Trump lawyers hit back at Fani Willis in disqualification case, citing ‘misconduct’
Former President Trump’s legal team has filed a reply brief to the Georgia Court of Appeals in his case to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. “President Trump’s legal team has filed a reply brief in the Georgia Court of Appeals persuasively rebutting the State’s arguments,” Steve Sadow, counsel for Trump, said in a statement. “The brief makes clear DA Willis should be disqualified, and the case dismissed because her proven false, incendiary racial rhetoric in the church speech was calculated to heighten public condemnation of, and thereby prejudice, the defendants in eyes of potential jurors. Such misconduct violated the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, therefore President Trump again calls for dismissal and her removal.” On Dec. 5, the Georgia court will hear the appeal by Trump and his co-defendants to have embattled Willis disqualified from the case due to an alleged “improper” affair with former special prosecutor Nathan Wade. GEORGIA COURT WILL HEAR TRUMP’S CASE TO DISQUALIFY FANI WILLIS ONE MONTH AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Willis filed a motion to dismiss the appeal in June, saying the lower court found there was not sufficient evidence to support their claims that Willis has a conflict of interest, and claiming there is “no basis” to appeal Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s March ruling allowing Willis to stay on the case. Trump’s lawyer called the motion a “last ditch effort to stop any appellate review of [her] misconduct.” Trump was indicted in August 2023 along with 18 co-defendants stemming from the yearslong criminal investigation led by Willis and state prosecutors in Georgia into his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state. The charges include violating the Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act; solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer; conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer; conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree; conspiracy to commit false statements and writings; conspiracy to commit filing false documents; conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree; and filing false documents. Since then, Willis has struggled to avoid roadblocks in her efforts to try Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, before the election. GEORGIA PROSECUTOR FANI WILLIS APPEALS AFTER JUDGE DROPS MULTIPLE TRUMP CHARGES Judge Scott McAfee in March dismissed six of the charges and said the state failed to allege sufficient detail for six counts of “solicitation of violation of oath by public officer.” In February, Michael Roman, a GOP operative and co-defendant in the case, dropped bombshell accusations that Willis had an “improper” affair with Wade, whom she hired to help prosecute the case in November 2021. Other co-defendants made similar allegations, and said she financially benefited from her relationship with him by taking lavish vacations together. Both Wade and Willis denied they were in a romantic relationship prior to his hiring and said the couple would split the costs of their shared travels; Willis said she reimbursed Wade for her share of the trips in cash. FANI WILLIS’ EX-STAFFER TESTIFIES SHE WAS FIRED AFTER BLOWING WHISTLE ON DA’S SPENDING After evidentiary hearings in February, McAfee ordered that Wade be removed in order to keep Willis from disqualification in the Trump election interference case. “[T]he established record now highlights a significant appearance of impropriety that infects the current structure of the prosecution team – an appearance that must be removed through the State’s selection of one of two options,” he wrote, adding that Willis and her whole office can choose to step aside, or Wade can withdraw from the case. Wade subsequently resigned from his post as special prosecutor. In his order, McAfee separately took issue with a speech made by Willis at an Atlanta church in January, when she claimed she and Wade were being scrutinized because of their race. McAfee said her racially charged rhetoric of “playing the race card” was “legally improper.” Willis did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Chicago cops received more help for DNC than during height of 2020 riots: retired police chief
