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Dershowitz to Newsmax: Durham Has 'Uphill Case' to Convict Steele Dossier Source

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By Charles Kim | Wednesday, 12 October 2022 07:26 PM EDT

Legal expert Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax Wednesday that Special Counsel John Durham has an "uphill case" during the trial this week to convict alleged Steele Dossier source Igor Danchenko for lying to the FBI.

"Like most Americans, if you raise your hand and swear to God that you'll tell the truth, you have to tell the truth," Dershowitz said during "Spicer & Co." Wednesday. "But when you're sitting and chatting with FBI agents who are lying to you, many Americans and many jurors don't understand why there is a legal obligation, punishable by years in prison, [not] to fib to the FBI; and the case of lying doesn't look all that strong. It's not black and white. There is a lot of gray in there.

"I think this is an uphill case; and it's in Virginia, not in Washington, D.C. Who knows? The outcome is not particularly clear in this case, and it doesn't tell us the answer to the $24,000 question."

Danchenko is on trial for lying to federal officers about his sources used by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele in compiling his "dossier" on former President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, CNN reported.

The dossier, which was indirectly financed by the Hillary Clinton campaign, contained salacious material meant to damage Trump and raise the now debunked specter of him colluding with Russia to win the race.

The dossier, although false and never corroborated, was used by the FBI to get a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court warrant to wiretap members of the Trump campaign to investigate any Russian ties that could prove the collusion narrative.

During the trial Tuesday, FBI senior intelligence analyst Brian Auten testified that the agency offered Steele $1 million in cash to prove the dossier was true, and if he could corroborate the salacious details it included, the National Review reported.

Auten testified, however, that Steele could not prove any of the information the document contained as being true.

Durham was appointed by Trump's Attorney General William Barr in 2019 to investigate the origins of the collusion narrative, and the Justice Department indicted Danchenko in November 2021 as part of Durham's investigation.

Dershowitz said that Durham handled that investigation appropriately, despite the high expectations those on the right had to see the top-level Democratic players like Clinton charged.

"People on the right and the left should be satisfied if he gets to some semblance of the truth, and then you can spin that anywhere you want politically; but it's not the job of the criminal justice system to help you win political points," Dershowitz said.

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Alan Dershowitz to Newsmax: Durham Has 'Uphill Case' to Convict Steele Dossier Source (Newsmax/"Spicer & Co.")

By Charles Kim | Wednesday, 12 October 2022 10:47 PM EDT

Legal expert Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax on Wednesday that Special Counsel John Durham has an "uphill case" during the trial this week to convict alleged Steele Dossier source Igor Danchenko for lying to the FBI.

"Like most Americans, if you raise your hand and swear to God that you'll tell the truth, you have to tell the truth," Dershowitz said during "Spicer & Co." Wednesday. "But when you're sitting and chatting with FBI agents who are lying to you, many Americans and many jurors don't understand why there is a legal obligation, punishable by years in prison, [not] to fib to the FBI; and the case of lying doesn't look all that strong. It's not black and white. There is a lot of gray in there.

"I think this is an uphill case; and it's in Virginia, not in Washington, D.C. Who knows? The outcome is not particularly clear in this case, and it doesn't tell us the answer to the $24,000 question."

Danchenko is on trial for lying to federal officers about his sources used by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele in compiling his "dossier" on former President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, CNN reported.

The dossier, which was indirectly financed by the Hillary Clinton campaign, contained salacious material meant to damage Trump and raise the now debunked specter of him colluding with Russia to win the race.

The dossier, although false and never corroborated, was used by the FBI to get a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court warrant to wiretap members of the Trump campaign to investigate any Russian ties that could prove the collusion narrative.

During the trial Tuesday, FBI senior intelligence analyst Brian Auten testified that the agency offered Steele $1 million in cash to prove the dossier was true, and if he could corroborate the salacious details it included, the National Review reported.

Auten testified, however, that Steele could not prove any of the information the document contained as being true.

Durham was appointed by Trump's Attorney General William Barr in 2019 to investigate the origins of the collusion narrative, and the Justice Department indicted Danchenko in November 2021 as part of Durham's investigation.

Dershowitz said that Durham handled that investigation appropriately, despite the high expectations those on the right had to see the top-level Democratic players like Clinton charged.

"People on the right and the left should be satisfied if he gets to some semblance of the truth, and then you can spin that anywhere you want politically; but it's not the job of the criminal justice system to help you win political points," Dershowitz said.

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Kari Lake Skewers Dem Opponent for Skipping Arizona Gubernatorial Debate Arizona Republican nominee for governor Kari Lake speaks to the crowd during a stop on her 'Ask Me Anything Tour' in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

By Jay Clemons | Wednesday, 12 October 2022 07:00 PM EDT

Arizona gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, announced earlier Wednesday she won't participate in tonight's debate with Republican challenger Kari Lake.

Hobbs, currently Arizona's secretary of state, told MSNBC she had declined the invitation from the Citizens Clean Elections Commission.

"All three top Republicans are election deniers," said Hobbs, who was likely alluding to Lake, Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters, and former President Donald Trump, an ardent supporter of Lake and Masters.

"How do you debate someone who refuses to accept the truth, who doesn't live in facts? And it doesn't do any service to the voters in terms of deciding — look at the contrast between us and how we're going to govern — if all [Lake's] going to do is shout, shout over me, interrupt me and spew lies," added Hobbs.

