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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13249043" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tom-norton" source="Orion">Tom Norton</keyword> is running in a Republican primary against Rep. <keyword id="13264372" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="john-moolenaar" source="Orion">John Moolenaar</keyword> of <keyword id="11949172" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="michigan" source="Orion">Michigan</keyword>.</li><li>Norton acknowledged credit card "trouble" and a DUI and said he would file his <keyword id="11900201" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="financial" source="Orion">financial</keyword> disclosure and pay a fine. </li></ul>Tom Norton, a pro-Donald Trump congressional candidate mounting a Republican primary challenge to Rep. John Moolenaar of Michigan, had for months refused to file a federally-mandated personal financial disclosure."That's none of the federal government's business," Norton told Insider for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tom-norton-john-moolenaar-congress-michigan-primary-2022-2">an article published Thursday</a> detailing his decision's potential civil and criminal ramifications. Now, Norton has changed his tune. Completely. "We're paying it, filing the financial disclosure, even though I still think it's none of the federal government's business," Norton said <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZqyUpnTYiM">in a five-minute video</a> posted to his campaign's YouTube account, in which he discussed in detail his turbulent financial history."This is getting filed because … and I am paying the $200 fine, so that way the liberals will stop crying," Norton said.In response to an Insider text message asking about his change of mind regarding the disclosure, Norton said he "thought it was a rule not a law." "When your budget is 17,000 pages, it's impossible to know every law on the books," Norton said. A campaign spokesperson for Moolenar did not immediately return an Insider request for comment. In his video, Norton offered numerous details about his personal finances he says will appear in his official financial disclosure.He described himself as a "self-employed contractor" who earned $257,713 during the first year of his congressional campaign and $222,696 the second. Norton said he owned rental property with an assessed worth of $100,000 to $120,000 that is "completely paid off."He also noted he maintained an E-Trade account "with some dividend <keyword id="11893878" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="stocks" source="Orion">stocks</keyword> — it's not huge" and that he owns "some cryptocurrency."In his early 20s, after he "got in trouble with some credit cards" and lost his job and apartment, Norton said he reformed his financial ways and has since bought a house. "I'm the Dave Ramsey candidate," he said, referring to the financial author and radio host who preaches against debt. "I actually do pay my bills. When I talk about financial responsibility, I do it. I have gotten behind in the past, and I paid 'em … I took care of myself." Norton acknowledged he has "a DUI from a few years ago" and that he's previously "gotten in trouble with the law" and paid fines. He didn't elaborate on the nature of the legal trouble or fines.Norton also criticized the financial habits of President Joe Biden, Moolenaar, and politicians who use so-called "leadership political action committees," which have come <a href="https://issueone.org/articles/leadership-pacs-inc-how-washington-power-players-use-leadership-pac-contributions-to-buy-access-and-influence/">under</a> <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/lawmakers-leadership-pacs-spend-fundraising-political-contributions-report/story?id=80316227">fire</a> by government reform groups as lightly regulated slush funds for members of <keyword id="11893699" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="congress" source="Orion">Congress</keyword>.<h2><div type="image" title="Rep. John Moolenaar, a Republican from Michigan" height="2450" width="3779" msid="89862819" hostid="261"></div></h2><h2>What federal law says</h2>A congressional candidate must file his or her financial disclosure, which details personal investments, debts, employment, and side income, shortly after raising or spending $5,000 in campaign cash, according to <a href="https://ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.house.gov/files/documents/CY%202020%20Instruction%20Guide%20for%20Financial%20Disclosure%20Statements%20and%20PTRs.pdf">House ethics guidelines</a> and <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5a/compiledact-95-521">federal law</a>.Norton easily surpassed that threshold early last year, raising $113,239 by the end of 2021, according to Federal Election Commission <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00704270/?tab=summary">records</a>. The standard, US House-issued fine for a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-stock-act-violations-penalties-consequences-2021-12">late personal financial disclosure</a> filing is $200, payable to the US Treasury. But a candidate who "knowingly and willfully falsifies a statement or fails to file a statement" may be subject to investigation by the Department of Justice. While such investigations are rare, the maximum civil penalty for such an offense is <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-01-18/pdf/2022-00795.pdf">$66,190</a>, while the maximum <a href="https://ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.house.gov/files/documents/CY%202020%20Instruction%20Guide%20for%20Financial%20Disclosure%20Statements%20and%20PTRs.pdf">criminal penalty</a> is one year in federal prison plus a fine of up to the same amount, according to the federal Ethics in Government Act. Separately, federal law, as <a href="https://ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.house.gov/files/documents/CY%202020%20Instruction%20Guide%20for%20Financial%20Disclosure%20Statements%20and%20PTRs.pdf">amended</a> by the False Statements Accountability Act of 1996, "provides for a fine of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment for up to five years for knowingly and willfully making any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, or falsifying, concealing, or covering up a material fact" in a filing covered by the Ethics in Government Act.A congressional candidate who refuses to file a personal financial disclosure "would find themselves in violation of the Ethics In Government Act," Jordan Libowitz, communications director for nonpartisan government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, told Insider last week.While the federal government could conceivably pursue criminal penalties against a candidate for not filing, "it is much more likely that the DOJ could, and should, pursue civil penalties," Libowitz said. Norton's refusal to publicly reveal his personal finances follows the publication of Insider's "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conflicted-congress-key-findings-stock-act-finances-investing-2021-12">Conflicted Congress</a>" project, which found that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-stock-act-violations-senate-house-trading-2021-9">57 members of Congress</a> and at least <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-staff-violated-stock-act-conflicts-of-interest-possible-2021-12">182 senior congressional aides</a> have in recent months violated the federal Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 with late or missing financial disclosures. As of Saturday night, Norton's financial disclosure did not yet appear within the Clerk of the US House of Representatives document database.

