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Craig Shirley to Newsmax: 'One of the Few Bipartisan Ceremonies' (Newsmax/"American Agenda")

By Theodore Bunker | Wednesday, 07 September 2022 04:23 PM EDT

Presidential historian Craig Shirley told Newsmax on Wednesday that the presidential portrait unveiling, which took place at the White House on Wednesday, is "one of the few bipartisan ceremonies" left in Washington, D.C.

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama visited the White House on Wednesday for the unveiling of their official portraits after a delay, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic and partly, according to press reports, because former President Donald Trump refused to invite the Obamas back to the White House and broke with the tradition of unveiling his predecessor's portrait.

Shirley said on "American Agenda" that the portrait unveiling is "one of the few bipartisan ceremonies or events that actually happens anymore in Washington, very few of these events actually take place."

He also noted that "this is a fairly recent phenomenon … of the current president introducing the portrait of the former president; it only goes back … the last 20 or 30 years. I can assure you, [Dwight] Eisenhower, who despised Harry Truman, did not invite Truman for the unveiling of the Truman portrait."

Shirley said that each of the presidential portraits has "a little bit of history assigned to them, and that … makes it fun."

He also said that the Obamas saw their portraits before their unveiling, saying, "They wouldn't allow them to be seen unless they had already seen them and approved of them."

Shirley said that Obama's portrait has a "bright white background," which has "never been done before," but noted that "all presidential portraits are unique in their own way."

He noted that many presidential portraits have had delayed unveilings and said, "There's no plan; it doesn't follow a distinct pattern" and is "the prerogative of the occupant of the Oval Office and of the man who he succeeded and when he gets around to getting his portrait taken."

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'Astonishingly False': Hillary Claim of 'Zero' Classified Emails Fact-Checked Hillary Clinton (Getty Images)

Wednesday, 07 September 2022 03:44 PM EDT

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton drew mockery and ridicule after claiming she had "zero" classified information on a private email server, even as she attempted to criticize former President Donald Trump over his clash with the Justice Department regarding material seized from his home.

Judicial Watch's Tom Fitton and other conservatives called her assertions "astonishingly false," a "verifiable lie," and gaslighting with more 2016 "stolen-election" allegations.

The barrage of posts on Twitter came after Clinton took to the social media website to suggest she had no classified material on the non-government computer server that was the subject of an FBI investigation in 2016.

"I can't believe we're still talking about this, but my emails," Clinton tweeted Tuesday. "As Trump's problems continue to mount, the right is trying to make this about me again. There's even a 'Clinton Standard.' The fact is that I had zero emails that were classified."

Clinton added claims of exoneration by fired FBI Director James Comey and even State Department members held over in the Trump administration.

"Comey admitted he was wrong after he claimed I had classified emails," Clinton added via Twitter. "Trump's own State Department, under two different secretaries, found I had no classified emails.

"That's right: ZERO," she repeated.

The Washington Times' Tim Young shot back, "Don't wait up for this complete lie to be fact checked."

Fitton, however, obliged.

"Fact check: Astonishingly false," he tweeted.

The Justice Department inspector general report in June 2018, reviewing the FBI's 2016 presidential election actions, provided clarity for the Clinton claim, saying the emails were not marked classified, but contained classified material and should have been marked as such. Also, there were classified emails missing and not turned over by Clinton's lawyers.

The DOJ IG report explained:

"'81 email chains containing approximately 193 individual emails that were classified from the CONFIDENTIAL to TOP SECRET levels at the time the emails were drafted on UNCLASSIFIED systems and sent to or from Clinton's personal server.' In other words, the USIC agencies determined that these 81 email chains, although not marked classified, contained information classified at the time the emails were sent and should have been so marked. Twelve of the 81 classified email chains were not among the 30,490 that Clinton's lawyers had produced to the State Department, and these were all classified at the Secret or Confidential levels."

Clinton complained she was tired of the investigation into her handling of classified materials but still insisted the Justice Department continue its investigation of Trump's handling of information, which he maintains he declassified when he was president.

