Trump news today: Trump ally slammed for cancer remark as Cheney rebukes fellow Republicans for election lies

Former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro will stand trial on September 5 on contempt of Congress charges for defying a subpoena from the committee on January 6, Judge Amit Mehta said in court today.

“This deal has failed, completely failed … we’re going to do everything in our power to stop it and end it now,” said Republican Rep. Scott Perry.

As the investigation into whether former President Donald Trump or his advisers broke the law in their retention of documents including some potentially classified material from the White House is nearing completion, Mr Trump’s legal team is said to be worried of disloyalty.

The Everyday Beast It was reported on Tuesday that the former president’s lawyers are worried that some of them may decide to start talking to the Department of Justice, who will be witnesses in the case, because the agency’s attention is focused on legal actions group itself.

President Joe Biden on Monday scoffed at the idea of ​​giving his predecessor, former president Donald Trump, a pardon that would absolve him of any crimes he may have committed during or after his presidency.

Mr Biden was asked if he would consider a reprieve for Mr Trump as he left the White House for his home in Delaware on Monday.

Ted Cruz is facing backlash on Twitter from both sides of the political spectrum after his criticism of Uganda’s tough new anti-LGBT+ laws.

On Monday, the Republican senator responded to a New York Times article on Twitter describing Uganda’s new legislation as “among the strictest of its kind in the world”.

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Former president Donald Trump posted a video promising to end automatic citizenship for the children of those who cross the US illegally. In a post on Truth Social, he wrote: “As part of my plan to Secure the Border, on the first day of my new term in office – I will sign an Executive Order ending automatic citizenship for children of illegal aliens.”

Mr Trump admitted twice in the video that many of those arriving at the border were from “mental institutions”. He says that by ending automatic citizenship he will cut off a major incentive for illegal immigrants to enter the US.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis hit the campaign trail this week with a two-day trip to Iowa, followed by stops in South Carolina and New Hampshire, in a sweep of three of the first states to begin voting. for the Republican Party nominee.

In visits to 12 cities in those states, Mr DeSantis will test his message to voters as he advances as the most formidable challenger to former president Donald Trump, who leads national polls as likely GOP candidate.

Laura Loomer has been called out for “nasty” and “disgusting” comments in which she described Casey DeSantis’ battle with cancer as “exaggerated”.

Ms Loomer, a far-right anti-Muslim activist who twice ran unsuccessfully for Congress and in 2018 was banned from Twitter for “hateful conduct”, Florida governor Ron DeSantis said. who exaggerated his wife’s battle with cancer in a desperate attempt to woo voters.

When Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina campaigned for the White House last week, notoriously violent former President Donald Trump welcomed his new competitor with open arms.

There were no accusations of disloyalty or nasty name-calling from the GOP front-runner like the barrage he unleashed when Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, considered his leading challenger, entered race two days ago with a bungled announcement on Twitter.

On March 30, one of the investigations took a major step forward when a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Mr Trump on criminal charges for making hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the days before the 2016 presidential election.

On April 4, 2023, Mr Trump pleaded not guilty in Manhattan Criminal Court to a murder charge – making him the first current or former US president to be charged with a crime.

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