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Ranting Rand Paul gets all he can manage from fed-up MS NOW host over Fauci jailing

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was put on the spot about President Donald Trump's actions during the COVID pandemic after he attempted to lay the blame on Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Appearing on MS NOW to once again make his case against the immunologist who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Paul was also confronted with videos of himself calling for Fauci's jailing long before his hearing last week.

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Judge's hammer blow against Trump lawyers gets 'multiple wows' on MS NOW

Reacting to a federal judge's ruling that sets the stage for Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS to be tossed for blatant “self-dealing,” the legal experts of MS NOW were quick to point out that lawyers representing the president, including acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, now face their own legal peril.

In the order, Florida federal Judge Kathleen M. Williams referred the lawyers who brought Trump’s case against the IRS to the Florida bar for potential disciplinary proceedings, noting she was also forwarding her ruling to the New York bar which has an open investigation into Blanche.

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Trump DOJ showers GOP state with settlements amid Todd Blanche confirmation battle: report

A GOP senator's state landed a "huge" settlement with the Department of Justice as Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche hunts for confirmation votes, per Politico.

According to the reporting by Politico, the DOJ has settled with Alaska, leading to nine-figure payouts, as Blanche is "scrambling" to lock down the vote of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to secure his confirmation as Attorney General.

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Lindsey Halligan made a startling revelation at MAGA July 4 bash: report

Lindsey Halligan, the controversial Trump appointee whose 2025 appointment as U.S. Attorney in Virginia was ruled unlawful by a court, attended an exclusive "MAGA elite" Independence Day party at Washington D.C.'s Executive Branch club on July 4.

There, she claimed President Donald Trump plans to appoint her as the "number three" at the Department of Justice, or DOJ, according to The Daily Mail.

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‘Bombshell’ claim overheard at exclusive ‘MAGA elite’ party raises major questions: report

Lindsey Halligan, who left the Justice Department in January after a court ruled that her appointment as U.S. Attorney in Virginia was unlawful, attended an exclusive “MAGA elite” party on Saturday, July 4, during which she was overheard dropping a “bombshell” claim that raised major questions as to the future of the DOJ, the Daily Mail reported.

Held at the Executive Branch, a private club in Washington, D.C., the Independence Day celebration saw a number of high-ranking Trump administration officials attend the star-studded event, which included performances from rapper 50 Cent. Among them was Halligan, the controversial Trump appointee who critics say was chosen for her willingness to bring criminal charges against the president’s perceived enemies.

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'Worked up' Trump officials raise eyebrows by floating Watergate conspiracy theory

A pair of President Donald Trump's appointees raised eyebrows by floating conspiracy theories about the Watergate scandal that ended Richard Nixon's presidency.

Pardon attorney Ed Martin marked the 54th anniversary of the June 17, 1972, Watergate break-in that set in motion the chain of events that led up to Nixon's resignation two years later by blaming the scandal on U.S. intelligence and Washington Post reporters Robert Woodward and Carl Bernstein.

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Todd Blanche in bind after judge 'muzzles' him just days before Senate hearing

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche walks into his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday with a federal court order that may bar him from defending the very deal senators plan to grill him on.

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams of the Southern District of Florida issued the 56-page ruling Monday, voiding a $1.776 billion IRS settlement Blanche engineered and finding President Donald Trump's lawsuit sparked by a leak of his tax returns was filed for an "improper purpose."

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Trump DOJ may have telegraphed its secret 'slush fund' plans in new filing: analysis

The Justice Department is refusing to formally swear that President Donald Trump's $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund is dead, and one legal analyst said Monday that refusal may have been a telling reveal.

Writing for MS NOW, legal analyst Lisa Rubin examined the DOJ's response to U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema, who gave the administration a choice: file sworn declarations from the officials who created the fund stating it would never exist, or the case would proceed.

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