Pro-Trump congressional candidate Tom Norton refused to disclose his personal finances in violation of federal law. After Insider wrote about it, he revealed everything in a YouTube video.

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13249043" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tom-norton" source="Orion">Tom Norton</keyword> is running in a Republican primary against Rep. John Moolenaar of Michigan.</li><li>Norton is refusing to disclose information about his personal finances, which is against a federal law.</li></ul>Tom Norton, a pro-Donald Trump congressional candidate mounting a Republican primary challenge to Rep. John Moolenaar of Michigan, is refusing to file a federally-mandated personal financial disclosure.Norton, a member of the Army National Guard and veteran of the war in Afghanistan, lists "fiscal responsibility" among his top campaign issues. He argues that "Washington has become a political swamp that sucks energy and money from everyday people around the country." But when asked why he hadn't yet filed his personal financial disclosures, which are designed to prevent conflicts of interest and increase public accountability, Norton told Insider: "That's none of the federal government's business."Federal law says otherwise. A congressional candidate must file his or her financial disclosure, which details personal investments, debts, employment, and side income, shortly after raising or spending $5,000 in campaign cash, according to <a href="https://ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.house.gov/files/documents/CY%202020%20Instruction%20Guide%20for%20Financial%20Disclosure%20Statements%20and%20PTRs.pdf">House ethics guidelines</a>. Norton easily surpassed that threshold early last year, raising $113,239 by the end of 2021, according to Federal Election Commission <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00704270/?tab=summary">records</a>. The standard, US House-issued fine for a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-stock-act-violations-penalties-consequences-2021-12">late personal financial disclosure</a> filing is $200, payable to the US Treasury. But a candidate who "knowingly and willfully falsifies a statement or fails to file a statement" may subject himself to investigation by the <keyword id="11957149" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="department-of-justice" source="Orion">Department of Justice</keyword>. While such investigations are rare, the maximum civil penalty for such an offense is <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-01-18/pdf/2022-00795.pdf">$66,190</a> while the maximum <a href="https://ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.house.gov/files/documents/CY%202020%20Instruction%20Guide%20for%20Financial%20Disclosure%20Statements%20and%20PTRs.pdf">criminal penalty</a> is one year in federal prison plus a fine of up to the same amount, according to the federal Ethics in Government Act. Separately, federal law, as <a href="https://ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.house.gov/files/documents/CY%202020%20Instruction%20Guide%20for%20Financial%20Disclosure%20Statements%20and%20PTRs.pdf">amended</a> by the False Statements Accountability Act of 1996, "provides for a fine of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment for up to five years for knowingly and willfully making any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, or falsifying, concealing, or covering up a material fact" in a filing covered by the Ethics in Government Act.A congressional candidate who's refusing to file a personal financial disclosure "would find themselves in violation of the Ethics In Government Act," said Jordan Libowitz, communications director for nonpartisan government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. While the federal government could conceivably pursue criminal penalties against a candidate for not filing, "it is much more likely that the <keyword id="12098051" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="doj" source="Orion">DOJ</keyword> could, and should, pursue civil penalties," Libowitz said. Norton's refusal to publicly reveal his personal finances follow publication of Insider's "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conflicted-congress-key-findings-stock-act-finances-investing-2021-12">Conflicted Congress</a>" project, which found that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-stock-act-violations-senate-house-trading-2021-9">57 members of Congress</a>, and at least <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-staff-violated-stock-act-conflicts-of-interest-possible-2021-12">182 senior congressional aides</a>, have in recent months violated the federal Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 with late or missing financial disclosures. <h2><div type="image" title="Rep. John Moolenaar, a Republican from Michigan" height="2450" width="3779" msid="89811491" hostid="261"></div></h2><h2>'Not in the eyes of Big Brother'</h2>Norton's challenge to Moolenaar, who <a href="https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/news-c535b2ztkg1544">earned Trump's endorsement</a> earlier this month, comes after the congressman's high-profile splits with Trump. While Moolenaar voted against impeaching Trump on a charge of inciting the January 6 insurrection, Moolenaar did not object to the certification of presidential electors from <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll010.xml">Arizona</a> and <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202111">Pennsylvania</a> — in contrast with some of his most strident, pro-Trump House colleagues.Over the past several years, Moolenaar has generally voted in line with Trump's position on various issues, although his agreement with the former present has waned of late, <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/john-moolenaar/">according to FiveThirtyEight</a>. Norton has earned the <a href="https://www.tom.gop/endorsements">endorsements</a> of two prominent Trump allies: political operative Roger Stone and former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn.In addition to his military service, Norton works in sales and has previously served as a village trustee and village president for Sand Lake, Michigan, according to the US Census Bureau.Norton <a href="https://www.tom.gop/about">describes</a> himself as an "America-first conservative" who believes the nation's "best days are ahead of, not behind her. "Tom will NOT surrender our border, our culture, or our rights as American citizens to immigrants, establishment politicians or the global corporations pandering to them," his campaign website states. "An ardent Christian, Tom and his wife Jami strive to raise their three children properly in the eyes of the Lord, not in the eyes of Big Brother."

