{"id":1976400,"date":"2023-07-18T15:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T19:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-recruits-allies-on-capitol-hill-to-defend-him-ahead-of-third-indictment\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T15:59:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T19:59:45","slug":"trump-recruits-allies-on-capitol-hill-to-defend-him-ahead-of-third-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-recruits-allies-on-capitol-hill-to-defend-him-ahead-of-third-indictment\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump enlists Capitol Hill allies to protect him before third indictment."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-recruits-allies-on-capitol-hill-to-defend-him-ahead-of-third-indictment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976400&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Trump\u200b Enlists\u200c Top Allies \u200cto Defend Against\u200c Criminal Indictment<\/h2>\n<p>As\u200d Donald \u200cTrump \u2062prepares to\u2064 face his third criminal\u200b indictment of the\u2064 year, \u200dthe former \u2063president\u2064 is \u2063rallying his top \u200ballies on\u200c Capitol Hill to come \u2064to his\u2062 defense.<\/p>\n<p>Trump recently spoke with \u200cHouse Speaker\u2064 Kevin McCarthy\u2063 (R-CA)\u200b and\u2064 House \u2064GOP\u2063 Conference \u200cChairwoman Elise \u200dStefanik\u200d (R-NY) to strategize\u2062 how Republican lawmakers can mount a \u200bstrong defense against \u200cthe possible \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbp-ice-release-reports-on-border-arrests-seizures\/\" title=\"CBP, ICE release reports on border arrests, seizures\">criminal charges<\/a>, according to \u2064sources.<\/p>\n<p>The conversations took place after Trump revealed that he\u2062 is the \u2063target \u2064of an investigation \u2063into the Jan. 6\u2064 riot and \u2062his\u2064 efforts to\u200d overturn the 2020\u2064 election. Special counsel Jack\u200c Smith informed Trump about\u2062 the\u2063 investigation.<\/p>\n<h3>GOP \u2064Leaders \u200bPrepare to Defend\u200b Trump<\/h3>\n<p>It remains unclear how GOP \u200dleaders \u2064will brief members \u200con \u200ddefending\u2064 Trump, \u2063but\u2063 sources suggest that\u2062 they \u2062will advise \u200callies to \u2062go on\u2062 the offense\u2062 against Smith\u2063 and the \u2063investigation \u2063itself.<\/p>\n<p>Several \u200bRepublican \u2062lawmakers\u200c have\u200c already come forward \u2062to support \u2062Trump,\u2062 denouncing \u2063the investigation \u2062as politically motivated and \u200baimed\u200c at sabotaging President\u200b Joe \u2062Biden&#8217;s top \u20622024 \u2062challenger.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie\u200b Taylor\u2062 Greene\u200d (R-GA), one of\u2062 Trump&#8217;s staunchest \u2063allies, strongly criticized \u200dthe \u200cinvestigation, calling\u200c Smith a &#8220;little b****.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s\u200b absolute bulls***.\u2063 That&#8217;s\u2064 my\u2064 reaction. \u200bThis is the\u2062 only way that \u200cthe Democrats have to \u200dbeat President Trump \u2063is\u200b to\u2064 arrest him, smear\u2063 him, \u200bcharge him\u2062 with \u2064ridiculous charges,\u200b all \u200cin a cover-up of \u200dJoe \u200dBiden&#8217;s crimes, Hunter\u200b Biden&#8217;s crimes,&#8221;\u200c Greene\u200b expressed. &#8220;It&#8217;s unbelievable, it&#8217;s hard to even\u200c recognize that this is our\u200d country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. \u200dMatt\u200c Gaetz (R-FL) \u2062also\u200c plans\u200d to \u2062introduce \u2062legislation \u200dto defund\u200c Smith&#8217;s investigation, accusing the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kerry-justifies-secret-iran-nukes-pact-meetings-behind-trumps-back-did-he-just-admit-to-violating-logan-act\/\" title=\"Watch: Kerry defends secret meetings on Iran nukes pact without informing Trump. Did he confess to breaking the Logan Act?\">special\u2062 counsel<\/a> of\u2063 election interference.