Tag Archives: President Donald Trump

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Stephan Fowler, GPB News Excerpts from the final report of a special grand jury investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election were released Thursday, including concerns that some witnesses lied under oath. The nine-page filing adds little new information about the …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder The first details of a Fulton County special grand jury’s report on attempts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to interfere in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election are set to be released to the public Thursday. Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney said in a court …

As some families seek restitution for the suffering caused by former President Donald Trump’s family separation policy, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday acknowledged that nearly five years after the policy was first enforced, 998 children have yet to be reunited with their relatives. On the two-year anniversary …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said Tuesday that “decisions are imminent” in an investigation into potential illegal interference by former President Donald Trump and his allies in the 2020 presidential election. Willis’ comments regarding the timing of the case were made during a hearing where …

A federal US judge sanctioned former President Donald Trump and his lawyers nearly $1 million Thursday for a “frivolous” lawsuit claiming Hillary Clinton had tried to rig the 2016 election. District Judge John Middlebrooks said the Republican, who is seeking to return to the White House in 2024, exhibited a …

Margaret M. Russell, Santa Clara University After 18 months investigating, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol held its final public meeting on Dec. 19, 2022. The panel recommended that the U.S. Department of Justice bring criminal charges against former President Donald …

Quentin Young, Colorado Newsline Jenna Ellis, the Colorado attorney who represented former President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn the 2020 election, is under investigation by the Colorado Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel. Ellis has been the target of formal complaints regarding what critics characterized as her professional misconduct …

Jacob Fischler, Arkansas Advocate The U.S. House Jan. 6 committee late Thursday published its findings in a nearly 850-page report that accused former President Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection and recommended Congress consider how to determine whether those found to be insurrectionists should be barred from holding office ever …

The IRS failed to pursue mandatory audits of Donald Trump on a timely basis during his presidency, a congressional panel found on Tuesday, raising questions about statements by the former president and leading members of his administration who claimed he could not release his tax filings because of the ongoing …