A pro-Trump challenger to Republican Rep. John Moolenaar of Michigan is violating a federal law by hiding his personal finances: 'That's none of the federal government's business'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>TSMC halted shipments to a client after its chips were found in Huawei products, per reports.</li><li>TSMC and other chipmakers are barred from doing business with Huawei without US government approval.</li></ul>Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has cut off shipments to a client after the chips it sent were found in products produced by Huawei Technologies — which is under US export control — an unnamed Taipei <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.barrons.com/news/taiwan-s-tsmc-stops-shipments-to-client-after-chips-sent-to-huawei-f136ea24">government official told AFP.</a>TSMC notified the US and Taiwanese governments due to the possible violations of US sanctions to restrict tech transfers to the Chinese firm, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-23/tsmc-cuts-off-client-after-discovering-chips-diverted-to-huawei">per Bloomberg.</a> TSMC is Taiwan's largest company and the world's largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry.TSMC and other chipmakers are barred from doing business with Huawei without US government approval. The sanctions are part of efforts to restrict Huawei's technological capabilities, especially in areas like 5G and AI. The reports raise questions about supply chain transparency and could lead to increased export scrutiny, according to researchers and analysts who spoke with BI. On Wednesday, John Moolenaar, the chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, slammed the development in a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/media/press-releases/moolenaar-tsmc-chips-huawei-catastrophic-failure-export-control-policy">statement.</a>"Reports that cutting-edge TSMC-manufactured chips have contributed to Huawei's AI development represent a catastrophic failure of US export control policy," he said. "AI accelerators, like the one that these chips fueled, are at the forefront of our technology race with the CCP, and I fear the damage done here will have significant consequences for our national security," Moolenaar added. "Congress needs immediate answers from both BIS and TSMC about the scope and volume of this disaster. The US government must take immediate steps to ensure this does not happen again."TSMC, Huawei, and the Commerce Department did not immediately respond to Business Insider's requests for comments.TSMC told Bloomberg that it stopped all shipments to Huawei after September 15, 2020. It declined to comment on the reports that its chips had ended up in Huawei products. "TSMC is a law-abiding company, and we are committed to complying with all applicable rules and regulations, including applicable export controls," TSMC said in its emailed statement to Bloomberg. "We proactively communicated with the US Commerce Department regarding the matter in the report. We are not aware of TSMC being the subject of any investigation at this time."<h2 id="fe26c08e-cd2e-4e3d-a477-f5211b02bcea">A 'shadow network' of chips</h2>The report adds to US concerns that Huawei is potentially obtaining advanced chips despite being blacklisted since 2020. A US semiconductor association <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-23/huawei-building-secret-chip-plants-in-china-to-bypass-us-sanctions-group-warns">warned last year</a> that Huawei was building a shadow manufacturing network.Min-yen Chiang, a researcher who focuses on the political economy of semiconductors, told Business Insider the development raises the question of opacity surrounding Huawei's "shadow network" of chips, including how big the web is and the nature of the network.He said public information suggests TSMC has been closely following export controls, but Huawei's network needs to be better understood to improve due diligence."If it remains unclear, what happened with TSMC could happen to other chip manufacturers as they wouldn't know if the chips that they sell would be resold to Huawei," Chiang said. <h2 id="22ca6e98-7cd9-45ff-b108-05b66813c717">Supply chain issues</h2>The situation could also have other implications, including distrust about TSMC's supply chain and more intense regulatory scrutiny, analysts said. Kate Leaman, chief market analyst at AvaTrade, said the wider concern is how Huawei obtained the advanced chips."This raises suspicions about potential loopholes or third-party intermediaries acting on their behalf," she said."If TSMC is found to have breached said export controls, it may face penalties that could restrict its ability to access US technology," she continued, adding this would not only hurt TSMC's operations but also have wider implications for tech giants like Apple and Nvidia that rely heavily on TSMC for chip production.Leaman said the issue could also prompt ever stricter export controls and more intense supply chain scrutiny for companies involved in sensitive technology.<h2 id="d2ebdb77-3001-47e5-8687-80caa672acdd">Export controls </h2><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.cna.com.tw/news/afe/202410230090.aspx">On Wednesday,</a> JW Kuo, Taiwan's economic affairs minister, told reporters in Taipei that the island respects US export control measures and will strongly communicate this stance to the industry.A US Commerce Department spokesperson told Bloomberg the agency's Bureau of Industry and Security is "aware of reporting alleging potential violations of US export controls."Xiaomeng Lu, the director of geo-technology practice at the Eurasia Group consultancy, said that the US investigation into TSMC, as reported by <a target="_blank" href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=1628943e8031fe80dfa61d0e6ee084273a5ef6d19a87aa94de6b6cf0e71168c7&amp;postID=6719b53f434c477c233eacbd&amp;postSlug=tsmc-chips-huawei-export-controls-supply-chain-2024-10&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theinformation.com%2Farticles%2Fu-s-probes-tsmcs-dealings-with-huawei">The Information</a> on October 17, appears to examine whether the company is following export control rules."This question is slightly different than whether Huawei got restricted chips from TSMC through illegal channels," she told GZERO Media, a subsidiary of the Eurasia Group."If Huawei is doing that, which is a more geopolitically significant development than potential TSMC misconduct — and TSMC proves they are following all US rules and regulations, Huawei should be the one receiving severe penalties. And I am almost certain they will," Lu added.

