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'Y’all need to go get yourself a good criminal defense attorney': Former Trump admin aide tells his colleagues

During a discussion about Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA) being subpoenaed by the Fulton County District Attorney, former Homeland Security Department chief of staff Miles Taylor suggested that allies of Donald Trump should consider getting lawyers if they haven't already.

Hice, a firm "states rights" advocate, is begging that the grand jury be moved from the state to the federal court system. The case, however, involves the violation of state election laws.

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Right-wing Newsmax host vanishes from airwaves and jokes about reality TV tryout

Newsmax host Grant Stinchfield has vanished without explanation from the channel's airwaves.

The former NRATV host lost his prime-time program in a shakeup to make room for Greta Van Susteren, who got the 6 p.m. slot, while former White House press secretary Sean Spicer moved to 5 p.m. and former Fox News commentator Eric Bolling got Stinchfield's 8 p.m. slot, reported The Daily Beast.

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'Living rent-free in between Trump's ears': Reporter says ex-president constantly talking about DeSantis

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has positioned himself as a culture warrior ahead of a possible White House bid, and an expert on the state's politics says his success is making Donald Trump nervous as he considers his own campaign.

NBC News national political correspondent Marc Caputo told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Trump is anxious about the support DeSantis has picked up by raging against classroom lessons on "critical race theory" and LGBTQ inclusion, and the governor is now seen as the most viable GOP contender to the former president.

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Secret Garland memo cites Bill Barr demand to flag the AG if agency is investigating a presidential candidate

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow obtained a Feb. 2020 memo authored by then-Attorney General Bill Barr saying that anyone at the Justice Department who is investigating a political candidate has to run it by the Attorney General. That memo, she explained, was renewed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in May 2022.

"The Department of Justice has a strong interest in the prosecution of election-related crimes, such as those involving federal and state campaign finance laws, federal patronage laws, and corruption of the election process. As Department employees, however, we must be particularly sensitive to safeguarding the Department's reputation for fairness, neutrality, and non-partisanship," the memo says.

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Trump has never cared and always weasels out of accountability — but that's over: Biographer

One of Donald Trump's biographers, Tim O'Brien, said that he thinks the time of dodged accountability might be coming to a close.

MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace cited a comment from former Justice Department official Harry Litman, who explained that presidents are never alone and that there are always staff milling about and agents nearby. So, during the 187 minutes in which Donald Trump watched as the violence unfolded on Jan. 6 and did nothing, there were likely people around.

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Jan. 6 committee negotiating with Homeland Security to obtain testimony from Secret Service agents

Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig literally wrote the book on the behind-the-scenes world of the U.S Secret Service. During an appearance Monday on MSNBC, she said that Secret Service agents were eager to testify before the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

"The Secret Service agents, I'm told, want to testify," Leonnig said of what she called a "big mess" for the department. "The ones who are allegedly in the car or providing information to Cassidy Hutchinson on the day of Jan. 6th when President Trump was then alleged to have lunged at his Secret Service detail leader -- the agent in charge of his life -- and to have lunged toward the steering wheel.

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'Fox News has left the Trump train': Ex-president may have lost crucial supporter as he considers 2024 bid

Donald Trump looks increasingly ready to announce he will run for re-election, but MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said the former president faces a major challenge as he prepares for a third campaign.

The ex-president has been telling associates that he wants to take back the legal protections that come with the White House, as multiple investigations gain steam and criminal charges against him appear increasingly likely, but the "Morning Joe" host said Trump may have already lost a crucial supporter.

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'Voters aren't stupid': Morning Joe warns GOP could face punishment for 'extreme positions' on guns and forced birth

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough warned Republicans that voters would punish them in November for their "extreme positions" on guns and abortions.

The "Morning Joe" host said the GOP was woefully out of touch on firearms safety and forced birth after another wave of mass shootings and horrific cases that have arisen in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade, and he predicted that voters would make them pay for their extremism.

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Mass shooting with victims reported at Indiana shopping mall

Greenwood Park Mall in Indiana is the site of another mass shooting in the United States Sunday afternoon.

Police are reporting multiple fatalities and injuries. Thus far, Fox59 has reported two people killed and three injured, while NBC's 13 News is reporting the shooter is down.

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Father of Uvalde shooting victim describes 'rage' as he was escorted from meeting with officials

The mayor of Uvalde told a father of a slain student that he didn't make the list of people who were allowed in the briefing on Sunday.

Police escorted Alfred Garza, the father of Amerie Jo Garza, from the room, saying that he wasn't allowed to be there.

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Uvalde Police body cam video released showing clueless police trying to figure out what to do

The body cam footage of a police officer has been revealed to the families and now to the public showing the catastrophic failure of the Uvalde police during the mass shooting that killed 22 people.

The footage shows Uvalde Police Sgt. Daniel Coronado, who was one of the first on the scene along with UPD Officer Justin Mendoza.

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Republican chair of Uvalde probe blames 'broken home,' no father 'interaction,' and 'violent video games'

The chairman of the investigatory committee examining the Uvalde, Texas mass shooting began his press conference Sunday, saying that there were a lot of things to blame for the mass shooter.

It became clear that many of the questions from the press and the community had to do with the inaction of the 376 police, including 149 border patrol agents, on the scene that day.

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Secret Service may be too close to Trump — and they might even be co-conspirators: impeachment lawyer

Former impeachment lawyer and White House ethics czar Norm Eisen speculated whether there were Secret Service agents who are part of Donald Trump's plot to overthrow the government.

Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Eisen said that his questions go deeper than just the text messages but about the alliances that the law enforcement agents have with the former president.

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