"By contrast, Trump has hundreds of documents clearly marked classified, and the investigation just started," Clinton tweeted, concluding, "I'm more tired of talking about this than anyone, but here we are."

The Spectator's Stephen Miller suggested the latest pursuit of Trump seems to go back to the start of the left's painting of him as the political enemy.

"We're never escaping 2016. Ever. As long as you know this and are prepared," Miller tweeted.

Clinton's reference to the "Clinton Standard" is a direct reference to the analysis of Newsmax contributor and former Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, who has said he voted for Clinton in 2016 and is a liberal Democrat friendly with the Clintons.

Regardless, Dershowitz said any investigation and/or indictment of Trump should have to meet the former President Richard Nixon or Hillary Clinton standards.

"No. 1, it has to beat the Nixon standard: So egregious, so serious, that even Republicans would agree," Dershowitz told "American Agenda." "No. 2, it has to meet the Hillary Clinton standard. Why is this different than Hillary Clinton? What's the justification for doing to Trump what was not done to Hillary Clinton?

"I don't think those two standards were met in the unredacted portions of the affidavit," Dershowitz continued, referring to the document that justified the warrant obtained by the Justice Department authorizing the FBI’s Aug. 8 raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.

"Maybe they were met by the redacted portions, but I haven't seen it," Dershowitz said.

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NARA Letter May Refute WH Claims of Not Knowing About Trump Raid Mar-a-Lago (AP)

By Jay Clemons | Wednesday, 07 September 2022 02:34 PM EDT

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) reportedly refuted a White House claim that President Joe Biden had no advance knowledge of the FBI's Aug. 8 raid of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon granted the Trump team's request for a special master in the legal dispute between Trump and the Justice Department.

During the course of that ruling, Judge Cannon also identified a springtime letter from the National Archives to Trump's legal team, with the conclusion reading: "NARA will provide the FBI access to the records in question, as requested by the incumbent President, beginning as early as Thursday, May 12, 2022."

The "incumbent" president being Biden.

The significance here: In the weeks after the FBI visit to Trump's Florida home, White House officials have denied any prior knowledge of the raid on a former U.S. president — and someone who's also the current favorite to secure the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.

"No. The president was not briefed … was not aware of it. No. No one at the White House was given a heads up," White House press secretary Jean-Pierre said on Aug. 9, a day after the FBI raid. "We learned about this just like the public, just as you all were reporting it, through the public reports."

NARA's acting archivist Debra Wall might have also played a role in the Biden administration knowing about the Mar-a-Lago raid well in advance.

According to reports, Wall alerted the White House sometime that an initial review of the records sent to NARA from Mar-a-Lago included "identified items marked as classified national security information."

In her follow-up letter, Wall wrote: "NARA informed the Department of Justice about that discovery, which prompted the Department to ask the President to request that NARA provide the FBI with access to the boxes at issue so that the FBI and others in the Intelligence Community could examine them. On April 11, 2022, the White House Counsel's Office — affirming a request from the Department of Justice supported by an FBI letterhead memorandum — formally transmitted a request that NARA provide the FBI access to the 15 boxes for its review within seven days."

A day later, according to reports, a DOJ-obtained grand jury subpoena allowed for investigators to visit Mar-a-Lago in June — with the raid taking place in August.

Last month, after word broke of the FBI raid on Trump's Florida estate, Attorney General Merrick Garland revealed he "personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter."

Biden has yet to formally answer a question about when he personally learned of the FBI raid involving Trump, although Biden recently mocked his White House predecessor by saying, "I just want you to know I've declassified everything in the world. I'm president, I can do — come on."

While appearing on Newsmax last week, Trump attorney Alina Habba told "Spicer & Co." the ongoing circus involving Trump's stored documents has become absurd.

Habba said the Presidential Records Act gives Trump — and every other U.S. president, past and present — the authority to declassify documents while holding office.

And by all accounts, Habba said Trump's team of Florida attorneys had been fully cooperating with NARA officials.

"So, it was a bit of surprise, you can imagine, when the [FBI] raid happened," says Habba.

