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Report: McConnell Privately Optimistic GOP Will Take Senate Newsmax

By Luca Cacciatore | Tuesday, 20 September 2022 03:58 PM EDT

Despite public comments made to the contrary, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is reportedly feeling good about Republicans' chances of taking the Senate in November.

Sources told Axios on Monday that the GOP leader from Kentucky expressed "cautious optimism in closed-door remarks" to the United States Chamber of Commerce about picking up the highest chamber in the midterm elections.

The change in messaging is a sharp contrast to McConnell's position expressed to the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce during a luncheon last month, according to NBC News.

"I think there's probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate. Senate races are just different — they're statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome," McConnell said in Florence, Kentucky.

"Right now, we have a 50-50 Senate and a 50-50 country, but I think when all is said and done this fall, we're likely to have an extremely close Senate, either our side up slightly or their side up slightly."

Former President Donald Trump called out McConnell's statement at the time, asking Republican senators on Truth Social why they allow the leader "to openly disparage hard working Republican candidates for the United States Senate[?]"

That hard work appears to be producing results. Recently, there has been a shift in polling of competitive Senate races toward Republicans, specifically in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Ohio, and Georgia.

The Trafalgar Group's latest survey of the Pennsylvania Senate race showed Dr. Mehmet Oz closing the gap on state Lt. Gov. John Fetterman from a 5.3 percentage point margin to 1.8 points.

New polls of the Arizona Senate race by Trafalgar and Emerson College have capitalist and author Blake Masters trailing incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly by two points. Last month, a Fox News poll had Masters down eight.

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Ric Grenell to Newsmax: Biden Signals Weakness With UN Speech Delay (Newsmax/"Wake Up America")

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tuesday, 20 September 2022 02:41 PM EDT

President Joe Biden's decision to speak on the second day of the United Nations General Assembly and not its first, using the excuse of traveling back from attending the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday, "signals weakness on the world stage," former U.S. Amb. Ric Grenell told Newsmax as the gathering of world leaders was beginning Tuesday.

"Biden cannot get himself physically together to get up here to make his typical speech time, and the White House will spin on that and say, 'oh, you know, we're, you know, meeting some other time,'" Grenell, now a senior national security analyst for Newsmax, told "Wake Up America."

"The tradition is that Brazil speaks first, followed by the host country, which is the United States."

This means the president is to speak second, on the first day of the General Assembly, but "Joe Biden is not doing that because he needs to get rested up," Grenell said.

It is not only unprecedented, but that means that Biden will be speaking within a day of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, who said this week he has no plans to meet with Biden or any other U.S. leaders on the sidelines of the event, even though negotiations over reviving the Iran nuclear deal remain on hold.

Raisi, though, said his appearance at the U.N. is an opportunity to talk to the world about the "malice" that other nations, which he did not name, have toward his country. He will address the General Assembly and a UNESCO meeting about religions.

Grenell said the leaders' speeches are "very big for their hometown audiences, their home country audiences."

He also talked about Trump's speech to the United Nations four years ago, when Germany leaders "mocked" him for his warnings about the nation's dependence on Russian oil and gas.

"What I found most fascinating about when that happened in 2018 is the fact that we were four years removed from the invasion in Crimea in 2014," said Grenell, who served under Trump. "We knew that Vladimir Putin had plans to try and take the rest of Ukraine, if possible when the moment was right, and that moment was Feb. 24, 2022."

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Trump Responds to DOJ's Special Master Appeal Former President Donald Trump (Getty Images)

By Charlie McCarthy | Tuesday, 20 September 2022 02:22 PM EDT

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump urged a federal appeals court to reject the Justice Department's request for a partial stay of a ruling that effectively has paused the government's probe into the alleged mishandling of classified documents.

The DOJ filed a motion Friday with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for a partial stay of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon's order requiring a special master to review items with classification markings seized at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida last month.

Trump’s attorneys, in a Tuesday filing, asked the court to uphold Cannon's Thursday order denying the government's original motion for partial stay, which would leave in place the injunction preventing the government from reviewing and using the documents marked as classified in its ongoing criminal investigation.

The lawyers say the DOJ's investigation into Trump is "both unprecedented and misguided" and merely "a document storage dispute that has spiraled out of control," ABC News reported.

"The District Court did not err in temporarily enjoining the Government's review and use of records bearing classification markings for criminal investigative purposes because the merits support that narrowly tailored injunction," Trump's lawyers argue in the new filing.

Cannon, appointed by Trump in 2020, on Sept. 5 authorized the appointment of a special master (arbiter) to review personal items, documents and material subject to claims of attorney-client privilege.

