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Two former Trump campaign aides and an attorney appeared in Wisconsin court on felony forgery charges related to a fake elector scheme from the 2020 election, with the case progressing despite attempts to dismiss it and allegations of judicial bias.
Iran-linked hackers, known as Robert, have threatened to release or sell stolen emails from Trump aides, including Susie Wiles, Lindsey Halligan, Roger Stone, and Stormy Daniels, after distributing some to the media. The hackers, believed to be connected to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, have indicated plans to organize a sale of the stolen data, which could impact the 2024 U.S. election. The U.S. authorities have condemned the cyber-attack, viewing it as an attempt to smear and discredit Trump and his associates.
A federal judge has rejected former President Donald Trump's claims of executive privilege and has ordered Mark Meadows and other former top aides to testify before a federal grand jury investigating Trump's efforts to overturn the election leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Meadows, Trump's former chief of staff, was subpoenaed along with the other former aides by Special counsel Jack Smith for testimony and documents related to the probe. Trump's legal team had challenged the subpoenas by asserting executive privilege, which is the right of a president to keep confidential the communications he has with advisers.