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Washington (AFP) - Republicans pressed unsubstantiated claims of US government bias against conservatives on Wednesday, bringing two whistleblowers before Congress to condemn the handling of a criminal probe of President Joe Biden's son. Opponents of the 80-year-old Democratic leader made bitter complaints of unequal justice when Hunter Biden reached a plea deal in June to avoid jail time over unpaid taxes and false claims on a firearms application in 2017 and 2018. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee heard from two tax agents who accused the Justice Department of "slow-walking" the c...
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Washington (AFP) - US prosecutors have told Donald Trump's lawyers that he is the target of a probe into his handling of classified documents after leaving the presidency, in a sign he might be indicted, US media reported Wednesday night. The notice came from the office of special counsel Jack Smith, The New York Times, CNN and other news outlets said, and gives the clearest sign yet that prosecutors are moving closer to charging the former president, who is seeking a return to the White House in 2024. The Times, citing "two people familiar with the matter", said it was not clear when Trump's ...
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New York (AFP) - The possible indictment of former president Donald Trump in New York could take several more weeks as a grand jury breaks from the case through most of April, US media reported Wednesday. On March 18 Trump declared he was three days away from being charged over a hush-money payment to a porn star. But since then the panel convened by Manhattan's chief local prosecutor has continued to hear witnesses. Now, with other cases to deal with, holidays including Easter, Passover and Eid al-Fitr ahead, and a scheduled two-week break from April 10, the grand jury might not consider the ...
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Washington (AFP) - Former US vice president Mike Pence revealed Tuesday he had uncovered documents marked as classified at his home, the latest twist in a mushrooming scandal over politicians' handling of the nation's most sensitive secrets. Pence, seen as an outside bet for the presidency in 2024, had his lawyer inform the National Archives last week of a "small number" of records that were "inadvertently boxed" and transported to his home in Indiana as he left office in 2021. He informed the Republican-led House oversight committee about the cache on Tuesday, according to chairman James Come...
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Washington (AFP) - After two years of one-party control, a fresh intake of US lawmakers will be seated Tuesday in a Congress divided between a Democrat-led Senate and a House of Representatives with Republicans behind the wheel. Despite its razor thin majorities, the 2021-23 Democratic-controlled Congress was one of the most productive in modern history, writing all manner of legislation -- much of it bipartisan -- on manufacturing, infrastructure, gun control, the climate crisis and more. But Washington watchers fear the age of cross-party cooperation may be coming to an end, with the legi...
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Washington (AFP) - Confident of emerging victorious from the simmering cauldron of the US midterm elections, Republicans are cooking up a buffet of legislative priorities for the new Congress -- and topping the menu is a dish best served cold. The party of former president Donald Trump has had to watch powerlessly from the opposition benches as its recalcitrant leader has spent years fending off criminal and congressional probes. But the Republicans are expected to regain the House of Representatives in November, and are plotting revenge on Trump's foes in Congress, the White House and law enf...
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Washington (AFP) - The US tax authority said Thursday it had asked for an independent investigation into rare, intrusive audits of two ex-FBI heads who were prominent adversaries of former president Donald Trump. James Comey, the FBI director until he was sacked by Trump in 2017, and Andrew McCabe, Comey's deputy and temporary replacement, were both subjected to the Internal Revenue Service reviews while the Republican billionaire was in office. Individuals are supposed to be picked at random for the IRS's National Research Program audits, making the chances of Comey being singled out in 2017 ...
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San Francisco (AFP) - A consortium of US states announced on Wednesday a joint investigation into TikTok's possible harms to young users of the platform, which has boomed in popularity especially among children. Officials across the United States have launched their own probes and lawsuits against Big Tech giants as the national government has failed to pass new regulations due in part to partisan gridlock. The consortium of eight states will look into the harms TikTok can cause to its young users and what the company knew about those possible harms, said a statement from California attorney g...
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San Francisco (AFP) - A consortium of US states announced on Wednesday an investigation into TikTok's possible harms to young users of the platform, which has boomed in popularity especially among children. Officials across the United States have launched their own probes and lawsuits against Big Tech giants as the national government has failed to pass new regulations due in part to partisan gridlock. The consortium of eight states will look into the harms TikTok can cause to its young users and what TikTok knew about those possible harms, said a statement from California attorney general Rob...
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Washington (AFP) - Former US President Donald Trump has suggested he would pardon some of those charged for their part in the assault on the US Capitol last year if he were reelected in the 2024 presidential vote. "If I run, and if I win we will treat those people from January 6th fairly. We will treat them fairly. And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons because they are being treated so unfairly," Trump said at a rally on Saturday night in Conroe, Texas. Hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the US legislature in Washington on January 6 last year in an effort to block certifica...
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