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Rep. Guy Reschenthaler to Newsmax: FBI's Trump Raid 'Never About Justice' (Newsmax/"National Report")

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tuesday, 06 September 2022 02:16 PM EDT

Revelations the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump's Florida home seized documents that included medical documents, tax records, material that was potentially protected by attorney-client privilege, and more, show the search was "never about justice or setting up a criminal prosecution," Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., told Newsmax.

"Remember, the FBI and DOJ said they were going after classified information and classified material?" Reschenthaler told Tuesday's "National Report." "Why, then, did they seize medical records, tax documents, gifts that were given? Why did they seize articles of clothing?"

In her order granting Trump's request for a special master to oversee the examination of the documents seized, U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, who was nominated by Trump in 2020, wrote that some 500 personal pages, not government documents, The Federalist reported.

Reschenthaler said he applauds Cannon's decision, but also said he hopes a special master is not appointed that becomes a "political activist."

The search, he added, was a "fishing expedition" that was "politically motivated to tarnish the likely rival in 2024 of the current sitting president."

It was also essential to stop the FBI and DOJ from reviewing the documents, Reschenthaler added, because "what would very likely have happened from the top echelon of the DOJ and the FBI is they would selectively leak information" containing executive or attorney-client privilege.

He also said he does not think Trump will be prosecuted, but still, a "bunch of leaks" will happen, and "dirty laundry will be aired, which is completely inappropriate."

"There's precedent for this because we saw the [Robert] Mueller report do that as well," Reschenthaler said.

He also reacted to the competing speeches given in his state by Trump and President Joe Biden last week.

"Looking at President Biden's remarks, they were completely inappropriate, not only the image of the blood red Soviet-like background, that authoritarian state background that is totally inappropriate for an American president, but also the content of that speech, calling out over half the American population that voted for President Trump in the last election," Reschenthaler said.

But while Biden characterized Trump supporters as extremists, it is Biden and Democrats who are acting extreme, he added.

"They're just deflecting from what a horrible record they have," he said. "As far as President Trump's remarks, I think he sounded much more presidential than Biden."

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Rep. Guy Reschenthaler to Newsmax: FBI's Trump Raid 'Never About Justice' (Newsmax/"National Report")

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tuesday, 06 September 2022 02:16 PM EDT

Revelations the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump's Florida home seized documents that included medical documents, tax records, material that was potentially protected by attorney-client privilege, and more, show the search was "never about justice or setting up a criminal prosecution," Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., told Newsmax.

"Remember, the FBI and DOJ said they were going after classified information and classified material?" Reschenthaler told Tuesday's "National Report." "Why, then, did they seize medical records, tax documents, gifts that were given? Why did they seize articles of clothing?"

In her order granting Trump's request for a special master to oversee the examination of the documents seized, U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, who was nominated by Trump in 2020, wrote that some 500 personal pages, not government documents, The Federalist reported.

Reschenthaler said he applauds Cannon's decision, but also said he hopes a special master is not appointed that becomes a "political activist."

The search, he added, was a "fishing expedition" that was "politically motivated to tarnish the likely rival in 2024 of the current sitting president."

It was also essential to stop the FBI and DOJ from reviewing the documents, Reschenthaler added, because "what would very likely have happened from the top echelon of the DOJ and the FBI is they would selectively leak information" containing executive or attorney-client privilege.

He also said he does not think Trump will be prosecuted, but still, a "bunch of leaks" will happen, and "dirty laundry will be aired, which is completely inappropriate."

"There's precedent for this because we saw the [Robert] Mueller report do that as well," Reschenthaler said.

He also reacted to the competing speeches given in his state by Trump and President Joe Biden last week.

"Looking at President Biden's remarks, they were completely inappropriate, not only the image of the blood red Soviet-like background, that authoritarian state background that is totally inappropriate for an American president, but also the content of that speech, calling out over half the American population that voted for President Trump in the last election," Reschenthaler said.

But while Biden characterized Trump supporters as extremists, it is Biden and Democrats who are acting extreme, he added.

"They're just deflecting from what a horrible record they have," he said. "As far as President Trump's remarks, I think he sounded much more presidential than Biden."

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Rep. Troy Nehls to Newsmax: Special Master a 'Step in Right Direction' (Newsmax/"National Report")

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tuesday, 06 September 2022 01:03 PM EDT

It was important to grant an independent review of the documents seized in the Aug. 8 FBI raid of former President Donald Trump's home, considering the Department of Justice and the FBI have been "going after" him for years, Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, told Newsmax.

"They're going after him again," Nehls told Tuesday's "National Report." "Think about it: He's been out of office 20 months and the DOJ and the FBI are still attempting to destroy this guy."

