#Trump has his posse again. Today it’s more #Republican elected officials. Today, Trump will be joined by the #House speaker, #MikeJohnson, as well as #NorthDakota’s governor, #DougBurgum, a contender to be Trump's running mate. Also present will be Representatives #ByronDonalds & #CoryMills of Florida, & #VivekRamaswamy, who was one of Trump's primary rivals this year. Both Donalds & Ramaswamy are longshot hopefuls to be Trump's running mate.
Cohen testifies he continued to deal w/ #StormyDaniels in early 2018 w/Trump’s backing & blessing. He says that the president asked him to get a temporary restraining order against Daniels.
#NewYork#AttorneyGeneral#LetitiaJames has taken a bold step in questioning the sufficiency of the surety behind Trump's $175 million bond. This move comes after #KnightSpecialtyInsuranceCompany (KSIC), the entity that posted the #bond for #Trump, faced scrutiny over its financial standing and regulatory compliance following the rejection of the bond by the Court on Wednesday. #KSIC corrected and resubmitted the bond on Thursday, but glaring questions remain.
The Attorney General of Missouri (a Republican) is "looking into" Media Matters creating three X/Twitter accounts then accurately reporting when X showed ads to offensive content—an abuse of government power that genuinely threatens free speech.
The blustering American TV personality Tucker Carlson has lambasted the #UnitedStates for sending too much #aid to #Ukraine, called Ukraine President Volodymyr #Zelensky “sweaty & rat-like” & given credence to Russia’s baseless justifications for its #invasion.
The channel, Rossiya 24, had recently been teasing a new show “#Tucker,” & the first episode aired over the weekend. But rather than a voiced-over ensemble of #Carlson’s greatest hits against #Ukraine — effectively throwing raw meat to the pro-war hawks in its audience — the show turned out to be a puzzling, roughly 20-minute excerpt of his recent interview of embattled #Texas#AttorneyGeneral#KenPaxton, an official virtually unknown to Russian viewers.
His targets were #James, the #NewYork#AttorneyGeneral, & the #judge overseeing the #trial, Arthur F. #Engoron. #Trump’s #lawsuit argues that they ignored a June #appeals court ruling that excused Trump’s daughter, #Ivanka, from the case & also raised the notion that some of the accusations against him & his company might be too old to go to trial.
Closing arguments came on the 9th day of a trial that has gripped the #Texas Capitol & pitted 2 factions of an increasingly divided #Republican Party against each other over the fate of an #AttorneyGeneral seen by many voters in the state as their #conservative champion.
Only 2X before in the state’s history have TX senators been asked to consider expelling an elected ofcl from office, & not since 1917 have they done so for a statewide ofcl. Both previous impeachment trials ended in #conviction.
…A two-thirds vote to #convict on any of the 16 articles of #impeachment considered during the #trial would immediately remove #Paxton from office. A subsequent vote would then take place to determine whether to permanently #bar him from holding any future office. Paxton has been suspended as #AttorneyGeneral since May, when the #Republican-controlled #Texas House voted to #impeach him in a 121-to-23 vote.
An illuminating and disturbing profile of #JeffreyClark, co-conspirator 4 in #Jan6#TrumpIndictment. Gift access: https://wapo.st/3qj1Gef. Clark would have a good chance of becoming Attorney General were Trump to win the presidency in 2024 - despite his role in subverting the 2020 election and his commitment to destroying any #DOJ independence. 1/ (thread) #LawFedi
Another important legal development in the effort to hold wrongdoers accountable for attempting to subvert the 2020 U.S. presidential elections: #Michigan state #AttorneyGeneral#DanaNessel today filed the first criminal charges to be brought against people who falsely claimed to be state electors. News coverage, gift access here: https://wapo.st/3ruV10J
Nessel, a state AG I particularly admire, is doing something as important as any of the efforts to hold Trump accountable. 1/ (thread)
Affirmative Action is a way to try to right generational wrongs that have caused damage to entire portions of our population, damages that continue to reverberate today.
Given that the US continues to underfund public primary education in poor and underprivileged communities where generally minorities live in higher proportion, yes, this is breaking history and the future for many in this country.
Texas denied abortions to these women when their lives were in danger. Now they're suing the state.
Though speaking out requires them to relive losing their wanted pregnancies, four plaintiffs told The 19th they're doing it because they know they're "not the only ones like this."
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit Thursday against an anti-abortion group, Red Rose Rescue, alleging its members have repeatedly blocked entrances to health clinics and have "made it their mission to terrorize reproductive health care providers and the patients they serve."