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House Reveals Members Of Trump Assassination Task Force

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On Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives announced the members of the task force assigned to investigate the recent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), the lawmaker who represents the district where the rally shooting happened and introduced the resolution to create the task force, has been selected as chairman. Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) will serve as ranking member.

The other GOP members will include Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) and Reps. David Joyce (R-OH), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Clay Higgins (R-LA), and Pat Fallon (TX). And the Democrats will be rounded out by Reps. Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL).

“We have the utmost confidence in this bipartisan group of steady, highly qualified, and capable Members of Congress to move quickly to find the facts, ensure accountability, and help make certain such failures never happen again,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said in a joint statement.

According to Johnson’s office, the task force will take over all pending House inquiries into the rally shooting and has subpoena authority. The panel’s goals are to “understand what went wrong on the day of the attempted assassination,” “ensure accountability,” and to “prevent such an agency failure from ever happening again.”

The task force will “make recommendations for reform to the relevant government agencies and recommend any necessary legislation to implement the reforms,” Johnson’s office added.’

On Monday, Trump agreed to give a victim interview to the FBI as the agency also continues its investigation into the matter.

Trump To Sit For FBI Interview As Assassination Probe Heats Up

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    Madeleine Jackson
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    A new development…

    Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has agreed to sit to meet with FBI officials and participate in a victim interview as the investigation into the recent assassination attempt continues.

    “The interview of the former president will be consistent with any other victim interview that we do,” Kevin Rojek, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh Field Office, told reporters on a conference call Monday. The FBI wants to “get his perspective on what he observed, just like any other witness to the crime.”

    Victim interviews are a routine part of criminal investigations but are voluntary.

    “It is a standard victim interview, like we would do for any other victim of crime under any other circumstances,” Rojek said.

    According to CNN, Rojek admitted that Crooks was “highly intelligent” and had a growing interest in shooting. While officials had already revealed that he searched “how far away was Oswald from Kennedy” before the shooting, Rojek said Monday that he also made other concerning searches related to “power plants, mass shooting events, information on improvised explosive devices and the attempted assassination of the Slovakian Prime Minister earlier this year.”

    His primary social circle “appears to be limited to his immediate family, as we believe, he had few friends and acquaintances throughout his life,” Rojek said.

    “While the FBI investigation may not yet have determined a motive, we believe the subject made significant efforts to conceal his activities,” Rojek said. “Additionally, we believe his actions also show careful planning ahead of the campaign rally.”

    The FBI said Crooks used aliases to purchase both different firearm related items as well as the chemical and explosive components used to make the explosive devices that were found in Crook’s car.

    It is still unclear how Crooks evaded security even after being noticed by law enforcement more than an hour before shots rang out, but the FBI said more than 300 agents and staff are working “round the clock” to gather facts and put together a clearer timeline of Crooks’ actions. 

    FBI officials are still working to determine Crooks’ motive behind the assassination attempt that rocked Butler and neighboring townships. They are also still working to determine whether Crooks planned with any coconspirators, though the agency clarified on Monday that there are no signs to indicate there were others involved.

    Trump is expected to return to Butler at some point for another rally, but he has not released any details on when that will be.

    Article Published With The Permission of American Liberty News.

    Big Tech Accused Of Election Manipulation After Omitting Trump Shooting

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    Madeleine Jackson
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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.

    Former White House Physician Gives Trump Bullet Update, Corrects FBI Director

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    Madeleine Jackson
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    A former White House doctor released a letter Friday stating that former President Trump is “rapidly recovering” following the July 13 shooting at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

    Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) who took issue with testimony made earlier this week by FBI Director Christopher Wray, said “I want to reassure the American people and the rest of the world, that President Trump is doing extremely well.”

    Jackson, who is Trump’s former physician, said, “I have continued to monitor his health and well-being, along with his primary care physician, since the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, on the evening of July 13th.

    “The would-be assassin fired multiple rounds from a relatively close distance using a high-powered rifle, with one bullet striking the former President, and now the Republican Nominee for President, in his right ear,” Jackson continued.

