American households are struggling to maintain their level of worth under Joe Biden‘s government. Data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis shows that under former President Donald J. Trump, household net worth rose steadily—taking on a slight dip at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic but quickly recovering.
Meanwhile, under the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent Joe Biden, the net worth of American households has lagged behind the rate of growth under Trump. Even more concerning, household net worth has declined significantly when controlled for inflation.
Inflation, a weakening jobmarket, and massillegalimmigration have resulted in many Americans having to work several part-time jobs in an economy many see as no longer benefitting them. A series of polls show most Americans are skeptical that they’d be better off under a second Biden term in the White House. The National Pulse reported in mid-June that 84 percent of Americans believe their financial situation would either remain the same or worsen under another four years of Biden.
Another recent poll indicates that over 50 percent of Americans rate the Biden economy as “poor.” The negative reaction to the Biden economy is likely driven by data showing that many of the jobs created have been filled by illegalimmigrants. Additionally, studies suggest that the entirety of post-pandemic job growth under Biden has been fueled by illegal and legal immigrants, with labor force participation among native-born workers remaining below pre-pandemic levels.
American households are struggling to maintain their level of worth under Joe Biden's government. Data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis shows that under former President Donald J. Trump, household net worth rose steadily—taking on a slight dip at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic but quickly recovering.
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Notes and audio recordings belonging to an attorney representing former President Donald J. Trump regarding the retention of potentially classified documents show the former President wanted full transparency and cooperation with the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ). Despite Trump’s efforts to comply with the department’s requests, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided the former President’s Mar-a-Lago residence in August 2022—just months after the recordings were made.
According to notes from a May 2022 meeting, Trump told his attorney, Evan Corcoran, “I’ve got nothing to hide. If they ask, I want you to show them.” Trump also directed Corcoran to review the documents in his possession and hand over any classified materials to the DOJ. Additionally, the former President insisted his attorneys grant the DOJ access to any additional documents they wished to review.
‘IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, JUST ASK.’
Following Corcoran’s review of the boxes of White House materials that Trump had taken to Mar-a-Lago, a half-inch stack of documents determined to be still classified were placed in an envelope and bound with tape. Trump’s attorneys then contacted the DOJ to notify and arrange the return of the materials.
The Biden government dispatched Jay Bratt, the then deputy chief of the DOJ‘s National Security Division, to retrieve the documents. Upon his arrival at Trump‘s Palm Beach, Florida, residence, the former President surrendered the materials to Bratt. The former President was cordial, telling the DOJ officials, “I’m glad you’re here. I appreciate what you’re doing. If you need anything at all, just ask Evan.”
According to Corcoran’s notes, the former President—against his attorney’s advice—even went so far as to show Bratt and FBI agents present the storage vault where the documents had been kept.
FBI TAMPERED WITH EVIDENCE.
Rather than acknowledging Trump‘s cooperation, however, DOJ special prosecutor Jack Smith alleges the notes show that the former President intended to deceive the Biden government. Smith contends that the additional documents found during the FBI raid—which occurred two months after Trump met with Bratt—were also classified, suggesting the former President intended to obstruct justice.
However, the actual status of the documents the FBI seized during their raid on Mar-a-Lago is unclear, as Smith has now acknowledged that agents placed the classified cover sheets on the stacks of papers themselves prior to photographing them. Former President Trump‘s attorneys are now asking federal judge Aileen Cannon to dismiss the case due to FBI tampering with evidence and the withholding of the exculpatory notes from another federal judge who authorized the raid.
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Notes and audio recordings belonging to an attorney representing former President Donald J. Trump regarding the retention of potentially classified documents show the former President wanted full transparency and cooperation with the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ). Despite Trump's efforts to comply with the department's requests, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided the former President's Mar-a-Lago residence in August 2022—just months after the recordings were made.
