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'They lied to you': Georgia Republican begs MAGA voters to see the truth after Giuliani admissions

Gabriel Sterling, the Republican chief operating officer of the Georgia Secretary of State's office, made a fresh plea to Trump supporters in the wake of former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani's admission that he made false statements about Georgia poll workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.

Writing on Twitter, Sterling said that Giuliani's admission should make Trump supporters realize that they were fed nonstop falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election, which former President Donald Trump lost decisively to President Joe Biden.

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‘This needs to stop’: Michigan elections chief says right-wing rhetoric imperils democracy

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on Wednesday said that attacks on election officials that were the basis of a defamation lawsuit by two Georgia poll workers against former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani are a threat to American democracy and that “this needs to stop."

Benson during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Alex Wagner Tonight” said that Giuliani’s admission that he made defamatory statements against the poll workers doesn't erase the damage the former New York City mayor has already done.

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Rudy Giuliani says he has attacked more Democrats than Donald Trump

Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday pushed back against the notion that, before joining the Trump orbit, the former New York City mayor was considered by many conservatives to be a “RINO.”

Giuliani during an appearance on his “America’s Mayor Live” show broadcast on YouTube was responding to Republican political operative Caroline Wren that the former Trump lawyer was viewed in a different light by conservatives in the decades before becoming among the MAGA movement’s most high-profile figures.

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Rudy Giuliani is in 'serious peril' and could have to pay a fortune: legal expert

Former President Donald Trump's ally Rudy Giuliani admitted in a court filing this week to making false statements about Georgia poll workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whom he had suggested tried to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. This comes as Freeman and Moss, whose lives were turned upside down by Giuliani's accusations, are suing him for defamation.

Giuliani's admission could cost him dearly, argued former White House ethics czar and impeachment counsel Norm Eisen on CNN Wednesday.

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'Of course I'm not cooperating': Rudy hits back against claims he's flipped

Former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday hit back amid a torrent of published reports indicating he admitted to making false statements alleging two Georgia election workers acted nefariously in their roles counting votes in the 2020 election.

Giuliani, who represented Donald Trump in the aftermath of the 2020 election, posted a video on his social media account in which he slammed the reporting and denied that he flipped on the former president.

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Trump's post-election 'elite strike force' facing a 'legal reckoning': ex-federal prosecutor

In late 2020 and early 2021, Donald Trump had an entire team of attorneys who enthusiastically promoted his false and repeatedly debunked claim that the presidential election was stolen from him. Among them were Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

The lawyers were not successful. On January 20, 2021, Joe Biden — the legitimate winner of the election — was sworn in as president. But the Big Lie and the January 6, 2021 insurrection raised troubling questions about the fragility of U.S. democracy.

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'Completely unverified': Even Fox News isn’t buying McCarthy’s rush to impeach Biden

As the clock ticks toward a likely third criminal indictment of Donald Trump, the GOP has been working practically around the clock trying to distract from yet another major hit against their party’s unofficial 2024 presidential nominee, with the top-ranking Republican trotting out what is tantamount to going nuclear: threatening to impeach the President of the United States of America.

For what? A years-old conspiracy theory that was debunked long ago.

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'Trump’s election subversion': Here are 8 key elements of a possible Jack Smith Jan. 6 prosecution

Before the Summer of 2023 ends, Donald Trump could be the first former president in United States history to face four separate criminal indictments at once.

Trump is already up against a 37-count federal prosecution being conducted by special counsel Jack Smith for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a 34-count prosecution by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. in New York State. And his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results are the focus of criminal investigations by Smith for DOJ and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for the State of Georgia.

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House Dems 'salivating' at the current state of the GOP: report

As Republicans in the House of Representatives push for expunging former President Donald Trump's impeachments and float shutting down the federal government, Democrats in the chamber are sensing an opportunity to win back some of the seats they lost last fall.

In fact, Punchbowl News reports that House Democrats are "salivating" at the prospect of their Republican colleagues blundering into self-destructive political stunts.

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Video: Giant crane catches fire and collapses into NYC building

A giant crane caught fire in New York City early Wednesday, causing its arm to fall and smash into an adjacent building, according to reports.

A firefighter and at least four others suffered minor injuries, authorities said.

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Trump 'almost certainly' would go unpunished for alleged crimes if he wins re-election: legal expert

Donald Trump seems to believe that getting re-elected president will make his cascading legal problems go away -- and one expert thinks he's right.

The twice-impeached, twice-indicted former president remains the Republican presidential frontrunner despite dozens on federal and state charges and another round on the horizon, and former Homeland Security official Paul Rosenzweig wrote a column for The Atlantic saying his nomination would turn the 2024 contest into a referendum on whether Trump would be held legally accountable for his alleged crimes.

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George Santos' shady consulting firm tried to plunder GOP candidate's campaign war chest: NYT

When Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was running for Congress, he hooked up a fellow Republican candidate running against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) with a consulting firm he had established — and immediately set about trying to plunder her campaign's bank account, reported The New York Times on Wednesday.

This comes as Santos stares down federal fraud indictments and pressure from members of his own party to step down.

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Defamed Georgia election workers celebrate Rudy Giuliani's 'milestone' admission

Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two Georgia election workers who were falsely accused of committing election fraud by former President Donald Trump and his allies, celebrated former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani's admission that he made false claims about them.

Politico's Kyle Cheney reports that a statement released by attorneys representing Freeman and Moss claims that Giuliani's admission is effectively an exoneration of their clients.

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