Donald Trump compares his own Senate candidate to Kim Jong-un in bizarre rally speech
Donald Trump lambasted FBI agents for allegedly walking on his bedroom carpet at Mar-a-Lago with their shoes on last month as he returned to his estate in Southern Florida.
The former president also attacked the federal bureau for leaving the scene in a way that meant his Florida home “will never be the same” again, as Axios revealed why his lawyers had chosen Raymond Dearie, a rumoured FBI “skeptic”, as special master in the case brought by the Justice Department against him.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden who attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London on Monday, said over the weekend that the FBI’s discovery of top-secret documents at Mar-a-Lago in August raised concerns that sensitive data was compromised by Mr Trump holding onto hundreds of documents, and called it “irresponsible”.
Mr Trump meanwhile took to the rally stage in Ohio at the weekend and claimed that he invented the word “caravans” to describe groups of migrants as he dubbed them “murderers and rapers” in a rally speech under fire for its apparent association with QAnon.
Donald Trump’s supporters raised their fingers in a bizarre straight-arm salute as the former president spoke at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio to boost Republican Senate nominee JD Vance.
As dramatic music played in the background, Mr Trump delved further into the depths of the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory.
Gustaf Kilander reports.
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Oliver O’Connell19 September 2022 17:00
Biden flies out of London two hours after end of Queen’s funeral
President Joe Biden departed London’s Stansted Airport en route to Washington, just hours after he joined myriad heads of state and government at Westminster Abbey for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
Mr Biden, accompanied first lady Jill Biden, boarded Air Force One for the flight to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, with the president’s plane taking off at 9.30 am ET (2.30 pm local time) on Monday. His departure from London came roughly two and a half hours after the end of the late Queen’s funeral service.
Joe Biden flies out of London two hours after end of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral
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Oliver O’Connell19 September 2022 16:38
Trump gives bizarre, rambling response to Jon Voight in Newsmax interview
Former President Donald Trump gave a rambling response to Jon Voight in an interview on Newsmax.
“We love the country, the country’s in trouble, it’s got to be solved fairly quickly,” he told the former Hollywood actor. “There is no choice but to solve the problem, but it’s a big problem, it’s a big problem… and I hope it continues forward and we love Israel and we hope everything’s going to be OK.”
“A lot of good moves have to be made or it’s not going to be OK. We say god bless you and good luck,” the former president said.
Voight closed out the interview grovelling that he hoped the interview was worthy of Mr Trump.
Oliver O’Connell19 September 2022 16:05
Trump thanks supporters for Florida greeting
Donald Trump thanked his supporters for greeting him in Florida on Sunday night as he made his return to his Mar-a-Lago home for the first time since the FBI search of the property for classified files.
He wrote on Truth Social: “Thank you to all of the many people who greeted me last night on my way from the Airport to Mar-a-Lago. I will never forget the great people of this Country. MAGA!!!”
Oliver O’Connell19 September 2022 15:50
Biden in London for Queen’s funeral
After Joe Biden appeared in an CBS 60 Minutes interview calling his predecessor “totally irresponsible” for the handling of classified documents taken to Mar-a-Lago, the US President was in London on Monday attending the funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.
Mr Trump was not invited to the service, but could appear at a remembrance event in DC on Wednesday after a reported invitation from the British embassy. That remains to be seen however.
Furvah Shah reports:
Biden joins world leaders at Westminster Abbey for Queen’s state funeral
The state funeral service will begin at 11am
Gino Spocchia19 September 2022 15:10
JD Vance gets lukewarm reception from rallygoers
On Saturday, the majority of rally attendees who spoke to The Independent expressed significant enthusiasm for Mr Trump’s widely-expected 2024 presidential run, while precious few said they felt a similar ardour for Republican senate nominee JD Vance.
The event has since come under attacked for Mr Trump’s apparent embrace of the QAnon conspiracy theory, which has widely been associated with the far right and his supporters – as well as the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
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Trump lawyers believe special master a FBI ‘skeptic’, report says
Judge Raymond Dearie’s time on the the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is reportedly one reason why Mr Trump’s lawyers selected his as special master in the case brought by the Justice Department, Axios reports.
The former president’s lawyers and advisers are said to believe that Mr Dearie is a deep skeptic of the FBI because of a warrant he approved against a former Trump campaign aid during the FBI’s probe into Russian interference.
While this remains to be confirmed or commented on, however, Mr Dearie is now due to conduct the reviews of 11,000 documents seized by the FBI before 30 November.
Gino Spocchia19 September 2022 13:50
Bedroom carpets at Mar-a-Lago ruined by FBI, Trump claims
Donald Trump lambasted FBI agents for allegedly walking on his bedroom carpet at Mar-a-Lago with their shoes on last month, hours after he arrived into Florida on Sunday night.
Writing in a series of Truth Social posts on Monday morning, the former president went on to challenge the FBI and Justice Department’s investigation into classified documents found at his Florida estate, which he said “will never be the same” after it was “ransacked”.
He wrote: “It was ‘ransacked,’ and in far different condition than the way I left it. Many Agents – And they didn’t even take off their shoes in my bedroom. Nice!!!”
Gino Spocchia19 September 2022 13:10
Small group of protesters camp out near Trump rally
Not all of those gathered in Youngstown on Saturday were Mr Trump’s fans – a small group of roughly a dozen protesters camped out a few blocks from the rally, attracting supportive honks as well as angry yells from passing opponents and supporters of the president, respectively.
One, identified to The Independent as Our Revolution volunteer Chucky Dennison, made it into the rally. He was escorted out during Mr Trump’s remarks just seconds after unfurling a banner blaming the president for the closure of an auto plant in Lordstown which the president falsely took credit for “saving” in 2017.
Though Mr Trump’s appearance in Youngstown was billed as a rally for a ticket’s worth of candidates who’ve garnered his endorsement, the thousands of supporters who piled into the Covelli Center didn’t appear to have much interest in anyone but the ex-president. The arena appeared mostly empty for much of the evening, with a large number of rally goers arriving just before Mr Trump was set to speak.
Some attendees skipped the arena entirely, instead choosing to watch the president’s remarks from lawn chairs set up in the nearby parking lot so as to better enjoy the mild late-summer evening.
Andrew Feinberg and John Bowden19 September 2022 12:30
PHOTOS: Nuns attend Trump rally as crowd performs one-fingered salute
man wearing a "Defund the FBI" shirt is seen among supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump attending his rally in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S., on September 17, 2022
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man wearing a “Defund the FBI” shirt is seen among supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump attending his rally in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S., on September 17, 2022
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Republican Senate candidate JD Vance receives applause from the audience after being introduced by former President Donald Trump at a Save America Rally
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Supporters of former US President Donald Trump cheer during a Save America rally at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio, USA, 17 September 2022
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Audience members put their index finger up to symbolize America First while President Donald Trump speaks at a Save America Rally to support Republican candidates
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Gustaf Kilander19 September 2022 11:00
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