In lieu of a televised debate between the candidates, the Arizona Republic reports that Lake will participate in a solo interview with Arizona PBS tonight; and Hobbs will be interviewed later this month.

The Lake campaign characterized Hobbs' sudden announcement as a "betrayal."

"We just learned hours before airtime of tonight's Clean Elections Commission debate that PBS has unilaterally caved to Katie Hobbs' demands and bailed her out from the consequences of her cowardly decision to avoid debating me on stage," read the Lake campaign statement.

According to CrowdWisdom.com, a website tracking the various midterm races, Lake and Hobbs are currently deadlocked in the polls — at 48% apiece.

However, Crowd Wisdom also cited how Lake owns decisive leads over Hobbs with the categories of "Google Search Share" (30-point advantage) and "Social Media Sentiment" (10.5-point advantage).

The Lake campaign also took a public swipe at PBS, accusing the network of protecting Hobbs before the Nov. 8 midterms.

"PBS, a supposedly objective taxpayer-funded entity, is working overtime to help elect Katie Hobbs, who needs all the help she can get. PBS has now become complicit in Katie Hobbs' attempt to destroy twenty years of gubernatorial debate tradition. We are actively working with the Clean Elections Commission and we continue to push for an opportunity for a real debate with both candidates on stage," Lake's campaign added in a statement.

Lake, an America First candidate, has spoken out against the Biden administration's immigration policies at the United States-Mexico border, with Arizona being relegated to handle a sizable chunk of the 5 million-plus migrants who've illegally entered the country since January 2021 — coinciding with President Joe Biden taking office.

On Monday, Lake told Newsmax that Hobbs, as governor, would be an extension of the Biden policies, in terms of ignoring immigration problems and lethal drugs flowing across the border.

"[Hobbs is] afraid of me because of her record. Her record is dismal," said Lake, while appearing on "Prime News."

"I mean, she voted against a border wall, against a virtual border wall. She voted against funding anything to secure our border. … She voted for doubling the gas tax," added Lake.

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Biden, in Colorado, Designates First New National Monument U.S. President Joe Biden gives a speech before designating Camp Hale as a national monument on October 12, 2022 in Red Cliff, Colorado. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty)

Associated Press Wednesday, 12 October 2022 06:48 PM EDT

President Joe Biden designated the first national monument of his administration at Camp Hale, a World War II-era training site in this state, as he called for protecting “treasured lands” that tell the story of America.

The announcement is a boost to Colorado’s senior Democratic senator, Michael Bennet, who has for years advocated for the designation and is in a competitive re-election bid this November. The location is an alpine training site where U.S. soldiers prepared for battles in the Italian Alps during World War II.

“We’re doing it not just for today, but for all the ages,” Biden said, standing amid the rugged, sun-drenched backdrop flanked by mountains as far as the eye could see. The remote site was located off a winding road past an abandoned mine and an old mountain home. “It’s for the people of Colorado, but it also goes well beyond the people of Colorado. It’s for all the people across America and the world.”

The proclamation formally establishes the Camp Hale – Continental Divide National Monument, spanning more than 53,800 acres that will be protected and managed by the U.S. Forest Service. Many members of the 10th Mountain Division who trained at Camp Hale returned to Colorado after the war and helped create the state’s lucrative ski industry, and the site is now used for outdoor activities such as hiking and camping, and is home to rare wildlife.

“Soldiers in Camp Hale learned to scale rock, ski and survive, preparing for the war they were about to fight,” said Biden, who for Wednesday's announcement was joined by two veterans from the 10th Mountain Division. He praised the troops' “skill, strength and stamina that could've been only gained in a place like this.”

While most national monuments protect extraordinary natural landscapes, there are at least 12 other military sites designated as national monuments by other presidents.

Biden on Wednesday called his designation a permanent one that none of his future successors can overturn, although previous presidents have reduced the size of national monuments. The issue of whether a president can eliminate a national monument has not been resolved in court.

Donald Trump shrank two national monuments in southern Utah, a decision that tribes and environmental groups challenged in court. Those cases had been pending when Biden restored full protections for the monuments and expanded one of its boundaries. Biden also restored protections for an area off the New England coast that Trump had opened to commercial fishing.

In a separate move, the Biden administration also announced Wednesday it is pausing new mining and oil and gas drilling on 225,000 acres of public land in the Thompson Divide, a natural gas-rich area not far from Camp Hale.

Citing a need to protect wildlife, the Interior Department said it is initiating a review of a proposed 20-year withdrawal of the area from new leasing. Preexisting natural gas leases that account for less than 1% of active federal leases in Colorado won’t be affected.

Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert, whose western Colorado district is home to the new restrictions, condemned the move as a “land grab” that would prevent domestic energy production.

The president's stop in Colorado Wednesday is part of a three-state swing out West this week. Later Wednesday, Biden heads to California, where he will hold a pair of events promoting two of his most significant legislative achievements and headline a fundraiser for the House Democrats' campaign arm.

Finally, Biden will stop in Oregon. where his party is in danger of losing the governor's race, to rally Democrats. Early voting starts in Oregon and Colorado next week and is already underway in California.

