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Rudy Giuliani’s star voter fraud witness in Michigan may not have even voted

Mellissa Carone, Rudy Giuliani's star witness in the Michigan state Senate voter fraud hearing, may not have participated in the electoral process herself.

According to Michigan's Gongwer News Service, Carone didn't even vote in 2016 or 2020. Addressing the hearing, Carone said that she worked for Dominion Voting Systems. Dominion filed a cease and desist to demand she stop lying about her account.

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Trump ‘coup’ lawyer John Eastman hit with new evidence in bar complaint

The State Bar of California is being asked to investigate John Eastman, who penned the so-called "coup memo" arguing that Vice President Mike Pence had the power to overturn the 2020 election.

According to a release, the States United Democracy Center submitted a supplemental letter to a previous complaint citing the op-ed from Pence's chief counsel that was never published. The first complaint was sent six weeks ago.

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'Brain illness': Columnist hilariously tears Sidney Powell's CIA conspiracy theory to pieces

Reporter Jon Karl reveals in his new book that one-time Trump lawyer Sidney Powell believed that the former president's own CIA director had been involved in a plot to steal the election from him -- and that she'd been detained by the German government while trying to destroy the evidence.

New York Magazine columnist Jonathan Chait found Powell's claim to be so insane that he felt he needed to put her into a new tier of what he describes as "Trump lawyer brain illness."

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Giuliani was 'manic' during debate prep — desperately trying to get people to watch Hunter Biden video: Jonathan Karl

Jonathan Karl's new book "Betrayal "recalls a debate prep session in which Rudy Giuliani was described as outright "manic."

In the book by Carol Leonnig and Phil Rucker, "I Alone Can Fix It," it was revealed that Kellyanne Conway and Chris Christie desperately tried to lock Giuliani out of the practice debates.

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Trump voter fraud hotline did nothing but 'produce traumatized young Trump campaign workers': new book

Out of desperation to find voter fraud, President Donald Trump's campaign created a hotline where people could call and report inconsistencies and witch-hunt-like election fraud allegations against their neighbors. Writing in his new book Betrayal, Jonathan Karl revealed that all the line did was traumatize the young staffers answering the phones.

There were hundreds of calls, but the overwhelming majority had nothing to do with voter fraud.

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'Sounds like a cop out': Bannon attorney clashes with CNN's Keilar over executive privilege

Appearing on CNN the morning after his client turned himself in to federal authorities to face two counts of criminal contempt of Congress, the attorney for Steve Bannon clashed repeatedly with the "New Day" host over his client's claim of executive privilege.

With attorney David Schoen initially joking with the CNN host by beginning the interview by praising her "Before you beat me up..." the two got right into Bannon's refusal to provide testimony and documents to the House committee investigating the Jan 6th insurrection.

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Jared Kushner blew off plea from Pence office to stop Trump from trying to steal the election: reporter

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" to promote his new book "Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show," ABC correspondent Jonathan Karl revealed that Jared Kushner blew off a call from former Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff for help reeling in his father-in-law Donald Trump from trying to steal the election.

Without revealing the specific timing of the call, Karl told co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski that Marc Short put in a call to Kushner begging him to tell Trump that there was no way that Pence could subvert the will of the voters.

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Trump criminal probe 'entering new phase' as Georgia DA seeks special grand jury 'muscle': report

The seating of a special grand jury in Georgia to consider criminal charges against Donald Trump "could be imminent," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Friday.

"Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is likely to impanel a special grand jury to support her probe" into alleged election interference by the former president, according to the newspaper. "Some legal observers viewed the news ... as a sign that the probe is entering a new phase."

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Trump’s hotels are doomed — so he’s focused on ‘monetizing politics’: WaPo reporter

Donald Trump's name has become so polarizing that he can no longer survive in the hotel business, according to Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold, an expert on the former president's financial dealings.

Fahrenthold pointed to the Trump Organization's recent decision to sell the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.

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'Where is Merrick Garland?' WaPo reporter breaks down the latest developments in Jan. 6 probe

Panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" discussed the latest developments in the House select committee's investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection, and whether attorney general Merrick Garland would hold anyone accountable for resisting subpoenas.

The select committee issued another round of subpoenas Monday to Donald Trump's inner circle, and Washington Post reporter Robert Costa, co-author of the new book, "Peril," discussed the evidence he has uncovered of the former president's efforts to overturn his election loss.

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Capitol riot committee subpoenas 6 more Trump allies -- including John Eastman and Mike Flynn

The House Select Committee investigating the January 6th riot at the United States Capitol building has sent out subpoenas to six additional allies of former President Donald Trump.

According to Reuters reporter Jan Wolfe, the committee has subpoenaed attorney John Eastman, former national security adviser Michael Flynn, longtime Rudy Giuliani ally Bernie Kerik, and former Trump campaign officials Jason Miller, Bill Stepien, and Angela McCallum.

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Lawyer representing defeated New Jersey candidate defensively insists 'I'm not looking to be Rudy Giuliani'

A lawyer representing defeated Republican New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli explained to reporters why his client's campaign isn't yet conceding -- while also insisting he won't try to pull a "Stop the Steal."

As reported by the Washington Post's Dave Weigel, Ciattarelli campaign legal counsel Mark Sheridan said that the campaign is waiting to see whether the final batch of ballots to be counted will shrink Democrat Phil Murphy's margin down into the range of one percentage point.

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Fox News commentator claims Travis Scott is responsible for concert violence — but doesn't mention Trump rally violence

Fox News commentator and Washington Times editor Charlie Hurt made the case on the network Sunday that musician Travis Scott is responsible for those who were trampled at his concert Saturday night. It's a unique claim because it's one frequently made by liberals alleging that Donald Trump is responsible for the violence at his campaign rallies.

"But in fact, if this guy, Travis Scott, who has a record of trying to encourage his fans to rush the stage — if in fact — and all the videotape will be gone through. All the footage of people, you know, Instagramming and doing stuff off of their phones, it's all going to be looked through. If, in fact, he did that again, he should be locked up. And he should be sued for millions of dollars. He should be sued out of existence if he did this. This concept that there aren't consequences for the things you do and the things you say, especially in a crowded, boisterous, environment like this, it's, uh, it's really shocking beyond words."

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