Three days later, the DOJ appealed the judge’s decision to name a special master claiming it harmed national security.

On Thursday, Cannon selected one of Trump special master nominees, but ruled that the former president Trump will pay associated costs.

The judge also detailed the steps the DOJ can take to further its investigation while the documents remain sequestered, including "questioning witnesses and obtaining other information about the movement and storage of seized materials, including documents marked as classified, without discussion of their contents."

Also Tuesday, attorneys for Trump opposed a move by special master Raymond Dearie to immediately share declassification details of the documents seized by the FBI.

Axios said a letter by the Trump legal team to Dearie noted a draft plan they say "requires that the Plaintiff disclose specific information regarding declassification to the court and to the government."

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Mark Morgan to Newsmax: 'Preposterous' to Blame Border on Trump (Newsmax/"Wake Up America")

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tuesday, 20 September 2022 01:42 PM EDT

It is "absolutely preposterous" the Biden administration is blaming former President Donald Trump for the border situation, because, "like so many other actions from this administration, they've overplayed their hands," Mark Morgan, the former acting Customs and Border Patrol Commissioner, told Newsmax on Tuesday.

"The current commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, it's unbelievable he's actually using and made up a new term called unique individuals," Morgan told "Wake Up America." "That's a D.C. swamp term for recidivism. We've had recidivism, meaning the same illegal alien tries multiple entries, since 1925 when we started keeping statistics. This is a radical attempt to try to divert attention from the disaster at the southwest border by once again lying to the Americans."

Last week, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters the White House has been "doing is doing the work that wasn't done by the last administration. We are fixing a broken system. It is not like turning the light switch on; it is going to take some time."

Meanwhile, Morgan pointed out, millions of people have been coming across the border in the past 19 months since President Joe Biden took office, but now that immigrants are being sent to sanctuary cities, it has become a crisis for Democrats.

"When I look at sanctuary cities like New York, D.C., and Chicago, who by their very own accord, by their support of sanctuary cities have acted as a beacon for illegal aliens," said Morgan, adding, Martha's Vineyard had less than 50 arrive "and all of a sudden, it's a full-blown crisis."

"They used the National Guard to remove them from the rich enclave, but we know we have communities in the southwest border that are overrun," Morgan said. "They get 50 migrants every couple of minutes and they're so overwhelmed. There are no shelters. They don't have the resources. There are illegal aliens aligned in the streets, waiting to be picked up two brought to another state yet we never anything from this administration until 50 were received at Martha's Vineyard. It's just hypocrisy."

Meanwhile, reports indicate violent criminals are being released from prisons in Venezuela and now they are coming to the nation's border, and Morgan said this is a repeat of policies from the 1980s when migrants from Cuba were coming to the United States.

"What I'm really surprised about is that took the leadership of Venezuela this long to do it," he said. "We know that they hate this country, and so now this is a part of the overall strategy of Venezuela to empty out their problems and put them on the steps of the United States."

They are succeeding, he continued, because of the Biden administration's open border policies.

"The CBP has encountered over 30,000 criminals, including rapist murders, pedophiles, gang members," he said. "Many murderers, rapists, and pedophiles are coming in, and just the fact that high-powered Boston attorneys are now representing these people that broke the law by coming here illegally claiming that they were misled on a brochure when they flew from Florida to Martha's Vineyard is just laughable when you think about it.

"Two million people have crossed the southern border illegally, and we're so concerned about this suddenly because it affects Martha's Vineyard, the home of the Kennedys."

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Mark Morgan to Newsmax: 'Preposterous' to Blame Border on Trump (Newsmax/"Wake Up America")

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tuesday, 20 September 2022 01:42 PM EDT

It is "absolutely preposterous" the Biden administration is blaming former President Donald Trump for the border situation, because, "like so many other actions from this administration, they've overplayed their hands," Mark Morgan, the former acting Customs and Border Patrol Commissioner, told Newsmax on Tuesday.

"The current commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, it's unbelievable he's actually using and made up a new term called unique individuals," Morgan told "Wake Up America." "That's a D.C. swamp term for recidivism. We've had recidivism, meaning the same illegal alien tries multiple entries, since 1925 when we started keeping statistics. This is a radical attempt to try to divert attention from the disaster at the southwest border by once again lying to the Americans."

Last week, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters the White House has been "doing is doing the work that wasn't done by the last administration. We are fixing a broken system. It is not like turning the light switch on; it is going to take some time."

Meanwhile, Morgan pointed out, millions of people have been coming across the border in the past 19 months since President Joe Biden took office, but now that immigrants are being sent to sanctuary cities, it has become a crisis for Democrats.

