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Capitol rioter 'QAnon Shaman' pleads guilty, disappointed Trump didn't pardon
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Jacob Anthony Chansley, also known as Jake Angeli, of Arizona, stands with other supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump as they demonstrate on the second floor of the U.S. Capitol near the entrance to the Senate after breaching security defences, in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021.
Jacob Anthony Chansley, also known as Jake Angeli, of Arizona, stands with other supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump as they demonstrate on the second floor of the U.S. Capitol near the entrance to the Senate after breaching security defences, in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. PHOTO BY MIKE THEILER /REUTERS
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Capitol rioter nicknamed the “QAnon Shaman” is disappointed former President Donald Trump did not pardon him, his defense lawyer said on Friday after the man pleaded guilty to taking part in the Jan. 6 unrest.

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Jacob Chansley, of Phoenix, Arizona, was photographed inside the Capitol shirtless, wearing a horned headdress and heavily tattooed. He has been held without bond since his arrest shortly after the riot, and on Friday entered a guilty plea to obstructing an official proceeding.


While in detention, Chansley underwent mental examinations and was diagnosed by prison officials with transient schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety.

Nearly 600 people have been arrested over the attack on the Capitol where Congress was meeting to certify Joe Biden’s November victory over Trump. Earlier Trump had given a fiery speech falsely claiming his defeat was the result of fraud.


While the felony charge Chansley pleaded guilty to carries both a maximum 20-year prison term and a fine of up to $250,000, prosecutor Kimberly Paschall indicated the maximum sentence the government was likely to request would be much shorter.

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Chansley had been a supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory that casts Trump as a savior figure and elite Democrats as a cabal of Satanist pedophiles and cannibals.

Although he did not get a pardon from Trump, Chansley’s defense lawyer Albert Watkins said “there will always be a soft spot” for Trump in Chansley’s heart.


At Friday’s plea hearing, Watkins asked Judge Royce Lamberth to allow Chansley to be released from prison pending a sentencing hearing, scheduled for Nov. 17. The judge said he would consider this request.

Watkins noted that prosecutors had acknowledged Chansley was “not a planner or organizer” of the riot. Watkins later told reporters that Chansley had cooperated with Jan. 6 investigations and informed on a group he saw stealing classified materials from a Senate office.
 

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Idaho man accused of attacking police in U.S. Capitol riot pleads guilty
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Publishing date:Sep 07, 2021 • 12 hours ago • 1 minute read • Join the conversation
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WASHINGTON — An Idaho man accused of attacking police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot on Tuesday entered guilty pleas to two riot-related criminal charges.

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Duke Wilson, 67, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington to a charges of assaulting, resisting or impeding police and to obstructing an official proceeding.


The felony obstruction charge carries a 20-year maximum prison term but defense lawyer Charles Peterson said sentencing guidelines indicated Wilson, who presently is on bail, could face a term of between 41 and 51 months in prison. Senior U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth set a sentencing hearing for November.

Nearly 600 people have been arrested over the attack on the Capitol where Congress was meeting to certify Joe Biden’s November election victory over then-President Donald Trump. Earlier Trump had given a fiery speech falsely claiming his defeat was the result of fraud.

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An FBI affidavit outlining the case for Wilson’s arrest said that video recorded during the riot showed Wilson entering a Capitol tunnel as rioters pushed against “law enforcement officers in an attempt to gain entry into the building.”


The FBI said rioters appeared to spray irritating liquids at police while pushing on officers’ shields. As officers tried to close a set of double doors, the FBI reported, Wilson grabbed and tried to pull the door open.

After being sprayed by officers, the FBI said Wilson “picked up a several foot long white cylindrical object, believed to be a thin polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe,” which he then tossed at police.

The FBI said the video then showed Wilson appearing to help other rioters pull a shield away from the officers, and then pushed two officers to the ground.

At another court hearing on Tuesday, a federal prosecutor told U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden that plea bargain discussions were under way for Matthew Council, a resident of the Tampa Bay, Florida area who also faces multiple Jan. 6 riot-related charges.
 

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Plea deal possible for Quebec woman accused of sending Donald Trump poison
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Publishing date:Sep 09, 2021 • 14 hours ago • 1 minute read • 7 Comments
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WASHINGTON — A United States federal prosecutor says his office is working on a plea deal that could be offered to a Quebec woman accused last year of sending poison to former president Donald Trump.

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Pascale Ferrier made a brief appearance in a Washington D.C. court this morning by video conference, and her case is due to return to court Nov. 10.


Prosecutor Michael Friedman told the court he has discussed a plea deal with other Justice Department officials and has outlined the general contours of a potential offer to Ferrier’s defence lawyer.

Ferrier has been charged with threatening to kill and injure the U.S. president, sending threats through the mail and violating biological weapons prohibitions in relation to a letter containing the poison ricin that was mailed to the White House.


She also faces 16 federal charges in Texas related to letters containing ricin that were sent to law enforcement officials in that state.

David Bos, a public defender representing Ferrier, said the charges in Texas would also be part of plea negotiations.
 