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Archives Letter Seems to Contradict WH Claims Biden Didn't Know of Trump Raid Mar-a-Lago (AP)

By Jay Clemons | Wednesday, 07 September 2022 03:40 PM EDT

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) reportedly contradicted a White House claim that President Joe Biden had no advance knowledge of the FBI's Aug. 8 raid at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon granted the Trump team's request for a special master in the legal dispute between Trump and the Justice Department.

Judge Cannon also identified a springtime letter from the National Archives to Trump's legal team, with the conclusion reading, "NARA will provide the FBI access to the records in question, as requested by the incumbent President, beginning as early as Thursday, May 12, 2022."

In the weeks after the FBI visit to Trump's Florida home, White House officials have denied any prior knowledge of the raid on a former U.S. president.

The issue of foreknowledge comes into play because Trump and his allies have alleged that political animosity led to the raid. Trump is widely seen as a frontrunner in the early jockeying for position in the 2024 presidential campaign, and has said political enemies are trying to derail his plans to again seek the high office by generating scandal.

"No. The president was not briefed … was not aware of it. No. No one at the White House was given a heads up," White House press secretary Jean-Pierre said on Aug. 9, a day after the FBI raid. "We learned about this just like the public, just as you all were reporting it, through the public reports."

NARA's acting archivist Debra Steidel Wall might have also played a role in the Biden administration perhaps knowing about the Mar-a-Lago raid well in advance.

According to reports, Steidel Wall alerted the White House that an initial review of the records sent to NARA from Mar-a-Lago included "identified items marked as classified national security information."

In her follow-up letter, Steidel Wall wrote: "NARA informed the Department of Justice about that discovery, which prompted the Department to ask the President to request that NARA provide the FBI with access to the boxes at issue so that the FBI and others in the Intelligence Community could examine them. On April 11, 2022, the White House Counsel's Office — affirming a request from the Department of Justice supported by an FBI letterhead memorandum — formally transmitted a request that NARA provide the FBI access to the 15 boxes for its review within seven days."

A day later, according to reports, a DOJ-obtained grand jury subpoena allowed for investigators to visit Mar-a-Lago in June — with the raid taking place in August.

Last month, after word broke of the FBI raid on Trump's Florida estate, Attorney General Merrick Garland said he "personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter."

While appearing on Newsmax last week, Trump attorney Alina Habba told "Spicer & Co." the ongoing circus involving Trump's stored documents has become absurd.

Habba said the Presidential Records Act gives Trump — and every other U.S. president, past and present — the authority to declassify documents while holding office.

And by all accounts, Habba said Trump's team of Florida attorneys had been fully cooperating with NARA officials.

"So, it was a bit of surprise, you can imagine, when the [FBI] raid happened," says Habba.

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Rep. Comer to Newsmax: White House 'Hypocrisy' Shown By Press Secretary

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky. (Getty Images)

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Wednesday, 07 September 2022 02:10 PM EDT

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, by answering a question about if she believes the 2016 election was stolen as being "ridiculous," showed a "perfect example of the hypocrisy of the Biden administration," Rep. James Comer said on Newsmax on Wednesday.

"They are so arrogant," the Kentucky Republican told Newsmax's "National Report." "They believe whatever they say is the rule. That is the law. That is the way it's supposed to be and if you disagree with them, then you're wrong. If you look like me and you disagree, then you're a white supremacist; you're a radical. You're 'ultra-MAGA,' and I think the American people are starting to see through this."

During Tuesday's press briefing, Fox News' Peter Doocy asked Jean-Pierre if she thinks the 2016 election was stolen, referring to tweets she posted around the time when former President Donald Trump won his election, reports The Hill.

Her tweets also suggested that the 2018 Georgia governor's race wasn't held fairly.

"Let's be clear that that comparison that you made is just ridiculous," she told Doocy. "I was talking specifically at that time of what was happening with voting rights and what was [endangering] voting rights.”

Comer noted that there were Democrats who voted to object to Trump's win, but said "all they talk about are the 140 or so Republicans that voted to object in the last presidential election. … I see their hypocrisy every day, and it's only getting worse."

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden, in his "very offensive speech" at Independence Hall last week, shows he's a divider, not an uniter, despite his presidential campaign promises, Comer said.

