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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington. President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, July 21, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign rally in Raleigh, N.C., June. 28, 2024. It's been two weeks since Biden's debate with Donald Trump and there's rampant gloom in the party about Biden's chances in the fall if he stays in the race. On Thursday, July 11, the 11th lawmaker joined the list of Democrats calling on Biden to end his candidacy. After days of reckoning, many more are known to be harboring that wish. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, File)

FILE - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves after landing at RAAF air base Fairbairn in Canberra, Australia, June 26 2024. The abrupt guilty plea by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was the culmination of negotiations that began a year and a half ago and accelerated in recent months. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

FILE - Kash Patel, former chief of staff to Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, speaks at a rally in Minden, Nev., Friday, Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas, Pool, File)

Signage for the upcoming presidential debate is seen at the media file center near the CNN Techwood campus in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. A new poll finds that most U.S. adults plan to watch or listen to some element of Thursday's presidential debate. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, Friday, May 31, 2024, in New York. A day after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee addressed the conviction and likely attempt to cast his campaign in a new light. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

President Joe Biden arrives at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Wu Jianmin speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, Thursday, April 11, 2024, in Washington. American officials say foreign countries like Iran and China intimidate, harass and sometimes plot violence against political opponents and activists in the U.S. Jianmin, a former student leader in China’s 1989 pro-democracy movement, was targeted in 2020 by a group of protesters outside his home in Irvine, Calif. The harassment lasted more than two months. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks off the Senate floor after speaking, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 at the Capitol in Washington. McConnell says he'll step down as Senate Republican leader in November. AP PHOTO / JACQUELYN MARTIN