Despite criticizing former President Donald Trump for using campaign donations to help pay his massive legal bills, Democrats also used campaign funds to help President Joe Biden pay lawyers during the special counsel probe into his handling of classified documents, according to Axios.
The outlet <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/04/12/dnc-covered-biden-legal-bills-special-counsel-probe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Friday that between July 2023 and February 2024, the Democratic National Committee paid over $1.5 million to lawyers or firms that represented Biden during the classified documents probe, according to the DNC’s financial filings. In recent days, the Biden campaign has slammed Trump for spending campaign donations on legal fees while claiming that “every single dime” given to the Biden-Harris campaign is spent on “talking to voters.”
“Every single dime that you give to the Biden-Harris re-election campaign we spend talking to voters,” Biden Campaign Finance Chair Rufus Gifford told MSNBC last weekend.
“What is [Trump] doing? He might put up some money tonight with his billionaire friends in a closed-door fundraiser in Palm Beach. We understand that,” Gifford continued, adding. “We are not spending money on legal bills. We are not hawking gold sneakers or any of that stuff. The money that we are raising, we are going straight to talking to voters.”
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Biden-Harris Finance Chair <a href="https://twitter.com/rufusgifford?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rufusgifford</a>: Every single time you give to the campaign, we&#39;re going straight to talk to voters, with 100 offices open in swing states, hundreds of thousands of calls to voters. We are not spending money on legal bills or hawking gold sneakers <a href="https://t.co/AY9qYtQ0L0">pic.twitter.com/AY9qYtQ0L0</a>
&mdash; Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1776663978388701398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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As it turns out, Democrats have also spent a significant amount of money covering the president during his own legal challenges. From July of last year through February 2024, the DNC paid just over $1 million to Bob Bauer PLLC, the professional limited liability company of Biden’s top Lawyer Bob Bauer. Additionally, beginning in July 2023, the DNC increased monthly payments to the Hemenway &amp; Barnes law firm from $15,000 a month to $100,000 a month during special counsel Robert Hur’s probe into Biden.
The DNC did not reveal exactly how much it had spent on legal fees for Biden during Hur’s investigation, which ultimately resulted in no charges. Hur <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/special-counsel-biden-has-significantly-limited-memory-didnt-remember-when-he-was-vp-or-when-son-died" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> that Biden “willfully retained and disclosed classified materials,” but did not suggest bringing any charges, in part, because a jury would view Biden as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”
The Republican National Committee paid around $1.6 million to cover some of Trump’s legal fees in 2021 that stemmed from the civil business fraud case. At the time, a DNC spokeswoman <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/us/politics/rnc-trump-investigations.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The New York Times, “If we were the RNC’s donors, we would certainly be asking questions.”
Biden’s legal fees pale in comparison to Trump’s $100 million in legal bills, not including the $175 million bond he recently posted in his New York civil business fraud case. As Trump faces the mounting fees, the Biden campaign has jumped out to an early <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rnc-posts-impressive-fundraising-haul-in-march-but-remain-far-behind-bidens-war-chest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fundraising lead</a>, but a reported <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-brings-in-50-5-million-at-campaign-fundraising-event-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$50 million haul</a> from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago fundraiser event last Saturday pushes him closer to the Biden campaign’s numbers.
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The president has poked fun at his rival’s legal fees, <a href="https://rollcall.com/2024/03/21/i-cant-help-you-biden-jabs-at-trump-during-southwest-swing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quipping</a> last month, “Just the other day, a defeated-looking guy came up to me and said, ‘Mr. President, I need your help. I’m being crushed with debt. I’m completely wiped out.’ I had to say, ‘Donald, I can’t help you.&#8217;”

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Dems Used Campaign Funds To Pay For Biden’s Legal Bills While Hitting Trump For Doing The Same Thing

Dems Used Campaign Funds To Pay For Biden's Legal Bills While Hitting Trump For Doing The Same Thing

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The Trump campaign and Republican National Committee (RNC) reported a March fundraising haul of $65.6 million, giving the former president $93.1 million cash on hand as he attempts to catch up to the Biden campaign&#8217;s numbers, according to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/03/trump-rnc-raised-65-6-million-march-00150300" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLITICO</a>.
While the impressive haul still falls short of the Biden campaign and Democratic National Committee (DNC), it is a welcome sign for Trump&#8217;s team as the presumed Republican nominee campaigns around the country, preparing for a rematch against President Joe Biden. Trump&#8217;s $65 million haul last month is more than the amount his campaign received in March 2020 when he posted $62 million.
The Biden campaign has yet to report its fundraising numbers for March, but at the end of February, the president, along with the DNC, ended with around $155 million on hand after both Team Biden and the DNC raised $53 million in the month. Biden&#8217;s team also reported raising $25 million from a single event last week featuring former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
Meanwhile, Trump is set to start April with a major fundraising event at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, where his aides expect the campaign to pull in more than $40 million, POLITICO reported. Trump&#8217;s 2024 war chest and fundraising effort have been hampered by his numerous legal battles, which require him to pay millions of dollars in legal fees, amounts some political action committees are helping cover when their funds would usually be used to boost Trump&#8217;s candidacy.
Earlier this week, the former president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-posts-bond-in-ny-civil-fraud-case-preventing-seizure-of-his-assets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> a $175 million bond in his New York civil business fraud case — an amount significantly lowered by an appeals court panel. The bond acts as a guarantee of payment if Judge Arthur Engoron’s $464 million judgment is upheld. If Trump ultimately loses his appeal, he will still have to pay the full amount of Engoron’s judgment, which grows in interest every day, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-posts-175m-bond-ny-civil-fraud-case-averts-asset-seizure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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While Biden continues to dominate with fundraising, Trump boasts a polling lead nationally and in seven major battleground states, according to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/elections/president/2024/battleground-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitics</a> average. A poll released Tuesday from The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-trailing-trump-in-six-of-seven-battleground-states-new-poll-shows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> Trump ahead of Biden in six of the seven battleground states, with Wisconsin being the only exception.

