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Bombshell claims about Donald Trump 's behavior in the lead-up to the January 6 U.S. Capitol riots have captured the nation's attention, with suggestions by former staff that matters may yet worsen for the former president. In the past week, Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, has made a number of startling allegations in her testimony to the January 6 committee, including that the former president lunged at a Secret Service agent's throat and grabbed the steering wheel of the presidential limousine in an attempt to join his supporters at the Capitol. Trump has roundly denied the allegations in a series of statements against the Select Committee hearings. However, the tone and frequency of these, coupled with the prominence and significance of Hutchinson's claims, have made him vulnerable to copycat statements, as Newsweek has discovered. The Claim A statement purportedly published by Donald Trump, dated June 28, 2022, was … [Read more...] about Fact Check: Did Trump call Cassidy Hutchinson a “terrible employee”?

The changing geopolitical scenario in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) had led to “international rivalries, competition and clash of interests” and it was important for India to protect its interests in this area, said National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval on Wednesday, while calling for seamless coordination among all stakeholders involved in the maritime domain. He stated that the maritime domain was a multilateral construct and a nation “cannot unilaterally decide” in the maritime domain. He was addressing the first meeting of the Multi-Agency Maritime Security Group (MAMSG) chaired by the newly appointed National Maritime Security Coordinator (NMSC) Vice-Admiral Ashok Kumar (Retd.) which for the first time brought together maritime security coordinators from all 13 coastal States and Union Territories (UTs) as well as other stakeholders. “In the national security discourse, maritime security has its own specific emphasis,” Mr. Doval said. Stating that land borders and … [Read more...] about Changing geopolitical scenario in Indian Ocean Region, important to protect our interests: NSA Ajit Doval

KOTA KINABALU: For the last 22 years, Chris Chu has been diligently selling newspapers and magazines without much fanfare from his small shop in Foh Sang here. But work on Thursday (June 30) had a unique and different meaning as he was about to meet a very special person. “I have been sharing about Sabah-born Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong to my family members and my daughter made a painting of her,” he said. Chu, 55, said his daughter Tania was so inspired by Penny’s life story and achievements that the nine-year-old quickly sketched a portrait of the Australian politician the night before. “We only knew she was coming in on Tuesday (June 28) night and we have never met Penny but she is my daughter’s hero. It is very outstanding for a Sabah-born person to be a senator in the Australian parliament. “It’s very special as she could even helm a higher position (one day). Everything is possible,” he said, after presenting the drawing to Wong during her visit to Foh Sang. … [Read more...] about Penny Wong is my daughter’s hero, says proud Sabahan shopkeeper

New Delhi : A majority of 127 arrested Islamic States sympathizers from across India were following speeches of fugitive televangelist and Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, NIA investigation has revealed. Among the 127 arrested in 28 cases since 2014, the highest (33) were arrested from Tamil Nadu followed by 19 from Uttar Pradesh, 17 from Kerala, 14 from Telangana, 12 from Mahrashtra, eight from Karnataka, seven from Delhi, four each from Uttarakhand and West Bengal and three from Jammu and Kashmir, according National Investigation Agency (NIA) data. The NIA has also arrested two people each from Rajasthan and Gujarat and one each from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. In November 2014, the NIA registered the first jihadi terrorism case related to Islamic State and courts concerned have announced conviction in three of the cases in which charge sheet has been filed, said the agency. Sharing data at the NIA's National Conference of chiefs of the Anti-Terrorism Squads (ATS) and Special Task … [Read more...] about Most Arrested Islamic State Sympathisers Inspired by Zakir Naik, Says NIA

Swiss billionaire and Clinton donor Hansjorg Wyss sat in a packed Washington State courtroom Monday to face his first trial over unsuspecting patients who died when his company used an illegal medical substance. Ultimately, five people died. Four of Wyss’ executives went to prison in the federal case, but Wyss walked free. A woman who accompanied Wyss to Lisbon, Portugal in July 2010 told The Daily Caller News Foundation the Swiss citizen collapsed when he received a phone call from his lawyers telling him the Department of Justice would not indict him.  She reported he was “deliriously happy” at a dinner after the call. At the time he told the woman the government didn’t have enough evidence on him. “They do not have enough on me.  They don’t have enough emails on me,” he reportedly said. Her riveting account about Wyss’ state-of-mind during the Justice Department investigation was given several years ago in a private meeting with this reporter. Interest in the case has … [Read more...] about EXCLUSIVE: Clinton Donor ‘Deliriously Happy’ He Escaped Indictment

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 6 WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection issued a subpoena Wednesday to former White House counsel Pat Cipollone, whose reported resistance to Donald Trump's schemes to overturn his 2020 election defeat has made him a long-sought and potentially revelatory witness. Cipollone is said to have stridently and repeatedly warned the former president and his allies against their efforts to challenge the election, at one point threatening to resign as Trump eyed a dramatic reshuffling atop the Justice Department. One witness said Cipollone referred to a proposed letter making false claims about voter fraud as a “murder-suicide pact.” Another witness said Cipollone had warned her that Trump was at risk of committing “every crime imaginable.” It's the first action from the committee since Tuesday's dramatic testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson, … [Read more...] about Jan. 6 panel subpoenas counsel who resisted Trump schemes