TSMC chips reportedly ended up at Huawei. It raises concerns about 'shadow networks' bypassing US sanctions. 

<ul class="summary-list"><li>US bases and aircraft are extremely vulnerable to Chinese missiles, American lawmakers warned in a new letter.</li><li>US Pacific bases lack sufficient passive defenses, including hardened aircraft shelters, to survive missile barrages.</li></ul>US bases and aircraft in the Pacific are facing intense threat from Chinese missiles, and the Pentagon isn't doing enough to counter that challenge, according to American lawmakers.In a Wednesday <a target="_blank" href="https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/5.8.2024%20-%20Letter%20to%20Air%20Force%20and%20Navy.pdf">letter</a> to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, 13 members of Congress pointed out glaring vulnerabilities in the Pacific region and demanded "immediate changes.""We are concerned about the alarming lack of urgency by the Department of Defense in adopting such defensive measures," these lawmakers, including the Chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Rep. John Moolenaar, wrote, referring to the need for more <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/satellite-photos-air-force-ace-airfield-tinian-pacific-island-2023-11">passive defenses</a>, such as hardened aircraft shelters and the dispersal of forces.The letter paints a dire picture: China has a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-china-missile-problem-getting-worse-2024-5">formidable, threatening missile force</a> with surging numbers of ballistic missiles and launchers, significant reach, and an ability to potentially overwhelm US defenses in the Pacific."With its current strike capabilities," the lawmakers wrote, "China can attack all US bases in the region, targeting US service members from Okinawa to those on US territories of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands."And the consequences of that are severe in a potential conflict, immobilizing air assets and impeding the ability of American forces and its allies to respond to a major war in the Pacific.<div type="image" title="A U.S. Air Force Rockwell B-1B Lancer (L) and a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker (R) sit on the tarmac at Andersen Air Force base on August 17, 2017 in Yigo, Guam." height="2000" width="3000" msid="110019741" hostid="261" sizebytes="290592"></div>In the letter, lawmakers note that many of the US bases in the Pacific remain unhardened, leaving aircraft and assets vulnerable to missile strikes.Military aircraft are <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-studying-different-austere-bases-to-fight-in-pacific-2020-11">exposed</a> on airfields and in easily detectable and identifiable hangers, and while active defenses such as air- and missile-defense systems are deployable, the sheer amount of Chinese missiles capable of being fired means that bases also need to have passive defenses and sufficient capabilities to get the US back into the fight in the aftermath of a strike. These could be solutions ranging from hardened shelters and underground bunkers to rapid runway repair capabilities.The lawmakers also wrote that "it is apparent that the Pentagon is not urgently pursuing needed passive defenses," referencing ongoing research by Tom Shugart, a former US Navy officer who is now an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank, and Timothy A. Walton, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.The letter shared preliminary information from Shugart and Walton showed a "staggering" difference between the number of Chinese and US hardened aircraft shelters in the Pacific, noting China had built more than 400 compared to just 22 by the US. Notably, none of the US shelters were in Guam — home to Andersen Air Force Base which routinely hosts American bombers.While none of these efforts would provide complete protection from China's missiles, they would be an upgrade, increasing survivability and thus forcing China to scale up its barrages.China would have to invest more into a strike to achieve a similar outcome, perhaps demanding more from the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force than it is prepared to give.Lawmakers noted that no base hardening projects in the Pacific were part of the fiscal year 2024 budget and also highlighted the unfunded projects in the region that "reflect a profound lack of seriousness in strengthening the US bases closest to China and thus most vulnerable to Chinese strikes."