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The former president has made a series of last-ditch efforts to stall his first of four criminal trials, including suing New York Justice Juan Merchan on Monday
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Donald Trump has lost two last-ditch bids to delay his hush money trial just days before the 15 April start date.
The former president argued that the trial should be postponed while he fought to change the venue and move the case out of Manhattan.
On Monday, a state appeals court judge rejected his argument. On Tuesday a request for delay while he challenges a gag order was also denied.
The former president has made a series of last-ditch efforts to stall his first of four criminal trials, including a potential suit against New York Justice Juan Merchan to block the gag order against him.
Judge Merchan also released the jury questionnaire for the case that includes questions asking prospective jurors if they ever supported or belonged to the QAnon movement or the Proud Boys.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump has also released a video on Truth Social boasting about taking responsibility for the end of Roe v Wade, making false claims about Democratic officials’ positions on abortion rights, and claiming support for IVF. Mr Trump did not declare outright support for a federal abortion ban, disappointing allies including Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.
Two Republican congressmen have warned that Russian propaganda has “infected” parts of the GOP.
Martha McHardy has the story:
House Intelligence Committee chair Mike Turner says colleagues have repeated false claims made by Moscow
What do you do for a living? Are you married? Have you ever considered yourself a supporter of or belonged to the QAnon movement or the Proud Boys?
Those are among some of the 42 questions prospective jurors will be asked to answer in the first-ever criminal trial against a president when jury selection begins in Donald Trump’s hush money trial next week.
Alex Woodward reports:
Jury questionairre will ask New Yorkers about their news diets and far-right movements
Donald Trump repeated right-wing talking points that Democrats support execution after birth, but refused to back a national abortion ban, saying that the issue should be left to the states.
The former president finally laid out his stance on abortion rights on Monday after teasing what his position would be for months. In a four-minute long video posted on Truth Social, Mr Trump said he was “proudly the person responsible for the end of Roe v Wade, the 1973 landmark ruling that had enshrined the right to an abortion and reproductive care.
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Former president boasts in social media video that he is personally responsible for ending Roe v Wade, which gave Americans a right to abortion care
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it the moon crossing the sun? No, it’s Donald Trump’s head.
During the August 2017 total solar eclipse, the then-president went viral when he ignored all eclipse safety recommendations by gazing directly at the sun with his naked eyes
Donald Trump has claimed that President Joe Biden “soiled” himself in the Oval Office in yet another baseless, wild rant about his political nemesis.
Martha McHardy reports:
Mr Trump also lambasted Mr Biden’s border policy, falsely claiming it includes migrants being ‘shipped in, brought in, deposited in our country’
A Florida mother was sentenced Tuesday to a month in prison and three months of home confinement for stealing and selling President Joe Biden’s daughter’s diary four years ago to the conservative group Project Veritas.
Aimee Harris was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who called the Palm Beach, Florida, woman’s actions “despicable.”
Harris pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in August 2022, admitting that she received $20,000 of the $40,000 that was paid by Project Veritas for personal items belonging to the president’s daughter, Ashley Biden.
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A Florida mother has been sentenced to a month in prison and three months of home confinement for stealing and selling President Joe Biden’s daughter’s diary four years ago
Donald Trump has again compared himself to a historically-persecuted figure – this time, the late South African leader and anti-apartheid legend Nelson Mandela.
Mr Trump made the comparison on Saturday on his social media platform, Truth Social, as he railed against Judge Juan Merchan for his latest ruling to expand a gag order against him. Mr Trump is accused of falsifying business records to cover up hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels in the New York trial.
The former president even claimed that he was prepared to go to jail.
John Bowden has the story:
Former president lashes out against judge and dares him to enforce expanded gag order
Eric Garcia writes:
A new Axios/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday showed that just 41 per cent of Latinos have a favorable view of Biden. That number is slightly higher than Trump, who has an approval of 32 per cent among Latinos. Nevertheless, the devil is in the detail: Biden’s favorability rating has gone downward, while Trump’s has improved. In June of last year, Biden had a 47 per cent approval rating while Mr Trump came in low at 29 per cent.
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Former US President Donald Trump attends the final of the LIV Golf Team Championship celebrated at the Trump National Doral in Doral, Florida, USA, 07 April 2024
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