"When I look at sanctuary cities like New York, D.C., and Chicago, who by their very own accord, by their support of sanctuary cities have acted as a beacon for illegal aliens," said Morgan, adding, Martha's Vineyard had less than 50 arrive "and all of a sudden, it's a full-blown crisis."

"They used the National Guard to remove them from the rich enclave, but we know we have communities in the southwest border that are overrun," Morgan said. "They get 50 migrants every couple of minutes and they're so overwhelmed. There are no shelters. They don't have the resources. There are illegal aliens aligned in the streets, waiting to be picked up two brought to another state yet we never anything from this administration until 50 were received at Martha's Vineyard. It's just hypocrisy."

Meanwhile, reports indicate violent criminals are being released from prisons in Venezuela and now they are coming to the nation's border, and Morgan said this is a repeat of policies from the 1980s when migrants from Cuba were coming to the United States.

"What I'm really surprised about is that took the leadership of Venezuela this long to do it," he said. "We know that they hate this country, and so now this is a part of the overall strategy of Venezuela to empty out their problems and put them on the steps of the United States."

They are succeeding, he continued, because of the Biden administration's open border policies.

"The CBP has encountered over 30,000 criminals, including rapist murders, pedophiles, gang members," he said. "Many murderers, rapists, and pedophiles are coming in, and just the fact that high-powered Boston attorneys are now representing these people that broke the law by coming here illegally claiming that they were misled on a brochure when they flew from Florida to Martha's Vineyard is just laughable when you think about it.

"Two million people have crossed the southern border illegally, and we're so concerned about this suddenly because it affects Martha's Vineyard, the home of the Kennedys."

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Elton John to Perform at White House Friday Sir Elton John performs at Soldier Field in Chicago on Aug. 5. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

CHRIS MEGERIAN Tuesday, 20 September 2022 01:18 PM EDT

The White House will become a concert venue Friday evening when Elton John performs. The event is called “A Night When Hope and History Rhyme,” a reference to a poem by Seamus Heaney that President Joe Biden often quotes.

The South Lawn performance is being organized with A+E Networks and the History Channel. According to the White House, the audience will include teachers, nurses, students, gay rights advocates and others.

Biden and first lady Jill Biden are also scheduled to speak.

Workers have been erecting a large stage on the South Lawn of the White House to prepare for the concert.

Although stars like John had steered clear of the White House while President Donald Trump was in office, Biden has occasionally featured musical guests.

Most recently, James Taylor played a few songs at last week's event commemorating the passage of legislation that tackles prescription drug prices, climate change and other issues.

Republicans Lead in Most Georgia Races: AJC Poll Newsmax

By Charlie McCarthy | Tuesday, 20 September 2022 01:14 PM EDT

Republican Herschel Walker and Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock are virtually tied in Georgia's U.S. Senate race, and GOP candidates lead in all other state November contests, according to a new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll.

Walker (46%) leads Warnock (44%) slightly, the AJC reported Tuesday, though the margin of error is 3.3 percentage points.

Another 3% indicate they’ll back Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver, while 7% are undecided.

The AJC survey found that every other statewide Democrat candidate faces a sizable deficit heading into Election Day.

In the Georgia gubernatorial race, the poll found that Republican Gov. Brian Kemp leads Democrat Stacey Abrams 50% to 42%. Kemp, who's seeking a second term, leads Abrams among men 54% to 39%, while the two candidates are deadlocked among women voters.

About 80% of Black voters say they're backing Abrams and 10% support Kemp. The Democrat likely needs to push her number above 90% to win in November, the AJC said.

The survey results said a majority (54%) of voters approve of how Kemp is handling his job as governor.

The AJC survey also found that Republican nominees for lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of state had double-digit leads over their Democrat challengers.

Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in his reelection bid, holds a 50%-31% advantage over Democrat state Rep. Bee Nguyen.

Raffensperger, who refused then-President Donald Trump's call to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, is getting 20% of Democrats and more than one-third of independents in addition to 80% Republican support.

Other findings that indicate the elections in Georgia might bode well for the GOP are that 51% of likely state voters want the Republican Party to win control of Congress, and 70% say the country is on the wrong track.

President Joe Biden’s job approval rating among Georgia voters is 37%, the AJC poll found – a percentage unchanged since the newspaper’s July survey.

The survey found that some voters are not guaranteed to vote for a particular party up and down the ticket.

For example, one woman from Villa Rica, Georgia, said she definitely will vote for Kemp but she remains undecided about the Senate race.