Nehls does not think the American people and Trump supporters can trust federal law enforcement as a result of the investigations against the former president being "filled with lies."

"They're going after him again, so I think this special master is a step in the right direction and maybe can give the American people a little bit of hope and confidence," the congressman said. "And we've got to get rid of this two-tier justice system."

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden's "angry" speech last week at Independence Hall, during which he slammed "MAGA" Republicans, was a move to motivate the Democratic Party base because "he knows it's not looking good for his party in the midterms," Nehls said.

"It's not looking good for Joe to get reelected and everything is about Donald Trump," he added. "It's interesting the Democrats don't talk about anybody in the Republican Party, other than Donald Trump."

Biden knows if Trump runs again in 2024, he will be the nominee, Nehls continued.

"Joe understands he won't beat him in a fair election in 2024," Nehls said. "He's trying to destroy him, and he's getting the DOJ and FBI to help him."

In other matters, Nehls on Monday discussed the ongoing immigration crisis, including the news this weekend that nine migrants died while trying to cross the Rio Grande River.

"It's sad to think that many of them lost their lives attempting to come here, but that's what you get when you have a president of the United States inviting people from across the globe to enter our country," Nehls said. "People are dying, swimming trying to get across."

But then there are tens of thousands of Americans dying from fentanyl overdoses because the border is not secure, Nehls lamented.

"This crisis was started by Joe Biden and his administration," Nehls said.

Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has come under attack from the mayors of New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., for sending immigrants by bus to the sanctuary cities, but Nehls said he does not think enough buses are being sent.

"We have 10,000 coming through our southern border here in the great state of Texas every day," said Nehls, adding he would be willing to sponsor some of the costs to keep sending more migrants north.

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Rep. Troy Nehls to Newsmax: Special Master a 'Step in Right Direction' (Newsmax/"National Report")

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tuesday, 06 September 2022 01:03 PM EDT

It was important to grant an independent review of the documents seized in the Aug. 8 FBI raid of former President Donald Trump's home, considering the Department of Justice and the FBI have been "going after" him for years, Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, told Newsmax.

"They're going after him again," Nehls told Tuesday's "National Report." "Think about it: He's been out of office 20 months and the DOJ and the FBI are still attempting to destroy this guy."

Nehls does not think the American people and Trump supporters can trust federal law enforcement as a result of the investigations against the former president being "filled with lies."

"They're going after him again, so I think this special master is a step in the right direction and maybe can give the American people a little bit of hope and confidence," the congressman said. "And we've got to get rid of this two-tier justice system."

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden's "angry" speech last week at Independence Hall, during which he slammed "MAGA" Republicans, was a move to motivate the Democratic Party base because "he knows it's not looking good for his party in the midterms," Nehls said.

"It's not looking good for Joe to get reelected and everything is about Donald Trump," he added. "It's interesting the Democrats don't talk about anybody in the Republican Party, other than Donald Trump."

Biden knows if Trump runs again in 2024, he will be the nominee, Nehls continued.

"Joe understands he won't beat him in a fair election in 2024," Nehls said. "He's trying to destroy him, and he's getting the DOJ and FBI to help him."

In other matters, Nehls on Monday discussed the ongoing immigration crisis, including the news this weekend that nine migrants died while trying to cross the Rio Grande River.

"It's sad to think that many of them lost their lives attempting to come here, but that's what you get when you have a president of the United States inviting people from across the globe to enter our country," Nehls said. "People are dying, swimming trying to get across."

But then there are tens of thousands of Americans dying from fentanyl overdoses because the border is not secure, Nehls lamented.

"This crisis was started by Joe Biden and his administration," Nehls said.

Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has come under attack from the mayors of New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., for sending immigrants by bus to the sanctuary cities, but Nehls said he does not think enough buses are being sent.

"We have 10,000 coming through our southern border here in the great state of Texas every day," said Nehls, adding he would be willing to sponsor some of the costs to keep sending more migrants north.

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Trump: 'Latest Witch Hunt' Against Me 'Will Fail Miserably' Like Others (Getty Images)

By Eric Mack | Tuesday, 06 September 2022 12:39 PM EDT

Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday the latest witch hunt and the weaponizing law enforcement against him is going to "fail miserably" like the rest.

"The fake news mainstream media, Democrats, and RINOs are obsessed with pushing the latest witch hunt against me," Trump wrote in a Save America PAC statement posted to Truth Social, blasting the attacks from anti-Trump members of his own political party as Republicans in name only (RINOs).

