Portland Press Herald Article RatingLePage, other leading Maine Republicans, silent on revelations Trump had trove of secret documents - Portland Press Herald
Sep 01, 2022 View Original Article
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| " Some of the documents were found in Trump's office desk drawer along with his passport, an indication he personally knew they were there." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| " Some light has been shed, but there is still much more to learn," Collins said in a written statement to the Press Herald Wednesday.nn" | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| " LePage, one of Trump's earliest high-profile backers in 2016, asserted on Aug. 9 that the search had turned the U.S. into a "banana republic" - a disparaging term that originally referred to Central American countries whose governments and economies were effectively controlled by the United Fruit Co., a New Orleans-based banana conglomerate." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| " LePage, one of Trump's earliest high-profile backers in 2016, asserted on Aug. 9 that the search had turned the U.S. into a "banana republic" - a disparaging term that originally referred to Central American countries whose governments and economies were effectively controlled by the United Fruit Co., a New Orleans-based banana conglomerate." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| " Trump's team turned over hundreds of classified documents in January and during a June meeting at Mar-a-Lago, including items with top secret designations given to the nation's most sensitive secrets." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| " COLLINS SEES 'AN EVOLVING SITUATION'nnCollins - who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee alongside Maine's junior senator, independent Angus King - said she wanted to review the classified documents recovered in the search.nn" | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| " COLLINS SEES 'AN EVOLVING SITUATION'nnCollins - who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee alongside Maine's junior senator, independent Angus King - said she wanted to review the classified documents recovered in the search.nn" | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| " They apparently haven't changed their minds since, despite revelations Trump had taken hundreds of classified documents - including many with top secret designations and some reportedly related to the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| " nnRelated Headlines Justice Dept. says Trump team may have hidden or moved classified papersnn" | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| " nnSen. Susan Collins, the only Republican in New England's congressional delegation, had taken a more nuanced response to the search than the others, initially saying it was shocking, but that people needed more information from the DOJ to make a judgment." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| " Former 2nd District Rep. Bruce Poliquin, who also is seeking to regain his former office in November, did not respond to an interview request or to emailed questions about whether he believed the search was justified." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| " Advertisementnn"This is shocking," Poliquin said in an Aug. 9 statement." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| " Joe Biden and his Justice team must answer questions." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| " They claimed Trump had no others." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| " A Department of Justice court filing posted late Tuesday night suggested that Trump's lawyers may have lied to the FBI and hid documents from investigators during an earlier attempt to recover them." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| " nnRelated Justice Dept. says Trump team may have hidden or moved classified papersnnLePage declined an interview request and refused to comment on whether he had changed his views in any way since via his political consultant, Brent Littlefield, who said he would prefer the Republican gubernatorial nominee be interviewed about solar energy policy." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| " nnRelated Justice Dept. says Trump team may have hidden or moved classified papersnnLePage declined an interview request and refused to comment on whether he had changed his views in any way since via his political consultant, Brent Littlefield, who said he would prefer the Republican gubernatorial nominee be interviewed about solar energy policy." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| " Brandon Rottinghaus, a professor of political science at the University of Houston who studies presidential scandals, said it was not at all clear that backing Trump on this issue would pay political dividends and that it was damaging to U.S. democracy.nn" | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| " "Doubling down on Trump now may very well risk political figures looking oblivious or downright complicitous in his actions," Rottinghaus said in an email." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| " "The more Republicans justify Trump's potentially illegal actions, the more democratic norms are eroded." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| " Next "nnCongress Square construction leaves some residents still without phone and internet filed under: 2022 elections, Bruce Poliquin, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, Ed Thelander, maine politics, Sen. Susan Collins," | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| " Next "nnCongress Square construction leaves some residents still without phone and internet filed under: 2022 elections, Bruce Poliquin, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, Ed Thelander, maine politics, Sen. Susan Collins," | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| " Next "nnCongress Square construction leaves some residents still without phone and internet filed under: 2022 elections, Bruce Poliquin, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, Ed Thelander, maine politics, Sen. Susan Collins," | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| " Immediately following the FBI's Aug. 8 search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate, former Gov. Paul LePage and other leading Maine Republicans denounced the action, suggesting it was motivated by politics rather than illegality." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
| " Immediately following the FBI's Aug. 8 search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate, former Gov. Paul LePage and other leading Maine Republicans denounced the action, suggesting it was motivated by politics rather than illegality." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
| " Paul LePage, Bruce Poliquin and the state party decline to address recent developments, including possible obstruction, while Sen. Susan Collins condemns violent threats against FBI and federal prosecutors." | Negative | -78% Liberal |
| " Paul LePage, Bruce Poliquin and the state party decline to address recent developments, including possible obstruction, while Sen. Susan Collins condemns violent threats against FBI and federal prosecutors." | Negative | -78% Liberal |
| " Paul LePage, Bruce Poliquin and the state party decline to address recent developments, including possible obstruction, while Sen. Susan Collins condemns violent threats against FBI and federal prosecutors." | Negative | -78% Liberal |
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