"It shocked me watching him speak from the very red podium and the message that he gave to at least half of America," said Comer. "This guy has a 40% approval rating, yet he's lecturing the 60% that disapprove of his job performance and the 50% that voted against him, and he's saying that you know you're a threat to American democracy. Give me a break. You know this Biden administration, the level of arrogance and hypocrisy grows on a daily basis."

Comer also spoke out about the way suspicious activity reports concerning Biden's son, Hunter Biden, continue to be suppressed, even though until Biden took office, any member of Congress could get them from the Treasury Department.

"Two things Joe Biden did on the first day he took office, number one, he stopped members of Congress from having access to this suspicious activity report," said Comer. "Number two, he hired Nicholas McQuaid to be the head of the FBI criminal division. We've learned he is a law partner of Chris Clark, who is Hunter Biden's attorney."

But still, Comer said as the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, he continues to be blocked from the bank records, but that could change in November if Republicans take back the House.

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Rep. Tom Tiffany to Newsmax: Dems Trying Trump by Leak (Newsmax/"National Report")

By Brian Freeman | Wednesday, 07 September 2022 02:06 PM EDT

Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., slammed leaking contents of the items seized during the FBI raid of President Donald Trump's private Mar a Lago residence.

"It seems to be adjudication by leak," Tiffany told Wednesday's "National Report" on Newsmax, adding, "they are trying President Trump by leak at this point."

"Lets be real clear what is going on: Democrats want Trump very much to be the face of this election to serve as a smoke screen, instead of talking about a number of problematic issues – such as inflation, energy, border security, crime and all the other problems that Americans care about."

Tiffany also commented on the remarks made Tuesday by Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House's COVID-19 coordinator. He promoted ongoing regular shots against the coronavirus, saying, "I really believe this is why God gave us two arms, one for the flu shot and the other one for the COVID shot."

Tiffany criticized this paternal mindset, stressing the federal government should not "push to dictate to people how their health should be treated."

Instead, Tiffany insisted, "the first thing that the federal government health agencies should do is put all the information out there that has been garnered over the past two years, including different ways in which to be able to be treated for COVID."

He added, whether the issue is the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago or coronavirus policy, "the federal government should be giving the America people all the information that is available; let them make the decision rather than stifling the information."

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Rep. Tom Tiffany to Newsmax: Dems Trying Trump by Leak (Newsmax/"National Report")

By Brian Freeman | Wednesday, 07 September 2022 02:06 PM EDT

Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., slammed leaking contents of the items seized during the FBI raid of President Donald Trump's private Mar a Lago residence.

"It seems to be adjudication by leak," Tiffany told Wednesday's "National Report" on Newsmax, adding, "they are trying President Trump by leak at this point."

"Lets be real clear what is going on: Democrats want Trump very much to be the face of this election to serve as a smoke screen, instead of talking about a number of problematic issues – such as inflation, energy, border security, crime and all the other problems that Americans care about."

Tiffany also commented on the remarks made Tuesday by Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House's COVID-19 coordinator. He promoted ongoing regular shots against the coronavirus, saying, "I really believe this is why God gave us two arms, one for the flu shot and the other one for the COVID shot."

Tiffany criticized this paternal mindset, stressing the federal government should not "push to dictate to people how their health should be treated."

Instead, Tiffany insisted, "the first thing that the federal government health agencies should do is put all the information out there that has been garnered over the past two years, including different ways in which to be able to be treated for COVID."

He added, whether the issue is the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago or coronavirus policy, "the federal government should be giving the America people all the information that is available; let them make the decision rather than stifling the information."

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Former Trump Amb. Kelly Craft Running for Kentucky Governor Former U.N. Amb Kelly Craft (Patrick Semansky/Getty Images)

By Charlie McCarthy | Wednesday, 07 September 2022 12:25 PM EDT

Kelly Craft, U.N. ambassador under then-President Donald Trump, announced she is running for Kentucky governor in 2023.

Craft joins a crowded Republican field to challenge Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear, who has strong approval ratings, despite Trump having won the state easily in 2016 and 2020.

