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Trump Defends Well Wishes for Ghislaine Maxwell

In an interview with Axios, President Donald Trump defended his well wishes for Ghislaine Maxwell, who has been arraigned on charges that she recruited and participated in the abuse of young girls for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, who mysteriously died in prison last year while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. He also openly questioned…

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Trump Defends Confederate Monuments: “This Was a Gesture of Healing”

Donald Trump has defended monuments to the Confederacy by claiming they are a form of healing. The President has long argued that removing the controversial monuments would be destroying history. President Trump spoke to conservative outlet Sinclair Broadcasting Group on Thursday about Confederate monuments that have been torn down during the George Floyd protests. “I…

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Trump Defends Son-in-Law Kushner’s “Our Stockpile” Remark

President Donald Trump defended his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner after a reporter questioned him about Kushner’s suggestion that the federal stockpile of medical resources was not for the states. “You know what ‘our’ means? [The] United States of America,†Trump told CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang before accusing her of asking a “gotcha”…

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Christopher Steele Defends Controversial Trump-Russia Dossier

Former MI6 agent Christopher Steele, the author of the controversial “Steele Dossier,” which contains allegations of misconduct, conspiracy, and cooperation between former President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russian operatives prior to and during the 2016 general election. The dossier was published in full by Buzzfeed News in January 2017. “I stand by the work we did, the sources that…

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Rudy Giuliani Defends Allen Weisselberg, Calls Trump Org. Indictments “Democratic Persecution of Enemies”

Rudy Giuliani defended Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization‘s chief financial officer, a day after Weisselberg surrendered to the Manhattan District Attorney‘s office in New York City and was charged with 15 felony counts for evading $1.76 million in taxes over 15 years. Giuliani claimed that the charges are an example of “Democratic persecution” against perceived enemies. “The case against…

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Jim Jordan Defends Trump: “People Actually Say ‘We Love You, Mr. President,’ Because They Do”

Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) defended former President Donald Trump despite harsh criticism about the speech Trump gave at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). “The American people appreciate people who does what they said [they would],” Jordan told “Fox and Friends” co-host Steve Doocy. “That’s the point I was making because so often in that…

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Opinion: Citing “Law And Order†Trump’s Department Of Homeland Security Defends A Murderer

There are three words that political pundits and commentators have used ad nauseam since the day after dirty Don Trump’s very poorly-attended inauguration – “unprecedented and wrong.†It is as true a description of this authoritarian administration as anything, and yet each time it is uttered it explains a worse Trump atrocity. This past week…

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Pelosi Defends Fellow House Democrats From Trump’s Racist Smears

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) strongly defended the non-white House women that were smeared by Trump in a series of racist tweets. Nancy Pelosi defends “The Squad.’ In response to Trump telling four House members who are American citizens to go back to their home countries, Pelosi tweeted: I reject @realDonaldTrump’s xenophobic comments meant to divide…

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Defends Matt Gaetz Amid Child Sex Trafficking Scandal

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is a devoted subscriber to the QAnon conspiracy theory, which claims Democrats are trafficking children and protecting a secret global pedophile cabal while conspiring against former President Donald Trump. But when faced with the news that the Department of Justice is investigating Representative Matt Gaetz (R-Fl.) on potential sex trafficking…

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