ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeWASHINGTON — The Justice Department wants former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro to spend six months behind bars after being convicted of criminal contempt of Congress for ignoring a subpoena.Federal prosecutors said in a court filing Thursday that Navarro “deserves severe punishment” that…
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Watch CBS News By Melissa Quinn January 18, 2024 / 5:51 PM EST / CBS News Washington — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to reverse a decision from Colorado’s top court that found he is disqualified from holding the presidency under a Civil War-era provision of the Constitution, calling on…
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Trump will appear on GOP primary ballot in Washington state, election officials confirm CNNsource
Trump lawyer Tacopina withdraws from Manhattan legal team Reuterssource
Next up in 5Example video title will go here for this videoNext up in 5Example video title will go here for this video OLYMPIA, Wash. — A Thurston County judge dismissed Thursday an effort to remove former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot in Washington state.The case, led by a schoolteacher, attempted to get…
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A federal judge will require special counsel Jack Smith to seek permission before making any additional filings in former President Trump’s case for election interference, a small victory for the former president as the court otherwise declined to advance a filing designed to hold prosecutors in contempt.The effort from Trump to censure prosecutors came after Smith…
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Up First briefing: Pakistan attacks Iran; Maine court holds Trump ballot decision NPRsource
This live blog is now closed. For the latest on this defamation trial, you can read our most recent coverage:On cross-examination, Donald Trump’s attorney Michael T Madaio suggested that the ex-president was not responsible for backlash against Carroll – because supporters were likely to believe him, and his denials, anyway.Madaio asked whether people most likely…
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Takeaways from CNN’s New Hampshire town hall with Nikki Haley CNNsource
NEW YORK – After a day of fireworks that saw Donald Trump threatened with expulsion from the courtroom, an expert for advice columnist E. Jean Carroll testified that the price to repair the harm caused by Trump for defaming her could be as high as $12.1 million – not including any punitive damages.The $12.1 million…
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"He's going to be working with us for a long time," Trump said.When Vivek Ramaswamy took the stage in Atkinson, New Hampshire, on Tuesday just one day after ending his presidential campaign, he gave a passionate speech.It was the same speech, in fact, Ramaswamy had given on the trail multiple times when pitching himself to…
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Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore ShowsMSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how Donald Trump heard his lawyer tell the judge during the second defamation trial of E. Jean Carroll in which a jury is tasked only with determining how much more money Trump must pay Carroll for defaming her, "I don't know how to try this case,…
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Trump Ballot DecisionsAdvertisementSupported byThe forceful brief was the former president’s main submission in his appeal of a ruling barring him from the Colorado primary ballot on the ground that he had engaged in insurrection.By Adam LiptakReporting from WashingtonFormer President Donald J. Trump urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to reverse a ruling barring him from…
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A Maine judge has delayed ruling on whether Donald Trump can appear on the state's presidential primary ballot until the Supreme Court decides on a similar case in Colorado.Mr Trump was removed from the ballot in both states, with officials citing the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause. But the US's top court announced earlier this month…
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Maggie Haberman Shares Details Of Donald Trump’s Recent Phone Call To Her Yahoo! Voicessource
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Judge loses patience with Trump lawyer in E. Jean Carroll sex assault defamation trial CNBCsource
ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeA federal judge threatened to kick Donald Trump out of a civil trial Wednesday. The judges overseeing his criminal cases this year might be less inclined to issue similar ultimatums, although there are still ways to try to curtail his behavior.The challenge facing judges…
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AdvertisementSupported bylettersTo the Editor:Bret Stephens’s Jan. 14 column, “The Case for Trump, by Someone Who Wants Him to Lose,” is a brilliant summary of why we may be about to elect a buffoon with enough baggage to sink, one would think, anyone similarly freighted who aspired to high political office.Millions of Americans are unhappy, frightened…
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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 lawyer told to sit down twice and reminded to stand when addressing bench Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profileThere were tense moments in court in…
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Supreme Court action already upending January 6 rioter sentencings, being looked at by Trump defense CNNsource
As Alina Habba, Trump’s counsel, hammered on about the writer’s commentary on social media, questioning took an absurd turnE Jean Carroll’s New York defamation trial against Donald Trump resumed on Thursday with the ex-president’s lawyer trying to discredit her on cross-examination with a bizarre dialectic about genitals and by intimating that she has loose morals.“Did…
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Melania Trump Delivers Eulogy at Mother Amalija Knavs’ Funeral: ‘In Her Presence, the World Seemed to Shimmer’ PEOPLEsource
ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeDonald Trump’s lawyers on Tuesday night previewed their defense arguments in the case over the former president’s handling of classified documents, saying they plan to rebut prosecutors’ accusations that sensitive government documents were stored at insecure locations on his Mar-a-Lago estate.In a motion filed Tuesday,…
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The trial will determine if Trump owes any more for defaming E. Jean Carroll.Trump clashes with judge in E. Jean Carroll caseFormer President Donald Trump is on trial this week in New York City to determine whether he will have to pay former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll additional damages for defaming her in…
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