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New data shows former President Donald J. Trump handily defeated Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) in a hypothetical 2024 presidential contest. Newsom has repeatedly been floated as a potential candidate should the 81-year-old Democratic incumbent Joe Biden need to be replaced as the Democratic presidential nominee.
According to the survey by Rasmussen Reports, Trump leads a national contest with 50 percent of the vote compared to Newsom‘s 38 percent. Additionally, the California governor only registers a 35 percent approval rating—with 45 percent of respondents saying they hold an unfavorable view of Newsom. Former President Trump leads the California Democrat across several key voter demographics, capturing 44 percent of female voters to Newsom’s 43 percent. Additionally, Trump leads with 56 percent of male voters, with Newsom at just 33 percent. Among Hispanics, Trump leads with 53 percent of the vote to Newsom’s 30 percent.
The National Pulse reported last week that there is a potential plot to replace Biden should he falter during the first presidential debate on Thursday. Biden’s cognitive and physical health has increasingly become a concern among voters and Democratic Party insiders, as the octogenarian has been frequently caught on camera appearing disoriented and confused during public events.
While Gov. Newsom has positioned himself as an influential figure in the national Democratic Party, his path to the 2024 presidential nomination is not just contingent on party leaders turning on Biden. To capture the nomination, Newsom must outmaneuver his fellow Californian, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Harris holds sway over a critical block of Democrat voters, including white and black women. Some Democratic Party insiders fear pushing Harris aside—despite her deep unpopularity—could fatally wound the campaign of any other Biden replacement.
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New data shows former President Donald J. Trump handily defeated Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) in a hypothetical 2024 presidential contest. Newsom has repeatedly been floated as a potential candidate should the 81-year-old Democratic incumbent Joe Biden need to be replaced as the Democratic presidential nominee.
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Ron Filipkowski, Editor-in-Chief of the far-left MeidasTouch Network, has likened his organization’s behavior on social media to criminal arson, “dropping a burning ember in a dry forest” and creating a “big blaze” of fake news within hours.
MeidasTouch, praised by the Joe Biden regime as its “front lines” on social media, launched its most successful arson attack to date in March with the “bloodbath” hoax. The network deceptively edited a clip of Donald Trump talking about a metaphorical bloodbath for the auto industry under Biden and presented it as though he was threatening political violence if he loses the election in November. Biden disseminated the same misinformation.
“Right-wingers have been clipping Democrats, clipping Biden, with deceptive posts,” Filipkowski alleged, implying his own output is deceptive with the rhetorical question, “Why aren’t the Democrats doing this to Trump?”
Founded by brothers Jordan, Brett, and Ben Meiselas, linked to the Hillary Clinton campaign and accused sex trafficker Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, a.k.a. Puff Daddy, one of MeidasTouch’s early funders was the Lincoln Project. The Never Trump group was co-founded by John Weaver, who had to resign after he was accused of sexual harassment and grooming by over 20 young males, including a 14-year-old.
Another controversial MeidasTouch backer is LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman. The portly plutocrat is a Democrat megadonor who has also funded Nimarata ‘Nikki’ Haley’s primary challenge against Trump, E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against Trump, and Fusion GPS, responsible for the Russia hoax Steele Dossier against Trump. Hoffman is also a former guest of child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s private island.
MeidasTouch hosts several highly controversial contributors, including Michael Cohen, the convicted perjuror and disbarred lawyer, and ‘Coach D,’ who believes America’s Founding Fathers were all white supremacist pedophiles.
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Ron Filipkowski, Editor-in-Chief of the far-left MeidasTouch Network, has likened his organization's behavior on social media to criminal arson, "dropping a burning ember in a dry forest" and creating a "big blaze" of fake news within hours.
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Leftist fact-checking website Snopes has finally admitted that President Donald J. Trump did not call Neo-Nazis and white supremacists at the ‘Unite the Rally’ in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 “very fine people” and that senior Democrats, including Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer, are lying to this day about what was said.