"I don't have a preference in the Warnock race," Jenna Fortner told the AJC. "I am not a fan of Warnock because I think he’s spending too much money, but I need to do more research about Walker."

The poll was conducted Sept. 5-16 by the University of Georgia’s School of Policy and International Affairs among likely voters.

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Ted Cruz to Campaign Across Country for GOP Candidates Newsmax

By Theodore Bunker | Tuesday, 20 September 2022 11:46 AM EDT

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, will soon travel to more than a dozen states before the November midterm elections, including several states with key presidential primaries, to promote GOP candidates.

Cruz will travel to New Hampshire, Iowa, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, and Ohio, among others from Oct. 1 to Nov. 4 to campaign on behalf of over two-dozen candidates. Politico notes that these kinds of trips are "customary" for prospective presidential candidates and that Cruz previously ran for the GOP nomination in 2016.

Cruz has yet to state if he will run for the nomination again. He has indicated that his decision would be influenced if former President Donald Trump decided to run again. Cruz attended a rally for New Hampshire GOP congressional candidate Karoline Leavitt earlier this month where he told the Washington Examiner: "There are a lot of candidates out there feeling their oats and boasting, 'I;m running no matter what. I don't care what Donald Trump says.' Anyone who says that is lying. That's an idiotic statement for someone to make who's actually thinking about running."

Cruz added: "I don't know what Trump’s going to decide — nobody does. Anybody who tells you they do is making things up. The whole world will change depending on what Donald Trump decides. That's true for every candidate. That's true of every potential candidate."

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Stacey Abrams: Refusal to Concede Election Different Than Trump's Stacey Abrams (Getty Images)

By Charlie McCarthy | Tuesday, 20 September 2022 11:31 AM EDT

Georgia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams insists that her refusal to concede the 2018 governor's race is different than former President Donald Trump's rejection of the 2020 presidential election outcome.

Abrams, who this year again is running against Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, claimed her issues in 2018 had to do with voter access and not voter fraud, which was what Trump pointed to in 2020.

"I will never ever say that it is OK to claim fraudulent outcomes as a way to give yourself power," Abrams told The 19th. "That is wrong. I reject it and will never engage in it. But I do believe that it is imperative, especially those who have the platform and the microphone, to talk about the access."

Abrams, despite never conceding, eventually acknowledged Kemp won the 2018 election.

"Democrats attack Trump and Republicans for believing these conspiracies, believing what they call the 'Big Lie.' But the original Big Lie proponent was Stacey Abrams," Brian Robinson, a Georgia-based GOP strategist, told Politico in late 2021. "She was ahead of her time, as she is on so many things."

Abrams has rejected that notion, saying her goal in 2018 was not to overturn the results of the election.

"The issues that I raised in 2018 were not grounded in making me the governor," Abrams said. "Not a single lawsuit filed would have reversed or changed the outcome of the election.

"My point was that the access to the election was flawed, and I refuse to concede a system that permits citizens to be denied access. That is very different than someone claiming fraudulent outcome."

Abrams' main focus this year is ensuring voter access for the November election.

She has criticized Kemp for signing Georgia’s Election Integrity Act in March 2021. The law requires a photo ID in order to vote absentee by mail, reduced the time people have to request an absentee ballot, and limits where ballot drop boxes can be placed and when they can be accessed.

Democrats and voting rights groups say the law disproportionately disenfranchises voters of color.

Kemp has held a steady lead over Abrams in polling, the Washington Examiner said. Nearly half of Georgia voters say they intend to vote for Kemp, compared to 42% who say they intend to vote for Abrams, according to a Fox 5/Insider Advantage poll.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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Trump to Newsmax: 'We Had the Safest Border' Before Biden (Newsmax/"Wake Up America")

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tuesday, 20 September 2022 11:12 AM EDT

Former President Donald Trump, when asked by Newsmax's Rob Finnerty Tuesday what his opinion is concerning Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' decision to send almost 50 immigrants to Martha's Vineyard, said the entire border situation is a "disappointment" after the successes that happened while his administration was in Washington.

"We had the safest border," Trump said in an exclusive interview on Newsmax's "Wake Up America.' "We had the best border in the history of our country. We built the wall, and then I built additions to the wall, which could have been finished in three weeks."

But with Democrats in control of the White House and Congress, and with their refusals to finish the wall, "that was when I got the first clue that these guys actually want to have open borders," said Trump. "I didn't think anybody could want that but they wanted to have open borders, and we had the safest border, the best border."

Further, Trump said that while he was in office, the "stay in Mexico" policy was in place, which kept immigrants out of the United States pending their asylum hearings.