The $75 million policing budget for the just-concluded Democratic National Convention paid off for Chicago but also shows a stunning contrast with the money devoted at the height of the 2020 George Floyd riots, a retired Illinois police chief tells Fox News Digital. “The security for the DNC is the largest police presence in the history of Chicago, as far as they go back of tracking of all local, state, county, suburban federal agencies, there’s never been a larger police presence ever,” retired Riverside, Illinois, police chief Tom Wetizel told Fox News Digital in an interview. Weitzel recalled that when he was chief during the protests after the death of Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, the department “was not given the resources that we needed from outside our own agency when we would ask for them, and certainly not anywhere near this level.” DNC IN CHICAGO: WINDY CITY ROCKED BY VIOLENCE EVEN WITH MIGRANT GANGS ON ‘GOOD BEHAVIOR’ “People forget that the Democrats were the party of, and probably still are the party of defund the police, and now the Democratic Party at the Democratic National Convention has the largest police presence in Chicago history. I mean, that kind of strikes me as very strange,” he said. Ahead of the DNC, a local news outlet reported the White House’s Office of Budget and Management allocated $75 million in federal funding for security at the convention, and most of the funds reportedly went to the Chicago Police Department. “It would have a significant impact,” Weitzel said when asked if those resources were provided to departments on the South Side – Chicago’s heavily crime-ridden region – to deter crime. CHICAGO POLICE MAKE ARRESTS AMONG PROTESTERS AT THE DNC Every day during the convention, anti-Israel agitators took to the streets near the DNC to protest against the Democratic ticket’s foreign policies, as well as other left-wing causes. Some were part of pro-Hamas groups and burned the American flag. Others waved Palestinian flags and chanted on bullhorns, “There is one solution, intifada revolution” and “Long live the intifada.” The Chicago Police Department said there were at least 74 arrests over the course of the convention’s four days. “Our city was on display for the world to see,” Superintendent Larry Snelling told reporters last week. “I guarantee the world was watching. We showed again that this was not 1968.” During the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, approximately 600 people were arrested. The convention was held amid significant social unrest and marked by anti-Vietnam War protests. DNC IN CHICAGO: 12 SHOT, 1 MURDERED IN WINDY CITY SHOOTINGS ON DAY 2 OF CONVENTION “I can tell you with a surety that they are the heroes that they are. Their training has paid off, their patience has paid off, their professionalism has paid off,” Weitzel said of Chicago PD. “The Chicago Police Department [wasn’t] the lead story for the night. The Chicago Police Department [wasn’t] the lead story for abusing or alleged to have abused or overreacted.”
Texas Latino leaders label voter fraud investigation “nonsense,” call for federal, state reviews
At a news conference, Texas House candidate Cecilia Castellano did not address any of the allegations Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office laid out in search warrant affidavits.
Former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard endorses Trump in the 2024 presidential race
Democrat-turned Independent Tulsi Gabbard, the former congresswoman from Hawaii, is endorsing former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race against Vice President Kamala Harris. Gabbard served as the Democratic representative for Hawaii’s 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021, but announced her exit from the party in 2022 after denouncing it as an “elitist cabal of warmongers.” The former Democrat, who ran in the 2019 Democratic presidential primary against Harris, was recently recruited by Trump to help with debate prep ahead of his September 10 face-off against the vice president at the National Constitutional Center in Philadelphia. TULSI GABBARD GIVES UPDATE ON TRUMP’S DEBATE PREP: ‘HE KNOWS THE ISSUES’ The then-presidential candidate ripped the vice president during a Democratic primary debate for reportedly jailing hundreds of Californians for marijuana violations, then openly discussing smoking the drug herself. TRUMP THANKS RFK JR. FOR ENDORSEMENT AFTER THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATE SUSPENDS HIS CAMPAIGN: ‘THAT’S BIG’ “She put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana,” Gabbard said of Harris during the debate. Gabbard has been an outspoken critic of the Democratic Party since switching her party affiliation ahead of the 2022 midterms, speaking at conservative events such as the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and the Faith and Freedom Coalition Road to Majority Conference. The endorsement comes after former Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his 2024 Independent presidential bid and threw his support behind Trump. Kennedy claimed in his withdrawal announcement that the Democratic Party “waged continual legal warfare against both President Trump and myself,” and “ran a sham primary.” RFK Jr. said he will be campaigning with Trump until the election.
