Month: December 2023

Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore ShowsBy Clarissa-Jan LimSeveral officials who worked under Republican presidents are arguing that granting Donald Trump immunity in his federal election subversion case would “encourage future Presidents who lose re-election to engage in criminal conduct.”That argument was made in an amicus brief filed in support of the Justice Department’s opposition to…
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Ex-president can participate in state primary despite accusations of insurrection stemming from the January 6 Capitol attackDonald Trump will remain on Michigan’s state ballot after a ruling from the Michigan supreme court on Wednesday, which upheld a lower court order.The move sets the stage for the former president to participate in the Michigan primary despite…
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Trump ramps up inflammatory rhetoric on campaign trail  CNNsource

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is “clearly not ready for primetime,” the PAC backing former President Trump said Thursday, after she failed to mention slavery as the cause of the Civil War. “Nikki Haley is struggling. Haley was unable to say that the Civil War was about slavery and thinks Dubuque is in New Hampshire,” the MAGA PAC…
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Move comes days after Colorado supreme court removes Trump from state primary ballot for same reasonMaine has blocked Donald Trump from its presidential primary ballot, becoming the second state to bar the former president from running, under a constitutional provision that prevents insurrectionists from holding office.On 19 December, a decision made by Colorado’s supreme court…
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Maine’s top election official on Thursday disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year’s US presidential primary election, becoming the second state to bar the former president for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Issued on: 29/12/2023 – 01:04Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, concluded that Trump, the frontrunner for…
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President faces pressure from Republican critics and Democratic allies as he struggles to address what both sides agree is a crisisHeading into the heat of the 2024 election season, Joe Biden is weighing major changes to US immigration policy that would toughen border enforcement and address an issue that has emerged as one of the…
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q&a As the new chair of the Republican Governors Association, Gov. Bill Lee has some advice for his party. "We have an ever-changing political landscape. We have an ever-changing social landscape. That’s a part of what’s remarkable about this country and unique about it," said RGA Chair Bill Lee. | Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images By…
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Trump dominates GOP primary as challengers crash into the rules of political gravity  CNNsource

Both decisions are historic.

Donald Trump currently slated to appear on Colorado ballots  FOX 31 Denversource

Attorneys for Donald Trump are asking Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to disqualify herself from deciding whether the former president should appear on the presidential primary ballot. The attorneys argue that the Democrat is biased against the president and already decided that he engaged in an insurrection in social media posts.The late filing by…
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Trump legal news brief: Michigan Supreme Court allows Trump to remain on primary ballot — but leaves door open for …  Yahoo Newssource

The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to ensure that Donald Trump’s name can appear on the state’s primary ballot after Colorado’s high court said he had engaged in insurrection and was ineligible to hold office again.The request came a week after the Colorado Supreme Court determined that Trump engaged in…
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Exclusive: Recordings, emails show how Trump team flew fake elector ballots to DC in final push to overturn 2020 election  CNNsource

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on Thursday that, if elected president, she would pardon former President Trump, arguing it would be “in the best interest of the country.” “I would pardon Trump,” Haley said at a campaign event, according to a video captured by NBC News. “If he is found guilty, a leader needs…
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) criticized the Maine secretary of state’s decision to remove former President Trump from the Maine primary ballot Thursday, arguing that thoughts on the Jan. 6 Capitol riots should be between the voter and the ballot box. “Maine voters should decide who wins the election — not a Secretary of State chosen…
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Former GOP presidential candidate Larry Elder blasted rulings removing former President Trump from state primary ballots Thursday, predicting the precedent will “set the country on fire.” Elder, a conservative radio host who had a short-lived 2024 presidential campaign, predicted that Thursday’s decision in Maine and last week’s in Colorado to bar Trump from the respective…
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Maine joins Colorado which earlier this month also disqualified Trump from its Republican primary.The US state of Maine on Thursday blocked former president Donald Trump from its Republican presidential primary after the top election official ruled him ineligible due to involvement in the January 2021 assault on the US Capitol.Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows…
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Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) criticized the decision by the Maine secretary of state to bar former President Trump from the primary ballot Thursday, saying he should only be left off if convicted of a crime. The moderate Democrat said he believes Trump is responsible for the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, but that he should still…
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Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chair of the House Oversight Committee, said Thursday he was not surprised Maine’s secretary of state ruled that former President Trump cannot appear on the primary ballot in 2024. In an interview on Fox News with Jason Chaffetz, Comer characterized the ruling as a political one and said he expects other…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeA federal appeals court on Thursday denied former President Donald Trump’s request to halt proceedings in the upcoming E. Jean Carroll defamation trial.In a court filing last week, Trump’s attorneys asked the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to delay the case for 90…
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Attorneys of the Year Stefanie Lindquist, Arizona State University //December 27, 2023// Here why courts may reject Trump’s immunity claimsFormer President Donald Trump holds up his fist at a rally in Summerville, South Carolina, on Sept. 25, 2023. (AP file photo) Stefanie Lindquist, Arizona State University //December 27, 2023// Editor’s note: This article, distributed by The…
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Elections Activists and voters have filed numerous lawsuits around the country claiming the former president is barred from office under the “insurrection clause.” The decision follows a similar ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court last week. | Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images By Zach Montellaro 12/28/2023 06:57 PM EST Link CopiedMaine’s top election official ejected…
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