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Donald Trump's one-time White House counsel said in an interview that among the many legal threats the former president faces, the Justice Department's sprawling Capitol riot probe is the most dangerous.

"No matter what, the most serious case he faces is the January 6 investigation," Ty Cobb, who served as White House special counsel in 2017 and 2018, told Insider. "Not necessarily because of January 6 alone but coupled with the fake electors scheme and the interference alleged in Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere."

"That's the case that has him at the most risk and is more at the heart of what the Justice Department would take seriously," he added.

The DOJ's investigation into the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has several threads. In addition to prosecuting those who carried out the riot, investigators are also digging into the events that led up to the failed insurrection; any attempts to obstruct the inquiry; and efforts by Trump's allies to use false slates of electors to undo Joe Biden's 2020 victory in seven battleground states.

Cobb, who helped coordinate the Trump White House's response to the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's 2016 election interference, told Insider that when he worked with Trump, the former president, "for the most part," listened to his advice.

But "as time has gone by, he's gotten farther and farther ahead of his lawyers, to the point where it's hard to tell if they're following his advice or if he's following theirs," Cobb said.

Trump has repeatedly downplayed the January 6 attack, calling it a "simple protest that got out of hand." He also accused the Justice Department of going on a politically motivated fishing expedition against his supporters.

But the former president's attention has shifted in recent days to the department's ongoing investigation into his handling of official government records. The FBI took the extraordinary step of executing a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago earlier this month where agents recovered more than a dozen boxes, some of which contained classified and top-secret material, that Trump moved from the White House upon leaving office.

The unprecedented raid came after the Justice Department and the National Archives had tried for months to get Trump to turn over the records. According to the FBI's search warrant, the feds are investigating whether Trump broke at least three US laws, including the Espionage Act, when he took the records to his private residence in Florida.

Peter Zeidenberg, a longtime former federal prosecutor, told Insider on Monday that he believes the department's investigation into Trump's handling of the documents is "the most direct and immediate threat by far" to the former president.

He added that Attorney General Merrick Garland and other top DOJ and FBI officials are "politically savvy" and likely anticipated the blowback from Trump and his allies following the raid.

"The only reason they would open themselves up to it is if they thought" that the public would view the raid as "being completely defensible once the facts came out," Zeidenberg said.

"I think that it's going to be a pretty clean case," he said, adding that by contrast, the department's Capitol riot probe is much more complex.

"I'm not saying it couldn't be done or it shouldn't be done," but "it would take two years to prepare that case" and months to then present it, Zeidenberg told Insider. "There would be tons of legal issues, and it would be a really heavy lift."

In addition to the DOJ's criminal investigations into the Capitol riot and Trump's handling of government records, the former president also faces legal threats on a state level.

In Georgia, the Fulton County district attorney's office isinvestigating if Trump and his allies broke laws in their quest to nullify Biden's 2020 victory in the state. And in New York, the Manhattan district attorney's office recentlysecured a plea deal with Trump's chief bookkeeper, Allen Weisselberg, who last week pleaded guilty to more than a dozen felonies and agreed to implicate the Trump Organization.

"He should be worried about all these investigations," one lawyer familiar with the Trump team's thought process told Insider last week. "I think he's a target of all of them and I think he'll get indicted."

The former president has criticized the FBI's search as a corrupt exercise of power, and his legal team filed a motion Mondayrequesting that a special master be appointed to review evidence that the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago.

Cobb told CBS News on Friday that he thinks the Justice Department might also be in favor of appointing a special master to "err on the side of caution."

"This is an unprecedented prosecution, investigation of a former president," Cobb said. "This has never happened before, so I think I would want to play it by the letter of the law."

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Some new details regarding the Vince McMahon controversy suggest a huge amount was paid to Donald Trumps charity.

The last few months have undoubtedly been the worst days for Vince McMahon following his controversy. The 77-year-old was accused of paying about $20 million to cover his alleged relationships and misconduct. Therefore, an internal investigation was held by WWE Board and things got worse ever since. Every day, new revelations are made regarding the undisclosed payments made by Mr. McMahon during his tenure as CEO.

Recently, the Wall Street Journal made some new disclosures that link a huge amount to former US President, Donald Trump. It was reported that Vince McMahon paid $5 million to Donald Trumps foundation in the late 2000s. WSJ gave a detailed insight into how the former CEO paid millions to Mr. Trump.

According to the latest report, WWEs security filings this month found that 5 out of $20 million paid by Mr. McMahon were unrelated to the hush money scandal. The payments in fact benefited WWE as Vince ran the company back then. Although it was stated that the payments were unexpalined, but nothing was said as to why those payments benefited WWE.