Snopes, which is regularly pressured into changing its fact-check ratings by the Biden regime, notes that the 81-year-old Democrat “[made] Trump’s comments on Charlottesville a cornerstone of his campaign” and that Senate Majority Leader Schumer has claimed Trump “called white supremacists in Charlottesville ‘very good people.'”
The fact-checkers admitted that this is a misrepresentation because while Trump did say that some of the people protesting the removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee were “fine people,” he was explicit that he was “not talking about the Neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally.”
Trump was actually referring to peaceful protesters concerned about historical preservation, as The National Pulse has repeatedly noted.
Snopes’s clarification on Trump’s comments vindicates the former president, who holds it up as a major hoax against him, alongside the Russiagate hoax and the more recent bloodbath hoax.
However, Biden has suggested there are “very fine people on both sides” of the ongoing college campus crisis in the U.S., which has often seen anti-Semitic demonstrators protesting against the war in Gaza clash with Jewish and pro-Israel counter-demonstrators.
“I condemn the anti-Semitic protests… I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians,” he said in April, amid crashing support among Muslims, Jews, and younger voters.
No, then-President Donald Trump did not call neo-Nazis and white supremacists "very fine people" in 2017. Speaking about a deadly protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, he said those groups should be "condemned totally." https://t.co/AHjw0mwl3ipic.twitter.com/TtCH1BzZja
Leftist fact-checking website Snopes has finally admitted that President Donald J. Trump did not call Neo-Nazis and white supremacists at the 'Unite the Rally' in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 "very fine people" and that senior Democrats, including Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer, are lying to this day about what was said.
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It’s worth reading the exchange between Trump and the media on Charlottesville in full, to get a sense of just how disingenuous the reporter was: Reporter: Mr
It’s worth reading the exchange between Trump and the media on Charlottesville in full, to get a sense of just how disingenuous the reporter was: Reporter: Mr show more
Sean O’Brien, the president of the Teamsters Union, has accepted former President Donald J. Trump‘s invitation to speak at the Republican National Convention in mid-July. The National Pulse reported two weeks ago that O’Brien had reached out to both the Republican and Democrat convention committees regarding the prospect of addressing each party’s delegates.
Former President Trump subsequently invited O’Brien to address Republicans, which the union leader has now accepted. “Sean O’Brien, the General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, has accepted my invitation to speak at the RNC Convention in Milwaukee,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Friday. The presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee continued: “Our GREAT convention will unify Americans and demonstrate to the nation’s working families they come first. When I am back in the White House, the hardworking Teamsters, and all working Americans, will once again have a country they can afford to live in and be respected around the world.”
Trump concluded the announcement of O’Brien’s speaking slot by adding: “Sean, I look forward to seeing you represent the Teamsters in Milwaukee. Together we can Make America Great Again.”
Earlier this year, the Teamsters—for the first time in several election cycles—made a $10,000 contribution to the Republican National Committee (RNC). Former President Trump has made courting union voters a priority for his presidential campaign, holding a historic rally in Detroit, Michigan, last September where he laid out his vision for ‘Patriotic Protectionism.‘
With 1.3 million members, the Teamsters are one of the largest labor unions in the world. Their backing in 2024 could prove pivotal for Trump in retaking the White House from the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent, Joe Biden.
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Sean O'Brien, the president of the Teamsters Union, has accepted former President Donald J. Trump's invitation to speak at the Republican National Convention in mid-July. The National Pulse reported two weeks ago that O'Brien had reached out to both the Republican and Democrat convention committees regarding the prospect of addressing each party's delegates.
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Migrant crime, which Donald Trump has labeled a “new category of crime,” made waves in the media this past week, with a number of high-profile crimes sparking public outrage.
HANG HIM HIGH.
Christian Geovanny Inga-Landi, an Ecuadorian illegal, has been arrested in New York City for allegedly holding up a boy and girl, both aged 13, with a machete. Inga-Landi, 25, allegedly recorded himself raping the girl in a Queens park after binding and gagging the pair before robbing them.