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Fired London nurse helping organize anti-lockdown hospital protests
Kristen Nagle had travelled to Washington on the day of the infamous Jan. 6 Capitol riots.

Author of the article:Tyler Dawson, Postmedia staff
Publishing date:Sep 13, 2021 • 18 hours ago • 4 minute read • 121 Comments
Kristen Nagle. Photograph taken on Tuesday September 22, 2020. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)
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Cross-country hospital protests against vaccine passports and COVID-19 public health measures are planned for Monday, organized by a group led in part by two Ontario nurses – one from London – who travelled to Washington on the day of the infamous Jan. 6 Capitol riots.

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The protests, scheduled for cities from Victoria to St. John’s and organized by a group calling itself Canadian Frontline Nurses, echo those that have rippled across Canada in recent weeks in response to government announcements of vaccine passports, which would limit the access unvaccinated Canadians have to public spaces.


Their targets include London’s Victoria Hospital.

Kristen Nagle and Sarah Choujounian, two of the organizers for the group, have both long been active in the protests against public-health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic and were present at a rally in Washington on Jan. 6, the same day pro-Donald Trump agitators stormed the Capitol building.

In November 2020, Nagle was charged for organizing rallies in violation of Ontario’s public health measures. She was put on paid leave from her job at the London Health Sciences Centre for actions “not aligned” with her employer’s values. An investigation into her conduct wrapped up by mid-January 2021, and she was fired.

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Nagle, a registered nurse since 2006, said at the D.C. rally nurses were being threatened for speaking out or holding contrary views but said that would not stop them standing up for the truth. She also slammed policies she said isolate new mothers at a critical time.

“We are sharing truth with you whatever the cost may be,” Nagle said. “Nurses, it is our time to rise.”

Her bio on the Canadian Frontline Nurses website reads: “Kristen is passionate about children’s health and empowering families to trust their bodies and immune systems, to support and not suppress symptoms and to live a more natural life in harmony with the Earth with full body sovereignty.”


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Choujounian was the founder of Nurses Against Lockdowns, which has since merged with Canadian Frontline Nurses. She has, according to her bio on the group’s website, been fired from both her nursing jobs in Ontario.

Both women travelled to Washington last January for a rally organized by Global Frontline Nurses, an organization that claims there is no evidence that social distancing is helpful in reducing the spread of COVID-19 and that “lockdowns do not work,” both positions widely disputed by public-health experts.

In Washington, Choujounian said she was fired from her nursing job for posting online about her beliefs about lockdowns, and said restrictions on visiting nursing homes are “crimes against humanity.”

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Choujounian and Nagle are also both under investigation by the College of Nurses of Ontario for their conduct. The college did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday.

The National Post reached out to Canadian Frontline Nurses for comment on Sunday, but the organization did not respond by press time.

There have been protests around the country relating to vaccine passports in recent weeks, reinvigorating a movement that had, previously, held rallies across the country condemning mask mandates and lockdown measures taken in many provinces to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Last week, the Canadian Nursing Association issued a strongly worded statement condemning the protests, saying the protests “have stunned and saddened exhausted health-care workers.”

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“The reckless views of a handful of discredited people who identify as nurses have aligned in some cases with angry crowds who are putting public health and safety at risk,” read a statement. “Their outlandish assertions about science would be laughable were they not so dangerous.”

Sunday, Toronto Mayor John Tory also came out against the protests, writing on Twitter: “We all have a right to protest but abusing that right in order to harass people outside a hospital and spread misinformation about vaccines in the middle of the pandemic is unacceptable and beyond the pale.”

News reports from across the country detail verbal and physical abuse from protesters during the last major round of protests, including reports that ambulances and patients struggled to get through thousands of demonstrators to get into hospitals.


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On Sunday, Alberta Health Services said it is planning for the “increased” presence of protective services and police around a hospital when the protests occur Monday in order to “support staff and patients at the Royal Alexandra Hospital to feel safe when entering or leaving the hospital tomorrow.”

Monday’s protest, according to a Canadian Frontline Nurses Facebook post, are “more of a silent vigil where health care professionals and the general public are welcome to show their support for those against medical tyranny and to pay tribute to those affected by the measures put in place since last year.”

The protests have escalated to the extent that the presidents of the Ontario Medical Association and the Canadian Medical Association penned a joint statement earlier this month saying the protests are “precluding access to much-needed health care settings and demoralizing health care workers.”

“The health care workers who have worked tirelessly for months on end are being bullied and harassed for doing their jobs. This is wrong and unacceptable – full stop,” the statement said.

With files from Tom Blackwell and The Canadian Press.

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Man with knives arrested near DNC headquarters: U.S. Capitol Police
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Publishing date:Sep 13, 2021 • 16 hours ago • 1 minute read • Join the conversation
This handout photo released on Sept. 13, 2021 courtesy of the U.S. Capitol Police shows the inside of a Dodge Dakota pickup truck after U.S. Capitol Police officers arrested a California man with a bayonet and machete in his vehicle in Washington, D.C.
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The U.S. Capitol Police arrested a California man with multiple knives in his truck marked with white supremacist symbols near the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, police said on Monday.

