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Facing legal peril, Trump calls on GOP to rally around him and focus on investigating Biden
By JILL COLVIN
Associated Press
sults of the 2020 election
brought by prosecutors in
NEW YORK — At a both Washington and Geor-
moment of growing le- gia. Trump already faces
gal peril, Donald Trump criminal charges in New
ramped up his calls for his York over hush money
GOP rivals to drop out of payments made to women
the 2024 presidential race who accused him of sexual
as he threatened to go af- encounters during his 2016
ter Republican members of presidential campaign.
Congress who fail to focus
on investigating Democratic mains the dominant early
President Joe Biden. figure for the Republican
Nevertheless, Trump re-
Trump also urged a halt to nomination and has only
Ukrainian military aid until seen his lead grow as the
the White House cooperates charges have mounted and
with congressional investi- as his rivals have struggled
gations into Biden and his to respond. Their challenge
family.
was on display at a GOP
“Every dollar spent attack- gathering in Iowa Friday
ing me by Republicans is a night, where they largely
dollar given straight to the declined to go after Trump
Biden campaign,” Trump directly. The only one who
said at a rally in Erie, Penn- did — accusing Trump of
sylvania, on Saturday night. “running to stay out of pris-
The former president and on” — was booed as he left
GOP front-runner said it the stage.
was time for Florida Gov.
In the meantime, Trump
Ron DeSantis and others has embraced his legal
he dismissed as “clowns” woes, turning them into the
to clear the field, accus- core message of his bid to
ing them of “wasting hun- return to the White House
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally on Saturday in Erie,
dreds of millions of dollars as he accuses Biden of us- Pa. (AP photo)
that Republicans should be ing the Justice Department
first reported Saturday that Trump flipped in 2016, have to play tough and ... if to his first impeachment.
Trump’s political action but Biden won narrowly in they’re not willing to do it, “He’s dragging into
committee, Save America, 2020, Trump also threat- we got a lot of good, tough global conflict on behalf
will report Monday that it ened Republicans in Con- Republicans around ... and of the very same country,
spent more than $40 mil- gress who refuse to go along they’re going to get my Ukraine, that apparently
lion on legal fees during with efforts to impeach endorsement every singe paid his family all of these
using to build a massive to maim his chief political
vote-gathering operation” rival. The White House
to take on Biden in Novem- has said repeatedly that the
a
ber.
The comments came two volvement in the cases.
days after federal prosecu- At rallies, Trump has tried
president has had no in-
the first half of 2023 de- Biden. House Speaker Kev- time.”
fending Trump and all of in McCarthy, R-Calif., said Trump, during the 2022 alleged. “In light of this in-
the current and former aides this past week that Republi- midterm elections, made it formation,” Congress, he
whose lawyers it is paying. can lawmakers may consid- his mission to punish those said, “should refuse to au-
The total is more than the er an impeachment inquiry who had voted in favor of thorize a single additional
campaign raised during the into the president over un- his second impeachment. payment of our depleted
millions of dollars,” Trump
tors unveiled new criminal to frame the charges, which
charges against Trump as come with serious threats
part of the case that accus- of jail time, as an attack not
es him of illegally hoarding just on him, but those who
classified documents at his support him.
Mar-a-Lago club and refus-
“They’re not indicting me,
second quarter of the year.
“In order to combat these misconduct.
heinous actions by Joe
Biden’s cronies and to pro- peached twice while in
tect these innocent people office, said Saturday that, called on Republican mem- evidence they have on the
from financial ruin and “The biggest complaint that bers of Congress to halt the Biden crime family’s cor-
prevent their lives from be- I get is that the Republicans authorization of additional rupt business dealings.”
ing completely destroyed, find out this information military support to Ukraine,
the leadership PAC con- and then they do nothing which has been mired in a been investigating the Biden
tributed to their legal fees about it.” war fighting Russia’s inva- family’s finances, particu-
to ensure they have repre- “Any Republican that sion, until the Biden admin- larly payments Hunter, the
proven claims of financial He succeeded in unseating stockpiles ... the weapons
ing to turn them over to in- they’re indicting you. I just
vestigators. The superseding happen to be standing in the
indictment unsealed Thurs- way,” he said in Erie, add-
day alleges that Trump and ing, “Every time the radical
two staffers sought to delete left Democrats, Marxists,
surveillance at the club in an communists and fascists in-
effort to obstruct the Justice dict me, I consider it actual-
Department’s investigation. ly a great badge of honor....
