Donald Trump has agreed to be interviewed by the FBI as part of an investigation into his attempted assassination, an official said on Monday.
The expected interview is part of the standard protocol to speak with victims of federal crimes during the course of their investigations. On Friday, the FBI said that Trump was struck by a bullet or a fragment of one during the July 13 assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
It comes as text messages between members of the Beaver County Emergency Service obtained by The New York Times show that some officers noticed Thomas Crooks acting suspiciously ahead of the assassination attempt at the Trump rally.
Meanwhile, there is outrage after Trump appeared to suggest that he would end elections in the US if he’s re-elected.
Trump told “The Believers’ Summit”: “Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore … You got to get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote.”
Many Democrats interpreted the comments as Trump being prepared to put an end to American democracy.
Trump announces he will embrace cryptocurrency as part of plan to become bitcoin president
Donald Trump has said he will fully embrace cryptocurrency as part of apparent plans to put bitcoin at the heart of his presidential campaign.
The former president appeared at a bitcoin conference over the weekend in which he said he would make the US a “bitcoin superpower” and turn the country into the “capital of the planet for cryptocurrency.
Oliver O’Connell29 July 2024 20:15
Schumer notes clock ticking if Trump considering replacing Vance
If Donald Trump is having doubts about JD Vance as his running mate, he doesn’t have long to choose a replacement, according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
“The addition of JD Vance on this ticket is an incredibly bad choice,” Schumer said Sunday on Face the Nation. “Donald Trump, I know him, and he’s probably sitting and watching the TV, and every day it comes out Vance has done something more extreme, more weird, more erratic.”
Oliver O’Connell29 July 2024 20:00
Vance defends ‘childless cat ladies’ comments
JD Vance has defended his sexist comments branding Kamala Harris and other women “childless cat ladies” and is now trying to flip the narrative by accusing Jennifer Aniston of making “disgusting” remarks about his daughter.
Donald Trump’s vice-presidential pick continues to face backlash after a 2021 interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News resurfaced and went viral last week.
Oliver O’Connell29 July 2024 19:45
Republicans are beginning to have second thoughts about JD Vance
The senator has received negative attention after old clips resurfaced of him calling some Democrats, including Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, “childless cat ladies” and arguing that people with children should have more influence over the future of the country than those without children. The vice president has two stepchildren.
Gustaf Kilander reports from Washington, DC.
Oliver O’Connell29 July 2024 19:25
House leaders announce make-up of task force to investigate attempted assassination of Trump
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies have announced which 13 members of Congress will sit on the bipartisan House task force about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
Republican Rep Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania, who represents the district that includes the town of Butler where the shooting occurred, will chair, and Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado will be the ranking member for the Democrats.
The House unanimously voted to establish the task force 416-0.
Oliver O’Connell29 July 2024 19:09
Donald Trump mocks ‘bum’ Kamala Harris’ name during speech
Donald Trump continued to mock Kamala Harris’ name as he spoke at a Turning Point conference this weekend (27 July), insisting he’d “heard it said about seven different ways”. Branding her a “bum” and a “failed vice president”, Trump insisted he didn’t “mispronounce it on purpose”, but allegedly doesn’t know how to say her name. However, just days ago a video surfaced from Harris, where she confirms that her name is pronounced ‘Comma-La’. He also falsely told attendees that should they go out and vote for him now they “won’t have to vote again in four years”.
Oliver O’Connell29 July 2024 18:45
Ilhan Omar says Trump is ‘losing his memory’ after he confuses her with Rashida Tlaib
Trump and his new running mate JD Vance held their first joint campaign rally of the 2024 season in Minnesota on Saturday, a state the former president lost to Democrats in both 2020 and 2016. During Trump’s speech in St Cloud, he attacked his new presumptive opponent Kamala Harris, endorsed by Joe Biden after the president announced his decision to step aside last Sunday, and also swiped at a local target: Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a progressive and member of the “Squad” who has been outspoken in her opposition to Maga Republicanism.
Oliver O’Connell29 July 2024 18:15
Tom Cotton claims Trump was ‘joking’ about Christian vote comment
Senator Tom Cotton has claimed Donald Trump was “making a joke” when he promised Christian voters that they won’t have to vote again if they pick him as president.
In an interview on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’, Cotton said: “I think he’s obviously making a joke about how bad things had been under Joe Biden, and how good they’ll be if we send President Trump back to the White House so we can turn the country around.”
Maryam Zakir-Hussain29 July 2024 17:45
‘Trump is old and quite weird’
Oliver O’Connell29 July 2024 17:15
Trump defends ‘beautiful’ female Secret Service agent after backlash
Donald Trump has sung the praises of an embattled female Secret Service agent, commending her bravery and claiming she “wanted to take a bullet” for him despite her small stature, during the attempt on his life earlier this month.
James Liddell has the story.
Oliver O’Connell29 July 2024 16:45
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