Around midnight, a Capitol Police officer was on patrol when he noticed a pickup truck with a bayonet and a machete inside of it, and a swastika and other white supremacist symbols painted on it, the police department said in a news release.


The truck was parked near the DNC headquarters, which borders the U.S. Capitol complex, the statement said.

This handout photo released on September 13, 2021 courtesy of the U.S. Capitol Police shows a Dodge Dakota pickup truck after U.S. Capitol Police officers arrested a California man with a bayonet and machete in his vehicle in Washington, D.C.
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Police identified the driver as Donald Craighead, 44, of Oceanside, California. Craighead was arrested for possession of prohibited weapons.

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Craighead said he was “on patrol” and began talking about white supremacist ideology, the Capitol Police statement said.

A Saturday rally is planned by supporters of the roughly 600 people charged with taking part in the deadly Jan. 6 riot involving backers of then-President Donald Trump.


Police will reinstall a tall fence around the U.S. Capitol ahead of the rally, two sources familiar with the security planning told Reuters.
 

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Trump's tweets impacted our exchange rate: study
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Publishing date:Sep 14, 2021 • 11 hours ago • 1 minute read • Join the conversation
In this photo illustration, the Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump is displayed on a mobile phone in Arlington, Va., Aug. 10, 2020.
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The Donald’s tweets didn’t just have an impact in America, it trickled up to Canada, too.

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That’s the finding of a review by the Bank of Canada (BOC) of 336 of Donald Trump’s 40,000 tweets over a three-year span, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.


The BOC found that Trump’s tweets had a “statistically significant” impact on exchange rates. Twitter permanently suspended Trump’s account last Jan. 8.

“His tweets were informative and potentially consequential,” said the BOC report, Tariffs And The Exchange Rate: Evidence From Twitter. “We show that exchange rates reacted systematically only to tweets concerning commercial policy, but not to tweets concerning immigration, U.S. politics or other matters.”

Research was done to find the impact over a three-year period of the tweets on spot prices in the currency market.

“Findings showed more outspoken tweets like a 2017 Trump message calling the North American Free Trade Agreement ‘the worst trade deal ever made — May have to terminate?’ had an instant impact on exchange rates.

“These estimates are economically and statistically significant,” researchers said.
 

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U.S. Capitol Police request National Guard troops on Sept. 18 if needed
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Capitol Police on Wednesday said it has asked the Pentagon to provide National Guard troops to help protect the Capitol on Sept. 18 during a scheduled protest if they are needed.

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“The USCP has asked the Department of Defense for the ability to receive National Guard support should the need arise on September 18,” the police department statement said.


No details were provided on the potential number of National Guard troops that could be deployed.

The reinstallation of a tall security fence at the Capitol already has been requested in the run-up to Saturday’s rally. The fence, which was first erected following the Jan. 6 attack on the building that houses the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, was dismantled in July.

A large group is expected at the Capitol on Saturday to protest the arrests and criminal charges against some 600 people in connection with the Jan. 6 riot.

Battling law enforcement outside and inside the Capitol, they were trying to stop Congress from formal certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the November, 2020 presidential election.

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Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that the election was stolen from him as a result of massive election fraud. He gave a fiery speech to supporters at a rally outside the White House just prior to their attack on the Capitol.

Many of the Jan. 6 rioters carried Trump flags, which at times were used as weapons against law enforcement.

Four people died on the day of the riot, one fatally shot by police and three from medical emergencies. A Capitol Police officer who had been attacked by protesters died the following day. Four police officers who took part in the defense of the Capitol later committed suicide.
 

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'Threats of violence' at U.S. Capitol pro-Trump rally, police warn
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Publishing date:Sep 17, 2021 • 14 hours ago • 2 minute read • Join the conversation
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WASHINGTON — Police warned of threats of violence at a planned Saturday rally at the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump supporters, and the National Guard put 100 troops on standby to provide support, after the building was breached during a Jan. 6 riot.

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Hundreds of far-right demonstrators are expected in Washington for the “Justice For J6” rally, in support of the more than 600 people arrested on charges of joining the storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters in an attempt to stop certification of President Joe Biden’s election victory.


Police have ramped up security around the white-domed building, mindful of the rioters on Jan. 6 who attacked police, smashed windows and climbed into the building, sending lawmakers and then-Vice President Mike Pence running for safety.

Workers have reassembled a fence that was put up around the white-domed Capitol following that day but was taken down in July.

U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger on Friday told reporters “there have been some threats of violence associated” with Saturday’s demonstration.

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The police department has a “strong plan in place” to maintain a peaceful event, Manger told a news conference.

“In the last few days, we’ve had a number of specific threats come in against specific members of Congress,” Manger said, adding that those threats have not been “specifically tied to the rally tomorrow.”

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has put 100 National Guard troops on standby to help police protect the Capitol if needed, the Pentagon said on Friday. A Pentagon spokesman said the request had been made by the Capitol police and the troops would be based out of the D.C. Armory.