Trump, RNC Posts Impressive Fundraising Haul In March, But Remain Far Behind Biden’s War Chest

Trump, RNC Posts Impressive Fundraising Haul In March, But Remain Far Behind Biden's War Chest

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The Biden campaign is taking a page from former President Donald Trump&#8217;s playbook, rolling out a nickname for the president&#8217;s political rival as the 2024 race heats up.
In an email to supporters on Thursday, the Biden-Harris campaign referred to Trump as &#8220;Broke Don,&#8221; copying a strategy made popular by the former president during his 2016 and 2020 campaigns. Team Biden&#8217;s nickname for Trump comes after the Democrat&#8217;s campaign reported a massive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-campaign-reports-21m-haul-in-february-expands-financial-edge-over-trump-camp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fundraising edge</a> over Trump and the Republican National Committee (RNC).
According to a report filed on Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission, the Biden campaign ended February with $71 million cash on hand, which, combined with the Democratic National Committee, puts the president’s war chest at $97.5 million, POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/20/biden-fundraising-advantage-trump-00148214" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Biden now has double the combined money of the Trump campaign and the RNC, which has $44.8 million on hand.
“Not a Winning Campaign: Broke Don Hides in Basement,” the Biden campaign email said. “Trump can’t raise money, isn’t campaigning, and is letting convicts and conspiracy theorists run his campaign.”
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Biden campaign has come up with a new name for the former president: “Broke Don” <a href="https://t.co/pr6MqjUxrF">pic.twitter.com/pr6MqjUxrF</a>
&mdash; Nandita Bose (@nanditab1) <a href="https://twitter.com/nanditab1/status/1770860797792538715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Trump has come up with nicknames for nearly all of his Republican and Democratic opponents in each of his three political campaigns, such as &#8220;Lyin&#8217; Ted&#8221; for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), &#8220;Crooked Hillary&#8221; for his 2016 opponent Hillary Clinton, and &#8220;Sleepy Joe&#8221; for Biden. The Biden campaign&#8217;s email also copies a talking point from Trump&#8217;s 2020 re-election campaign when the former president repeatedly called out Biden for running a &#8220;basement campaign.&#8221;
Despite Trump making nicknames a common routine for his campaign rallies and speeches, some political strategists don&#8217;t think the strategy is a good move for the Biden campaign to take. One Democratic strategist told <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4550498-biden-campaign-tests-trumps-name-calling-strategy-with-broke-don/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hill</a> that &#8220;mimicking Trump has been done before and has never really worked.”
“You can’t out-Trump Trump because he’s the original version. I would say they need to be more creative in producing their own original and unique strategy to bring him down a peg that shocks and awes,” the strategist said.
Bruce Mehlman, who worked in the George W. Bush administration, quoted a warning from George Bernard Shaw when asked about the Biden campaign&#8217;s new strategy.
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“George Bernard Shaw famously advised ‘never wrestle with a pig because you’ll both get dirty and the pig likes it,’” said Mehlman, according to The Hill.
The Biden team mocked Trump&#8217;s financial situation as the former president faces mounting legal fees from his numerous civil and criminal cases, along with a $454 million judgment in the New York civil business fraud trial against him.
On Friday, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112139048661343988" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on his social media platform Truth Social that “through hard work, talent, and luck,” he has nearly $500 million cash on hand ahead of the Monday deadline to post bond for the civil fraud judgment, saying that he had “intended to use” the money for his 2024 presidential campaign.

