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The Oath Keepers Convictions Is Just A Taste Of What’s To Come
INSIDE: Proud Boys ... Mark Meadows ... Herschel Walker
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 12: (AFP OUT)  U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a meeting on trade with governors and members of Congress at the White House on April 12, 2018 in Washington, DC. Seated left is Senator John Thune(R-SD). (Photo by Chris Kleponis - Pool/Getty Images) GOP Senators Say The Real Problem With Trump Is His Bad Staff
INSIDE: Jack Smith ... Samuel Alito ... Donald McEachin
Ye and Fuentes Dine With Racist, Anti-Semitic, White Supremacist Ex-POTUS
INSIDE: Pompeo ... A Woman Not Named Romney ... Mauna Loa
The Donald’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
INSIDE: Lindsey Graham ... Jean Carroll ... Celine Dion
An Extraordinary Hour

Over the course of the past hour, former President Trump lost at the Supreme Court and saw his lawyer knocked around like a piñata by the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. The timing was coincidental, but wow what a flurry of legal activity.

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The Army Major Who Stopped The Colorado Springs Gunman
INSIDE: Mike Pompeo ... Stewart Rhodes ... Alex Jones
FTX Is A Bigger Mess Than You Could Possibly Imagine
INSIDE: Dan Savage ... Kevin McCarthy ... Samuel Alito
Who Is Jack Smith?

A quick rundown on the newly appointed special counsel Jack Smith, with whom I wasn’t familiar prior to today’s announcement:

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Jack Smith Named As Trump Special Counsel

Update: Merrick Garland named Jack Smith, pictured above, as special counsel. More soon.

Original post:

The big news of the day: We could get an announcement as early as this afternoon from Attorney General Merrick Garland that he is naming a special counsel to handle the various federal investigations of former President Trump.

The Wall Street Journal was the first I saw to report the news, but other Main Justice beat reporters have the same info.

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Elon Musk Is On The Verge Of Successfully Breaking Twitter
INSIDE: Lauren Boebert ... MTG ... Nancy Pelosi
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