"Nobody could come into the country with stay in Mexico until they were checked out, and many of them didn't check out," said Trump.

The former president also addressed the continuing question about whether he's running for another term in the White House, hinting strongly that his announcement will come soon.

"I feel that I know what I'm going to do," he said. "I think a lot of people are going to be very happy. Our country's going to hell … we did great before the pandemic."

And even as the country reopened, "we had a stock market that was higher than prior to the pandemic," said Trump. "We did such a great job, and in so many different ways; and now we have a country that's a country in decline."

Inflation, he continued, is "eating people alive. Inflation is a terrible, terrible thing … inflation is a dangerous thing, and just it's very bad, the worst it's been in over 50 years. Nobody's seen anything like it for a long time."

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Trump to Newsmax: 'We Had the Safest Border' Before Biden (Newsmax/"Wake Up America")

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tuesday, 20 September 2022 11:12 AM EDT

Former President Donald Trump, when asked by Newsmax's Ric Grenell on Tuesday what his opinion is concerning Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' decision to send almost 50 immigrants to Martha's Vineyard, said the entire border situation is a "disappointment" after the successes that happened while his administration was in Washington.

"We had the safest border," Trump told "Wake Up America" in an exclusive interview Tuesday. "We had the best border in the history of our country. We built the wall, and then I built additions to the wall, which could have been finished in three weeks."

But with Democrats in control of the White House and Congress, and with their refusals to finish the wall, "that was when I got the first clue that these guys actually want to have open borders," said Trump. "I didn't think anybody could want that but they wanted to have open borders, and we had the safest border, the best border."

Further, Trump said that while he was in office, the "stay in Mexico" policy was in place, which kept immigrants out of the United States pending their asylum hearings.

"Nobody could come into the country with stay in Mexico until they were checked out, and many of them didn't check out," said Trump.

The former president also addressed the continuing question about whether he's running for another term in the White House, hinting strongly that his announcement will come soon.

"I feel that I know what I'm going to do," he said. "I think a lot of people are going to be very happy. Our country's going to hell … we did great before the pandemic."

And even as the country reopened, "we had a stock market that was higher than prior to the pandemic," said Trump. "We did such a great job, and in so many different ways; and now we have a country that's a country in decline."

Inflation, he continued, is "eating people alive. Inflation is a terrible, terrible thing … inflation is a dangerous thing, and just it's very bad, the worst it's been in over 50 years. Nobody's seen anything like it for a long time."

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Trump to Newsmax: Would Talk to Putin About Ukraine War (Newsmax/"Wake Up America")

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tuesday, 20 September 2022 10:35 AM EDT

Former President Donald Trump told Newsmax on Tuesday that if he were still in the Oval Office, he'd try to get Russia President Vladimir Putin to stop the war with Ukraine by talking to him, which he said President Joe Biden isn't doing with the Russian leader or the heads of any other countries.

"Obviously, there's not a lot of a lot of communication between Biden and these leaders," Trump said in an exclusive interview with Newsmax's "Wake Up America." "These leaders, they're pretty brutal, and they are people that you have to know how to deal with."

Trump pointed out that his administration took in "hundreds of billions of dollars from China, and there was never any talk there, either, with going into Taiwan."

But, he said, "they have to respect your leadership."

"If they don't respect your leadership, they're going to walk all over you," he said. "That's what they did prior to us getting there. We made great trade deals, great military deals, and we're the only ones, I guess, in many decades, who didn't start a war."

Trump added that while he was in office, "we were bringing people home from Syria, from Iraq. We had Afghanistan totally in control. We were leaving, and we were leaving with strength and dignity."

But with Biden's pullout from Afghanistan, there were "horrible results" and "we ended up leaving in disgrace," said Trump.

"I think it was probably the lowest moment in the history of our country," he said. "I don't think we've ever had a more embarrassing, horrible moment in the history of our country in the way we looked. It looked like we surrendered."

Trump added that while he was in office, "we didn't lose one soldier in 18 months in Afghanistan."

Meanwhile, Trump said that if he were in office, he would still meet with tough leaders, even though advisers discourage that.

"We had tremendous success with North Korea," said Trump, adding that he also had a good relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping. "He understood me, and I understood him, and he would never have gone into Taiwan."

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Trump to Newsmax: Germany Wouldn't Heed UN Speech Warning on Energy (Newsmax/"Wake Up America")

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tuesday, 20 September 2022 10:09 AM EDT

Former President Donald Trump, in exclusive comments to Newsmax as the United Nations, was opening its General Assembly on Tuesday, recalled the tough messages he delivered to its members while he was still in office, including to Germany about its reliance on Russian energy.

