Trump’s Second Impeachment: See How It Happened
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Former President Donald Trump visited the iconic Versailles restaurant in Miami after being arraigned on 37 federal charges on Tuesday and bombastically announced there would be “food for all.”
There was just one problem: According to a report in the Miami New Times, Mr. Trump never picked up the tab…
Mr. Trump’s visit to the Cuban restaurant functioned largely as a campaign stop after he spent the morning in federal court accused of mishandling classified documents and obstructing government attempts to retrieve them.
The fallout from his appearance that day continues, with fellow Republicans torn over how to respond to the party’s de facto leader accused of federal crimes.
While many Republican lawmakers attack the justice system and engage in a round of “what ifs” regarding President Joe Biden and the Clintons and alleged wrongdoing on their part, a strong bloc is forming that censures the actions of Mr. Trump and says he will pay a high price. for them and that everything is their fault.
Chris Christie, Bill Barr, Karl Rove and Mike Pompeo fall into this category, and some primary rivals, notably Mike Pence and Nikki Haley, have also rebuked the former president.
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Voices: How is Joe Biden really doing?
With all the attention focused on the Miami impeachment and former President Donald Trump, many Americans could be forgiven for forgetting that Joe Biden currently occupies the White House.
Biden campaigned on the Trump fatigue of the American public. During the 2020 campaign, he said people shouldn’t worry about his tweets when he took office, after Trump sent out 140-character edicts around the clock.
That turned out to be enough to not only win the Democratic nomination, but beat Trump in the general election. Biden rightly assumed that the American public didn’t like having to dwell on their president’s last erratic words or deeds and go on their merry way.
But just as Mr. Biden doesn’t dominate headlines with negative coverage, it also means his approval rating hardly improves when things go his way.
How is Joe Biden really doing?
Many events have gone Biden’s way while everyone pays attention to Trump. But it hasn’t changed what people think of him
Oliver O’ConnellJune 17, 2023 3:45 p.m
John Kelly says Trump is ‘less afraid’
President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, John Kelly, blasted a brief speech by his former boss on Tuesday as nothing more than a panic storm in response to two criminal indictments brought by New York prosecutors and the Department of of Justice of the United States.
Kelly spoke to The Washington Post after the former president appeared at his resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, to a crowd of $1,000-a-pop attendees who had hurriedly gathered to hear his remarks after the accusation
John Kelly pretended to be a ‘tough man’ but in reality he was weak and ineffectual, he was born with a VERY small ‘brain’. He found it difficult to function in a political world and was truly a battered and exhausted man when I fired him. In the end, he was a “mummy” who sat in his office and stared at the ceiling – he was “thrown”. I will never forget how his very nice wife told me that “John loves and respects you more than anyone, he will always say the BEST things about you.” Oh well, so much for that!
Oliver O’ConnellJune 17, 2023 3:15 p.m
Trump 2024 campaign raises more than $7 million from post-impeachment appearances
Oliver O’ConnellJune 17, 2023 2:45 p.m
What. is it the “Clinton sock case” that Trump says is pulling him off the hook, and is he right?
For Americans who lived through the 1990s, the words “Clinton” and “socks” may bring to mind a whimsical image of a certain famous feline, of the black and white tuxedo variety, who ran around the most prestigious halls of American power. a time when the US was emerging as the world’s only undisputed superpower.
Andrew Feinberg explain.
Oliver O’ConnellJune 17, 2023 2:15 p.m
SUMMARY: All lawsuits and criminal charges involving Trump and where they are
Here’s what you need to know about all the major investigations and lawsuits against Donald Trump.
Oliver O’ConnellJune 17, 2023 1:45 p.m
Trump now blames “mutants” for impeachment
Oliver O’ConnellJune 17, 2023 12:45 p.m
Report: Trump not interested in negotiating deal on mishandling of classified documents
A current member of former President Donald Trump’s legal team suggested as early as 2022 that his client should seek a settlement with the federal government over allegations that he kept presidential records and classified materials, including reportedly documents of defense
That lawyer was Christopher Kise, according to the Washington Postwho was seen with the twice-impeached former president on Tuesday for his appearance before a Miami judge.
John Bowden has the details.
Oliver O’ConnellJune 17, 2023 11:45 am
Christie calls Trump ‘failed leader’ who ‘doesn’t care about the American people’
Following the indictment of Donald Trump on federal criminal charges, it appears that more of the Republican primary candidates are meeting and changing their tone from their initial response to the indictment against him.
A particularly vocal critic early on has been former Trump ally and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has long aligned himself as anti-Trump and is now running against him for to the 2024 GOP nomination.
During an appearance on Fox News on Wednesday, Christie didn’t hold back when asked how she would differentiate herself from Trump on the debate stage.
Oliver O’ConnellJune 17, 2023 10:45 am
‘Great outrage’ if Trump is impeached on January 6, says Lindsey Graham
Trump loyalist Lindsey Graham is back in the running for the former president’s most vocal cheerleader in the Senate this week after she warned a CNN reporter that the GOP would riot if Donald Trump ran for a third term criminal indictment related to January 6.
The South Carolina Republican, who made a show of publicly breaking with Trump in the hours after the Capitol attack only to jump back on the bandwagon when things cooled, spoke on the halls of Congress this week after that the former president was formally arraigned in a Miami courtroom over the alleged illegal withholding of presidential files and classified documents.
John Bowden reports from Washington, DC.
Oliver O’ConnellJune 17, 2023 09:45
Trump gloats over collapse of New York golf club tax probe
Former President Donald Trump got some good legal news Thursday when the district attorney in Westchester County, New York, confirmed that a two-year investigation into the Trump Organization’s valuation of a nightclub has been closed. golf there and will not result in any criminal charges.
News of the closure of the investigation was the first reported by Insider on Wednesday.
Oliver O’ConnellJune 17, 2023 08:45
