Month: January 2024

A chronicle of Donald Trump's Crimes or Allegations

Trump lawyers ask full appeals court to review election case gag order – Spectrum News NY1

Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More Continue in Browser Get hyperlocal forecasts, radar and weather alerts.Please enter a valid zipcode.SaveLawyers for Donald Trump asked the full federal appeals court in Washington to review a gag order restricting the former president’s speech in the case charging him…
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Democrats argue Biden is underestimated

Democrats are sounding off: President Biden is being underestimated. The president’s poor approval numbers, and polling showing him trailing former President Trump, his likely opponent in 2024, have created frustration and anxiety within the party, with some wondering if Biden is heading Democrats into a disastrous election that could cost them the White House and Senate.  But a number…
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The Senate Is Turning More MAGA ― And It Could Boost A 2nd Trump Presidency

A second Trump White House term could face fewer restraints with more loyalists in the upper chamber of Congress.

Special counsel urges appeals court to reject Trump immunity defense – NBC News

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeSpecial counsel Jack Smith urged an appeals court on Saturday to reject former President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismiss his federal election interference case on presidential immunity grounds.In a more than 80-page filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Smith…
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Column: I hoped to write less about Trump in 2023. Here's why I failed – Los Angeles Times

My New Year’s resolution 12 months ago was to write fewer columns about Donald Trump. That well-intended goal met the same end as most New Year’s resolutions; I soon fell off the wagon and wrote more columns about Trump in 2023 than I had the prior year.Like it or not, the former president is the…
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Trump attorney urges voters: Stop 'thinking he's got all these legal problems' – Raw Story

Christina Bobb, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, doesn't want voters "thinking he's got all these legal problems." During a Sunday interview on Newsmax, Bobb was asked if Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows should be punished after she declared Trump ineligible for the ballot because he participated in an insurrection on Jan. 6,…
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'Of course' removing Trump from the ballot makes him a martyr, Sununu says – POLITICO

2024 elections “Donald Trump has played this victim card wonderfully over the past year,” Chris Sununu said. One of the nation’s most popular governors, New Hampshire's Chris Sununu, has been dropping hints for months that he might be looking to move on from the corner office. | Charles Krupa/AP Photo By Kelly Garrity 12/31/2023 10:03…
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Green Day Changes Key Lyric To Slam Trump During New Year’s Eve TV Broadcast

The band tweaked a line in “American Idiot” during “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” on ABC.

DeSantis, Haley pledge to pardon Trump if he's convicted – The Washington Post

Donald Trump’s leading Republican primary challengers said in recent days that if they are elected, they would pardon the former president should he be convicted of any of the 91 felony charges he’s currently facing.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley argued in separate campaign stops last week that extending…
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Melania Trump Reportedly Gave Permission to Post Holiday Photo for 1 Parental Reason – Yahoo Life

Melania Trump Reportedly Gave Permission to Post Holiday Photo for 1 Parental Reason  Yahoo Lifesource

Opinion | What Are Young Voters Looking For? – The New York Times

AdvertisementSupported byMichelle CottleBy Michelle CottleMs. Cottle is a domestic correspondent for Opinion and a host of “Matter of Opinion.”Want to ruin a Democratic strategist’s New Year? Bring up President Biden’s popularity problem with younger voters.The strategist may start furiously tap-dancing about this outreach plan or that policy achievement. But she has seen the polling trend…
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John Roberts weighs in on AI, ignores looming Trump cases – POLITICO

Legal In his year-end report, the chief justice stuck to an anodyne topic. Chief Justice John Roberts, seen here in 2018, used his 2023 year-end report to discuss the increasingly prominent role of artificial intelligence in legal practice. | Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images By Josh Gerstein 12/31/2023 06:00 PM EST Updated: 12/31/2023 06:25 PM…
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If states block Trump from the GOP primary ballot, can he still run for president? – CBS News

Watch CBS News By Nicholas Riccardi December 29, 2023 / 2:18 PM EST / AP First, Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump wasn’t eligible to run for his old job in that state. Then, Maine’s Democratic secretary of state ruled the same for her state. Both decisions are historic. The Colorado court was…
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Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis on possible Trump pardon; Christie hits Haley over Civil War remarks – ABC News

Candidates flocked to Iowa and New Hampshire this week ahead of the primaries.At a town hall in New Hampshire, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked by a 9-year-old audience member about her stance on Donald Trump and whether she would pardon him.Haley, who is rising in the polls but is still a distant second…
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Nobody cares that Trump keeps talking more like a Nazi, expert warns – Business Insider

Jump to In recent weeks, Donald Trump has doubled and even tripled down on the charged rhetoric that critics have lamented sounds like it’s coming from the mouth of an authoritarian leader as opposed to a candidate for president of a democracy.During his Veteran’s Day speech late last month, the former president compared his political…
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Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen says he unwittingly sent AI-generated fake legal cases to his attorney – Sentinel … – Sentinel Colorado

The Sentinel not only cares deeply about bringing our readers accurate and critical news, we insist all of the crucial stories we provide are available for everyone — for free.Like you, we know how critical accurate and dependable information and facts are in making the best decisions about, well, everything that matters. Factual reporting is…
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Trump 2024 trials in limbo as supreme court becomes entangled – The Guardian US

Potential trial delays mean the former president could spend less time in courtroom and more time on the campaign trailWhen Donald Trump was indicted in multiple criminal cases this summer, the conventional wisdom was that the former US president could spend vast amounts of time during the height of the 2024 presidential campaign stuck in…
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Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley say they would pardon Donald Trump – USA TODAY

Just before 2024 caucuses and primaries begin, Donald Trump’s top Republican rivals are making sure voters know they would pardon him if they’re elected president.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley have given their clearest answers in recent days on why they would pardon Trump, who faces dozens of charges in…
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Letters: The effect of the Colorado Supreme Court decision on Donald Trump – Chicago Tribune

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump cannot appear on the state’s presidential primary ballot because of his involvement in the attack on the Capitol in January 2021. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty-AFP)The Colorado Supreme Court decision that disqualifies Donald Trump from running as a presidential candidate in the state for his role in the Jan. 6…
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Why Donald Trump should be hoping for high voter turnout – CNN

Why Donald Trump should be hoping for high voter turnout  CNNsource

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen ‘mistakenly’ gave fake AI-generated case citations to his attorney – WION

File photo of Michael Cohen. Photograph:(Reuters) Courts across the United States are grappling with the rapid rise of AI programs and how to regulate their use in court proceedings.  Courts across the United States are grappling with the rapid rise of AI programs and how to regulate their use in court proceedings. Michael Cohen, the former…
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