He was captured by members of the public and given a beating before being turned over to the police. It has since transpired that he had at least three prior run-ins with the law, and an immigrationjudge ordered his deportation in 2022—but the Joe Biden regime did not execute it, and he was left at large.
Inga-Landi’s case has caused widespread anger, with Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia going so far as to call for him to be hanged from the border wall.
MOTHER OF FIVE.
The rape and murder of mother-of-five Rachel Morin, allegedly by Salvadoran illegal Victor Martinez Hernandez, has caused even greater anger.
Hernandez, 23, was also wanted for murder in his native El Salvador and for an attack on a mother and her young child in Los Angeles when he was arrested in Oklahoma for the 2023 slaying of Morin on a popular Maryland hiking trail.
“We are 1,800 miles from the southern border here in Harford County,” stressed Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler of Harford County, Maryland, in a press conference on the arrest.
“This is the second woman in our county to be killed by illegal suspects. In both cases, they are suspects from El Salvador with ties to criminal gangs. [This] should not be happening. Victor Hernandez did not come here to make a better life for himself… he came here to escape a crime he committed in El Salvador,” he railed.
Trump personally contacted Morin’s family to express his concerns, with her mother saying she was “deeply touched by President Trump’s kindness and concern.”
“He asked about Rachel and showed honest compassion for her untimely death. His words brought comfort to me during this very difficult time.”
FREED TO KILL.
It has been revealed that Pablo Jose Gutierrez-Morales, a 31-year-old illegal alien charged with stabbing a California man to death, carried out the killing just weeks after skipping an immigration hearing.
The Nicaraguan entered the U.S. illegally in 2022 and was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which says it “paroled [him] into the U.S. [to be] monitored by ICE’s Alternatives to Detention (ATD) with instructions to report to Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), Los Angeles for reporting.”
ICE gave up on these light restrictions a few months later, with disastrous results.
SIXTEEN-TIME DEPORTEE.
Ignacio Cruz-Mendoza, a 47-year-old Mexican illegal alien, has been charged with vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, reckless driving, and driving without a license after allegedly running down and killing Scott Miller, 64, in Colorado.
Cruz-Mendoza was working illegally as a driver for the Monique Trucking company when he swerved off the load and caused his cargo to fall onto five vehicles, killing Miller and severely injuring another driver.
The illegal had been deported from the U.S. on 16 previous occasions.
FIVE FUGITIVE KILLERS.
ICE has detained five illegals wanted for murder or another form of homicide over just two weeks in the Houston and Waco areas.
The wanted men include two Hondurans and three Mexicans, with one of the Hondurans “wanted in Mexico for multiple murders.” ICE reports the unnamed 38-year-old killed two people “during a botched attempt to highjack a shipment of illicit narcotics.”
One of the Mexicans had been deported once before, and another “voluntarily returned” three times.
MOST WANTED.
Two illegals on a Texan ‘most wanted’ list have been detained.
Servando Trejo Duran, Jr., 62, has a criminal record in the U.S. dating back to 1980 and has been deported previously. The Mexican was wanted for violating parole conditions related to a murder conviction and was No. 3 on the most wanted list.
Victor Hugo Chox Gonzalez, the No. 1 most wanted, has also been detained. He also has a lengthy criminal record and a previous deportation to his name and was most recently convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child in 2023.
DREAMERS.
Newly released U.S. Immigration and Customs Service (USCIS) data revealed that 765,166 so-called ‘Dreamers’ approved by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program had arrest records within five years of the launch of the Obama-Biden initiative.
Fully 10.38 percent of approved applications under DACA—which grants de facto amnesty to illegals arriving in the U.S. as minors—had prior arrest records, including for violent crimes and drunk driving.
