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A chronicle of Donald Trump's Crimes or Allegations

Trump gives brief testimony in E. Jean Carroll defamation trial – Axios

Trump gives brief testimony in E. Jean Carroll defamation trial  Axiossource

Trump joins effort to get Fulton County DA dismissed from 2020 election case over affair allegations – CNN

Trump joins effort to get Fulton County DA dismissed from 2020 election case over affair allegations  CNNsource

Dane County judge rules Evers can be questioned in fake electors lawsuit against Trump attorneys – PBS Wisconsin

Wisconsin FoodieUniversity PlacePBS Wisconsin NewsJohn McGivern’s Main StreetsSupport PBS Wisconsin and gain extended access to many of your favorite PBS shows & films.Watch PBS Passport now >Activate PBS Passport >CourtsA Dane County judge has ruled that Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers can be asked questions related to his role serving as a Democratic elector in the…
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Senate GOP gripped by discord over Trump-maligned border talks – Axios

Senate GOP gripped by discord over Trump-maligned border talks  Axiossource

Donald Trump just confirmed he has a favorite on the Miami-Dade County Commission – Miami Herald

Donald Trump just confirmed he has a favorite on the Miami-Dade County Commission  Miami Heraldsource

Jay Leno On Donald Trump: “I’m Not A Fan” – Deadline

By Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor Jay Leno told Piers Morgan on the latter’s show Uncensored that he generally tries to avoid talking politics, especially in his act. “I just stopped doing politics in my act altogether. You know, when I did The Tonight Show, the idea was you made fun of both sides equally…they’d both be…
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Letters: The particular genius of Donald Trump – Chicago Tribune

A supporter holds his hand over his heart during the national anthem as former President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign event in Iowa on Jan. 6, 2024. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)I’ve finally figured out the peculiar and particular genius of Donald Trump. In his rallies and ads, he somehow conflates the lighthearted cadences…
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Trump accuses DA Fani Willis of inappropriately injecting race into Georgia election case – The Associated Press

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had an affair with a special prosecutor she hired to seek convictions of Donald Trump and others for interfering in Georgia’s 2020 election have led to renewed calls to remove Willis from the case (January 23)FILE – Fulton County District…
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Why Trump took the stand against E. Jean Carroll. – Slate

Why Trump took the stand against E. Jean Carroll.  Slatesource

Trump opens up lead over Biden in rematch many Americans don't want – Reuters

Trump opens up lead over Biden in rematch many Americans don’t want  Reuterssource

Peter Navarro, ex-Trump official, sentenced to 4 months in prison for contempt of Congress – CBS News

Watch CBS News By Robert Legare Updated on: January 25, 2024 / 2:13 PM EST / CBS News Washington — Peter Navarro, a former trade official in the Trump White House, was sentenced to four months in prison on Thursday on two contempt of Congress charges stemming from his refusal to comply with a subpoena…
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Maine's top court refuses to rule before Supreme Court on whether Trump will stay off ballot – ABC News

Maine’s top trial court had earlier deferred ruling on her landmark decision.Maine's Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal from Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who requested last week for the high court to consider her earlier decision to bar former President Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot under the 14th Amendment.Maine's top trial court…
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Donald Trump's Donor Threat Backfires – Donations – Newsweek

Donald Trump’s Donor Threat Backfires – Donations  Newsweeksource

Navarro sentenced to 4 months for defying congressional subpoena – NPR

Navarro sentenced to 4 months for defying congressional subpoena  NPRsource

Senate deal on border and Ukraine at risk of collapse as Trump signals opposition – The Associated Press

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Utah Republican Senator Mitt Romney fired back on former President Donald Trump’s efforts to stop a bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures and Ukraine. (Jan. 25)Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., the Democrats’ chief negotiator on the border security talks, speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington,…
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A day after Trump's brief testimony, lawyers to present closing arguments in E. Jean Carroll defamation trial – ABC News

The former president briefly took the stand Thursday.Nearly five years ago, then-president Donald Trump repeatedly denied allegations that he sexually assaulted columnist E. Jean Carroll in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.Last year, a jury determined those denials were false and defamatory.Today, a jury of nine New Yorkers will hear closing arguments and begin…
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Trump says Haley contributions 'banned from MAGA camp.' Scaramucci reacts to Trump's threat – CNN

Trump says Haley contributions ‘banned from MAGA camp.’ Scaramucci reacts to Trump’s threat  CNNsource

Indictments fueled extremists’ support for Trump, survey finds – The Guardian US

Support for democratic norms has gone from ‘bad to worse’ as Trump’s attempt to twist messaging is workingThe criminal charges against Donald Trump have fueled increased radical support for the former president while his efforts to paint the government and Democrats as a threat to democracy have convinced more people to distrust democratic institutions.New survey…
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Trump comes out against draft RNC resolution from supporter declaring him presumptive nominee – CNN

Trump comes out against draft RNC resolution from supporter declaring him presumptive nominee  CNNsource

Morning Report — Trump vs. the border deal – The Hill

Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below.Thank you for signing up!Subscribe to more newsletters hereThe Senate’s border deal is on life support.While some congressional Republicans had been hoping for a piece of election-year legislation aimed at fixing immigration and border security…
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New Hope for Hostage Talks, and Trump Takes the Stand – The New York Times

New Hope for Hostage Talks, and Trump Takes the Stand  The New York Timessource

Inside Trump’s Iowa and New Hampshire Wins – The New York Times

Inside Trump’s Iowa and New Hampshire Wins  The New York Timessource

Can Donald Trump’s courtroom antics be contained? – The Guardian US

Judges have tried gag orders and fines, but so far the former president has shown little interest in restraining himselfDonald Trump’s defamation trial against E Jean Carroll resumes in New York today after a juror’s illness delayed proceedings. But the biggest question isn’t whether Trump will be found liable (he already was) or even how…
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Senate GOP pleads with Trump not to kill Ukraine-border security deal – The Hill

Senate Republicans who favor sending aid to Ukraine and cutting a deal with Democrats to secure the U.S.-Mexico border are hoping that former President Trump’s Senate allies can intervene with the presidential front-runner to save a carefully negotiated package of military aid and border security reforms from going down in flames.  Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair…
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Defiant Trump takes legal risk on stand in New York defamation trial – BBC.com

Donald Trump testified on Thursday in the defamation trial brought by writer E Jean Carroll, but his much-anticipated time on the stand was kept brief.The former president – who has already been found to have defamed Ms Carroll for comments he made about her in 2019 – was under strict rules on what he could…
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