<div type="image" title="Military vehicles carrying DF-26 ballistic missiles, drive past the Tiananmen Gate during a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two on September 3, 2015, in Beijing, China." height="3050" width="4500" msid="110019744" hostid="261" sizebytes="1113944"></div>The grave assessment comes as the US looks toward China as its "pacing challenge" and more defense officials and experts acknowledge a clear lack of readiness for <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/red-flags-tell-us-when-chinas-ready-to-invade-taiwan-2024-4">potential conflict</a> with Chinese forces.Last fall, the Pentagon's report on China's military documented a significant build-up across its branches, particularly in its Rocket Force. All of China's missiles able to target US forces across the Pacific region increased in number from 2021 to 2022, with some stockpiles even doubling.While the US is adapting to the threat as it prepares for potential <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-deal-with-russia-china-if-at-war-with-one-2024-5">great-power conflict </a>with China, former and current military leaders as well as experts and analysts have told Business Insider there's more work to be done, especially when it comes to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-china-missile-problem-getting-worse-2024-5">defending against China's missiles</a>.

US Pacific bases and aircraft are wildly vulnerable to Chinese missile barrages that could overwhelm defenses, lawmakers warn

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to censure Rashida Tlaib, accusing her of "leading an insurrection."</li><li>Tlaib had addressed pro-Palestinian protesters as they held a sit-in at a Capitol Hill office building.</li></ul>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's attempt to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib failed on Wednesday — in part thanks to three of Tlaib's home-state Republican colleagues.A majority of the Republican-led House <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023559">voted to table</a> the Georgia Republican's censure resolution, which accused the Michigan Democrat of being antisemitic, sympathizing with terrorists, and "leading an insurrection."Twenty-three Republicans voted with every Democrat to table Greene's resolution.The Georgia congresswoman notably has her own <a href="https://www.vox.com/22256258/marjorie-taylor-greene-jewish-space-laser-anti-semitism-conspiracy-theories">history of antisemitic pronouncements</a> and once suggested that Tlaib was <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/08/16/marjorie-taylor-greene-how-outspoken-maga-fan-built-following-world-extremists">not a legitimate member of Congress</a> because she was sworn in with a Quran rather than a Bible.The <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/807/text">resolution</a> relied on several mischaracterizations of Tlaib's past comments and positions, including suggesting that she <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/13/politics/rashida-tlaib-holocaust-comments/index.html">felt a "calming feeling"</a> when thinking of the Holocaust and characterizing her criticism of Israel as antisemitic.Tlaib, the sole Palestinian-American in Congress, has indeed irked some of her Jewish colleagues by describing Israel as an apartheid state — a term employed by several international human-rights organizations.The resolution also characterized a sit-in protest on Capitol Hill led by two Jewish anti-Zionist groups — IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Peace — as an "insurrection."The October 19 protest included a large crowd outside the Capitol and a sit-in in the rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building. Tlaib spoke to the crowd outside. While Republicans are often quick to criticize Tlaib, Greene's resolution apparently went too far for some of them, and a handful appeared to <a href="https://twitter.com/kadiagoba/status/1718757454937247763">make their opposition clear</a> in the days before the vote.Notably, half of the Republicans in Michigan voted to table the resolution.Here are the 23 Republicans who voted to table Greene's resolution:<ol><li>Rep. Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota</li><li>Rep Ken Buck of Colorado</li><li>Rep. John Duarte of California</li><li>Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina</li><li>Rep. Morgan Griffith of Virginia</li><li>Rep. Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin</li><li>Rep. Harriet Hageman of Wyoming</li><li>Rep. Bill Huizenga of Michigan</li><li>Rep. Darrell Issa of California</li><li>Rep. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota</li><li>Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California</li><li>Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky</li><li>Rep. Tom McClintock of California</li><li>Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia</li><li>Rep. Max Miller of Ohio</li><li>Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa</li><li>Rep. John Moolenaar of Michigan</li><li>Rep. Chip Roy of Texas</li><li>Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia</li><li>Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana</li><li>Rep. Michael Turner of Ohio</li><li>Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin</li><li>Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan</li></ol>

