White House wanted to use the tactic to punish Democrats, report saysSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.46pm BST First amendment scholars and advocacy groups are raising alarm over the criminal charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, the Guardian’s Ed Pilkington reports. Much of the indictment against Assange detailed conduct indistinguishable from the basic activities of journalism protected by the first amendment of the US constitution, the experts said. Among the phrases contained in the indictment that have provoked an uproar are: 2.34pm BST Vice-president Mike Pence responded to criticism from Pete Buttigieg in a new interview with CNN. “I think Pete’s quarrel is with the First Amendment. All of us in this country have the right to our religious beliefs. I’m a Bible-believing Christian,” Pence said. In an exclusive interview, Vice President Pence tells @DanaBashCNN that South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s “quarrel is with the First Amendment. All of us in this country have the right to our religious beliefs. I’m a Bible-believing Christian.” https://t.co/CS0P2fwbcb pic.twitter.com/iqKSIo0SO1 Continue reading…
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PIERS MORGAN: A phone call I received from a fired-up Trump should be a warning to Democrats
President Trump called me for a chat on Saturday. It was our first conversation since he unfollowed me on Twitter in April after I wrote a Mail column telling him to ‘Shut the f*ck up Read more…