Trump holds rally in Florence, AZ
Democrats believe Attorney General Merrick Garland has enough evidence to charge Donald Trump for his role in inciting the Capitol riots.
Several Democratic senators said the Department of Justice was likely to prosecute Mr Trump for the 6 January attacks, but stressed they held no inside knowledge of the investigation.
Tim Kaine, of Virginia, said he believed Mr Trump’s actions were illegal and that the DOJ has “all of the evidence at their disposal,” The Hill reported.
Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal said his conduct was forming part of the FBI probe and “perhaps is criminal.”
Meanwhile, Mr Trump is under fire for sharing the false claim that white people are being discriminated against in the distribution of Covid-19 treatments at his rally in Arizona on Saturday.
“The left is now rationing life-saving therapeutics based on race, discriminating against and denigrating, just denigrating white people to determine who lives and who dies,” he told supporters.
Mr Trump also railed against enemies including Joe Biden and retiring GOP Congressman John Katko, one of the only 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach the 45th president after the 6 January attack on the US Capitol.
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QAnon followers claim Donald Trump used ‘body double’ at Arizona rally
QAnon followers are peddling a new conspiracy theory, claiming that Donald Trump was not present at his rally in Arizona on Saturday and rather used his body double, according to Newsweek.
Several social media accounts across platforms, including Telegram and Twitter, continued to push baseless claims about Trump’s appearance at the rally.
Some also believed that it was late John F Kennedy in disguise and not Trump himself as the former president once again pushed his baseless claims of voters fraud during 2020 elections.
“When he came out…I instantly felt it was not him. I kept trying to convince myself that it was. He was not talking with his hands like he normally does,” a user on a Telegram channel dedicated to conspiracy theory said.
The unfound claims were peddled on the Telegram channel with 58,940 subscribers.
“Body double for sure. Personally, I think he’s insulated,” another said.
A QAnon follower Twitter user said Kennedy was at the rally even as he was actually shot from nearly 60 years ago and would have been 104 years old if alive.
“Trump rally watchers: It appears President JFK will be President Trump tonight. I’m just saying…Enjoy the show,” the user said.
Shweta Sharma18 January 2022 04:50
Ann Coulter says Trump is ‘done’ and tells the New York Times to stop ‘obsessing’ over him
Ann Coulter has claimed that Donald Trump is “done” and has told the New York Times to stop “obsessing” over the former president.
The conservative commentator – a one-time Mr Trump ally turned fierce critic – told the paper that she thinks his dominance…
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