"All American Patriots know that I always do everything 'by the book' and that this hoax will fail miserably just like the Russia, Russia, Russia scam, Impeachment Hoax #1, Impeachment Hoax #2, and all other attempts, perpetrated by the same people, to weaponize law enforcement against the 45th president, me."

Trump's statement ended with a familiar, and now iconic, refrain: "We have to rescue our great country. Make America great again!"

Those remarks echo a post from Sunday night, where Trump wrote the search for a crime to get the former president on ultimately ends on the finding of no wrongdoing.

"So much talk, back and forth, including from my many patriotic 'defenders & supporters,' about our federal government working every seldom (or never used) rule and regulation in order to get and destroy, at any cost, President Donald J. Trump," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"Same concepts, anger and radical left maniacs and RINOs who have been working the system of hoaxes and scams ever since I came down the 'golden escalator' in Trump Tower seven years ago.

"They also have the same problem, however — I DID NOTHING WRONG!!!"

Also, Monday night Trump noted the FBI and Justice Department have been meddling in elections since those agencies from the Obama-era attempted to smear Trump's candidacy in the 2016 presidential election.

"Now that the FBI and DOJ have been caught in a massive and determinative election rigging scam, are they going to change the results of the 2020 presidential election? They should!!!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

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COS Trafalgar Poll: Biden Speech an Escalation, Majority Says

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden emerge from Independence Hall in Philadelphia before Thursday's speech. (Getty Images)

By Peter Malbin | Tuesday, 06 September 2022 12:17 PM EDT

President Joe Biden's speech in Philadelphia on Thursday in which he lambasted MAGA Americans dozens of times as undemocratic and extreme has stirred such controversy that 56.8% of voters now think it represents a dangerous escalation in rhetoric and designed to incite conflict among Americans.

While voters are split along political party lines in response to the speech, 62.4% of Independent voters agreed with the majority that the speech stepped up the inflammatory rhetoric and would incite conflict among Americans.

A minority (35.5%) of American voters believe Biden's address was "acceptable" campaign messaging that is to be expected in an election year, and only 7.7% were unsure.

These are some of the results of a national survey of voters taken after the speech by Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group.

The survey found that among Republican voters, 89.1% believe the speech was dangerous rhetoric designed to incite conflict among Americans, but only 18.7% of Democrats think that. In addition, 70.8% of Democrats believe his speech was acceptable campaign messaging.

In Philadelphia, the president described the upcoming elections as a battle for the soul of the nation, NPR noted. He was flanked by uniformed Marines.

He went on to accuse so-called "MAGA Republicans," a reference to former president Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan, of refusing to recognize free and fair elections, increasingly talking about violence in response to actions they don't like, and of being determined to thwart "the will of the people."

"There's no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans. And that is a threat to this country," Biden said. "Too much of what's happening in our country today is not normal. Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.

"For a long time, we've reassured ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed. But it is not. We have to defend it. Protect it. Stand up for it. Each and every one of us."

In response, Trump called the address "the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an American president."

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), tweeted: "With all due respect Mr. President, there's nothing wrong with America's soul. The American people are hurting because of your policies."

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said Biden "attacked" Republicans "to distract from the fact his economic agenda caused inflation to reach a historic 40-year high and sent our economy into a recession."

Mark Meckler, president of the Convention of States, said: "When voters tell you they think that the prepared remarks of a sitting President of the United States is a dangerous escalation and was designed to incite conflict, we are living in terrifying times. Perhaps even more terrifying is the fact that a huge majority of Democrats think this was just a routine, election year stump speech."

Results of the poll conducted by Convention of States Action were from surveys conducted Sept. 2- 5 of over 1,000 likely 2022 election voters.

Convention of States Action states that it has a grassroots network of more than 5 million supporters and volunteers. Its mission is "to restore a culture of self-governance in America and to curtail federal overreach."

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Deal Partner for Trump's Truth Social Fails to Get Backing for SPAC Extension: Sources (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Svea Herbst-Bayliss Tuesday, 06 September 2022 12:14 PM EDT

The blank-check acquisition firm that agreed to merge with former President Donald Trump's social media company failed to secure enough shareholder support for a one-year extension to complete the deal, people familiar with the matter said.

At stake is a $1.3 billion cash infusion that Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which operates the former U.S. president's Truth Social app, stands to receive from Digital World Acquisition Corp., the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that inked a deal last October to take TMTG public.

The transaction has been on ice amid civil and criminal probes into the circumstances around the deal. Digital World had been hoping that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is reviewing its disclosures on the deal, would have given its blessing by now for the transaction to proceed.

Most of Digital World's shareholders are individual investors and getting them to vote through their brokers has been challenging, Digital World Chief Executive Patrick Orlando said last week.