Biden Campaign Rolls Out Nickname For Trump; Strategists Say That’s A Bad Idea

Biden Campaign Rolls Out Nickname For Trump; Strategists Say That's A Bad Idea

The re-election campaign for President Joe Biden reported on Wednesday that it had received $21 million in donations in February, expanding its financial lead over the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee to more than $50 million.
According to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission, the Biden campaign ended February with $71 million cash on hand, which, combined with the Democratic National Committee, puts the president’s war chest at $97.5 million, POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/20/biden-fundraising-advantage-trump-00148214" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Biden now boasts of campaign funds more than doubling the combined money of the Trump campaign and the RNC, which has $44.8 million on hand.
Some of the Biden campaign’s biggest donors so far for the 2024 cycle <a href="https://data.usatoday.com/2024-presidential-candidates-top-contributors/?ref=biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">include</a> tech firms, labor unions, and leftist super PACs such as Democracy PAC II, which is supported by billionaire George Soros. Much of the Trump campaign’s donations have come from organizations such as McMahon Ventures, an LLC owned by the WWE’s Linda McMahon; Hendricks Holding Co, which was founded by conservative multibillionaire Diane Hendricks; and Crownquest Operating, an oil drilling company founded by GOP megadonor Tim Dunn.
Faced with civil and criminal cases on multiple fronts, Trump’s fundraising haul for his 2024 campaign is falling short of the numbers he posted in 2020, and millions of dollars have been spent by Trump-supporting PACs to help cover his legal costs. The former president and his organization also face a $464 million fine following the judgment in his New York civil business fraud case. Trump said earlier this week that he could be forced to sell his properties to secure bond for the massive fine.
“I would be forced to mortgage or sell Great Assets, perhaps at Fire Sale prices, and if and when I win the Appeal, they would be gone. Does that make sense? WITCH HUNT. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!” Trump said in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rages-against-ny-civil-fraud-judgment-i-would-be-forced-to-mortgage-or-sell-great-assets">post</a> on Truth Social.
On Wednesday, Biden mocked his political rival’s financial situation, saying, “Donald, I’m sorry I can’t help you,” according to POLITICO.
While the president currently has a significant spending advantage over Trump, his polling numbers against the Republican candidate remain dismal. Biden trails Trump by two percentage points nationally in a two-way race, according to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitics</a> polling average. When third-party and independent candidates are factored into the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-biden-vs-kennedy-vs-west-vs-stein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polling average</a>, Biden’s deficit remains the same, as the president falls behind Trump by 2.3 points.
More alarming for the Biden campaign are the numbers from battleground states that Biden won in 2020, where he now trails in the polls. According to the RCP average, Trump leads Biden in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Pennsylvania — vital swing states that all went for Biden in the last presidential election.
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The Trump campaign and RNC have a long road ahead of them to catch up to Biden’s numbers, especially with Trump’s civil and criminal cases ongoing. The RNC is also undergoing a major leadership shift after Ronna McDaniel officially stepped down as chair earlier this month. Michael Whatley and Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, were elected as the new chair and co-chair, respectively.

Biden Campaign Reports $21M Haul In February, Expands Financial Edge Over Trump Camp

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Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguliar, a Democrat, was sued by the Republican National Committee (RNC) last week as the party alleges the 2024 battleground state has “impossibly high” voter rolls.
The <a href="https://prod-static.gop.com/media/documents/1_1710786804.pdf?_gl=1*5emnih*_gcl_au*NDQ2OTY4MTU4LjE3MDc4MzM4MDQ.&amp;_ga=2.198330927.1627804447.1710856647-1306212077.1707833805" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a>, filed in U.S. District Court, alleges that Aguliar and five county clerks failed to properly maintain the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).
“Section 8 of the NVRA requires States to maintain clean and accurate voter registration records,” the lawsuit begins. “Nevada has failed to live up to the NVRA’s requirements. At least five counties in Nevada have inordinately high voter registration rates.”
The RNC goes on to allege that three Nevada counties count more registered voters than there are adult citizens, and two additional counties “have voter registration rates that exceed 90 percent of adult citizens over the age of 18,” a number that “far eclipses the national and statewide voter registration rate in recent elections.”
“Based on this and other evidence, Defendants are failing to make a reasonable effort to conduct appropriate list maintenance as required by the NVRA,” the lawsuit states.
Nevada, which has been won by Democratic candidates in every presidential election since 2008, is currently a toss-up in the 2024 presidential race. Former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden in the state by just over four points, according to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/nevada/trump-vs-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitics</a> polling average.
Newly-elected RNC Chair Michael Whatley <a href="https://gop.com/press-release/rnc-files-election-integrity-lawsuit-in-nevada/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a> on the lawsuit, saying that looking into the voter rolls “is a critical step towards ensuring that it will be easy to vote and hard to cheat.”
“Election integrity starts with clean voter rolls, and that’s why the National Voter Registration Act requires state officials to keep their rolls accurate and up-to-date. Nevada has universal mail voting and no voter ID requirement, which makes Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar’s failure to comply with the NVRA and provide accurate voter rolls all the more concerning,” Whatley said.
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The lawsuit mirrors one the RNC filed against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson earlier this month, alleging that multiple counties in the vital swing state have “inflated voter rolls,” The Daily Caller <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/19/state-official-rnc-nevada-lawsuit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The outlet also <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/14/republican-national-committee-rnc-donald-trump-election-integrity-2024-lawsuit-voting-rights/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the RNC is working with the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee on an expansive effort to combat voter fraud ahead of the 2024 election as the Trump campaign reshapes party leadership.
Last week, the RNC <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rnc-hires-lawyers-focused-election-related-concerns-rcna143130" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hired</a> two new lawyers, Charlie Spies, who will serve as the RNC&#8217;s chief counsel, and Christina Bobb, a Trump campaign lawyer who has challenged the results of the 2020 election. The new additions to the RNC’s legal team came as Whatley, the former chair of the North Carolina GOP, took over for Ronna McDaniel as the party’s national chair, and Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump was elected RNC co-chair.