He is notably staying away from states where his presence could hurt Democrats; on this trip he’s skipping Nevada and Arizona, where incumbent Democratic senators are battling tough reelection bids.

Democratic candidates have been far more likely to appear with Biden if it's an official White House event, and that was the approach in Colorado, where Bennet stood alongside the president to tout the designation.

“You have excellent taste, Mr. President, for your administration’s first national monument designation,” Bennet said Wednesday. “Your designation means more Americans will come to appreciate the extraordinary history of this place — a history that goes back to before when Colorado was a state.”

Meanwhile, Bennet’s opponent, Republican Joe O’Dea, dismissed Biden’s visit as “a political stunt.”

“It’s not changing our economy. It’s not changing the price of gas,” O’Dea said in an interview of the Camp Hale designation. He added that while “Camp Hale’s a special place,” its preservation should have come through Congress. O’Dea called Biden’s unilateral action a "usurpation of power." A far more sweeping conservation bill has been stalled in Congress due to opposition from Republicans.

O'Dea, a businessman with a moderate profile, has mounted a competitive bid against Bennet, who has served in the Senate since 2009. National Republicans believe he is among the party's best recruits this cycle.

Still, the race still remains somewhat of a reach for Republicans, who see better offensive opportunities in states like Nevada, Georgia and Arizona. Still, the Senate Leadership Fund, the primary super PAC dedicated to electing Republicans to the Senate, made its first investment of the cycle in Colorado last week by sending $1.25 million to O'Dea's super PAC.

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Gabbard Endorses Republican Joe Kent For Competitive Washington Seat Former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard speaks at an "Our Bodies, Our Sports" rally to mark the 50th anniversary of Title IX in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

By Luca Cacciatore | Wednesday, 12 October 2022 06:03 PM EDT

Onetime Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has backed a Donald Trump-endorsed House Republican candidate just one day after leaving the Democratic Party.

Gabbard, who ran for president as a Democrat in 2020, unveiled her support for Army veteran Joe Kent in Washington's competitive 3rd congressional district on Wednesday via a new campaign advertisement.

In the video, the former Hawaii congresswoman calls out President Joe Biden; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; and Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez for "open border policies" that have led to a worsening "drug and crime epidemic."

"My friend Joe Kent is a fighter. He's dedicated his life to ensuring the safety, security, and freedom of the American people and our country. With your vote, Joe's going to go to Washington and work tirelessly to secure the border and bring you and your loved one's peace of mind," Gabbard concluded.

Kent shared a message on Twitter emphasizing that he is "honored" to receive the endorsement of Gabbard, who is now a registered independent. He further referred to her as "leading the political realignment," seeking to put families and the nation first.

"This movement is about our common love for our nation, not political labels. Join us and let's take our nation back!" Kent stated.

It's the latest endorsement for Kent, who defied all odds when he prevailed against incumbent Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler after a close Washington primary race held in August, according to Ballotpedia.

Beutler had been one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump over his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, leading to the former president's early backing of Kent.

"Joe [Kent] will be a warrior for the America First agenda, unlike Jaime Herrera Beutler who voted, despite the facts, against the Republican Party and for the Democrats' Impeachment Scam," Trump wrote in his endorsement last September.

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Report: Jan. 6 Panel's Next Hearing to Push Trump's 'Threat to Democracy' Ahead of Midterms Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Legacy Sports USA in Mesa, Arizona. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

By Luca Cacciatore | Wednesday, 12 October 2022 04:36 PM EDT

The House Jan. 6 committee is planning to frame its Thursday hearing around former President Donald Trump's supposed continued threat to American democracy, sources told CNN.

Roughly a month out from the November midterm elections, where some are floating a massive Republican victory, the panel is reportedly organizing a slew of evidence against Trump – but will notably not feature any public witnesses.

"There remains a clear and present danger to our electoral system and to democratic institutions. So, that is something that will come through in our final hearing. This is not ancient history we're talking about. This is a continuing threat," Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., told the network.

He added: "I think the single most urgent question is OK, what is the continuing clear and present danger we face now from the forces that Donald Trump unleashed."

According to CNN's sources, the testimony to be released includes information obtained earlier from new faces. That could include the likes of former Trump-era officials Mike Pompeo, Steve Mnuchin, and Elaine Chao.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren told "The Situation Room" on Tuesday that another critical narrative will be the alleged role of right-wing extremist groups in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

But "that's not the only thing the hearing will be about," Lofgren assured. "We're going to be going through, really some of what we've already found, but augmenting with new material that we've discovered through our work throughout this summer."

Sources said the committee is likely not preparing to release an interim report on Thursday or refer any criminal charges to the Justice Department. Further, panel members are also still deliberating whether to call Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence to testify.

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Republicans Blast FBI for Alleged $1M Steele Dossier Offer Christopher Steele, former Russia analyst and intelligence officer for the British government. (Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images))

By Solange Reyner | Wednesday, 12 October 2022 03:41 PM EDT

Republicans on Wednesday said the bombshell revelation that the FBI offered Christopher Steele $1 million to corroborate Trump allegations in a dossier paid for by Hillary Clinton's campaign is further evidence of the agency's corrupt and political ways.

"You can't make this stuff up. But I think it just underscores how out of touch and how political the FBI has become," Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said in an appearance on Fox Business, later adding the episode "further validates what we all know, which is that the FBI is purely political now, going after their political opposition."