The National Guard troops, who will be unarmed except for batons, would be used after local, state and federal law enforcement capabilities had been tapped, the spokesman said.

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“The task force will only be deployed upon request of the Capitol Police to help protect the U.S. Capitol Building and Congressional Office buildings by manning building entry points and verifying credentials of individuals seeking access to the building,” the spokesman said.

Manger said one risk police were preparing for was clashes between Trump supporters and counter-protesters.

“What we’re concerned about, I think, more than anything is the possibility of counter-demonstrators making it to this demonstration and there being violence between those two groups,” Manger said. “In my opinion, that’s the most likely scenario for violence.”

Most members of Congress will be out of town on Saturday.
 

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'Threats of violence' at U.S. Capitol pro-Trump rally, police warn
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Publishing date:Sep 17, 2021 • 14 hours ago • 2 minute read • Join the conversation
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WASHINGTON — Police warned of threats of violence at a planned Saturday rally at the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump supporters, and the National Guard put 100 troops on standby to provide support, after the building was breached during a Jan. 6 riot.

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Hundreds of far-right demonstrators are expected in Washington for the “Justice For J6” rally, in support of the more than 600 people arrested on charges of joining the storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters in an attempt to stop certification of President Joe Biden’s election victory.


Police have ramped up security around the white-domed building, mindful of the rioters on Jan. 6 who attacked police, smashed windows and climbed into the building, sending lawmakers and then-Vice President Mike Pence running for safety.

Workers have reassembled a fence that was put up around the white-domed Capitol following that day but was taken down in July.

U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger on Friday told reporters “there have been some threats of violence associated” with Saturday’s demonstration.

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The police department has a “strong plan in place” to maintain a peaceful event, Manger told a news conference.

“In the last few days, we’ve had a number of specific threats come in against specific members of Congress,” Manger said, adding that those threats have not been “specifically tied to the rally tomorrow.”

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has put 100 National Guard troops on standby to help police protect the Capitol if needed, the Pentagon said on Friday. A Pentagon spokesman said the request had been made by the Capitol police and the troops would be based out of the D.C. Armory.

The National Guard troops, who will be unarmed except for batons, would be used after local, state and federal law enforcement capabilities had been tapped, the spokesman said.

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“The task force will only be deployed upon request of the Capitol Police to help protect the U.S. Capitol Building and Congressional Office buildings by manning building entry points and verifying credentials of individuals seeking access to the building,” the spokesman said.

Manger said one risk police were preparing for was clashes between Trump supporters and counter-protesters.

“What we’re concerned about, I think, more than anything is the possibility of counter-demonstrators making it to this demonstration and there being violence between those two groups,” Manger said. “In my opinion, that’s the most likely scenario for violence.”

Most members of Congress will be out of town on Saturday.
Of course Antifa and others will be there to crash this party just like last time .
 

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Small pro-Trump crowd rallies at U.S. Capitol amid high security
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Publishing date:Sep 18, 2021 • 12 hours ago • 4 minute read • 75 Comments
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WASHINGTON — Police and media vastly outnumbered protesters around the U.S. Capitol on Saturday at a sparsely attended rally by supporters of the people who breached the building on Jan. 6, trying to overturn former President Donald Trump’s election defeat.

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About 100 to 200 protesters showed up, some carrying the flags of the right-wing group Three Percenters over their shoulders. It was far fewer than the 700 people organizers had expected and the thousands who brought mayhem to the Capitol on Jan. 6.


Hundreds of officers patrolled the Capitol grounds and a black eight-foot-high (2.44 m) fence that surrounded the white-domed building for about six months after the attack was reinstalled, reflecting unease about a potential repeat of Jan. 6. One hundred National Guard troops were on standby.

As part of an effort by some of Trump’s far-right supporters to rewrite the history of the deadly mob assault on the Capitol that was captured in graphic video, speaker after speaker insisted that hundreds of rioters arrested for their actions that day were “political prisoners” who committed no violence.

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Prosecutors and legal experts say the cases are being handled properly.


“This is about justice and disparate treatment,” said Matt Braynard, a rally organizer and supporter of Trump’s false claims that his defeat was the result of widespread fraud.

While crowds were small, passions rose at times, with sporadic yelling matches breaking out between participants in the rally and counter-demonstrators. Police on bicycles moved in to break up some of these squabbles.

Capitol Police reported four arrests, including a man armed with a handgun spotted in the crowd, though they said it was “not clear why the man was at the demonstration.” Officers in riot gear also removed one man from the rally who had a large knife strapped to his hip.

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Organizers of the “Justice for J6” rally called for a peaceful event, but U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger told reporters on Friday there had been threats of violence linked to the rally, some targeting individual members of Congress, and police were bracing to prevent clashes between Trump supporters and opponents.


Tony Smith, 40, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, said he had come to voice his support for a fair judicial process for those charged in the breach of the Capitol.

“If we don’t honour that we don’t honour America,” said Smith, who was carrying a poster board that said “We Want Trump!”