These 23 House Republicans voted to sink Marjorie Taylor Greene's censure resolution accusing Rashida Tlaib of 'leading an insurrection'

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Here are all of the Republican elected officials backing Trump's 2024 campaign

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The former president on Wednesday doled out his 100th — and counting — <keyword id="12745903" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="endorsement" source="Orion">endorsement</keyword>.</li><li>Trump has already endorsed candidates in 30 different states.</li></ul><keyword id="11914386" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="donald-trump" source="Orion">Donald Trump</keyword> made and then surpassed his 100th public endorsement on Wednesday in political races around the country since leaving the White House, according to an Insider analysis of his post-presidential activity.It's an important milestone that shows Trump's enduring staying power inside the Republican party. His list of MAGA-backed candidates also demonstrates a penchant for picking both incumbent and rookie political candidates with one thing in common: absolute loyalty to him. Trump has also had a hand in races at seemingly every level of government, Insider's review shows. To date, he has lent his support to candidates running in 43 races for the US House of Representatives, 13 US Senate elections, 14 gubernatorial campaigns, 11 state house contests, seven state senate races, and myriad others down to the county judge level. He has similarly picked people all over the place geographically, inserting himself into upcoming elections in at least 30 different states — including places where he tried and failed to overturn the 2020 election results like Arizona, Georgia, and <keyword id="11949172" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="michigan" source="Orion">Michigan</keyword>. Notably, Trump has weighed in on 15 state-government races in Michigan, a battleground where President Joe Biden beat him by less than three percentage points en route to winning the White House. Insider's tally as of Wednesday counts 105 political candidates who've secured Trump's public backing.His most recent statements of "Complete and Total Endorsement!" arrived on Tuesday for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, followed by a Wednesday spree showering praise on Reps. Claudia Tenney and Elise Stefanik of New York, John Moolenaar of Michigan, Morgan Griffith of Virginia, Warren Davidson of Ohio and Vernon Jones, who is running for a seat in the US House left open by retiring Rep. Jody Hice (Trump already announced in March 2021 he was backing Hice's bid to be Georgia's next secretary of State).The former president also late on Wednesday endorsed a pair of Republicans who are running in primaries against incumbents who have taken issue with him: Katie Arrington in her bid to unseat freshman GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina and Loren Culp, who is challenging four-term Rep. Dan Newhouse, an <keyword id="11918305" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="impeachment" source="Orion">impeachment</keyword> supporter from Washington state.<h2>Impeachment vengeance</h2>Trump has made it a focal point to find candidates who can try to knock off current GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach or convict him during a pair of historic episodes spanning late 2019 and through early 2021. Four-term lawmaker <keyword id="12467950" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lisa-murkowski" source="Orion">Lisa Murkowski</keyword> of Alaska is the only one of the seven Republican senators who supported conviction and whose name is on the ballot this fall. In that race, Trump endorsed political neophyte Kelly Tshibaka because she is, <a href="https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/Endorsement-of-Kelly-Tshibaka">according to him</a>, "MAGA all the way." Republican Sens. