Trump news – live: Vance slated for ‘kissing Trump’s ass’ as new details of McCarthy’s Jan 6 call emerge
Former president’s chosen Ohio Senate candidate was once among his most aggressive critics
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Trump-backed Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance was ridiculed by his opponent last night for “kissing ass” to get the former president’s endorsement.
In a televised debate, Mr Vance’s Democratic opponent Tim Ryan quoted Mr Trump himself describing how Mr Vance had gone about securing his support.
Accusing Mr Vance of a “lack of courage,” Mr Ryan declared: “I’m from Ohio I don’t kiss anyone’s ass like him. Ohio needs an ass-kicker, not an ass-kisser.”
Meanwhile, an extract from an upcoming book on the GOP’s support for Mr Trump has revealed new details of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s infamous call with Mr Trump during the January 6 Capitol attack.
According to Politico, when Mr Trump told Mr McCarthy that the people storming the building were “more upset” than his party about the supposed theft of the election, Mr McCarthy responded: “More upset? They’re trying to f***ing kill me!”
Cheney: GOP could split in 2024
Liz Cheney has a dire outlook for the GOP if Donald Trump were to run for president and win the party’s nomination in 2024.
The conservative Wyoming congresswoman says the divides in her party are too deep to endure another run by the ex-president. Speaking on Meet the Press this past Sunday, she warned that they would be stressed to their breaking points should he do so.
“The party has either to come back from where we are right now, which is a very dangerous and toxic place, or the party will splinter and there will be a new conservative party that rises,” she told host Chuck Todd.
Were Mr Trump to successfully win the nomination, the party would “shatter”, she added.
John Bowden reports.
Liz Cheney predicts Trump would ‘shatter’ GOP into two parties if he is 2024 nominee
Wyoming congresswoman has floated running for president herself
Trump’s valet focus of Mar-a-Lago documents probe, reports say
The Department of Justice investigation into whether former president Donald Trump violated laws prohibiting unauthorised retention of national defence information and obstruction of justice has reportedly zeroed in on a US Navy veteran.
The veteran is Walt Nauta, who served as Mr Trump’s White House valet and remained in the ex-president’s employ after the end of his term.
Andrew Feinberg reports.
Trump document probe zeroes in on ex-president’s valet
The Department of Justice investigation into whether former president Donald Trump violated laws prohibiting unauthorised retention of national defence information and obstruction of justice has reportedly zeroed in on a US Navy veteran.
Cheney says Jan 6 committee will not let Trump turn his testimony into a ‘circus’
Liz Cheney has vowed that the House January 6 select committee will not allow former president Donald Trump to turn his testimony into a “circus”.
The Wyoming Republican made the assurance in an appearance on NBC’s Meet The Press on Sunday, two days after the committee formally issued a subpoena to compel Mr Trump to produce documents by 4 November and appear to give evidence in a sworn deposition before the panel on 14 November, setting up a confrontation between the twice-impeached ex-president and the nine-member panel with just months to go before its mandate expires in January.
Liz Cheney says Jan 6 committee will not let Trump turn his testimony into a ‘circus’
Cheney was asked if the committee is open to considering Mr Trump’s reported offer to give testimony in a live setting
ICYMI: Rally crowd interrupts Trump by singing national anthem
Donald Trump held his first rally since being subpoenaed in the congressional investigation into January 6 on Saturday, where the enthusiastic crowd interrupted him by breaking out in song.
John Bowden reports.
Trump rally crowd interrupts Jan 6 rant by singing national anthem
President holds first rally since facing subpoena from Congress
Trump calls for Supreme Court ‘leaker’ to be jailed
Donald Trump suggested that the person who leaked a draft of the US Supreme Court opinion to overturn Roe v Wade, as well as the journalists who published it, should be sent to prison.
The former president suggested that publishers should be threatened with the possibility of being raped in prison in an effort to draw out the “leaker”.
“When this person realises that he is going to be the bride of a prisoner very shortly, he will say, ‘I very much would like to tell you exactly who that leaker is,’” Trump said.
Trump calls for Supreme Court ‘leaker’ to be jailed for sharing Roe v Wade draft
Donald Trump suggested that the person who leaked a draft of the US Supreme Court opinion to overturn Roe v Wade, as well as the journalists who published it, should be sent to prison. The former president suggested that publishers should be threatened with the possibility of being raped in prison in an effort to draw out the “leaker”. “When this person realises that he is going to be the bride of a prisoner very shortly, he will say, ‘I very much would like to tell you exactly who that leaker is,’” Trump said. Click here to sign up for our newsletters.
Pelosi: Trump not ‘man enough’ to show up for Jan 6 deposition
Donald Trump is “not man enough” to obey a subpoena from Congress compelling him to testify to a special committee investigating his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, Nancy Pelosi has suggested.
Last Friday, the select committee announced that it had issued the subpoena to Mr Trump, giving him until 4 November to submit a wide range of documents, while also requesting he appears for testimony later that month.
“I don’t think he’s man enough to show up,” Ms Pelosi said in an interview with MSNBC.
Donald Trump not ‘man enough’ to show up for Jan 6 deposition, Nancy Pelosi says
Donald Trump is “not man enough” to obey a subpoena from Congress compelling him to testify to a special committee investigating his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, Nancy Pelosi has suggested. Last Friday, the select committee announced that it had issued the subpoena to Mr Trump, giving him until 4 November to submit a wide range of documents, while also requesting he appears for testimony later that month. “I don’t think he’s man enough to show up,” Ms Pelosi said in an interview with MSNBC. Click here to sign up for our newsletters.
In a rare attack on Trump, Bob Woodward calls him ‘an unparalleled danger'
Longtime Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward, who made his career during coverage of the Watergate scandal, has made critical comments about former President Donald Trump, calling him “an unparallelled danger”.
Mr Woodward made the remark in an op-ed for The Washington Post.
Bob Woodward makes rare barbed attacked on Trump: ‘An unparalleled danger’
‘He did not know what to do. Trump was overwhelmed by the job’
Trump pressed Blake Masters to keep pushing ‘big lie’, documentary reveals
A clip from new Tucker Carlson documentary on Arizona GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters’ campaign shows former President Donald Trump urging Mr Masters to more forcefully peddle the myth that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Abe Asher reports.
Trump pressed Arizona GOP Senate candidate to push ‘big lie’, documentary reveals
In a call, former president urges Blake Masters to be more like Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake
Juror says ‘no chance in hell’ she can be unbiased against Trump Organization
As jury selection begins in the Manhattan tax fraud trial of Donald Trump’s real estate company, multiple potential jurors have had to be dismissed because they hate the former president so much. One potential candidate told reporters there’s “no chance in hell” she could be unbiased in the case against the Trump Organization.
“He’s guilty in my mind whatever the case is — anything he does, anything his corporation does,” one potential juror, identifying herself only as a 34-year-old ad executive named Adrienne, told Insider.
Josh Marcus reports.
Dismissed juror says ‘no way in hell’ she can be unbiased in Trump tax trial
Jury selection underway in landmark Trump Organization tax trial
Cheney predicts Trump would ‘shatter’ GOP into two parties if he is 2024 nominee
Liz Cheney has a dire outlook for the GOP if Donald Trump were to run for president and win the party’s nomination in 2024.
The conservative Wyoming congresswoman says the divides in her party are too deep to endure another run by the ex-president. Speaking on Meet the Press this past Sunday, she warned that they would be stressed to their breaking points should he do so.
John Bowden reports.
Liz Cheney predicts Trump would ‘shatter’ GOP into two parties if he is 2024 nominee
Wyoming congresswoman has floated running for president herself
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