Donald Trump says Twitter has become ‘very boring’ since he was banned
During a round of appearances on right-wing outlets, Donald Trump this morning called for the impeachment of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, claiming that Republican members of Congress “have something on him”.
The former president’s hatred of Mr McConnell is well known, but there is no reason to expect other Republican senators to make a concerted effort against him. Mr. McConnell has invested heavily in the Senate midterm campaign, while Mr. Trump has used a disproportionate share of the money he has raised for his own legal bills.
Mr Trump’s blow to Mr McConnell comes after news that a key former aide, Kash Patel, is set to testify before a grand jury investigating the handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after being granted immunity from prosecution.
Mr Patel is a close adviser to the former president and maintains a personal relationship with him. He was appointed as one of its official representatives to the Ministry of Archives and National Records.
Meanwhile, the Oath Keepers trial yesterday saw prosecutors reveal a message to Mr Trump written but never sent by the group’s former leader, Stewart Rhodes, who is facing chilling conspiracy charges in relation to the January 6 attack.
Twitter users are falsely tweeting that Donald Trump is dead to test Musk-era content moderation
Tweets falsely implying that Donald Trump is dead prove Elon Musk’s content moderation on Twitter.
A huge number of users started posting tweets suggesting that the former president had died in protest against the new Twitter administration.
Oliver O’Connell3 November 2022 19:35
Trump’s lawyers tried to intervene over New York AG’s suit, report says
Report in The New York Times says members of Donald Trump’s legal team tried to stage an intervention yesterday in the hours before he released a lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
They warned the Florida lawyers who drafted the lawsuit (who at times sound a lot like the former president with his trademark boasts and complaints) that it was frivolous and would fail, and further that they could be committing misconduct.
Maggie Haberman believes that other Trump advisers are now coming for Bruce Epshteyn regarding the matter.
Here are more details about the suit against Ms James:
Oliver O’Connell3 November 2022 19:05
BBC misinformation reporter jokes she has ‘new fan’ after Don Jr denies her experiment
The BBC’s disinformation reporter joked she has a “new fan” after Donald Trump Jr denounced her new political experiment as “fake news”.
The BBC’s Marianna Spring spoke to The Associated Press about the project. He created five fake Americans and created social media accounts for each of them, trying to show the spread of misinformation and how it affects US politics.
Gustaf Kilander has details of the Spring project and the response it received.
Oliver O’Connell3 November 2022 18:35
Ted Cruz complains that Trump isn’t spending the campaign war chest on GOP candidates
The Texas senator called out the one-term president during Tuesday’s episode of his podcast The judgment, claiming he was sitting on “a hundred million dollars” instead of using it to support pro-Trump candidates on statewide ballots.
Johanna Chisholm reports.
Oliver O’Connell3 November 2022 17:54
ICYMI: Trump’s lawsuit against Letitia James
Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social account that he has filed a lawsuit against New York attorney general Letitia James, accusing her of pursuing a “relentless, damaging, public and unapologetic crusade” against him.
The former president also alleged in the lawsuit filed in Florida circuit court that the New York Attorney General is violating his rights to privacy and property.
He said Ms James was violating her rights as a donor and beneficiary of Donald J Trump’s revocable trust.
Mr. Trump further said that Ms. James has done little to protect New York from rampant crime.
The lawsuit said the attorney general’s goal is to “destroy him [Donald Trump] personally, financially and politically”.
Maroosha Muffazar has the story.
Andrew Naughtie3 November 2022 17:05
Why the Kash Patel deal could spell disaster for Trump
The immunity deal given to Donald Trump aide Kash Patel could plunge the former president into legal jeopardy, experts say.
According to legal experts, the immunity granted to Mr Patel could suggest that the jury is getting closer to the end.
Former US attorney Barb McQuade told MSNBC that such deals are made when someone has enough information about the case to be useful.
Sravasti Dasgupta have more
Andrew Naughtie3 November 2022 16:35
Trumps role in Paul Pelosi’s conspiracy theory blizzard
The details of the attack on Paul Pelosi are outlined in several court documents based on 911 calls, police video, surveillance footage and interviews with Mr. DePape himself, who told officers he was “sick from the crazy f***** level the lies coming out of Washington DC” and intended to send a message to members of Congress that there are consequences for their actions.
But within 48 hours of the attack, the case of a man who appeared to be mired in venomous, online-fueled conspiracy theories that almost killed the Democratic House Speaker’s husband was thrown into disarray by the one far right ecosystem initiated the attack.
Alex Woodward looks at how it has developed, and how the Trumps fit in.
Andrew Naughtie3 November 2022 16:04
Pelosi’s attack: Capitol police launch investigation into lack of CCTV feed
US Capitol Police have launched an internal investigation after officers monitoring CCTV cameras trained on Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home failed to notice the break-in just before a brutal attack on Ms husband Pelosi last week.
Earlier this week, multiple outlets reported that officials at the department’s Washington, D.C., command center responsible for monitoring a live feed from cameras installed to monitor Pelosi’s residence did not know anything was amiss this early in the morning. 28 October until they saw police vehicles with emergency lights activated outside the speaker’s townhouse.
The officer in charge of monitoring the cameras only found footage of the alleged attacker David DePape smashing a glass door at the back of the house and entering it while reviewing footage from the previous few hours.
Andrew Naughtie3 November 2022 15:25
Trump criticizes McConnell (again)
Appearing on right-wing fringe media this morning, Donald Trump has repeated his boilerplate criticism of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Here is a sample:
Andrew Naughtie3 November 2022 14:15
ICYMI: Trump is suing Letitia James
Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social account that he has filed a lawsuit against New York attorney general Letitia James, accusing her of pursuing a “relentless, damaging, public and unapologetic crusade” against him.
The former president also alleged in the lawsuit filed in Florida circuit court that the New York Attorney General is violating his rights to privacy and property.
He said Ms James was violating her rights as a donor and beneficiary of Donald J Trump’s revocable trust.
Mr. Trump further said that Ms. James has done little to protect New York from rampant crime.
The lawsuit said the attorney general’s goal is to “destroy him [Donald Trump] personally, financially and politically”.
Maroosha Muzaffar reports:
Andrew Naughtie3 November 2022 13:45