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RNC Sues Nevada Secretary Of State Alleging ‘Impossibly High’ Voter Rolls

RNC Sues Nevada Secretary Of State Alleging 'Impossibly High' Voter Rolls

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A top Trump 2024 campaign official who former President Donald Trump allegedly showed a classified map to at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, works for lobbying group that serves Chinese entities, according to reports.
Susie Wiles, who is one of three people who are effectively running Trump&#8217;s campaign since the former president has not named a campaign manager, was identified by <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/top-trump-campaign-aide-identified-key-individual-classified/story?id=100452600" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC News</a> as the &#8220;PAC Representative&#8221; in the federal indictment against Trump to whom Trump allegedly showed a classified map despite the fact that she does not hold a security clearance.
The <a href="https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump-Nauta_23-80101.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indictment</a> states:
<blockquote>In August or September 2021, at The Bedminster Club, TRUMP showed a representative of his political action committee who did not possess a security clearance a classified map related to a military operation and told the representative that he should not be showing it to the representative and that the representative should not get too close.</blockquote>
Wiles was named the CEO of Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Save America Leadership PAC&#8221; in March 2021, according to her <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/susiewiles?challengeId=AQHSKamPGZOzegAAAYkN-T_Oo_E5N9tPcYUJ2cmwxclf0dEnFI749zeYlr7-gsWbdUaD3X0OYLGgGByuHh2ns8yJm4z4UfOSzA&amp;submissionId=3ecb9566-7889-6d17-b81c-10dfb769a61e&amp;challengeSource=AgFM8R-GCjZsigAAAYkN-6GC-Zv99HSQfm6SW4u07QP9j3GxG3x0c-n1gsDYhkk&amp;challegeType=AgEEG75q0THq7AAAAYkN-6GFDU7Y6gUqIrQ7wA2Bkm2s7-G_A17TNGA&amp;memberId=AgFY0QQ107nBswAAAYkN-6GJzBqEkPL05XoLfED1u5eI8cM&amp;recognizeDevice=AgHpqfRUtS9TwwAAAYkN-6GOH4F7y4eaPbYaKoecU8am9PQ6R4Pm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LinkedIn</a> page.
According to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/politics/susie-wiles-special-counsel-investigation-documents-trump/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>, Wiles has spoken with federal investigators &#8220;numerous times&#8221; in special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s criminal investigation into Trump&#8217;s handling of U.S. government records after leaving the White House.
&#8220;Jack Smith and the Special Counsel’s investigation is openly engaging in outright election interference and meddling by attacking one of the leaders of President Trump’s re-election campaign,&#8221; Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement. &#8220;This sham investigation by Joe Biden and his weaponized DOJ are clearly designed to inflict maximum political damage and to prevent President Trump &#8230; from reclaiming the White House.&#8221;
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The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/29/trump-aide-who-allegedly-saw-classified-map-works-for-lobbying-firm-that-serves-china/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Wiles works for a lobbying firm that has taken millions of dollars from Chinese companies like Yealink, Hikvision, and Alibaba.
Wiles, who is co-chair at Mercury Public Affairs, did not work directly for those clients, according to the Department of Justice&#8217;s registry of foreign agents.
“Susie could put Trump away for years in just one minute of testimony to Jack Smith,” a Republican operative told the Post. “She’s got Trump by the balls, which means she can name her price for her loyalty and Trump can’t say no.”

Celebrity Sightings In New York City – May 28, 2023

Top Trump Campaign Official Who Allegedly Saw Classified Map Works For Chinese Lobbying Group: Report

Crime

The online retail platform Shopify has shut down online stores for any entity affiliated with President Trump, claiming that the president has violated its standards for threatening or condoning violence.
Shopify announced the move on Thursday following a Wednesday riot by a pro-Trump crowd in the Capitol over the results of the election. Online stores for Trump&#8217;s campaign and the Trump Organization, which is largely a real estate company, were shut down on Thursday.
Trump had spoken to a crowd of protesters in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning, urging them to march to the Capitol and “fight” to overturn the results of the election, which Trump has consistently claimed was “stolen.” The president later made repeated calls for peace after violence broke out.
A Shopify representative told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/business/shopify-trump-online-store.html">The New York Times</a> that the company “does not tolerate actions that incite violence.”
“Based on recent events, we have determined that the actions by President Donald J. Trump violate our Acceptable Use Policy, which prohibits promotion or support of organizations, platforms or people that threaten or condone violence to further a cause,” the Shopify representative said. “As a result, we have terminated stores affiliated with President Trump.”
The representative did not say how many online stores would be affected.
Shopify’s action against the president follows similar moves by the social media companies Twitter and Facebook. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-suspends-president-trump-after-multiple-alleged-violations">Twitter</a> locked Trump’s personal account for 12 hours on Wednesday night.
“As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy,” Twitter said in a statement.
“This means that the account of @realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours following the removal of these Tweets. If the Tweets are not removed, the account will remain locked,” the statement continued. “Future violations of the Twitter Rules, including our Civic Integrity or Violent Threats policies, will result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account.”
Facebook, which also owns Instagram, announced on Thursday that the company would be limiting Trump’s use of both the platforms until the end of the term. Facebook CEO <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tech-companies-move-to-limit-trumps-use-of-accounts-until-term-over">Mark Zuckerberg</a> said he decided to take action after making the judgment that Trump was attempting to “undermine” a peaceful transfer of power to President-elect Joe Biden.
“The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden,” Zuckerberg said. “His decision to use his platform to condone rather than condemn the actions of his supporters at the Capitol building has rightly disturbed people in the US and around the world. We removed these statements yesterday because we judged that their effect — and likely their intent — would be to provoke further violence.”
“We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” he added. “Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.”

