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling removing the former president from the state’s 2024 ballot to the U.S. Supreme Court.

    Trump’s leading allies have responded to the decision with fire and fury on social media:

    The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 state ballot, citing the 14th Amendment’s so-called insurrection clause.

    The ruling has been temporarily stayed by the state’s highest court. It is subject to further appellate proceedings.

    An appeal is all but certain, as CNBC reports:

    The ruling is the first time a state court has agreed that Trump, who is the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, should be barred from ballots in a state because of a U.S. constitutional provision barring people who have engaged in “insurrection” from federal office.

    Courts in Minnesota and Michigan have rejected similar suits challenging Trump’s placement on the presidential ballot, but the issue is continuing to be litigated in a number of states.

    A group of six Colorado voters in September sued to block Trump from state ballots in 2024 because of a claim he was barred due to a provision in the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

    That provision, Section 3, says that “no person” can serve as an officer of the United States who, having previously taken an oath of federal office, “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the U.S.

    A Colorado judge ruled last month that Trump must be allowed on next year’s Republican primary ballot. District Judge Sarah Wallace said in her ruling that that language in the 14th Amendment means it can’t be used to prevent Trump from appearing on the ballot.

    Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which filed the lawsuit on behalf of six Colorado voters, appealed Wallace’s decision to the Colorado Supreme Court.

    The disqualification trial focused on Trump’s actions before and during the U.S. Capitol riot and whether they violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Section 3 states:

    No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability

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

    Trump Scores Another House Republican Endorsement

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    Donald Trump just scored another endorsement from the House of Representatives.

    Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) told Fox News Digital on Monday about his endorsement.

    “I can not sit idly by while Joe Biden and his disastrous policies continue to erode what makes America the greatest country in the world,” Barr said. “Since Biden took office, we have seen record-high illegal immigration at the Southern Border, 40-year high inflation, and threateningly weak foreign policy that has invited aggression from our adversaries.”

    However, Barr said, “despite all of this, Democrats and the ‘mainstream media’ are doing everything they can to ensure Joe Biden remains president.”

    “Donald Trump is the only candidate who can defeat Joe Biden and reinstate an America First agenda,” he said.

    “American families’ incomes rose, and their small businesses flourished,” he said, adding that none of those developments were “coincidences.”

    “They were a direct product of Trump’s low-tax, pro-economic growth policies,” he told Fox News Digital, saying Biden’s policies have “resulted in the opposite.” 

    Watch: Drunk Driver Crashes Into Biden’s Secret Service Motorcade

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    On Sunday night, a car crashed into part of President Joe Biden‘s motorcade near his Delaware campaign headquarters.

    President Biden looked stunned as a sedan hit a U.S. Secret Service vehicle being used to close off intersections as Biden was walking from the campaign office to his waiting armored SUV. 

    The sedan then tried to continue into a closed-off intersection, before Secret Service personnel surrounded the vehicle with weapons drawn and instructed the driver to put his hands up.

    On Monday morning, authorities said the 46-year-old driver had been charged with driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and inattentive driving. 

    This article was republished with permission from American Liberty News.

    Michigan Appeals Court Rules On Trump Ballot Challenge

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    On Thursday, the Michigan Court of Appeals sided with former President Donald Trump, ruling the Republican candidate can appear on the state’s primary ballot.

    While the appeals court upheld two lower court decisions the Court declined to decide whether Trump should be disqualified under the 14th Amendment, which bars those who previously took an oath to uphold the Constitution but later “engaged in insurrection” from holding office again.

    The Hill has more:

    The court determined that the former president’s spot on the general election ballot was not ripe for consideration. 

    “It would be improper to decide whether to grant a declaration that Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President of the United States at this time,” the 3-0 opinion reads. “At the moment, the only event about to occur is the presidential primary election.”

    Regarding his spot on Michigan’s primary ballot, the secretary of state has “no discretion” to decide not to place him — or any other candidate identified as a primary candidate by a state political party — on the ballot.

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

    House Greenlights Biden Impeachment Inquiry

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    The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday evening to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

    The Republican resolution passed on a party line vote of 221-212. Earlier in the day, Hunter Biden defied the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena to testify behind closed doors, pushing lawmakers to initiate contempt of Congress proceedings.

    The Hill continues:

    The resolution makes official an inquiry into Biden that has been underway for months, after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in September said that various GOP probes into the president would be under the umbrella of impeachment — but did not hold an official vote. 

    Republicans have said they moved to formalize the inquiry in part because the White House responded to document requests last month with a letter that argued their inquiry was unconstitutional due to the lack of a vote, citing a Trump-era legal opinion.

    “We’re very pleased with the vote today. I think that’s it a message loud and clear to the White House. We expect you to comply,” House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), who is leading one of the arms of the probe, said after the vote.

    President Biden ripped House Republicans for what he called a “baseless political stunt.”

    After the vote, the president released a statement, saying in part: “I wake up every day focused on the issues facing the American people – real issues that impact their lives, and the strength and security of our country and the world. Unfortunately, House Republicans are not joining me.”

    On the Senate side, some Republicans remain skeptical of the investigation’s most salacious allegations. If the House votes to approve articles of impeachment against Biden, it will be imperative to win over the following holdouts:

    • Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who stated that no evidence had been found of wrongdoing by President Biden himself. However, he added that if such evidence is uncovered, it would be critical and important. “But we haven’t seen that yet,” he added.
    • Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the chamber’s GOP leadership, said,”I don’t see any evidence there” before conceding that “The House is going to do what the House is going to do. I don’t have any influence.”
    • Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) argued that Republicans have not learned from the Democrats’ strategic mistakes in their first impeachment of former President Trump. According to Rounds, the Senate did not have sufficient evidence to convict Trump during the impeachment trial. Democrats “were trying to develop it in the trial.” Rounds emphasized that House Republicans must provide clear and incontrovertible evidence of impeachable offenses before bringing it to trial before the Senate. If they fail to do so, their actions will be deemed as “crying wolf.”

    The inquiry is investigating the finances of the Biden family, treatment of Hunter Biden by the Justice Department and Hunter’s alleged influence-peddling scheme.

    This article was republished with permission from American Liberty News.

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