FBI senior intelligence analyst Brian Auten on Tuesday during opening statements in Igor Danchenko's trial said Steele, a former Russia analyst and intelligence officer for the British government who played a major role in the creation of the flawed dossier, was offered as much as $1 million if he could supply corroboration for the allegations in the document, but none was provided.

The trial in Alexandria, Virginia, is likely Special Counsel John Durham's final prosecution in his investigation into the FBI's probe into potential Trump-Russia collusion. Danchenko was the primary sub-source of the Steele dossier and has pleaded not guilty to five counts of lying to the FBI about who his main source of information was for his contributions to the document.

Auten interviewed Danchenko in January 2017.

"Fascinating revelations out of the first two days of the Durham trial: FBI offered Chris Steele $1 million to prove his bs "Steele dossier" (which was relied on to defraud a FISA court) and he couldn't!" tweeted George Papadopoulos, a former Trump adviser.

Donald Trump Jr., called Auten's revelation a "disgrace" and Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said Americans need accountability now.

"For two years, Adam Schiff and the Democrats peddled the Russian collusion hoax," he said. "Now we know the FBI offered Christopher Steele a million dollars to produce evidence for his dossier — evidence that didn't exist. We need accountability now."

The House Judiciary GOP account tweeted: Steele never got the money because he could not 'prove the allegations.' "

"Well, duh."

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Dick Morris to Newsmax: Gabbard Shows US 'Unrecognizable' Under Biden

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By Sandy Fitzgerald | Wednesday, 12 October 2022 03:50 PM EDT

Former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard's decision to resign from the Democratic Party is further proof that President Joe Biden has "made America unrecognizable," political strategist Dick Morris, the author of "The Return: Donald Trump's Big 2024 Comeback," said on Newsmax Wednesday.

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"It's a phrase I use in my book," the Newsmax host said on "John Bachman Now." "You wouldn't recognize it if told you this is a country where the government goes after political opponents and baits them and searches their homes.

"Children are told that we are in favor of racism, not against racism, where you look at gender-change surgery for children in the fourth grade … you would say I have no idea what country you're talking about," Morris added. "But you're talking about America, and I think Tulsi is really onto something when she says, 'Look, I haven't changed; the Democratic Party has changed underneath me.'"

Morris also talked about the heated race for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, where both Republican candidate Herschel Walker and incumbent Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock are facing scandals as Election Day nears.

Walker has been accused of paying for an ex-girlfriend's abortion, while Warnock has been accused of evicting people from their homes at a time when he was making $90,000 a year as pastor of the famous Emmanuel Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Morris said he doesn't think the claims about Walker will cost him votes in the way Warnock's will because the accusations against the pastor "could be devastating," since they hit him with his reputation for helping to care for the poor.

"Very few people are going to vote against Herschel Walker who aren't already against him over the issue of abortion," said Morris. "I mean, it's a well-known position. And the fact that he may have encouraged his common-law wife to have an abortion, I don't think there's anything wrong with that; but a lot of people do."

But in Warnock's case, "this whole deal is that he helps the poor and the middle class and he's a class warrior," said Morris. "That's his whole approach. And to find out that he was evicting people from their home as the leader of the church while he was getting a $90,000 a year salary and a very generous housing allowance hits him in the spot where he has no protection. He's not invulnerable."

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GOP Megadonor Miriam Adelson Staying Out of '24 Primary (Newsmax)

By Theodore Bunker | Wednesday, 12 October 2022 02:52 PM EDT

Miriam Adelson, a longtime major fundraiser for the Republican Party, has no plans to get involved in the 2024 GOP presidential primary, Politico reports.

Two sources told the outlet that Adelson, the widow of casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, has talked to multiple potential candidates in the past year to inform them that she has no plans to take part in the primary, no matter who runs. Politico noted Adelson spoke with former President Donald Trump, Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Arkansas GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson.

Adelson and her husband contributed over half a billion dollars to Republican campaigns and causes over the last decade, according to Politico, and she has reportedly been flooded with requests for meetings. The Adelsons supported former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign in 2012 and sat out the 2016 primary, though they did spend more than $100 million to help Trump once he became the GOP nominee, and they supported his 2020 campaign as well.

Forbes reports Adelson donated $10 million to a Republican super PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund, this year ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.

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GOP Megadonor Miriam Adelson Staying Out of '24 Primary (Newsmax)

By Theodore Bunker | Wednesday, 12 October 2022 02:52 PM EDT

Miriam Adelson, a longtime major fundraiser for the Republican Party, has no plans to get involved in the 2024 GOP presidential primary, Politico reports.

Two sources told the outlet that Adelson, the widow of casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, has talked to multiple potential candidates in the past year to inform them that she has no plans to take part in the primary, no matter who runs. Politico noted Adelson spoke with former President Donald Trump, Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Arkansas GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson.

Adelson and her husband contributed over half a billion dollars to Republican campaigns and causes over the last decade, according to Politico, and she has reportedly been flooded with requests for meetings. The Adelsons supported former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign in 2012 and sat out the 2016 primary, though they did spend more than $100 million to help Trump once he became the GOP nominee, and they supported his 2020 campaign as well.

Forbes reports Adelson donated $10 million to a Republican super PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund, this year ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.