Digital World needs 65% of its shareholders to vote in favor of the proposal to extend its life by 12 months for the move to become effective. By Monday evening, far fewer Digital World shareholders than those required had voted in favor, the sources said.

The outcome of the vote is set to be announced at a special meeting of Digital World shareholders on Tuesday. Digital World executives do not believe they will be able to muster enough shareholder support in time and have started to consider alternative options, according to the sources.

The sources who spoke Monday requested anonymity because the vote tally figures have not been publicly announced. Representatives for Digital World and TMTG did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

One option being considered by Digital World is to postpone the vote deadline in a final bid to boost more shareholder support, the sources said. Without further action, the SPAC is set to liquidate on Thursday and return the money it raised in its September 2021 initial public offering.

Were Digital World to fail in its bid to get its shareholders to back the one-year extension, its management has the right to extend its life without shareholder approval by up to six months. It is unclear whether Digital World will pursue this option and if it would provide enough time for regulators to reach a conclusion on whether to allow the deal to proceed.

Digital World has disclosed that the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and federal prosecutors have been investigating the deal with TMTG, though the exact scope of the probes is unclear.

Among the information sought by regulators are Digital World documents on due diligence of potential targets other than TMTG, relationships between Digital World and other entities, meetings of Digital World's board, policies and procedures relating to trading, and the identities of certain investors, Digital World has said.

Were the deal to be completed, TMTG would receive $293 million that Digital World has on hand plus $1 billion committed from a group of investors in the form of a private investment in public equity (PIPE).

The PIPE is scheduled to expire on Sept. 20 unless the deal is completed. Investment bankers for Digital World have been reaching out to investors in the last few weeks to gauge their interest in extending the PIPE, a person familiar with the matter said.

It is unclear how TMTG is getting by without having access to Digital World's funding. It raised $22.6 million through convertible promissory notes last year and an additional $15.4 million through bridge financing in the first quarter of this year. The agreement with Digital World caps the indebtedness that TMTG can assume prior to the deal closing at $50 million.

Digital World has said it believes TMTG will have "sufficient funds" until April 2023. TMTG said last week that Truth Social is "on strong financial footing" and would begin running advertisements soon.

Trump started using Truth Social in April, two months after it launched on Apple's app store. He has more than 4 million followers – a fraction of the 89 million he had on Twitter before he was banned.

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Deal Partner for Trump's Truth Social Fails to Get Backing for SPAC Extension: Sources (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Svea Herbst-Bayliss Tuesday, 06 September 2022 12:14 PM EDT

The blank-check acquisition firm that agreed to merge with former President Donald Trump's social media company failed to secure enough shareholder support for a one-year extension to complete the deal, people familiar with the matter said.

At stake is a $1.3 billion cash infusion that Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which operates the former U.S. president's Truth Social app, stands to receive from Digital World Acquisition Corp., the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that inked a deal last October to take TMTG public.

The transaction has been on ice amid civil and criminal probes into the circumstances around the deal. Digital World had been hoping that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is reviewing its disclosures on the deal, would have given its blessing by now for the transaction to proceed.

Most of Digital World's shareholders are individual investors and getting them to vote through their brokers has been challenging, Digital World Chief Executive Patrick Orlando said last week.

Digital World needs 65% of its shareholders to vote in favor of the proposal to extend its life by 12 months for the move to become effective. By Monday evening, far fewer Digital World shareholders than those required had voted in favor, the sources said.

The outcome of the vote is set to be announced at a special meeting of Digital World shareholders on Tuesday. Digital World executives do not believe they will be able to muster enough shareholder support in time and have started to consider alternative options, according to the sources.

The sources who spoke Monday requested anonymity because the vote tally figures have not been publicly announced. Representatives for Digital World and TMTG did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

One option being considered by Digital World is to postpone the vote deadline in a final bid to boost more shareholder support, the sources said. Without further action, the SPAC is set to liquidate on Thursday and return the money it raised in its September 2021 initial public offering.

Were Digital World to fail in its bid to get its shareholders to back the one-year extension, its management has the right to extend its life without shareholder approval by up to six months. It is unclear whether Digital World will pursue this option and if it would provide enough time for regulators to reach a conclusion on whether to allow the deal to proceed.

Digital World has disclosed that the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and federal prosecutors have been investigating the deal with TMTG, though the exact scope of the probes is unclear.

Among the information sought by regulators are Digital World documents on due diligence of potential targets other than TMTG, relationships between Digital World and other entities, meetings of Digital World's board, policies and procedures relating to trading, and the identities of certain investors, Digital World has said.

