Month: April 2024

“There is just no defense for this,” former GOP lawmaker Joe Walsh said of the ex-vice president’s remarks.

Joe Biden Is Now Favorite Over Donald Trump in Four Swing States  Newsweeksource

Donald Trump says Ukraine’s survival is important to US  Reuterssource

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.A jury of 12 people was seated Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s history-making hush money trial. (AP Production: Javier Arciga)A jury of 12 people was seated Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s history-making hush money trial. (AP Production: Javier Arciga)A jury of 12 people was seated Thursday…
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CNN’s Elie Honig had some thoughts on the alternate jurors in the hush-money trial.

Full jury picked in Trump criminal trial in New York  NPRsource

Critics ripped the former president and his new prop.

Trump makes a quip about the chilly courtroom as he departs for lunch  CNNsource

Trump’s hush money trial: Highlights from day 3  The Associated Presssource

A juror requested to drop out of former president Donald Trump’s hush money trial Thursday, over concerns that her identity would be revealed — a situation that shows how intense media coverage could affect the trial and expose jurors to harassment.The members of the jury are meant to be anonymous. But that effort has been…
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Jan. 6 lawsuits against Trump may advance despite criminal case, judge rules  POLITICOsource

2024 Election Live Updates: Latest Biden and Trump News  The New York Timessource

Two previously seated jurors were dismissed early in the day, but by the close of proceedings, 12 jurors had been selected.Twelve jurors and one alternate have been sworn in to serve in the criminal trial against former United States President Donald Trump, as the third day of his New York court proceedings concludes.Thursday saw Trump…
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Donald Trump Just Made ‘Unwise’ Move in Court: Legal Analyst  Newsweeksource

A Trump sneaker? A mug shot? The attempts by the Trump campaign to court Black voters have been laughable — until they were not.

Donald Trump May Have Found ‘Loophole’ in Gag Order: Lawyer  Newsweeksource

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) looks set to successfully face down the hard-right members of his conference on a series of foreign aid bills — after a mighty fight. Johnson will need to lean on Democrats to pass the bills, which deal with aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and provide for some measures to help…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Twelve jurors and one alternate have been seated in Donald Trump ‘s hush money case, quickly propelling the jury selection process forward after a morning that saw two previously sworn-in jurors dismissed — one after she expressed new doubt in her ability to be fair and impartial following the disclosure of…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeA full 12-person jury was selected Thursday for Donald Trump‘s hush money trial in New York City after both sides had questioned close to 200 potential jurors about whether they can be fair and impartial when it comes to the polarizing former president and…
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Subscribe and get breaking news, commentary, and opinions on law firms, lawyers, law schools, lawsuits, judges, and more.They haven’t even picked a jury yet for his New York criminal case, and Donald Trump is doing his damnedest to get himself held in contempt.His in-court antics — falling asleep, playing on his phone, refusing to stand…
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Former President Trump is six points ahead of President Biden in North Carolina, new polling shows.  A Mason-Dixon North Carolina poll found Trump with 49 percent support among voters in the Tar Heel State, while Biden brought in 43 percent. Another eight percent were undecided.  The poll comes just after North Carolina’s Democratic Gov. Roy…
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This was not Donald Trump the business mogul or Donald Trump the 45th president – it was Donald Trump the defendantWith Donald Trump just a few feet away, a potential juror in the criminal case against him summed up the experience in just three words. “This is bizarre,” she said, with just a slight hint…
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Watch the stunning contrast in how the former president’s one-time biggest critics talk about him now as the 2024 election nears.

The Good Liars found some unsual beliefs among the MAGA faithful at a recent rally.

And then there was a baker’s dozen — a full 12-person jury, plus one alternate.Day 3 of jury selection in former president Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial began with seven sworn in. That number shrank to five after two jurors were removed, then jumped to 13, including the alternate, by the time court adjourned.…
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