"I'm Kelly Craft and I am running for governor of Kentucky because I know our best days are ahead of us," Craft tweeted Wednesday morning.

"Watch my story and join our conservative movement here: KellyCraft.com."

Craft, a native of Lexington, Kentucky, first served as U.S. ambassador to Canada under Trump – playing a role in facilitating the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement – before being named U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

She has spent years cultivating connections within the GOP as she and her husband, coal magnate Joe Craft, donated millions of dollars to Republican candidates.

Craft now will focus on her own campaign.

"I am not looking for a job. I'm looking to get one done," her website reads. "There are tough decisions being made every day around kitchen tables in Kentucky. We're in rough times and people need help.

"I will seek to repair the connection between the people and their leadership, to give back to Kentucky a core of honesty and compassion."

Trump in June endorsed Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron's bid for governor in the Bluegrass State.

Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles in late April announced he will enter the 2023 governor's race.

State Auditor Mike Harmon announced last year he will seek the GOP nomination. State Rep. Savannah Maddox also said she is running.

Beshear has won bipartisan praise for his administration's responses to epic natural disasters — tornadoes that tore through western Kentucky last December and historic flooding that inundated parts of eastern Kentucky in late July.

The primary election for Kentucky's governor will be in May 2023.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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Trump Attorney Habba to Newsmax: DOJ Leaks On FBI Raid 'Disturbing' Alina Habba (Newsmax TV)

By Brian Freeman | Wednesday, 07 September 2022 11:57 AM EDT

Appearing on Newsmax, Alina Habba, one of former President Donald Trump's attorneys, harshly criticized leaks by the Department of Justice regarding the contents of the items seized during the FBI raid last month at the former president's Mar-a-Lago estate.

"This is incredibly disturbing to me in terns of leaks coming from the Justice Department," Habba said Wednesday on "Wake Up America."

She added that this is another example of the politicization of the DOJ and the FBI.

The latest leak, which was told to The Washington Post by unnamed sources, claimed that information on another nation's nuclear capabilities was included in the material seized.

Habba said that "when you have to defend yourself [as the DOJ is currently doing], stories come out. … And I think that's exactly what they are, just stories."

Habba said the left-wing media's story telling on what was found in the raid is "inconsistent, outrageous and all over the map."

Federal Judge Aileen Cannon's 24-page ruling approving Trump's call for a special master to review documents seized in the raid also revealed that President Joe Biden knew the raid was going to happen as early as May and had to approve it, which contradicts Biden's claims that he had nothing to do with the FBI's actions.

Habba called this more of the "deceiving" and "divisiveness" going on in the U.S.

She said she's sure that the DOJ will appeal Cannon's ruling, but emphasized that "what people need to remember is that this ruling is an injunction, so at this moment everything has stopped in terms of any investigation they might be having, which is a very big win for the Trump team."

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Trump Attorney Habba to Newsmax: DOJ Leaks On FBI Raid 'Disturbing' Alina Habba (Newsmax TV)

By Brian Freeman | Wednesday, 07 September 2022 02:07 PM EDT

Appearing on Newsmax, Alina Habba, one of former President Donald Trump's attorneys, harshly criticized leaks by the Department of Justice regarding the contents of the items seized during the FBI raid last month at the former president's Mar-a-Lago estate.

"This is incredibly disturbing to me in terns of leaks coming from the Justice Department," Habba said Wednesday on "Wake Up America."

She added that this is another example of the politicization of the DOJ and the FBI.

The latest leak, which was told to The Washington Post by unnamed sources, claimed that information on another nation's nuclear capabilities was included in the material seized.

Habba said that "when you have to defend yourself [as the DOJ is currently doing], stories come out. … And I think that's exactly what they are, just stories."

Habba said the left-wing media's story telling on what was found in the raid is "inconsistent, outrageous, and all over the map."

Federal Judge Aileen Cannon's 24-page ruling approving Trump's call for a special master to review documents seized in the raid also revealed that President Joe Biden knew the raid was going to happen as early as May and had to approve it, which contradicts Biden's claims that he had nothing to do with the FBI's actions.