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Shopify Pulls Trump Campaign, Trump Organization Online Stores; Claims Trump Condoned ‘Violence’

President Donald Trump has further empowered Special Counsel John Durham&#8217;s criminal investigation into the origins of the FBI&#8217;s counterintelligence investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign, granting him the authority to use classified information indefinitely for the remainder of his investigation.
Outgoing Attorney General William Barr appointed Durham to be special counsel in the investigation, which he was already leading, back in October so that no matter what the outcome of the election was, Durham would be allowed to finish the investigation.
The Trump administration revealed in a memo on Tuesday that they made the move last week to give Durham the authority to use classified information indefinitely. The memo was addressed to the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Homeland Security, Director of National Intelligence, and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Trump&#8217;s memo stated that he directed the following:
<blockquote>Section 1. Authority of the Attorney General. The Attorney General is currently conducting a review of intelligence activities relating to the campaigns in the 2016 Presidential election and certain related matters. On May 13, 2019, the Attorney General directed John Durham to conduct that review, which subsequently developed into a criminal investigation. On October 19, 2020, the Attorney General appointed Mr. Durham to conduct that investigation pursuant to the powers and independence afforded by the Special Counsel regulations of the Department of Justice.
In a memorandum of May 23, 2019, I directed the heads of elements of the intelligence community, as defined in 50 U.S.C. 3003(4), and the heads of each department or agency that includes an element of the intelligence community, to assist the Attorney General in connection with that review, and authorized the Attorney General to declassify, downgrade, or direct the declassification or downgrading of information or intelligence that relates to his review. In addition, the Attorney General is authorized to use classified information as he deems necessary in connection with his review, including in a grand jury or other proceeding.
Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) The authority in this memorandum shall terminate upon the conclusion of the Special Counsel’s investigation, unless expressly extended by the President. In addition, the authority of the Attorney General under the May 23, 2019, memorandum is hereby extended to terminate only upon the conclusion of the Special Counsel’s investigation, unless expressly extended by the President.
(d) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.</blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpecialCounselDurham?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SpecialCounselDurham</a> New POTUS MEMO authorizing use classified info in criminal Durham probe, “In addition, the AG is authorized to use classified information as he deems necessary in connection with his review, including in a GRAND JURY or other PROCEEDING”<a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBSNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/t4TKh0Pyku">pic.twitter.com/t4TKh0Pyku</a>
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Trump Gives New Authority To Special Counsel Durham In His Criminal Investigation Into Russia Probe Origins

