Jimmy Williams Judge Juan Merchan on Monday ruled that former President Donald Trump had once again violated the gag order he imposed on the trial and warned of potential jail time if he continues to ignore it. Merchan had previously found Trump in violation of the gag order on nine …
Read More »Trump And Republicans File Suit To Nullify Nevada Ballots Mailed On Election Day
April Corbin Girnus, Nevada Current The Trump campaign and its Republican allies on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging Nevada’s ballot receipt deadline. Nevada law allows for mail ballots postmarked on Election Day to be accepted and counted if they are received by county election officials within four days. This year, …
Read More »Trump Says He’d Use Police, National Guard And Possibly The Military To Expel Immigrants
Ariana Figueroa, New Jersey Monitor Former President Donald Trump in his second term would carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants by utilizing local law enforcement, the National Guard and potentially the U.S. military, according to a lengthy interview he conducted with Time magazine. “When we talk military, generally speaking, …
Read More »Trump Fined $9,000 For Violating Gag Order In New York Criminal Trial
Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent Former President Donald Trump defied a gag order in his New York state hush-money trial by posting attacks on likely witnesses on his social media platform and campaign website, the judge in the case ruled Tuesday. Judge Juan M. Merchan fined Trump $9,000 for nine violations of an …
Read More »Trump and DeSantis Hold “Friendly” Meeting Over Breakfast in Florida
Jimmy Williams Former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently met privately for breakfast in Florida, signaling a potential thaw in their relationship. Sources described the meeting as “nice” and “friendly,” with DeSantis planning to assist in fundraising efforts for Trump. The meeting was arranged by mutual contact …
Read More »Right-Wingers Plot to Give Trump Control Over Federal Reserve If Reelected
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Right-wing allies of former U.S. President Donald Trump are reportedly crafting a plan to give the executive branch control over Federal Reserve policy decisions, an effort that comes as the presumptive GOP nominee continues to signal his authoritarian intentions for a potential second term. The Wall …
Read More »Supreme Court Floats Return To Trial Court For Trump In Presidential Immunity Case
Jacob Fischler, New Hampshire Bulletin The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical Thursday of former President Donald Trump’s argument he is immune from criminal charges that he tried to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. But conservatives who dominate the court appeared open to returning key questions to a trial …
Read More »Arizona Grand Jury Indicts 18 Allies of Trump Over Efforts to Subvert 2020 Election
Jimmy Williams In a significant development, an Arizona grand jury has handed down indictments against 18 associates of Donald Trump, including high-profile figures like former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Boris Epshteyn, and several others. The charges include conspiracy, fraud, and forgery, with the …
Read More »Trump’s Claims Of Presidential Immunity To Be Probed At Supreme Court On Thursday
Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday over former President Donald Trump’s pursuit of absolute immunity from criminal charges alleging that he schemed and knowingly fed lies to subvert the 2020 presidential election, eventually leading to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. In the …
Read More »NY Judge Spars With Trump Lawyers Over Gag Order In Criminal Trial
Jacob Fischler, Tennessee Lookout The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case in New York appeared to strongly disagree Tuesday with the former president’s lawyers’ explanation for why he should be considered in compliance with a gag order in the case. In a Tuesday morning hearing to determine whether to fine …
Read More »NY Prosecutor Ties Trump Hush Money Payments To Campaign As Criminal Trial Kicks Off
Ashley Murray, Florida Phoenix Oral arguments in former President Donald Trump’s historic case in New York began Monday in a Manhattan courtroom where jurors will be tasked with deciding whether deceptive hush money payments to hide an affair amount to a criminal conviction. The first-ever criminal trial of an ex-U.S. …
Read More »Full Jury Selected In Trump’s Criminal Trial In New York
Jacob Fischler, Rhode Island Current The New York state court trying former President Donald Trump on criminal charges empaneled a full 12-person jury on the third day of the trial Thursday, according to reports. The trial approached the end of its first phase Thursday afternoon as one of six alternate …
Read More »Trump on Trial: Former President Faces Criminal Charges Of Falsifying Business Records
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. …
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