More than 600 people have been charged with taking part in the Jan. 6 violence, which followed a speech by Trump at a nearby rally reiterating his false claims that his election loss was the result of widespread fraud. Those claims have been rejected by multiple courts, state election officials and members of Trump’s own administration.

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Rioters that day battled police, beating them with sticks and metal barricades, smashed their way through windows into the Capitol building and ran through the halls, sending lawmakers and then-Vice President Mike Pence running for safety.

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Four people died on Jan. 6, one fatally shot by police and three from medical emergencies. A Capitol Police officer who had been attacked by protesters died the day after and four police officers who took part in the defence of the Capitol later committed suicide.

Almost 50 people have so far pleaded guilty to charges related to the violence, nine admitting to committing felonies. The vast majority of defendants have been released awaiting trial but about 75 are still in custody, according to court documents.

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Members of the right-wing groups the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and Three Percenters are among those charged with storming the building.

“Let them go, let them go,” the crowd occasionally chanted during the rally, which lasted just over an hour.


But Eric Lamar, 64, a retired firefighter in Washington, D.C., said he came to the Capitol to counter “false narratives” from Trump supporters about Jan. 6.

“It breaks my heart,” Lamar said after hearing another retired firefighter claim that the riot was a “false flag,” a conspiracy theory wrongly claiming that the event was staged. “There is no question that what happened on Jan. 6 is the work of supporters of Donald Trump who decided falsely and without evidence that the election was stolen.” Trump called Saturday’s rally a “setup” and said media would use it as an excuse to bash Republicans regardless of its outcome, according to an interview on Thursday with the Federalist, a conservative news website.

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Unlike on Jan. 6, when Congress was in session to certify Biden’s election, the Capitol was largely empty on Saturday, with most members out of town.

No members of Congress attended Saturday’s rally, though two Republican congressional candidates addressed the group.


Authorities, who had made clear they were much better prepared after being caught without enough forces to deploy quickly in January, took no chances.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin put 100 National Guard troops on standby to help police on Saturday if needed.

National Guard troops were stationed in and around the Capitol from early January through late May, with as many as 5,200 troops in place at the mission’s peak.
 

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Donald Trump sues New York Times, niece Mary Trump over tax records story
According to the lawsuit, Donald Trump suffered at least $100M in damages as a result of the alleged actions.

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Former U.S. president Donald Trump has sued his niece, Mary L. Trump, and the New York Times over the publication of a 2018 article detailing allegations that he “participated in dubious tax schemes … including instances of outright fraud” that allowed him to receive over $413 million from his father, Fred Trump Sr., while significantly reducing taxes.

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The suit, filed in a Dutchess County, N.Y., court on Tuesday, alleges that Mary Trump, the New York Times and at least three of its reporters “engaged in an insidious plot to obtain confidential and highly-sensitive records” about the former president’s finances. According to the lawsuit, Donald Trump suffered at least $100 million in damages as a result of the alleged actions.


Trump, unlike every other major-party presidential nominee in recent history, has declined to make his tax records public.

The New York Times and the three reporters named in the suit — David Barstow, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner — won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting for their 18-month investigation that culminated in the article. Their work “debunked [Trump’s] claims of self-made wealth and revealed a business empire riddled with tax dodges,” according to the Pulitzer Prize board.

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After the article’s publication, Trump dismissed the story as a “hit piece” that was “boring.”

Donald Trump’s suit alleges that the New York Times influenced Mary Trump to help them acquire confidential documents despite a settlement agreement that she had signed after a legal challenge to Fred Trump Sr.’s will. In her 2020 book “Too Much and Never Enough,” Mary Trump detailed how she helped the reporters obtain Donald Trump’s financial records.

The book “Too Much and Never Enough” by Mary Trump is pictured in a bookstore in Manhattan July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
The book “Too Much and Never Enough” by Mary Trump is pictured in a bookstore in Manhattan July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
At 3 a.m. one day in 2017, she took 19 boxes of documents from Farrell Fritz, the law firm that helped her challenge the estate of Fred Trump Sr., and handed them over to the journalists. A lawyer at the firm had told her she was entitled to take the documents, as long as at least one copy was left behind, Mary Trump said.

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“It wasn’t enough for me to volunteer at an organization helping Syrian refugees,” she wrote. “I had to take Donald down.”

In 2020, Mary Trump also sued Donald Trump and two of the former president’s siblings, saying that they defrauded her out of tens of millions of dollars decades ago by allegedly manipulating the value of properties and lying to her about the worth of her inheritance.


News of Donald Trump’s lawsuit was first reported by the Daily Beast. Mary Trump told the news website that the legal action was motivated by “desperation … The walls are closing in and he is throwing anything against the wall that will stick. As is always the case with Donald, he’ll try and change the subject.”

A spokeswoman for the Times said that the paper’s coverage of Donald Trump’s taxes “helped inform citizens through meticulous reporting on a subject of overriding public interest. This lawsuit is an attempt to silence independent news organizations, and we plan to vigorously defend against it.”

Donald Trump and Mary Trump didn’t immediately return requests for comment.

“I knocked on Mary Trump’s door. She opened it,” tweeted Craig on Wednesday. “I think they call that journalism.”
 

