MICHELE BACHMANN

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s election-year fight with fellow Republicans in the Legislature has spurred criticism she is neglecting her job to angle for the White House.

Pratt, who has warned that systemic political corruption is a threat to U.S. democracy, is ridiculing President Trump's pardons, including those issued to convicted Republican campaign operatives and members of Congress. "It's not surprising that a criminal like Trump pardons other criminals," Judge Pratt of the Southern District of Iowa said Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall File)IOWA CITY, Iowa – A federal judge in Iowa who has warned against political corruption is ridiculing President Donald Trump’s pardons, including those issued to convicted Republican campaign operatives and former members of Congress. “It’s not surprising that a criminal like Trump pardons other criminals,” senior U.S. District Judge Robert Pratt of the Southern District of Iowa told The Associated Press in a brief phone interview Monday. Trump also pardons turkeys — this year two from Iowa — annually before Thanksgiving.

Recent controversy about where presidential candidate Donald Trump gets his news has led to comparisons of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and charges of sexism in the political sphere. Former Minn. representative Michele Bachmann talked about her experience on the campaign trail.

Tea party lawmakers: Deny funding for Obama's "amnesty" Reps. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, Randy Weber, R-Texas, and Steve King, R-Iowa, joined by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, condemn President Obama's recent executive action on immigration, urging Congress to deny any funding needed to implement it.

Michele Bachmann: Hillary Clinton “not commander-in-chief material” The outgoing Republican congresswoman blasted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's record on Benghazi during remarks to the Faith and Freedom Coalition.