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Richard Burr of North Carolina are both retiring at the end of their terms, so they've largely been able to shake off Trump's wrath. Impeachment supporter Mitt Romney of Utah isn't up again until 2024. And impeachment supporters Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, and Ben Sasse of Nebraska won't face voters again until 2026. Trump's been much busier on the House side, recruiting challengers for more than half of the sitting representatives who supported impeaching him. Republican Reps. Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, and John Katko of New York have taken themselves out of the equation by opting to retire rather than battle it out with a Trump acolyte.Rep. <keyword id="12010990" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="liz-cheney" source="Orion">Liz Cheney</keyword> of Wyoming, who has now been censured by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/liz-cheney-censured-by-wyoming-gop-over-trump-impeachment-vote-2021-2">state party officials</a> and the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-national-committee-censure-cheney-kinzinger-january-6-committee-2022-2">Republican National Committee</a>, is running for reelection against Trump pick Harriet Hageman. Hageman, an attorney who was part of one of Cheney's previous campaigns, is now fully committed to Trump. And then there's Culp, who secured Trump's endorsement on Wednesday in his race against Newhouse in Washington state's August 2 primary.To date, Trump has a mixed record on seeing his endorsements through to victory. In Virginia, he backed first-timer Glenn Youngkin in May 2021 on the day after the businessman secured the GOP gubernatorial nomination en route to winning an off-year election that has Republicans optimistic about their mid-term chances in 2022. But two Trump-backed candidates have also fizzled out. House GOP candidate Susan Wright lost her bid for a congressional seat in Texas, while Senate hopeful Sean Parnell had to pull out of his race to win the GOP nomination in Pennsylvania after messy divorce proceedings overshadowed his campaign. Trump hasn't yet weighed in again on the Keystone State primary set for May 17, which includes a former ambassador from his administration, Carla Sands, hedge fund CEO David McCormick (who is married to former Trump aide Dina Powell), and Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity who also has Trump ties.<h2>Bedminster, Mar-a-Lago visits</h2>Like much of Trump's political career, the process for securing an endorsement has been chaotic. Some political contenders have tried to win the ex-president's backing through unsolicited trips to Trump's private clubs in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-bedminster-neighbors-describe-life-near-the-former-president-2021-9">New Jersey</a> and Florida. Indeed, spending money at his resorts is one way to get Trump's attention, and an RNC official told Insider they knew of multiple New Englanders who've flocked to Mar-a-Lago this year, uninvited, hoping to bump into Trump or an immediate family member in order to lobby for a thumbs-up photo-op and cookie-cutter blast on his <a href="https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news">sporadic post-presidential news feed</a>. Others have hired Trumpworld alumni like ex-campaign advisor Corey Lewandowski, former spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway, and prospective daughter-in-law Kimberly Guilfoyle as campaign consultants in the hopes of scoring personal introductions. Still, some Republicans wonder if Trump's stamp of approval still packs the same punch. "Trump endorsements may have been the be-all-end-all a while ago, but I don't think they are anymore," one Republican National Committee member told Insider. The RNC official said any inkling of a pay-to-play scheme devalues the whole deal. As does backing multiple candidates in the same race, as Trump has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-mulls-multiple-endorsements-in-single-mid-term-races-politico-2022-1">considered doing</a> in order to boost his win ratio. "It wasn't a very good machine to start with," the RNC official said of Trump's endorsement project.

Trump is on an endorsement spree and has now put his MAGA stamp on more than 100 political candidates since leaving the White House