However, people close to the investigation believe the money went to Donald Trump Foundation as charitable donations. The payments were made between 2007 and 2009 when Trump appeared on WWE TV. His appearances resulted in a $1 million fee and a personal contribution of $4 million from Mr. McMahon personally.

WSJs report also gave some interesting insights regarding the Wrestlemania 23 Battle of the Billionaires. It stated that Trump made sure that he will not shave his head even if his wrestler loses. Moreover, someone who reviewed Trumps contract with WWE stated that the former US President directed McMahon to send $4 million to his charity.

Well, nobody ever thought Mr. McMahon will vacate his crown. In fact, a lot of talents left WWE because they were unsure of their future under the 77-year-old. But, following the hush money scandal, Mr. McMahon initially stepped down as the CEO and then eventually retired on the 22nd of July. The veteran took to social media where he announced his departure from WWE.

Anyway, following his exit, while Nick Khan and Stephanie McMahon became the Co-CEOs, Triple H has been appointed as the Creative Head. The company seems to be in good hands as fans and critics have lauded the new regime. As far as the internal investigation goes, it is substantially over. But, lets see what new elements will be unearthed by WSJ in the future.

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United States President Donald Trump gave former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu his approval to annex parts of the West Bank in a letter leaked to the Jerusalem Post. The three-page letter, dated Jan. 26, 2020, detailed parts of Trumps deal of the century, which was announced two days later. The Jerusalem Post quoted Donald Trump, saying, [T]he United States will recognize Israeli sovereignty in those areas of the West Bank that my vision contemplates as being part of Israel. In exchange, Netanyahu would recognize the creation of a future Palestinian state.

Unsurprisingly, the letter didnt cause much of a reaction in the legacy news media. The few outlets that covered the story attempted to use it as a wedge between Trumps family and Benjamin Netanyahu. The letter appears to contradict Jared Kushners new memoir Breaking History: A White House Memoir. In it, he says Netanyahus announcement on January 29 to move forward with annexation in the coming days blindsided them. In response to Kushners book, a spokesman for Netanyahu said the allegations were utterly baseless.

The medias contempt for Netanyahu and President Trump is important to remember. That contempt drove their response to the deal of the century. In fact, a big reason why the peace deal ultimately failed was due to the medias concentrated barrage of misinformation and vitriol against the deal. At the time, the media claimed the deal allowed Israel to annex parts of the West Bank immediately and unconditionally. But that simply wasnt true. As this leaked letter proves, before Israel could annex the promised 30 percent, it had to agree to the creation of a Palestinian state. Thus, one of the key stipulations of the deal would be the realization of the Wests two-state solution.

One might argue that this seems like a small price to pay on Israels part. But consider these are the same people who have called for Israels destruction. To place an independent Palestinian state within Israels borders is no small ask. Imagine making New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia and Ohio their own country. Now imagine filling it with missiles and religious zealots whose stated holy mission was the destruction of America. That is the situation Israel faces right now.

The real problem for the media and the Wests liberal elite was the conditions the deal placed on the Palestinians. If the Palestinians agreed to reject terrorism, renounce any intention to destroy Israel, and make real tangible efforts toward peace with Israel, they would receive an independent state. The liberal media establishment believed Trump would never go through with a Palestinian state. Thus, they condemned the deal as a smokescreen for annexation.

If the Palestinians wanted peace with Israel and a state of their own, this deal really was the deal of the century. The problem was they had no intention to make peace with Israel. Egged on by the media, the Palestinians rejected the plan outright. We say a thousand times: No, no and no to the deal of the century, said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

With all the negative press, backlash from the international community, and fractured Israeli opinion over annexation, Netanyahu and Trump allowed the deal to silently slip into the dust bin of history. Shortly thereafter, the much more publicly appealing Abraham Accords were announced and signed.

The hostile legacy media completely missed or ignored the real story regarding this leaked letter. This letter shows how willing Netanyahu and Trump were to create and accept a Palestinian state. That willingness may become more relevant in the coming months.

Consider that Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry has been prophesying of Trumps return to the White House ever since Joe Biden stole the 2020 election. Couple that with the upcoming Israeli elections set for November 1. Netanyahu is still Israels most popular politician and stands a real chance to win back the prime ministers office.

So is the deal of the century really dead?

There are three reasons why this deal may pop up again. First, in 2020, one of Netanyahus key campaign promises was to exert Israeli sovereignty over more of the West Bank and Jordan. The deal of the century would have allowed him to do just that. Second, Trump and Netanyahu have never officially renounced or scrapped the deal. Third, neither man is the type to give up so easily on anything. Trump built his foreign-policy legacy on the Middle East peace deals he helped foster. When he returns to office, is it hard to imagine him trying to build on his previous successes?

