Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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Trump seeks disqualification of US judge in federal election case

> Trump argued in a court filing that Chutkan’s prior statements appearing to refer to his role in influencing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters raise questions about her impartiality in the case. reuters.com/world/us/trump-see

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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Trump’s High Court Hail Mary - Trump and His Conservative Supreme Court may be on a Collision Course

> ...in a 1977 interview, in which Nixon said of an illegal act by the commander in chief that “when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal."

> In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court in 1974 rejected Nixon’s argument – a ruling that marked the end of his presidency.
usnews.com/news/the-report/art

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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- The wild ride of Javier Milei

> The notion that, before the year is out, the wildest man in Argentine politics could be sworn-in as president is every bit as outlandish as once was the thought that could one day become “the leader of the free world.” When the “orange man” rode down that “golden escalator” into the lobby of Trump Tower to tell carefully picked onlookers he was running for president, almost everybody laughed.
batimes.com.ar/news/opinion-an

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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Judge denies Mark Meadows’ request to move Georgia case to federal court

> U.S. District Judge Steve Jones in Atlanta wrote in a 49-page ruling that Meadows “has not met even the ‘quite low’ threshold” to move his case to federal court, noting that the question was whether the actions at issue were related to his role as a federal official.
staradvertiser.com/2023/09/08/

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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- Grand jury in Georgia Trump case recommended indicting Lindsey Graham, David Perdue, Kelly Loeffler and Michael Flynn

> The current and former senators and former national security adviser were among 21 people who ultimately were not charged in the election interference case.
nbcnews.com/politics/donald-tr

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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Trump hosts $100,000-per-person Bedminster fundraiser to help Giuliani pay legal bills

> hosted a $100,000-a-plate fundraiser for disgraced former New York Mayor at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club Thursday night as Giuliani struggles to pay his mounting legal bills.

> (Giuliani) was indicted last month along with Trump and 17 others (for) a wide-ranging conspiracy to subvert the will of the voters after Trump lost to Biden in 2020
apnews.com/article/trump-rudy-

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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Manhattan judge rules Donald Trump's effort to delay fraud trial is 'without merit'

"Decline to sign," New York Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron handwrote on the document, obtained by UPI. "Defendant's arguments are completely without merit."
upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/09/06

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro split from Donald Trump, others for Ga. election trial

> The two had requested a speedy trial and for their cases to be severed from Trump, each other and the remaining 16 co-defendants in the case. Their attorneys argue that trying them with the other defendants would prejudice the jury against them.
upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/09/06

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio faces sentencing in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack

> Former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio will be sentenced on Tuesday for a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to stop the transfer of presidential power after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
moosejawtoday.com/politics/for

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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Is the end of Donald Trump’s Truth Social in sight?

> The deadline for the merger to close, which has been extended at least five times, is now scheduled for Sep. 8, 2023.
qz.com/is-the-end-of-donald-tr

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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Trump-era change allowing the logging of old-growth forests violates laws, judge says

> PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Hallman on Thursday found that the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Forest Management Act and the Endangered Species Act when it amended a protection that had been in place since 1994.
pbs.org/newshour/politics/trum

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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WSJ poll: Trump leads GOP primary field by 46 points as DeSantis drops

> Donald Trump is dominating the GOP primary field with the support of 59 percent of surveyed voters, according to a Wall Street Journal poll released Saturday.
politico.com/news/2023/09/02/d

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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Ex-Proud Boys leader Zachary Rehl sentenced to 15 years in prison for spearheading Jan. 6 attack

> The judge who sentenced Rehl had earlier sentenced former Proud Boys member Joseph Biggs to 17 years in prison on Thursday. Prosecutors had asked for a sentence of at least 27 years for the organizer of the far-right extremist group. cbc.ca/news/world/proud-boys-j

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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Efforts to punish Fani Willis over Trump prosecution are ‘political theater,’ Georgia Gov Kemp says

> Some Republicans in Washington and Georgia have been attacking Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis since even before she announced the indictment of former President Donald Trump for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election. Kemp said that any calls for a special session to impeach Willis or defund her office were wrong... pbs.org/newshour/politics/effo

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Raymond Scott Pert · @raymondpert
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Trump pleads not guilty and waives arraignment in Georgia election case

>That means he won’t have to show up for an arraignment hearing that Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee had set for next week.
apnews.com/article/trump-waive

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