DeSantis taps Palm Beach County circuit judge for Fla. Supreme Court
Palm Beach County Judge Renatha Francis is set to become the newest member of the Florida Supreme Court. Gov. Ron DeSantis made the announcement Friday morning.
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Officials told Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal that this person told investigators about the documents.
- People
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"When you're attacking FBI agents because you're under criminal investigation, you're losing," Huckabee Sanders wrote in Nov. 2016
- INSIDER
Michael Cohen says Trump likely feels 'trapped' after the FBI's raid and is worried that whoever tipped off the feds has more dirt on him
"When the feds raid, usually what comes after that is an indictment and incarceration, and nobody knows that better than I," Cohen said.
- HuffPost
CNN Anchor Tears Into GOP Lawmaker Over Clinton, Trump Double Standard
CNN's Pamela Brown quizzed Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) on his past outrage over Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information.
- National Review
FBI Seizes Representative Scott Perry’s Personal Cellphone a Day after Trump Raid: Report
Representative Scott Perry, an ally of former president Donald Trump, said Tuesday that the FBI confiscated his personal phone one day after federal agents searched Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
- HuffPost
'The Daily Show' Digs Up Old Clips To Put Fox News' Hypocrisy On Full Display
Pundits at the right-wing network seemed to be much more passionate about correctly handling classified information in 2016.
- INSIDER
Lindsey Graham says 'nobody's above the law' after FBI searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago club but adds that he's 'suspicious' of the investigation
Unlike Graham, a slew of Republican lawmakers swiftly came to Trump's defense and attacked the Department of Justice.
- INSIDER
Trump allies think there's a traitor in Mar-a-Lago who informed on him to the FBI: Axios
Trump's circle is reportedly worried that an informer may have tipped off the FBI, leading to Monday night's unprecedented raid.
- Fox News
FBI would not let Trump attorneys in rooms as agents raided Mar-a-Lago, warrant focused on NARA: source
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- INSIDER
Donald Trump asked what the difference was between the FBI raid in Mar-a-Lago and Watergate. A lot, according to historians and a political scientist.
Former President Donald Trump compared the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home to the Watergate scandal in 1972, when members of Richard Nixon's re-election campaign broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
- Fox News
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- The Daily Beast
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- HuffPost
Trump Launches Conspiracy Theory That FBI Was 'Planting' Evidence At Mar-a-Lago
And Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has joined the right-wing influencers backing him up.
- The Hill
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The American Bar Association on Tuesday passed a unanimous resolution opposing the so-called Insular Cases, a series of Supreme Court decisions that decreed limits to the rights of U.S. citizens in territories based largely on their race. The lawyers’ guild’s action is significant as questions rise about whether the Supreme Court could consider the broad…
- INSIDER
Trump used an obscure taxpayer-funded office to attack New York Attorney General Tish James on the morning her office deposed him
Trump's official post-presidential office in part uses public money to operate. Watchdogs said it's "unseemly" to use it for political purposes.
- INSIDER
Trump did himself a favor announcing the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago home, allowing him to energize his base and reclaim the spotlight, experts on political and media framing said
One public-relations expert said Donald Trump "acted swiftly and decisively to shape the narrative" while little other information was available.
- HuffPost
Twitter Users Beg Mike Pence To 'Have Some Dignity' After He Gripes About FBI Raid
Many people wondered how Pence can still defend Trump, whose supporters called for the vice president to be hanged during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
- The Hill
Biden approval rating jumps to its highest level in two months in Reuters-Ipsos poll
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- Air Force Times
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