John Durham

William Barr

The Trump campaign filed a massive lawsuit in Georgia&#8217;s embattled Fulton County on Friday, alleging more than 100,000 illegal votes cast in the Peach State, including votes from felons, underage Americans, and out-of-state residents.
The suit was initially delayed but accepted by the county on Monday after the Trump team paid a filing fee and properly completed paperwork.
Trump team attorney Ray Smith outlines the following allegations in the <a href="https://publicrecordsaccess.fultoncountyga.gov/app/RegisterOfActions/#/8AC58FA3E74D313EE950B76978C31FD3F1B59334F84E6E89B0B3A2FA59C9DB008F9597326FEAB55063675E9C184B47E4/anon/portalembed">lawsuit</a>, as highlighted by Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin:
<blockquote>2,560 felons voted 
66,247 underage voters 
2,423 votes from people not registered 
1,043 individuals registered at PO boxes
4,926 individuals who voted in Georgia after registering in another state 
395 individuals who voted in two states 
15,700 votes from people who moved out of state before the election 
40,279 votes of people who moved without re-registering in their new county
30,000 &#8211; 40,000 absentee ballots lacking proper signature matching and verification 
30 violations of Georgia laws/codes </blockquote>
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THREAD: Trump Campaign lawsuit in GA is now available online. It consists of 1585 pages outlining significant evidence of fraud.
Here are some key points:
2,560 felons voted 66,247 underage voters 2,423 votes from people not registered 1,043 individuals registered at PO boxes
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30,000 &#8211; 40,000 absentee ballots lacking proper signature matching and verification
The lawsuit also outlines violations of over 30 Georgia laws/codes and includes affidavits.
This is massive!
Read the lawsuit here: <a href="https://t.co/jYdoyhThew">https://t.co/jYdoyhThew</a>
&mdash; Jenny Beth Martin (@jennybethm) <a href="https://twitter.com/jennybethm/status/1336531929265364992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2020</a></blockquote>
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On Monday, Georgia voting system manager Gabriel Sterling said he was unaware of the allegations, <a href="https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/georgia-court-rejects-latest-trump-lawsuit-over-faulty-paperwork/62CCM4ZO2JGETCHRNGS4A2UQ4Q/">according</a> to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I have no idea what they’re talking about, but they need to present their evidence to make that kind of claim,” Sterling said at a presser.
Fulton County, in particular, experienced numerous <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fulton-county-is-at-the-center-of-georgias-election-dysfunction-here-are-some-of-the-key-moments">issues</a> this election cycle. There was reportedly a burst pipe on Election Day that slowed counting, which turned out to be a leaky toilet; a Dominion server crashed and delayed a recount; hundreds of thousands of ballots had to be rescanned because of &#8220;human error&#8221;; and troubling surveillance video seemingly showed Republican observers leaving a ballot-counting facility while others stayed behind to count for at least one hour unsupervised.
“According to the witnesses, the Republican observers, there is a lady who has blonde braids who comes out to announce we’re going to stop counting, everyone go home,” attorney Jacki Pick outlined last week. “And, in fact, we see that’s what happens is everyone clears out, including the Republican observers and the press, but four people stay behind and continue counting and tabulating well into the night … And they will continue counting unobserved, unsupervised not in public view as your statute requires, until about 1 in the morning.”
AJC <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/georgia-opens-2-investigations-into-fultons-elections-operations/EVCBN4ZJTZELPDHMH63POL3RKQ/">reported</a> on the observer &#8220;confusion&#8221; as follows:
<blockquote>As for monitors being told to go home: There was confusion about when workers processing absentee-by-mail ballots at State Farm Arena would stop. Fulton officials said work would stop at 10:30 p.m. on Election Night.
<a href="https://archive.is/o/rhkFi/https:/www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/fulton-hopes-to-have-60k-absentee-ballot-results-by-9-pm/222AIT7KRRGRPAX3XFTAKEHXDE/">Though quickly criticized by the county chairman</a>, [Fulton elections supervisor Richard] Barron said he sent almost all of his staff home because some were tired to the point of being “counter-productive.” And so GOP observers left because they thought counting was done for the night. But five county workers stayed to process more ballots until 1 a.m.
The Georgia GOP <a href="https://archive.is/o/rhkFi/https:/twitter.com/DavidShafer/status/1324062900374425607">was not happy</a>. Barron has said he is aware of the mistake and that the GOP is welcome to observe, <a href="https://archive.is/o/rhkFi/https:/www.ajc.com/politics/live-updates-georgia-recount-enters-third-day/IZYV2YQGZVBGDKKR4LPT466BQ4/">as they did during the weekend recount</a>.</blockquote>
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger ripped the county for their &#8220;compounding errors&#8221; last week.
“The real issue is a Fulton County employee made several compounding errors,” said the secretary of state, the day before results were due for the second state recount of votes. “Instead of following the procedures that my office and the vendor laid out, Fulton County once again cut corners.”
“Us and our office [sic], and I think the rest of the state, is getting a little tired of always having to wait on Fulton County and always having to put up with their dysfunction,” he continued. “They can still make it by our midnight Wednesday deadline, but they seem to want to make it a dramatic finish.”
As noted by The Daily Wire, Raffensperger has opened up numerous investigations into alleged vote fraud.
“We have multiple investigations underway surrounding absentee ballots in Fulton, Gwinnett, Cobb, and many others. We continue our investigations into potential dead, double voters, and non-resident voters,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/georgia-secretary-of-state-opens-250-investigations-into-credible-claims-of-illegal-voting">Raffensperger</a> said during a Nov. 30 press conference. “As we move to the December 1st election, which is tomorrow, and the January 5th federal runoffs, we have to remain vigilant.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fulton-county-is-at-the-center-of-georgias-election-dysfunction-here-are-some-of-the-key-moments">Fulton County Is At The Center Of Georgia’s Election ‘Dysfunction.’ Here Are Some Of The Key Moments</a>

Trump Camp’s Georgia Lawsuit Alleges Massive Fraud. Here Are The Details.

