Trump News for Sunday, February 5, 2023

Bill Whitaker speaks with the former Manhattan prosecutor who was investigating the former president's business dealings.

Michael Waltz said he had been told by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's office that spy balloons had been spotted in the U.S. in recent years.

Officials in the last administration denied that the airships had flown over the U.S. on their watch.

​​​Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said he doesn't believe former President Donald Trump can beat President Biden in 2024 and is considering jumping into the race to provide "new leadership."

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) do not think former President Donald Trump could defeat President Joe Biden in the race for the White House in 2024.

Former President Trump and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) sparred online Sunday after Christie predicted that Trump couldn’t beat President Biden if they run against each other in the 2024 presidential election.  Christie, who endorsed Trump in 2016 after dropping his own campaign for the presidency but has since become a vocal Trump…

Separate special counsels are investigating the documents found in the possession of Trump and Biden

The powerful political network led by conservative billionaire Charles Koch weighed into the GOP’s 2024 presidential primary on Sunday, saying the party needs to “turn the page on the past,” in an apparent turn against former President Trump.  The Koch network said its planning to put its deep-pocketed support behind Republican candidate in the presidential…

"Just look at the results of three months ago, and that shows you where extreme candidates are gonna end up falling," New Hampshire's Chris Sununu said.

Pentagon officials say three Chinese spy balloons flew into US territory under former President Trump's watch -- a claim he denied Sunday -- and that another crashed off Hawaii four months ago.

Former President Trump and a number of the top defense and intelligence officials from his administration are refuting a claim that Chinese espionage balloons flew over the U.S. multiple times during his tenure. The denials on Sunday puts the former officials at odds with defense officials from the Biden administration, who told reporters the U.S.…

Lawmakers may not be satisfied given subsequent discoveries involving Joe Biden and Mike Pence

Donald Trump disputes claim that Chinese surveillance balloons transited continental United States three times during his own presidency

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have offered to brief congressional leaders on their investigation into the classified documents found at former President Donald Trump's Florida residence , people familiar with the matter said Sunday.

Dez Bryant met with backlash after talking about and relating the former president Donald Trump into the criminal trial of rapper Young Thug.

Rubio also said China was trying to send a message that it could enter U.S. airspace, adding that he doubted that the balloon's debris would be of much intelligence value. Trump on Sunday disputed Austin's statement that Chinese government surveillance balloons transited the continental United States briefly three times during his presidency.

"China had too much respect for 'TRUMP' for this to have happened, and it NEVER did," Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"China had too much respect for 'TRUMP' for this to have happened, and it NEVER did," the former president said Sunday.

Former Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn said on Sunday that the United States is in “pretty good shape” and he does not expect a recession during the first two quarters of 2023. “I think that people … have been really worried about a recession in the first and second quarter of this year,” Cohn told…

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, two prominent moderate figures in the Republican Party, both predicted on Sunday that former President Trump could not beat President Biden if they were in a rematch for the White House in 2024. Both men are facing skepticism from their own parties, with…

Democrats and Republicans are pining for alternative candidates to run for president in 2024, according to a new polling data.

"The best thing for the country would be to have a president in 2025 who represents a new chapter," a letter from the organization's CEO, Emily Seidel, said.

Polls show the 2024 Republican primary is a contest between former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and everybody else. The "everybody else" group includes candidates such as former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, who look like they're itching to get into the race despite only polling in the single digits.