Were the deal to be completed, TMTG would receive $293 million that Digital World has on hand plus $1 billion committed from a group of investors in the form of a private investment in public equity (PIPE).

The PIPE is scheduled to expire on Sept. 20 unless the deal is completed. Investment bankers for Digital World have been reaching out to investors in the last few weeks to gauge their interest in extending the PIPE, a person familiar with the matter said.

It is unclear how TMTG is getting by without having access to Digital World's funding. It raised $22.6 million through convertible promissory notes last year and an additional $15.4 million through bridge financing in the first quarter of this year. The agreement with Digital World caps the indebtedness that TMTG can assume prior to the deal closing at $50 million.

Digital World has said it believes TMTG will have "sufficient funds" until April 2023. TMTG said last week that Truth Social is "on strong financial footing" and would begin running advertisements soon.

Trump started using Truth Social in April, two months after it launched on Apple's app store. He has more than 4 million followers – a fraction of the 89 million he had on Twitter before he was banned.

Rep. Cline to Newsmax: Special Master 'Appropriate' in Trump Raid Investigation Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va. (Getty Images)

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tuesday, 06 September 2022 10:57 AM EDT

It was "appropriate" for a special master to be approved to oversee the examination of the documents seized from former President Donald Trump's home in August, as the Department of Justice and the intelligence community have a "poor track record" of acting in a nonpartisan way where he is concerned, Rep. Ben Cline said on Newsmax on Tuesday.

"It is continually disappointing to watch as our DOJ muddles its way through this terrible procedure of executing the search warrant and collecting all kinds of potentially personal attorney-client privilege-protected information," the Virginia Republican said on Newsmax's "National Report."

Cline added that one needs only look back to the discredited Steele dossier on Trump and at how the investigation conducted by special counsel Robert Mueller operated "to see that they don't have a great track record."

U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, who approved the demand for a special master in the case, is a 2020 Trump nominee and has come under fire from critics for her decision, but Cline said she should be presumed to be neutral.

"Judges have the presumption of being neutral arbiters," said Cline. "This judge was confirmed by the Senate and is presumed to be neutral in her decision making."

But the liberal media is angry, said Cline, because "they can't put their finger on the scales anymore."

"That the left can't direct the process from the West Wing, as they have done from the beginning of this process, just shows me we're on the right track toward a fair and neutral decision-making process in this case close on this," said Cline.

Meanwhile, many GOP candidates have been endorsed by Trump for the November midterm elections, but Cline said that in his state, several competitive House races are going on and voters have a "crisis in confidence" with Congress being under Democrat control.

"We see inflation with four-year highs," Cline said. "We see crime rising. We see energy prices spiking, and [voters] want balance. They want leadership from their elected officials, and they're not getting it."

With a Republican majority in the House and Senate, however, lawmakers will hold the executive branch accountable for exceeding and abusing its authority, Cline said.

"You're going to see investigations proceed when the Republicans take control," he added.

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Republicans Still Favored to Win House Control House Rules Committee Ranking Member Tom Cole, R-Okla., speaks during a hearing on the Senate amendment to the Inflation Reduction Act at the U.S. Capitol Aug. 10. (Francis Chung/AP)

By Charlie McCarthy | Tuesday, 06 September 2022 08:51 AM EDT

Republicans remain on track to regain control of the House despite Democrat progress during the summer, Politico reported.

The GOP needs to gain only five seats to win control, and it appears the party can assume power even if it fails to flip any districts that President Joe Biden carried in 2020, Politico reported Tuesday.

"I think we probably had a little bit of irrational exuberance during the course of the summer. No question that the president's numbers, while bad, are better," Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., told Politico.

"I always ask myself every morning, would I rather be us than them? And I'd rather be us. And I think if they're honest, they would say the same thing."

Historically, a president's party loses seats in the midterms. Cole, a former House Republican campaign chief, suggested Republicans could gain 20-25 seats in November.

The size of the GOP's potential majority will be determined by the two dozen or so Democrat-held seats that Biden carried narrowly in 2020.

Politico said that some Democrats privately say that they hope their party can limit GOP gains to single digits.

"The drive to hold the majority has been hampered by an historic number of Democratic retirements, setbacks in redistricting, and the fact that several Democratic incumbents are running in Trump-leaning territory," Politico said.

After the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Democrats have been encouraged by a month of special election upsets and improved standing in generic ballot polling.

"It's the top issue that I'm hearing about with a close second being the economy," said North Carolina state Sen. Wiley Nickel, a Democrat running in a newly redrawn district around Raleigh, North Carolina.

