Month: December 2023

Give by 12/31, so we can continue to deliver intelligent, in-depth, trustworthy journalism. Geoff Bennett Geoff Bennett Ian Couzens Ian Couzens Leila Jackson, Student Reporting Lab Leila Jackson, Student Reporting Lab Leave your feedbackMaine’s top election official ruled that Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on the state’s primary ballot, citing his efforts to overturn…
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Fact Check: This 2004 Donald Trump Quote Shows How Much Can Change in 20 Years  Yahoo Newssource

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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.FILE – Michael Cohen leaves for a break during the civil business fraud trial of former President Donald Trump at New York Supreme Court, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, in New York. Former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen says he unwittingly passed along to his attorney bogus artificial…
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Trump legal news brief: Trump loses presidential immunity appeal to block Jan. 6 lawsuits from Capitol Police officers  Yahoo Newssource

Watch CBS News By Melissa Quinn December 29, 2023 / 4:26 PM EST / CBS News Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday allowed a lawsuit brought by a group of U.S. Capitol Police officers against former President Donald Trump to move forward, ruling that Trump is not entitled to absolute immunity from civil…
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WASHINGTON – After a year of legal challenges, former President Donald Trump – and the rest of the political world − face unprecedented unknowns in 2024.A dozen months from now, Trump could be on his way back to the White House. He could also be a convicted felon facing a prison sentence.Trump’s legal and political…
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What happens next for Trump after Maine’s ballot decision  NBC Newssource

Former President Trump will be on California’s March 5 presidential primary ballot, despite calls from some officials to disqualify him because of the Jan. 6 insurrection.Trump’s name was included in the certified list of candidates sent Thursday to county election officials, as they prepare to print ballots for the primary election. The decision from the…
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By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Michael Cohen, the former lawyer for Donald Trump, admitted to citing fake, AI-generated court cases in a legal document that wound up in front of a federal…
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Maine’s top election official removes Trump from 2024 primary ballot  CNNsource

Maine Bars Trump from 2024 Primary Ballot, Follows Colorado – WSJ  The Wall Street Journalsource

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Despite challenges to Donald Trump appearing on the primary ballot in Maine, Colorado, and several other states, the former president is expected to appear on Vermont’s Republican primary ballot this spring.The challenges in the other states revolve around a Civil War-era provision of the 14th Amendment that says US officials who…
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Senior Editor, Breaking News, HuffPostPresident Donald Trump’s request to delay proceedings in an upcoming defamation trial was denied Thursday.Last week, Trump’s attorneys asked for a 90-day stay in the trial in a lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. The trial will begin Jan. 16.The request from Trump’s team came after the court said he…
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Watch CBS News By Melissa Quinn Updated on: December 29, 2023 / 8:43 PM EST / CBS News Washington — Decisions in Maine and Colorado finding that former President Donald Trump is disqualified from holding public office have rested on a 155-year-old constitutional provision that was seldom used in modern times, but has now been…
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The decision by Maine's secretary of state to bar former President Donald Trump from the ballot will inevitably increase pressure on the U.S. Supreme Court to settle the issue of Trump's eligibility once and for allDENVER — First, Colorado's Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump wasn't eligible to run for his old job…
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Almost half of Georgia’s voters believe former President Donald Trump should be disqualified from running for president again if the accusations in his Fulton County election interference case are true, a poll suggests.The poll, conducted by non-partisan political research company SSRS and commissioned by CNN, asked more than 1,000…
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Trump’s Georgia Racketeering Case: What’s Next in 2024?  The Wall Street Journalsource

Video: Haberman on Trump’s concern that the Supreme Court may rule against him  CNNsource

AdvertisementSupported byFact CheckFormer President Donald J. Trump has repeatedly accused the Biden administration of criminalizing Christians, and Catholics in particular, for their faith. Here are the facts.By Angelo FicheraFormer President Donald J. Trump has repeatedly tried to appeal to Christian voters in recent weeks by accusing the Biden administration of criminalizing Americans for their faith.On…
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) praised her Maine counterpart in the wake of her decision to kick former President Trump off of the state’s primary ballot under the 14th Amendment in a recent interview. “I do think Secretary Bellows is brave and courageous,” Griswold said in an interview on MSNBC about Maine Secretary…
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Former President Trump said he “can’t believe” President Biden will be the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, calling into question his character and cognitive abilities. “He’s a cheater. He’s a scoundrel. He’s a bad guy,” Trump said in a Breitbart News article published Friday. “But in his life, he’s always been able to convince people he’s…
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Now 37 Sat 39 Sun 37by Dan Lampariello, CBS13AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) — The decision by Maine's Secretary of State to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot this week is leading to questions about the possible precedent it could set to the future court challenges ahead. This ruling makes Maine the second…
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