DeSantis news – latest: Florida governor most popular with rich Republicans as he defends move to fly migrants to California
DeSantis on campaign trail hoping to raise national profile as 2024 race hots up
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Your support makes all the difference.Florida governor Ron DeSantis appears to be the preferred Republican candidate among right-leaning millionaires, according to the latest CNBC Millionaire Survey, although his arch-rival and front-runner Donald Trump is seemingly also picking up support among wealthy Americans.
The poll shows that 32 per cent of Republicans with qualifying millionaire status currently support Mr DeSantis, a drop from 54 per cent at the end of 2022, while Mr Trump now has the backing of 28 per cent, up from 17 per cent last year.
Meanwhile, the governor has met with sheriffs in Arizona and defended his state’s recent decision to fly migrants from the US-Mexico border to Sacramento, California, a move widely derided as a cruel political stunt but which he insisted was above board because the west coast state had essentially invited them with its liberal immigration policies.
“I think the border should be closed. I don’t think we should have any of this,” Mr DeSantis said. “But if there’s a policy to have an open border, then I think the sanctuary jurisdictions should be the ones that have to bear that.”
Trump Jr swoons over Elon Musk post calling Mark Zuckerberg a ‘cuck'
Just when you thought the Elon Musk v. Mark Zuckerberg rivalry couldn’t get any more childish, too.
Donald Trump high-fives fans at UFC 290 in Las Vegas
Former US president Donald Trump attended UFC 290 on Saturday night, emerging to cheers and high-fiving fans at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Mr Trump is known to be friends with UFC president Dana White, who has supported the 77-year-old during his past campaigns, and who walked Trump to his seat on Saturday night. He was also seen talking to actor Mel Gibson, and celeb chef Guy Fieri.
At one point, the former president walked over to the commentary desk, briefly interrupting analysts Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier while they were speaking.
Donald Trump high-fives fans at UFC 290 in Las Vegas
The former US president has been to numerous events staged by the MMA promotion
Judge rules Don Jr can be subpoenaed in Trump Organization case
A judge allowed for Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen to introduce one of the former president’s sons as a witness in his case against the Trump Organization, according to his attorneys.
Mr Cohen’s team had asked to use testimony from Donald Trump Jr in his case, as he served as a Trump Organization executive vice president.
“We would like to introduce testimony about what Mr Trump Jr. paid his lawyers in the exact same matters,” said Mr Cohen’s attorney, Hunter Winstead.
Jury selection will begin on 17 July, Mr Winstead told reporters.
Kelly Rissman reports.
More bad news for Trump as judge rules his son can be subpoenaed in Cohen case
‘We would like to introduce testimony about what Mr Trump Jr. paid his lawyers in the exact same matters,’ said Michael Cohen’s attorney
Here’s what you need to know as the GOP gears up to investigate Hunter Biden
The Republican chairmen of three key House committees are joining forces to probe the Justice Department’s handling of charges against Hunter Biden after making sweeping claims about misconduct at the agency.
Leaders of the House Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, and Ways and Means committees opened a joint investigation into the federal case into President Joe Biden‘s youngest son days after it was announced last month that he will plead guilty to the misdemeanour tax offences as part of an agreement with the Justice Department.
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Top Republicans are gearing up to investigate the Hunter Biden case. Here's what to know.
The Republican chairmen of three key House committees are joining forces to probe the Justice Department’s handling of charges against Hunter Biden after making sweeping claims about misconduct at the agency
ICYMI: Appeals court ethics panel recommends Rudy Giuliani be disbarred
A disciplinary committee in Washington DC has recommended Rudy Giuliani be disbarred in the nation’s capital for his spurious efforts to overturn the results for the 2020 presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump.
The former New York City mayor led Mr Trump’s campaign of disinformation and conspiracies in an effort to alter the election results, and made numerous claims for which he later was revealed on tape to have admitted he had no evidence to make.
Mr Giuliani had “no factual basis, and consequently no legitimate legal grounds” to challenge the results of the election in states that Mr Trump lost, while his “frivolous” pursuit to undermine the outcome and disenfranchise voters “seriously undermined the administration of justice,” according to the committee’s report.
Alex Woodward has the details.
Disciplinary committee recommends Rudy Giuliani be disbarred
Bogus legal campaign to upend election had ‘no factual basis, and consequently no legitimate legal ground’
Christie hammers Trump on ABC
The former New Jersey governor was on ABC News as well as Fox on Sunday, where Mr Christie — a former cable news contributor himself — has waged much of his war against Donald Trump.
Chris Christie insists he’s not just a ‘spoiler’ for Trump’s campaign
Former New Jersey Gov Chris Christie was confronted by Fox’s Shannon Bream on Sunday — the topic being whether he really has a path to the GOP nomination, or whether he’s just running to stop Donald Trump.
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Trump inadvertently reveals he’s never been to a Dairy Queen in viral video
Former President Donald Trump has inadvertently revealed that he’s not a frequent visitor of the ice cream chain Dairy Queen. During a stop at a Dairy Queen in Iowa, Trump appeared perplexed by requests for a Blizzard — the most famous item on the ice cream store’s menu. “Everybody wants a Blizzard. What the hell is a Blizzard?” Trump asked while throwing his hands in the air, prompting laughter from the crowd. The Blizzard is a soft-serve ice cream treat blended with a variety of toppings and has been a mainstay of the ice cream chain since 1985.
ICYMI: Mar-a-Lago CCTV showed prosecutors Trump was hiding more documents
Federal investigators knew Donald Trump was most likely concealing classified documents among the myriad boxes of presidential records and other paraphernalia stored at his Mar-a-Lago estate, because of surveillance footage obtained by subpoena, according to a less redacted version of the affidavit used to secure a search warrant for his property last year.
The version of the affidavit was made public late Wednesday on the order of US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart, who has been hearing arguments from a coalition of news organisations that have been seeking access to a fully unredacted version of the affidavit.
Andrew Feinberg filed this report.
Prosecutors knew Trump was hiding more documents thanks to Mar-a-Lago CCTV tapes
A less redacted version of the affidavit used to obtain a search warrant for Mr Trump’s property shows how prosecutors determined that he was likely hiding more classified documents
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