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@realDonaldTrump was removed from Twitter in the days following the Jan. 6 attack and after several months of claiming the election was "rigged." When that happened, all of the amplification and promotion of his tweets went along with it.

Presumably, the House Select Committee pulled some information from Twitter, but the newly restored account means that those links to other accounts are also available again.

The Justice Department announced a special prosecutor to handle two cases involving possible indictments of former President Donald Trump. It was reported last week that prosecutors inside the DOJ believe the indictment will be handed down for the document scandal in the next 30 to 90 days.

Speaking on CNN Sunday morning, it was reported that Trump's Twitter account has been restored with all 72 million followers, significantly more than he has on his personal social media website, Truth Social.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) hasn't announced he's running for president yet, but Donald Trump has — and he's expecting to win the support of Republicans in Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.

DeSantis was in the state to help support Doug Mastriano during the final months of the campaign. Mastriano lost, along with some of the other candidates DeSantis supported like Derrick Schmidt.

The advocacy group Demand Justice, is asking that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito be investigated after a New York Times report that suggested he may have leaked the Hobby Lobby decision before the official ruling was revealed.

“The Senate Judiciary Committee should immediately move to investigate the apparent leak by Justice Alito,” said Brian Fallon, the Demand Justice executive director, said The Guardian. “This bombshell report is the latest proof that the Republican justices on the court are little more than politicians in robes. It’s no wonder trust in the court has hit a record low. Structural reform of the court, including strict new ethics rules, is needed now more than ever.”

House Republicans announced this week a laundry list of investigations that they will conduct over the next two years targeting President Joe Biden's son and Attorney General Merrick Garland.

It was something that Fox News co-host Geraldo Rivera lamented was part of the GOP problem that they clearly haven't learned from.

A federal judge has denied Mark Meadows' attempt to stop the demand that he must testify to the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Congress, Law and Crime reporter Adam Klasfeld tweeted.

Meadows lost the last legal attempt to protect him from testifying to the Jan. 6 committee, claiming executive privilege. The current executive, however, President Joe Biden, has waved all privilege for anything involving Jan. 6, he said. Still, Meadows appealed for reconsideration of the previous ruling. While waiting for the reconsideration, however, Meadows asked that the demand he testify be stayed.

Judge Arthur F. Engoron has instructed a retired judge to begin monitoring the practices of the Trump Organization and new court documents reveal the scope of her powers.

According to the decision filed Thursday, the former president's company has two weeks to deliver retired Judge Barbara S. Jones "a full and accurate description of the corporate structure" there.

The Trump Organization's Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg is in court again Thursday to answer questions about the illegal tax scheme to funnel unreported perks to staff while working for the company.

Testifying in court, Weisselberg revealed that not only is he still employed and being paid by the Trump Org, but the scheme also went on until Donald Trump was sworn into the presidency and prying eyes started looking at the company, CNN reported.

Oath Keeper Jessica Watkins lost her cool in court Thursday, according to reporters in the room.

Mother Jones reporter Dan Friedman was live tweeting the trial dealing with the crimes surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on Congress. Watkins, an Army veteran from Ohio, has said that the jury is already against her.

Congress has been working for years to obtain Donald Trump's tax information, but he has been blocking the effort at every turn in court. In a recent victory for Democrats, the Court of Appeals ruled that the law gives the House Ways and Means Committee the right to see the files. Trump then took it to the Supreme Court, which starts another delay clock.

While some of those files have been obtained by the House since their effort began in July 2019, they haven't obtained all of them. It was then renewed in Dec. 2021. Trump has been trying to run out the clock, hoping that the Republicans would take over and the probe would end.