Trump only realised his schedule was public 'weeks before leaving office'

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View online December 28, 2022 1/ Trump only realised his schedule was public weeks before leaving office, Jan 6 committee told   White House staff began distributing a bizarre statement claiming then-president Donald Trump was spending his days making "many calls" and having "many meetings" in lieu of releasing a detailed daily schedule after Mr Trump discovered the decades-old practice during the final weeks of his term in office, a former press aide to Mr Trump has said.   In testimony before the House January 6 select committee, former Deputy White House Press Secretary Judd Deere told the panel Mr Trump only realised that his staff was providing reporters and other interested parties with a copy of his public event schedule "beginning sometime around mid to late December" in 2020.   The testimony from Mr Deere was revealed in a cache of transcripts released by the select committee on Tuesday.   In the weeks following his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden, Mr Trump almost entirely ceased performing any public duties of the presidency as he focused on finding a way to remain in office against the wishes of American voters.   The traditional practice when a president does not have any public events scheduled on a given day is to say so in the "daily guidance" released to the press. 2/ Madison Mogen's father hits out at 'misinformation' around Idaho murders Ben Mogen says authorities have worked tirelessly to keep him informed about developments in the investigation into his daughter's murder 3/ Buttigieg vows Southwest Airlines will be held 'accountable' for 15,700 cancelled flights over holidays Transportation Secretary says airline has 'completely melted down' after cancelling more than 15,000 flights since 22 December 4/ Adam Schiff tells what's next after the Jan 6 committee report The congressman outlined several reforms the committe wants Congress to take in order to prevent another insurrection attempt 5/ Marjorie Taylor Greene gives bizarrely longwinded defence of George Santos campaign lies The Georgia Republican says Washington should 'give George Santos a chance' Enjoying this newsletter? Unlock unlimited, ad-free reading on the website and in The Independent app when you subscribe – plus, benefit from our welcome offer when you join today. The Big Question Madalina Cojocari vanished five weeks ago. Her parents never told police she was missing. What happened? Five weeks have passed since 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari was last seen. For three of those weeks, no one was even looking for her. Christmas Day has now come and gone and the sixth-grader is still nowhere to be found, with her parents denying all knowledge as to what has happened to her. But police in Cornelius, North Carolina, believe the parents know more than they are letting on. "This is a serious case of a child whose parents clearly are not telling us everything they know," Cornelius Police Captain Jennifer Thompson said in a video statement on Tuesday. "We know everyone has a lot of questions. We also have questions and are doing everything we can, with proper legal authority, to get those answers." As the police captain said, there are many unanswered questions around the case: What has happened to Madalina? Why did her parents not report her missing for 22 days after they claim they last saw her? And why are her parents still seemingly holding back information 11 days after they were first arrested in connection to her disappearance? Read the full story > Watch/ Deadly bomb cyclone transforms US into stunning, savage landscape NUMBER OF THE DAY $60,000 – Kimberly Guilfoyle, the ex-Fox News personality who is now Donald Trump Jr's girlfriend, was quite adamant about making sure she received a $60,000 speaking fee for her role at the White House rally that preceded the January 6 Capitol attack, newly-released transcripts show. QUOTE OF THE DAY "The airline cannot connect crews to airplanes. The airline didn't even know where pilots were at." – Southwest Airlines Pilots Association President Casey Murray told ABC News the past few days had been "a failure at every level". 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