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GOP senator's Jack Smith smear backfires with proof Trump conned MAGA faithful: analyst

A trove of records Republicans released to accuse Jack Smith of overreach instead documents something far more damaging for President Donald Trump. That's according to legal analyst Marcy Wheeler, who argued in a Thursday article on her blog emptywheel that thousands of donor checks Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) made public last month…

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Scathing federal complaint accuses Susan Collins of misusing campaign fundsA group of Maine veterans has asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate Sen. Susan Collins , her campaign, 1820 PAC and convicted contractor Martin Kao, WABI reports . Complainant Jason Tkacs and fellow veterans allege Kao donated to Collins and an allied super PAC in connection with Navy research funding secured through appropriations. They…

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Feds probing suspicious letters to election officials, lawmakersFederal investigators said they are looking into suspicious letters containing unknown substances that were mailed to state election officials and congressional offices.

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Trump names scapegoats as Republicans sweat in TexasPresident Trump is preemptively blaming Sen. John Cornyn and Karl Rove for "doing everything possible to make it hard for Ken Paxton" to win the Texas Senate race. Why it matters: The president is publicly spinning what would be a disaster for Republicans on election night. Texas hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1988. "If Ken Paxton loses ,…

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