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064movement\u200b on Capitol\u200c Hill\u2062 comes shortly after Trump posted\u200c on \u2063Truth \u2064Social that Smith \u2063sent \u200chim a letter, giving \u2064him only four\u2063 days\u200c to \u2062report to a\u200c grand jury \u2063as\u2063 part \u2063of the investigation. Trump believes \u2062that \u2062such\u200b a\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-recruits-allies-on-capitol-hill-to-defend-him-ahead-of-third-indictment\/\" title=\"Trump enlists Capitol Hill allies to protect him before third indictment.\">notification\u200c typically leads<\/a> \u2064to an\u2064 arrest \u200cand \u200bindictment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So \u200bnow, Joe \u200bBiden&#8217;s \u2063Attorney\u200d General, Merrick \u2064Garland&#8230; together with Joe Biden&#8217;s Department of \u2063Injustice, \u200chave effectively issued\u2063 a third indictment and \u2063arrest of\u2064 Joe\u2064 Biden&#8217;s\u200c number\u200c one\u200d political\u200c opponent, who is \u200blargely\u2064 dominating\u200b him\u200d in the \u200drace for\u2062 the \u200bPresidency,&#8221; Trump \u2063wrote. &#8220;This witch hunt\u2062 is \u2063all\u200d about\u2062 election \u2064interference and\u2062 a complete and\u2062 total political \u2064weaponization of \u2063law enforcement!\u2062 It is \u200ca\u200c very sad \u200cand \u200cdark\u200c period\u200b for our Nation!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Investigation\u2064 Intensifies<\/h3>\n<p>The \u2063latest development\u200d comes \u200cas \u2062the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/primary-source-for-steele-dossier-is-accused-of-fabricating-information\/\" title=\"Primary Source for Steele Dossier Is Accused of Fabricating Information\">special counsel&#8217;<\/a>s office intensifies\u2062 its\u200c investigation\u200b into \u200cTrump&#8217;s efforts\u2064 to \u2063reverse \u200bhis\u200d loss to\u2064 Biden in \u200d2020\u2064 and his \u200dconduct \u2063during the Jan. \u20636 \u2064riot.<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u200d is \u200cleading\u200c the\u2063 DOJ effort, calling witnesses\u200c to shed light on meetings\u2062 Trump \u200cheld\u2064 in \u2064December 2020 \u200cand\u200b January\u2063 2021\u2062 to\u2063 discuss actions\u200b aimed at overturning \u200bthe \u200celection. The \u200binvestigation \u200dalso\u200d focuses \u2063on the \u2064former president&#8217;s pressure \u2063campaign on former Vice \u200cPresident\u2063 Mike\u2064 Pence\u2063 to\u2064 assist \u2062with \u200cthose efforts on \u200cJan.\u2064 6.<\/p>\n<p>Smith has already \u2063issued subpoenas to \u2064local \u200bofficials \u2064in battleground\u2062 states \u200dwhere\u200d Trump sought\u2063 to\u2062 overturn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-state-2024-race-shapes-up-as-candidates-vie-to-replace-katie-porter\/\" title=\"California's 2024 race intensifies as contenders compete for Katie Porter's seat.\">election\u2064 results<\/a>, requesting communications with\u200b the former\u2062 president \u200din\u200c the \u2063weeks following \u200bthe \u20622020\u2062 election. The \u2062special\u200d counsel&#8217;s \u2064team also met with former \u200bTrump attorney Rudy\u2062 Giuliani\u200b earlier\u200c this\u2063 year to\u2063 gain\u200b insight into\u200c Trump&#8217;s thinking after\u2062 his reelection \u2063loss.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation aims to\u200c uncover what Trump \u2062instructed \u2063his \u2064attorneys\u200d and \u2063senior\u2064 officials to\u2063 do as part \u2062of their bid \u200dto change the \u200c2020\u2062 election outcome. \u200dPrevious \u200creporting suggests\u200c that there are two other potential\u2063 paths that could lead to\u2062 additional scrutiny \u200cof\u200d Trump, including charges \u2063of \u2062seditious\u200c conspiracy and conspiracy \u2063to\u200d obstruct a government proceeding, as well as fraud\u2063 in\u2064 connection \u200dto\u2064 the\u200c false\u2064 electors\u2062 plot \u2064or his\u2064 efforts \u2063to pressure the\u2064 DOJ\u200c to\u200c overturn\u200b the election\u2064 results.<\/p>\n<p><a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more \u200bfrom \u200dthe Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Donald Trump faces his third criminal indictment this year, he seeks support from key allies on Capitol Hill. 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