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Political Wire - A federal appeals court panel — including two of Donald Trump’s appointees — has rejected a January 6 defendant’s claim that jurors were biased against him because of politics.

Philip Bump, Washington Post - Donald Trump’s tendency to reflect and amplify rhetorical extremes has led him to propose a formal instantiation of this idea, should he be reelected president. If he returns to the White House, he promised to donors at a recent event, he would “set [the anti-Israel] movement back 25 or 30 years.” How? In part by deporting those who participate in protests on college campuses... In October, the Trump campaign unveiled its “plan to keep jihadists and their sympathizers out of America” — an early formulation of Trump’s eager effort to demonstrate his hostility to critics of Israel’s response to the terrorist attack that month. Among its elements:

• “Aggressively deport resident aliens with jihadist sympathies.”
• “Revoke the student visas of radical anti-American and anti-semitic foreigners at colleges and universities.”
• “Proactively send [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] to pro-jihadist demonstrations to enforce our immigration laws and remove the violators from our country.”

There are several important considerations here. One is that, legally, resident noncitizens have the same freedoms of speech and protest as citizens. That includes students on valid visas. Another is that the term “jihadist sympathies” not only describes a lot of protected speech, it is entirely subjective.

RadarOnline - Secret Service members reportedly met with local jail officials this month to prepare for the possibility that ex-President Donald Trump is found guilty and sentenced to prison for the criminal charges currently against him, RadarOnline.com has learned. In a sudden development to come as closing arguments for Trump’s criminal trial kicked off in Manhattan on Tuesday, it was revealed that the Secret Service was in the process of preparing for the ex-president’s upcoming verdict...Because Trump remains entitled to Secret Service protection for the rest of his life as a former president, a Secret Service team would be forced to follow Trump should he be found guilty, remanded immediately, and sentenced to a stint behind bars.