A federal jury in New York found former President Donald Trump liable for battery and defamation in a civil trial stemming from allegations he raped the writer E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. While jurors rejected Carroll’s claim that she was raped, they found …
Read More »Donald Trump Talks Gun Rights — But Not His Criminal Charges — At NRA Convention
Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle In Donald Trump’s first major public appearance since his historic arrest, the former president evoked his “pro-gun” policies but refrained from delving into his indictment when he spoke at a National Rifle Association (NRA) convention on Friday in Indianapolis. Trump headlined the annual NRA-ILA Leadership …
Read More »Rejecting ‘Brazen’ Interference in Trump Criminal Case, New York DA Sues Jim Jordan
Julia Conley, Common Dreams Lawyers for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, who as chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has launched numerous attempts to interfere with the prosecution of former Republican President Donald Trump. The lawsuit was filed a …
Read More »Trump Hit With 34 Felony Counts Of Falsifying New York State Business Records
Jacob Fischler, New Jersey Monitor Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 New York state felony offenses related to what prosecutors say were hush money payments to an adult film star. In a brief but historic appearance in a Manhattan trial court, Trump, the first former president …
Read More »Trump Indictment Won’t Keep Him From Presidential Race, But Will Make His Reelection Bid Much Harder
Stefanie Lindquist, Arizona State University A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former President Donald Trump. The specific state charges, reports The New York Times, “remain a mystery” but will be related to the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation of Trump for making hush money payments to a porn star …
Read More »Here’s The Deal With Gov. DeSantis’ Obligations In Any Trump Extradition
Michael Moline, Florida Phoenix A twice-elected public official stands accused of violating his duty to enforce the law, casting doubt upon his legitimacy. No, we’re not talking about Democrat Andrew Warren, removed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as state’s attorney in Hillsborough County for alleged incompetence and neglect of duty for …
Read More »Trump Indicted By Manhattan Grand Jury
Jacob Fischler, Nebraska Examiner A New York criminal grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office confirmed following news reports. A former president has never been indicted before. Trump is also a Republican candidate in the 2024 race for the presidency. “This evening we contacted …
Read More »Trump Vows Retribution At Texas Rally: “I am your warrior, I am your justice”
Robert Downen and William Melhado, The Texas Tribune Flanked by supporters waving “witch hunt” signs, former President Donald Trump turned in a signature incendiary performance Saturday in Waco, using his first 2024 campaign rally to frame himself as a victim of politicized legal investigations and vowing to be the MAGA …
Read More »Trump Warns of ‘Death and Destruction’ If Indicted
Government watchdogs on Friday said former President Donald Trump has potentially placed himself in even more legal jeopardy after he threatened violence if he’s charged in a criminal case in New York. Shortly after midnight on Friday, Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, that potentially “catastrophic” violence …
Read More »Trump’s Possible Arrest By Manhattan DA Blasted By House GOP Leaders
Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder Former President Donald Trump’s claim that he would be arrested Tuesday had not materialized by early evening on the East Coast, but U.S. House Republicans harshly criticized any such move as an abuse of prosecutorial authority. In an all-caps post to his social media site, Truth …
Read More »Trump Files Motion Seeking To Derail Investigation Into Georgia Election Interference
Stephen Fowler, GPB News Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys filed a motion Monday seeking to essentially shut down prosecutors’ ability to issue indictments based on a special purpose grand jury investigation into the failed attempt to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election. In a 51-page filing that includes more than 430 pages …
Read More »Manhattan DA: Trump’s Intimidation Efforts Won’t Be Tolerated
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Saturday that former President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine his prosecutorial authority won’t be tolerated. In a memo to colleagues, Bragg wrote that “we do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in New York.” “Our law enforcement …
Read More »Trump Says He Expects To Be Arrested Next Week
Former President Donald Trump has said in a social media post that he will be arrested on Tuesday, as a New York prosecutor eyes charges in a case examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with him. Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network …
Read More »Trump Criticizes DeSantis At First 2023 Iowa Event
Robin Opsahl, Michigan Advance Former President Donald Trump, in his first Iowa stop as an official presidential candidate, took aim at a potential rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Trump said if DeSantis joins the 2024 presidential race, his track record on ethanol and Social Security could cost him the Iowa …
Read More »Trump Calls US Democracy a ‘Very Dangerous System’ at CPAC
The former presidents of Brazil and the United States took the stage CPAC on Saturday where both fascist politicians continued to sow doubt about their respective electoral defeats as they received standing ovations from the annual convention’s far-right attendees. Brazil’s disgraced former leader Jair Bolsonaro—whose supporters stormed government offices in …
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