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Coded message in Trump post sends signal to far-right conspiracy theorists: expert

In an all-caps rant on his Truth Social platform Monday, former President Donald Trump vowed to appoint another special counsel to prosecute President Joe Biden. It was a single word that raised the alarm for an expert in religious extremism.

"NOW THAT THE 'SEAL' IS BROKEN, IN ADDITION TO CLOSING THE BORDER & REMOVING ALL OF THE 'CRIMINAL' ELEMENTS THAT HAVE ILLEGALLY INVADED OUR COUNTRY, MAKING AMERICA ENERGY INDEPENDENT, & EVEN DOMINANT AGAIN, & IMMEDIATELY ENDING THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA & UKRAINE, I WILL APPOINT A REAL SPECIAL 'PROSECUTOR' TO GO AFTER THE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE USA, JOE BIDEN, THE ENTIRE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY, & ALL OTHERS INVOLVED WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR ELECTIONS, BORDERS, & COUNTRY ITSELF!" wrote Trump.

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Jim Jordan's hands are tied despite pressure to save Donald Trump: columnist

Washington Post columnist Greg Sargent doesn't think there are a lot of options available to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who might be looking for ways to save Donald Trump from prosecution.

Writing Monday, Sargent quoted Jordan as he struggled to defend Trump on CNN Sunday. "This is as political as it gets!" the congressman fumed.

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'Time for us to take advantage': Russian TV hosts debate how Trump woes can help the Kremlin

In the wake of a federal indictment charging former President Donald Trump with 37 counts related to his handling of classified materials, Kremlin mouthpieces on Russian state-owned media are theorizing how to undermine Joe Biden as the 2024 election approaches, The Daily Beast reported.

In one segment cited by The Beast, Russian state TV host Evgeny Popov said, "The investigation against Trump has to do with the disappearance of secret documents from the White House, related to the development of new nuclear weapons by the United States... Obviously, if there were any important documents, they’ve been studying them in Moscow for a while. What’s the point of searching?”

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'Meh': Report says Proud Boys are not standing back and standing by for Trump this time

The Proud Boys are largely ignoring the indictment of former President Donald Trump as the far-right group shifts its focus to attacking the LBGTQ community, Vice News reported Monday.

Despite the group being central to the Jan. 6 insurrection in 2021 – and a local branch reportedly being involved in a protest outside the Miami courthouse that Trump is expected to be arraigned at Tuesday – members have been quiet about Trump's latest troubles.

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'I even saw one woman that had no pants on': MTG gasps over Pride festival 'Sodom and Gomorrah'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) recounted her brush with a Pride festival on Monday.

During an interview with conservative podcast host Charlie Kirk, Greene said she had called for the Marriott to take down a Pride flag at an event where she spoke over the weekend.

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McCarthy scrambles to quell ongoing far-right revolt as lawmakers return to Congress

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.) is scrambling to quell a far-right revolt within his own caucus who remain angry at the GOP House leader over the debt limit deal he struck with Joe Biden, among other grievances, Politico reports.

As lawmakers return to Capitol Hill Monday, McCarthy is looking to mend fences with 11 or so ultraconservative House colleagues who effectively shut down the House floor last week.

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Laughing off GOP's Clay Higgins' civil war threat would be 'painfully naive': militia expert

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) prompted a lot of confused laughter with his tweeted response to Donald Trump's indictment, but the chuckles died down when a militia expert deciphered his message as a threat.

Author Jeff Sharlet sounded the alarm Friday and followed up with a column for The Atlantic probing the congressman's background as a military veteran and law enforcement officer who resigned from two departments over excessive force and other questionable behavior that he doesn't shy away from mentioning.

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Trump-backed Arizona 'audit' was even more of a debacle than previously known: newly unearthed texts

The Trump-backed "audit" of the 2020 election in Arizona ended disastrously for the former president as it not only confirmed President Joe Biden won the state, but it actually gave him a bigger final margin than the official state tally.

And now the Arizona Republic is reporting that newly unearthed text messages sent by the CEO of the company that conducted the audit show that it was an even bigger debacle than had been previously reported.

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Trump vows to appoint 'a real special prosecutor' to 'go after' Biden

Former President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to appoint his own special counsel to indict President Joe Biden in retaliation for special counsel Jack Smith's indictment of Trump on Espionage Act charges.

In a furious all-caps rant on his Truth Social network, the former president put Biden on notice that he was not going to escape unscathed after leaving the White House.

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Ex-DHS official outlines tough 'challenges' Jack Smith faces prosecuting Donald Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith's case against former President Donald Trump turned out to be even worse than originally reported. On Thursday night, June 8, major media outlets reported that Trump had been indicted on seven federal counts in connection with Smith's probe of government documents he was storing at Mar-a-Lago. But when the indictment was unsealed the following day, it was revealed that there were 37 counts — not seven.

This indictment comes in addition to the 34-count New York State prosecution Trump is up against from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. And Trump is still facing separate criminal investigations involving his post-2020 election activities: one by Smith, another by Fulton County, Georgia DA Fani Willis.

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Trump’s last White House deputy press secretary 'has some regrets'

MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan on Sunday grilled indicted former President Donald Trump's final Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Matthews about what she experienced during the tumultuous termination of Trump's presidency.

On July 21st, 2022, Matthews testified before the United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, recalling that Trump's staff pleaded with him to quell the violence that erupted as lawmakers were certifying Joe Biden's 332-206 Electoral College victory over Trump in the 2020 presidential election. Matthews quit amidst the mayhem.

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'Livid' House conservatives poised for next battle with Kevin McCarthy

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will reconvene in an atmosphere of political uncertainty on Monday, as Republican hardline conservatives clash with Speaker Kevin McCarthy and spoil for a new fight over federal government spending.

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Trump's 'witch hunt' claim destroyed by Republican legal expert: No 'business near power'

A Republican columnist rejected former President Donald Trump’s cries of “witch hunt” and victimization – and urged his prosecution.

Writing for the conservative National Review, Andrew McCarthy - a former prosecutor who authored a book called ‘Ball of Collusion: The Plot To Rig An Election And Destroy A Presidency – said GOP arguments that Trump’s enemies were aiming to bring him down make no sense.

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