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Trump racks up May primary wins in Republican retribution campaign

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President Donald Trump went on a winning streak in May primaries as he ousted several Republicans who had dissented from his party line, further tightening his grip on the GOP.

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(VIDEO) Trump Responds to Biden’s Lawsuit to Block Ghostwriter Audio Tapes – Urges Acting AG Blanche to Fight for Release

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(VIDEO) Trump Responds to Biden’s Lawsuit to Block Ghostwriter Audio Tapes – Urges Acting AG Blanche to Fight for Release

President Trump on Wednesday responded to Joe Biden's attempt to hide his ghostwriter interviews from the public during his cabinet meeting on Wednesday, slamming the Democrats for nearly destroying the country. "I would like to see what he has to say because we can never allow what happened to this country to happen," Trump said when asked about the tapes by LindellTV's Cara Castronuova. The post (VIDEO) Trump Responds to Biden’s Lawsuit to Block Ghostwriter Audio Tapes – Urges Acting AG Blanche to Fight for Release appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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Thune urges Senate GOP to ‘pivot’ from Cornyn, help Paxton win in Texas

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Thune urges Senate GOP to ‘pivot’ from Cornyn, help Paxton win in Texas

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is throwing his support behind Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after Paxton’s primary defeat of incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R) on Tuesday. In a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt on Wednesday, Thune said maintaining the Republican Senate majority is paramount, and that Paxton’s general election opponent, Democrat James Talarico, is a…

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Hochul, Trump Jr. trade jabs over New York Knicks knowledge

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Hochul, Trump Jr. trade jabs over New York Knicks knowledge

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) and Donald Trump Jr. traded barbs Wednesday after the former questioned President Trump’s allegiances to the NBA Finals-bound New York Knicks. When a reporter asked Hochul about the president’s Knicks fandom, she responded that she would “ask him to name the starting lineup of the 1993 championship team and…

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Trump teases attending NY Knicks NBA finals game at Madison Square Garden

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Trump teases attending NY Knicks NBA finals game at Madison Square Garden

President Trump on Wednesday teased taking a trip to New York to see the Knicks play in the NBA finals next week at Madison Square Garden. Trump told reporters at a Cabinet meeting at the White House that he was planning on going to a game this week, but then the team secured a championship…

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Paxton Heads to Washington for Post-Primary Fundraising Stop

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Paxton Heads to Washington for Post-Primary Fundraising Stop

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won over voters Tuesday when he defeated Sen. John Cornyn in a historically expensive primary runoff, but now he’s working to convince K Street he’s a candidate worth investing in.

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Thune backs Ken Paxton after divisive Texas primary

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Thune backs Ken Paxton after divisive Texas primary

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) threw his support behind Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday, bringing Senate leadership one step closer to coalescing around a Republican they spent months trying to defeat. Thune endorsed Paxton on the heels of his victory against Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), telling conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that […]

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Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump over Slush Fund for Jan. 6 Rioters & Other Allies

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Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump over Slush Fund for Jan. 6 Rioters & Other Allies

Two officers who defended the Capitol on January 6, 2021, have filed a lawsuit in federal court to block the creation of a $1.8 billion so-called anti-weaponization fund. Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges are bringing the lawsuit because the fund could be used to compensate the Capitol rioters who attacked them and their colleagues. Both officers say they have faced continuous credible threats since that day. “This slush fund is going to be used to pay the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers,” says Brendan Ballou, CEO of the Public Integrity Project, who is representing officers Dunn and Hodges. “It is going to give a presidential endorsement to these people, saying that not only … will they be put beyond the reach of the law, but they will actually be financially rewarded for doing so.” Ballou is also a former federal prosecutor who spent two years prosecuting January 6 Capitol rioters.

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Trump could be liable for 'creative crimes' due to his IRS deal: law professor

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Trump could be liable for 'creative crimes' due to his IRS deal: law professor

A controversial agreement granting Donald Trump immunity from IRS audits may ultimately prove worthless, according to University of Baltimore School of Law Professor Kim Wehle, who argues in a new column that it may not stand up to legal scrutiny under what are called "creative crimes."As part of a settlement with Trump over a leaked tax return lawsuit, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed off on an addendum granting the president sweeping tax protections. The IRS agreed to drop all pending audits of Trump — potentially saving him an estimated $100 million in liability — and the one-page document declared the U.S. government is "forever barred and precluded" from examining or prosecuting Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization's tax filings.Writing for The Hill, Wehle's core argument is simple: Trump had no legal authority to grant himself this immunity in the first place. "The whole thing is bogus, so any attempt to use it as a valid legal defense is bogus, too," she wrote.Wehle pointed to Supreme Court precedent suggesting future courts may be willing to invalidate the deal. In July 2024, the Court granted Trump criminal immunity for official acts but explicitly stated that former presidents can still be prosecuted for crimes involving unofficial acts — a category that could theoretically include actions taken to minimize personal tax liability.While "Trump is operating as if he is above the law, there is room for future courts to find liability for 'creative crimes' he commits while in the White House," she elaborated.Even during Trump's first term, when he had a "friendly majority" on the Supreme Court, the justices refused to shield his personal accounting firm from turning over tax returns to congressional committees, the law professor wrote, noting that in 2022 the Court refused to block disclosure of Trump's tax returns and financial records to the House Ways and Means Committee.The critical question, according to Wehle, is not whether Trump currently possesses the constitutional authority to grant himself immunity — he doesn't she maintained — but whether future voters will elect an administration willing to challenge the addendum.If that happens, a future DOJ could argue that the agreement is legally void because Trump lacked authority to execute it. "The government would argue that the addendum should be given no weight because Trump had no legal authority to grant himself such immunity in the first place," Wehle explained.Trump's defense team would inevitably seek to invoke the addendum as a legal shield, but that defense would rest on a fundamentally flawed legal foundation. The deal represents Trump attempting to immunize himself unilaterally — an act that legal scholars argue exceeds presidential authority and could be dismantled by future courts or administrations, Wehle suggested.

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