Harris preps for debate with Google lawyer, creating ‘conflict of interest,’ Trump campaign says
The Trump campaign is calling out a potential conflict of interest ahead of the first presidential debate. The Trump campaign told Fox News Digital that Karen Dunn, who is part of the team prepping Vice President Kamala Harris for the Sept. 10 showdown, is simultaneously working as Google’s lead defense attorney in the Biden-Harris administration’s lawsuit against the tech giant. That lawsuit, United States v. Google LLC is the Biden-Harris administration’s antitrust lawsuit targeting Google’s digital advertising practices. The trial is set to begin Sept. 9 — a day before the first presidential debate. Dunn, who is Google’s outside counsel through law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, is listed in the lawsuit as a “lead attorney.” TRUMP, HARRIS CAMPAIGNS CLASH OVER DEBATE RULES: ‘WE SAID NO CHANGES’ Dunn also advised Harris ahead of her 2020 vice presidential debate against then-Vice President Mike Pence. “Kamala Harris will never stand up to Big Tech because she’s being coached on what to say in the debates by Google’s top lawyer,” Trump campaign senior adviser Tim Murtaugh told Fox News Digital. “Think about how outrageous it is — their administration is suing Google, but Harris is taking political advice from the defendant’s lawyer.” Murtaugh said, “any first year law student knows that’s a conflict of interest.” “But it’s not surprising because Big Tech and the Biden-Harris White House have been conspiring to censor and trample the rights of law-abiding citizens since they gained power,” he said. Murtaugh added, “They don’t even try to hide their cozy relationship — it’s all been reported by the media — but it is disgusting and dangerous.” Murtaugh pointed to reports by The Washington Post and Bloomberg News last month that said Dunn had joined the newly minted Harris campaign to, again, help with debate prep. HEAD HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS POLLING IN THE 2024 ELECTION “Some prosecutor she is,” Murtaugh said. “She’s being coached by the defendant’s lawyer.” Neither the Harris campaign nor Dunn responded to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. The revelations also come after Google came under scrutiny following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. Google’s autocomplete search results did not initially register the July 13 assassination attempt against Trump. Google admitted that it initially blocked and eliminated search prompts for the assassination attempt against Trump, saying they were prohibited by design and part of the company’s policy to prevent search results for “hypothetical political violence against current figures.” “We do not allow predictions that can be interpreted as accusations against individuals or groups of serious malevolent acts, where there is a lack of well-established or expert supporting evidence,” he said. Meanwhile, the Harris campaign is clashing with the Trump campaign over debate rules for the Sept. 10 debate. The vice president’s campaign is seeking to have microphones live throughout the event, despite the fact that the original agreement had microphones muted unless the candidate was directed to speak. “We have told ABC and other networks seeking to host a possible October debate that we believe both candidates’ mics should be live throughout the full broadcast,” Harris campaign senior adviser for communications Brian Fallon said in a statement Monday. “Our understanding is that Trump’s handlers prefer the muted microphone because they don’t think their candidate can act presidential for 90 minutes on his own,” Fallon said. “We suspect Trump’s team has not even told their boss about this dispute because it would be too embarrassing to admit they don’t think he can handle himself against Vice President Harris without the benefit of a mute button.” “The Vice President is ready to deal with Trump’s constant lies and interruptions in real time. Trump should stop hiding behind the mute button.” 2024 SHOWDOWN: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN THE KAMALA HARRIS-DONALD TRUMP FACE-OFF However, Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller is firing back, telling the Harris campaign, “enough with the games,” and accusing them of trying to “get out” of the debate against the former president. “We accepted the ABC debate under the exact same terms as the CNN debate. The Harris camp, after having already agreed to the CNN rules, asked for a seated debate, with notes, and opening statements. We said no changes to the agreed upon rules,” Miller said in a statement. “If Kamala Harris isn’t smart enough to repeat the messaging points her handlers want her to memorize, that’s their problem.” Miller said this is a “pattern” for the Harris campaign. “They won’t allow Harris to do interviews, they won’t allow her to do press conferences, and now they want to give her a cheat-sheet for the debate,” Miller said. “My guess is that they’re looking for a way to get out of any debate with President Trump.” He added, “Regardless, there’s no way Harris is ready to be Commander in Chief.” Regarding Harris’ debate prep with Dunn, Murtaugh chimed in. “Isn’t it funny that the Harris camp is starting to complain about debate rules again, now that they’ve actually begun to prep their candidate with Karen Dunn’s help?” Murtaugh told Fox News Digital. “I guess Google’s lawyer sees something they don’t like, and now they’re panicking.”