Judge Rules Trump Must Be Deposed in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case Author E. Jean Carroll attends the 2019 Glamour Women Of The Year Summit at Alice Tully Hall on Nov. 10, 2019, in New York City. (Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Glamour)

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Wednesday, 12 October 2022 02:28 PM EDT

Former President Donald Trump must sit for a deposition in a defamation lawsuit filed against him by author E. Jean Carroll over comments he made about her while denying her claims that he raped her in a store in the mid-1990s, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

"Given his conduct so far in this case, Mr. Trump's position regarding the burdens of discovery is inexcusable," U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan wrote in his ruling that rejects a request from the former president's attorneys to delay the deposition, reports The Washington Examiner. "As this Court previously has observed, Mr. Trump has litigated this case since it began in 2019 with the effect and probably the purpose of delaying it."

Kaplan said in the ruling that Trump has tried several times to delay the collection for the ruling, and said he "should not be permitted to run the clock out" on Carroll, who made the claims of rape in a book she released in 2019.

Carroll claims that she encountered Trump at the Bergdorf Goodman store in New York City in either 1995 or 1996, and that he had pushed her against a changing room door before sexually assaulting her.

Trump has insisted that Carroll was "totally lying" and dismissed a photo of the two of them at a party years before, claiming that he had "no idea who she is."

He also told reporters that the author was not "my type," and after she sued him, he claimed she could not proceed with her claims because he was president at the time of his comments and that they were protected.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 27 voted 2-1 to seek input from an appeals court in Washington about whether Trump was protected, after determining that while his office could give him immunity as a government employee, it could not determine if the statements fell within his job description.

Carroll also plans to sue Trump under New York's New Adult Survivors Act, which lets people over the age of 18 sue people they claim sexually assaulted them.

There is no statute of limitations under the new law, and Carroll's attorney wrote in August to a New York Judge that the team plans to file its lawsuit on Nov. 24, the date when all residents can start their legal proceedings.

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Trump Blasts 'Junior' Sen. Romney for Not Endorsing Sen. Mike Lee Newsmax

By Eric Mack | Wednesday, 12 October 2022 02:16 PM EDT

While Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has resorted to publicly begging for the endorsement of Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, in order for the GOP to regain a majority, former President Donald Trump is urging Lee to move on.

Trump mocked Romney as the "junior senator from the great state of Utah" and vowed to never endorse the failed 2012 GOP presidential nominee in two years — when Trump himself might return to the top of the ticket.

"Mike Lee is an outstanding senator who has been abused, in an unprecedented way, by a fellow Republican senator from his own state, something which rarely has happened in political history," Trump wrote in a Save America PAC statement posted to Truth Social on Wednesday. "Such an event would only be understandable if Mike did not perform his duties as a United States senator, but he has, and he has performed them well."

Trump's statement, reiterating his own endorsement for Lee, comes after Lee begged for Romney's endorsement in his midterm race against another failed presidential candidate Evan McMullin, who left the Republican Party when Trump became the 2016 GOP nominee.

"Mitt Romney is the junior senator from the great state of Utah, which I won twice in a landslide, once by beating the candidate, Evan 'McMuffin' McMullin, who is currently running against Sen. Lee," Trump's statement continued. "McMuffin does not represent the values of Utah, but neither — as you will see in two years — does Mitt Romney, who refuses to endorse his fellow Republican Sen. Mike Lee.

"Mike should now accept that fact and go on to win a race against a man who should have, based on his failed career as a politician, no chance of winning. Mike Lee is outstanding and has my complete and total endorsement."

Romney and McMullin "never will," Trump concluded.

"Mitt Romney and Evan McMullin can count on the fact that they never will have my endorsement," Trump wrote.

Romney's Senate reelection campaign in 2024 would come the same year Trump himself would be back on the ballot to run for president.

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Former Dem Gabbard Barnstorming for GOP Senate Nominee Bolduc (Newsmax)

By Eric Mack | Wednesday, 12 October 2022 12:17 PM EDT

New Hampshire GOP Senate nominee Don Bolduc announced Wednesday the newly independent Tulsi Gabbard is going to go on a barnstorming campaign tour to stump for the conservative Senate candidate.

"@TulsiGabbard is a fellow change agent and independent-minded outsider willing to speak truth to power," retired Army Brig. Gen. Bolduc tweeted Wednesday morning, linking to an official press release. "I'm honored to have her support and looking forward to barnstorming NH with her! #NHSEN."

The announcement comes just one day after Gabbard made her departure from the Democratic Party official. Gabbard, who is a frequent guest on Newsmax, had run in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary as a moderate.

"We don't agree on every issue, but I am honored to have the support of Tulsi Gabbard who shares my view that the status quo is broken, and we need a change of direction," Bolduc, who is running to flip the seat of Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., wrote in a statement.

"Tulsi is a fellow change agent and independent-minded outsider willing to speak truth to power. I am going to spend every day between now and election day building a wide coalition of supporters that includes Republicans, independents, and even disaffected Democrats who know that Sen. Hassan is a career politician and must be retired."

Bolduc has not received an endorsement from former President Donald Trump, but Trump has called Bolduc a "strong" and "tough" guy.

Gabbard, who served eight years as a Democrat House member, is in the U.S. Army reserves and a former major of the Hawaii National Guard.