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Trump allies Bannon, Meadows subpoenaed in Congress' probe of Capitol riot
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Publishing date:Sep 23, 2021 • 5 hours ago • 2 minute read • 5 Comments
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol has subpoenaed four former members of Donald Trump’s administration, including Mark Meadows and Steve Bannon, the panel’s chairman said on Thursday.

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Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino and former Defense Department official Kash Patel were also subpoenaed and instructed to produce materials and appear for depositions, committee Chairman Bennie Thompson said in a statement.


Meadows, a former congressman, served as Trump’s White House chief of staff. Bannon was a White House adviser to Trump.

A representative for Meadows said he declined to comment. Bannon and Scavino could not be reached for immediate comment.

Patel said in a statement he was “disappointed, but not surprised” the committee issued a subpoena before seeking his voluntary cooperation.

A mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 as Congress was meeting to certify Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory, delaying that process for several hours as then-Vice President Mike Pence, members of Congress, staff and journalists fled from rioters.

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Nearly 600 people have been arrested on charges tied to the attack. It was the worst violence at the seat of the U.S. government since the British invasion during the War of 1812.

Thompson said Meadows reportedly communicated with state and federal officials as part of an effort to overturn the 2020 election or prevent Biden’s certification. Meadows was also reportedly in communication with organizers of the Jan. 6 rally, Thompson said.


‘ALL HELL IS GOING TO BREAK LOOSE’

In a letter to Bannon, Thompson noted that he had been involved with multiple conversations about persuading members of Congress to block certification of Trump’s election defeat.

“You are quoted as stating, on Jan. 5, 2021, that ‘all hell is going to break loose tomorrow,'” Thompson wrote. “Accordingly, the select committee seeks both documents and your deposition testimony.”

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Bannon was fired by Trump August 2017 but they later mended fences and stayed in contact. Trump pardoned Bannon after he was charged with swindling the president’s own supporters over an effort to raise private funds to build a border wall.

Meadows and Scavino have been instructed to appear for depositions on Oct. 15 and Bannon and Patel on Oct. 14.

Thompson said in his letter to Scavino that he was a witness to Trump’s activities on the day of the riot. “You may also have materials relevant to (Trump’s) videotaping and tweeting messages on January 6,” Thompson said.

Patel, who served as chief of staff to acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller, reportedly spoke repeatedly to Meadows on the day of the riot.

House Democrats formed the committee over objections from Trump’s fellow Republicans in the House. Two Republicans are on the committee, Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger.

They are among 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump on a charge of inciting the violence in a fiery speech repeating his false claims that his defeat was the result of widespread fraud. The Senate later acquitted him.

“We will fight the Subpoenas on Executive Privilege and other grounds,” Trump said in a statement.
 

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U.S. Olympic gold medalist Klete Keller pleads guilty in U.S. Capitol riot case
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In this file photo taken on August 12, 2008 swimmer Klete Keller smiles after winning the men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay heat at the National Aquatics Center in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Keller, 39, admitted in a plea agreement to breaching the US Capitol to try to obstruct the certification of Democrat Joe Biden's November presidential election victory. (Photo by Greg WOOD / AFP) (Photo by GREG WOOD/AFP via Getty Images)
In this file photo taken on August 12, 2008 swimmer Klete Keller smiles after winning the men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay heat at the National Aquatics Center in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Keller, 39, admitted in a plea agreement to breaching the US Capitol to try to obstruct the certification of Democrat Joe Biden's November presidential election victory. (Photo by Greg WOOD / AFP) (Photo by GREG WOOD/AFP via Getty Images) PHOTO BY GREG WOOD /AFP via Getty Images
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WASHINGTON — Klete Keller, a former Olympic swimmer who won two gold medals for the United States, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a felony charge related to his participation in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.

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Keller admitted to obstructing an official proceeding, after prosecutors agreed to drop six other criminal charges they brought against him in February.


U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in the District of Columbia accepted Keller’s guilty plea at a court hearing. Leon will sentence Keller at another hearing that has yet to be scheduled.

The charge has a recommended sentence of between 21 and 27 months in prison, but Leon is not bound by that range.

Keller is a five-times Olympic medalist who held off Australian great Ian Thorpe on the anchor leg of the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2004 Athens Games to win gold for the United States.


More than 600 people have been charged with taking part in the Jan. 6 violence, which followed a speech by Republican Trump at a nearby rally repeating his false claims that his election loss to Democrat Joe Biden was the result of widespread fraud. Those claims have been rejected by multiple courts, state election officials and members of Trump’s own administration.

Keller, a Colorado resident, wore a Team USA jacket when he entered the Capitol on Jan. 6.

According to prosecutors, Keller was in the Capitol for nearly an hour, at one point yelling “F*** Nancy Pelosi!” and “F*** Chuck Schumer!” before others began pushing forward toward law enforcement officers.

Pelosi and Schumer are the Democratic Party’s congressional leaders.
 