2020 Election

Georgia

The Trump campaign filed a new lawsuit in Georgia on Friday evening seeking to invalidate the recent results in the presidential election and hold a new presidential election in the state or allow Georgia lawmakers to chose the state&#8217;s electors.
&#8220;The campaign pressed forward, however, filing a new lawsuit in Georgia state court seeking to invalidate that state’s results based on unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud and wrongdoing by election workers,&#8221; The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nevada-trump-lawsuit-dismissed/2020/12/04/844d420a-3682-11eb-a997-1f4c53d2a747_story.html">reported</a>. &#8220;In a statement, campaign lead counsel Ray S. Smith III called on the court to &#8216;order a new statewide election for president&#8217; or allow legislators to appoint the state’s presidential electors.&#8221;
In a statement, the Trump campaign alleged:
<blockquote>The Trump Campaign filed an election contest today in Georgia state court seeking to invalidate the state’s November 3, 2020 presidential election results. Joining President Trump and the Trump campaign in the lawsuit is David Shafer, Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, who is also a Trump presidential elector.
“The Secretary of State has orchestrated the worst excuse for an election in Georgia history,” Smith claimed. “We are asking the Court to vacate the certification of the presidential election and to order a new statewide election for president. Alternatively, we are asking the Court to enjoin the certification and allow the Georgia legislature to reclaim its duty under the U.S. Constitution to appoint the presidential electors for the state.”
“What was filed today clearly documents that there are literally tens of thousands of illegal votes that were cast, counted, and included in the tabulations the Secretary of State is preparing to certify,” said Ray S. Smith III, lead counsel for the Trump Campaign. “The massive irregularities, mistakes, and potential fraud violate the Georgia Election Code, making it impossible to know with certainty the actual outcome of the presidential race in Georgia.”
Attached to the complaint are sworn affidavits from dozens of Georgia residents swearing under penalty of perjury to what they witnessed during the election: failure to process and secure the ballots, failure to verify the signatures on absentee ballots, the appearance of mysterious “pristine” absentee ballots not received in official absentee ballot envelopes that were voted almost solely for Joe Biden, failure to allow poll watchers meaningful access to observe the election, among other violations of law.
Data experts also provided sworn testimony in the lawsuit identifying thousands of illegal votes: 2,560 felons; 66,247 underage voters, 2,423 votes from people not registered; 1,043 individuals registered at post office boxes; 4,926 individuals who voted in Georgia after registering in another state; 395 individuals who voted in two states; 15,700 votes from people who moved out of state before the election; 40,279 votes of people who moved without re-registering in their new county; and another 30,000 to 40,000 absentee ballots lacking proper signature matching and verification.</blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> Trump Campaign says it has filed a lawsuit to throw out the Georgia election and &quot;order a new election to be conducted in the presidential race.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/IuxAd4DLv3">pic.twitter.com/IuxAd4DLv3</a>
&mdash; Brendan Keefe (@BrendanKeefe) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrendanKeefe/status/1334988017463857154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Brendan Keefe, Chief Investigator at Atlanta&#8217;s WXIA 11Alive, tweeted out portions of the lawsuit and noted that it was filed in &#8220;Fulton County Superior Court.&#8221;
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The lawsuit is in Fulton County Superior Court, and the defendants are the Secretary of State &amp; several county elections directors. <a href="https://t.co/osSMpcCMWg">pic.twitter.com/osSMpcCMWg</a>
&mdash; Brendan Keefe (@BrendanKeefe) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrendanKeefe/status/1335001197682581504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Out &#8220;of roughly 50 cases brought by Trump&#8217;s campaign and his allies, more than 30 have been rejected or dropped. About a dozen are awaiting action,&#8221; The Associated Press <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-12-04/trump-loves-to-win-but-keeps-losing-election-lawsuits">reported</a>. &#8220;Trump has notched just one small victory, a case challenging a decision to move the deadline to provide missing proof of identification for certain absentee ballots and mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania.&#8221;
The Cybersecurity &amp; Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) claimed in a <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news/2020/11/12/joint-statement-elections-infrastructure-government-coordinating-council-election">statement</a> following the election that there was “no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.”

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Trump Campaign Files Lawsuit Seeking To ‘Order A New Statewide Election’ In Georgia

President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) have raised hundreds of millions of dollars since Election Day as GOP donors fund Trump’s legal challenges over the election.
The Trump campaign <a href="https://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/trump-rnc-announce-massive-207.5-million-raised-since-election-day/">announced</a> on Thursday that the campaign and RNC have raised a combined $207.5 million since Nov. 3. Over the course of the Oct. 15 to Nov. 23 reporting period, the Trump campaign, its affiliated committees and PACs, and the RNC raised $495 million.
“These tremendous fundraising numbers show President Trump remains the leader and source of energy for the Republican Party, and that his supporters are dedicated to fighting for the rightful, legal outcome of the 2020 general election,” Trump Campaign Manager Bill Stepien said in a statement. “It also positions President Trump to continue leading the fight to clean up our corrupt elections process in so many areas around the country, and to build on gains from the 2020 elections so we can take back the House and build on our Senate majority in 2022.”
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel added: “The American people know what’s at stake. Thanks to our incredible supporters, we’ve been fighting tooth and nail to uphold election integrity across the country and defend our Senate Republicans in Georgia. We are investing millions to push back against the Democrats’ unprecedented power grab and drive a massive Get Out The Vote operation in the Peach State. The work we are doing today is critical to ensuring a better tomorrow for all Americans.”
Democratic nominee Joe Biden is on track to win the election with 306 electoral votes. Trump has not conceded the election, however, while he exhausts legal challenges to alleged misconduct and fraud in battleground states. The president maintains that the presidential election was rigged with tens of thousands of fraudulent and illegal votes for Biden.
The large infusion of cash into the Trump campaign and its various affiliates may be a measure of how much Republican donors and supporters of the president buy into his claims about the election. Trump has also gotten support from other big-name Republicans such as Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lindsey-graham-donating-500000-to-trump-campaign-legal-efforts-taking-election-to-courts">Lindsey Graham</a> (R-SC), who donated $500,000 from his campaign treasury to Trump’s.
Much of the money raised may not end up funding Trump’s legal battles, instead going to fund Save America, Trump’s new political action committee. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-trump-raised-150m-in-november-to-fight-election-fraud-money-may-go-to-leadership-pac">The Daily Wire</a> reported:
<blockquote>In the days since the election, though, team Trump has continued raising funds for the ongoing legal challenges. The money, media sources note, is more than what is needed to fund state-based litigation, and much of what is raised will go to the president’s new political action committee, Save America, and will help fund current and future Republican campaigns, including ongoing Republican efforts to retain two Georgia Senate seats.
“The committee is dubbed Save America, according to its filings with the Federal Election Commission,” CNN reports. “And Trump’s team already has begun fundraising for the PAC, adding Save America to the list of political organizations that will receive a share of the funds the President’s operation is scrambling to raise for what it calls his ‘election defense task force.&#8217;”
Actual numbers aren’t available, but as much as 60% to 75% of what has been raised could end up funding Save America. Some of the raised funds, The Associated Press notes, have gone to paying down campaign debt and replenishing the Republican National Committee.</blockquote>

