Guest after guest at the Kennedy Center Honors told reporters of the spirit of bipartisanship at the ceremony, what with the presence of President Joe Biden, Chief Justice John Roberts and congressional leaders of both parties.
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UPDATE: Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith as special counsel to oversee investigations into Donald Trump.
Citing Trump’s recently announced presidential bid and Joe Biden’s intention to run for reelection, Garland said, “I have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint a special counsel.”
“Such an appointment underscores the Department’s commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters,” Garland said. “It also allows prosecutors and agents to continue their work expeditiously, and to make decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law.”
Smith has worked as a federal and state prosecutor and war crimes prosecutor. He is currently specialist prosecutor in The Hague, The Netherlands, but has resigned that post.
Garland said that Smith will have independent prosecutorial judgement to determine whether charges should be brought.
“I am confident that this appointment will not slow the completion of these investigations,” he said.
Smith will oversee two investigations: Whether any person interfered with the transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election and the certification of the electoral vote on January 6. The other investigation involves Trump’s handling and possession of classified documents and presidential records and the potential obstruction of the investigation.
PREVIOUSLY, 11:06 AM: Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to announce the appointment of a special counsel to handle investigations into Donald Trump’s handling of classified material at Mar-a-Lago as well as a probe into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The Associated Press and other outlets reported that Garland plans to
Guest after guest at the Kennedy Center Honors told reporters of the spirit of bipartisanship at the ceremony, what with the presence of President Joe Biden, Chief Justice John Roberts and congressional leaders of both parties.
There was much talk in the Kennedy Center Honors after-party about one of the standout moments from the three-hour long ceremony on Sunday: Sacha Baron Cohen’s return as Borat as part of the tribute to U2.
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President Joe Biden weighed in on the rise in antisemitism, tweeting out a call for political leaders to condemn hate speech.
OK, this feud is just getting funny now.
Kanye West took to Twitter on Thanksgiving night to share a series of increasingly-bizarre campaign videos for the forthcoming 2024 presidential election.
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Ivanka Trump very publicly NOPED out of her father’s 2024 presidential run — but what was going on behind the scenes??
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Elton John hasn’t re-written his song ‘Levon’ to be an ode to the goodness of Donald Trump. You know, if you were wondering. You might have been, if you’re hard of hearing and were watching the recent livestream, on Disney+ earlier this week, of the final show on the US leg of John’s farewell tour at Dodgers Stadium in LA.Trump’s name appeared in the subtitles for the show at least twice during the live broadcast.
Donald Trump has lost a bid to deny a Democratic-led House committee the right to obtain his tax returns. After a lengthy legal battle, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the imminent handover of the former president’s financial documents to the House Ways & Means Committee.
Well, he’s back. Kind of. Elon Musk did exactly what we all assumed he would do when he took over Twitter and fired all the people in charge of ethics and safety and whatnot. He reinstated the account of Donald Trump.
Disney+ viewers who tuned in to watch Elton John’s live broadcast of his farewell concert were surprised when Donald Trump’s name came up in the closed captions.
Following Elon Musk’s decision to reinstate Donald Trump on Twitter – after putting the decision to a controversial vote on the platform – it seems the former president isn’t interested.
Elon Musk said on Saturday that Donald Trump will be reinstated to Twitter after holding an online vote of the platform’s users.
It’s a long tradition in Hollywood to make historical biopics about United States Presidents. Good or bad, eventually a biopic will emerge.
Networks covered Donald Trump’s presidential announcement, but the once-loyal New York Post brushed it off.
A shady message or just the victim of the crop? Ivanka Trump was caught cutting out brother Donald Trump Jr.’s fiancée, Kimberly Guilfoyle, from a picture of Tiffany Trump’s wedding over the weekend.