Trump News for Monday, January 2, 2023
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Trump Statements Requested to Be Left Out of Proud Boys Conspiracy Trial
Newsweek
The exhibits that attorneys for Proud Boys member Ethan Nordean asked to leave out include Trump's statement to the group to "stand back and stand by."
Jan 2, 2023, 11:51 PM

Anti-Abortion Group Pressures Trump to Embrace Firm Stance
Newsweek
Trump said Sunday that "the 'abortion issue,' poorly handled by many Republicans," is what led to the GOP not performing well in the midterm elections.
Jan 2, 2023, 11:12 PM

Five factors that could determine the 2024 GOP nominee
The Hill
The 2024 presidential primaries are still more than a year away, but the race to become the Republican nominee is quickly becoming a volatile affair. So far, only former President Trump has launched a campaign for the nomination, but most Republicans expect that to change soon. Even though he remains the ostensible leader of the GOP, he’s…
Jan 2, 2023, 10:58 PM

Facebook considering whether to allow Trump to return, decision expected in 'coming weeks'
Cable News Network
Facebook's parent company Meta is considering whether to allow former President Donald Trump back on to its platforms and is due to announce its decision in the coming weeks, a company spokesperson told CNN on Monday.
Jan 2, 2023, 10:19 PM

Trump White House aides' angry text messages over Capitol breach
The Mercury News
The new release is part of a steady stream of documents from the Jan. 6 committee, complementing the release of its sweeping 845-page report.
Jan 2, 2023, 8:51 PM

How Trump Changed Speech That Could Be Critical to Prosecution
Newsweek
A newly released transcript shows Trump's remarks on Jan. 6, including calls to "fight like hell," were improvised after warnings of the potential for violence.
Jan 2, 2023, 8:37 PM

Jan. 6 panel shutting down after referring Trump for crimes
The Pioneer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee is shutting down, having completed a...
Jan 2, 2023, 8:08 PM

Hope Hicks said Jan. 6 made Trump aides 'look like domestic terrorists'
New York Post
The former Trump adviser said that White House staff became unemployable due to the violence.
Jan 2, 2023, 7:31 PM

Trump aide Hope Hicks texted ‘we look like domestic terrorists’ on January 6
The Guardian
Text exchange between then communications chief and fellow White House aide reportedly reveals exasperation at Capitol riot
Jan 2, 2023, 7:30 PM

Trump White House aides respond to January 6 in angry text exchange
Cable News Network
A text exchange between Ivanka Trump's chief of staff Julie Radford and White House aide Hope Hicks reveals their anger over then-President Donald Trump's actions on January 6, 2021, hurting them professionally, according to newly released documents collected by the House select committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection.
Jan 2, 2023, 6:54 PM

Trump Trading Cards Account Also Used To Buy Erotic Art
Newsweek
As well as more traditional NFTs, the TrumpDeployer account has traded several NFTs with an account called Freiburg, which sells "erotical art."
Jan 2, 2023, 6:01 PM

Republicans Start the New Year With a Gift to Donald Trump
Newsweek
Some believe GOP infighting over Kevin McCarthy's bid for House speaker could force him to revive defunct rules allowing them to defund Trump investigations.
Jan 2, 2023, 5:48 PM

Trump says 2022 midterms not 'my fault,' pushes blame on McConnell
New York Post
Former President Donald Trump says it "wasn't my fault" that Republicans failed to live up to "expectations in the MidTerms," pinning the outcome on Republicans' mishandling of the "abortion issue."
Jan 2, 2023, 5:00 PM

Biden faces questions over whether he can beat DeSantis
The Hill
President Biden is entering the new year riding high off a better-than-expected midterm election performance for his party that has improved his political standing while damaging his chief GOP rival — former President Trump. Yet Biden also enters the new year with lingering questions over his age and his overall political strength — most notably…
Jan 2, 2023, 5:00 PM

Trump, McCarthy, Biden: Six political storylines that will shape 2023
ABC 4
After a 2022 that saw Democrats celebrate passing key parts of their agenda and defy expectations in the midterms, the next year is set to bring about change in Congress and set the table for another big election year.
Jan 2, 2023, 3:09 PM
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George Santos probably attended Trump University
Chicago Tribune
Speak Out commenters give their views
Jan 2, 2023, 3:00 PM

Hope Hicks to aide on Jan. 6: ‘We all look like domestic terrorists now’
The Hill
Former White House aide Hope Hicks told a fellow aide in text messages during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection that “We all look like domestic terrorists now” as Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. Texts released by the House select committee investigating that day show Hicks texting with Julie Radford, former chief of staff to Ivanka…
Jan 2, 2023, 1:11 PM

Donald Trump Reveals Hit List of Political Enemies He Has Taken Out
Newsweek
The former president shared a group of Republicans who spoke out against him and who later retired from office or lost midterm elections.
Jan 2, 2023, 12:35 PM

Inside the Jan. 6 committee’s massive new evidence trove
POLITICO
The panel's evidence provides the clearest glimpse yet at the well-coordinated effort by some Trump allies to help Trump seize a second term he didn’t win.
Jan 2, 2023, 12:06 PM

New data shows the folly of Trump’s crusade against early voting
POLITICO
Vermont, Kentucky and Nevada dramatically expanded the ability to cast ballots before Election Day, and neither party gained an edge.
Jan 2, 2023, 12:00 PM

Donald Trump Turns on His Own Supporters Over Abortion
Newsweek
"It wasn't my fault that the Republicans didn't live up to expectations in the MidTerms," the former president said in a Truth Social post.
Jan 2, 2023, 11:18 AM
Trump won't be able to terminate the US Constitution but a Republican-led effort to rewrite it continues
Yahoo Canada Finance
Both sides of the long-running debate over a potential Article V Constitutional convention are ready to square off again in 2023.
Jan 2, 2023, 11:00 AM