"It's at the top of many voters' minds, because we had these constitutional rights for 50 years and now the Republicans have taken them away."

However, although redistricting didn't tilt as heavily to Republicans as some expected, the GOP appears to have added new red districts, most notably around Nashville, Atlanta and Houston, and in Florida and eastern Montana, Politico reported.

Then there's roughly a dozen Democrat seats in districts won by former President Donald Trump. About half of those seats are open, and even Democrats admit they likely won't be able to hold onto some of them.

For example, Rep. Tom O'Halleran, D-Ariz., represents a district that Trump would have won by 8 points.

"Those campaigns are going to be tough and difficult," Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., said, Politico reported, though he predicted that "inevitability for Republicans is gone."

Also, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her caucus will be facing a coming surge of outside spending, which could swamp them in TV ads in the critical final weeks of the midterms.

Politico reported that Democrats have seen improvement in a group of blue districts Biden carried by more than 10 points in 2020, and a handful of GOP incumbents in districts the president carried appear much more vulnerable.

A collection of recent internal Democrat polls conducted in a dozen battleground seats showed Democrat candidates running, on average, more than 6 percentage points above Biden's favorability rating in those districts, Politico said.

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Govt Funding, Gay Marriage in Focus as US Congress Returns From Break The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Dreamstime)

Richard Cowan Tuesday, 06 September 2022 07:31 AM EDT

The U.S. Congress needs to pass a stop-gap bill to keep the federal government funded and could also vote on protecting gay marriage rights during a brief Washington work period starting on Tuesday before Democrats and Republicans return to the campaign trail.

With President Joe Biden's Democrats expected to lose their thin majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in the Nov. 8 midterms, and with Senate control also at stake, Democrats aim to engineer smooth passage of a temporary government funding bill by Sept. 30 to avoid partial federal agency shutdowns when money runs out at the end of this month.

Congress will have to work fast. The Senate reopens on Tuesday evening and the House on Sept. 13. But the House is scheduled to be in session for only 11 days this month and will then be gone until Nov. 14, unless plans change.

Republican cooperation will be necessary in the Senate for the temporary funding bill that may last until December, and which is needed because the two parties have yet to agree on a dozen regular funding bills.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, has also vowed to hold a vote on a House-passed bill codifying the right to same-sex marriage.

It is not clear that bill will have the 10 Republican votes needed to pass. During the August recess both parties worked on revisions to the measure, which could help its prospects, according to a source familiar with the discussions.

Plenty of controversial issues could roil Congress as it grapples with a massive spending bill.

On Friday, Biden requested $47.1 billion in new spending, including $11.7 billion in emergency funds to help Ukraine in its fight against Russian forces and $22.4 billion in COVID-19 aid.

With many areas of the United States suffering from climate change related flooding, western wildfires and other natural disasters, Biden has requested $6.5 billion in aid, along with $4.5 billion to help deal with an outbreak of monkeypox.

A special House committee might hold at least one more hearing as part of its investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump supporters. A separate probe into Trump's handling of classified documents has dominated headlines for months, worrying some Republican candidates about election fallout.

Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin may ramp up his push for a bill reforming the way permits are approved for energy infrastructure projects ranging from pipelines to export facilities. It is a measure that some Democrats could have concerns with because of climate change worries.

Heading into the final two months of the campaign season, Democrats in Congress were feeling somewhat more optimistic about avoiding massive losses to Republican challengers on Nov. 8.

Gasoline prices have fallen off of highs earlier this year and there are signs of a public backlash against the conservative-majority Supreme Court's overturning abortion rights, which was a Republican Party goal for decades.

Democrats have scored victories this year on popular initiatives, such as gun control, placing a cap on some prescription drug prices and moving toward carbon emissions reductions blamed for dangerous climate change.

Nevertheless, Biden's popularity has suffered because of Americans' economic worries and COVID-19 pandemic fatigue.

Republican lawmakers undoubtedly will spend this upcoming work session hammering away on such issues.

"These are challenging times for a lot of folks," Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said in a statement last week. "With record inflation, we’re seeing higher prices for food, electricity, gasoline, and more."

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Peter Navarro to Newsmax: Raid 'Partisan Witch Hunt' to Stop Trump's '24 Run (Newsmax/Eric Bolling The Balance")

By Charles Kim | Monday, 05 September 2022 10:58 PM EDT

The FBI's raid of former President Donald Trump's private Mar-a-Lago residence is nothing more than a "partisan witch hunt" designed to keep him from running for president again in 2024, according to Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro on Newsmax.

