The trial of former President Donald Trump kicked off Monday in a lower Manhattan courtroom, marking the first time in U.S. history that an ex-president has been tried on criminal charges. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, appeared in the state of New York courtroom, where he is charged …
Read More »Trump’s Repeated Escapes From Political Damage To Be Tested In NYC Trial
Jacob Fischler, Michigan Advance Donald Trump on Monday in a New York City courtroom will make history as the first former U.S. president to stand trial in criminal proceedings. And it raises new issues for the presumptive Republican nominee for president in November, even as he builds a political brand …
Read More »New York Appeals Court Denies Trump’s Latest Request to Delay Criminal Trial
Jimmy Williams A New York appeals court judge rejected Donald Trump’s third attempt to delay his upcoming criminal trial, which is set to begin on April 15. Associate Justice Ellen Gesmer denied Trump’s latest legal challenge after similar efforts were dismissed by state appeals court judges on two previous days. …
Read More »Trump Says Jewish Voters Who Support Biden “do not love” Israel
Jimmy Williams Former President Donald Trump made controversial remarks during an interview, suggesting that Jewish people who vote for President Joe Biden don’t truly support Israel and “should be spoken to.” Trump’s comments came as he criticized Biden’s stance on Israel amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. He claimed that Democrats, including …
Read More »Georgia Judge Rejects Trump’s First Amendment Defense in Election Interference Case
Jimmy Williams Former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case faced a setback on Thursday as a Fulton County Superior Court Judge, Scott McAfee, denied their bid to dismiss the charges on First Amendment grounds. In his 14-page ruling, Judge McAfee stated that while the …
Read More »Judge Denies Trump’s Request to Delay Manhattan Trial Pending Supreme Court Decision
Jimmy Williams A judge overseeing Donald Trump’s upcoming criminal trial in Manhattan has rejected his attempt to postpone the trial until after the Supreme Court rules on his claim of “presidential immunity” in another criminal case. The decision, issued on Wednesday, blocks Trump’s efforts to further delay the trial, which …
Read More »Trump Shares Video Depicting Biden Bound in Pickup Truck, Drawing Criticism
Jimmy Williams Former President Donald Trump stirred controversy on social media Friday by sharing a video featuring an image of President Joe Biden bound and restrained in the back of a pickup truck. The 20-second video, reportedly taken in Long Island, New York, shows a truck adorned with “Trump 2024” …
Read More »Appeals Panel Reduces Trump’s Bond to $175 Million in Corporate Fraud Case
Jimmy Williams A panel of state appeals judges on Monday granted former President Donald Trump a reprieve by reducing the bond he must post to halt enforcement of a $454 million civil judgment for corporate fraud. The panel ruled that Trump can now post a bond of $175 million while …
Read More »Trump Seeks Absolute Immunity for Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election
Jimmy Williams Former President Donald Trump is pushing for absolute immunity in the legal battle over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. In a new filing with the Supreme Court, Trump’s legal team argues that he should be shielded from prosecution for any official acts he undertook while …
Read More »Trump Unable to Secure Bond for $464 Million Civil Fraud Judgment
Jimmy Williams Former President Donald Trump has faced challenges in securing a bond to cover the $464 million civil fraud judgment against him and his co-defendants, according to a court filing on Monday. Trump and his company must post a bond for the full amount by next week to halt …
Read More »Fulton Judge Tosses Six Counts In Georgia 2020 Election Racketeering Case
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has dismissed six of 41 charges against Donald Trump and multiple co-defendants in the Georgia 2020 presidential election interference case. McAfee ruled Wednesday that the Fulton District Attorney’s office has not provided enough evidence to show six of the …
Read More »Judge Rules Fani Willis Should Not Be Disqualified from Prosecuting Trump Case
Jimmy Williams A Georgia judge ruled on Friday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should not be disqualified from prosecuting the racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and several co-defendants. However, the judge imposed a major condition related to a conflict of interest stemming from Willis’ romantic relationship …
Read More »After Two Months Of Primaries And Caucuses, Biden, Trump Clinch Their Nominations
Jacob Fischler, Nebraska Examiner The rematch is set. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties’ nominations for president by winning state primaries Tuesday, setting up the same choice voters saw in the 2020 election. Both candidates are unpopular with the general electorate, but neither faced serious …
Read More »Mitch McConnell Endorses Donald Trump
Jimmy Williams Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has officially endorsed former President Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency in 2024, following Trump’s significant victories on Super Tuesday. McConnell, a high-profile Republican, had refrained from endorsing Trump for several months but now acknowledges that Trump has earned substantial support among Republican …
Read More »Biden and Trump Rack Up Super Tuesday Wins As Expected While Down-Ballot Races Take Shape
Hundreds of delegates were at stake in the Super Tuesday presidential primaries bonanza that included 15 states and the U.S. territory of American Samoa. While President Donald Trump netted the lion’s share of delegates, Republican challenger Nikki Haley pulled her second upset in recent days in Vermont. President Joe Biden …
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