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Alyssa Farah Griffin reveals Mark Meadows told her Trump wasn't leaving the White House

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Alyssa Farah Griffin reveals Mark Meadows told her Trump wasn't leaving the White House
Alyssa Farah Griffin from "The View" (Photo: Screen capture)

"The View's" Alyssa Farah Griffin confirmed Tuesday that she was told while working as a White House aide that Donald Trump wasn't going to leave after 2020.

Trump's former lawyer Jenna Ellis revealed in an interview to the Fulton County district attorney's office — revealed by ABC News Monday — that an excited White House aide had told her that they weren't leaving on Jan. 20 when Joe Biden was inaugurated.

"The boss is not going to leave under any circumstances," social media staffer Dan Scavino reportedly said. “We are just going to stay in power.”

Talking about it on "The View" Tuesday Farah Griffin, who worked as a communications director under Trump, told the co-hosts, "But what is wild about this [Jenna Ellis] clip is the language model, something nearly identical to that which White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said to me on Dec. 3rd of 2020.

"I'd gone into his office to say that I was going to resign. I didn't agree with what we were saying about the election result of the election being stolen. And he said, 'Wait, what if I can tell you that we're not leaving office?'"

It's a timeline that adds to details that Ellis revealed to the Fulton County prosecutors. In her case, a key date shows Trump was still refusing to leave even after Dec. 11, when he'd lost appeals over the election result at the Supreme Court.

Farah Griffin said that she reported Meadows' comment to federal investigators and the House Select Committee that looked into 2020 and Jan. 6.

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"This proves what she's saying, that the upper tier of the White House was actually trying to unlawfully and unconstitutionally hold on to power," she continued. "I think Georgia has Donald Trump in a really tight spot. That's the hardest one, I think, for him to get out of. But here's what I would say is this: We don't even need to think about just what he did last time around. The agenda he's talking about for 2024 is scary enough."

She cited Trump's pledge to put people in "camps" and carry out revenge on four-star generals and those he sees as having wronged him.

See her comments in the video below or at the link here.


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'This is the story': White House's 'panicked behavior' flagged in new Epstein cover-up bid

Reacting to reports that members of Donald Trump’s administration set everything aside on Wednesday to lobby the renegade Republican House members who have signed on to release the notorious Jeffrey Epstein files, MSNBC’s Jonathan Lemire claimed the White House is in a frenzy based on calls he has received.

On the same day that the House reconvened and Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) was sworn in and signed onto a discharge petition aimed at getting the files released, the White House reportedly made overtures to Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Nancy Mace (R-SC) to change their minds about aligning with Democrats.

After “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough pointed out that Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel were involved in the cover-up efforts, Lemire claimed he was inundated with fearful comments about the White House’s flurry of activity.

“This is the bombshell of the story that simply will not go away as hard as Donald Trump is trying to make the Jeffrey Epstein matter go away — it simply won't,” Lemire reported.

“And it was sort of a panicked behavior,” he remarked. “That's how people put it to me yesterday in the White House, when we started seeing those emails, when Trump himself, as well as some of his top DOJ officials, pushed Republicans to remove their names from the discharge petition, unsuccessfully — it still was signed. It still hit the number of votes needed.”

”There's a sense here that this is the story,” he added. “The epic story has gained really momentum, and it's not quite clear where it goes next, but it's certainly taking a real toll on this presidency.”

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'I am appalled!' MAGA's loudest voices revolt over Trump's interview answer

The MAGA faithful are enraged after President Donald Trump publicly defended the need for H-1B visas in an interview with Laura Ingraham, The Hill reported on Thursday.

H-1B visas, the program that allows skilled foreign workers into the country and is used extensively by tech companies, has been a growing divide in the Republican Party for some time. It already triggered uproar during the administration transition when tech billionaire Elon Musk, then a key adviser in the Trump administration, fiercely defended the program.

But the wound was ripped open once again after Trump told Ingraham "we also do have to bring in talent," and when she said "but, we have plenty of talent!" Trump replied, "No, you don't."

“I was appalled,” said former Virginia Trump campaign manager John Fredericks, currently a right-wing talk radio host. “I agree with the president and everything he’s done on just about every single issue, and he’s been the greatest president in history in my view for what he’s doing and what he’s done but these are two issues where I adamantly oppose both.”

Matt Walsh, a notorious far-right culture warrior who has called for transgender people to be "erased," was just as upset. "America is for Americans," he wrote on X. “Even if it were true that we don’t have enough talented people in this country, which it isn’t, that would be all the more reason to stop importing foreigners. We need to train up our own people. Give actual Americans a shot,” he said.

And Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who has increasingly been bucking Trump and her party on a number of issues, staked out her anger here as well, posting to X, “I am solidly against allowing foreign students into our colleges and universities, like 600,000 Chinese students, just to financially prop them up. If they fail, they fail. The system in place isn’t helping our young people anyways.”

All of this comes as the Trump administration cracks down on immigrants and noncitizens in almost every other space, provoking clashes in large cities as federal agents prowl the streets.

'Falling short': Trump voters say president's economic policy has left them 'struggling'

Donald Trump's economic policy is failing those who voted for the president in the last election.

A rise in electricity, rent, and grocery prices has affected people across the country, including those who voted for Trump in the 2024 election. Those who cast their vote for Trump are now saying his policies on the economy are failing them. One person even suggested that, despite making more money than in previous years, this year has been the most financially stressful time for them.

Some voters say Trump has simply failed to bring prices down, a promise he made on the campaign trail last year. Billy Edmonson, speaking to NBC, said he's making more money than ever yet still struggling because of the state of the economy.

Edmonson, a construction worker, said, "Everything’s already so expensive... That’s the worst thing about his presidency so far, is he promised things coming down and prices are not coming down. I make more money than I’ve ever made in my life right now, and it has, financially, been a struggle."

"It just doesn’t seem like there’s been a whole lot of focus on, ‘Hey, let’s get these prices down.’ It’s just been like, ‘Hey, prices are high because Biden did this.’ It’s like, well, Biden’s not in office anymore. It's personally frustrating." Other Trump voters are in the same boat, highlighting a stark difference between what's actually happening for the economy, and what the president says is happening.

Retiree Susan, 66, said: "He and his advisers claim the country is going well, prices are going down, the tariffs are doing wonderfully. But when you go to the store, the prices are up." Trump has recently been grilled on rising prices for items like beef and coffee, the latter price apparently fixable by lowering tariffs, the president says.

He told Fox News, "Coffee, we're going to lower some tariffs. We're going to have some coffee come in. We’re gonna take care of all this stuff very quickly, very easily." Other voters were left worrying for the next generation, with Jeremiah, 48, saying the contrast in the quality of life with his son is clear.

He said, "I was definitely hoping to see a lot of prices come back down, like gas for your car, diesel, utilities, groceries. I was hoping to see it all come back down and level out at least, but it’s not. It just keeps getting worse. I have a 20-year-old son and a 17-year-old daughter, and they can’t live on their own."

"My son’s a welder, and he makes $28 an hour, and he’s still not out on his own. Everything is just so overpriced. It’s ridiculous. When I graduated high school, I moved out and had a $300 a month apartment, piece of cake, 10 bucks an hour."

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