"When you look at Germany and you look at the fights they've had over the years, big wars, very major wars, world wars, and all of a sudden, Germany decides to be totally reliant, about 72% on energy from Russia. It was ridiculous, and it was, right from the beginning," Trump said on Newsmax's "Wake Up America." "It didn't make sense."

Ric Grenell, the former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, participated in Tuesday's interview in his role as a Newsmax senior national security analyst and reminded Trump that the Germans "laughed when you warned them about relying on Russian energy."

Trump responded the war between Russia and Ukraine, which has led to fuel shortages in Germany and across Europe, "never have happened under any circumstances" under his watch.

"There was never even thought of that happening," he said. "I've had talks with [Vladimir] Putin about it. It was never going to happen."

But now, under President Joe Biden's energy policy, the United States has "really helped cause the world's inflation," Trump said.

"It started off with energy," he said. "Now it's everything and it would have been very simple to solve. We had gasoline down to less than $1.87. We headed for $1.50 for a period of time. We had things going at a level that nobody's ever seen before, and there's now a lot for him to be talking about and a lot of bad stuff."

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Trump to Newsmax: Germany Wouldn't Heed UN Speech Warning on Energy (Newsmax/"Wake Up America")

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tuesday, 20 September 2022 10:40 AM EDT

Former President Donald Trump, in exclusive comments to Newsmax as the United Nations was opening its General Assembly on Tuesday, recalled the tough messages he delivered to its members while he was still in office, including to Germany about its reliance on Russian energy.

"When you look at Germany, and you look at the fights they've had over the years, big wars, very major wars, world wars, and all of a sudden, Germany decides to be totally reliant, about 72% on energy from Russia. It was ridiculous, and it was, right from the beginning," Trump said on Newsmax's "Wake Up America." "It didn't make sense."

Ric Grenell, the former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, participated in Tuesday's interview in his role as a Newsmax senior national security analyst and reminded Trump that the Germans "laughed when you warned them about relying on Russian energy."

Trump responded the war between Russia and Ukraine, which has led to fuel shortages in Germany and across Europe, "never would have happened under any circumstances" under his watch.

"There was never even thought of that happening," he said. "I've had talks with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin about it. It was never going to happen."

But now, under President Joe Biden's energy policy, the United States has "really helped cause the world's inflation," Trump said.

"It started off with energy," he said. "Now it's everything, and it would have been very simple to solve. We had gasoline down to less than $1.87. We headed for $1.50 for a period of time. We had things going at a level that nobody's ever seen before, and there's now a lot for him to be talking about and a lot of bad stuff."

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Trump Lawyers Against Move to Share Declassification Details of Seized Documents (Newsmax)

By Jeffrey Rodack | Tuesday, 20 September 2022 08:20 AM EDT

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump oppose a move by the special master in the Mar-a-Lago raid case to immediately share declassification details of the documents seized by the FBI.

Axios said a letter by the Trump legal team to Special Master Raymond Dearie noted a draft plan they say "requires that the Plaintiff disclose specific information regarding declassification to the court and to the government."

"We respectfully submit that the time and place for affidavits or declarations would be in connection with Rule 41 motion that specifically alleges declassification as a component of its argument for return of property," the letter said.

"Otherwise, the special master process will have forced the plaintiff to fully and specifically disclose a defense to the merits of any subsequent indictment without such a requirement being evident in the District Court's order.

"In short, the plaintiff has every interest in expeditiously moving forward on the document review, characterizations, and any ensuring litigation."

The Washington Post called the comments by Trump's lawyers "a remarkable statement that acknowledges at least the possibility that the former president or his aides could be criminally charged."

Court filings by Trump's attorneys have suggested the possibility the former president could have declassified the documents seized by the FBI. However, the lawyers have not actually said that he did, the Post said.

Dearie is a former federal prosecutor who served as the chief judge of the federal court based in Brooklyn, according to the Associated Press. His selection as special master in the case came after both the Justice Department and Trump's lawyers indicated that they would be satisfied with his appointment.

Dearie will be responsible for reviewing the documents taken during the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago and segregating out any that may be covered by claims of privilege.

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Rep. Tim Burchett to Newsmax: Biden 'Doesn't Get It' or 'Just Lying' on Inflation (Newsmax/"Prime News")

By Luca Cacciatore | Monday, 19 September 2022 10:42 PM EDT

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told Newsmax on Monday that President Joe Biden either "doesn't get it or he's just lying" about the problems consumers face with inflation.

