the week started with republicans literally trying to shout the president down for his passion in defense of social security and medicare at the state of the union. but by the end, it was prominent members of the gop who are feeling the heat. former vice president mike pence has been formerly subpoenaed by jack smith. the justice department appointed special counsel, investigating the efforts of the presidents, pence s former boss, former president donald trump, to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. including, of course, his impact on the january 6th insurrection at the core of that investigation. and his scheme to submit fake electors to falsely declare trump the winner of the election in states that joe biden actually won. a scheme that hinged on pence not declaring biden the winner when he wanted to certify the results on january 6th, which pence ultimately rejected, even as his life was being threatened by insurrectionists en masse on the capitol that day. on
safe in documents probe. unusual move handily under scrutiny. win the past 24 hours have been a doozy. it was yesterday evening when the former president, donald trump, put out a rambling, chest, pounding feet stomping statement, announcing to the world that the fbi had raided, his words, his florida home. a so-called law in order president decried the search, and called it a witch, out and even gave a shout out to hillary clinton. but her emails! he did let the world know a fascinating detail, that the fbi got into his safe. as part of their search. so, let s take a step back, now it s been 24 hours, technology seriousness about happiest day. justice department officials didn t just wake up yesterday and say, hey, let s sum send some federal agents to search the past presidents home, because we think a crime is committed there. but this hour as long as search means, is that law enforcement had to convince a federal judge that there is probable cause that a crime was commit
safe in documents probe. unusual move handily under scrutiny. win the past 24 hours have been a doozy. it was yesterday evening when the former president, donald trump, put out a rambling, chest, pounding feet stomping statement, announcing to the world that the fbi had raided, his words, his florida home. a so-called law and order president decried the search, and called it a witch, out and even gave a shout out to hillary clinton. but her emails! he did let the world know a fascinating detail, that the fbi got into his safe as part of their search. so, let s take a step back, now it s been 24 hours, technology seriousness about happiest day. justice department officials didn t just wake up yesterday and say, hey, let s send some federal agents to search the past presidents home, because we think a crime is committed there. but this hour as long as search means, is that law enforcement had to convince a federal judge that there is probable cause that a crime was committed
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uae. this is an incredibly busy day for the u.s. president on what is his first tour of the middle eastern gulf since he became u.s. president. the brutal murder of jamal khashoggi in 2018 has cast a pall. president biden hoping this trip will help move the two countries forward while still making clear he holds mohammed bin salman responsible for that killing. here s what he said after meeting with the crown prince on friday. i made my view crystal clear. i said very straightforwardly, for an american president to be silent on an issue of human rights is inconsistent with who we and who i am. some will find it difficult to square the president s rhetoric with him greeting the crown prince with a fist bump. it was mr. biden who labeled saudi arabia a pariah just a few years ago. the president says he doesn t regret the remark, but both men close to ignore reporters questions as their meeting started on friday. jamal khashoggi, will you apologize to his family, sir? t