Polling has Hassan leading in the final weeks before the Nov. 8 vote, but The Trafalgar Group's most recent poll has Bolduc down 3 points, just outside the margin of error (2.9 points), and Gabbard had been a heavy buyer during the 2020 Democrat presidential primary. Gabbard billboards peppered the New Hampshire highways more than any other candidate.

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SPAC Delays Vote Over Donald Trump's Truth Social Again A photo illustration of the social media platform Truth Social logo seen displayed on a smartphone with a photo of former President Donald Trump displayed in the background. (Rafael Henrique/Sipa via AP)

By Nicole Wells | Wednesday, 12 October 2022 11:59 AM EDT

The merger between Digital World Acquisition and former President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform has been put on hold, as the company on Monday delayed its shareholder vote until Nov. 3, according to the New York Post.

Shareholders in the publicly-traded company are being asked to consider a 12-month extension that would allow more time for federal regulators to review the merger with Trump Media & Technology Group.

According to the Miami Herald, the extension is considered essential to Trump's goal of creating a conservative Florida-based Twitter alternative.

The Post reports that at least 65% of Digital World's shareholders needed to agree to the extension and the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) pushed back the vote in an effort to try to gain more support.

Having already moved the deadline several times over the past month, Digital World fell short of the needed votes on Monday.

"We are working diligently to record all the votes that are continuing to come in from our stockholders and are adjourning this meeting to provide additional time for stockholders to cast their votes," Patrick Orlando, CEO and chairman of Digital World said during a webcast and audio conference of the company's shareholder meeting.

Trump's media and technology firm stands to receive a private investment of more than $1 billion in public equity financing from Digital World, which signed a deal with the fledgling social media company to go public in October, 2021, according to the Post.

Last month, Digital World said it had received termination notices from investors who withdrew approximately $140 million of the total financing.

Citing filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and published reports, the Herald reports that federal regulators and prosecutors in New York have escalated their investigations into Digital World and its deal with Trump Media. The ongoing twin investigations are examining potential securities and trading violations and no one has been accused of wrongdoing, according to the Herald.

According to the Post, Digital World is scheduled to liquidate on Dec. 8, after postponing its demise by three months in September.

Reuters reported last month that Digital World executives had failed to pay Saratoga Proxy Consulting for the company's work in readying shareholders for the vote.

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RNC's Alvarez to Newsmax: Midterms' Momentum With Republicans Republican logo (Dreamstime)

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Wednesday, 12 October 2022 11:18 AM EDT

The momentum is on the side of Republicans, not Democrats, with the midterm elections being less than a month away, Republican National Committee Communications Director Danielle Alvarez insisted on Newsmax Wednesday.

"With the state of the race as it is today, I'd rather be the Republicans than the Democrats," Alvarez said on Newsmax's "Wake Up America." "We have fantastic candidates. The RNC is invested in all of our battleground states and we are going to run through the finish line and make sure that we elect Republicans up and down the ballot. My bet is on Republicans taking back the House and Senate majorities."

Meanwhile, she said she agrees with pollster Jim McLaughlin, who has said that people who voted for Donald Trump in 2020 aren't taking part in polls, telling Newsmax that the committee is "also seeing that a little bit internationally."

"I think that voters are just saturated with polling calls, and so maybe they're not responding," Alvarez said, adding that when it comes to public polling, one must also look at cross tabs to determine if pollsters are speaking with likely voters and to determine the breakdown of the polls.

But even though Alvarez believes the Republicans will take back control of Congress in November, "we can't take anything for granted," and encouraged voters to volunteer their efforts, "because it is going to be close."

Alvarez also discussed the races for the U.S. Senate in Georgia and Pennsylvania, considered two of the key races for the party to regain control of the chamber.

In Georgia, Alvarez said the party remains committed to GOP nominee Herschel Walker, who has come under fire for allegations that he paid for an ex-girlfriend's abortion, claims he's denied.

"What we have is a failed senator," Alvarez said about Sen. Raphael Warnock, the Democrat being challenged by Walker. "He has taken some really bad votes. He votes in lockstep with [President] Joe Biden and so again, we have to focus and work hard. I hope everyone listening can go to Herschel Walker's website and donate if they have the opportunity because again all of those polls are within the margin of error. We have to flip Georgia to regain control of the Senate."

In Pennsylvania's race, GOP nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz and Democrat John Fetterman are neck-in-neck, but Alvarez said she feels "incredibly bullish" about the state.

"I think Dr. Oz is a fantastic candidate," she said. "Our Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was out in Pennsylvania and we'll be there again campaigning with him. He works hard. He is crisscrossing the state."

Oz is a "huge contrast to Fetterman," Alvarez added, as Fetterman, the state's lieutenant general, is "soft on crime."

"He's just not the right fit for Pennsylvania," she said. "Dr. Oz has the momentum and he's just on a rocket ship, so we've got to keep that momentum on our side."

Women's votes will also play a large role in the November election, said Alvarez.

"I've heard our chairwoman say 'they have awoken the sleeping giant," she said, noting that during the pandemic, children were locked out of classrooms, and mothers were shocked by seeing first the woke ideology being pushed by school boards and teachers' unions. When they showed up to those school board meetings to voice their concerns, the Biden administration tagged them as domestic terrorists. We now know that third-grade reading and math scores have dropped. We now know, unfortunately, that over a million students never logged back in. So I think that this is the underlying issue of this election."

