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Trump speaks at Faith and Freedom Coalition ‘Road to Majority’ conference in Washington, DC before evening rally in Philadelphia
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Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail today, imploring conservative Christians at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, DC to vote for him in an energetic and joke-filled speech.
The former president, a convicted felon and accused adulterer, has also declared his “love” of the Ten Commandments following new legislation in Louisiana that requires them to be displayed in all classrooms.
He will wrap up a day of campaigning with a rally in Philadelphia, continuing a recent streak of campaigning in traditionally solidly Democrat cities.
Yesterday, a hearing in the former president’s classified documents case ended with no ruling as Judge Aileen Cannon entertained a motion from Trump’s legal team that Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed as special counsel.
Smith has brought charges for allegedly mishandling classified information in Florida and in the District of Columbia for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
The Trump argument that Smith’s appointment was illegal stems from the claim that Attorney General Merrick Garland doesn’t have the legal authority to appoint a special counsel who the Senate hasn’t confirmed.
Cannon seemed skeptical but also said that the prosecution’s argument was an excessively “malleable” reading of the Constitution.
Donald Trump is set to ask Judge Aileen Cannon next week to restrict the access of prosecutors to memos created by Trump’s former attorney which became evidence of his attempts to obstruct the probe, according to The Guardian.
The request is set to be made on Tuesday during a sealed hearing.
Last month, Trump challenged prosecutors’ access to the transcripts of voice memos created by former Trump attorney Evan Corcoran.
The former president’s legal team is expected to claim that none of the memos should’ve been handed to prosecutors on the crime-fraud exception.
The exception allows prosecutors to view privileged communications between an attorney and a defendant if the legal advice was used as part of a crime.
Donald Trump significantly outraised President Joe Biden in May, despite becoming the first US president to be convicted of a crime.
Trump’s campaign and the Republic National Committee (RNC) reported that they raised a massive $141m in May, however, they declined to report how much money the campaign had left in their funds at the end of the month, which they are not legally required to report until July.
The Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $85 million in May, with $212m sitting in the campaign’s bank at the end of the month, federal filings released on Thursday detailed. Reports suggest Trump has upwards of $170m. Trump was $100 million behind Mr. Biden at the start of April.
Filings show the Trump campaign had $116.5m cash on hand – not committed elsewhere – at the start of June, compared to $91.6m for the Biden campaign.
Joe Biden says his campaign raised $85m last month
After beginning his speech at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference by imploring conservative Christians to come out and vote in November and chiding them for not doing so in great numbers in the past, Donald Trump closed out his speech by saying that he doesn’t need votes.
Which is confusing messaging.
“I tell my people. I don’t need any votes. We’ve got all the votes we need. I don’t need votes. All I want to do is make sure we guard our votes. We stop the steal.”
A judge in Nevada has dismissed a criminal case against six so-called “fake electors” who tried to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election.
Friday’s ruling marks the first time that a case related to the Trump campaign’s efforts to reverse his election results has been dismissed.
Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus found that the case from state prosecutors was filed in the wrong county.
Alex Woodward reports.
The state’s attorney general is appealing ‘immediately’
Here’s our previous coverage of this curious story that has become part of Trump’s well-worn repertoire.
Former president bewilders with wild hypothetical about an electric boat’s battery failing in dangerous waters
Donald Trump says he told UFC CEO Dana White that he should set up a migrant fighting league.
“It’s not the worst idea I’ve ever had,” Trump said. “These people are tough and they’re nasty, mean.”
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Donald Trump addresses the Road to Majority conference organized by the Faith & Freedom Coalition in Washington, DC on June 22, 2024
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