During an interview on "Prime News," Burchett outlined how rising prices are still a problem that economists take seriously despite Biden's narrative that inflation has barely increased in the past couple of months.

"Gas is up over 25%, the month of August inflation was up 8.3%," Burchett stated. "He talks about an inch – he just doesn't get it, or he's just lying. And I'm afraid he's getting to the point where he just doesn't get it anymore because with his numbers plummeting across the country.

"He's going to have to run against Joe Biden [in 2024]."

The Tennessee congressman further called out congressional Democrats and the administration for rampant spending, pointing out how the U.S. is "trillions of dollars in debt" partially by funding green energy initiatives.

"It's all by design," Burchett said. "They're driving the gasoline industry out. When [former President Donald] Trump was in office, we exported energy, and now we have to import it from our enemies.

"Under this president, our energy plan is a disaster, and they say it with pride. They talk about these electric vehicles like every working man and woman is going to own an electric vehicle. That's crazy," he added.

Burchett reiterated that he hopes Biden does not seek elected office again in 2024 but pointed out that the "young staffers" surrounding Biden could push him into seeking a second term.

"Us peasants are at the gates of the Capitol – we're saying enough is enough," he said. "We cannot afford any more of his so-called 'success story.' It's time the Democrats throw in the towel with this guy. He's out of control, and our economy is in a downward spiral."

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Rep. Tim Burchett to Newsmax: Biden 'Doesn't Get It' or 'Just Lying' on Inflation (Newsmax/"Prime News")

By Luca Cacciatore | Monday, 19 September 2022 10:42 PM EDT

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told Newsmax on Monday that President Joe Biden either "doesn't get it or he's just lying" about the problems consumers face with inflation.

During an interview on "Prime News," Burchett outlined how rising prices are still a problem that economists take seriously despite Biden's narrative that inflation has barely increased in the past couple of months.

"Gas is up over 25%, the month of August inflation was up 8.3%," Burchett stated. "He talks about an inch — he just doesn't get it, or he's just lying. And I'm afraid he's getting to the point where he just doesn't get it anymore because with his numbers plummeting across the country.

"He's going to have to run against Joe Biden [in 2024]."

The Tennessee congressman further called out congressional Democrats and the administration for rampant spending, pointing out how the U.S. is "trillions of dollars in debt" partially by funding green energy initiatives.

"It's all by design," Burchett said. "They're driving the gasoline industry out. When [former President Donald] Trump was in office, we exported energy, and now we have to import it from our enemies.

"Under this president, our energy plan is a disaster, and they say it with pride. They talk about these electric vehicles like every working man and woman is going to own an electric vehicle. That's crazy," he added.

Burchett reiterated that he hopes Biden does not seek elected office again in 2024 but pointed out that the "young staffers" surrounding Biden could push him into seeking a second term.

"Us peasants are at the gates of the Capitol — we're saying enough is enough," he said. "We cannot afford any more of his so-called 'success story.' It's time the Democrats throw in the towel with this guy. He's out of control, and our economy is in a downward spiral."

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Peter Navarro to Newsmax: Biden 'Talking Strongly, Acting Weakly' (Newsmax/"Eric Bolling The Balance")

By Eric Mack | Monday, 19 September 2022 09:59 PM EDT

President Joe Biden's "self-inflicted wound" on foreign policy disasters invite aggression, according to former White House senior adviser Peter Navarro on Newsmax.

"This is a new anti-Teddy Roosevelt/Donald Trump doctrine," Navarro told Monday's "Eric Bolling The Balance." "Instead of talking softly and carrying a big stick – which Donald Trump used to keep Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia at bay and peaceful for our four years – Biden is basically talking strongly and acting weakly and inviting this kind of aggression.

"That was a self-inflicted wound. It's hardly the first on foreign policy that Joe Biden has done."

Navarro's new book "Taking Back Trump's America: Why We Lost the White House and How We'll Win It Back" is set to be released Tuesday.

"This has got to stop, Eric; it's got to stop," Navarro continued to host Eric Bolling. "'Taking Back Trump's America' is a mission for me, and it's the House of Representatives that are causing the inflation, along with Biden, and Biden screwing up our foreign policy around the world right now, and it's dangerous, Eric."

Navarro denounced Biden having "poked the Communist Chinese bear" by saying Taiwan would be defended by America if it were invaded by China.

"It's an escalation up the ladder, hardens the communists' position even more, and it brings us closer to war nobody wants and we would never have under Trump, but might well get under Joe Biden, Eric, which is dangerous."

Biden is also bungling the domestic economy, the former White House trade adviser told Bolling.

"We're in a stagflationary crisis and it's manufactured by Joe Biden," Navarro said.

