Month: April 2024

The “Daily Show” correspondent said it boils down to one thing.

Morning Rundown: House Speaker outlines Israel aid plan in wake of Iran attack, ‘freak show’ described outside Trump trial, man kills Uber driver after both targeted in scam ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeIsrael’s war Cabinet meets to decide on a response to Iran’s weekend retaliatory attack. Donald Trump’s hush…
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“What the radical Left is doing is not just election interference, it’s election engineering,” Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) wrote.

Trump trial updates: Former president faces criminal charges over hush money case  NBC Newssource

What legal troubles does Donald Trump face?  Reuterssource

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), a former federal prosecutor, weighed in on former President Trump’s first day in court for his hush money trial, saying he’s glad the jury selection process is exhaustive because the “sanctity” of the pool of jurors will be “vital” in the case. “So, I wonder who is actually pulling him or…
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The share price of Donald Trump’s beleaguered social media company plunged again this week, but apparently there’s worse to come.

By Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor UPDATED: Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, the operator of the Truth Social social network positioned as a “safe harbor for free expression amid increasingly harsh censorship by Big Tech corporations,” closed down 18.35% at the end of regular trading Monday. That came after TMTG disclosed that it…
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WASHINGTON − Former President Donald Trump highlighted concerns from America’s Founding Fathers about hyper-partisanship to argue in a filing with the Supreme Court on Monday that he shouldn’t be prosecuted for trying to overturn the 2020 election.In Trump’s final brief laying out his case before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on April 25, his…
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With former President Trump’s first criminal trial officially underway, most Americans don’t think he acted illegally in the hush money case, according to a recent survey. The survey, published last week by The Associated Press / NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, found that 31 percent believe the former president’s actions were “unethical, but not…
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The historic hush-money trial of Donald Trump got underway Monday with the arduous process of selecting a jury to hear the case charging the former president with falsifying business records in order to stifle stories about his sex life.The day ended without any jurors being seated. The selection process was scheduled to resume Tuesday.The first…
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Trump Media stock tanks 18% on move to issue millions of shares  Yahoo Finance Trump Media Stock Drops 18% After New Filing  The New York Times Trump stock tanks after announcing massive share sale  CNN source

(3) Trump attorney argues the 3 social media posts do not violate gag order  CNNsource

Takeaways from the first day of the Trump hush money trial  CNNsource

The Fox News host got called out for her characterization of Trump’s relationship with Stormy Daniels.

Why Scaramucci says there’s ‘zero percent chance’ Trump will testify  CNNsource

I would like to personally thank PRESIDENT Donald Trump for having the guts to sit in a Manhattan courtroom and stand up for my God-given right to face allegations that I slept with an adult film star and then paid her off in order to win an election.Like most Americans, I have an ever-present fear…
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Jury selection got underway on the first day of Trump’s New York criminal trial.Donald Trump ‘proud to be here’ at hush money trialFormer President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the…
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Donald Trump Jacob Sullum | 4.15.2024 1:30 PM As jury selection begins this week in the New York criminal case against Donald Trump, we should revisit the question of exactly how Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg plans to transform the former president’s alleged falsification of business records into 34 felonies. Bragg, who is pursuing the…
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The first day of the first-ever criminal trial of a former president has officially concluded. Defendant and former president Donald Trump was present and called the proceeding an “assault on America.”At the outset, lawyers spent hours arguing about how much of Trump’s tabloid-fueled sex life should be described to the jury. New York Supreme Court…
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New York criminal trial against Donald Trump is underway  NPRsource

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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeDonald Trump made history Monday as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges — and the official start of jury selection quickly highlighted his polarizing impact on the public.After the first 96 prospective jurors were brought into a New York courtroom,…
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Attorneys for former President Donald Trump, left to right: Trump’s lawyer Susan Necheles waits in the hallway for the courtroom to open for a hearing in Manhattan Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in New York (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer). Trump attorney Stephen Weiss arrives outside of the federal courthouse on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, in…
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Michael Steele ended a withering post about the former president with two snarky words.