Biden recently announced job opportunities and protections against deportation for “Dreamers” to mark the 12th anniversary of DACA. Many criticized the move as a naked attempt to shore up the Democrat’s support among minorities, which is collapsing ahead of the November election.
“We have a new category of crime. It’s called migrant crime, and it’s going to be worse than any other form of crime,” @realDonaldTrump told Laura Ingraham. pic.twitter.com/FrdQLSFKPB
Read The National Pulse’s previous migrant crime round-up here.
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Migrant crime, which Donald Trump has labeled a "new category of crime," made waves in the media this past week, with a number of high-profile crimes sparking public outrage.
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Billionaire mega-donor Timothy Mellon made a $50 million contribution to the pro-Trump MAGA Inc SuperPac on the same day a jury found former President Donald J. Trump guilty in the Manhattan hush money trial. Mellon’s donation makes the single largest individual campaign contribution in the 2024 election cycle. Mellon—an heir to the Mellon banking dynasty—holds an estimated wealth of $14.5 billion, according to Forbes.
A bulk of MAGA Inc.’s $68.8 million in fundraising for May came from Mellon’s donation. Overall, former President Trump and the Republican National Committee (RNC) raised over $140 million last month. Following the Manhattan conviction, the Trump campaign—seperate from the SuperPAC—announced raising nearly $53 million within 24 hours. On June 6, investors David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya hosted a fundraiser in San Francisco, where contributions were reportedly up to $300,000 per attendee.
Other key donors supporting Trump include hedge fund founders John Paulson and Robert Mercer, Blackstone Group CEO Steve Schwarzman, fracking pioneer Harold Hamm, and casino mogul Steve Wynn. Fundraising projections indicate this may be the most expensive election in United States history. Mellon has contributed over $100 million to political organizations this cycle, having supported Trump and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Billionaire backers also support Joe Biden. Michael Bloomberg, former NYC mayor, has donated $19 million to Biden’s SuperPAC and an additional $929,600 to Biden’s fundraising committee. Additionally, Democrat mega-donors James Simons and Fred Eychaner have given $6.5 million to the PAC aiding House Democrats, with Simons contributing $6.6 million and Eychaner $2 million.
Biden’s campaign boasted a higher fundraising total through April, with $192 million in cash on hand compared to Trump’s $93.1 million. Meanwhile, the Trump campaign garnered more in monthly contributions in April and May outpacing the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent.
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Billionaire mega-donor Timothy Mellon made a $50 million contribution to the pro-Trump MAGA Inc SuperPac on the same day a jury found former President Donald J. Trump guilty in the Manhattan hush money trial. Mellon's donation makes the single largest individual campaign contribution in the 2024 election cycle. Mellon—an heir to the Mellon banking dynasty—holds an estimated wealth of $14.5 billion, according to Forbes.
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The United States Supreme Court issued a ruling on Friday in Erlinger v. United States, which could have important implications for former President Donald J. Trump‘s appeal of the verdict in the Manhattan hush-money case and in the January 6 rioter prosecutions. In Erlinger, the court reaffirmed that a jury must be unanimous in its findings on a criminal conviction, even on underlying predicate crimes.
Additionally, the justices ruled that judges cannot arbitrarily impose sentence enhancements on convicted defendants and that judges cannot issue sentences for crimes beyond those of a jury that unanimously convicts. While the ruling does not directly intervene in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg‘s prosecution of the former President, it does open the question of the merit of the prosecution for Trump‘s appeal.
A BLOW TO BRAGG.
The Supreme Court‘s ruling will likely serve as one of the prongs on which former President Trump‘s defense attorneys will attack Bragg‘s case upon appeal. In late May, a Manhattan jury convicted Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records. The charges stemmed from allegations that Trump has paid hush money to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to cover up an alleged affair and influence the 2016 presidential election.