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Trump asks Florida judge to force Twitter to restart his account: Report
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during his first post-presidency campaign rally at the Lorain County Fairgrounds in Wellington, Ohio, June 26, 2021.
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump asked a federal judge in Florida to force Twitter to reinstate his account, Bloomberg News reported late on Friday.

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In July Trump sued Twitter, Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google, as well as their chief executives, alleging they unlawfully silence conservative viewpoints.


Trump’s request for a preliminary injunction against Twitter was filed late on Friday in Miami, claiming the social media company cancelled his account in January under pressure from his political rivals in Congress, the report said.

Twitter declined to comment. Trump’s representatives did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment outside business hours.

Trump lost his social media megaphone this year after the companies said he violated their policies against glorifying violence.


Hundreds of his supporters launched a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 after Trump in a speech repeating his false claims that his election defeat was the result of widespread fraud, an assertion rejected by multiple courts, state election officials and members of his own administration.

Twitter “exercises a degree of power and control over political discourse in this country that is immeasurable, historically unprecedented, and profoundly dangerous to open democratic debate,” Bloomberg quoted the former president’s request as saying.
 

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Make America Great Again 2.0 on its way: Bannon
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Publishing date:Oct 04, 2021 • 8 hours ago • 1 minute read • 13 Comments
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MAGA mania is on its way — again.

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So says former White House adviser Steve Bannon, who is predicting a “sweeping victory” for MAGA policies in the 2022 midterms that will ultimately pave the way to former president Donald Trump winning a second term in 2024.


Bannon made his bold prediction at a social club last month, according to NBC News.

“We’re going to have a sweeping victory in 2022, and that’s just the preamble to a sweeping victory in 2024, and this time we’re going to be ready — and have a MAGA perspective, MAGA policies, not the standard Republican policies,” he told political appointees at the Washington, D.C., event.

When that time comes, Bannon said he wants to see an army of “shock troops” enter federal agencies and help Republicans entirely retool government by instituting their policies.

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“If you’re going to take over the administrative state and deconstruct it, then you have to have shock troops prepared to take it over immediately,” Bannon, who led Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, later told NBC News.

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Bannon was invited to speak by the newly formed Association of Republican Presidential Appointees at the Capitol Hill Club.

Bannon was among the ex-Trump administration officials who were issued subpoenas last month by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
 

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Trump hid foreign payments from his DC hotel as it lost money, House panel says
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Publishing date:Oct 08, 2021 • 20 hours ago • 1 minute read • Join the conversation
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WASHINGTON — Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s businesses tried to hide millions of dollars in payments from foreign governments that flowed through his unprofitable hotel in downtown Washington, a U.S. congressional committee said on Friday.

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The House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform said hotel records raise “troubling” questions about the Trump International Hotel, which is in a historic building the Trump Organization leases from the federal government.


The hotel served as a popular gathering spot for Trump’s supporters, foreign dignitaries, and his fellow Republicans during his time in office.

According to the Democratic-controlled committee, Trump reported that the hotel earned him more than $150 million during his time in office, but actually lost more than $70 million.

The committee found that the hotel received over $3.7 million in payments from foreign governments — roughly equal to more than 7,400 nights at the hotel, posing a potential conflict of interest.

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Provisions in the U.S. Constitution prohibit the president from obtaining payments, or “emoluments,” from foreign governments.


The hotel gave a portion of that money to the U.S. government but failed to provide details of those payments to the General Services Administration (GSA), the agency that manages federal properties, the Democratic-controlled committee said.

Trump’s lawyers have argued in court cases that his ownership of the hotel did not violate these constitutional provisions.

A Trump Organization spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The GSA, likewise, did not immediately respond.

Congressional Democrats say the GSA stonewalled their investigation into Trump’s businesses while he was in office, but in July 2021 finally produced some of the documents they had been seeking.

The committee also found that Trump moved millions of dollars through other businesses, complicating GSA’s ability to enforce provisions that prohibited him from collecting profits from the hotel.

The committee also found that he concealed debts when he was bidding for use of the property in 2011.
 

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White House blocks Trump attempt to withhold documents related to Jan 6 attack
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A mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump fight with members of law enforcement at a door they broke open as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021.
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The White House on Friday formally blocked an attempt by Donald Trump to withhold documents from Congress related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol when he was U.S. president.

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Press Secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden had authorized the National Archives, a government agency that holds records from Trump’s time in office, to turn over an initial batch of documents requested by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot.


“The president has determined an assertion of executive privilege isn’t warranted for the first set of documents from the Trump White House that have been provided to us by the National Archives,” Psaki said.

Throngs of Trump supporters stormed the seat of Congress that day in a failed bid to prevent lawmakers from certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential victory. More than 600 people now face criminal charges stemming from the event.

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Meanwhile, the Jan. 6 Select Committee threatened criminal contempt charges against Steve Bannon, the longtime Trump adviser who is refusing to cooperate with the inquiry.


“We will not allow any witness to defy a lawful subpoena or attempt to run out the clock, and we will swiftly consider advancing a criminal contempt of Congress referral,” said Representatives Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney, who lead the committee.

