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From the 45th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump:An appellate judge LIFTED the unconstitutional gag order that was disgracefully imposed upon me by the Trump-hating judge in New York City.Since I am now 100% free to speak without being censored for the time being, I’m going to tell you exactly what’s on my mind.This sham New York Trial is nothing but a political witch hunt incited by rabid anti-Trump Democrats – both the Judge AND the Attorney General – who want to impose the “corporate death penalty” upon me and even my family.

Elvis Chan, a San Francisco-based senior FBI official, did not appear for a deposition on Thursday after Republicans subpoenaed him last month over his involvement in social media companies' decision to censor certain content surrounding the 2020 election. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elvis Chan, a San Francisco-based senior FBI official, did not appear for a deposition on Thursday after Republicans subpoenaed him last month over his involvement in social media companies' decision to censor certain content surrounding the 2020 election. A House Judiciary Committee room filled with several staffers appeared to be waiting for Chan as minutes passed beyond his scheduled 10:00 a.m....

"Discovery materials, along with any information derived therefrom, shall not be disclosed to the public or the news media, or disseminated on any news or social media platform, without prior notice to and consent of the United States or approval of the Court," the order filed on Monday said....It also specified that Trump "shall not retain copies" and that he may only review case materials "under the direct supervision of defense counsel or a member of defense counsel's staff."

A federal judge on Thursday handed down the longest sentence to date in a prosecution stemming from the January 6 attack on the Capitol, ordering former New York City cop Thomas Webster to spend 10 years years behind bars for assaulting a police officer during the insurrection. Judge Amit Mehta issued the sentence four months after a jury in Washington, DC, readily rejected Webster's claims that he acted in self-defense on January 6. During the weeklong trial, prosecutors played bodycam footage and other video that showed Webster confronting a police officer along bike racks outside the Capitol and then repeatedly...