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Robbery suspect accused of using Nintendo ‘Duck Hunt’ pistol in convenience store heist: cops
May 31, 2023
A South Carolina man was arrested in connection with a convenience store robbery in which he’s accused of using a spray-painted Nintendo “duck hunt” pistol, the York County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Wednesday.
Joseph Dalesandro, 25, of Sharon, was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery with a deadly weapon among other charges and booked into the York County Detention Center, the Sheriff’s Office said.
The robbery happened at around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Sharon Kwik Stop convenience store on York St., the Sheriff’s Office said.
Dalesandro is accused of entering the store wearing a mask, wig, and hooded sweatshirt and then flashing the fake gun before demanding money from the cash register, the Sheriff’s Office said.
IN OTHER NEWS: Conservative firebrand Matt Gaetz declares Dems big winners in debt ceiling fight
Approximately $300 was taken from the clerk.
Deputies located the Dalesandro in the parking lot of Dollar General down the street, and found the duck hunt pistol in his pants.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Wednesday declared Democrats the winners in the debt ceiling fight.
The far-right congressman who made headlines last week by saying his Republican colleagues “don’t feel like we should negotiate with our hostage,” on Wednesday said his party would have been better off allowing the clean debt limit increase that Democrats and some moderate Republicans sought.
Gaetz during an appearance on Newsmax’s Rob Schmitt Tonight said the debt limit deal will promote renewal energy at the expense of fossil fuels, a policy he and other members of the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus oppose.
“I would suggest that this legislation might actually be worse than a clean debt limit increase, because if you lash the permitting reform that establishment Republicans are championing to the Green New Deal tax credits that now Joe Biden gets to cement in and extend for years, that actually what you're going to be accelerating, permitting on more wind farms, more solar, and that is going to distort the energy market more and make the problems worse that people sent us here to solve,” Gaetz said.
Gaetz explained that his break with congressional allies such as Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who supported the debt ceiling deal, involved a dispute over tactics.
“Well, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie, and I share the same goals, but we have very different views regarding the tactics. Taking a 99 percent continuing resolution off of current spending levels, is giving the Democrats a massive win, Rob, that would be like me gaining 50 pounds and saying that's okay, because I'm going to take a walk to the ice cream store on the following day,” Gaetz said.
“That's how the Democrats have iced in the terrible policy choices of Joe Biden and the two principal dynamics happening right now around this bill, Democrats are moving toward it, and Republicans are moving away from it. That's because so many of the claims are illusions, like the work requirements claim. We just got an analysis fact from the Congressional Budget Office that after this bill passes, an additional 74,000 people every month will be eligible and enrolling in the SNAP program."
“That is a huge expansion of the very programs that we're trying to constrain and make more effective.”
\u201cThe Biden-McCarthy debt limit deal is a major win for Democrats.\n\nHere\u2019s why \ud83d\udc47\u201d— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@Rep. Matt Gaetz) 1685581679
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Watch: Trump lawyer refuses to say whether Trump declassified the doc in audio recording
May 31, 2023
Former President Donald Trump's attorney Jim Trusty was cornered by CNN's Abby Phillip in an interview on Wednesday night over the new report that Trump was caught on audiotape admitting he couldn't share the contents of a highly classified military document in his possession — and refused to answer her questions.
"Were you aware of the existence of this tape prior to the report?" asked Phillip.
"This is really missing the whole story here," said Trusty. "This is a leak campaign ... I am not going to try a case based on the government leaks. But we need to recognize the significance of the moment, which is DOJ and FBI, or some combination of them, are engaging in a leak campaign. This actually started three days after the raid on Mar-a-Lago with an unprecedented press conference. You've never seen in the history of prosecution an attorney general doing that."
"Jim, I just have to — I have to correct you, the Mar-a-Lago raid was publicized by your client," cut in Phillip. "Former President Trump tweeted out it was happening when it was happening." As Trusty continued to insist Trump had blanket declassification authority as commander-in-chief, Phillip continued to press him: "Did he declassify this document that we're referring to?"
"We're not going to try the case leak by leak," said Trusty. "What I can tell you is the leaks that come out, some of them are abjectly false."
"But this is very significant," Phillip continued. "If you are saying he declassified the documents, you should be able to say whether this document had been declassified."
"I'm not trying my case for CNN," said Trusty.
"So you won't say?" said Phillip.
"Of course not," shot back Trusty.
"And will you say in the court of law that he declassified this document?" Phillip asked.
"Well, if I'm in a court of law, I'll defend my client as I need to," said Trusty. "But let me make this point very clear. If you have the authority to declassify, you're not wedded to any bureaucratic process."
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Abby Phillip argues with Jim Trusty over classified documents www.youtube.com
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