Month: April 2024

Video: Why Donald Trump Feels Betrayed by Corporate America  The New York Timessource

Bill Barr Remarks About Donald Trump Floating Executions Sparks Alarm  Newsweeksource

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) predicted Sunday that the Supreme Court will send former President Trump’s immunity case back to the lower courts. “Well, I think the court’s gonna find that presidential immunity exists for President Trump like every other president, but you got to be within the scope of being president. I think they’ll send…
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CBS News anchor Margaret Brennan on Sunday pressed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on how he plans to handle former President Trump’s opposing views if he is reelected, given the two Republicans’ differences on Ukraine aid. Brennan, speaking with McConnell in an interview airing Sunday on “Face the Nation,” pointed to CBS polling that…
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Trump rails against RFK Jr., calling him a ‘wasted protest vote’  POLITICOsource

By Ted Johnson, Dominic Patten Joe Biden got in a few zingers at his rival Donald Trump, but he devoted a large part of his remarks to the serious threat to democracy. “Donald has had a few tough days lately. You might call it stormy weather,” Biden quipped, referencing Trump’s current hush money trial. The…
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I have badly underestimated Donald Trump. Thursday was the day that his justices — it turns out that they are indeed his justices on the Supreme Court, just as he claimed — got it through my thick head: Trump is not just competent but masterful. He is not just capable, he is supreme.Because Trump is…
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Bill Barr explains why he’ll vote for Trump even though he says he shouldn’t be president  CNNsource

How Justice Amy Coney Barrett drove the Supreme Court’s debate on abortion and Trump immunity  CNNsource

“I’m profoundly disturbed about the apparent direction of the court,” J. Michael Luttig told me. “I now believe that it is unlikely Trump will ever be tried for the crimes he committed in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.”I called Luttig, a former federal judge with extensive conservative credentials, to solicit his reaction to this…
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Biden swings at Trump during White House Correspondents’ Dinner remarks as pro-Palestinian protesters rally outside  CNNsource

Why is David Pecker still in Trump’s good graces?  The Hill Pecker Is Defiant at Trump Trial as Lawyers Try to Shake His Confidence  The New York Times The Trump Trial Takes a Turn – POLITICO  POLITICO source

The account was relayed to FBI agents by an unidentified aide to Trump.A coat hanger or "very tiny screwdriver" could be used to unlock the Mar-a-Lago storage room where former President Donald Trump stored highly classified documents for more than a year, according to a witness in Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation.The account was relayed…
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President Biden brushed off critiques about his age at what could be his last White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner as the incumbent campaigns for another four years in the Oval Office.“The 2024 election is in full swing. And yes, age is an issue. I’m a grown man running against a six-year-old,” Biden said from behind…
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2024’s split screen: Feisty Biden on the road, fuming Trump in court  Axiossource

SEARCHTrump lawyers continued their assault on National Enquirer boss David Pecker Friday, trying to find inconsistencies with his story.ReporterAs the first week of testimony in Donald Trump’s criminal trial wrapped up Friday, former tabloid king David Pecker was on the defensive.Trump defense attorney Emil Bove already faced a tongue-lashing on Thursday from the judge—New York…
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Barr, who said Trump shouldn’t be near Oval Office, says he will vote for him in 2024  CNNsource

Biden tells Howard Stern he is “happy to debate” Trump  NBC Newssource

Who is Todd Blanche, Donald Trump’s lawyer in his Stormy Daniels hush money trial?  Reuterssource

At Donald Trump’s hush money trial on Tuesday, a Manhattan prosecutor surprised law nerds in the audience by revealing that “the entire case” rests on a single section of New York’s election law.The statute is simple. It outlaws conspiring to promote or prevent someone’s election through “unlawful means.”Trump is on trial for falsifying business records…
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Opinion: Trump attorney’s embarrassing courtroom apology  CNNsource

Giuliani, Eastman, Ellis, Bobb Indicted In Arizona—Here Are All The Former President’s Lawyers Now Facing …  Forbessource

Lara Trump (Photo: Getty Images)Newly anointed RNC co-chair Lara Trump’s recent impassioned plea for folks to donate money, even if they currently don’t have any, would make P.T. Barnum blush.“If you can’t afford a donation today,” said Lara, looking sleek and sophisticated in a dress that probably cost more than my car, “I ask that…
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Donald Trump Leads Joe Biden in Every Battleground State: Polling Averages  Newsweeksource

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