Republicans slam Harris for being ‘last person in the room’ when Biden made call to evacuate Afghanistan
Top Republicans are slamming Vice President Kamala Harris for admitting she was “the last person in the room” when President Biden made the decision to abruptly evacuate all U.S. troops from Afghanistan. The criticism comes on the anniversary of the fatal suicide bombing that occurred at Abbey Gate, located outside Kabul’s Hamid Karazai International Airport, which ultimately led to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members and injured others. Harris’ comments about her involvement in the decision to evacuate the war-torn region came ahead of the tragic attack, during an April 2021 interview with CNN’s Dana Bash. “He just made a really big decision – Afghanistan. Were you the last person in the room?” Bash asked Harris. “Yes,” she replied, adding that she was “comfortable” with the president’s decision and admired his courage for making the call. HARRIS’ ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL A MYSTERY DESPITE BEING ‘LAST PERSON IN THE ROOM’ WITH BIDEN This year marks the third anniversary of the tragic event and certain Republicans did not hold back on their criticism of the now-Democratic candidate for president’s remarks, with some arguing it shows Harris’ involvement in the disastrous decision. “It’s morally abhorrent that Vice President Harris bragged about being the ‘last person in the room’ for Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal. The American people deserve a full answer on her role in this disaster,” former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, wrote on X Monday. Pompeo included video of the interview in his post, as did House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in his own post commemorating the three-year anniversary. In the video, Johnson referred to the Afghanistan withdrawal as “disastrous,” and honored, by name, all those service members lost. But North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who also ran for president, was more direct in his criticisms of Harris. He said on Fox News Monday morning that the withdrawal from Afghanistan needs not just be pinned on Biden, but on Harris, as well. “We got to pin the rose not just on Biden, but on Harris,” Burgum told Fox News. “She brags about being the last person in the room with Biden when they made this decision… they made it for date certain and that date certain was chosen for political reasons.” “This is why we need President Trump back as our commander in chief – somebody who understands how the world works and understands what we need to do to keep… the world safe.” Kelly Loeffler, a former senator from Georgia, argued Monday that while “Harris has overseen many failures,” her worst and “most tragic” one “was being ‘the last person in the room’ to authorize the chaotic exit from Afghanistan.” Dave McCormick, the Republican Senate candidate from Pennsylvania, blasted Harris for being “proud to be the last person in the room” amid a decision that resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. service members. HARRIS LEAVES OUT DEADLY BOTCHED AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL IN SOARING PRO-MILITARY DNC SPEECH In addition to Harris’ “last person in the room remarks,” some Republicans also took issue Monday with her failure to speak the names of the 13 U.S. service members lost during the suicide bombing at Kabul airport three years ago. “It was the deadliest day for Americans in Afghanistan in over a decade and, to this day, neither Biden nor Harris have said the names of our fallen soldiers,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., wrote on X Monday morning. Meanwhile, the Trump campaign released a video on Monday’s anniversary highlighting all the Gold Star families who lost loved ones from the Kabul airport bombing. “To this day, Kamala Harris has never mentioned these fallen soldiers’ names,” the video is captioned. Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for comment but did not receive a response.
Biden flies from one vacation to another after vowing to end Gaza war, with Middle East on the brink
President Biden declared ending the war in Gaza to be his top goal to achieve before the end of his term, yet he has gone from one vacation to another as the Middle East becomes increasingly volatile. Biden announced his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday, July 21. Since then, he has gone on two vacations and has spent every weekend either at his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, or the presidential retreat at Camp David, according to White House pool reports dating back to July 21. Following Biden’s speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last Monday, he and his family spent the week vacationing at the California estate of billionaire Democratic donor Joe Kiani. He will be vacationing again this week, but this time at his own home in Delaware. He has no public events scheduled for the week. In a preview of the week given to members of the press, White House staff wrote, “The President and the First Lady will remain in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.” ISRAEL ATTACKS TARGETS IN LEBANON TO THWART HEZBOLLAH’S PREPARED STRIKES: IDF The weeks of vacationing and long weekends come after Biden himself declared that ending the war in Gaza and securing the return of hostages held by Hamas would be the top priority for his final months in office. He made the declaration on July 22, just one day after dropping out of the race. IDF STRIKES HEZBOLLAH TERROR TARGETS IN LEBANON AFTER THEY WERE SEEN PREPARING TO FIRE TOWARD ISRAEL Cease-fire talks have made little to no progress since the end of July. The conflict appears more likely to expand than fizzle out, with Israel launching and receiving massive attacks from Hezbollah, an Iranian terrorist proxy group based in Lebanon. Biden’s critics have begun to sound the alarm about the lack of clear direction at the White House. