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Mike Pence says he's still friends with Donald Trump despite angry mob that tried to kill him
February 25, 2021
Vice President Mike Pence may have been rushed out of the U.S. Senate to protect his life on Jan. 6. He may have been terrified for his life and the life of his family when insurrectionists built gallows and chanted "hang Mike Pence." But after a few months, Pence claims it's all water under the bridge.
CNN reported that the former vice president "harbors no hard feelings toward Donald Trump and reportedly plans to launch an organization 'defending the successful Trump-Pence record of the last four years.'"
<p>"He spoke very favorably about his relationship with President Trump," Indiana Republican Jim Banks told CNN. "I got the sense they speak often and maintain the same personal friendship and relationship now that they have for four years."</p><p>It's a contrast from the Jan. 11 reports that Trump didn't even call to check on Pence after he had to flee for his life. It was almost a week later that the two eventually did speak, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/11/politics/trump-pence-25th-amendment/index.html" target="_blank">CNN reported at the time</a>. A month later, Trump advisers say that the former president still hasn't expressed any remorse for the Capitol attack and that <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/10/politics/donald-trump-mike-pence-impeachment/index.html" target="_blank">their relationship seemed "damaged."</a></p><p>"Pence, who plans to keep laying low during the impeachment trial, has not quite patched up his relationship with Trump after what happened, according to a source familiar with the situation," the report said. </p><p>The source said that in the Jan. 11 conversation, Pence and Trump "discussed everything," but remained focused on getting through to Jan. 20. </p><p><span></span>"He got his point across at the meeting afterward," the source told CNN, noting that there were "some lingering hard feelings" as the former president didn't express any remorse for the danger he put Pence and his family in. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/us/politics/mike-pence-trump.html" target="_blank">But the <em>New York Times</em> reported </a>that when Pence finally reached the end of his rope "it wasn't pretty."</p><p>"The rift between Mr. Trump and Mr. Pence has dominated their final days in office — not least because the vice president has the power under the 25th Amendment to remove the president from office with support of the cabinet. The House voted on Tuesday demanding that Mr. Pence take such action or else it would impeach Mr. Trump," said the <em>Times</em>. </p><p>"Mr. Pence ultimately discovered that loyalty to Mr. Trump only matters until it does not. Tension between the two had grown in recent months as the president railed privately about Mr. Pence," the report also said. </p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/23/politics/trump-pence-congress/index.html" target="_blank">Read the full report at CNN.com</a></p>
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John Dean says that Donald Trump's children 'should be worried' about Manhattan DA case
February 24, 2021
Former White House Counsel John Dean told CNN's Don Lemon Wednesday that Donald Trump's adult children should probably "be worried" about the cases being investigated by district attorneys.
Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was grilled by prosecutors this month about questionable spending in the inaugural committee. Jr. is also part of a New York probe into the Trump Organization's finances. He and Trump Organization's CFO, Allen Weisselberg are said to be at the center of the prosecutors' investigation.
<p>"I think they should be worried," Dean said flatly. "They got a pass of sorts last time they were in front of [DA Cy] Vance. One of Trump's long-time lawyers went in, negotiated a deal and got them a pass and later gave a large contribution to Vance. Actually, a couple of large contributions. That came back to haunt Vance. So, I don't think he looks very favorably on the Trump family anymore and he wants to clean up his reputation. So, he's probably being very aggressive about them and pursuing any potential criminality."</p><p>At issue is more than Trump's tax returns, Dean explained. </p><p>"There's almost a terabyte of data," he said of the Trump financial documents. "That's massive. That's thousands upon thousands of documents. And this is going to show how they prepared the tax returns over the last eight years that they're looking at. The memos back and forth. Records of phone calls where the accountants were being instructed. So, if there's malfeasance, non-feasance or misfeasance in there it's very likely to be in that terabyte. So, that's a mighty pile of information they have to go through too."</p><p>Dean explained that he has read that Don Jr's involvement in the Trump family corporations was limited because "his father didn't have the greatest faith in his skills and abilities and he was often kept out of things." That could ultimately help Jr. from being pinned down in the Trump Organization case, however, he and Eric Trump have also been the ones in charge of the company in their father's absence. </p><p> "For example, the payments to Michael Cohen, the hush payments, he might have been directly involved in those," Dean continued. "So who knows where all this is going to go? The conspiracy law in New York is very broad, as most states have, and they've been operating clearly in secret for a long time. And that's what Mr. Vance is looking at. So, I think he's got jeopardy."</p><p>See the full discussion below: </p><p><br/></p>
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The DWI charges against Bruce Springsteen were dismissed by prosecutors on Wednesday, Page Six reported.
Springsteen, who had two shots from a fan, then drove off and was pulled over by police. His blood-alcohol level never reached the level that would qualify as a DWI charge. It was only 0.02, the report said.
<p>"I had two small shots of tequila," the singer said. </p><p>"It's actually low enough that the defendant would be considered presumptively not impaired under New Jersey law," said Assistant US Attorney Adam Baker. "We do look to New Jersey law as persuasive guidance."</p><p><a href="https://nypost.com/2021/02/24/prosecutors-drop-dwi-reckless-driving-charges-against-bruce-springsteen/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=P6Twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow" target="_blank">Read the full report at the NYDN.</a></p>
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