CNN reports First on CNN: Federal judge orders former top lawyers in Trump’s White House to testify in criminal grand jury probe: A federal judge has ordered former top Trump White House lawyers to provide additional grand jury testimony, rejecting former President Donald Trump’s privilege claims in the Justice Department’s criminal investigation of his effort … Read more
Politico reports, Mark Meadows ordered to testify in Trump investigation: South Carolina’s Supreme Court has ordered former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to testify to an Atlanta-area grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the election in Georgia. “We have reviewed the arguments raised by Appellant and find them to be manifestly … Read more
Law & Crime reports, Second Federal Judge Rejects Donald Trump’s Claim He’s ‘Absolutely Immune’ from Civil Suits for His Role in the Jan. 6th Attack: A second federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from civil liability in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol, giving advocacy groups another opportunity to … Read more
Update to Maricopa County Responds To AG ‘Nunchucks’ And The MAGA/QAnon Election Deniers. The White Christian Nationalist MAGA/QAnon cult showed up to call down the wrath of God on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. RawStory reports, Arizona voter threatens ‘violent revolution’ and ‘death penalty’ at Maricopa election hearing: An Arizona voter warned the Maricopa … Read more
Editor’s Note 11/16/2022: Ward has not announced her intent to run again in 2023 (I think she would likely have the support to do so, since the AZGOP seems to love losers…) but Karrin Taylor-Robson called for her resignation following the AP call that Hobbs had defeated Lake. AZGOP has spent the last four years … Read more