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'Negative, bile-filled performance artists': Adam Schiff laments the Republican 'crackpot caucus'

Congressman Adam Schiff (D-California) appeared on MSNBC's Tuesday edition of The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell and reflected upon Senator Lindsey Graham's (R-South Carolina) radioactive prediction that there would be "riots in the streets" if former President Donald Trump is criminally indicted.

"I think with Lindsey Graham you see some signs of conscience flare up from time to time that are quickly extinguished," Schiff quipped to host Lawrence O'Donnell.

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Republicans on Sunday shows reveal how scared they are about Trump's document scandal

Republicans appeared on Sunday morning news shows, making it clear that they're not comfortable with Donald Trump's latest scandal, the New York Times round-up explained.

Monday begins the third week since the FBI executed a search warrant at Trump's golf club in Palm Beach, Florida. What they recovered was a cache of government documents that Trump stole to take with him upon leaving the White House. A number of the documents were so top secret that the government has been unable to describe them to the public.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene just 'trying to live out Christian faith' with her anti-transgender bill

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said a bill that would prevent gender-affirming treatment for transgender children is part of a "spiritual war" and her "Christian faith."

During an interview with Human Events podcast host Jack Posobiec, Greene explained that the local SWAT team had been wrongly called to her home on two occasions because she was a victim of a tactic known as "swatting."

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‘Fire this numbskull’: Mick Mulvaney’s comments put CBS News on the hotseat

Former Trump acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, who is a current CBS News analyst, was harshly criticized on Friday for his comments about Trump's redacted search warrant.

CNN anchor Jim Sciutto played a clip of Mulvaney discussing the FBI search warrant execution.

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Atlanta DA now investigating voting systems breach in central Georgia county as part of Trump probe

On Friday, the Associated Press reported that Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis is now investigating a voting systems breach in Coffee County, a small area 200 miles south of Atlanta, as part of her investigation into former President Donald Trump and his allies' efforts to overturn the election in the state.

"The widening of the probe highlights the latest instance in which unauthorized people appear to have gained access to voting equipment since the 2020 election, primarily in battleground states lost by Trump," reported Kate Brumback and Christina Cassidy. "Election experts have raised concerns that sensitive information shared online about the equipment may have exposed vulnerabilities that could be exploited by people intent on disrupting future elections."

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'That is the ball game': These 3 key affidavit details may suggest Trump indictment is coming

The Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit released in redacted form by the Department of Justice contains three key details that make it likely Donald Trump will be indicted, an expert in national security law concluded on Friday.

"I have finally seen enough. Donald Trump will be indicted by a federal grand jury," attorney Bradley Moss predicted in a new column published by The Daily Beast.

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Wisconsin auditor’s subpoenas withdrawn two weeks after GOP Speaker fired him: report

On Friday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has dismissed a number of subpoenas issued to local officials by former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, two weeks after Vos fired him from his controversial position auditing the 2020 presidential election.

"Vos sent letters to the mayors of Madison and Green Bay and Wisconsin Elections Commission officials on Friday withdrawing subpoenas issued by Gableman ahead of a court hearing next week in the matter," reported Molly Beck.

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FBI says Donald Trump combined top secret documents with magazines and personal correspondence

Twice-impeached former president Donald Trump mixed personal correspondence and magazines with classified documents, according to the FBI.

The FBI raided his Palm Beach residence Mar-a-Lago on Aug. 8 and found that 14 of the 15 boxes recovered from Trump's home contained multiple classified and top secret documents combined with magazines, personal correspondence and miscellaneous newspapers.

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Trump seeks dismissal of civil suit filed by Capitol Police officer as his legal problems mount

Donald Trump has filed an appeal seeking to dismiss a civil suit filed by a Capitol Police officer on Friday. The lawsuit accuses the former president of inciting the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which resulted in several deaths and 140 injured police officers.

According to documents shared by CBS News Congressional Correspondent Scott MacFarlane, Trump is arguing "Absolute Immunity" in the appeal.

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Fox News furious President Biden labeled MAGA ideology ‘semi-fascism’ – compares it to ‘Hillary’s deplorables comment’

The early morning crew at Fox News lashed out at President Joe Biden Friday morning, just hours after he held a fiery rally in Maryland Thursday night and made the stakes for the November midterms clear: It's democracy or fascism.

"What we’re seeing now is the beginning or the death knell of an extreme MAGA philosophy. It’s not just Trump, it’s the entire philosophy that underpins the — I’m going to say something, it’s like semi-fascism," President Biden, aware he was entering dangerous territory, declared as he steam rolled ahead.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene tells President Joe Biden to 'Go to hell' after being publicly mocked by White House

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) told President Joe Biden to "Go to hell" on Friday. The MAGA Republican made the comment following the Aug. 24 reveal from the White House that Greene had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven.

Greene made the remark on Twitter and also shared a video of Biden saying that he did not respect MAGA Republicans. "I don't respect these MAGA Republicans," said the president in the clip. Greene responded by accusing Biden of allowing drugs into the country by leaving the border "wide open," arming the Taliban and supporting the genital mutilation of children.

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Doctor faces prison for injecting patients with 'unapproved' drugs — and pocketing the difference to buy mansion

On Thursday, the Riverfront Times reported that a doctor from St. Louis, Missouri has been sentenced to prison for a health care fraud scheme in which he bought a "castle-like" mansion with the difference he pocketed from secretly using knockoff osteoarthritis drugs in patients.

"In April, a jury found Dr. Abdul Naushad, 58, and his wife Wajiha, 47, guilty of one count of conspiracy and one count of health care fraud. Today, Naushad was sentenced to a year in prison and Wajiha given three years probation," reported Ryan Krull. "The drug in question is Orthovisc, the FDA-approved version of which is only sold by authorized distributors in the United States. According to a statement issued by the United States Attorney's Office, for over a decade the Naushads injected patients under their care with a cheaper version of Orthovisc, which was imported from overseas and had not been approved by the FDA."

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Wisconsin Republican blackballed by his own party after criminal conviction for disorderly conduct — but he's still running

On Thursday, the Green Bay Press Gazette reported that the Wisconsin Republican Party has withdrawn their endorsement of Assembly candidate Peter A. Schmidt and banned him from the county GOP headquarters — but he refuses to exit the race and is still running.

"Schmidt was charged with a felony but later convicted of criminal trespassing, a Class A misdemeanor, and disorderly conduct, a Class B misdemeanor, after an incident in which a worker on Schmidt's farm was choked in 2019," reported Doug Schneider. "Schmidt pleaded no contest and was found guilty in 2021. A court sentenced him to two years probation and ordered him to participate in an anger-management program."

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