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Donald Trump has lashed out at his former attorney general, Bill Barr, as he promotes a book painting an unflattering portrait of the former president’s last weeks and months.
In a letter obtained by Axios, Mr Trump calls Mr Barr “lethargic”, writing: “I would imagine that if the book is anything like him, it will be long, slow and very boring.” Mr Barr has described how Mr Trump accepted his resignation after he refused to endorse the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen for Joe Biden.
Meanwhile, the ex-president has floated the idea that US should the cover fighter planes with the Chinese flag and “bomb the s*** out of Russia”. During a speech to elite GOP donors on Saturday, Mr Trump said the country could “put the Chinese flag” on F-22s before attacking the country.
“And then we say, China did it, we didn’t do it, China did it and they start fighting with each other and we sit back and watch,” the former president said musing the audience, according to The Washington Post.
F-22s are tactical fighters, not bombers, and the Chinese military does not use them. It is also not usual for military jets to be identified from the ground by their “flags”.
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Donald Trump has been kept out of a high-level annual meeting with conservative political donors, reported CBS News.
The World Forum event set for this weekend, while includes president Joe Biden’s top economic adviser along with other Democrats and Republicans critical of the former president, Mr Trump has been iced out.
Among the participants include Mitch McConnell, who has repeatedly clashed with Mr Trump, and Governor Doug Ducey, who pushed back against pressure from the former president to not certify Joe Biden’s victory in Arizona.
Former US President Donald Trump gestures during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at The Rosen Shingle Creek on 26 February 2022
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Namita Singh 8 March 2022 04:54
1646714190 Barr pushes back against Trump’s ‘childish’ letter
Former attorney general William Barr responded to president Donald Trump’s comments calling him “slow” and a “big disappointment”.
“It’s par for the course. The (former) president is a man who, when he’s told something he doesn’t want to hear, he immediately throws a tantrum and attacks the person personally,” Mr Barr told NBC. “So, I thought the letter was childish.”
Namita Singh 8 March 2022 04:36
1646712981 Barr was a ‘Bushie’, says Trump
Donald Trump referred to his former attorney general WIlliam Barr as a “Bushie”, apparently referring to the time he served under the presidency of George HW Bush.
“He was so afraid of being impeached, that he went to the other side—and they left him alone,” Mr Trump said in a statement. “Barr was a ‘Bushie’ who never had the energy or competence to do the job that he was put in place to do.”
Namita Singh 8 March 2022 04:16
1646712027 Marjorie Taylor Greene slated for insulting decorated veteran
Fresh off her performance heckling Joe Biden during last week’s State of the Union, Marjorie Taylor Greene is in hot water again after launching a tirade against Alexander Vindman – the former national security adviser who testified against Donald Trump in his first impeachment.
After Ms Greene tweeted that “people are dying because of Biden’s poor decision-making leading up to Putin declaring war on Ukraine”, Mr Vindman replied: “Nope. It’s because you and your pro-Putin party encouraged Putin to invade, by cheerleading him. Worse yet, you undermined @POTUS efforts to signal punishing costs… you undermined US efforts [to] deter the war. You have blood in [sic] your hands. The American people will not forget.”
Ms Greene responded: “This clown wants to drag Americans into war with Russia with his big tough tweets and his zoom interviews on CNN. Go ahead and go fight yourself since you’re from Ukraine.”
The reaction has not gone in her favour.
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Oliver O'Connell 8 March 2022 04:00
1646711555 Ex-Rand Paul aide charged with funneling Russian money into 2016 election
Jesse Benton, a former campaign staffer and the grandson-in-law of US Senator Rand Paul who received a presidential pardon from former President Donald Trump has been charged with directing Russian money into the 2016 presidential election, according to the US Department of Justice.
The announcement came on Monday via an unseal indictment from 9 September.
Mr Benton “conspired to illegally funnel thousands of dollars of foreign money from a Russian foreign national” into the 2016 campaign, reported Business Insider.
Graig Graziosi has the details:
Namita Singh 8 March 2022 03:52
1646710904 Jury begins deliberation in first trial over Capitol riot
A 12-member federal jury is scheduled to begin deliberation on Tuesday in the case against Guy Wesley Reffitt who is the person to be tried over the criminal charges emerging from deadly Capitol riots on 6 January.
Accused of storming the Capitol with a holstered handgun strapped to his waist and for interfering with police officers at the Senate door, Ms Reffitt is also charged with threatening his teenage children if they reported him to law enforcement after the attack on 6 January.
Read the details in this report by Andrew Naughtie and Gustaf Kilander:
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Namita Singh 8 March 2022 03:41
1646708547 ICYMI: News anchor shuts down Matt Gaetz’s false 2020 election claims
Florida congressman Matt Gaetz often repeats the falsehood that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election, but on one local news station, he found himself being unexpectedly fact-checked in real-time.
“So you’re still maintaining the 2020 election was stolen? Are we still going with that?” WEAR ABC 3 anchor Bob Solarski asked the Republican on Friday, as their conversation was broadcast live.
Nathan Place reports on the awkward confrontation.
Local news anchor shuts down Matt Gaetz’s false 2020 election claims on live TV ‘So you’re still maintaining the 2020 election was stolen? Are we still going with that?’ asked WEAR ABC 3 anchor Bob Solarski
Oliver O'Connell 8 March 2022 03:02
1646704887 ICYMI: Trump says Putin ‘was a friend of mine’
Donald Trump was recorded describing Vladimir Putin as his “friend” in a bizarre phone conversation with pro golfer John Daly. “You know, he was a friend of mine,” the former president told the athlete on speaker phone, as recorded in a viral video. “I got along great with him.”
Mr Trump during the phone conversation repeated a claim that he’s made frequently in recent weeks: that if he were still president, Russia’s leader wouldn’t dare invade Ukraine.
“I’d say, ‘Vladimir, if you do it, we’re hitting Moscow,’” the one-term president bragged to Mr Daly. “I said, ‘We’re gonna hit Moscow.’ And he sort of believed me, like five per cent, 10 per cent. That’s all you need. He never did it during my time, John.”
Nathan Place reports.
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Oliver O'Connell 8 March 2022 02:01
1646701347 ‘Mark Meadows may have committed a voter fraud’
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows may have committed voter fraud, according to a report by the New Yorker.
The outlet reported that it has dug up Mr Meadows’ voter registration form, and found that he registered to vote at a Scaly Mountain, North Carolina, address – a mobile home he’s never owned.
Nathan Place has the story.
Mark Meadows may have committed voter fraud, report says For his place of residence, Mr Meadows reportedly put down the address of a mobile home he’s never owned
Oliver O'Connell 8 March 2022 01:02
1646697627 ‘Bomb the s*** out of Russia’
Musing the audience with a war between Russia and China, the former president Donald Trump said the US should “bomb the s*** out of Russia” with F-22 planes covered in Chinese flag and see the two nations go to war.
“And then we say, China did it, we didn’t do it, China did it and then they start fighting with each other and we sit back and watch,” the former president said while musing the GOP donors in New Orleans on Saturday.
Nathan Place reports.
Trump says US should put Chinese flags on fighter jets and bomb Russia ‘And then we say, China did it, we didn’t do it, China did it, and then they start fighting with each other and we sit back and watch,’ the former president said
Oliver O'Connell 8 March 2022 00:00
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