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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump's eldest son said he was not worried that he could be jailed over his role in the Russia probe, but suggested investigators might try to "create" legal difficulties for him. In an interview with ABC that aired on Tuesday (Sep 11), he also attacked as "disgusting" the senior administration official who wrote a recent anonymous op-ed detailing a chaotic White House, and acknowledged the president's trusted inner circle has shrunk since the piece's publication. Trump Jr has been under scrutiny for his role in apparent efforts to get dirt on Hillary Clinton from Russian sources during the presidential campaign, including when he met with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer and other Trump campaign officials in June 2016 in Trump Tower. Asked on ABC's Good Morning America show whether he was scared he was in legal jeopardy and could go to jail, Trump Jr replied: "I'm not, because I know what I did and I'm not worried about any of that. "That … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Jr says not worried about going to jail: Report

Democrats have warned that the continuing spread of misinformation, including by lawmakers, is helping fuel the far-right amid concerns of further attacks on Congress . Some QAnon supporters believe Donald Trump will return as president on March 4, based on arcane reasoning and huge distortion of facts , and there are fears that there could be a repeat next week of the violence seen at the Capitol on January 6. The head of Capitol Police, Yogananda Pittman, made the case for heightened security on the Hill this week, warning that militia groups involved in the riot want to "blow up the Capitol and kill as many members as possible." Police have told Newswee k that they are aware of the significance on March 4 for QAnon and are monitoring any potential threats. California congressman Adam Schiff told Newsweek that law enforcement would be "better prepared for the possibility of any violence," but warned that "viral misinformation" spread by "unscrupulous leaders" … [Read more...] about QAnon March 4 Theory About Donald Trump Is Fed by Lawmakers’ ‘Lies’, Democrats Say

Experts have warned the potential for further humiliation next month after another one of their predictions fails to come to pass will not damage the QAnon movement and they will continue to pose an extremist threat. Followers of the radical movement, listed as a domestic terrorist threat by the FBI , have penciled in March 4 as the next significant date in their calendar, believing this will be the day Donald Trump is reinstated as president. The latest theory, following on from the failed prediction that Trump would order the mass arrest and executions of satanic pedophiles during Joe Biden 's inauguration on January 20, uses arcane reasoning heavily lifted from the beliefs of the sovereign citizen movement. According to QAnon followers , a secret law was passed in 1871 which turned the U.S. into a corporation. As a result of this, all other presidents after Ulysses S. Grant have been illegitimate, meaning Trump will become the 19th president during a new … [Read more...] about QAnon Hardliners Are Doubling Down on Theory Donald Trump Will Be Reinstated on March 4

Donald Trump missed an "extraordinarily good opportunity" to encourage Americans to get vaccinated when he reportedly received the jab in January, Dr. Anthony Fauci has said. CNN's Erin Burnett asked Fauci on Wednesday whether the former president could have convinced those who are vaccine-hesitant to get inoculated against COVID at the start of the year. Fauci said: "That would have been an extraordinarily good opportunity to get a signal to the people who would clearly have listened to him the way they listen to him in many other ways. "It was unfortunately a lost opportunity because he could have gotten a lot of people who are hesitant about getting vaccinated, vaccinated. I'm sorry he didn't do that." Fauci's comments come after Trump and his wife Melania Trump reportedly received COVID vaccinations before they left the White House in January, according to the New York Times citing an adviser to the former president. Newsweek has contacted Trump's representatives … [Read more...] about Dr. Fauci Says Donald Trump Missed ‘Good Opportunity’ to Encourage COVID Vaccine Uptake

Lawyers for Huawei 's chief financial officer said on Wednesday that Joe Biden 's election as U.S. president will not undo the political interference in her case, which they say stems from former President Donald Trump 's pledge to intervene if it helped the United States extract a more favorable trade deal from China. Lawyers for CFO Meng Wanzhou want her U.S. extradition case dismissed on grounds that Trump's comments soon after her 2018 arrest in Canada meant she would not get a fair trial in the United States. They further argued that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and then-foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland had also waded into the debate, proving politicization of Meng's case. Meng, 49, was arrested on a U.S. warrant for bank fraud at Vancouver International Airport in December 2018 and has since been living under house arrest while fighting extradition. She faces charges of bank fraud in the United States over misleading HSBC about Huawei Technologies … [Read more...] about Joe Biden’s election will not undo Donald Trump interference in Huawei extradition case, lawyers say