The case is just one of Because I’m being indicted
Trump’s mounting legal for you.”
most who had by backing stockpiles to Ukraine un-
til the FBI, DOJ and IRS
At the rally, Trump also hand over every scrap of
Trump, who was im- primary challengers.
House Republicans have
challenges. His team is cur-
But the investigations
sentation against unlawful doesn’t act on Democrat istration cooperates with president’s son, received
harassment,” said Trump’s fraud should be immedi- Republican investigations from Burisma, a Ukrainian
spokesman Steven Cheung. ately primaries and get out into Biden and his family’s energy company that be-
At the rally, in a former — out!” he told the crowd business dealings — words came tangled in the first im-
Democratic stronghold that to loud applause. “They that echoed the call that lead peachment of Trump.
rently bracing for additional are also sucking up enor-
possible indictments, which mous resources that are
could happen as soon as this being diverted from the
coming week, related to his nuts and bolts of the cam-
efforts to overturn the re- paign. The Washington Post
government that the state opted to delay ter-
minations for those who failed to respond to
Coverage from 1A
Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
MIOSHA Administrative Rules for Ionizing Radiation Rules
Governing the Use of Radiation Machines
Rule Set 2023-8 LE
renewal requests while instead making ad-
ditional outreach attempts. As a result, the
state reported more than 100,000 people
whose June eligibility cases remained in-
complete.
People who are dropped from Medicaid
can regain coverage retroactively if they
submit information within 90 days proving
their eligibility. But some advocacy groups
say that still poses a challenge.
“State government is not necessarily nim-
ble,” said Keesa Smith, executive director of
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Fam-
ilies. “When individuals are being disen-
rolled, the biggest concern ... is that there is
not a fast track to get those individuals back
on the rolls.”
Arkansas officials have been at the fore-
front of defending Medicaid cuts. They con-
tend that many people likely don’t return
forms because they no longer need Medic-
aid.
People are “transitioning off of Medic-
aid” because “they are working, making
more money, and have access to health
care through their employers or the federal
marketplace,” Arkansas Medicaid Director
Janet Mann said earlier this month. “This
should be celebrated, not criticized.”
Insurance companies that run Medicaid
programs for states said they are trying to
reduce procedural terminations and enroll
people in new plans.
The Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer El-
evance Health lost 130,000 Medicaid
customers during the recently completed
second quarter, as Medicaid eligibility re-
determinations began. Chief Financial Offi-
cer John Gallina said earlier this month that
many people lost Medicaid coverage for ad-
ministrative reasons but are likely to reenroll
in the near future.
Leaders of the insurer Molina Healthcare
told analysts Thursday that the company lost
about 93,000 Medicaid customers in the re-
cently completed second quarter, mostly due
to eligibility redeterminations. Molina offi-
cials said they are trying to switch people
who no longer qualify for Medicaid to one
of the individual insurance plans they sell
through state-based marketplaces.
Federal data for April indicates that some
states did a better job than others at handling
a crush of questions from people about their
Medicaid coverage.
tain people on Medicaid. He particularly en-
couraged them to use electronic information
from other federal programs, such as food
stamps, to automatically confirm people’s
eligibility for Medicaid. That would avert
the need to mail and return documents.
“I am deeply concerned about high rates
of procedural terminations due to ‘red tape’
and other paperwork issues,” Becerra told
governors.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
10:00 AM
Michigan Library & Historical Center, 1st Floor Forum
702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48915
During the pandemic, states were prohibit-
ed from ending people’s Medicaid coverage.