    “During the Congressional Hearing two days ago, FBI Director Christopher Wray suggested that it could be a bullet, shrapnel, or glass. There is absolutely no evidence that it was anything other than a bullet,” he added. “Congress should correct the record as confirmed by both the hospital and myself. Director Wray is wrong and inappropriate to suggest anything else.”

    “As a former White House Physician for 14 years, who served during three presidential administrations, and served as the appointed physician for both President Obama and President Trump, I fully understand the global significance of this attempt on the life of the former President and the current Republican Nominee for President,” Jackson added.

    “As such, I want to reassure the American people and the rest of the world, that President Trump is doing extremely well,” Jackson concluded. “He is rapidly recovering from the gunshot wound to his right ear. I will continue to be available to assist President Trump and his personal physician in any way they see fit and will provide updates as necessary and with the permission of President Trump.”

    In an interview Thursday on FOX Business’ “Kudlow,” Jackson said it was “absolutely ridiculous” for Wray to suggest that Trump might not have been struck by a bullet.

    “This degrades any level of credibility that this man may have had – after years of weaponizing the FBI and the DOJ against the president,” Jackson said. “It was absolutely a bullet, I examined it. There was a track of a bullet.”

    In an interview Thursday on FOX Business’ “Kudlow,” Jackson said it was “absolutely ridiculous” for Wray to suggest that Trump might not have been struck by a bullet.

    “This degrades any level of credibility that this man may have had – after years of weaponizing the FBI and the DOJ against the president,” Jackson said. “It was absolutely a bullet, I examined it. There was a track of a bullet.”

    Trump Reveals ‘Dying Wish’ If He’s Assassinated

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    Madeleine Jackson
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    Photo via Gage Skidmore Flickr

    Trump wants the world to know…

    Former president and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump revealed his dying wish after surviving a recent assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.

    Alongside a clip of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump wrote the following on Truth Social.

    If they do “assassinate President Trump,” which is always a possibility, I hope that America obliterates Iran, wipes it off the face of the Earth — If that does not happen, American Leaders will be considered “gutless” cowards!

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    Following the assassination attempt by 20-year-old Matthew Thomas Crooks, CNN reported that “US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president.”

    “NSC [National Security Council] directly contacted USSS [United States Secret Service at a senior level to be absolutely sure they continued to track the latest reporting. USSS shared this information with the detail lead, and the Trump campaign was made aware of an evolving threat. In response to the increased threat, Secret Service surged resources and assets for the protection of former President Trump. All of this was in advance of Saturday,” a national security official told CNN.

    The former president not only withdrew from the so-called Iran nuclear deal, but ordered the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the terrorist general who served as the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ infamous Quds Force.

    Multiple House Dems Vote To Condemn Harris’s Immigration Failures

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      Madeleine Jackson
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      Kamala Harris via Wikimedia Commons

      On Thursday, six House Democrats voted alongside Republicans to condemn “border czar” Kamala Harris over her failure to secure the United States’ southern border with Mexico.

      The resolution was sponsored by GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and put to a vote on the House floor.

      Since Biden’s decision to end his re-election campaign there’s been a dramatic push by the legacy media to neutralize one of Harris’ biggest vulnerabilities: her longstanding “border czar” label.

      Harris was widely dubbed the “border czar” after President Biden tasked her in March 2021 to address the root causes of mass migration from Central and South America.

      The term was widely used by her critics and by multiple news organizations, however, her recent ascension has caused a notable change throughout media outlets.

      CNN had a similar shift. CNN correspondent Ed Lavandera and CNN commentator Alyssa Farah Griffin both referred to Harris as the “border czar” in 2021 and 2023, respectively. 

      This week, the network repeatedly rebuked the label. 

      “The Biden team didn’t declare her the border czar,” CNN’s Kasie Hunt said Wednesday morning. “They wanted her to work on kind of the root causes of immigration.”

      “What [former President Trump] said about Harris and immigration was not true. She was never appointed border czar,” fellow CNN anchor John Berman also said Wednesday. 

      Axios went viral Wednesday with its report about the “border confusion” that has haunted Harris, telling readers “the Trump campaign and Republicans have tagged Harris repeatedly with the ‘border czar’ title — which she never actually had.”