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Dead Heat, Again, in Wisconsin Senate Race

Ron Johnson, left, and Mandela Barnes prepare for a recent debate. (AP)

By John Gizzi Wednesday, 12 October 2022 09:00 AM EDT Current | Bio | Archive

Five weeks before Wisconsin voters the U.S. Senate race and days after the first of two televised debates between the candidates, all signs point to a cliffhanger that will almost certainly be decided by a small margin.

A new CBS News/YouGov poll of likely voters showed Republican Sen. Ron Johnson with 50% and Democratic Lieutenant Gov. Mandela Barnes at 49%.

Conservative Republican Johnson, a successful businessman before before winning his first Senate term in 2010, has broken his pledge of two-terms-and-I’m-out promise of that year to run again. This apparently has not hurt him among fellow Republicans and Barnes has not made a major issue of it. He hit the incumbent hard on his joining Donald Trump in claims the 2020 election was stolen and defense of the protesters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Johnson has yet to back down on casting doubts about the 2020 election. However, at a fund-raising event last week at the Milwaukee home of Groupware Technologies CEO Andy Nunemaker, the senator was asked whether or not Trump should come to the state for an event.

"Johnson said Trump did a great job as President but was sometimes his own worst enemy as well as his own best advocate," a guest at the event told Newsmax. "Johnson doesn't think he needs Trump to help him win, thinks Trump might cost him votes, and doesn't want a visit from what I can tell."

Barnes, 37, is an unabashed left-of-center Democrat (he proudly supported Bernie Sanders for president in 2016 and 2020) with a strong following on college campuses throughout Wisconsin. During their recent televised encounter, Johnson hit Barnes hard for his support of the Green New Deal and Medicare-for-All and for Barnes' condemnation of police in the Kenosha, Wisconsin, shooting of Jacob Blake and the failure of the local district attorney to prosecution them.

Barnes, as he did in the debate, underscoring his support for ending the Senate filibuster to enact pro-choice legislation. This is expected to enhance the Democratic turnout in Madison, Milwaukee, and other reliable Democratic bastions.

As it was in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, the outcome in the Wisconsin Senate race this year is not likely to be finalized until the day after the election.

John Gizzi is chief political columnist and White House correspondent for Newsmax. For more of his reports, Go Here Now.

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Dead Heat, Again, in Wisconsin Senate Race Ron Johnson, left, and Mandela Barnes prepare for a recent debate. (AP)

By John Gizzi Wednesday, 12 October 2022 10:01 AM EDT Current | Bio | Archive

Five weeks before Wisconsin votes in the U.S. Senate race and days after the first of two televised debates between the candidates, all signs point to a cliffhanger that will almost certainly be decided by a small margin.

A new CBS News/YouGov poll of likely voters showed Republican Sen. Ron Johnson with 50% and Democrat Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes at 49%.

Conservative Republican Johnson, a successful businessman before winning his first Senate term in 2010, has broken his pledge of two-terms-and-I'm-out promise of that year to run again. This apparently has not hurt him among fellow Republicans, and Barnes has not made a major issue of it. He hit the incumbent hard on his joining Donald Trump in claims the 2020 election was stolen and defense of the protesters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Johnson has yet to back down on casting doubts about the 2020 election. However, at a fund-raising event last week at the Milwaukee home of Groupware Technologies CEO Andy Nunemaker, the senator was asked whether or not Trump should come to the state for an event.

"Johnson said Trump did a great job as President but was sometimes his own worst enemy as well as his own best advocate," a guest at the event told Newsmax. "Johnson doesn't think he needs Trump to help him win, thinks Trump might cost him votes, and doesn't want a visit from what I can tell."

Barnes, 37, is an unabashed left-of-center Democrat (he proudly supported Bernie Sanders for president in 2016 and 2020) with a strong following on college campuses throughout Wisconsin. During their recent televised encounter, Johnson hit Barnes hard for his support of the Green New Deal, Medicare-for-All, and for Barnes' condemnation of police in the Kenosha, Wisconsin, shooting of Jacob Blake, and the failure of the local district attorney to prosecution them.

Barnes, as he did in the debate, underscored his support for ending the Senate filibuster to enact pro-choice legislation. This is expected to enhance the Democrat turnout in Madison, Milwaukee, and other reliable Democrat bastions.

As it was in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, the outcome in the Wisconsin Senate race this year is not likely to be finalized until the day after the election.

John Gizzi is chief political columnist and White House correspondent for Newsmax. For more of his reports, Go Here Now.

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Trafalgar Poll: Walker-Warnock Virtually Tied; Kemp Leads Abrams (Newsmax)

By Eric Mack | Tuesday, 11 October 2022 09:57 PM EDT

Despite some talk in the mainstream media about Democrat momentum, Republicans are holding up well in the key battleground state of Georgia, according to Tuesday's poll result from The Trafalgar Group.

Herschel Walker is in a statistical tie with incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock, while incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp enjoys a 8.9-point lead in the rematch with Democrat firebrand Stacey Abrams, who claimed her past loss to Kemp was rigged and stolen in 2018.

Walker, endorsed emphatically by former President Donald Trump, trails Warnock by just 1.5 points (46.3% to 44.8%), which is well within the margin of error of 2.9 percentage points. That means the two are in a virtual tie with just weeks remaining in the campaign, which has featured both candidates attacking the other on family matters.

