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How Jack Smith’s expansion of Trump election probe could increase Sidney Powell’s 'legal peril'

In contrast to Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis' broad, far-reaching case, special counsel Jack Smith's prosecution of former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results is often described by legal experts as lean and mean.

But according to CNN reporters Zachary Cohen and Paula Reid, Smith is, in some ways, "widening" his investigation. And this increases the possibility that some of Trump's allies "could still face legal peril" because of their efforts to help Trump stay in office in 2020 despite losing the election to now-President Joe Biden.

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Jack Smith widening probe into more voting equipment breaches in multiple states: report

According to a Tuesday morning report from CNN, it appears that special counsel Jack Smith is following new leads and looking into more attempts to breach voting equipment in multiple states by operatives tied to Donald Trump.

With Smith having already filed indictments against the former president in Florida and Washington, D.C., the new reporting opens the prospect that yet another round of indictments may be forthcoming, as well as painting a portrait of an even more wide-ranging conspiracy to steal the 2020 presidential election.

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Trump aides pray he's not 'stupid enough' to make Marjorie Taylor Greene his VP pick: report

A new report from Rolling Stone claims that many aides to former President Donald Trump are working behind the scenes to prevent him from tapping either Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) or failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake as his vice presidential pick.

Sources tell the publication that Greene and Lake are both in a "death race" to be Trump's vice president, and Greene has been trash-talking Lake behind the scenes as a "grifter" who isn't a true conservative.

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'Biggest Loser': WSJ struggles to pick viable Trump alternative

From August 24-30, the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal conducted a poll that showed former President Donald Trump leading second-place candidate Ron DeSantis by 46 percent among 2024 GOP presidential primary voters. But what the Journal reports and what its conservative editorial board would like to see happen are two different things.

The board, which has often been critical of Trump but without going full-fledged Never Trumper, is hoping that a major alternative to the former president will emerge in the primary. But Trump remains the frontrunner, and only a few rival candidates — namely, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) — have been outright scathing in their criticism of him.

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Biden launches AZ ad highlighting high-tech jobs as part of national blitz

Joe Biden launched his first Arizona-specific ad for his 2024 re-election campaign on Monday focusing on how his economic agenda has brought high-paying and manufacturing jobs to the Grand Canyon State.

Arizona was key to Joe Biden’s victory in 2020, and his 10,000-vote victory over Donald Trump was the second-closest battleground state Biden won that year. But the limited early public polling on the 2024 campaign shows the president neck-and-neck with Trump in a rematch, and the state is almost certain to be closely contested next year as both parties vie to win the state’s 11 electoral votes.

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Here's how Biden is borrowing from Reagan to beat Trump: ex-Trump aide

A former Trump official on Monday suggested that President Joe Biden is lifting a page from Ronald Reagan’s playbook by leaning into the age issue.

Alyssa Farah Griffin during an appearance on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” with guest host Brianna Keilar credited Biden with how he’s handling questions about his age but said she believes it’s a “legitimate issue.”

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Biden touts jobs and economy in Philadelphia on Labor Day

PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden made his seventh trip of the year to the City of Brotherly Love on Monday, telling an audience of union workers that America’s best days are ahead of it, and that support for unions is the strongest it’s been in 60 years.

“I told you when I ran for president I’d have your back, and I have,” Biden said. “There are a lot of politicians in this country who don’t know how to say the word ‘union.’ I’m proud to say the word union and I’m proud to be the most pro-union president … I make no bones about that.”

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'Truisms about his own behavior': Ex-GOP rep says Biden accusations are Trump projection

Former Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.) said Monday that Donald Trump’s latest corruption allegations against President Joe Biden say more about how the former president views himself.

Jolly during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Lindsey Reiser Reports” acknowledged that the attacks resonate with a segment of the electorate that’s been sold on the “Biden crime family” narrative the former president and right-wing media have pushed.

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Here’s how impeaching Joe Biden could backfire against Republicans: report

All signs suggest Republican lawmakers are readying to launch an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, but the probe could backfire on the GOP, Politico reports.

The pursuit of an impeachment inquiry against Biden is among GOP House members’ top priorities, USA Today reports, noting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) during a recent interview called the prospect of an inquiry Biden impeachment inquiry “a natural step forward.”

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Biden ridicules Trump as ‘great’ developer who ‘didn’t build a damn thing’: report

President Joe Biden mocked Donald Trump during a Labor Day rally, calling his predecessor a “great real estate” developer who “didn’t build a damn thing,” The New York Post reported.

Biden touted his administration’s efforts to boost the nation’s infrastructure at the Pennsylvania event.

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'Donald is running scared': Former Trump lawyer calls out ex-president's 'dumbest move' yet

In an interview going into the Labor Day weekend, former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen explained away the flurry of videos and memes that the ex-president has been posting on his Truth Social platform as a defense mechanism that shows he is scared out of his mind over his rapidly expanding legal woes.

Speaking on the “Political Beatdown” podcast, Cohen – who is currently being sued by the former president who claims he violated an employee agreement and broke attorney-client privilege – said Trump "technically knows his a-- is cooked" as he faces four criminal indictments as well as a handful of potentially costly civil suits.

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'Senile' or 'merciless': GOP mocked for contradictory attacks on Biden

Donald Trump and the GOP can’t figure out how best to attack President Joe Biden, according to commentary from NBC News Monday.

“Sleepy Joe” – the nickname favored by Trump for his Democratic foe in 2020 – has transformed into “Crooked Joe,” the mastermind of a scheme to weaponize the federal government against the former president.

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Charles III to mark first year as king

Britain's Charles III reaches the milestone of his first year as king this week, with his reign so far characterized by a smooth transition from that of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

The anniversary on Friday is expected to be marked privately, given the date is also that of his mother's death at the age of 96.

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