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Jimmy Aldaoud, a 41-year-old man from Detroit, was found dead on Tuesday in Iraq after being deported in the midst of the Trump administration's escalated immigration enforcement efforts, according to a Politico report.</li><li>Aldaoud was an Iraqi national and Chaldean Catholic, but he was born in Greece and came to the US as a child.</li><li>"Rest In Peace Jimmy," Edward Bajoka, an immigration attorney, wrote in a Facebook post. "Your blood is on the hands of ICE and this administration."</li><li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>A 41-year-old man from Detroit was found dead Tuesday in Iraq after being deported in the midst of escalated immigration enforcement efforts called by the Trump administration.Jimmy Aldaoud was an Iraqi national and Chaldean Catholic, but he was born in Greece and came to the US as a child, <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/07/iraqi-man-dies-deportation-trump-administration-1643512">Politico</a> reported. He had never been to Iraq and didn't speak Arabic.Edward Bajoka, an immigration attorney who was close to Aldaoud's family, said in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10111830645243913&amp;set=a.10100178123735423&amp;type=3&amp;theater">Facebook post</a> that Aldaoud was diabetic man and likely died because he could not get needed insulin."Rest In Peace Jimmy," Bajoka wrote. "Your blood is on the hands of ICE and this administration."Bajoka also wrote that Aldaoud was a paranoid schizophrenic and "mental health was the primary reason for his legal issues that led to his deportation."In a video <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hadeel.khalasawi/videos/2672030752829175/">shared on Facebook</a>, Aldaoud said he had been throwing up and sleeping on the streets. He also said that he's been in the US since he was six months old and that he "begged" immigration officials to not deport him."Immigration agents pulled me over and said I'm going to Iraq," he said in the undated video. "I said, 'I've never been there. I've been in this country my whole life, since pretty much birth.'"Representatives from ICE and the White House did not immediately respond to emails from INSIDER.According to Politico, the Trump administration targeted more than 1,000 Iraqis with final orders of removal, including Chaldean Catholics, a branch of the Roman Catholic church that traces back to ancient Mesopotamia in present-day Iraq.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-children-huddling-together-after-mississippi-ice-raid-2019-8">Striking photos taken by reporter show children huddling together after their parents were arrested in a ICE raid in Mississippi</a>Politico reported that Chaldean Catholics are at high risk of being tortured or killed by the terror group ISIS in Iraq, according to the American Civil Liberties Union."There's a tremendous amount of anxiety in the community," Martin Manna of the Chaldean Community Foundation told Politico. "Iraq's not a safe place for many of the people who are being sent back."Miriam Aukerman, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, told Politico that deportation could mean certain death for some immigrants."Jimmy's death has devastated his family and us," she said in a statement. "We knew he would not survive if deported. What we don't know is how many more people ICE will send to their deaths.""Jimmy Aldaoud ... should have never been sent to Iraq," Rep. Andy Levin, a Democrat from Michigan, said in a statement. "My Republican colleagues and I have repeatedly called on the executive branch to cease deportation of such vulnerable people. Now, someone has died."Reps. Levin and John Moolenaar a Republican from Michigan introduced legislation earlier this year "that will grant two years of relief from detention and deportation for Iraqi nationals with orders of removal," according to a May 3 <a href="https://andylevin.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressmen-levin-and-moolenaar-introduce-bill-provide-relief-iraqi-nationals">press release</a>.

'Your blood is on the hands of ICE and this administration': A Detroit man died in Iraq after being deported in Trump's immigration enforcement efforts

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">Rick Scuteri/APSteve Elmer (79).</div></div></div>Like college football players, Notre Dame's 6-foot-5, 315-pound offensive lineman Steve Elmer has decided to forego his final year of eligibility. However, unlike those who leave with their eyes on the NFL, Elmer giving up football completely to take a job in Washington D.C.<a href="http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/021616aae.html">In an open letter</a> on the University's athletic website on Tuesday, Elmer wrote that he had decided to graduate in May and end his football career because of an exciting career opportunity in D.C."I have been presented with an incredible opportunity to pursue a career doing something in which I have great interest, and at a great company to boot," he wrote, not specifying any further on the nature of the job. "The excitement I feel about the professional opportunity in front of me has helped me to realize that I'm just ready to be done with football. I've been playing this game for many years, and quite honestly my heart is no longer in it."Elmer started 30 games for Notre Dame, including every game from the past two seasons. While he's not considered a blue-chip NFL draft prospect, it's still extremely unusual for a healthy starter (on a team as reliably solid as Notre Dame, no less), to decide to move on from football with eligibility still remaining."I have no problems with the coaching staff, no academic issues, and no violations of team rules that normally come along with a statement like this," Elmer added. "My reasons for cutting my playing career short have nothing to do with any negative experiences at Notre Dame; in fact, I would consider my commitment to this exceptional University the best decision I have ever made."<a href="http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/2016/02/16/steve-elmer-notre-dame/80468166/">According to the Detroit Free Press,</a> Elmer majored in economics and spent the past summer interning for John Moolenaar, a Republican congressman from Michigan.In a statement, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly added that he and the University supported Elmer's decision to pursue his career beyond football."This university provides so many different avenues toward success, whether that's on the football field or in the boardroom, and Steve's another outstanding example," Kelly said. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/this-skier-whipped-iphone-around-head-2016-2">A skier whipped his iPhone around his head on a string to create this incredible footage</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="hvYXNzMDE6okfSWuHYQazt5D1budvDyl" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

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'Your blood is on the hands of ICE and this administration': A Detroit man died in Iraq after being deported in Trump's immigration enforcement efforts

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