{"id":1976408,"date":"2023-07-18T16:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-recruits-allies-on-capitol-hill-to-defend-him-ahead-of-third-indictment-2\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T16:01:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T20:01:33","slug":"trump-recruits-allies-on-capitol-hill-to-defend-him-ahead-of-third-indictment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-recruits-allies-on-capitol-hill-to-defend-him-ahead-of-third-indictment-2\/","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-2%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=1976408&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 Enlists Top \u200bAllies to\u2062 Defend \u200bAgainst Criminal\u200b Indictment<\/h2>\n<p>As Donald \u200bTrump\u2064 prepares to face his third criminal \u200bindictment of the year, \u200dthe\u200b former \u200bpresident is\u2063 rallying his top allies on\u200c Capitol Hill \u200dto \u200ccome to\u2063 his\u2063 defense.<\/p>\n<p>Trump recently\u200c spoke with House Speaker Kevin \u200dMcCarthy (R-CA) and \u200dHouse GOP\u200c Conference \u200cChairwoman Elise \u2062Stefanik \u2064(R-NY)\u2064 to \u2063strategize how Republican lawmakers \u200ccan mount \u2063a \u200cstrong defense against the possible criminal charges, according \u2064to\u200c sources.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064conversations took place \u200dafter Trump revealed that he is \u200bthe target of\u200b an\u200c investigation \u200dinto the Jan. 6 riot and\u200c his\u200b efforts to\u200c overturn the\u200c 2020\u2064 election. \u2062Special counsel\u200c Jack Smith informed\u200b Trump about \u200bthe investigation.<\/p>\n<h3>GOP Leaders Prepare\u200b to \u2062Defend Trump<\/h3>\n<p>It remains unclear\u2063 how GOP leaders\u200b will \u2064brief \u2062members \u2063on defending Trump, but\u200b sources suggest that \u200bthey\u200d will \u200badvise \u2063allies to\u200c go on the offense \u2064against\u2063 Smith\u2062 and the\u200b investigation \u200bitself.<\/p>\n<p>Several Republican \u200blawmakers \u2064have\u2062 already come\u200d forward to\u2062 support Trump, \u2064denouncing the \u200cinvestigation as \u200bpolitically\u2063 motivated and \u2064aimed at sabotaging President \u2063Joe Biden&#8217;s top 2024 \u200cchallenger.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), \u200cone \u2062of Trump&#8217;s\u200b staunchest allies,\u2062 strongly criticized the investigation, \u200ccalling\u200d Smith a \u2063&#8221;little b****.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s absolute bulls***.\u2062 That&#8217;s\u2063 my \u2064reaction.\u200c This\u2064 is\u2062 the only \u2063way\u2064 that the Democrats\u2064 have to beat\u2062 President Trump is\u200c to\u200b arrest \u2064him, smear \u2064him, charge him with ridiculous\u2063 charges, all in\u2064 a cover-up of\u200d Joe \u2062Biden&#8217;s crimes, Hunter\u200c Biden&#8217;s crimes,&#8221; Greene expressed. &#8220;It&#8217;s \u200bunbelievable, it&#8217;s hard to\u200d even recognize that \u200cthis\u2063 is\u2063 our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. \u200dMatt \u200cGaetz (R-FL) \u200balso\u200b plans\u200b to \u200cintroduce \u2062legislation to\u200d defund Smith&#8217;s \u2064investigation, accusing\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">special counsel<\/a> \u2064of election\u2063 interference.<\/p>\n<p>The movement\u200c on Capitol \u200bHill comes shortly after Trump posted\u2064 on \u2064Truth Social\u2064 that Smith sent\u2064 him a \u2063letter, \u200cgiving him \u2062only four days to report to a grand jury\u2063 as\u200d part \u200bof\u200b the investigation. Trump \u2064believes\u200b that\u2063 such\u2062 a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-recruits-allies-on-capitol-hill-to-defend-him-ahead-of-third-indictment-2\/\" title=\"Trump enlists Capitol Hill allies to protect him before third indictment.\">notification \u200dtypically leads<\/a>\u200d to an arrest\u200c and indictment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So now, Joe Biden&#8217;s \u200cAttorney\u2062 General,\u200c Merrick\u2063 Garland&#8230; together \u2062with\u2064 Joe \u200bBiden&#8217;s Department of \u2064Injustice, have effectively issued \u200ba\u200d third indictment and arrest\u2062 of\u2064 Joe Biden&#8217;s number one \u200dpolitical \u2064opponent, who is\u200c largely \u2064dominating \u2063him in \u2064the \u2064race\u2064 for \u200cthe Presidency,&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;This\u2062 witch\u200d hunt\u200d is all \u200babout election interference \u200dand \u2064a \u200bcomplete and total\u2064 political weaponization of \u2063law \u200cenforcement!\u2062 It is a\u200c very \u2062sad and \u200cdark \u2062period \u2064for our\u2064 Nation!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Investigation Intensifies<\/h3>\n<p>The latest development \u2062comes \u200cas \u200cthe \u200d<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\u2063 its investigation into\u2064 Trump&#8217;s \u2062efforts \u200cto \u200dreverse \u2062his loss \u2063to Biden in 2020 and\u200b his\u2064 conduct \u200cduring the \u2063Jan. 6 \u200driot.<\/p>\n<p>Smith is \u2062leading\u2064 the DOJ effort, \u200bcalling witnesses to shed light\u200b on meetings \u200bTrump\u200b held\u2062 in \u2062December \u200c2020 \u200cand \u2062January 2021 \u200dto\u2064 discuss\u200b actions \u200daimed \u2062at overturning\u200c the election. The \u2063investigation \u200calso \u2064focuses on \u200bthe former president&#8217;s\u200d pressure campaign\u200c on\u2063 former\u2064 Vice President \u2062Mike Pence to assist\u200d with \u2063those \u2064efforts \u2062on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2063 has already \u200bissued\u200c subpoenas \u2062to local officials \u2062in \u2062battleground \u200bstates \u2063where Trump \u2062sought to\u200c overturn election results, \u200crequesting\u200b communications with the former \u200cpresident in \u200dthe weeks following\u200b the 2020\u200c election. \u2063The <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.\">special\u200d counsel&#8217;<\/a>s \u2062team also \u2062met with former \u200bTrump attorney Rudy Giuliani \u200cearlier\u200c this \u2064year to \u2064gain \u2062insight into\u200b Trump&#8217;s thinking after his \u200dreelection loss.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation aims to \u200duncover what Trump instructed \u200bhis attorneys \u200cand senior officials\u200b to \u200ddo as \u2064part of their \u200cbid\u2062 to\u2064 change \u200bthe 2020 \u200celection outcome. \u2064Previous \u200creporting\u2064 suggests that\u2064 there \u200care two \u2062other \u2064potential paths that could lead to additional scrutiny\u200c of Trump, including charges of seditious \u200dconspiracy and conspiracy\u200d to obstruct a \u200dgovernment proceeding, as \u200cwell\u2062 as fraud \u200cin connection to the false \u2064electors\u2062 plot \u200dor his\u2064 efforts to pressure\u2064 the DOJ\u200b to\u200b overturn \u2064the \u2063election \u2063results.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click\u2063 here<\/a>\u2064 to read more from the 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. Trump strategized with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to rally Republican lawmakers in his defense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1976409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}