Trump Campaign, RNC Announce Massive Fundraising Haul After Election

Attorney Sidney Powell released a statement late on Sunday after the Trump legal team announced that she was not part of their legal defense team.
&#8220;I understand today&#8217;s press release,&#8221; Powell wrote. &#8220;I will continue to represent #WeThePeople who had their votes for Trump and other Republicans stolen by massive fraud through Dominion and Smartmatic, and we will be filing suit soon.&#8221;
&#8220;The chips will fall where they may, and we will defend the foundations of this great Republic,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;#KrakenOnSteroids&#8221;
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Sidney Powell released this statement to <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBSNews</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/kristincbrown?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kristincbrown</a> after the Trump campaign said she&#39;s not on the team:
&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KrakenOnSteroids?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KrakenOnSteroids</a>&quot; <a href="https://t.co/44aviGL5lA">pic.twitter.com/44aviGL5lA</a>
&mdash; Kathryn Watson (@kathrynw5) <a href="https://twitter.com/kathrynw5/status/1330672355178266624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Powell&#8217;s statement came shortly after the Trump legal team announced that she was not on the team.
“Sidney Powell is practicing law on her own,” Trump’s legal team said in a statement. “She is not a member of the Trump Legal Team. She is also not a lawyer for the President in his personal capacity.”
The move comes after Powell spoke at a press conference last week with Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis.
At the press conference, she stood behind Giuliani as he <a href="https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/rudy-giuliani-trump-campaign-press-conference-transcript-november-19-election-fraud-claims">said</a>:
<blockquote>This is representative of our legal team. We’re representing President Trump and we’re representing the Trump campaign. When I finish, Sidney Powell and then Jenna Ellis will follow me. And we will present, in brief, the evidence that we’ve collected over the last, I guess it is two weeks. Also, Joseph diGenova, Victoria Toensing are here with me. There are a lot more lawyers working on this, but I guess we’re the senior lawyers — and Boris Epshteyn.</blockquote>
Powell&#8217;s remarks were also <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1330641007927431175">promoted</a> by the Republican National Committee’s official Twitter account.
Trump tweeted over a week ago that Powell was part of his legal defense team, <a href="https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1327811527123103746">writing</a>: “I look forward to Mayor Giuliani spearheading the legal effort to defend OUR RIGHT to FREE and FAIR ELECTIONS! Rudy Giuliani, Joseph diGenova, Victoria Toensing, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis, a truly great team, added to our other wonderful lawyers and representatives!”
Fox New host Tucker Carlson called out Powell late last week over some of the claims that she made during the press conference this week, stating that she refused to appear on his show and allegedly became angry when repeatedly pressed for evidence.
During the segment, Carlson highlighted the following quote from Powell:
<blockquote>One of its most characteristic features is its ability to flip votes. It can set and run an algorithm that probably ran all over the country to take a certain percentage of votes from President Trump and flip them to President Biden, which we might never have uncovered had the votes for President Trump not been so overwhelming in so many of these states that it broke the algorithm that had been plugged into the system, and that’s what caused them to have to shut down in the states they shut down in.</blockquote>
“So we invited Sidney Powell on this show. We would’ve given her the whole hour; we would’ve given her the entire week actually and listened quietly the whole time at rapt attention — that’s a big story,” Carlson said. “But she never sent us any evidence despite a lot of requests, polite requests, not a page. When we kept pressing, she got angry and told us to stop contacting her. When we checked with others around the Trump campaign, people in positions of authority, they told us Powell has never given them any evidence either, nor did she provided any today at the press conference.”
Powell made additional claims on Saturday night during an interview on Newsmax TV that were widely criticized.
Washington Examiner columnist Byron York highlighted a portion of the comments that Powell made:
<blockquote>POWELL: Georgia’s probably gonna be the first state I’m gonna blow up. And Mr. Kemp and the secretary of state need to go with it because they’re in on the Dominion scam with their last-minute purchase, or award of a contract to Dominion of $100 million. The state bureau of investigation for Georgia ought to be looking into the financial benefits received by Mr. Kemp and the secretary of state’s family about that time …
NEWSMAX: Just to clarify, you’re saying that Governor Kemp, who’s been a longtime ally of the president, is directly involved because of financial benefit in a conspiracy to defeat the president in Georgia?
POWELL: We have certainly been told that there is evidence of that, and would warrant an investigation if anybody were actually going to do an honest investigation.
NEWSMAX: What more could you tell us about that alleged conspiracy — [as] the governor’s [involvement]?
POWELL: I can’t give you any more details than that now, but it would certainly warrant an investigation. If it had been reported to me as a law enforcement officer, I would be investigating it steadfastly.</blockquote>
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Powell said Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp is &#39;in on the Dominion scam.&#39; Accused Kemp and GA Secretary of State of accepting financial benefits in conspiracy to defeat Trump. Evidence? &#39;I can&#39;t give you any more details.,&#39; she said. From <a href="https://twitter.com/newsmax?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@newsmax</a> 2/2 End. <a href="https://t.co/OAzEckDLzV">https://t.co/OAzEckDLzV</a> <a href="https://t.co/a3XWv4OJf5">pic.twitter.com/a3XWv4OJf5</a>
&mdash; Byron York (@ByronYork) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1330534125997088768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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