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Chapman University law professor John Eastman stands at left as former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani speaks in Washington at a rally in support of President Donald Trump, called the "Save America Rally" on Jan. 6, 2021. The latest federal indictment against Donald Trump vividly illustrates the extent to which the former president's final weeks in office were consumed by a struggle over the law, with two determined groups of attorneys fighting it out as the future of American democracy hung in the balance. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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Indictment shows White House lawyers struggling for control as Trump fought to overturn election
By FARNOUSH AMIRI - Associated Press
Wed,08/09/23-11:05PM , 189 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — A few hours after rioters laid siege to the Capitol, overpowering police in a violent attack on the seat of American democracy on Jan. 6, 2021, the White House’s top lawyer, Pat Cipollone, called his boss with an urgent message.
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President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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How the Trump fake electors scheme became a 'corrupt plan,' according to the indictment
By FARNOUSH AMIRI - Associated Press
Tue,08/01/23-11:00PM , 137 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The role that fake slates of electors played in Donald Trump’s desperate effort to cling to power after his defeat in the 2020 election is at the center of a
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AP Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports on Congress-Oversight-Biden.

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Hunter Biden sold 'illusion of access' to his father, former business partner tells Congress
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Mon,07/31/23-10:28AM , 85 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden's former business partner insisted in testimony to Congress Monday that President Joe Biden was never directly involved in their financial dealings, though Hunter would often put his famous father on speakerphone to impress clients and business associates.
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House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, center, flanked by Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, left, and Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., arrives as the House Oversight and Accountability Committee holds a hearing to charge that the Justice Department interfered with a yearslong investigation into Hunter Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Justice Department will make prosecutor in Hunter Biden case available to testify before Congress
By FARNOUSH AMIRI - Associated Press
Mon,07/24/23-6:36PM , 77 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The lead prosecutor in the case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter says he is willing to testify publicly this fall, setting up a clash with House Republicans who have demanded he come in soon for a closed-door interview.
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