Habba called this more of the "deceiving" and "divisiveness" going on in the U.S.

She said she's sure that the DOJ will appeal Cannon's ruling, but emphasized that "what people need to remember is that this ruling is an injunction, so at this moment everything has stopped in terms of any investigation they might be having, which is a very big win for the Trump team."

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Trump Slams FBI for 'Stealing' Medical Records: 'Days of the Soviet Union' Former President Donald Trump (Getty Images)

By Solange Reyner | Wednesday, 07 September 2022 11:57 AM EDT

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday slammed the FBI for "stealing" his "complete and highly confidential" medical file and history when it raided his Mar-a-Lago estate in August, comparing the agency to the Soviet Union.

"Not only did the FBI steal my Passports in the FBI Raid and Break-In of my home, Mar-a-Lago, but it has just been learned through court filings that they also improperly took my complete and highly confidential medical file and history, with all the bells and whistles (at least they'll see that I'm very healthy, an absolutely perfect physical specimen!), plus personal Tax Records (Illegal to take), and lawyer/client/privileged information, a definite NO, NO. Days of the Soviet Union!" Trump said in a Truth Social post.

A federal judge on Monday revealed that Trump's medical records and documents related to his accounting information and taxes were seized during the FBI raid.

U.S. District Judge from the Southern District of Florida Aileen M. Cannon also granted Trump's request to appoint an independent arbiter known as a special master to review the materials seized from his complex.

"According to the Privilege Review Team's Report, the seized materials include medical documents, correspondence related to taxes, and accounting information," Cannon wrote.

Her order halted the Justice Department's "taint" or "filter" team's review of seized records.

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Trump Spokesman: WashPost Colludes With Biden Administration Over FBI Raid (Dreamstime)

By Charlie McCarthy | Wednesday, 07 September 2022 10:15 AM EDT

The Washington Post colluded with the Biden administration in reporting on the FBI's raid of Donald Trump's Florida home, a spokesman for the former president said.

The Post on Tuesday night reported that a document describing a foreign government's military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found by FBI agents at Mar-a-Lago.

Taylor Budowich, Trump's director of communications, took to social media and described the Post as the administration's "propaganda arm."

"The Washington Post continues to serve as the propaganda arm of the Biden administration, and instead of operating openly and honestly, they collude in never-ending leaks and lies at the expense of the integrity of the FBI and DOJ," Taylor Budowich tweeted along with the Post's story.

The Justice Department said FBI agents who searched Trump's Florida home removed 11 sets of classified documents, including some marked as top secret. The department added that prosecutors had probable cause to believe the former president may have violated the Espionage Act.

Trump and his allies say the documents had been declassified.

The Post, citing sources, reported that the FBI raid focused on whether Trump or his aides failed to return all of the documents sought by agents during earlier visits that were deemed government property.

The newspaper last month reported that Trump and close aides were struggling to comprise a legal team after the raid.

Trump rebuked the newspaper for its report.

"The WAPO story that 'Trump is scrambling to add seasoned lawyers' to the Mar-a-Lago Raid case is, as usual, FAKE NEWS," Trump posted on Truth Social. "I already have excellent and experienced lawyers – am very happy with them. This is highly political prosecutorial misconduct, I have not been charged with anything and, most importantly, I did nothing wrong. Thank you!"

Also, the Post's editorial board slammed Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., for warning of riots if the DOJ prosecutes Trump over documents seized during the raid.

"There is no excuse for this irresponsible rhetoric, which not only invites violence but also defies democratic norms," the Post's board wrote in an Aug. 29 opinion column.

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Trump Spokesman: WashPost Colludes With Biden Administration Over FBI Raid (Dreamstime)

By Charlie McCarthy | Wednesday, 07 September 2022 10:56 AM EDT

The Washington Post colluded with the Biden administration in reporting on the FBI's raid of Donald Trump's Florida home, a spokesman for the former president said.

The Post on Tuesday night reported that a document describing a foreign government's military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found by FBI agents at Mar-a-Lago.

Taylor Budowich, Trump's director of communications, took to social media and described the Post as the administration's "propaganda arm."

