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On Saturday, an estimated 30,000 conservatives swarmed the streets of Pickens, South Carolina, to see Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. The crowd heckled Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) loudly as he praised Trump during a speech. Supporters, who arrived decked out in M.A.G.A. merchandise, grew impatient as they waited for Trump to address them. During his remarks, Graham explained that he “found common ground with President Trump.” “It took a while to get there,” he said, “but I’ve come to like President Trump, and he likes himself. And we’ve got that in common.” Graham ha...
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A growing backlog of judicial nominees for federal benches will continue to wait after Republicans blocked an attempt to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) on the Judiciary Committee. Senators needed to vote unanimously for a new nominee to replace Feinstein temporarily. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) blocked a vote to temporarily place Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) on the committee on Tuesday. Feinstein, 89, remains home while recovering from severe shingles. She asked senators to temporarily replace her seat on the committee. The senator hoped to return to her assignment fol...
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Former President Donald Trump is gearing up for the first signature arena rally of his 2024 presidential campaign in South Carolina. Leading up to the event, he has gathered a less-than-stellar response from former party supporters in the state. Trump’s campaign has been forced to handle their new reality – that the former president may have some fierce competition for the Republican nomination. Trump is expected to be joined on stage by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) for the event. Other state GOP officials have decided to attend other events...
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After Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) refused to comply with a grand jury subpoena over his attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, a Georgia judge ruled that the senator must testify last month. The subpoena came from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and calls for Graham to appear before a special grand jury for questioning. Graham argued that he was protected by the Constitution’s “speech and debate” clause protecting speech by members of Congress. U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May rejected the senator’s argument of immunity from state judicial proceeding...
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The federal appeals court for the 11th Circuit temporarily blocked Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) from testifying before a Georgia grand jury investigating attempts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. The appeals court told the lower court to rule on whether certain questions should be off limits in questioning. Graham earlier agreed with Fulton County officials to testify before the grand jury but did not show up for his testimony. The original agreement between the senator and Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, seemed to be a ...
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Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi suggested to a local radio station on Friday that President Joe Biden‘s nominee to the Supreme Court could be a “beneficiary” of affirmative action. Biden has long promised to nominate a black woman to the high court. Wicker said the reason for his concern is that the Supreme Court is currently hearing affirmative action cases and it would be a conflict to be sitting with someone who benefitted from it. “The majority of the court may be saying writ large that it’s unconstitutional. We’ll see how that irony works out,” he said. White House deputy pres...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) told Fox News Sunday that he expects Lara Trump, Eric Trump‘s wife, to run for the open North Carolina U.S. Senate seat in 2022. “The biggest winner of this whole impeachment trial is Lara Trump,” said Graham. “My dear friend Richard Burr (R-North Carolina), who I like and have been friends to a long time, just made Lara Trump almost the certain nominee for the Senate seat in North Carolina to replace him if she runs, and I certainly will be behind her because she represents the future of the Republican Party.” Burr is expected to be censured by North Car...
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U.S. attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump will be expected to resign soon in an anticipated request by the Department of Justice (DOJ), a request that will affect 56 U.S. attorneys appointed by Trump. A Justice Department official has indicated that the request would not include prosecutors from Delaware and Connecticut, as these two attorneys are involved in sensitive Trump-era investigations. Attorney General Monty Wilkinson asked Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss on Monday to remain in his current role, and continue to conduct the tax probe of Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. Joh...
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Donald Trump, the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice, will now become first president to undergo two trials as the House delivered the charge against him to the Senate on Monday evening. The impeachment article was read by impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland). Chief Justice John Roberts will not be presiding as he did for Trump’s first impeachment trial with Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), the body’s most senior Democrat, taking his place. The Constitution states that the chief of justice presides when the person facing trial is the current president of the Uni...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), a chairman of the Senate Committee of Judiciary, has brought up the possibility that Pennsylvania’s GOP-majority legislature could disregard the voters’ will in the election and select their own slate of presidential electors for Trump.Graham suggested that the popular vote could be disregarded and Republican electors should be appointed since the election if it’s shown that rules are “being violated.”Fox News’ Sean Hannity asked the senator, “Should these Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, if there’s corruption in the law — they don’t a...
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