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'Poisoned jury pool': Ex-WH lawyer warns Fani Willis scandal is handing Trump 'advantages'

The allegations that Fani Willis is romantically involved with a special prosecutor in her case against Donald Trump is handing the former president "advantages," warned Bush administration ethics lawyer Richard Painter in discussion with Newsweek.

"It's poisoned the jury pool to some extent already," said Painter, who now teaches law at the University of Minnesota. "All the advantages have been to the defendants for this, including former President Trump."

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'I keep meeting' two-time Trump voters who won't back him anymore: NBC News reporter

While polls suggest former President Donald Trump will likely win the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, that doesn't mean that Republican voters in the state are all lined up behind him.

NBC News reporter Garrett Haake, who is covering the primary, said that his conversations with voters in the state make him think Trump might have a real problem on his hands in a general election this year.

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Ex-Trump aide unleashes on old boss as 'The View' says Haley makes him look 'demented'

Former White House aide Alyssa Farah Griffin unleashed on Donald Trump and the danger he poses to the country during her Tuesday episode of "The View."

The conversation began with the New Hampshire Primary, where voters will be split between Nikki Haley and Trump as the two main contenders. Griffin had said she is 100 percent behind Haley — but she warned her candidate looks way behind in polls.

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Meet the clowns, cranks and ghost candidates running in New Hampshire

No, Taylor Swift is not on New Hampshire's Republican ballot.

But Rachel "Mohawk" Swift of Hagerstown, Md., is.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene threatens Mike Johnson: 'We are sick and tired of being humiliated'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said she was drawing a "red line" on Rep. Mike Johnson's (R-LA) speakership because Republicans were "sick and tired of being humiliated in Congress."

During a Tuesday appearance on Steve Bannon's War Room broadcast, Greene said she objected to funding for Ukraine or a deal on U.S. immigration policy.

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Mike Johnson previewed shoddy Jan. 6 legal fight in decades-old war against booze: report

Mike Johnson fought to keep alcohol from being legally sold two decades ago in a Louisiana town near his home, years before being elevated to House speaker.

Minden, a town of just under 12,000 people but boasting more than 20 Baptist congregations, still forbade the consumption of alcohol back in 2003, when local business leaders began pushing to allow restaurant patrons to enjoy drinks with their meals. Opponents hired Johnson to push back, reported Rolling Stone.

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'Y'all want to coronate Trump': Feisty Nikki Haley hits back at Fox & Friends

GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley hit back at the hosts of "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday when they discussed her dropping out of the 2024 presidential race if she didn't fare well in New Hampshire.

During a testy exchange on Fox News' flagship morning show, Haley brushed back any suggestion that she should leave the race to consolidate support behind former President Donald Trump, who was impeached twice during his first term in office, who has since been indicted on 91 felony counts in four different jurisdictions, and who has been found liable by a jury of defaming and sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll.

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'Insist on whiffing': 'Grumpy' Republicans skewered for griping about having 'no wins'

Since they won the majority in the House, Republicans' list of achievements has been short — and they've only got themselves to blame, according to MSNBC's Hayes Brown.

"Most of their time has been spent dealing with intraparty conflict, including, but not limited to, the overthrow of their first choice for speaker of the House," Brown wrote.

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'Rules are for suckers': Analyst claims Trump expects to be targeted by his own tactics

Former President Donald Trump constantly claims the system is rigged against him, from conspiracy theories about election fraud to accusations that he's being targeted by federal prosecutors under President Joe Biden's command.

But there's a good reason for that, argues David Corn for Mother Jones — Trump sees rigging everywhere, because rigging the business world is how he got so rich and famous in the first place.

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Pastor accused of $3M scheme to rip off parishioners says perhaps he 'misheard God'

A pastor says he may have misunderstood his divine instruction after being accused of a scheme to defraud his parishioners out of $3.2 million, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.

Eligio Regalado, who goes by Eli, and his wife, Kaitlyn Regalado, are being charged by the Colorado Securities Commissioner.

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'This is how communism starts': MTG suggests SCOTUS ruling will spark civil war

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) scolded the U.S. Supreme Court after justices ruled that President Joe Biden's administration could remove razor wire placed at the border by Texas officials.

During an interview on Tuesday, Real America's Voice correspondent Ben Bergquam asked Greene about the recent Supreme Court ruling.

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'Pure, uncut Trumpism' now infects GOP so much there's 'nothing he can do to lose': report

Republican voters have already shown they overwhelmingly prefer to keep Donald Trump in control of their party.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped out Sunday after falling short in Iowa, and Nikki Haley could be out of the race soon unless she surprises in New Hampshire, showing that GOP voters don't want Trump "lite" when the real deal is running for his third nomination, reported Wall Street Journal columnist Molly Ball.

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Ex-soldier who shot and killed handcuffed Iraqi civilian arrested for Jan. 6 rioting

A ex-U.S. Army soldier who shot and killed a handcuffed civilian in Iraq has been charged with civil disorder and assaulting cops during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, CBS 2 reported.

Edward Richmond Jr., 40, was previously convicted of war crimes during his service in Iraq.

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