      Meet the Representatives helping hold the presumptive Democrat nominee responsible:

      –Jared Golden (D-ME)

      –Yadira Caraveo (D-CO)

      –Don Davis (D-NC) 

      –Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) 

      –Henry Cuellar (D-TX)

      U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, speaks about the U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA $102 million dollar investment to expand access to housing and water infrastructure for socially disadvantaged rural people, nearly nation wide, during an announcement in Zapata Co., TX, on Dec 16, 2022. USDA Media by Lance Cheung.

      –Mary Peltola (D-AK)

      The document first outlined Harris’s prescribed role in addressing the border crisis and noted, among other items, that the former Border Patrol chief had never been spoken to by either Harris or President Joe Biden and the skyrocketing levels of illegal immigration into the country under their administration.

      “the House of Representatives strongly condemns the Biden Administration and its Border Czar, Kamala Harris’s, failure to secure the United States border; affirms that the American people deserve elected officials who understand the gravity of the crisis at the border and who will execute the policies to fix the border crisis; clearly and firmly states that the continuation of the Biden, Harris border policies would be disastrous for both the United States and the American people.”

      Read the full resolution:

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      The handful of Democrats siding with Republicans is notable as Harris seeks to secure the party nomination.

      Republicans are expected to capitalize on Harris’s failures at the border throughout the election.

      Article Published With The Permission of American Liberty News.

      House Unanimously Votes To Establish Trump Assassination Attempt Commission

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      The House of Representatives unanimously voted to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.


      No lawmakers voted “no” nor “present,” and 416 voted “yes.” Ten Democrats and six Republicans did not vote on Wednesday.

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      The task force will be comprised of seven Republicans and six Democrats, with the members likely being announced this week.

      “The security failures that allowed an assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life are shocking. In response to bipartisan demands for answers, we are announcing a House Task Force made up of seven Republicans and six Democrats to thoroughly investigate the matter,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said in a joint statement on Tuesday. “The task force will be empowered with subpoena authority and will move quickly to find the facts, ensure accountability, and make certain such failures never happen again.”

      The resolution was led by Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) whose district the shooting took place in and who was in attendance but unharmed.

      One attendee died, and two others were injured, and Trump was shot in the ear and evacuated off the stage by the Secret Service.


      Judge Rejects Stephanapolous Request To Dismiss Trump Defamation Case

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      Madeleine Jackson
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      A federal judge has denied ABC News and George Stephanopoulos’s motion to dismiss former President Trump’s lawsuit claiming the anchor defamed him in a March interview.

      In a 21-page ruling issued on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga rejected several defenses ABC mounted to Trump’s suit, including that they were protected by a fair reporting privilege. 

      Trump cast the ruling as a “big win,” calling the anchor “liddle’ George Slopadopolus” in a post on Truth Social.

      Trump touted the ruling on Truth Social, writing, “A BIG WIN TODAY IN HIGH FLORIDA COURT AGAINST ABC FAKE NEWS, AND LIDDLE’ GEORGE SLOPADOPOLUS. A POWERFUL CASE! BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA WILL BE FORCED BY THE COURTS TO START TELLING THE TRUTH. THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR OUR COUNTRY. MAGA2024!”

      Stephanopoulos’ comments were made during a tense exchange with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on his Sunday program “This Week” in March.

      After playing a clip of Mace discussing being a victim of rape, Stephanopoulos asked her, “How do you square your endorsement of Donald Trump with the testimony we just saw?” 

      Watch:

      “You’ve endorsed Donald Trump for president. Judges and two separate juries have found him liable for rape and for defaming the victim of that rape,” Stephanopoulos said, alluding to the legal victory by Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll. 

      Stephanopoulos repeated that claim a whopping ten times during his ugly spat with Mace, despite the fact that a jury actually determined Trump was liable for “sexual abuse,” which has a distinct definition under New York law.

      Though the jury didn’t find Trump liable for rape under New York’s definition, Judge Kaplan rejected Trump’s claims that Carroll was defaming him by continuing to describe it as that, saying the legal distinction “is minimal.” 

