WASHINGTON – The Republican National Committee is apparently hoping to attract Donald Trump to a third debate by staging it in Miami, near the president’s Florida home.The Miami debate is being planned for early November, said an RNC official speaking on condition of anonymity because the specific venue, sponsors and date have yet to be…
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© THE INTERCEPTALL RIGHTS RESERVED Unencumbered by a fierce legal battle, Mitchell remains one of the most influential people in the movement that’s undermining American democracy. When a Georgia court unsealed the grand jury report on the efforts to overturn the 2020 election, the first name on its recommended indictments was predictable: President Donald Trump. It’s…
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Evan Corcoran has been ordered to testify, piercing attorney-client privilege.A federal judge has ruled that a lawyer for former President Donald Trump must provide additional testimony before a federal grand jury investigating Trump's handling of classified documents, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.Special counsel Jack Smith's prosecutors asked Judge Beryl Howell last month…
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Watch CBS News By Melissa Quinn September 15, 2023 / 1:00 PM / CBS News Washington — Special counsel Jack Smith has turned over to former President Donald Trump and his lawyers the first batch of classified materials as part of the discovery process in the case over the former president’s handling of sensitive government…
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WASHINGTON – Attorneys for Donald Trump filed a last-ditch legal complaint Thursday against a New York judge, seeking to derail a fast-approaching civil trial that could gut the former president’s business empire.The Trump legal team asked a state appeals court to step in against Justice Arthur F. Engoron, claiming he failed to follow rulings that…
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Eight candidates will be on stage at Wednesday’s Republican presidential primary debate. Former President Donald Trump says he’ll skip the debate and indicated he will hold a competing event instead. (Aug. 22)Eight candidates will be on stage at Wednesday’s Republican presidential primary debate. Former President Donald Trump says…
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Politics Nearly a quarter of Texas Republicans now disapprove of the embattled attorney general, an all-time high. Even if he avoids conviction, Attorney General Ken Paxton has been damaged, with an ideological mix of Republicans aligned against him and his public approval rating ticking down. | Eric Gay/AP Photo By Adam Wren and Meridith McGraw…
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis continues to argue that Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants in an election racketeering case should be tried together starting Oct. 23, a brisk pace Trump has already opposed.Superior Judge Scott McAfee set that date to start a trial for two of the co-defendants, Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell,…
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Former Donald Trump attorney Jenna Ellis appears to have come full circle with her contempt for the ex-president. Maybe.Back in 2016, Ellis ripped Trump as an “idiot” and a “bully” who “cannot handle criticism” before suddenly changing her tune and backing him in that year’s election. She later became his legal representative as he sought…
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Trump lawyers quit classified documents case CNBCsource
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Jump to Donald Trump’s lawyers asked Eddy Grant to “explain” his 1980s dance hit, “Electric Avenue,” a bizarre, newly public deposition transcript shows.It didn’t go well. The singer-songwriter bristled when asked about the disco-reggae song’s meaning, according to the transcript, filed Friday as part of his $300,000 federal copyright lawsuit over the song’s use in a…
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Though she is not named in the four-count indictment filed Tuesday against Trump, the Justice Department makes numerous references to a “co-conspirator 3” whose description matches Powell, a prominent election fraud conspiracy theorist. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsFormer President Donald Trump said Thursday that he appreciated recent praise from Russian leader Vladimir Putin. In an exclusive interview with NBC “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker, Trump said it meant “what I’m saying is right,” referring to his positions on the war in Ukraine. Trump readily claimed in the…
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ELECTIONS Trump’s warning to two influential anti-abortion groups comes one year after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and as the issue continues to divide the Republican Party. Former President Donald Trump speaks during the Pray, Vote, Stand Summit, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Washington. | AP By Meridith McGraw 09/15/2023 10:47 PM EDT Link…
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Trump: ‘I could have had a pardon’ before leaving office NBC Newssource
WASHINGTON − Donald Trump said Thursday it is “very unlikely” he would pardon himself if he is reelected president, though he doesn’t expect to be convicted in any of the four trials facing him.“What did I do wrong? I didn’t do anything wrong,” Trump told NBC’s “Meet The Press.” “You mean because I challenge an…
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Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm. Eric Tucker, Associated Press Eric Tucker, Associated Press Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Leave your feedbackEditor’s note: This Associated Press story previously misstated the year of the 2020 election.…
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New York attorney general trial against Trump is in limbo CNNsource
Former vice-presidential nominee condemns prosecutors over ‘travesty’ and says ‘we’re not going to keep putting up with this’A second US civil war is “going to happen” if state and federal authorities continue to prosecute Donald Trump, the former Alaska governor and Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin said.“Those who are conducting this travesty and creating this…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsFormer President Trump said Thursday that former First Lady Melania Trump may be back on the campaign trail with him “pretty soon.” “We’ll see her on the trail soon?” “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker asked the former president. “Yes. Soon? Yeah, pretty soon. When it’s appropriate, but pretty soon,” he…
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US senator and former presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has called for Donald Trump and Joe Biden to "stand aside" and make room for a new generation of politicians. He made the remarks while speaking to media about his own plans to retire.He said he was choosing not run again because it was time "for a…
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President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination on the South Lawn of the White House, Aug. 27, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)An attorney representing former President Donald Trump in a lawsuit seeking to disqualify him from running for president in Colorado has a history with some of the…
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WASHINGTON −Never mind the indictments in four separate criminal cases − Donald Trump has persuaded millions of Republicans that prosecutors are only playing politics, and he has actually increased his lead in the GOP presidential race.And it has been a pretty easy sell: Most supporters of the former president never liked the government anywayDistrust of…
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