Trump News for Wednesday, January 18, 2023
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Questions grow over DOJ's 'different treatment' of Biden and Trump in classified docs probes
New York Post
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan blasted the Justice Department after it allowed President Biden's attorneys to search his Delaware homes for classified documents without FBI supervision.
Jan 18, 2023, 11:52 PM
Inflation hits minorities hardest, wokeism and medical schools and other commentary
New York Post
“Ordinary small businesses are disproportionately run by minorities,” so “ongoing high inflation threatens to widen racial economic divides that narrowed during the Trump administration due to pro-growth policies,” warns Alfredo Ortiz at The Hill.
Jan 18, 2023, 11:47 PM
Judge's Words May Come Back to Haunt Donald Trump
Newsweek
A federal judge said Tuesday that a California woman found guilty of charges related to the Capitol riot "followed then-President Trump's instructions."
Jan 18, 2023, 11:41 PM
Trump and Biden Are Both Under Investigation. Will Anything Come of It?
The New York Times
Special counsel investigations have become increasingly common, but some think the system is broken.
Jan 18, 2023, 11:15 PM
The Biden Classified-Document Payback
The Wall Street Journal
Democrats stoked the Trump bonfire for years. Now it’s put them in political hell.
Jan 18, 2023, 11:13 PM
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Trump says his campaign talking with Meta about possible return to Facebook -Fox News
Reuters
Former U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that his campaign was in talks with Meta Platforms about a possible return to Facebook and Instagram, two years after the company banned him for inciting violence.
Jan 18, 2023, 10:25 PM
Ex-Trump Prosecutor’s Book Draws Warning From Manhattan District Attorney
The Wall Street Journal
Mark Pomerantz’s publisher is told account potentially compromises probe
Jan 18, 2023, 10:21 PM
Trump says he kept classified folders as 'cool' keepsakes but not the papers
New York Post
Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he didn't take classified documents to Mar-a-Lago - only the folders the papers came in as a "'cool' keepsake."
Jan 18, 2023, 9:57 PM
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Manhattan DA wants to review ex-prosecutor's Trump book
New York Daily News
Alvin Bragg’s office claims the book’s author, Mark Pomerantz — a veteran white-collar lawyer who blamed the DA when he quit last year — shirked a legal obligation to get permission to pen “People vs. Donald Trump.”
Jan 18, 2023, 9:28 PM
Biden classified docs scandal is inappropriate but not criminal
CNBC
Americans viewed former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents differently than President Joe Biden's situation, Quinnipiac polls showed.
Jan 18, 2023, 8:10 PM
Trump Releases What He Plans to Do if He Wins 2024 Election
Newsweek
If reelected, the former president promises to take action on China, content moderation on social media platforms and the border.
Jan 18, 2023, 8:09 PM
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Kansas professor avoids prison in blow to Trump-era China-related probe
Reuters
A University of Kansas professor avoided prison on Wednesday for making a false statement related to work he was doing in China in the latest setback for a Trump-era U.S. Department of Justice crackdown on Chinese influence within American academia.
Jan 18, 2023, 8:07 PM
Trump Campaign Urges Meta to Let Him Back on Facebook
Gizmodo Australia
Former President Donald Trump is upping the pressure on Meta to reinstate his Facebook and Instagram accounts ahead of his 2024 Presidential election
Jan 18, 2023, 7:30 PM
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Michael Cohen meets Trump prosecutors in hush money probe
Chicago Tribune
Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, said he met for 2½ hours Tuesday with Manhattan prosecutors who have revived a years-old investigation into payments made to a porn star to keep her quiet about an alleged extramarital tryst.
Jan 18, 2023, 7:24 PM
Why 200 millionaires want higher taxes: Inequality is "eating our world alive"
CBS News
Tax cuts enacted under President Donald Trump have allowed rich to become richer while national debt has soared.
Jan 18, 2023, 7:20 PM
Cohen meets Trump prosecutors amid renewed hush money probe
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, said he met for 2½ hours Tuesday with Manhattan prosecutors who have revived a years-old investigation into payments made to a porn star to keep her quiet about an alleged extramarital tryst.
Jan 18, 2023, 7:10 PM
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Speak Out: Biden and Trump both wrong to have taken classified documents; new gun law won’t make us safer; remember ComEd’s promises when they wanted to take a nuclear plant offline?
Chicago Tribune
Speak Out comments submitted for publication.
Jan 18, 2023, 6:49 PM
Lula dismisses more military personnel from security detail after Brazil riots
Devdiscourse
The violence recalled the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
Jan 18, 2023, 6:32 PM
Donald Trump urges Facebook to reinstate his account as he prepares for 2024 run
Livemint
The social media giant banned Trump a day after the January 6, 2021 insurrection, when a mob of his supporters tried to halt the certification of his election defeat to Joe Biden
Jan 18, 2023, 6:30 PM
Opinion | The Co-dependency of Biden and Trump
POLITICO
The classified documents saga underscores how much they need each other in a 2024 rematch.
Jan 18, 2023, 6:27 PM
Fact Check: Under Donald Trump, Did U.S. Accrue 25% of National Debt?
Newsweek
The federal debt rose trillions during the Republican's time four years in office, albeit amid major borrowings as a result of the pandemic.
Jan 18, 2023, 6:08 PM
Trump criticizes evangelical leaders for not backing his 2024 presidential bid
Cable News Network
Just days before Donald Trump hosts his first 2024 event in South Carolina, a state whose evangelical population has long played a critical role in its presidential primary, the former president is lashing out at religious conservatives who have declined to endorse his third presidential campaign.
Jan 18, 2023, 6:06 PM
Trump's Criminal Case May Be Derailed by New Book
Newsweek
Information revealed in former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz's new book could "damage an ongoing criminal investigation," according to the Manhattan DA's office.
Jan 18, 2023, 6:06 PM