Jack Smith sends Trump staffer target letter 'indicating that he might have perjured himself': ABC News

Appearing on CNN on Monday morning a former high-ranking advisor to Donald Trump claimed the Republican party is playing with fire if they allow Donald Trump to be their 2024 presidential candidate.

Speaking with host Boris Sanchez, former national security adviser John Bolton -- who had a major falling out with the former president -- suggested the GOP could be fatally wounded if the top of the 2024 ticket is a convicted felon.

"Do you believe there's still a lane for another Republican to take the primary?" host Sanchez prompted.

"Yes, I do, and I think it's difficult but I think this could all turn, both for the primary, but particularly for the general election, on whether any of the four pending criminal indictments actually come to trial and get a jury verdict before the election," Bolton replied.

"Because I think if a jury convicts Trump, I think that could be fatal either to getting the nomination or certainly in November," he added. "All of the other legal proceedings have either had no effect or, as you point out in this fundraising news, have benefited Trump. But I think a jury verdict of guilty is something very different."

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'I think even a lot of MAGA Trumpers really don't want to elect a convicted felon president," he elaborated. "The difficulty for Republicans is that the convention is in August, but many of the primaries and caucuses begin quite early next year. So the argument has to be made to Republican voters, don't vote for somebody who may be a felon by the time we get to our convention."

A library in Columbia County, Washington has been the center of a culture fight as right-wing activists in the rural community have unsuccessfully tried to ban a number of books. Now, they are instead trying to dissolve the library district altogether, reported the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin.

According to the report, officials at the library voted to reject a move by local activists to remove 11 books that were claimed to be "age-inappropriate sexual material" because they referred to gender identity topics. Seth Murdock, Marcene Hendrickson, and Judith Strode, locals appointed by the Board of Trustees to lay out the case for abolishing the library, claim they now have 100 examples of problem books.

The mother of Spain's suspended football chief Luis Rubiales, who is under fire for planting an unsolicited kiss on the lips of player Jenni Hermoso, went on hunger strike Monday in support of her son.

Angeles Bejar began her protest inside the Divina Pastora church in the southern seaside town of Motril, saying she would continue until Hermoso "tells the truth" about what happened, a family member told reporters outside of the church.