Their messiah is no longer in power, but some followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory believe that Donald Trump will return to the throne today. Followers of the wide-ranging movement think the former president is waging a secret war against elite Satan-worshipping paedophiles and will eventually be restored to high office. But why on 4 March? Well, that date was, until the 20th amendment was passed in 1933, the inauguration date for presidents. The fringe belief that is still the rightful date comes from the unfounded claim among some QAnon followers that the US turned from a country to a corporation after the District of Columbia Organic Act in 1871. Advertisement Some claim that any president sworn in before that date is therefore illegitimate. March the 4th began spreading among QAnon followers only days after Joe Biden was sworn in on 20 January. More from US COVID-19: San Diego Zoo's great apes given experimental coronavirus … [Read more...] about Followers of ‘doomsday cult’ QAnon believe Donald Trump will retake power today

WASHINGTON: Top members of Donald Trump's administration are so alarmed by his "erratic" and "amoral" behaviour they are actively working to undermine him, an anonymous senior official wrote in The New York Times on Wednesday (Sep 5). The US president responded with a one-word tweet asking if the unsigned op-ed could be considered treasonous, after assailing the newspaper for the "gutless" piece. "TREASON?" Trump posted in response to the piece entitled "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration," which claimed the president's own staff see him as a danger to the nation. In the article, the official stressed they were committed to the Republican agenda, and did not side with opposition Democrats. But, the official wrote, "we believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic." "Many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within … [Read more...] about ‘TREASON?’ asks Trump as op-ed says staff are against him

WASHINGTON: In his fiery speeches and Twitter blitzes, President Donald Trump has forcefully claimed ownership of the American economy's vigorous health while denigrating the legacy of Barack Obama, the president in office during most of the last decade's expansion. Following Friday's blockbuster August jobs report, and with nail-biting midterm elections less than 60 days away, the 44th and 45th presidents crossed swords, with Trump continuing to counterpunch through the weekend and into Monday morning. "The Economy is sooo good, perhaps the best in our country's history," Trump tweeted on Monday, adding moments later that he had taken GDP growth over 4.2 per cent "and we will do much better than this!" Trump also tweeted - falsely - that GDP growth had surpassed the unemployment rate "for the first time in over 100 years." Official data show this has happened frequently in the post-World War II era, according to AFP fact-checking, and the White House acknowledged Monday the … [Read more...] about As mid-terms approach, Trump insists the economy is not Obama’s

WASHINGTON: Can all those people accusing President Donald Trump of lying cut him some slack? He really is trying to tell the truth, he says. "I try, I do try," he told ABC television late Wednesday (Oct 31). "I always want to tell the truth. When I can, I tell the truth. And sometimes it turns out to be where something happens that's different or there's a change, but I always like to be truthful," Trump said. The Republican is famous for going off script during frequent impromptu press gatherings at the White House and at campaign rallies in the final run-up to next Tuesday's midterm congressional elections. A billionaire former real estate magnate and reality TV host, Trump keeps even his own aides on their toes with surprise announcements and headline-grabbing declarations. On frequent occasions, Trump also makes statements that are clearly exaggerations, plain wrong or at minimum unaccompanied by evidence. These include his recent claim that "unknown Middle … [Read more...] about Trump says he tells the truth – at least he tries

UNITED NATIONS, United States: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Sep 26) admitted his friendship with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping could be over as he accused Beijing of undermining his prospects in upcoming elections. With tensions growing sharply between the two sides on a range of issues, Trump said China wanted him to suffer an electoral setback as payback for his hard line over trade. After accusing the government in Beijing of using a variety of tactics to damage his chances at the vital midterm polls in November, he said that relations with Xi might have taken a permanent turn for the worse. READ: Commentary: China is running out of American products to target in a trade war Trump has spoken many times since coming to office of his friendship with Xi, praising the Chinese leader for his role in helping bring pressure to bear on North Korea over its nuclear program. But asked at a press conference in New York how Xi could remain his friend given the hike … [Read more...] about Trump admits friendship with China’s Xi could be over