Headlines for Thursday, July 6, 2023
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🗽There is no greater power than a community discovering the truth and working together to make sure an injustice is not repeated
NEWS HEADLINES FOR JULY 6, 2023
USA Today: Ex-press secretary: Trump showed docs to Mar-a-Lago guests, has 'no respect for classified information': Stephanie Grisham, who served as Donald Trump's White House press secretary and communications director, said she saw the former president show documents to guests at Mar-a-Lago. Grisham said the allegations levied by federal prosecutors that Trump mishandled classified documents after departing the White House are entirely plausible. "I watched him show documents to people at Mar-a-Lago on the dining room patio," Grisham said. "So he has no respect for classified information, never did." The former president was indicted by a federal grand jury in early June on charges related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents recovered from his Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago.
MSNBC: Special counsel reportedly takes an interest in Team Trump lawyers: As special counsel Jack Smith’s office moves forward with its investigation into the post-2020-election crisis, it’s difficult to predict what, if anything, will come of the probe. What’s increasingly clear, however, is that the scope of the investigation isn’t leaving many unturned stones. A Washington Post report summarized last week: “The Justice Department’s investigation of efforts by Donald Trump and his advisers to overturn the 2020 election results is barreling forward on multiple tracks, according to people familiar with the matter, with prosecutors focused on ads and fundraising pitches claiming election fraud as well as plans for ‘fake electors’ that would swing the election to the incumbent president.”
Hill: Oath Keepers leader warns Trump against trial: ‘You’re going to be found guilty’: Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes warned former President Trump that he will be found guilty if he goes to trial in federal court, calling on his own experience facing a jury last year. Rhodes alleged in a jailhouse interview with the Washington Times that the federal government is working to turn Trump’s close allies against him and try to scare possible witnesses who could defend the former president. The interview took place in the Washington, D.C., Department of Corrections Central Detention Facility, where Rhodes is serving his 18-year sentence for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
NBC: More Mar-a-Lago search warrant information released in Trump classified docs case: Federal agents investigating former President Donald Trump's connection to classified materials told the judge who signed the search warrant for his Florida estate last year that they were concerned that the whereabouts of some documents were unknown, a new court filing shows. A less redacted version of the search warrant affidavit made public Wednesday indicated that Justice Department officials became concerned after they viewed security camera video from Mar-a-Lago that they'd obtained from Trump's company.
Washington Post: Trump pressured Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to overturn 2020 election: In a phone call in late 2020, President Donald Trump tried to pressure Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) to overturn the state’s presidential election results, saying that if enough fraudulent votes could be found it would overcome Trump’s narrow loss in Arizona, according to three people familiar with the call. Trump also repeatedly asked Vice President Mike Pence to call Ducey and prod him to find the evidence to substantiate Trump’s claims of fraud, according to two of these people. Pence called Ducey several times to discuss the election, they said, though he did not follow Trump’s directions to pressure the governor.
USA Today: Pence: 'No pressure involved' in phone call to Arizona governor over 2020 election results: Former Vice President Mike Pence confirmed that he called former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey at Donald Trump’s request to discuss the 2020 election results, but insisted that Trump never pressured him to find evidence to back up his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. "I did check in, with not only Gov. Ducey, but other governors and states that were going through the legal process of reviewing their election results," Pence said in an interview aired Sunday on CBS News’ "Face the Nation." "But there was no pressure involved. I was calling to get an update. I passed along that information to the president. It was no more, no less, than that." Trump lost Arizona to now-President Joe Biden by less than 11,000 votes. Asked if he had been pressured by Trump to push Ducey to change the election results in Arizona, Pence said he had not.
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