Category Archives: Politics News – ABC Audio
Karen Pence 'never felt afraid' on Jan. 6: ABC News Exclusive
Vice President Mike Pence sits with daughter, Charlotte, and brother, Greg, as wife, Karen, draws the curtains, in ceremonial room off Senate floor where he was evacuated to on Jan. 6, 2021, as Trump ...
Aug 14, 2023
Pence 'not going to engage in negative personal attacks' with Trump
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Former Vice President Mike Pence said in a new interview with ABC News that he's not interested in trading insults with former President Donald Trump, who has been criticizing Pe...
Aug 14, 2023
Raskin says Hunter Biden process is 'bumpy' but argues lawmakers should stay out of it
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said Sunday that the process of getting a special counsel appointed to investigate Hunter Bi...
Aug 13, 2023
Ahead of potential Trump indictment, Ga. election official worries again about inflammatory rhetoric
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Gabriel Sterling, a Republican and a top Georgia elections official who has repeatedly rebuked former President Donald Trump's claims of fraud after Trump lost the state t...
Aug 13, 2023
Trump 'needs to be smart and careful' in campaigning under serious criminal charges: Christie
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Sunday that rival Donald Trump should not shrug off his mounting indictments, all of which he denies. "Trump needs to...
Aug 13, 2023
Who is Fani Willis? The Georgia district attorney who could soon indict Trump
Megan Varner/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Nearly a decade ago, Judge Jerry Baxter oversaw the prosecution that first thrust Georgia's Fani Willis in the spotlight -- a massive scandal involving cheat...
Aug 12, 2023
2024 candidates react to Hunter Biden special counsel, and more takeaways from the trail
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As Republicans gathered Friday for Day 2 of the Iowa State Fair, news broke in Washington that the U.S. attorney investigating Hunter Biden was being eleva...
Aug 11, 2023
Special counsel appointed in Hunter Biden case as plea deal reaches 'impasse'
Julia Nikhinson/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss as a special counsel in his investigation of President ...
Aug 11, 2023
Trump's first amendment rights are 'not absolute,' judge says in hearing on proposed protective order
ftwitty/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The judge overseeing special counsel Jack Smith's Jan. 6 case against former President Donald Trump is cautioning Trump against making "inflammatory statements" abo...
Aug 11, 2023
Biden campaign makes case for Kamala Harris three years after picking her for VP
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's campaign is making the case for Vice President Kamala Harris' spot on the Democratic ticket in a strategic memo to donors, support...
Aug 11, 2023