      ABC and Stephanopoulos claimed that ruling binds Trump’s new lawsuit. However, the judge on Wednesday denied the argument, also indicating it remained unclear if the anchor’s statements were substantially true. 

      “Here, of course, New York has opted to separate out a crime of rape; and Stephanopoulos’s statements dealt not with the public’s usage of that term, but the jury’s consideration of it during a formal legal proceeding,” Altonaga, who was appointed by former President George W. Bush, wrote in her ruling. 

      The decision enables the case to move into the discovery process and closer to trial. 

      “Once again, the Court does not find that a reasonable jury must — or even is likely to — conclude Stephanopoulos’s statements were defamatory,” Altonaga wrote. 

      “A jury may, upon viewing the segment, find there was sufficient context,” she continued. “A jury may also conclude Plaintiff fails to establish other elements of his claim … But a reasonable jury could conclude Plaintiff was defamed and, as a result, dismissal is inappropriate.” 

      Former Obama Staffer Accuses GOP Of Leaking Michelle Obama White House Rumors

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        FLOTUS at Fayetteville, N.C. -The Arts Center speech Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian

        A former staffer for President Barack Obama is sharing her own theory behind speculation former First Lady Michelle Obama has an interest in running for President.

        Party strategist Ameshia Cross said during an appearance on “Cuomo.”

        “Honestly, I don’t think it’s coming from the right because they really want to see Michelle Obama run, I think it’s coming from the right because they want an opportunity to tear Michelle Obama down,” she told anchor Chris Cuomo.

        Cross, a former Obama campaign staffer, said it’s abundantly clear the former first lady has “absolutely no interest” in a White House bid “at any level.” Rather than run against Harris, Cross believes Michelle Obama will likely work as a surrogate to help her secure her funding.

        The director of communications for Obama’s office, reaffirmed her stance in March, stating, “As former First Lady Michelle Obama has expressed several times over the years, she will not be running for president.”

        Earlier this month a poll found Obama as one of the only Democrats able to beat Trump this November.

        The survey, conducted by Reuters/Ipsos, reveals that Michelle Obama would surpass Trump in a hypothetical matchup, securing 50% of the vote compared to his 39%. Notably, only 4% of respondents stated they would abstain from voting altogether. The 11-point lead highlights Obama’s uniquely strong position in a highly polarized political landscape.

        Article Published With The Permission of American Liberty News.

        FBI Director Reveals New Details On Trump Shooter

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        More details on the recent attempt on Donald Trump’s life…

        On Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray appeared before the House Judiciary Committee to provide an update on the ongoing investigation into the assassination attempt as well as the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks.

        Wray shared that 14 firearms have been recovered from the shooter’s home as well as multiple explosive devices.

        Fox News reports:

        “I would say these are relatively… crude devices themselves. But they did have the ability to be detonated remotely,” he said.

        “In addition to the two devices that we recovered out of his vehicle, there were receivers for those two explosive devices with the devices. And then on the shooter himself, when he was killed by law enforcement, he had a transmitter with him,” Wray revealed.

        “Now, I do want to add one important point here is that at the moment… it looks like because of the on on/off position on the receivers, that if he had tried to detonate those devices from the roof, it would not have worked,” Wray added. “But that doesn’t mean the explosives weren’t dangerous.”

        Wray also said: “We have recovered a drone that the shooter appears to have used. It’s being exploited and analyzed by the FBI lab. The drone was recovered in his vehicle. So at the time of the shooting the drone was in his vehicle with the controller.”

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        Wray told the House Judiciary Committee that “it appears” Crooks was flying the drone about 200 yards away from the stage area of the Trump rally around 3:50 to 4 p.m. local time on the day of the shooting. Trump was hit with gunfire at 6:11 p.m. as the campaign event was underway.

        Wray also told House lawmakers Wednesday that there are no signs Crooks had any help with the Trump assassination attempt.

        “Not at this time, but again, the investigation is ongoing,” he said about the matter.

        On Tuesday, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle announced her resignation.

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