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1 GEORGIA SUPREME COURT SHOOTS DOWN TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO END ELECTION INVESTIGATION
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump asked the Georgia Supreme Court last week to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the results of the investigation by a special grand jury into alleged misconduct by Trump and his team in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Yesterday, the top court in Georgia refused the request, saying in part that “This is not the sort of relief that this Court affords, at least absent extraordinary circumstances that Petitioner has not shown are present.” The court was unanimous in its ruling. Trump’s attorneys are questioning Willis’ authority to investigate the alleged misconduct, referring to Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign as part of the reason why they didn’t believe the investigation should continue. Last week, Judge Robert McBurney swore a new grand jury in that could vote on a possible indictment of Trump as early as this summer.
2 DEMOCRATS ARE ASKING REPUBLICANS TO NOT LET RFK JR. TESTIFY TO HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THURSDAY
After video was released from a fundraising dinner showing Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggesting that COVID-19 was “ethnically targeted” to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people, a Democratic group is calling on Republicans to take back their invitation for RFK jr. to speak at a subcommittee hearing on Thursday. The Congressional Integrity Project sent a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, the chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, asking him to “uninvite” Kennedy from the hearing. Democrats were quick to say publicly that they don’t agree with Kennedy’s comments, with White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre saying the claims were false and vile, and adding that “they put our fellow Americans in danger.” A spokesperson for Rep. Jordan said he plans to move forward with the hearing despite not agreeing with Kennedy’s comments.
3 SEN. JOE MANCHIN REFUSES TO RULE OUT A THIRD-PARTY PRESIDENTIAL RUN
Is Sen. Joe Manchin thinking about a third-party run for president? He says he’s not running, but he’s not taking anything off the table. Manchin was in New Hampshire yesterday at a campaign-style event supporting No Labels, a Washington-based advocacy organization that wants to get their own candidate on the ballot in all 50 states in 2024, and they want a bipartisan ticket. The founder of No Labels, Nancy Jacobson, told NBC News that the group has almost reached its fundraising goal of $70 million. No Labels is planning to hold a convention in Dallas next April to formally nominate a presidential ticket. Manchin wouldn’t rule out a run, and the man who was there with him wouldn’t either. Former U.S. Ambassador to China and former Republican Utah Governor Jon Huntsman was there, with the two being called the headliners of its “Common Sense Townhall” last night by No Labels. An NBC News poll last month said that 44% of voters in America would consider voting for a third-party candidate for president in 2024.