The Daily Signal - Trump Calls On SCOTUS To “Intercede” In Legal Battles, Daily Signal Reporter Could Be Booted From White House, Rep. Jordan Weighs In on the Facebook Files | August 4

Starting point is 00:00:02 I'm Kate Trinco, and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Friday, August 4th. Here are today's headlines. Former President Donald Trump says the Supreme Court must intercede in his legal battles. The former president posted on truth social this morning saying, crazy. My political opponent has hit me with a barrage of weak lawsuits, including DA, AG, and others, which require massive amounts of my time and money to adjudicate. resources that would have gone into ads and rallies will now have to be spent fighting those radical left thugs in numerous courts throughout the country.

Starting point is 00:00:51 I am leading in all polls, including against Crooked Joe, but this is not a level playing field. It is election interference, and the Supreme Court must intercede. MAGA. Trump was in Washington, D.C. on Thursday for an arraignment hearing after he was indicted for the third time earlier this week. The latest indictment deals with Trump's efforts challenging the outcome of the 2020 election, as our colleague Fred Lucas has previously reported. Fred also reported that the four-count 45-page indictment accuses Trump of three criminal conspiracies. One is a conspiracy to defraud the United States using dishonesty, fraud, and deceit. Another alleges a conspiracy to corrupt and impede the January 6, 2021 congressional certification of vote.

Starting point is 00:01:40 votes. The third alleges a conspiracy against the right to vote. Trump posted on true social again this afternoon to say, every one of these many fake charges filed against me by the corrupt Biden DOJ could have been filed 2.5 years ago, but they waited and waited until I became dominant in the polls, and then they filed them all, including locals, right in the middle of my campaign. They want anybody but Trump, not fair and perhaps not legal. election interference. Our colleague Rob Bluey is reporting that over the past three months, the number of reporters with access to the White House dropped by 31%.

Starting point is 00:02:22 There are now 442 fewer reporters with a coveted hard pass, the result of new rules announced in May that took effect Tuesday. The Daily Signals, Fred Lucas, was among the reporters slated to lose his White House press credentials, although he was given a 10-day extension to submit the required. materials. The White House now requires reporters to obtain press credentials from Congress or the Supreme Court to fulfill its new requirement. Lucas is currently awaiting a decision on his applications to the other branches. Politico's West Wing playbook first reported the numbers Wednesday,

Starting point is 00:02:59 along with news that Simon Atiba, the White House correspondent for Today News Africa, lost his hard pass. Attiba, along with the other 441 reporters who no longer have credentials, won't be able to attend White House press briefings or access the sprawling Pennsylvania Avenue campus unless they obtain what's called a temporary day pass. The White House announced new rules in May to limit the number of journalists who are eligible for a White House hard pass. Reporters are still allowed to apply for a day pass, but they must do so daily and undergo Secret Service review. Up until this week, the White House didn't disclose the number of reporters who had a hard pass. Politico reported within the past three months the number of hard pass holders dropped from

Starting point is 00:03:45 1,417 to 975, with those approved reflecting a mix of renewals and new applications. A spokesman for the White House confirmed a Politico that one individual who applied for a hard pass was denied under the new rules. The White House didn't disclose the reporter's name. We will include a link to Rob's full article in today's show notes. and Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio and chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee is weighing in on the so-called Facebook files. As you'll recall from yesterday's show, Fox News uncovered new Facebook files showing the White House colluded with the social media company to target users who were hesitant about or opposed to COVID-19 vaccines. The goal appears to have been to influence

Starting point is 00:04:34 users to get the shot. Internal communications obtained by Fox showed that the White House had many conversations back and forth with Facebook. In a lengthy Twitter thread Thursday, Jordan wrote, In 2021, the White House wanted to control what narratives and true content was posted on Facebook surrounding COVID-19. President Biden went so far to say that Facebook was killing people for allowing certain statements to be published on the site. Another tweet reads, Rob Flaherty, President Biden's then-director of Digital Strategy, repeatedly put pressure on Facebook to explain its content decisions and includes, a quote from Flaherty that says,

Starting point is 00:05:12 we have to explain to president. Ron, people, why there is misinformation on the internet. Jordan also tweeted that the Biden White House's effort to censor opposing viewpoints only grew. Flarity demanded that Facebook play ball and work with the Biden White House

Starting point is 00:05:28 on censorship. He called it his dream. Jordan also tweeted, The Biden White House wanted to control what you saw on Facebook. They questioned whether Facebook could change its algorithm so users saw more posts from the New York Times and less from The Real Daily Wire and Tommy Lauren. At the end of his thread, Jordan said, to be continued. We will keep you updated as the story

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The Daily Signal - Trump Calls On SCOTUS To “Intercede” In Legal Battles, Daily Signal Reporter Could Be Booted From White House, Rep. Jordan Weighs In on the Facebook Files | August 4

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