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Trump's Mar-a-Lago search woes 'seem to have come from his legal team': Guardian reporter
August 13, 2022
Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, Guardian congressional correspondent Hugo Lowell offered an alternative explanation over how FBI agents knew what to look for when they showed up at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort earlier this week to take into custody multiple boxes of documents stolen from the federal government.
Speaking with host Alex Witt, Lowell was asked about the possibility that there is an FBI informant in the former president's inner circle who has been assisting the Department of Justice.
"Have you heard anything that validates speculation that there might be an informant within the Trump ranks?" host Witt asked.
"I've certainly heard that Trump world is very much wary of the fact that there may be an informant," Lowell responded. "And certainly there have been a number of people who have left Mar-a-Lago and the Trump team in recent months -- that's what's feeding the speculation."
"But you know, according to the New York Times today, and also our own reporting from this week, a lot of this has come from the Trump lawyers themselves," Lowell pointed out. "I mean the Times reporting that one of Trump's lawyers signed a document that said they've turned over all of that material and we heard as early as Tuesday that the Justice Department grew concerned about that classified material at Mar-a-Lago as a result of interactions with the Trump's lawyers."
"So a lot of this seems to have come from Trump's legal team, " he suggested.
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'He betrayed America': GOPer Mike Lee buried by Steve Schmidt for obedience to Trump 'above all'
August 13, 2022
In a series of accusatory tweets on Saturday afternoon, former GOP campaign strategist Steve Schmidt unleashed holy hell on Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) for betraying his country and his religion in the service of Donald Trump.
Schmidt, a Utah resident, used his tweets to endorse independent Evan McMullin, a former CIA agent who is challenging Lee for his seat, in part based upon Lee's attempt to help the former president steal the 2020 presidential election.
Also taking on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who Schmidt called a "feckless punk," Schmidt wrote, "@SenMikeLee received a tremendous honor. He was sent by the people of the 45th state, Utah, to stand up for them in Washington DC, under the great dome of the US Capitol as a US SENATOR. He betrayed America and tried to topple the government. He was a leader of the plot," before adding, "He chose to lead the fake elector plot. He chose to stand with the violent mob who smeared human excrement on the walls of the Capitol. Mike Lee chose a path that made him obedient to one man above all things."
Continuing in that vein, he asserted, "@SenMikeLee placed his obedience to Trump above his country, his faith and Utah. He went to Washington DC and vandalized it with his best friend Ted Cruz, another feckless punk who disgraces Texas with the same verve that Lee does Utah," before accusing the Utah senator of, "This unfit man was raised in a cocoon of privilege. I am not a member of the LDS faith but I see the young missionaries coming back home to SLC from all over the world. Every single value those young people aspire to meet and their parents hope they reach has been desecrated"
Schmidt added, "I see a total fraud who compared Trump to Colonel Moroni, one of the great heroes of the Mormon people. Frankly, I see a doofus and I think he should be fired and replaced by the frmr CIA officer @EvanMcMullin."
You can see the entirety of his tweets below or at this link.
\u201c.@SenMikeLee received a tremendous honor. He was sent by the people of the 45th state, Utah, to stand up for them in Washington DC, under the great dome of the US Capitol as a US SENATOR. He betrayed America and tried to topple the government. He was a leader of the plot.\u201d— Steve Schmidt (@Steve Schmidt) 1660400124
\u201c3/ @SenMikeLee placed his obedience to Trump above his country, his faith and Utah. He went to Washington DC and vandalized it with his best friend Ted Cruz, another feckless punk who disgraces Texas with the same verve that Lee does Utah.\u201d— Steve Schmidt (@Steve Schmidt) 1660400124
\u201c5/ by @SenMikeLee. When I look at him I don\u2019t see a Svengali. I see a total fraud who compared Trump to Colonel Moroni, one of the great heroes of the Mormon people. Frankly, I see a doofus and I think he should be fired and replaced by the frmr CIA officer @EvanMcMullin.\u201d— Steve Schmidt (@Steve Schmidt) 1660400124
\u201c7/ @SenMikeLee was given an honor and his response was F you. \n\nThe people in Utah are mostly to polite to respond in kind. They will fire him though. \n\nNo one likes being abused by the likes of liars and gaslighters like @SenMikeLee.\u201d— Steve Schmidt (@Steve Schmidt) 1660400124
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'She’s loaded. They all have guns': Lauren Boebert neighbors forced to call 911 over speeding and property damage
August 13, 2022
Law enforcement officials in Garfield County, Colorado, have released audio recordings of 911 calls they received from neighbors of Rep Lauren Boebert (R-CO), complaining her kids were speeding on the street, her husband was driving drunk and he drove over their mailbox and was trying to start a fight.
According to the report from the Denver Post, the altercation happened on Aug 4, and led to a spate of calls requesting deputies respond.
As the Post's Conrad Swanson wrote, "Garfield County Sheriff’s deputies decided to let neighbors of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert settle a dispute between themselves and the congresswoman’s husband after he reportedly threatened them and destroyed their mailbox. But 911 calls from the incident, obtained by The Denver Post, show just how upset and nervous the neighbors were over their run-in with Boebert’s husband, Jayson Boebert."
According to the report, a neighbor asked one of Boebert's sons to stop speeding down the street in a dune buggy, which set off a dispute that then escalated.
One caller to 911 stated, "He's going like 50 miles an hour and this is a residential lane, there's kids. We tried to stop him, and he'd just freakin' cuss at us and just left."
Another complained about Boebert's husband and the GOP lawmaker, telling the dispatcher, "I’m sure he’s loaded to the hilt. Do you know who his wife is? Lauren Boebert. She’s loaded. They all have guns. He just got chest to chest, face to face, looking to fight.”
The report adds, "Jayson Boebert did not respond to a message seeking comment, nor did the second neighbor. However, over the phone, the second neighbor told the 911 dispatcher that Jayson Boebert had driven to their house with his son 'trying to claim that someone took a swing at his kid and nobody did.'" adding, "He calls Jayson Boebert 'dumb as a post' and 'irrational,' then expresses concern about the being threatened and more."
You can read more here and listen to the audio below or at this link:
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