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Interim summary
Joe Biden
is on his way to Pennsylvania, where he will give an address this afternoon
promoting an assault weapons ban, while attacking Republicans over crime, and
calls by some in the party to defund the FBI.
The
president is scheduled to speak at 3.15pm in Wilkes-Barre, one of three
upcoming appearances in the key swing state where a US Senate seat and
governorship are at stake in the November’s election, now just 10 weeks away.
We’ll bring
you his speech when it begins, and news from White House press secretary Karine
Jean-Pierre’s lunchtime “gaggle” with reporters onboard Air Force One.
Here’s what
else we’ve been following:
- US Secret Service official Tony Ornato, a figure of intense interest to the congressional committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack, has retired from the agency. He was an eyewitness to some of the most critical incidents involving Donald Trump in the hours leading up to the deadly assault on the US Capitol.
- NBC News reported that Trump has hired a criminal attorney who was once Florida’s solicitor to his legal team. Chris Kise is expected to make his first appearance in federal court in West Palm Beach on Thursday when district judge Aileen Cannon mulls Trump’s request for a special master to oversee the justice department’s review of classified materials seized by the FBI at his home.
- We’re awaiting at any moment the justice department’s legal response to Trump’s request, which will be a lengthy filing running up to 40 pages after Cannon waived a 20-page limit imposed by the court.
- Incumbent Democratic Arizona senator Mark Kelly leads Republican challenger Blake Masters by more than three points in a poll released today, appearing to confirm a growing belief within the party that pro-choice messaging on abortion will be vote-winner in November’s midterms.
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