MAGA Host Slams 'Mentalist' At WHCD Shooting: 'Why Didn't He See This Coming?'nullnullnullnullnullnullnullnullnullnull

Real America's Voice anchor Eric Bolling expressed outrage after a so-called mentalist performing for President Donald Trump failed to predict a gunman at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

As the alleged gunman was storming a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night, Oz Pearlman was performing tricks for Trump and his wife.

"I was performing right then for the president, the press secretary [Karoline Leavitt] and the first lady," Pearlman later recalled to CNN. "It [was] kind of a pivotal moment in the trick where you're just about to do the reveal … and we hear commotion."

On Monday, Bolling said that the man performing magic tricks should have "seen this coming."

"By the way, too soon or too on the nose to talk about the irony of Oz Pearlman, the so-called mentalist, standing right next to the president as shots rang out?" the pro-MAGA host wondered. "Why didn't he see that coming? I don't know. He's a mentalist, right?"

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Judge Questions Whether Trump Can Sue His Own Government For $10B

A federal judge has expressed doubt about the viability of Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, hinting she may dismiss it because Trump effectively controls the very agencies he is suing. Judge Kathleen Williams surfaced the issue in a Friday ruling that also rejected a bid to pause proceedings while settlement discussions were underway. She observed that the relationship between Trump and the defendants — the Treasury Department and the IRS — may lack sufficient opposition to move the case forward, according to ABC News.

"Moreover, although President Trump avers that he is bringing this lawsuit in his personal capacity, he is the sitting president and his named adversaries are entities whose decisions are subject to his direction. Indeed, President Trump's own remarks about this matter acknowledge the unique dynamic of this litigation," she wrote.

The IRS is funded by taxpayers, defended by government lawyers paid by taxpayers, and any potential $10 billion payout would ultimately come out of public funds, too. So, in a very real sense, taxpayers would be footing the bill on both sides. The amicus brief, calling it "collusive litigation," hints at just how unusual and ethically tangled the whole thing is.

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Acting Attorney General Refuses To Rule Out Vacating Insurrectionists' Convictions

As we discussed here, "Rep. Jamie Raskin, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, scorched Donald Trump’s so-called Department of Justice, now led by his own former criminal defense lawyer, for asking a federal appeals court to vacate the Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. In other words, to erase the record altogether."

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was asked about this latest attempt at whitewashing this administration's vile history by CNN's Dana Bash this Sunday, and Blanche refused to rule it out, and when asked whether he was comfortable personally with vacating their sentences, basically said his job was to bow down to Dear Leader.

BASH: Before I let you go, sir, do you plan to vacate convictions of members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers who were involved in the January 6th attack on the Capitol?

BLANCHE: So that's ongoing litigation that, as you know, the Supreme Court recently sent the case back to the district court judge. I expect you'll hear from us in the coming days about how we're going to proceed. Their sentences were commuted by President Trump on January 20th, and we'll go from there.

BASH: You're not ruling it out?

BLANCHE: I didn't hear that. Say it again. Sorry.

BASH: So you're not ruling it out, vacating their convictions?

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