"The Washington Post continues to serve as the propaganda arm of the Biden administration, and instead of operating openly and honestly, they collude in never-ending leaks and lies at the expense of the integrity of the FBI and DOJ," Taylor Budowich tweeted along with the Post's story.

The Justice Department said FBI agents who searched Trump's Florida home removed 11 sets of classified documents, including some marked as top secret. The department added that prosecutors had probable cause to believe the former president may have violated the Espionage Act.

Trump and his allies say the documents had been declassified.

The Post, citing sources, reported that the FBI raid focused on whether Trump or his aides failed to return all of the documents sought by agents during earlier visits that were deemed government property.

The newspaper last month reported that Trump and close aides were struggling to comprise a legal team after the raid.

Trump rebuked the newspaper for its report.

"The WAPO story that 'Trump is scrambling to add seasoned lawyers' to the Mar-a-Lago Raid case is, as usual, FAKE NEWS," Trump posted on Truth Social. "I already have excellent and experienced lawyers – am very happy with them. This is highly political prosecutorial misconduct, I have not been charged with anything and, most importantly, I did nothing wrong. Thank you!"

Also, the Post's editorial board slammed Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., for warning of riots if the DOJ prosecutes Trump over documents seized during the raid.

"There is no excuse for this irresponsible rhetoric, which not only invites violence but also defies democratic norms," the Post's board wrote in an Aug. 29 opinion column.

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Arizona AG Candidate Continues to Support Trump, Conservative Ideals Abe Hamadeh, Republican nominee for Arizona attorney general: "The 2020 election was definitely rigged." (Getty Images)

By Charlie McCarthy | Wednesday, 07 September 2022 09:39 AM EDT

The Republican nominee for Arizona attorney general has refused to soften his conservative beliefs heading into the November election.

Abe Hamadeh, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has opted not to move toward the center as he opposes Democrat Kris Mayes.

Hamadeh continues to oppose abortion from "beginning at conception," according to the candidate's website. That's different than Republican U.S. Senate nominee Blake Masters, who attempted to moderate his position on the issue after the Aug. 2 primary.

A first-generation American, born of Syrian immigrants, and someone who serves in the Army as a reserve intelligence officer, Hamadeh recently told the Washington Examiner that Trump lost the 2020 election due to voter fraud in several key battleground states.

"The 2020 election was definitely rigged," Hamadeh told the Examiner during a pre-Labor Day interview. "We no longer have confidence in our electoral process, and I think it's damaging to our country."

After voting via military absentee in 2020 because he had been deployed overseas, Hamadeh returned home to Arizona and "had multiple mail-in ballots in my house from the 2020 election. That's what we're talking about — that there was rigging in that election," he told the Examiner.

He also said Facebook founder CEO Mark Zuckerberg suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop story following FBI warnings of "Russian propaganda."

Hamadeh promised to "prosecute all election fraud and make sure that future elections are secure."

He also warned against "cancel culture," saying that "the radical Left has taken over every aspect of our lives."

"They [Democrats] are so prideful to raise the [Black Lives Matter] flag but not the American flag," Hamadeh told the Examiner.

Hamadeh, a 31-year-old prosecutor in Maricopa County, would become be the youngest to hold the office since President Bill Clinton was elected Arkansas attorney general in 1976.

"First-generation Americans view the world differently — we have an appreciation of America that's unlike others who are born here in the United States," Hamadeh said. "It helps guide my views."

In the swing state of Arizona, Hamadeh's campaign is stressing issues such as cracking down on rising crime and increasing border security.

"I no longer see what's going on at the border as an immigration issue; I see it as a state sovereignty issue," Hamadeh said. "When you have hundreds of thousands of people pouring across our southern border, it's incumbent upon Arizona to take matters into our own hands.

"We no longer can rely on the federal government as a partner. Ensuring that Arizona is safe and free is one of the first steps to save our country."

Mayes, a former GOP member, is a former Arizona Republic who covered late Sen. John McCain's 2000 presidential campaign. She later entered politics as a spokeswoman for then-Gov. Janet Napolitano, D-Ariz.

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