"There's some bigger questions that Trump's legal team, I believe, will be asking about how this all came about because it just doesn't smell or look right," Navarro told Monday's "Eric Bolling: The Balance." "It looks like it's a partisan witch hunt designed to take Trump out of the 2024 election.

"When they issued those warrants, if you read them carefully, it says right in one of them, 'if you do this, you can't run for office.' I mean, it's not like they're trying to hide the fact that they're trying to stop Donald John Trump from running for president."

Navarro said the Department of Justice and the FBI have been trying to bully Trump since the 2016 race, when it lied to a FISA court to spy on the Trump campaign, and later the president regarding the Russian collusion hoax.

"[That] was essentially designed to be a preemptive coup to help Hillary Clinton win the race, and throughout the six years since that point in time, there are things that don't smell right," Navarro told Bolling.

Navarro said this is the same DOJ and FBI "that put me in leg irons for a misdemeanor," placing him in the same jail cell as the man who tried to assassinate former President Ronald Reagan in 1981, John Hinckley.

"They're trying to bully Trump to try and bully me," Navarro said. "It's not working. We're fighting back. I not only want to see what the special master comes up with. I want to get to the bottom of whether there's coordination across the agencies."

Navarro said everyone needs to go vote in the November midterm elections to put an end to these tactics by Biden and the Democrats in Congress.

"November is where we get even everybody watching this show, you get out, you vote," he said. "You go out and you find candidates who you can give money or time to, and we throw these rascals out. Once the Republicans get back in there in January, the subpoenas [will] start flying, and we get the answers to the big questions."

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Peter Navarro to Newsmax: Raid 'Partisan Witch Hunt' to Stop Trump's '24 Run (Newsmax/Eric Bolling The Balance")

By Charles Kim | Monday, 05 September 2022 10:58 PM EDT

The FBI's raid of former President Donald Trump's private Mar-a-Lago residence is nothing more than a "partisan witch hunt" designed to keep him from running for president again in 2024, according to Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro on Newsmax.

"There's some bigger questions that Trump's legal team, I believe, will be asking about how this all came about because it just doesn't smell or look right," Navarro told Monday's "Eric Bolling: The Balance." "It looks like it's a partisan witch hunt designed to take Trump out of the 2024 election.

"When they issued those warrants, if you read them carefully, it says right in one of them, 'if you do this, you can't run for office.' I mean, it's not like they're trying to hide the fact that they're trying to stop Donald John Trump from running for president."

Navarro said the Department of Justice and the FBI have been trying to bully Trump since the 2016 race, when it lied to a FISA court to spy on the Trump campaign, and later the president regarding the Russian collusion hoax.

"[That] was essentially designed to be a preemptive coup to help Hillary Clinton win the race, and throughout the six years since that point in time, there are things that don't smell right," Navarro told Bolling.

Navarro said this is the same DOJ and FBI "that put me in leg irons for a misdemeanor," placing him in the same jail cell as the man who tried to assassinate former President Ronald Reagan in 1981, John Hinckley.

"They're trying to bully Trump to try and bully me," Navarro said. "It's not working. We're fighting back. I not only want to see what the special master comes up with. I want to get to the bottom of whether there's coordination across the agencies."

Navarro said everyone needs to go vote in the November midterm elections to put an end to these tactics by Biden and the Democrats in Congress.

"November is where we get even everybody watching this show, you get out, you vote," he said. "You go out and you find candidates who you can give money or time to, and we throw these rascals out. Once the Republicans get back in there in January, the subpoenas [will] start flying, and we get the answers to the big questions."

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Video Report: Special Master Ruling Catches Biden in Lie About FBI-Trump Probe (Newsmax/"American Agenda")

By John Huddy Monday, 05 September 2022 09:40 PM EDT Current | Bio | Archive

"Look on page 2": Newsmax Correspondent John Huddy reports on Monday's "American Agenda" what is written in the judge's ruling granting Donald Trump's lawyers' request for a special master to oversee the FBI's investigation into documents seized from Mar-a-Lago.

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Video Report: Special Master Ruling Catches Biden in Lie About FBI-Trump Probe (Newsmax/"American Agenda")

By John Huddy Monday, 05 September 2022 09:40 PM EDT Current | Bio | Archive

"Look on page 2": Newsmax Correspondent John Huddy reports on Monday's "American Agenda" what is written in the judge's ruling granting Donald Trump's lawyers' request for a special master to oversee the FBI's investigation into documents seized from Mar-a-Lago.

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Dick Morris to Newsmax: Indicting Trump Like a Fine for Overdue Library Book

Political strategist Dick Morris. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

By Charles Kim | Monday, 05 September 2022 06:53 PM EDT

Dick Morris, political activist, author and adviser to former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, told Newsmax on Monday that an indictment of Trump for the documents found in an FBI search of his Florida home would be like having ''an overdue library book'' more than a national security issue.

