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President Donald Trump's devoted aide lost her cool and hurled a vulgar insult at paparazzi as she faces heightened scrutiny.

According to a Wednesday article by The Daily Mail, the scene unfolded in Washington, D.C., traffic after a cameraman spotted Natalie Harp, Trump's executive aide known for her fawning relationship with the president. The Daily Mail described how Harp appeared to "lose her cool."

The photographer caught her at an intersection as she headed to the White House in her white Chevy SUV. In a video obtained by The Daily Mail, she seemed surprised at first, but then she smiled and pulled out her phone....

A group of veterans is sounding the alarm on how much President Donald Trump has spent on a Washington, D.C., crackdown.

In a Wednesday piece, the Trump administration's spending to deploy National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., was flagged by Janessa Goldbeck, the CEO of Vet Voice Foundation, a veterans advocacy nonprofit. The Pentagon has already spent more than $700 million to deploy troops in the nation's capital since last August, and their continued deployment is expected to cost another $1.43 billion, Goldbeck wrote, citing estimates from the Pentagon comptroller nominee.

"Two billion dollars is a staggering sum to spend making the exceptional feel routine," Goldbeck wrote. "The people best positioned to see that damage coming are the ones who wore the uniform and meant the oath. That is why we are among the loudest sounding the alarm."...

The Trump Justice Department left a MAGA ex-cop to face his prison sentence after he leaked intel to a Proud Boys leader, per a court filing.

According to a court brief published by Politico's Kyle Cheney, the DOJ agreed with the conviction of Shane Lamond, a former D.C. cop who leaked internal information about an investigation into Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio. Lamond told Tarrio about the Metropolitan Police Department's probe as it was unfolding, the brief detailed.

"Lamond told Tarrio about the investigation's status, MPD's internal deliberations, the FBI's involvement, that an arrest warrant was likely forthcoming, and that the warrant had been signed," the brief reads. "Lamond used Telegram to communicate with Tarrio, knowing that Telegram's encryption would make it harder for the communications to be intercepted."...

Grand juries are typically willing to “indict a ham sandwich,” a Republican judge famously said. But recently in Washington, D.C., in the case of a man who allegedly threw a sandwich at an immigration officer, a grand jury declined to indict.

That failed felony indictment and at least six similar cases signal a pattern of resistance to Donald Trump, experts said, citing opposition to what citizens see as overreach by an administration attempting to curb protest.

“The pattern of grand jury refusals indicates an emerging civil jury revolt against Trump-era federal prosecutions,” said Chad Cummings, who teaches law at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Fla....

Special Counsel Jack Smith slammed Donald Trump for attempts to turn his Washington D.C. election fraud trial into “a carnival” Monday with a new motion demanding proceedings not be televised, court records show.

Smith’s memo to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan condemned Trump’s attorney’s requests to allow audio and video recording in the courtroom as just another attempt to campaign during the trial, arguing the former president would stop trying to delay proceedings if transparency was his primary goal.

“If the defendant sought sunlight as he claims, he should welcome the opportunity to put the Government to its proof at trial,” Smith wrote. ...

Start the countdown, Special Counsel Jack Smith can begin selecting jurors in his criminal election fraud case against former President Donald Trump in just three months, according to court records.

Judge Tanya Sue Chutkan on Thursday set Feb. 9 as the date when hundreds of potential jurors in Washington D.C. will receive copies of a questionnaire to determine their eligibility to take part in the federal case against Trump.

Responded one Politico reporter, in all caps, "It's getting real."...