As a result, Medicaid enrollment swelled by
nearly one-third, from 71 million people in
February 2020 to 93 million in February
2023. The prohibition on trimming rolls
ended in April, and states now have resumed
annual eligibility redeterminations that had
been required before the pandemic.
The new federal data captures only the first
month of state Medicaid reviews from states
that acted the most expeditiously. Since
then, additional states also have submitted
reports on those renewed and dropped from
Medicaid in May and June.
Though the federal government hasn’t
released data from the most recent reports,
information gathered by The Associated
Press and health care advocacy groups show
that about 3.7 million people already have
lost Medicaid coverage. That includes about
500,000 in Texas, around 400,000 in Flor-
ida and 225,000 in California. Of those who
lost coverage, 89% were for procedural rea-
sons in California, 81% in Texas and 59%
in Florida, according to the AP’s data.
Many of those people may have still been
eligible for Medicaid, “but they’re caught
in a bureaucratic nightmare of confusing
forms, notices sent to wrong addresses
and other errors,” said Michelle Levander,
founding director of the Center for Health
Journalism at the University of Southern
California,
The Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity will hold a public hearing to receive
public comments on proposed changes to the Ionizing Radiation Rules Governing the
Use of Radiation Machines rule set.
The general purpose of these proposed rules is to amend the Ionizing Radiation Rules
Governing the Use of Radiation standard to establish qualification requirements for
individuals engaged in medical x - radiation technology. The proposed rules are intended
to address the improper performance of medical x - radiation technology and ensure that
individuals and patients are not exposed to unnecessary radiation.
By authority conferred on the Director of the LEO by sections 13515, 13521, 13522, and
13527 of the Public Health Code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13515, 333.13521, 333.13522,
and 333.13527, and Executive Reorganization Order Nos. 1996-1, 1996-2, 2003-1, 2011-4,
and 2019-3, MCL 330.3101, 445.2001, 445.2011, 445.2030, and 125.1998.
The proposed rules will take effect immediately after filing with the Secretary of State.
michigan.gov/ARD and in the 8/1/2023 issue of the Michigan Register. Copies of these
proposed rules may also be obtained by mail or electronic mail at the following email
address: MIOSHA-Standards@michigan.gov
Comments on these proposed rules may be made at the hearing, by mail, or by electronic
mail at thefollowing addresses until 8/16/2023 at 05:00PM.
Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity MIOSHA, Technical Services Division,
Standards and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Section
530 West Allegan Street – P.O. Box 30643 – Lansing MI 48909-8143
The public hearing will be conducted in compliance with the 1990 Americans with
Disabilities Act. If the hearing is held at a physical location, the building will be accessible
with handicap parking available. Anyone needing assistance to take part in the hearing
due to disability may call 517-284-7740 to make arrangements.
To view the text of the Proposed Rules and the Regulatory Impact Statement please visit:
Top CMS officials said they have worked
with several states to pause Medicaid re-
movals and improve procedures for deter-
mining eligibility.
South Carolina is one state that voluntari-
ly slowed down. It reported renewing Med-
icaid coverage for about 27,000 people in
May while removing 118,000. Of those
dropped, 95% were for procedural reasons.
In a recent report to the federal government,
South Carolina said it removed no one from
Medicaid in June because it extended the el-
igibility renewal deadline from 60 days to
90 days.
In 19 states and the District of Columbia,
the average Medicaid call center wait time
was one minute or less in April. But in Ida-
ho, the average caller to the state’s Medicaid
help line waited 51 minutes. In Missouri,
the average wait was 44 minutes, and in
Florida 40 minutes.
Michigan reported renewing more than
103,000 Medicaid recipients in June and
removing just 12,000. It told the federal
NOTICE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND PUBLIC HEARING
The Munising Housing Commission has developed a 2024 Annual Plan
in compliance with the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of
1998. The Plan and Policies can be reviewed at the Munising Housing
Commission office located at Lake Shore Manor, 200 City Park Drive,
Munising, MI. The hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Monday through Thursday and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. excluding
Holidays. A Public Hearing will be held on October 3rd, 2023, 3:00
p.m. at the Lake Shore Manor Dining Room.