''The strategy here by [President Joe Biden's] people is to get off the presidential record and attack Trump personally, and the key element was raiding Mar-a-Lago. That is that is just creating an issue for Trump that's terribly effective for him,'' Morris said on ''Spicer & Co.''

''The next step will be, I think, that they're going to indict Trump on a records violation about the [National] Archives. That's a little bit like indicting someone for having an overdue library book because the archivist is in, the last analysis, a librarian.

''Basically, their nose is out of joint that all the books having come in yet. The only thing that would make it serious is if there's a credible accusation that Trump leaked our secrets to the Russians or the Chinese, and he didn't before years as president, and he hasn't for two years as a former president.''

Morris, whose new book, ''The Return,'' highlights how the Democrats and deep state are targeting the former president, said that the idea here is to keep Americans distracted from Biden's policies that led to inflation and energy supply problems, and on to discussing the prosecution of Trump.

''Just remember in 1998-99. All anyone in [Washington, D.C.] could talk about was Monica Lewinsky,'' Morris said. ''If they indict Trump after the election, all anyone will talk about is Trump's indictment, and if he would be convicted, and could he still run, will be the nominee.

''That's the recipe for having people not talk about Joe Biden, and not talk about inflation, talk about gas prices, because everybody will be focused only on one question: Trump's indictment. That's what they're trying to do.''

He said that another angle is try to cause a civil war within the Republican Party by using a Trump prosecution to pull Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis into a GOP 2024 primary with Trump, which could fracture the party.

''Trump won't cede this ground voluntarily,'' he said. ''This would cause a Republican civil war, a DeSantis-Trump fight from which will never recover, and throw away our chances in 2024, so this must not happen.''

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Dick Morris to Newsmax: Indicting Trump Like a Fine for Overdue Library Book (Newsmax/''Spicer & Co.'')

By Charles Kim | Monday, 05 September 2022 06:53 PM EDT

Dick Morris, political activist, author and adviser to former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, told Newsmax on Monday that an indictment of Trump for the documents found in an FBI search of his Florida home would be like having ''an overdue library book'' more than a national security issue.

''The strategy here by [President Joe Biden's] people is to get off the presidential record and attack Trump personally, and the key element was raiding Mar-a-Lago. That is just creating an issue for Trump that's terribly effective for him,'' Morris said on ''Spicer & Co.''

''The next step will be, I think, that they're going to indict Trump on a records violation about the [National] Archives. That's a little bit like indicting someone for having an overdue library book because the archivist is in, the last analysis, a librarian.

''Basically, their nose is out of joint that all the books haven't come in yet. The only thing that would make it serious is if there's a credible accusation that Trump leaked our secrets to the Russians or the Chinese, and he didn't for four years as president, and he hasn't for two years as a former president.''

Morris, whose new book, "The Return," highlights how the Democrats and deep state are targeting the former president, said that the idea here is to keep Americans distracted from Biden's policies that led to inflation and energy supply problems, and on to discussing the prosecution of Trump.

''Just remember in 1998-99. All anyone in [Washington, D.C.] could talk about was Monica Lewinsky,'' Morris said. ''If they indict Trump after the election, all anyone will talk about is Trump's indictment, and if he would be convicted, and could he still run, will he be the nominee.

''That's the recipe for having people not talk about Joe Biden, and not talk about inflation, talk about gas prices, because everybody will be focused only on one question: Trump's indictment. That's what they're trying to do.''

He said that another angle is try to cause a civil war within the Republican Party by using a Trump prosecution to pull Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis into a GOP 2024 primary with Trump, which could fracture the party.

''Trump won't cede this ground voluntarily,'' he said. ''This would cause a Republican civil war, a DeSantis-Trump fight from which we'll never recover, and throw away our chances in 2024, so this must not happen.''

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Pages from a Department of Justice court filing on Aug. 30, 2022, in response to a request from the legal team of former President Donald Trump for a special master to review the documents seized during the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago, are photographed early Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Included in the filing was a FBI photo of documents that were seized during the search. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

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On Monday in Florida, federal Judge Aileen Cannon ruled on appointing a special master to review the documents taken from 45th President Donald J. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence.

The appointee will “review the seized property for personal items and documents and potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney client and or executive privilege.”

The Department of Justice (DOJ), which has staunchly opposed the review, must now halt their own review of the materials. Both sides will now have to come up with offers on how the process will proceed. This includes deciding who will serve as the special master. Their proposals must be submitted by Friday.

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