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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Oliver O'Connell

Trump news - live: Don Jr mocked for suggesting Trump lead peace talks

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Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the crowd during a rally in South Carolina

Donald Trump used the occasion of Volodymyr Zelensky’s virtual address to Congress to brag about his supposed rescue of the Nato alliance – this despite his history of derogatory remar

The Republican National Committee last night mounted a last-minute effort to stop the 6 January committee from accessing its email communications from the weeks after the 2020 election.

In a late-night legal filing, the party committee claims that the subpoena seeking access to the emails in question “would give the Select Committee unprecedented access to the RNC's internal political strategies and to private, personal information regarding its supporters”. However, the party seems unlikely to succeed, as the company that handled and retains the emails, Salesforce, says it still intends to comply with the committee’s subpoena.

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