Tag: donald trump
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Column: Robert De Niro connects ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ villain to Trump
When he said that his most terrible character to date is similar to Donald Trump at the Cannes Film Festival, Robert De Niro blasted a hole in a pretty scholarly discussion on racism and American history.Robert De Niro equated William Hale, who helped plan a deadly reign of terror against the Osage people in the…
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After Elon Musk’s poll, Twitter removes Trump ban
The site’s owner acknowledges that automated bots voted in an online poll. Elon Musk reactivated Donald Trump’s Twitter account after users voted to reverse the ban. After the January 6 Capitol incident, Trump’s account was banned for breaking Twitter limits and “further inciting violence.” The account was online on Sunday, but Obama hadn’t posted to…
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Who is Jack Smith, the designated special counsel in the Trump inquiries?
Jack Smith, a longtime Justice Department prosecutor, has been named as the special counsel that Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Friday to lead the criminal investigations into the storage of classified documents at the Mar-a-Lago resort owned by former President Donald Trump and portions of the January 6, 2021 uprising. Following his announcement, Smith…
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Sorry Dad, I’m not on board, Ivanka Trump on Donald Trump running for president in 2024
Donald Trump has lost his primary political ally, his daughter, who some claim was the only one who could reason with him. Ivanka Trump declared on Tuesday that she will not support Donald Trump in his 2024 campaign for re-election. According to Ivanka, her first focus is raising the three children she has with her…
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Trump associate Steve Bannon is facing sentence for contempt of court.
Steve Bannon, a longstanding ally of former President Donald Trump, is due to be sentenced on Friday after being found guilty of ignoring a subpoena from the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurgency at the United States Capitol. On Friday morning, he appeared at the federal courthouse in Washington for the sentencing hearing. In…
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In a final investigative hearing on January 6, the panel will return to present the facts on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard, and email.
In advance of the publication of its findings, the House Select Committee looking into the attack on the Capitol on January 6 will have its ninth and possibly final public session on Thursday. An assistant for the select committee predicted that “this one would appear a little bit different.” As part of the wider campaign…