Month: April 2024

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inFormer president’s historic election interference trial is underway in New York CityFind your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profileDonald Trump returned to court…
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Boris Epshteyn is in the room – Live Updates – POLITICO  POLITICOsource

Donald Trump Says Legal Case ‘Fallen Apart’  Newsweeksource

Tabloid Publisher Describes Deals to Buy Silence at Trump Trial  The New York Timessource

News Desk News Desk Leave your feedbackSupreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked former President Donald Trump’s lawyer D. John Sauer Thursday why his defense believes impeachment being the “gateway” to criminal prosecution applies only to the president, and not to any other impeachable official.LISTEN: Justice Jackson asks what stops presidents from committing crimes if…
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US supreme court presses Trump lawyer over immunity from prosecution claim – audio  The Guardian USsource

Federal judge rejects Trump’s appeal of defamation verdict in E. Jean Carroll case  Axiossource

Still, it appears less likely than ever that the trial will proceed by November.When the attorney representing former President Donald Trump before the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday had a chance to offer a rebuttal to government prosecutor Michael Dreeben, John Sauer took a pass."Nothing further, your honor," he said.The forfeiture of five minutes of…
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News Desk News Desk Leave your feedbackSupreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday questioned attorney D. John Sauer about former President Donald Trump’s alleged actions related to attempts to overthrow the 2020 election, as the nation’s highest court considers whether he should have immunity from prosecution for his role. Trump has argued that acts performed…
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A N.Y. court tossed Harvey Weinstein’s conviction. Could it help Trump?  The Washington Postsource

Supreme Court Appears Open to Some of Donald Trump’s Immunity Claims  The Wall Street Journalsource

Trump Trial: David Pecker told of Karen McDougal, Stormy Daniels and celebrity deals  Reuterssource

Conway on what he thinks is ‘worst case scenario’ if Trump’s January 6 trial is delayed  CNNsource

Help keep Salon independentTodd Blanche was a partner at a prestigious law firm when he quit and took on Donald Trump as a client. He chose this life, in other words, deciding to chase fame at the cost of trying to represent an impossible client. And while we are still weeks away from a verdict…
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Editor’s note: This page reflects the news from Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Thursday, April 25. For the latest news from Trump’s hush money trial, read our live trial updates file for Friday, April 26.NEW YORK — David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, testified Thursday that his editor-in-chief believed porn star Stormy…
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The president also criticized the media for going easy on Trump. “I think some of them are worried about attacking him,” he told SiriusXM’s Howard Stern.

Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments on Trump’s absolute immunity claims  CNNsource

In the run-up to the 2024 elections, Joe Biden and Donald Trump are targeting industrial states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that played key roles in determining the outcome of the two previous elections. Despite their numerous differences, both candidates have emphasized the need to restore jobs that were lost in manufacturing. President Biden…
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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said the U.S. Supreme Court should be moved “over to” the Republican National Committee (RNC) headquarters, after some conservative justices suggested being open to arguments in favor of presidential immunity from prosecution for Donald Trump. “They’re politicians who are not even subject to popular election unlike me,” Raskin said during his…
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Michael Fanone, a former U.S. Capitol Police officer, called out former President Trump for continuing to call jailed rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 hostages and saying he would pardon them if reelected. “Donald Trump is sick. He’s a sick individual. And the idea that he would align himself with, criminals, who attacked…
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Trump’s “Absolute Immunity” ClaimAdvertisementSupported byThe former president’s claim ahead of a pivotal Supreme Court hearing that he was protecting the election system rather than subverting it is part of a pattern of shaping his own reality.By Alan FeuerFollow our live coverage of the Trump immunity case before the Supreme Court.When the Supreme Court considers Donald…
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) in a forthcoming book describes shooting a family dog after a hunting trip, according to a report in The Guardian, which obtained a copy of the book, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward.” In the book, Noem, who has…
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The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared skeptical of a ruling by a federal appeals court that rejected former President Donald Trump’s claim that he has absolute immunity from criminal charges based on his official acts as president. During more than two-and-a-half hours of oral argument, some of the court’s conservative justices expressed concern about the…
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Former US president says Charlottesville rally was a ‘little peanut’ compared with pro-Palestinian student protests.Former United States President Donald Trump has claimed that pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses are more hateful than the infamous 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.Speaking to reporters outside his hush-money trial in New York on Thursday, Trump said the…
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Trump Hush-Money TrialAdvertisementAfter a tape emerged of Donald J. Trump discussing how he groped women, she quickly struck a deal.By Michael RothfeldStormy Daniels tried to benefit from Donald J. Trump’s political momentum in early 2016, setting off the saga that ultimately resulted in his criminal trial.Her agent reached out to Dylan Howard, editor of The…
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