“The #press & all people in the #UnitedStates have the right to choose their own words & not be retaliated against by the government,” the #AP said in its lawsuit, which names #Trump #WhiteHouse Chief of Staff #SusanWiles, Dpty Chief of Staff #TaylorBudowich & Press Secy #KarolineLeavitt.

“This targeted attack on the AP’s editorial independence & ability to gather & report the news strikes at the very core of the #FirstAmendment,” the AP said. “This court should remedy it immediately.”

#law

superPAC: Securing American Greatness

Trump Dark Money Group Attacks Biden in PA
https://readsludge.com/2024/06/03/new-trump-dark-money-group-pennsylvania-biden-attack-ads

Trump's Last-Min. Dark Money Injection
https://readsludge.com/2024/12/10/trump-got-last-minute-dark-money-injection

* $62M f. dark money grp SAG
* Trump campaign aide Taylor Budowich
* named Trump2 deputy chiefs of staff
* alongside senior W.H. pos'ns for Dan Scavino, Stephen Miller, James Blair

Miller: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113392174841132859

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism
#DarkMoney #superPACs #SecuringAmericanGreatness #TaylorBudowich #MAGAinc

A fmr aide to #Trump appeared Wed before a federal #GrandJury in Miami… as part of the investigation….

#TaylorBudowich, a fmr Trump spox who now leads a pro-Trump super PAC, was seen arriving at the federal courthouse in Miami…at 11:31 AM, Budowich tweeted that he had “fulfilled a legal obligation to testify in front [of] a federal grand jury.”

“I answered every question honestly,” the tweet said.

His appearance lasted about an hour.

#ClassifiedDocuments #Obstruction #Espionage #JackSmith