{"id":1030217,"date":"2024-03-20T15:17:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T15:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030217"},"modified":"2024-05-10T19:43:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T19:43:15","slug":"icymi-axios-trump-eyes-convicts-and-conspiracists-for-2024-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-axios-trump-eyes-convicts-and-conspiracists-for-2024-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Axios: Trump Eyes Convicts and Conspiracists for 2024 Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Point:<\/strong> \u201c \u2026 [E]x-advisers, conspiracy theorists and convicted felons are now knocking on the [Trump] campaign&#8217;s door \u2014 and some are getting in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/20\/trump-far-righters-return\"><strong>Axios<\/strong><\/a>: <strong>Trump eyes convicts and conspiracists for 2024 reunion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By: Sophia Cai and Alex Thompson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sidelined characters from former President Trump&#8217;s past campaigns \u2014 &#8220;crazies,&#8221; some of his top advisers call them \u2014 are reattaching themselves to his inner circle now that he&#8217;s locked up the Republican nomination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u2026 [E]x-advisers, conspiracy theorists and convicted felons are now knocking on the campaign&#8217;s door \u2014 and some are getting in.<\/strong> They&#8217;re returning as Trump more aggressively touts Jan. 6 rioters as &#8220;patriots,&#8221; ramps up his racist, incendiary rhetoric \u2014 and embraces some of his most provocative loyalists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trump&#8217;s team is in talks to hire 2016 campaign advisers Paul Manafort and Corey Lewandowski, The Washington Post and The New York Times first reported. <strong>Manafort spent two years in prison on a 7\u00bd-year sentence for bank and tax fraud<\/strong> before being freed because of the COVID pandemic. <strong>Lewandowski, who was fired in 2016 as Trump&#8217;s first campaign manager, was removed from a pro-Trump PAC in 2021 after the wife of a major donor accused him of inappropriate behavior.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Longtime political operative and Trump confidant Roger Stone \u2014 <strong>who was convicted of obstructing a congressional probe into Trump&#8217;s 2016 campaign and sentenced to 40 months in prison before Trump commuted the sentence<\/strong> \u2014 has been a frequent presence at Mar-a-Lago lately.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Republican National Committee (RNC) just hired <strong>Christina Bobb, a far-right lawyer and former One America News (OAN) anchor who helped Trump promote false allegations that the 2020 election had been stolen.<\/strong> The RNC \u2014 now controlled by Trump&#8217;s team \u2014 brought on Bobb, who has worked in Trump&#8217;s 2020 and 2024 campaigns, as senior counsel for &#8220;election integrity.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trump&#8217;s top campaign advisers have dealt with some far-right personalities by directing them to one of the several Trump-aligned PACs, which operate separately from the campaign, two people familiar with the situation tell Axios. <strong>Trump maintains warm relationships with them \u2014 and has regular phone calls with some, without always telling his advisers beforehand.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Point: \u201c \u2026 [E]x-advisers, conspiracy theorists and convicted felons are now knocking on the [Trump] campaign&#8217;s door \u2014 and some are getting in.\u201d Axios: Trump eyes convicts and conspiracists for 2024 reunion By: Sophia Cai and Alex 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