Bragg could only prosecute the case because of an amorphous underlying federal felony that allowed him to resurrect the business record charges, which are beyond the statute of limitations. In his jury instructions, Judge JuanMerchan—who presided over the trial—told jurors they did not need to be unanimous on which federal felony would serve as the predicate crime underpinning the falsifying business record charges. In Erlinger,it appears the Supreme Court has determined that this action violates the defendant’s constitutional rights under the Sixth Amendment.
THE JAN 6 CASES.
In addition to the Manhattan hush money prosecution of former President Trump, Erlinger also has implications for the January 6 defendants. The court holds in its decision that enhanced sentencing of defendants cannot be issued through judicial fiat. Instead, judges must follow sentencing guidelines on the crimes for which a jury finds explicitly a defendant guilty.
Paul Erlinger was exposed to a potential life sentence as a felon who was found illegally in possession of a firearm after a judge applied predicate crimes, which allowed for enhanced sentencing. However, the predicate crimes in question were determined by the Supreme Court to no longer apply under the provisions used by the judge—and were not considered by the jury in their conviction of Erlinger.
While speculative, the Erlinger ruling suggests a high degree of skepticism among the justices toward the government’s enhanced sentencing procedures. This may indicate the Supreme Court intends to take this issue further in Fischer v. United States, which challenges the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ)’s use of a financial crimes law’s ‘obstruction of an official proceeding’ provision to secure enhanced sentences for the January 6 rioters. The court will likely hand down a ruling in Fischer next week.
— Center for Renewing America (@amrenewctr) June 21, 2024
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The United States Supreme Court issued a ruling on Friday in Erlinger v. United States, which could have important implications for former President Donald J. Trump's appeal of the verdict in the Manhattan hush-money case and in the January 6 rioter prosecutions. In Erlinger, the court reaffirmed that a jury must be unanimous in its findings on a criminal conviction, even on underlying predicate crimes.
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Two fellow federal District Court judges attempted to push Judge Aileen Cannon to hand off the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump to another judge in Miami, Florida. One of the judges involved in the intimidation effort was the Southern District of Florida chief judge, Cecilia M. Altonaga, who was appointed to the bench by former President George W. Bush.
Judge Altonaga’s husband, attorney George Mencio, has made extensive contributions to the Bush family’s political operations—suggesting the couple have a more Republican establishment-aligned and anti-Trump mentality. The other judge mentioned in a report on the matter by The New York Times was not identified by name.
PRESSURING CANNON.
The campaign to encourage Judge Cannon to hand off the case began when the unidentified District Court judge called her regarding concerns about the security of the classified documents. At the time, Judge Cannon’s Fort Pierce courthouse lacked a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), which is required to review classified materials. However, the courthouse was subsequently outfitted with a secured space.
After the unidentified judge made the initial attempt, the effort to push out Judge Cannon escalated to the District Court’s chief judge. In an extraordinary move, Judge Altonaga called Cannon and is said to have informed her that overseeing the case would be bad optics for the court. She allegedly noted Judge Cannon’s intervention during the initial investigation and appointment of a special master to review the documents and determine if executive privilege applied to them was a problem from her view.
SMITH’S CANNON PROBLEM.
The nearly unprecedented attempt to intervene in the BidenDOJ special counsel Jack Smith‘s prosecution of the former President appears to add further credence to Trump‘s interference claims. Judge Cannon has been a harsh critic of Smith’s aggressive tactics, noting he has—on several occasions—engaged in ethically and legally dubious behavior.
On numerous occasions, the judge has taken Smith to task for his unprofessionalism and arrogance. Meanwhile, in May, Judge Cannon indefinitely suspended the trial date after Smith acknowledged that investigators may have tampered with and mishandled some classified materials by adding cover sheets, among other actions.
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Two fellow federal District Court judges attempted to push Judge Aileen Cannon to hand off the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump to another judge in Miami, Florida. One of the judges involved in the intimidation effort was the Southern District of Florida chief judge, Cecilia M. Altonaga, who was appointed to the bench by former President George W. Bush.
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