"The performance by Biden was abysmal and he not only denied reality on inflation, and also on stagflation," he added. "I think that the whole idea now is having sensible economic policy in the face of a stock market that's crashing and about to go lower."

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Pompeo Chides Biden 'Kicking' Unvaccinated Soldiers Out After Declaring Pandemic's End (Newsmax)

By Charles Kim | Monday, 19 September 2022 08:59 PM EDT

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo scolded President Joe Biden for still kicking soldiers out of the military for not getting vaccinated against COVID-19 after declaring the pandemic’s end during a “60 Minutes” interview on CBS Sunday.

“Biden now says ‘the pandemic is over’ as he’s kicking tens of thousands of healthy soldiers out of the military with his COVID vaccine mandate,” Pompeo posted on Twitter Monday. “These soldiers should be reinstated immediately.”

The interview on the CBS News “6o Minutes” program aired Sunday night, showed the President and CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley touring the first Detroit Auto Show in the three years since the onset of COVID-19.

“The pandemic is over,” Biden said. “We still have a problem with COVID. We're still doing a lotta work on it. It's — but the pandemic is over. if you notice, no one's wearing masks. Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape.”

Despite Biden stating the end of the pandemic during the interview, his administration has not ended the emergency declaration by former President Donald Trump in 2020, or the requirement that all federal employees, including the military be vaccinated against the disease.

In July, the National Guard Association reported that unvaccinated Guard members would not be able to participate in training sessions, drills, or activities that generated pay or retirement credits, impacting up to 40,000 troops.

“Maintaining readiness continues to be among the U.S. Army’s highest priorities," the U.S. Army Public Affairs Department said in a statement at the time. “Soldiers who refuse the vaccination order without an approved or pending exemption request are subject to adverse administrative actions, including flags, bars to service, and official reprimands. In the future, Soldiers who continue to refuse the vaccination order without an exemption may be subject to additional adverse administrative action, including separation.”

According to the report, 88.6% of the Guard was vaccinated as of July 1, following the June 30 deadline.

“Our service members are the bedrock of America,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said in the report. “Firing 40,000 Guardsmen for refusing the COVID vaccine would be both a complete disgrace and a threat to our national security. I am honored to stand beside our National Guardsmen and women by introducing this legislation to protect them from President Biden’s forever pandemic."

According to Breitbart, 8,000 troops have already been separated for not taking the vaccine.

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33 GOP Senators Seek Hunter Biden Special Counsel (Newsmax)

By Jack Gournell | Monday, 19 September 2022 08:31 PM EDT

Thirty-three Republican senators on Monday sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland seeking special counsel status for the U.S. attorney investigating Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings, the New York Post reports.

The letter, written by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, asks Garland to give U.S. Attorney David Weiss the powers of a special counsel, noting "politicization" of the Justice Department, a lack of public trust in the authorities and a whistleblower's allegations of an FBI coverup of damaging evidence and testimony to President Joe Biden's son.

"Given the politicization of the DOJ under your watch and the importance of avoiding any appearance of impropriety, the undersigned request that you provide U.S. Attorney Weiss the full protections and authorities of a special counsel," reads the letter, which was signed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., among others.

"This is one important action that you can take that will go a long way in restoring faith in our governmental institutions," the letter continues.

Weiss, who is already leading the Hunter Biden probe into his foreign business dealings, is a holdover in the Justice Department from the Trump administration.

Hunter Biden has paid the IRS approximately $2 million in back taxes already as a result of the probe, hoping to avoid prosecution. The money was a loan or gift from Hollywood attorney Kevin Morris, the Post reported.

"There is no way of knowing the entire scope of the investigation, but evidence seems to be mounting that Hunter Biden committed numerous federal crimes, including, but not limited to, tax fraud, money laundering, and foreign-lobbying violations," Cornyn says in the letter.

"Indeed, Senators [Chuck] Grassley and [Ron] Johnson have conducted an investigation for several years that has resulted in the public discourse of facts that support those criminal concerns, including the disclosure of financial records showing the Biden family’s close financial connections to the communist Chinese government and questionable foreign nationals," the letter says.

"It is clear that Hunter Biden thrived off a 'pay to play' culture of access to his father, then Vice President Joe Biden in exchange for financial compensation."

In an interview broadcast Sunday on "60 Minutes," President Joe Biden said Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings did not create conflicts of interest for him.

"There’s not a single thing that I’ve observed at all that would affect me or the United States relative to my son Hunter," he said. The Post noted, however, that the president met with several of his son's business associates and is mentioned in communications found on his purported laptop computer.

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