Bannon on Thursday told the committee he would not comply with a subpoena it issued last month.

A lawyer for Bannon, Robert Costello, said in a letter to the committee that Bannon would refuse to comply because of Trump’s claim that he can invoke executive privilege to block Bannon’s testimony.

Executive privilege is a legal doctrine that protects the confidentiality of some communications between White House officials.

Legal experts have said Trump, as the former president, cannot lawfully use executive privilege to block subpoenas issued by the select committee.
 

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If you're a betting man, Trump looks good in 2024
Author of the article:Liz Braun
Publishing date:Oct 13, 2021 • 14 hours ago • 1 minute read • Join the conversation
Former U.S. president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 28, 2021.
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Bookies in America have announced the startling news that Donald Trump is currently the betting favourite to win the 2024 election.

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According to a press release from Josh Barton at oddspr.com, after Trump’s loss in November 2020, SportsBetting.ag initially set his odds for the 2024 Election at 33-1.


That number fell to 12-1 in January this year. Now, Trump has zipped past everyone — regardless of party — as the betting favourite.

Trump currently has slightly better than 3-1 odds to be elected president in 2024. That’s better than incumbent Joe Biden (13-4 odds); Kamala Harris, (5-1); Ron DeSantis, (10-1); and Pete Buttigieg, (16-1).

Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, and Elizabeth Warren follow, but so does Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson, so it’s difficult to know how seriously anyone should take this list.

Here are all the candidates with 50-1 odds or better, according to SportsBetting.ag:

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Donald Trump Sr. 3-1

Joe Biden 13-4

Kamala Harris 5-1

Ron DeSantis 10-1

Pete Buttigieg 16-1

Nikki Haley 18-1

Mike Pence 20-1

Elizabeth Warren 25-1

Tucker Carlson 33-1

Andrew Yang 40-1

Mike Pompeo 40-1

Kristi Noem 45-1

Amy Klobuchar 50-1

Gavin Newsom 50-1

Mark Cuban 50-1

Ted Cruz 50-1

The website’s political oddsmaker, Paul Krishnamurty, thinks Biden’s approval rating is falling, which may make it difficult for him to advance his agenda through Congress.


Krishnamurty predicted there will be a defeat at the mid-terms, which would further tie Biden’s hands, but that remains to be seen.

“Running again, aged 81, may make little sense,” Krishnamurty commented about Biden, a strange notion considering Trump will be 78 when the 2024 election rolls around.

“While Trump may well still be indicted, the longer authorities wait, the more it will appear politically motivated and the more likely to get tied up in legal delays,” said Krishnamurty. “It isn’t clear that the Jan. 6 Commission will deliver either. The effect may ‘detoxify’ Trump and the issue itself.”

He added the 2024 election is “probably still a tossup, like most presidential races of recent times.”
 

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If you're a betting man, Trump looks good in 2024
Author of the article:Liz Braun
Publishing date:Oct 13, 2021 • 14 hours ago • 1 minute read • Join the conversation
Former U.S. president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 28, 2021.
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Bookies in America have announced the startling news that Donald Trump is currently the betting favourite to win the 2024 election.

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According to a press release from Josh Barton at oddspr.com, after Trump’s loss in November 2020, SportsBetting.ag initially set his odds for the 2024 Election at 33-1.


That number fell to 12-1 in January this year. Now, Trump has zipped past everyone — regardless of party — as the betting favourite.

Trump currently has slightly better than 3-1 odds to be elected president in 2024. That’s better than incumbent Joe Biden (13-4 odds); Kamala Harris, (5-1); Ron DeSantis, (10-1); and Pete Buttigieg, (16-1).

Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, and Elizabeth Warren follow, but so does Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson, so it’s difficult to know how seriously anyone should take this list.

Here are all the candidates with 50-1 odds or better, according to SportsBetting.ag:

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Donald Trump Sr. 3-1

Joe Biden 13-4

Kamala Harris 5-1

Ron DeSantis 10-1

Pete Buttigieg 16-1

Nikki Haley 18-1

Mike Pence 20-1

Elizabeth Warren 25-1

Tucker Carlson 33-1

Andrew Yang 40-1

Mike Pompeo 40-1

Kristi Noem 45-1

Amy Klobuchar 50-1

Gavin Newsom 50-1

Mark Cuban 50-1

Ted Cruz 50-1

The website’s political oddsmaker, Paul Krishnamurty, thinks Biden’s approval rating is falling, which may make it difficult for him to advance his agenda through Congress.


Krishnamurty predicted there will be a defeat at the mid-terms, which would further tie Biden’s hands, but that remains to be seen.

“Running again, aged 81, may make little sense,” Krishnamurty commented about Biden, a strange notion considering Trump will be 78 when the 2024 election rolls around.

“While Trump may well still be indicted, the longer authorities wait, the more it will appear politically motivated and the more likely to get tied up in legal delays,” said Krishnamurty. “It isn’t clear that the Jan. 6 Commission will deliver either. The effect may ‘detoxify’ Trump and the issue itself.”

He added the 2024 election is “probably still a tossup, like most presidential races of recent times.”
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