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2 verified reports published on May 5, 2021.
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May 5 was not a day of tidy policy debate. It was another reminder that Trump’s post-presidency world was already dragging institutions into expensive, public, and often self-inflicted fights. The more his allies insisted they were exposing corruption, the more they looked like the corruption inquiry was aimed back at them.
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Federal prosecutors asked a judge on May 4, 2021, to appoint a special master to review materials seized during the April 28 search of Rudy Giuliani’s home and office. The filing pointed to privilege concerns and the public nature of the search as reasons for outside review.
Arizona Democrats and election officials were warning that the GOP-led Maricopa County audit was becoming a partisan spectacle built on false premises. The process kept feeding Trump’s stolen-election mythology while making Republican officials look increasingly unserious and conspiratorial.