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Trump Holds Onto Grudge Against McConnell For Urging Barr To Call Out Falsehoods
Where Things Stand: A Lot Of Aggression For A Bunker Boy Prime Badge
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The former president hid in his bunker when country-wide protests flared up in Washington, D.C. over the police killing of George Floyd last summer.

He was mocked with a variety of entertaining “bunker boy” related nicknames (not hard to get creative with that alliteration) and ultimately decided to show his strength by violently clearing out Lafayette Square and taking a picture in front of a historic church flinging around a Bible.

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Trump Clings To Big Lie, Claims People Who Didn’t Vote Stole Georgia Election
Trump Denies Trying To Sic DOJ On Mean Comedians – Then Endorses The Idea In Same Breath
Records Show Nearly 900 Secret Service Employees Got COVID
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 15: Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., attends a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee markup in Rayburn Building, September 15, 2016. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Where Things Stand: Trump Will Endorse Literally Anyone Who Challenges GOPer Who Co-Wrote Jan 6 Commission Bill Prime Badge
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The former president has vowed to make reelection a living hell for any Republican who voted to impeach him.

But his recent handwritten note to a local county conservative group promising to do just that to take down Rep. John Katko (R-NY) was the encapsulation of Trumpism — just the right blend of outsized ego and transparent desperation.

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ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 06: Election officials count the votes for Fulton County on January 6, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. The polls closed last night at 7pm for the runoff election for Senate Seats between Republican incumbents David Perdue, and Kelly Loeffler and Democratic candidates John Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images) Georgia Elections Officials Recover Legal Fees In Trump Suit Over 2020 Results
on January 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. Report: Trump Suggested Sending American COVID Victims To Guantanamo Early In Pandemic
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Where Things Stand: House Probe Of Trump DOJ’s Eyebrow-Raising Data Seizures Begins Prime Badge
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House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler (D-NY) just officially requested documents from Attorney General Merrick Garland on the previous administration’s DOJ and its seizure of records of members of Congress and journalists.

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