Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore ShowsSusanne Craig, investigative reporter for The New York Times, lays out how New York Attorney General Letitia James arrived at the request of $370 million in penalties for the fraud Donald Trump has already been found liable for, and explains why Judge Engoron's final question leads her to think the…
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SEARCHThe pyramid scheme lawsuit that’s been dogging Donald Trump for nearly six years is now a dud, with a big federal case now broken up into three tiny ones in different states.Political Investigations ReporterDonald Trump may be drowning in legal despair, but he eked out a victory on Friday when a federal judge tossed out…
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AdvertisementSupported byThe writer next week will seek a second round of damages from the former president for his denials that he sexually assaulted her.By Benjamin WeiserA lawyer for the writer E. Jean Carroll, whose latest defamation lawsuit against Donald J. Trump is scheduled for trial next week in Manhattan, asked a judge Friday to ensure…
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BREAKING: Taiwan defies China, electing a new president Beijing labeled a separatist ‘troublemaker’ ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeHappening this Friday: It’s three days until the Iowa caucuses… Donald Trump complains that New York civil trial is “a fraud on me”… Ron DeSantis argues that 2024 will be all about Trump’s legal…
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Trump Civil Fraud TrialAdvertisementThe former president unexpectedly spoke in his own defense, directly attacking New York’s attorney general and the judge overseeing the case.By Jonah E. Bromwich, Ben Protess and Kate ChristobekDonald J. Trump’s civil fraud trial concluded on Thursday much as it unfolded over the past three months: in chaos, with the former president insulting…
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AdvertisementSupported byDavid FrenchBy David FrenchOpinion ColumnistIf Donald Trump storms through Iowa and easily seizes the G.O.P. nomination, as presumed, and then goes on to win back the presidency, his victory will trigger a wild political and legal melee. The primary motivating purpose of his campaign is vengeance. He’s told his base that he is their…
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Insights from The New York Times, Lawfare, and Just SecuritySign up for Semafor Principals: What the White House is reading. Read it now.Former president Donald Trump’s lawyer argued that presidential immunity would cover the U.S. president ordering political rivals to be assassinated by SEAL Team Six. During a hearing at a federal appeals court on…
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AdvertisementArguing for the special counsel: James I. Pearce, a career federal prosecutor who played a role in some Jan. 6 cases; and for former President Donald Trump, D. John Sauer, a former solicitor general of Missouri.By Alan FeuerThe two lawyers who will be squaring off in court on Tuesday to debate the issue of whether…
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Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) “wholeheartedly” endorsed former President Trump, the current GOP primary frontrunner, during a Friday night appearance on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show. Lee said that voters can choose between “order” over “chaos” and that it is time to get behind the former president.“Look, whether you like Donald Trump or not, whether you agree…
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Elections The campaign is focused on ensuring its supporters get to the caucuses Monday. Blizzardlike conditions have scrambled campaigns’ plans in the final days before the Iowa caucuses. The Trump campaign has been gearing up to prevent a weather-related drop in turnout. | Jamie Kelter Davis for POLITICO By Meridith McGraw and Alex Isenstadt 01/12/2024…
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AdvertisementThe coverage was a stark reminder that the former president’s legal troubles offer an outsize media platform as he pursues the Republican nomination.By Michael M. GrynbaumCNN, Fox News and MSNBC all carried a live news conference by Donald J. Trump on Thursday on the final day of his civil fraud trial, a stark reminder that…
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If nothing else, Donald Trump keeps giving constitutional law professors more to write about. Lately the papers have been filled with professors opining on the question of whether Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment disqualifies Trump from becoming president again. (Disclosure: I’m one of them.)There’s something to be learned from the back-and-forth that goes beyond…
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In response to President Biden’s recent speech in which he called former president Donald Trump a threat to democracy, Mr. Trump stated: “He was stuttering through the whole thing. … He’s the threat to d-d-democracy.”A short time later, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) posted on X: “I I I I I I I I…
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Trump Georgia Election CaseAdvertisementSupported byThe lawyer said the former president may join a motion accusing the lead prosecutors in the election interference case of being romantic partners and seeking to disqualify them.By Danny HakimFormer President Donald J. Trump’s lawyer in Atlanta asked a judge on Friday for more time to review “salacious” allegations against two…
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Credit: AP Credit: APWhile Donald Trump has been busy trumpeting news of an alleged scandal in the Fulton County District Attorney’s office, his lawyer on Friday sounded a more cautious note.“Suffice it to say that they are salacious and scandalous in nature,” Steve Sadow said, referring to claims that emerged in a court filing this…
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The Oregon Supreme Court on Friday said it is declining to hear five Oregon voters’ lawsuit to block Donald Trump from being on the Oregon 2024 Republican primary and general election ballots.The five voters petitioned the Oregon Supreme Court in December arguing Trump was disqualified from holding public office because he had violated the Insurrectionist…
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Trump legal news brief: Oregon punts on removing Trump from ballot until after U.S. Supreme Court weighs in Yahoo Newssource
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear ballot access arguments on Feb. 8.Americans are divided on how the U.S. Supreme Court should handle former President Donald Trump’s ballot access, but a majority in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll say they would support the court either barring Trump from presidential ballots nationally or letting states take that…
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Despite Donald Trump leading in the polls, victory in the GOP presidential primaries isn’t certain. Ahead of the Iowa caucuses, Trump hopes to extinguish his opponents. But history has shown that not every winner in Iowa goes on to become the nominee. Donald Trump has consistently led his opponents in polling for the Republican nomination,…
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Watch CBS News By Kathryn Watson January 12, 2024 / 3:19 PM EST / CBS News Washington — A judge in New York has ordered former President Donald Trump to pay nearly $400,000 to cover The New York Times’ legal fees from a now-dismissed lawsuit he brought against the paper, three of its reporters and…
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WSB Now ATLANTA — Channel 2 Action News has obtained new information about the court motion in the Georgia election interference case alleging Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the special prosecutor overseeing the case have been engaged in an improper personal relationship.The defense attorney who made those explosive allegations told Channel 2 investigative…
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Roy toyed with ousting the House speaker over a government spending deal and has antagonized MAGA world with his resistance to Trump. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — For many of his fellow House Republicans, Chip Roy…
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Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said he would vote for President Biden instead of former President Trump “in a heartbeat.”Kinzinger, an outspoken critic of Trump, was asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins who he was going to support now that his preferred GOP candidate, Chris Christie, has dropped out of the race.He said he believes it’s…
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