.@PressSec is about to begin her usual song and dance session (minus singing and dancing). Follow along here for the usual whatever.
.@PressSec opens briefing by noting anniversary of Las Vegas mass shooting, then turns to reciting Judge Barrett's resume.
.@JohnRobertsFox, who asks for "a definitive and declarative statement, without ambiguity, or deflections as the person who speaks for the President" on whether @realDonaldTrump denounces white supremacism and groups that espouse it in all forms.
Q: Does the White House agree with FBI/DHS that racially motivated violent extremism is one of the deadliest threats that we face in the US.
@PressSec: deflects, attacks press for asking question, talks about Jesse Jackson.
Asked about Judge Barrett's views on Roe v. Wade, @PressSec says @realDonaldTrump would never ask a judge to prejudge a case, won't say whether he expects her to overturn Roe even though he has repeatedly said that he would only appoint judges who would do exactly that
Airline workers are losing their jobs because of @SpeakerPelosi, @PressSec says (this is also a lie)
.@PressSec is now arguing with a reporter (Fox Radio's Jon Decker) about @realDonaldTrump's false claim that ballots were "found in a river" (this did not happen)
.@PressSec says "there's no journalistic curiosity" about Trump's claims on mail-in voting
Decker: "I am curious. I just want to know where the river is." (there is no river)
.@PressSec is now complaining about Antifa and mispronouncing @MrAndyNgo's name repeatedly.
Briefing over.
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Loudest cheers of the night so far for convicted criminal Peter Navarro, who was released from federal custody earlier today.
Navarro opens with a joke: "I think you folks just want to know if you can see my MAGA tattoo I got there."
Navarro says GOP needs to have control of the entire government to prevent Republicans from being charged with crimes: "If we don't control all three branches of our government...their government will put some of us like me and Steve Bannon in prison and control the rest of us."
NEW: Federal prosecutors are prepared to seek indictments against multiple figures in former president Donald Trump’s orbit and may yet bring additional charges against the ex-president in the coming weeks, The @Independent has learned independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Per sources familiar, the Justice Department has made preparations to bring a superseding indictment against Mr Trump and could do so in several different venues, depending on how prosecutors feel the case against him in Florida is going. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Prosecutors are now prepared to “stack” an “additional 30 to 45 charges” on top of the indictment brought against Mr Trump on 8 June, using evidence that has not been publicly acknowledged, including other recordings prosecutors have obtained of Mr Trump. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
The agent, Gary Shapley, cancelled a meeting with SFC staff and has cut off communication with the panel ahead of planned House testimony on Friday. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Shapley says DOJ officials have slow-walked the Hunter probe and retaliated against him by removing his team. But law enforcement veterans say the removal is standard when an investigation reaches the stage where prosecutors decide whether to indict. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Trump’s lawyers are probably not enjoying these remarks, as he’s going on and on about how declassifying things is “automatic” when he took things from the White House.
Now he’s ranting about @NewYorkStateAG’s lawsuit and how he’s “under leveraged”
It is accurate for him to describe his youngest son as “tall”.
"The story of America is a story of progress and resilience…We are the only country that has emerged from every crisis stronger than when we entered it. That is what we are doing again. Two years ago our economy...
... was reeling. As I stand here tonight, we have created a record 12 million new jobs – more jobs created in two years than any president has ever created in four years. Two years ago, COVID had shut down our businesses, closed our schools, and robbed us of so much...
....Today, COVID no longer controls our lives. And two years ago, our democracy faced its greatest threat since the Civil War. Today, though bruised, our democracy remains unbowed and unbroken."
"My economic plan is about investing in places and people that have been forgotten...
…to see if there were *more* documents that would’ve been a crime for him to look at.
Instead, he called someone who is permitted to look at such things without risk prison time.
That person finished the job and found five more pages, allowing the search to be finished… 2/
…without anyone committing a felony.
Generally, lawyers prefer to get through their day without doing crimes, which is why (per @jdawsey1 / @JaxAlemany) even a Trump lawyer, Alex Cannon, told Trump aides not to go through the boxes stashed at Mar-a-Lago because they… 3/