There remains 5.3% of likely voters undecided in a race that could determine which party holds the Senate majority come January. Also, the race in November could wind up in a runoff on Jan. 5, 2020, if neither candidate reaches 50% support on Election Day.

Kemp's rematch against Abrams is far more decisive right now among the likely voters in the poll. Kemp leads 52.5% to 43.6%, despite Kemp not having the endorsement of Trump. Just 2.2% of likely voters are undecided in that race.

While Trafalgar is considered a pollster friendly to Republicans, it has been one of the most accurate polls in the most recent election cycles. Also, this particular poll surveyed more Democrats 43.9% than Republicans 42.2%. The Pew Research Center has the party split with both Republicans and Democrats making up 41% of the electorate, making turning key to winning in these midterms.

Also, notably, a more left-leaning pollster Emerson College Polling released similar results in both races Tuesday.

The Trafalgar Group polled 1,084 likely midterm voters Oct. 8-11, and the results have a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

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Megyn Kelly to Newsmax: Liberal Media Serves 'Corporate Masters,' Not Us (Newsmax/"Eric Bolling The Balance")

By Eric Mack | Tuesday, 11 October 2022 09:10 PM EDT

Late-night television hosts' liberal activism is costing them viewers, but they do not care because they are there to just please their "corporate masters" – more than half the country be damned – former TV host Megyn Kelly tells Newsmax.

Kelly told Tuesday's "Eric Bolling The Balance" the hosts have "abandoned the right half of the country – and I include the center."

"You know the center is more right leaning just by virtue of how far left the left has gone right now," Kelly told host Eric Bolling. "So they've abandoned more than half the country. Their desire to inflame our tempers was greater than their desire to tickle our funny bones."

Kelly, once critical of former President Donald Trump herself when she was at Fox News during the 2016 presidential election cycle, now admits the media used an agenda against Trump.

"You know, they wanted the smattering of applause as tempers rose over the items that they were outlining and using to bash Trump more than they wanted to bring the country together and during a difficult time and give us a laugh," Kelly said.

"And now, just like with CNN, the country has abandoned them. The right half of the country would never watch these people."

Kelly said the mainstream late-night hosts "hate" the average American and will continue to do so, regardless of whether the country tunes them out.

"Nobody's watching," Kelly said, adding they are getting "more leftist, more ardent, more angry, more vehement, more hateful."

And more ignored, she said.

She also bashed more television talk shows for being scripted and "rehearsed," like Biden's quip against sending people that refuse to follow his agenda to Monopoly "jail."

"I've been on all these shows from 'The View' to every show you just showed, and they usually give you the questions in advance," Kelly said. "Joe Biden, that thing, 'They should go to jail,' guarantee you that was a total setup. He knew that was coming. That was his great line that was given to him either by the producers or his own team. It was all rehearsed."

Kelly said "The View" is also scripted.

"With me, I remember going on 'The View,' being like: 'What are you giving me the questions for? I'm a journalist. I can answer my own questions. You don't have to give me the questions in advance. Is this some weird test I need to ace with an A? Just throw them at me. We're good.'

"With all that stuff on those kinds of shows is rehearsed."

Primetime news talk shows on major networks are equally choreographed by puppet strings of liberal "corporate masters," according to Kelly.

"Same thing with the journalists," she said. "The journalists, too, who are at these organizations only get the pats on the head if they say the things that they know – for example, in the Jeff Zucker era of CNN – Jeff Zucker would like.

"That's why so many people are now getting fired because all those people submitted to his will. And now that there's new management they've made themselves unhirable, right?

"So there's a parallel course there, and that's one of the joys of being independent media these days is I don't care about access journalism. I couldn't give two figs whether any of these people ever comes on my show. Whether it's Biden or [Florida GOP Gov. Ron] DeSantis. I can say about them whatever I want, because I don't have to please any corporate masters."

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Sen. Graham Requests Appeals Court Reject Georgia Subpoena (Newsmax)

By Luca Cacciatore | Tuesday, 11 October 2022 07:35 PM EDT

Sen. Lindsey Graham asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to revoke a subpoena from Fulton County, Georgia's investigation into former President Donald Trump's alleged 2020 election interference, The Hill reported.

The South Carolina Republican's move follows a partial rejection of the subpoena last month by federal District Judge Leigh Martin May in the Northern District of Georgia, who barred questioning related to Graham's own vote to certify the election.

However, Graham's attorneys believe that ruling was insufficient, arguing in their latest appeal that May failed to consider several constitutional arguments that could each independently merit a complete blocking.

The first involved the motivation of the subpoena, which Graham's attorneys claim is a backdoor way "to question Senator Graham about the motives for his legislative activity" and thus outside the special grand jury's scope.

Another argument involved the sovereign immunity rule, which prevents a state court from probing a federal official about their legislative actions taken in office.

But the third argument went even further – floating a precedent that protects high-ranking officials from testimony except in "extraordinary circumstances."

The request comes amid a local probe stemming from Trump's leaked call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, where the former president appears to ask the state official to "find" the necessary 11,000 votes needed to win the state.

District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat who runs the special grand jury, has already requested subpoenas from former House Speaker New Gingrich, R-Ga., former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, and former Trump White House attorney Eric Herschmann.

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