Donald Trump news today: Trump’s secret donation to Arizona election audit revealed as he sets off on campaign trail

In nine short videos posted simultaneously on his Truth Social account, Trump made statements about fighting crime, the Atlanta protests, the classified document cases, and Russia’s war in Ukraine, among other things.

He proposed building an “impenetrable dome” to protect the United States from missile strikes.

“World War III…compared to World War I and World War II would have looked like very small battles,” he said.

In another video, he addressed the indictment against former FBI officer Charles McGonigal, who is accused of violating U.S. sanctions on Russia.

“Let him burn in hell,” Trump said.

In one video, he said that “patriots” imprisoned for crimes related to the US Capitol attack are being “destroyed” by the criminal justice system; in another, he called Joe Biden’s possession of confidential documents found in his office and home “a disgrace to our country”, representing election interference.

“They created this paperwork mess for themselves,” he said in another video. “Because I was so crazy because of me and I did absolutely nothing wrong. It’s really incredible to watch, isn’t it?”

Ronna McDaniel was re-elected to chair the Republican National Committee after Harmeet Dillon and conspiracy theorist and pillow salesman Mike Lindell challenged to chair the GOP conference.

Conference attendees voted 111-51 for Ms. McDaniel. Mr Lindell received four votes.

Lee Zeldin, who last year led the fight for New York governor against Kathy Hochul, received one vote, although he was not on the ballot.

Ms. Dhillion received support from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis when he called for “new blood” to lead the Republican Party less than 24 hours before party members convene to vote Friday.

Trump, who chose Ms. McDaniel to chair the NRC after his victory in 2016, was not in the race.

Republican Representative Nancy Mays of South Carolina highlighted the difference between an investigation into documents found at sites linked to President Joe Biden and documents found at the home of former President Donald Trump.

“It’s hard to say what is apples for apples or apples for oranges because we don’t really know the contents of the secret documents,” Ms Mays said. Independentadding that it’s hard to know how bad it is and whether it’s a “puny burger”.

“So if you don’t have that clearance and the ability to see what was in those boxes, it’s very hard to tell which is the first and which is the first,” she said.

Sentencing will be handed down in Washington on Friday to two men who have pleaded guilty to involvement in the attack on the Capitol.

George Tanios pleaded guilty to two offenses and Julian Hather pleaded guilty to assaulting officers, including US Capitol Police Officer Brian Siknick, who died the day after the attack.

An associate of Siknik sued Trump for rioting when he was attacked and his family members refused to shake hands with congressional Republicans during the Congressional Medal of Honor ceremony.

The former president’s eldest son was ridiculed after seemingly falling for a parody Twitter account that called for a ban on Aretha Franklin’s “The Natural Woman,” a false claim that has been engulfed by right-wing media for days now.

Police camera graphic footage showing the brutal hammer attack on Paul Pelosi has been released by a California court.

Video footage and 911 call made by Nancy Pelosi’s husband during the October 28 home invasion has been cleared for release by the San Francisco Supreme Court after submission by several media outlets.

A federal judge has delayed a congressional contempt case against former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro, likely for several months, as the court determines how executive privilege could affect the case, which goes to the jury.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta criticized federal prosecutors on Friday over previous rulings that presidential aides could be shielded from congressional subpoenas, CNN reported.

The trial was supposed to start on Monday.

Mr. Navarro was charged with contempt for his refusal to cooperate with the House Select Committee investigating the attack on the Capitol.

Mr. Navarro has yet to provide any evidence that the former president exercised executive privilege when the commission subpoenaed him for documents and testimony.

In a long and wild response to the New York Attorney General’s $250 lawsuit alleging widespread fraud in his business empire, lawyers for Donald Trump and his three older children argued that the Trump Organization, at the center of its a blockbuster case against them cannot be sued because it does not legally exist.

The lawsuit alleges that the “Trump Organization” is used by the defendants only for “branding and business purposes” and that “no organization as such exists for legal purposes,” an argument repeated dozens of times in the 300-page document.

Prosecutors in Washington, D.C., dropped charges against Ashley Babbitt’s mother after her arrest for blocking traffic near the Capitol on the two-year anniversary of her daughter’s murder by a Capitol police officer.

Miki Wittoft was released on the day of her arrest. Prosecutors said Thursday they refused to move forward with the case.

Babbitt was fatally shot and killed by a Capitol police officer as she attempted to force the doors to the chamber of the House of Representatives inside the Capitol on January 6, 2021, when she joined a crowd that broke into the building as Congress met to confirm the results of the 2020 election.

Federal prosecutors closed the murder investigation without filing any charges against the officer, and an internal investigation by the Capitol Police found that the officer’s use of force was reasonable. However, Babbitt’s death has emboldened Trump supporters and far-right advocates who have portrayed her as a martyr, demanding that the officer who fired the fatal shot be prosecuted.

GOP MPs in Arizona, at the center of anti-democratic efforts to undermine the 2020 presidential election and overturn Joe Biden’s victory, passed new rules to exempt themselves from public reporting laws and authorized the deletion of all emails sent legislators and their staff. after 90 days.

Rules in the State House will also allow members and their staff to immediately delete all texts, calendars and “communications on online platforms.”

The action by the Republican-controlled state legislature came after the media received correspondence related to the GOP-led “audit” of 2020 results and emails from the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas urging lawmakers to reject Trump’s defeat.