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Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail, imploring conservative Christians at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, DC to vote for him in an energetic and joke-filled speech.
The former president, a convicted felon and accused adulterer, has also declared his “love” of the Ten Commandments following new legislation in Louisiana that requires them to be displayed in all classrooms.
He then traveled on to a rally in Philadelphia, continuing a recent streak of campaigning in traditionally solidly Democrat cities.
Meanwhile, on Friday, a hearing in the former president’s classified documents case ended with no ruling as Judge Aileen Cannon entertained a motion from Trump’s legal team that Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed as special counsel.
Smith has brought charges for allegedly mishandling classified information in Florida and in the District of Columbia for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
The Trump argument that Smith’s appointment was illegal stems from the claim that Attorney General Merrick Garland doesn’t have the legal authority to appoint a special counsel who the Senate hasn’t confirmed.
Cannon seemed skeptical but also said that the prosecution’s argument was an excessively “malleable” reading of the Constitution.
Supreme Court: Domestic abuse survivor will ‘sleep better’ after ruling banning abusers from possessing guns
Laura Morris thought she died when she was struck by a bullet fired from her husband’s gun. Now, four decades after surviving the incident, she now gets to “sleep a little better” knowing that there is a law keeping firearms out of the hands of domestic abusers will remain in place.
Oliver O’Connell23 June 2024 00:00
Evangelicals on why they’re still backing Trump: ‘We’ve all broken the Ten Commandments’
Bel Trew reports from the ‘Road to Majority’ policy conference in Washington, DC.
Wearing cowboy hats bejewelled with “Free Trump” broaches and waving American flags, evangelical Christians promised to vote for Donald Trump at a key gathering on Saturday, saying that while he is not perfect “he’ll do the right thing for America”.
Trump was the keynote speaker at the Faith & Freedom Coalition in Washington DC, a gathering of politically influential conservative Christian activists who advocate for strict abortion restrictions and a tougher stance on the southern border.
There he called on his religious supporters to go to the polls in a speech which notably quickly glossed over abortion, which has become a sensitive issue for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Oliver O’Connell22 June 2024 23:30
Boebert rival teases her with ad filmed in Beetlejuice theater
Democratic Congressional hopeful John Padora sat in a maroon movie theater chair, saying in his new ad: “I’m sitting in the very same seat Lauren Boebert got kicked out of. The same way she got kicked out of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional district.”
Kelly Rissman has the story.
Oliver O’Connell22 June 2024 22:20
Trump says he suggested setting up a migrant fighting league
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Oliver O’Connell22 June 2024 21:51
Trump claims ‘more wounds’ than any other president
Trump claims he’s taken ‘more wounds’ than any other president
Warning: the following video has not been independently fact-checked and may contain misinformation. The Independent strives to counteract misinformation across its platforms. Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail today, speaking to conservative Christians at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, DC. In his speech, the former president suggested he has been through more than any other president in history. “I have the wounds all over my body,” Trump said. “If I took this shirt off, you’d see a beautiful, beautiful person but you’d see wounds all over me.”
Oliver O’Connell22 June 2024 21:20
Trump set to ask judge to revoke prosecutors’ access to memos by ex-attorney
Donald Trump is set to ask Judge Aileen Cannon next week to restrict the access of prosecutors to memos created by Trump’s former attorney which became evidence of his attempts to obstruct the probe, according to The Guardian.
The request is set to be made on Tuesday during a sealed hearing.
Last month, Trump challenged prosecutors’ access to the transcripts of voice memos created by former Trump attorney Evan Corcoran.
The former president’s legal team is expected to claim that none of the memos should’ve been handed to prosecutors on the crime-fraud exception.
The exception allows prosecutors to view privileged communications between an attorney and a defendant if the legal advice was used as part of a crime.
Gustaf Kilander22 June 2024 21:00
Trump campaign raises $141m in May to close funding gap to Biden
Trump’s campaign and the Republic National Committee (RNC) reported that they raised a massive $141m in May, however, they declined to report how much money the campaign had left in their funds at the end of the month, which they are not legally required to report until July.
The Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $85 million in May, with $212m sitting in the campaign’s bank at the end of the month, federal filings released on Thursday detailed. Reports suggest Trump has upwards of $170m. Trump was $100 million behind Mr. Biden at the start of April.
Filings show the Trump campaign had $116.5m cash on hand – not committed elsewhere – at the start of June, compared to $91.6m for the Biden campaign.
Oliver O’Connell22 June 2024 20:50
Now, on to Philadelphia…
Oliver O’Connell22 June 2024 20:30