Mr. Flurry warned against this deal in his Trumpet article Will the Trump Peace Plan Bring Peace to Israel?, writing: If implemented, this plan puts a Palestinian state on the doorstep of Jerusalem and surrounding almost every Jewish settlement in the West Bank. It doesnt create two states side by side with one continuous border: It is a series of roads, tunnels and overpasses connecting islands of Jewish communities in the West Bank, each surrounded by a historically hostile people. Such an arrangement wouldnt bring peace. It would actually create a dangerous wound for the Jews!

Mr. Flurry was very deliberate in his choice of words because he was citing a prophecy in Hosea 5:13, which reads, When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. As Mr. Flurry has explained, the Jewish state of Israel today is Judah in Bible prophecy, and his wound is the Israeli-Arab peace process. The real wound is spiritual: a lack of faith in God, Mr. Flurry wrote. The Jews keep trying to heal themselves by making peace pacts. They were strong when they trusted God.

Whether its Donald Trumps deal of the century or another peace deal, the efforts to make peace with the Palestinians are prophesied to fail catastrophically! Mr. Flurry wrote. But all is not lost, there will be peace in the Middle East! When all of mans peace efforts fail catastrophically, it will trigger the events leading up to the return of Jesus Christ. When He returns, Christ will force mankind to finally have real peace. And He will start by bringing peace to the most violent and blood-soaked city in human history: Jerusalem.

To learn more about where the Israeli-Arab peace process is leading, please read Gerald Flurrys article Will the Trump Peace Plan Bring Peace to Israel? and order your free copy of Jerusalem in Prophecy.

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EXCLUSIVE: Tampa, Fla. Former President Donald Trump dominated the 2024 GOP presidential nomination straw poll at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit Sunday, Fox News has learned.

TPUSA polled conference attendeesyouth activists from around the countrywho they would vote for in 2024 if Trump decided to launch another White House run. The straw poll was sponsored by Turning Point Action, the affiliated 501(c)(4) of TPUSA.

78.7% attendees said they would vote for Trump.

Straw Poll results for TPUSA Summitt 2022. (TPUSA)

19% said they would vote for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, 1% said theyd vote for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, 0.5% said theyd vote for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; 0.3% said they would vote for Sen. Ted Cruz, 0.3% said theyd vote for former Amb. Nikki Haley; and 0.3% said theyd vote for former Vice President Mike Pence.

TRUMP DROPS MAJOR HINTS ON POSSIBLE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RUN, IN CULTURE WAR-TINGED TPUSA SPEECH

Former President Trump easily won the 2022 TPUSA Straw Poll for 2024 GOP presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump spoke at the conference Saturday night, hinting at a 2024 run. His speech was the keynote on the second day of the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. Trump's speech followed one Friday night by DeSantis, who's considered along with Trump one of the foremost potential GOP 2024 contenders.

Teasing his own possible 2024 run, Trump said Saturday that he won the 2016 election, falsely claimed he won the 2020 election, and said, "now we may just have to do it again."

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican speaks to the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit on July 22, 2022. (Sarah Freeman/Fox News)

"If I stayed home, if I announced that I was not going to run for office, the persecution of Donald Trump would immediately stop," Trump also said later in the speech. "But that's what they want me to do. And you know what? There's no chance I do that."

DESANTIS LIGHTS INTO BIDEN DURING TPUSA SPEECH AMID RAMPANT 2024 SPECULATION

Trump closed his speech saying that with President Biden's presidency, his reelection slogan of "keep America great," is now outdated. But, Trump said, "we will make America great again."

30.3% of attendees said California Gov. Gavin Newsom would be the most difficult for a Republican to beat; 13.6% said former First Lady Michelle Obama; 10.5% said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; 10.3% said Sen. Bernie Sanders; 7.9% said Vice President Kamala Harris; 5.9% said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Straw Poll results for TPUSA Summit 2022.

Just 4.4% of attendees said President Biden would be the most difficult for a Republican candidate to beat in 2024.

Attendees were also polled on whether they approved or disapproved of the Republican establishment in Washington D.C. with 92.7% saying they disapprove and 7.3% saying they approve.

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 09: California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a bill signing ceremony. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

73.8% of conference attendees said they are not confident that the Republican Party can communicate with younger voters, while 26.2% said they are.

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Meanwhile, attendees were also polled on whether they thought "building a southern border wall" or "sending $56 billion to Ukraine" was more important.

