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Why is Donald Trump back in court against E Jean Carroll?
Donald Trump has lost his latest appeal of the gag order imposed on him by Judge Tanya Chutkan in the federal election interference criminal case brought against him by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
A three-judge panel had previously upheld the gag order that forbids the former president from talking about witnesses and court staff, and 11 judges from the DC Circuit Court of Appeal have now declined to look further at the matter.
Mr Trump could still try and bring the issue before the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, the former president resumed online attacks against E Jean Carroll after the latest instalment of her defamation trial against him in New York had to be postponed on Monday over concerns about exposure to Covid-19 in both the jury and the defence team, thwarting his plans to testify.
Mr Trump’s attorney Alina Habba asked for the court to resume on Wednesday, one day after the New Hampshire presidential primary election, a request that Ms Carroll’s attorneys opposed.
US district judge Lewis Kaplan duly agreed to postpone the hearing until Thursday morning, allowing Mr Trump to return early to his campaigning in the Granite State.
A pro-Trump heckler interrupted Nikki Haley at a New Hampshire rally on Monday, 22 January, by asking her to marry him. The former UN ambassador, who is campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, was speaking in Salem ahead of the state’s primary when she was faced with an impromptu proposal. Ms Haley, who is married, appeared to be unimpressed as the heckler told her he’d be voting for her rival. “Oh, get out of here,” Ms Haley replied as the crowd jeered at the heckler.
Accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had an inappropriate relationship with a special prosecutor she hired to seek convictions of Donald Trump and others for interfering in Georgia’s 2020 election have led to renewed calls to remove Willis from the case.
Willis has defended her hiring of Nathan Wade, who has little prosecutorial experience and has not directly denied a romantic relationship. The allegations were first made public in a motion filed earlier this month by defence attorney Ashleigh Merchant, who represents former Trump campaign staffer and White House aide Michael Roman.
Merchant alleges that Willis’ office paid Wade large sums and that Willis improperly benefited when Wade then paid for the two of them to go on vacations. Merchant has not offered any proof of the alleged relationship. But a filing last week by Wade’s wife in their divorce case includes credit card records that show that Wade bought plane tickets for Willis to travel with him to Miami and San Francisco.
Willis, an elected Democrat, has shown no signs of stepping down, but there are ways she could be removed. Here’s a look at some options:
Allegations Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had inappropriate relationship with special prosecutor she hired fueled calls for her to step back
A consortium of media organisations including wire services Reuters and the Associated Press, as well as The Washington Post and The New York Times, is renewing a request to a federal court in Washington DC to be allowed to livestream Donald Trump’s election interference case when it gets to trial.
The group of news outlets points to an “extraordinary exchange” during the live-streamed appeals court hearing where Mr Trump’s lawyer said a president could legally assassinate his rival.
Read the full application here
Stephen Colbert poked fun at Donald Trump, who struggled to pronounce the word “climate” at a recent New Hampshire campaign rally.
The Late Show host ran a clip of the former president at the event on Saturday speaking about electric vehicles, appearing to have issues with pronouncing the word “climate,” referring to it as “clime.”
Amelia Neath reports:
Stephen Colbert mimic’s Donald Trump’s blunder pronouncing the word ‘climate’, referring to it as ‘clime’
The second defamation trial of Donald Trump brought against him by writer E Jean Carroll will now resume on Thursday and not Wednesday as previously scheduled.
Judge Lewis Kaplan will continue presiding over the case in Lower Manhattan at 9.30am on 25 January.
Here’s our earlier reporting on the initial postponement:
The former president was expected to testify in federal court
Donald Trump once again suffered multiple interruptions from hecklers at a recent campaign rally in New Hampshire.
Shortly after taking to the stage in Laconia on Monday, the former president was shouted at, causing him to pause and laugh.
“She’s back!” he told supporters gathered at the event. “She’s going home now. Where have you been darling?”
He added: “You know we don’t have that like we used to. We used to have that all the time.”
Mike Bedigan reports:
Shortly after taking to the stage in Laconia on Monday the former president was shouted at, causing him to pause and laugh.
Canada‘s government is preparing for the possibility that Donald Trump could reach the White House again and the “uncertainty” that would bring, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday at a Cabinet retreat.
Trudeau said that Trump “represents uncertainty. We don’t know exactly what he is going to do,” but he said that his government was able to manage Trump previously by showing that Canada and the U.S. can create economic growth on both sides of the border.
Trump is eyeing a win in New Hampshire’s Republican primary and his second straight victory in his quest for the 2024 GOP nomination after producing a commanding triumph in Iowa.
Trudeau’s Cabinet has been discussing the Nov. 7 presidential election at a retreat in Montreal and the prospect that Trump could return to the White House.
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Canada’s government is preparing for the possibility that Donald Trump could reach the White House again
Former President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press outside of Londonderry High School
Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley tore into the hosts of Fox and Friends, and accused them of trying to “coronate” Donald Trump ahead of the New Hampshire primary.
Ms Haley is running against Mr Trump in the Republican presidential primary. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who was also running for the nomination, suspended his campaign this week, leaving Ms Haley the only candidate other than Mr Trump polling at double digits.
Mr Trump soundly defeated Ms Haley and his other challengers in the Iowa caucus, earning 51 per cent of the vote. Ms Haley came in third with 19 per cent.
During her appearance on Fox and Friends, the hosts asked Ms Haley about the New Hampshire primary, and asked if she would continue her campaign if she lost to Mr Trump again.
Graig Graziosi has the story:
‘I don’t care how much y’all want to coronate Donald Trump,’ Ms Haley said
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