Jared Kushner denies speculation he was Mar-a-Lago “mole”
A new report from the Wall Street Journal claims that FBI agents found papers “lying in unsecured areas” during the search of Mar-a-Lago – contradicting assurances from Donald Trump’s team that any sensitive documents at the residence were secured under lock and key.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden has categorically denied that he received any advance warning of the raid on Mr Trump’s Florida property. “None. Zero. Not one single bit,” he told a press conference.
Speculation continues as to the identity of the reported source who tipped off the FBI about the continued presence of classified papers in Florida. Jared Kushner, Mr Trump’s son-in-law, has denied claims that it was him, singling out Mr Trump’s psychologist niece Mary Trump for circulating the idea.
“It’s absolutely not true, categorically, in every way,” he said. “But I think that’s more of a statement of the sad state of the media, where the more outlandish – especially if it includes me – then the media will write about it and create headlines.”
Kinzinger vs Gaetz on how the GOP should “govern”
Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, who sits on the House Judiciary Committee despite being under federal investigation over sex trafficking allegations (which he denies), has given his pitch for what the GOP should do if it takes over the House of Representatives after the midterm elections, as it remains favoured to do.
His prescription: “converting” every House committee into a machine for relentlessly “investigating” political enemies. Hunter Biden, “wokeism” in the military, “vaccine injuries” – his list is long, and it has little if anything to do with actually legislating.
His retiring Republican colleague Adam Kinzinger is unimpressed.
Andrew Naughtie25 August 2022 14:40
Is Oz catching up in Pennsylvania?
After a torrid month of campaign missteps and crudité-related mockery, Mehmet Oz looked to be falling badly behind John Fetterman in his effort to keep Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat in Republican hands. But despite the mounting problems, a new poll shows him within striking distance of his Democratic opponent – and there’s still more than two months to go…
Andrew Naughtie25 August 2022 14:10
Republican feed complains still-visible post has been hidden
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee have claimed that Facebook censored one of their posts about Joe Biden’s student debt relief announcement, pointing to it as another example of “big tech” censorship.
However, the post remains visible on the GOP members’ Facebook feed – underneath another describing the alleged action as “unbelievable”.
House Judiciary Committee Republicans claim Facebook hid still-visible post
Committee’s GOP members are notorious for using social media feeds to rant about Democrats and denigrate 6 January hearings
Andrew Naughtie25 August 2022 13:40
Defeated Republican extremist rails against primary rival
Laura Loomer, a notorious Islamophobe who lost her Florida congressional primary to a less extreme Republican on Tuesday, has refused to concede her race, levelling nonspecific allegations that the election was stolen from her. And in a new post, she has raged against her erstwhile rival, sitting Congressman Daniel Webster, demanding that he resign his office “because everyone knows he is beyond unfit to serve” and claiming that “his health is worse than Joe Biden’s”.
Andrew Naughtie25 August 2022 13:10
ICYMI: FBI found documents in “unsecure places” at Mar-a-Lago
When FBI agents searched Mar-a-Lago earlier this month, they found classified documents sitting in unsecured locations despite assurances from Donald Trump’s team that any such files taken from the White House had been placed under lock and key.
That new revelation comes from The Wall Street…
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