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Exclusive: Rudy Giuliani interviewed in special counsel’s 2020 election interference probe

CNN — Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been interviewed by federal investigators as part of the special counsel’s probe into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN with the meeting The meeting between Giuliani, his lawyer Robert Costello and investigators took place in recent weeks. The sources declined to say what the investigators’ questions focused on during the meeting, which was not previously reported. Special counsel Jack Smith has not announced any charges stemming from his investigation into efforts to block the certification of the 2020 presidential election,…

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Exonerated member of ‘Central Park Five’ takes lead in NYC Council primaries – KXAN Austin

NEW YORK (AP) – Yusef Salaam, who as a child was part of a group of teenagers wrongfully accused, convicted and imprisoned for the rape of a woman jogging in Central Park, took a major lead Tuesday in a primary democrat for a city council. seat in New York. Salaam faces two veteran politicians, New York Assembly members Al Taylor, 65, and Inez Dickens, 73, in the race for a seat that represents part of Harlem. Incumbent and Socialist Democrat Kristin Richard Jordan dropped out of the race in May, but remained on the ballot. The contest came more than…

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Florida organized flights of migrants to California, where officials are considering legal action

Florida officials confirmed Tuesday that the state organized the chartered flights that brought the migrants to Sacramento last Monday and Friday, generating indignation of the California authorities. The Florida Division of Emergency Management’s statement came a day after California’s attorney general said it was considering legal action over the flights, which it said could amount to a “state-sanctioned kidnapping.” The Florida Division of Emergency Management said in the statement that the state’s relocation program was voluntary, noting that there was verbal and written consent indicating that the migrants wanted to go to California. Florida has faced pushback from officials in…

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Yusef Salaam is expected to win Council District 9

Salaam hoped to win the Democratic primary for New York City Council

In top Harlem political news, Exonerated Five member Yusef Salaam is expected to win the Democratic primary for City Council in one of the most watched races in New York City. As he walked into his victory party Tuesday night, the sense of change in Harlem was palpable. Salaam, who has never been elected before, is on track to defeat two sitting lawmakers who ran for the same City Council seat for District 9 in Harlem. “What has happened in this campaign has restored my faith in knowing that I was born for this,” Salaam said. Some considered Inez Dickens…

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AP Top Political News at 12:02 am EDT

Impeachment? Censorship? The stigma is moving away from Congress’s harshest punishmentsSupreme Court rejects GOP in North Carolina case that could have reshaped elections beyond the stateTrump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was interviewed in the investigation on January 6Zeneta Everhart, mother of Buffalo mass shooting survivor, wins City Council primaryThe rivalry between Trump and DeSantis intensifies with dueling New Hampshire campaign eventsBiden wants to work with the economy: ‘Bidenomics’… READ MORE Impeachment? Censorship? The stigma is moving away from Congress’s harshest punishments Supreme Court rejects GOP in North Carolina case that could have reshaped elections beyond the state Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani,…

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Fox News Power Rankings: 2024 election preview

Trump’s lead grows in NH, while DeSantis loses ground and new candidates see support increase

Former President Donald Trump extends his lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in New Hampshire, and newcomers to the 2024 Republican presidential primary are also gaining support from the state’s voters, a new poll shows . The Saint Anselm College Survey Center poll, released Tuesday, gathered responses from 1,065 registered Granite State voters from June 21-23 and found that Trump has 47 percent support from voters in the state. Following Trump, DeSantis received 19 percent support, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie received six percent support, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley received five percent support and South Carolina Republican…

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Cheney vows not to do anything to “help” Trump as he weighs 2024 bid

Rep. Liz Cheney, one of Donald Trump’s most vocal Republican critics, is standing by her 2024 plans, but said in an interview Tuesday that she has no intention of taking any steps to help the former president return in office . “I’m not going to do anything that helps Donald Trump,” Cheney told NBC News’ Lester Holt at the Aspen Ideas Festival. “I’ll make a decision about what I do and what’s coming later this year.” Cheney, who represented Wyoming in Congress for six years before losing last year’s Republican primary to a Trump-backed candidate, was also asked whether she…

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New Hampshire: Trump and DeSantis exchange gunfire in showdown

CNN — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday described former President Donald Trump as over-promising and under-delivering, vowing in New Hampshire to “drain the swamp” in Washington as he blamed Trump for failing to deliver his 2016 campaign promises to “sell out.” this “If I tell you I’m going to do something, I’m not just saying it for an election,” DeSantis said in one of his strongest attacks on the former president yet. Meanwhile, Trump mocked the size of the crowds at the DeSantis town hall, telling luncheon attendees in Concord that “nobody showed up” to the Florida governor’s event…

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