98% of attendees said building a wall to secure the U.S. southern border is "more important."

Brooke Singman is a Fox News Digital politics reporter. You can reach her at Brooke.Singman@Fox.com or @BrookeSingman on Twitter.

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Donald J. Trump called a top Republican in the State Legislature in Wisconsin in recent days to lobby for a measure that would overturn his 2020 loss in the state to President Biden, the latest signal that the former president remains undaunted by congressional and criminal investigations into his election meddling.

Mr. Trumps advisers said the former president saw an opening to press the Republican official, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, after a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling prohibited the use of most drop boxes for voters returning absentee ballots.

Since drop boxes were used during the 2020 election, Mr. Trump argued, the state should be able to invalidate the results of that election. He pushed Mr. Vos to support a resolution that would retract the states 10 electoral votes cast for Mr. Biden. Mr. Trumps advisers said the phone call took place on July 9 the day after the court issued its opinion.

There is no mechanism in Wisconsin law to rescind the states electoral votes, nor does the United States Constitution allow for a states presidential election to be overturned after Congress has accepted the results. Still, Mr. Trump has persisted.

Mr. Vos has repeatedly told Mr. Trump and his allies that decertifying the former presidents loss would violate the states Constitution.

Mr. Trump has a different opinion, Mr. Vos told a television station in Milwaukee, WISN-TV, which first reported the phone call on Tuesday. Mr. Vos did not respond to messages on Wednesday.

The call is only the latest indication that Mr. Trump remains fixated on nullifying the 2020 presidential contest 18 months after Mr. Biden replaced him in the White House. He has continued to prioritize his lies that he won the last election as he aims to influence the next one, signaling to his supporters that undermining the 2020 election should be the predominant issue for the party.

His actions come as a prosecutor in Georgia is gathering evidence into whether Mr. Trump violated laws in his attempt to overturn results in the state. Mr. Trumps own team was already concerned about potential legal consequences from the deluge of devastating testimony revealed by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

And Mr. Trump may have created more legal headaches for himself when he phoned a witness in the House committees investigation after a hearing on June 29. Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, a Republican serving as the panels vice chairwoman, has said information about Mr. Trumps call to the witness has been turned over to the Justice Department.

In the past 10 days, Mr. Trump has endorsed candidates in Arizona and Oklahoma based in part on their support for his attempts to overturn the election or his criticisms of the House investigation.

We won in 2020, Mr. Trump said in a statement on Tuesday reiterating his endorsement of David Farnsworth for a State Senate seat in Arizona. Mr. Farnsworth is running against Rusty Bowers, who is the Republican speaker of the Arizona House and who has been critical of the former presidents attempts to overturn the election. In the statement, Mr. Trump called Mr. Bowers a weak and pathetic Republican who didnt have the guts to do anything about the rigged and stolen election.

Mr. Trump has never stopped looking for ways to undo the results of the 2020 election, and his desire to keep talking about his false claims of widespread fraud has intensified as investigations into his conduct have become more focused.

In Arizona, a review of the 2020 vote failed to change the outcome and instead affirmed the result. Mr. Trumps allies have come up empty in their bid to overturn the results in Georgia. In recent months, his allies have instead focused their attention on Wisconsin, where Mr. Vos has tried to accommodate Mr. Trumps increasing demands about the 2020 election for more than a year.

When Mr. Trump called for an audit of the states votes days ahead of the Republican Party of Wisconsins 2021 state convention, Mr. Vos used the gathering to announce he would appoint a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, Michael Gableman, to investigate the election.

Mr. Vos repeatedly blocked efforts to hold a vote on decertification. Still, Mr. Vos met with leading proponents of decertification, something they held up as significant progress in their effort to undo the 2020 results.

Mr. Trump and his allies have since turned on Mr. Vos. The former president has used his social media website to press Mr. Vos to act, and he released a statement on Tuesday suggesting that his supporters back Mr. Voss primary opponent if he fails to act.

Mr. Vos is facing a spirited but underfunded primary challenger, Adam Steen, whose campaign hinges on the notion that Mr. Vos is not sufficiently loyal to Mr. Trump because he has blocked the decertification effort.

And while Mr. Vos has not seen eye to eye with Mr. Trump on the election, his allies know the former president still holds a powerful grip on the party.

An outside group supporting Mr. Vos in the primary recently mailed a flyer to Wisconsin Republicans with a picture of Mr. Vos and Mr. Trump sitting next to each other on a plane and smiling.

Leading the fight for election integrity! the flyer reads.

Maggie Haberman contributed reporting.

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