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., told Fox News bluntly on Thursday, “I’m not quite sure who’s running the place.” Former President Donald Trump has also attacked Biden for his lack of leadership. Meanwhile, the White House has said only that Biden is “closely monitoring” the situation. CRITICS BLAST HARRIS’ GRASP OF INFLATION, ATTACK ON BUSINESS AHEAD OF POLICY SPEECH: ‘LUNATIC BEHAVIOR’ “Who is negotiating for us in the Middle East? Bombs are dropping all over the place!” Trump wrote on social media. He expanded on the topic in a statement later Sunday. “We don’t even have a president. We have a fascist person running who’s incompetent, and we have a president who’s not even around,” Trump said. “He went to California for a vacation because they threw him essentially out of the party. And then he came back home and I said, oh, is he going to go to the White House? No, he went to Delaware to take another vacation. And you got Russia over there with nuclear threats. We’re going to have a president. We’ve got to have a real president that’s respected.” The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Melania Trump’s memoir soars to top spot on several Amazon ‘Best Sellers’ lists weeks before its release
FIRST ON FOX: Former first lady Melania Trump’s memoir has soared to the top spot on multiple Amazon ‘Best Sellers’ lists — more than a month before it is set to hit the shelves for sale. Melania Trump’s first-ever memoir, “Melania,” is set to be released to the public on Oct. 1, but this weekend, the pre-orders reached the top of a number of Amazon’s best-selling books lists. “Melania” is currently #1 in Amazon’s “Memoirs” category, #1 in Amazon’s “US Presidents” category, and #1 in Amazon’s “Political Leader Biographies” category. “Writing my memoir has been an amazing journey filled with emotional highs and lows,” the former first lady told Fox News Digital. “Each story shaped me into who I am today.” MELANIA TRUMP TO RELEASE FIRST MEMOIR, WILL REVEAL STORIES AND PHOTOS ‘NEVER BEFORE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC’ She told Fox News Digital that “although daunting at times, the process has been incredibly rewarding, reminding me of my strength, and the beauty of sharing my truth.” MELANIA TRUMP SAYS US ‘MUST UNITE’ AHEAD OF MAR-A-LAGO LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS EVENT The memoir, according to the press release, is “a powerful and inspiring story of a woman who has carved her own path, overcome adversity and defined personal excellence.” “The former First Lady invites readers into her world, offering an intimate portrait of a woman who has lived an extraordinary life,” the press release says. “Melania includes personal stories and family photos she has never before shared with the public.” There will be two separate editions of “Melania.” The first will publish on Oct. 1. The second version — the “Collector’s Edition” — will publish at a later date. The memoir is being published by Skyhorse Publishing. MELANIA TRUMP LAUNCHES JEWELRY LINE TO HONOR MOMS AHEAD OF MOTHER’S DAY, RAISE FUNDS FOR FOSTER KIDS “Melania” is the former first lady’s first book. During her time as first lady, Trump hosted virtual roundtables on foster care as part of her “Be Best” initiative and focused on strengthening the child welfare system. She worked with members of Congress on legislation that secured funding for grants awarded to youth and young adults currently or formerly in foster care to help pay for college, career school or training. The bill ultimately was signed by then-President Donald Trump in December 2020. Since leaving the White House, the former first lady has also created special edition Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). A portion of those proceeds also went toward her initiative “Fostering the Future” to secure educational opportunities and scholarships for children in the foster care community. “Fostering the Future” students are currently enrolled in multiple colleges and universities across the country, with areas of focus primarily on technology and computer sciences. Earlier this year, the former first lady also rolled out a jewelry line to honor “all mothers,” telling Fox News Digital that mothers are “the bedrock of the American family.” A portion of the proceeds from the jewelry line are going towards her “Fostering the Future” initiative.
Meerut to Prayagraj via Ganga Expressway soon; know route, status, distance, speed and more
The construction work of the Ganga Expressway is in full swing in Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal and Badaun.
