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Giuliani charged in Arizona case; Trump an unindicted co-conspirator

Giuliani charged in Arizona case; Trump an unindicted co-conspirator

RUDY Giuliani, a former lawyer for Donald Trump, is among 18 people charged in Arizona with illegally seeking to claim the state's 2020 electoral votes for the then-U.S. president, in an indictment that names Trump as an unindicted co-conspirator. The indictment, reached on Tuesday and unsealed on Wednesday, stems from the attempt by Trump and his allies to pressure election officials in several states to overturn the presidential election won by Joe Biden, efforts for which Trump has been indicted in Georgia and in federal court. The court papers list "a former U.S. president," referring to Trump, as an unindicted co-conspirator. The…
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Iran imposes sanctions on 15 U.S. officials as nuclear talks stall

Iran imposes sanctions on 15 U.S. officials as nuclear talks stall

IRAN said that it had imposed sanctions on 15 more U.S. officials, including former Army Chief of Staff George Casey and former President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani, as months of talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal have stalled. Almost all the officials named served during Trump's administration which imposed sanctions on Iranian officials, politicians and companies and withdrew the United States from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers. In a statement carried by local media, the Iranian foreign ministry accused the U.S. officials of supporting “terrorist groups and terrorist acts” against Iran, and Israel’s “repressive acts” in the…
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Trump says probe of his ex-attorney Giuliani ‘very unfair’

Trump says probe of his ex-attorney Giuliani ‘very unfair’

FORMER U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday criticized the federal investigation into Rudy Giuliani and said he had no idea what U.S. agents were looking for when they searched his former personal lawyer's Manhattan apartment and office. Federal prosecutors have been investigating Giuliani for nearly 1-1/2 years, including a 2019 grand jury subpoena seen by Reuters for his financial records as part of an inquiry into possible money laundering, wire fraud, campaign finance violations, making false statements and obstruction of justice, in addition to foreign agent allegations. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, once led the Southern District of…
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Congressman sues Trump over deadly Capitol siege

Congressman sues Trump over deadly Capitol siege

JAN WOLFE and LISA LAMBERT  A US Democratic congressman has sued Donald Trump, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and other allies of the former president over the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol when violent Trump supporters tried to stop the certification of Trump's election defeat. The civil lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, alleges that the attack, which left five dead including a police officer, was a "direct and foreseeable consequence" of unlawful actions by Trump, Giuliani, Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., Republican congressman Mo Brooks and others. "As such, the Defendants are responsible for the injury and…
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Federal lawsuit accuses Trump, Giuliani of conspiracy to incite Capitol riot

Federal lawsuit accuses Trump, Giuliani of conspiracy to incite Capitol riot

SARAH N LYNCH A Democratic lawmaker has filed a lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump and lawyer Rudy Giuliani of conspiring to incite the violent riot that shook the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The lawsuit by Representative Bennie Thompson, a Democrat who chairs the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, in U.S. District Court in Washington. The U.S. Senate acquitted Trump of inciting the riot at the Capitol. The Senate vote of 57-43 fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict Trump on a charge of incitement of insurrection after a five-day impeachment trial but he can still…
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Trump, praising his won record, leaves White House

Trump, praising his won record, leaves White House

STEVE HOLLAND US President Donald Trump hailed his administration's record as he left the White House for the last time today, hours before President-elect Joe Biden assumed the helm of a country beset by deep political divides and battered by a raging coronavirus pandemic. Biden, 78, will become the oldest U.S. president in history at a scaled-back ceremony in Washington that has been largely stripped of its usual pomp and circumstance, due both to the coronavirus as well as security concerns following the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. Trump left the White House with his…
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