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       Trump is writing a book on how presidency was stolen from him

       Former president Donald Trump is facing a bipartisan backlash after he shared a post on his social media platform Truth Social seemingly calling for "civil war" in the United States.

       Mr Trump "retruthed" a user's "civil war" comment on former Fox Nation host Lara Logan's post, which was a screengrab of El Salvadorian president Nayib Bukele's criticism of America.

       "The most powerful country in the world is falling so fast, that it makes you rethink what are the real reasons," Mr Bukele wrote on Twitter.

       "Something so big and powerful can’t be destroyed so quickly, unless the enemy comes from within."

       Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans tore into the 45th president for "calling for a civil war" following the 6 January Capitol insurrection.

       "Any of my fellow Republicans wanna speak out now? Or are we just wanting to get through 'just one more election first'," asked Rep Adam Kinzinger.

       Meanwhile, a new court filing from lawyer John Eastman has revealed that the former president handwrote notes about strategies to overturn the 2020 election.

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       Show latest update 1653284668 Trump responds to claim Clinton approved leak of Russia allegations

       Former president Donald Trump was furious after Hillary Clinton’s former campaign manager admitted in federal court on Friday that the Clinton campaign, authorised by the candidate herself, was responsible for leaking a story to journalists about the possibility of connections between him and a Russian bank.

       Ms Clinton’s ex-top deputy, Robby Mook, was testifying in the trial of Michael Sussman, a former lawyer for the Clinton campaign now indicted for lying to the FBI as part of special counsel John Durham’s probe into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation.

       Mr Mook’s testimony on Friday concerned the publication of an article in Slate on 31 October 2016, just days before voters headed to the polls and elected Donald Trump.

       “This is one of the greatest political scandals in history,” said the former president in an interview with Fox News. “For three years, I had to fight her off, and fight those crooked people off, and you’ll never get your reputation fully back.”

       “Where do I get my reputation back?” he questioned, complaining: “[I]f we had real leadership, instead of people like Mitch McConnell, they would do something about it. And guys like Bill Barr. They would have done something about it.”

       Alisha Rahaman Sarkar 23 May 2022 06:44

       1653283846 Ellison plotted with Trump aides on call about overturning election

       Larry Ellison, the billionaire chairman of tech giant Oracle, was reportedly involved in a phone call that focused on the Trump campaign’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election’s legitimate results.

       The call took place on 14 November 2020, less than a week after Election Day resulted in Mr Trump’s stunning defeat in previous GOP strongholds like Arizona and Georgia, The Washington Post reported.

       Others on the call included Jay Sekulow, an attorney for the White House, as well as Fox News’s Sean Hannity and Sen Lindsey Graham.

       Mr Ellison has never commented publicly about the 2020 election’s legitimacy, but is known to be a supporter of Donald Trump and has previously fundraised for the one-term Republican president.

       John Bowden reports.

       Billionaire Larry Ellison plotted with Trump aides on call about overturning election Unclear how long Oracle chairman’s involvement lasted

       Alisha Rahaman Sarkar 23 May 2022 06:30

       1653282566 Michigan election official claims Trump called for her execution

       Michigan’s top election official has claimed Donald Trump called for to be arrested for treason and “executed” after she refused to overturn his 2020 loss to Joe Biden.

       Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat who is Michigan’s state secretary, said she was told about the one-term president’s remarks from a source familiar with the White House meeting she alleges it was said in.

       “It was surreal and I felt sad,” Ms Benson told NBC News.

       “It certainly amplified the heightened sense of anxiety, stress and uncertainty of that time — which I still feel in many ways, because it showed there was no bottom to how far he [Trump] and his supporters were willing to stoop to overturn or discredit a legitimate election.”

       Graeme Massie has more.

       Top Michigan election official claims Trump called for her execution Democrat Jocelyn Benson called alleged remark ‘surreal’ and ‘sad’

       Alisha Rahaman Sarkar 23 May 2022 06:09

       1653281867 Filing says Trump handwrote notes about overturning 2020 election

       Ahead of the 6 January select committee’s hearings about the Capitol riot, a new court filing from lawyer John Eastman has revealed that Donald Trump handwrote notes about strategies to overturn the 2020 election.

       Mr Eastman is trying to shield hundreds of documents from the panel’s investigation, claiming they fall under attorney-client privilege. Among those he is withholding are emailed copies of handwritten notes from the then-president “about information that he thought might be useful for the anticipated litigation” over the result.

       In a 50-page brief filed last Thursday, Mr Eastman claims to have communicated with Mr Trump through “six conduits to or agents of the former president,” and argued that his communications with those individuals should also be shielded because their involvement was “necessary” to facilitate his contact with the then-chief executive.

       Alisha Rahaman Sarkar 23 May 2022 05:57

       1653280401 Trump considered dropping out of 2016 race after locker room tape emerged, says Kellyanne Conway

       Donald Trump considered dropping out of the 2016 presidential race after the leak of the notorious Access Hollywood tape, according to former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway’s new memoir.

       On the tape, which was released just days before Americans went to the polls, the one-term president was heard boasting about his behaviour towards women.

       In a 2005 conversation his TV host Billy Bush, Mr Trump was caught on tape bragging about grabbing women “by the p****, kissing women before they could stop him, and “moving on” a married woman “like a b****.”

       Ms Conway writes in Here’s The Deal that Mr Trump was concerned that the Republican Party “could force him off the ticket or hold a vote to expel him”, according to an excerpt obtained by Daily Beast.

       Graeme Massie reports.

       Trump considered quitting 2016 race over Access Hollywood tape, Kellyanne Conway says Vulgar 2005 recording released weeks before election day

       Alisha Rahaman Sarkar 23 May 2022 05:33

       1653279806 Trump under fire for ‘civil war’ post

       Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans tore into the former president after he shared a post on his social media platform that suggested a “civil war”.

       “Any of my fellow Republicans wanna speak out now? Or are we just wanting to get through ‘just one more election first’,” asked Trump critic and Republican leader Adam Kinzinger.

       Democrat Eric Swalwell, accusing Mr Trump of “calling for civil war”, wrote: “Of course, like Vietnam and the walk to the Insurrection, he won’t be man enough to fight it.”

       Cindy Banyai, Democrat candidate for Florida, wrote: “I condemn former president Trump’s actions promoting civil war.”

       Alisha Rahaman Sarkar 23 May 2022 05:23

       1653279057 Trump shares post ‘calling for civil war’

       Former president Donald Trump has shared a post on his social media platform Truth that appeared to propose or predict a civil war in the US, triggering an uproar.

       The “truth” shared by the former president on Sunday was from an anonymous account with the name ‘Maga king Thanos’.

       The post contained a screengrab of a 19 March tweet from El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, where he is asking how “the most powerful country in the world is falling so fast,” responding to a news update about inflation.

       Stuti Mishra has more.

       Trump under fire for sharing post ‘calling for civil war’ over US inflation The tweet from El Salvador’s president was shared as a screenshot on the Truth social site by former Fox Nation host Lara Logan

       Alisha Rahaman Sarkar 23 May 2022 05:10

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       Alisha Rahaman Sarkar 23 May 2022 04:35