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Former FBI Director James Comey had harsh words for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party in an interview with The Guardian.
"Donald Trump conveys a menace, a meanness in private that is not evident in most public views of him," Comey told the British publication.
<p>"I was sickened to watch an attack on the literal and symbolic heart of our democracy, and, as a law enforcement person, I was angered. I am mystified and angry that Capitol Hill wasn't defended. It's a hill! If you wanted to defend it, you could defend it, and for some reason it was not defended. I think that's a 9/11-size failure and we're going to need a 9/11-type commission to understand it so that we don't repeat it," Comey said of the January 6th insurrection.</p><p>Comey also voiced his views on the GOP as it stands after four years of Trump.</p><p>"The Republican Party needs to be burned down or changed," Comey said. "Something is shifting and I'm hoping it's the fault breaking apart, a break between the Trumpists and those people who want to try and build a responsible conservative party, because everybody should know that we need one. Who would want to be part of an organisation that at its core is built on lies and racism and know-nothingism? It's just not a healthy political organisation."</p><p>Comey is urging Republican senators to convict Trump, which he sees as a better outcome than the former president being charged in federal court.</p><p>"I just think, on balance, the country is better served by impeaching him, convicting him in the Senate and letting local prosecutors in New York pursue him for the fraudster he was before he took office," Comey argued.</p><p>Read the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/19/the-capitol-riot-was-our-chernobyl-james-comey-on-trump-the-pee-tape-and-clintons-emails" target="_blank">full report</a>.</p><p><br/></p>
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It seems that President Donald Trump had one last pardon up his sleeve -- and this time it benefitted the former husband of a top Fox News host.
CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports that "with less than hour left in office, President Trump granted one more pardon -- this time to Albert Pirro Jr, the ex-husband of Judge Jeanine Pirro, who was convicted on conspiracy and tax evasion charges."
<p>Trump in his last day in office granted pardons to several politicians convicted on corruption charges, including disgraced former Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick and former Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC), as <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon-pardon/" target="_blank">well as longtime ally Steve Bannon</a>, who was indicted for scamming the president's own supporters with the "We Build the Wall" crowdfunding scheme.</p>
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'A fraudulent, phony thing': Fox News pundit says Trump skipped inauguration because he 'doesn't fake things'
January 20, 2021
Fox News contributor Ari Fleisher, a former White House press secretary, on Wednesday praised soon-to-be former President Donald Trump after he refused to attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony.
Fleisher made his remarks as former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush arrived for the swearing in of the 46th president.
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"I think, frankly, and I may be a lonely voice on this," the former press secretary opined, "I think Donald Trump was right not to go today. It would have been so fake of him. And one thing we all know about President Trump, he is not a politician. He doesn't fake things."
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Fleisher continued: "If he feels something, he lets it rip. And if he had gone to this ceremony today for the symbolism of it all, it would have been such a fraudulent, phony thing, having done what he's done and said what he has said. So I think this is keeping to who he is, his personality."
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"I also think it's wonderful for all the former presidents and vice presidents who are there," he added.
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