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Republicans block probe of US Capitol riot
May 30, 2021 04:05Republicans in the US Senate have derailed a bipartisan inquiry into the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol in spite of a torrent of criticism the lawmakers were playing down the violence.
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New York district attorney convenes grand jury in Trump criminal inquiry
May 28, 2021 05:12Former US President Donald Trump is facing growing legal danger after the attorney general’s office in New York said it had opened a criminal investigation into his business activities and those of other Trump family members.
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US House approves Jan. 6 commission bill amid GOP opposition
May 20, 2021 02:04US House of Representatives has approved a bill to establish a 9/11-style independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 protests at the Capitol amid strong opposition by the Republican leaders.
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Trump slams criminal probe into his company as politically motivated
May 20, 2021 01:57Former US President Donald Trump has slammed the state and local prosecutors in New York over their bid to launch a criminal probe into his company, arguing that it is a politically motivated effort to attack him.
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New York State mounts criminal probe of Trump Organization finances
May 19, 2021 09:31The New York attorney general's office said on Tuesday it has now opened a criminal investigation into former US President Donald Trump's company, increasing the legal risk for Trump and his family.
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Can ‘Never Trump’ Republicans gain party control – or is it a lost cause?
May 17, 2021 10:32The purging of Liz Cheney from Republican leadership in the House of Representatives did not even go to a secret ballot. Instead a voice vote was all it took to confirm the party’s capitulation to Donald Trump and his “big lie” about a stolen election.
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Liz Cheney says McCarthy should testify about Trump’s views on Capitol attack
May 16, 2021 04:55US Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney has said that several GOP members of Congress had voted against impeaching former US President Donald Trump out of fear for their own lives.
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Republicans gear up to oust Liz Cheney as punishment for criticizing Trump
May 12, 2021 11:53Infighting within the Republican Party is set to come to a head this week, goaded on by the ghostly figure of former President Donald Trump in his Mar-a-Lago hideout in Florida. House Republicans are gearing up to oust Liz Cheney on Wednesday (May 12) from her position as the party’s number three leader in the chamber.
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Cheney warns GOPers against joining Trump’s 'crusade’
May 12, 2021 10:15The chair of the House Republican Conference has warned her fellow GOP members against joining former US President Donald Trump’s "crusade" to undermine the US democracy.
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House Republicans have had enough of Liz Cheney’s truth-telling
May 07, 2021 06:20The first time defenders of Donald J. Trump came for Representative Liz Cheney, for the offense of having voted to impeach him, fellow Republicans closed ranks to save her leadership post, with Representative Kevin McCarthy boasting that their “big tent” party had enough room for both the former president and a stalwart critic.