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Fox News stars tried to get Trump to act on Jan 6 insurrection, texts show

The revelation that Fox News Channel personalities sent text messages to the White House during the Jan. 6 insurrection is another example of how the network's stars sought to influence then-President Donald Trump instead of simply reporting or commenting on him. Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Brian Kilmeade all texted advice to Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, as a mob of pro-Donald Trump loyalists stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, vice chair of the congressional committee probing the riot. Mark, the president needs to tell people in the Capitol to go home, texted Ingraham, host of The Ingraham Angle. This is hurting all of us. He is destroying his legacy. Please get him on TV, texted Kilmeade, a Fox & Friends host. Destroying everything you have accomplished. Hannity, like Ingraham a prime-time host, wondered whether Trump could give a statement and ask people to leave the Capitol. Cheney's release of the text messages la

Texts show top Donald Trump defenders' private alarm on January 6

They have since joined some of the top Republicans in downplaying Trump's role in the attack part of a larger effort to rewrite the history of Jan 6.

Panel probing Capitol attack subpoenas 6 who helped plan Trump rallies

The House committee investigating the January 6 riots is subpoenaing six people who the panel says were involved in planning of rallies aimed to overturn Donald Trump's defeat

Court rejects Donald Trump's efforts to keep records from 1/6 panel

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday against an effort by former President Donald Trump to shield documents from the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. In a 68-page ruling, the three-judge panel tossed aside Trump's various arguments for blocking through executive privilege records that the committee regards as vital to its investigation into the run-up to the deadly riot that was aimed at overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election. Judge Patricia Millett, writing for the court, said Congress had a uniquely vital interest in studying the events of January 6 and that President Joe Biden had made a carefully reasoned" determination that the documents were in the public interest and that executive privilege should therefore not be invoked. Trump also failed to show any harm that would occur from the release of the sought-after records, Millett wrote. On the record before us, former President Trump has provided no basis for this cou

New York's attorney general seeks Trump's testimony in civil probe

New York's attorney general is seeking former President Donald Trump's testimony in an ongoing civil investigation into his business practices, a person familiar with the matter said.

Court rejects Donald Trump's efforts to keep records from 1/6 panel

A federal appeals court ruled against an effort by former President Donald Trump to shield documents from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol

January 6 panel to move forward with contempt against Meadows

The House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection has no choice but to move forward with contempt charges against former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows

GOP Rep Devin Nunes leaving Congress to join Trump's social media firm

California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, who was one of former President Donald Trump's most ardent loyalists in Congress, is leaving the House at the end of this year to join Trump's fledgling media company. A statement Monday from the Trump Media & Technology group said Nunes would serve as chief executive officer, beginning in January 2022. The company is preparing to launch a social media platform intended to rival competitors, including Twitter, which blocked Trump's account in January following the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol. In June, Facebook suspended Trump's accounts for two years, following a finding that he stoked violence ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Devin understands that we must stop the liberal media and Big Tech from destroying the freedoms that make America great, Trump said in a statement. Nunes' decision comes at a time when his political future in California appeared in possible jeopardy draft maps released in the once-a-decade realignment of ...

Former US president Trump's media company says raised $1 bn from investors

The Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), founded by former US President Donald Trump, has announced raising USD 1 billion from institutional investors.The former president's media company was reported in October to be going public and planning to launch a social network named TRUTH Social."Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. and Digital World Acquisition Corp., today announced that Digital World Acquisition Corp. has entered into subscription agreements for $1 billion in committed capital to be received upon consummation of their business combination (the 'PIPE') from a diverse group of institutional investors," the TMTG said in a statement, issued on Saturday.The former president, who is still banned from most social media platforms, crowed about this development saying it "sends an important message to Big Tech that censorship and political discrimination must end."Major social media like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram banned Trump following the January 6 unrest at ..

Donald Trump's social media venture says it has raised $1 billion

The capital raise underscored the former US president's ability to attract strong financial backing

US court hears arguments in lawsuit against Trump filed by his rape accuser

Trump's lawyers argued that the US government should take his place as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit filed by a writer who accused him of rape.

Lawyers allied with Donald Trump ordered to pay $175,000 in sanctions

Nine lawyers allied with former US President Donald Trump were ordered to pay Detroit and Michigan a total of $175,000 in sanctions for abusing the court system

Nikki Haley to receive Republican group's highest award at The Citadel

Former US Ambassador Nikki Haley is being feted Thursday night at The Citadel, where a Republican group is making her the first woman to receive its highest honour.

Donald Trump tested Covid-positive pre-debate, ex-aide says in book

Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 three days before his first presidential debate in September 2020 with Joe Biden, according to a new book.

Trump's social media venture seeks to raise $1 bn, taps hedge funds

Trump Media & Technology Group, which has yet to roll out the social media app it says it is developing, already stands to receive $293 million.

Panel probing Capitol riot seeks contempt charge against Trump-era official

The US House committee probing the January 6 attack on the Capitol has voted in favour of seeking a contempt charge against former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark.

Appeals court weighs Trump arguments to withhold records of Jan 6 incident

A panel of judges questioned whether they had the authority to grant Donald Trump's demands and overrule President Joe Biden's decision to grant Congress documents related to the Jan 6 insurrection

Nuclear talks resume as West asks whether Iran is serious or stalling

Diplomats say time is running low to resurrect the pact, which then-US President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018, angering Iran and dismaying the other powers involved

Ex-defence chief sues Pentagon for withholding material to use in memoir

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper claims in a lawsuit against the Defense Department that material is being improperly withheld from his use as he seeks to publish an unvarnished and candid memoir

Joe Biden mulls reversing Trump rules on western grouse species

The announcement of a range-wide evaluation of habitat plans for greater sage grouse came after the Trump administration tried to scale back conservation efforts