Trump news today: Ex-president slams New York AG as Manhattan prosecutor calls
GOP senator dodges question on Trump’s praise of Putin
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a motion to hold former President Donald Trump in contempt for not complying with a court order to turn over documents in her ongoing civil probe. Her office wants him to pay $10,000 per day, every day until he turns over the documents.
In a statement, Mr Trump slammed Ms James for an “absolute violation” of his civil rights and called her an “operative for the Democrat Party in a political prosecution” of him.
Meanwhile, in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s criminal probe into Mr Trump’s business dealings, investigators are reviewing “evidence not previously explored”.
In a new interview with the Washington Post, Mr Trump has insisted he does not regret urging his supporters to come to Washington, DC on 6 January 2021 – and has even said that he himself would have marched to the Capitol had the Secret Service not restrained him.
“Secret Service said I couldn’t go,” the paper quotes him saying. “I would have gone there in a minute.”
It was after the House of Representatives voted 220-203 to refer ex-Trump White House aides Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino for prosecution on criminal contempt of Congress charges for defying subpoenas to produce documents and give evidence before the select committee investigating the 6 January insurrection.
Congressional Republicans may block Disney copyright after ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill row
A number of Republican lawmakers have signalled they may block Disney from renewing copyright on an iconic Mickey Mouse cartoon as punishment for the company’s stance on Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.
Rep Jim Banks, chair of the Republican Study Committee, is circulating a letter among the GOP caucus in which he tells Disney CEO Bob Chapek of his intention to oppose any future extension of Disney copyrights, National Review reports.
Disney’s rights to its Steamboat Willie Mickey Mouse, first seen in a 1928 short film, are due to expire on 1 January 2024, although more recent depictions will remain protected by separate copyrights.
Read Bevan Hurley’s report
Shweta Sharma8 April 2022 08:30
Jen Psaki dismisses Abbott’s vow to bus migrants to DC ‘publicity stunt’
White House press secretary Jen Psaki called Texas governor Greg Abbott’s vow to send buses to bring undocumented immigrants to Washington a “public stunt”.
“I’m not aware of what authority the governor would be doing that under. I think it’s pretty clear this is a publicity stunt,” Ms Psaki said when asked about the threat during a press briefing.
“His own office admits that a migrant would need to voluntarily be transported, and he can’t compel them to because, again, enforcement of our country’s immigration laws lies with the federal government, not a state,” Ms Psaki added.
Mr Abbott had said that he would send back immigrants who would cross into Texas to Washington, in response to Biden administration’s move to rescind Title 4.
“We are sending them to the United States capital where the Biden administration will be able to more…
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