Trump sets intense pace with campaign events as questions swirl about Harris’ policy positions
With both major party national nominating conventions now in the books, the 2024 edition of the race for the White House enters the final sprint, and former President Donald Trump is picking up the pace. Last week, as the Democrats held their convention in Chicago, Trump stopped in five of the seven crucial battleground states that will likely determine whether he or Vice President Kamala Harris wins the presidential election. “We’re more than happy to go out and give specific messages to specific communities, which is what Donald Trump did last week, culminating with the big rally in Arizona. We’ll do the same thing this week,” Trump campaign senior adviser Corey Lewandowski told Fox News. TRUMP, HARRIS, GET READY FOR THE FINAL STRETCH IN THE 2024 SHOWDOWN Trump on Monday afternoon will be in Detroit to address the National Guard Association of the United States’ 146th General Conference & Exhibition. Later in the week, he returns to Michigan, as well as Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, to hold campaign events. Trump’s running mate – Sen. JD Vance of Ohio – stumps in Michigan on Tuesday. The three states make up what is known as the Democrats’ blue wall, which the party reliably won in presidential elections for a quarter-century before Trump narrowly carried all three states in 2016 en route to winning the White House. However, four years later, in 2020, President Biden won back all three by razor-thin margins to defeat Trump and claim the presidency. HARRIS TAKES AIM AT TRUMP AS SHE VOWS ‘TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS’ Harris has been riding a wave of energy and enthusiasm – both in polling and in fundraising – since replacing Biden at the top of the Democrats’ 2024 ticket five weeks ago. The Harris campaign announced on Sunday that they have hauled in over $540 million in fundraising since the vice president replaced Biden at the top of the Democrats’ 2024 ticket. They highlighted that $82 million of that haul came in during last week’s convention “thanks to a surge of grassroots donations,” and that the hour after Harris’ Thursday night nomination acceptance speech was the best hour of fundraising since she became a presidential candidate. Trump’s political team expects that momentum to continue – for now – in the wake of last week’s Democratic national nominating convention. “Post-DNC we will likely see another small (albeit temporary) bounce for Harris in the public polls. Post-Convention bounces are a phenomenon that happens after most party conventions,” Trump campaign pollsters Tony Fabrizio and Travis Tunis wrote late last week in a strategy memo. HEAD HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS POLLING IN THE 2024 ELECTION Besides the increased campaign stops, Trump is getting ready to sit down for more media interviews, and after a long absence, is regularly posting on X. Additionally, while he will still hold large rallies – as he did in Arizona – campaign officials tell Fox News to expect Trump to take part in more smaller events and meet-and-greets that focus on the economy and the border – two top issues where they believe Harris is vulnerable. Trump, Vance, their campaign and allied Republicans, also continue to blast Harris for a lack of news conferences or any major interview since taking over for Biden as the Democrats’ standard-bearer. “She can’t answer questions,” Trump charged on Monday as he took questions from reporters during a stop in northern Virginia.” Why doesn’t she do something like I’m doing right now?” And he claimed that the vice president “can’t talk. We can’t have another dummy as a president.” Firing back, the Harris campaign charged that the GOP ticket is “ducking and dodging questions.” “Trump Is Stumped and Vance Dances: GOP Ticket Dodges and Lies Through Every Question from Reporters,” read the title of an email Monday from the Harris campaign to reporters. HARRIS GOES 36 DAYS WITHOUT A NEWS CONFERENCE OR MAJOR INTERVIEW The Trump campaign is also planning to use Democrat turned independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a top Trump surrogate. Kennedy, the longtime environmental activist and high-profile vaccine skeptic who is the scion of the nation’s most storied political dynasty, on Friday suspended his campaign, endorsed Trump, and later teamed up with the former president at the rally in Arizona. “Bobby’s going to be on the campaign trail,” Lewandowski said Sunday in an interview on “Fox and Friends.” “He’s now going to have the opportunity to be on the road telling the American people exactly what he’s witnessed first hand, what he’s seen first hand.” Lewandowski predicted that “now that he’s [Kennedy] with the Trump campaign, that’s going to be a special opportunity for more people to come join us in our path to victory.” However, Trump will not have the campaign trail to himself this week. Harris and her running mate – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz – kick off a bus tour in battleground Georgia on Wednesday, with the vice president holding a rally in Savannah on Thursday evening. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.