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Trump's Businesses Got Millions From Foreign Governments While He Was President – The Wall Street Journal

Trump’s Businesses Got Millions From Foreign Governments While He Was President  The Wall Street Journalsource

Michael Cohen accidentally gave his lawyer fake citations, court filing says – The Guardian US

Former Trump lawyer says he used AI program Google Bard and blames his lawyer for not fact-checking himMichael Cohen, the former attorney and fixer for ex-president Donald Trump, said in a newly unsealed court filing that he accidentally gave his lawyer fake legal citations that were made up by an artificial intelligence program.In a sworn…
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Jeffrey Epstein: Court documents rev up interest in elite social circle – The Associated Press

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Unsealed court records offer new detail on old sex abuse allegations against Jeffrey Epstein.Read more about the documents here: bit.ly/3NTw8USFILE – This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. Social media is abuzz with news that a judge is…
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Live updates: The latest on the 2024 primary campaign – CNN

Live updates: The latest on the 2024 primary campaign  CNNsource

Biden hits the stump as Team Trump floods Iowa in unofficial 2024 kickoff – CNN

Biden hits the stump as Team Trump floods Iowa in unofficial 2024 kickoff  CNNsource

Trump won't tell hush-money DA of any blame-the-lawyers defense plans – Business Insider

Jump to Donald Trump’s hush-money prosecutors have asked a Manhattan judge to force him to reveal by February 12 whether he’ll mount an advice-of-counsel defense when the case goes to trial six weeks later.In such a defense, Trump would claim to jurors that he can’t be held responsible for allegedly falsifying business documents to hide…
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Trump's odd Jan. 6 defense: It was the Russian interference – The Mercury News

Today's e-EditionGet Morning Report and other email newsletters Get Morning Report and other email newslettersToday's e-Edition Trending: By Katelyn Polantz | CNNMuch of Donald Trump’s legal strategy in his federal 2020 election interference case has, so far, centered around trying to delay the start of his March trial until after the November presidential election.But in…
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DeSantis says 'Democrats want Trump': 5 town hall takeaways – USA TODAY

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis was once thought to be the person who could take the GOP nomination from Donald Trump, but as of late the Florida governor is struggling to keep hold of second place.DeSantis has been eclipsed in some surveys by former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who has turned the heads of…
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Trump Ballot Challenges Advance, Varying Widely in Strategy and Sophistication – The New York Times

Trump Ballot DecisionsAdvertisementSupported byDonald J. Trump’s eligibility for the presidential ballot has been challenged in more than 30 states, but only a handful of those cases have gained traction so far.By Jenna Russell, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Mitch SmithJenna Russell reported from Concord, N.H.John Anthony Castro, a 40-year-old Texan, long-shot Republican presidential candidate and the most prolific…
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House Report Reveals Trump Received $8M in Foreign Payments as President – Truthout

Republicans are seeking to impeach Biden over foreign government payments they have no evidence of.House Republicans have spent the last year desperately trying to impeach President Joe Biden over claims, for which they have produced zero evidence, that Biden has received payments from foreign governments while not in office. A new bombshell analysis reveals, however,…
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Trump Wants Prosecutors Held in Contempt in Federal Election Case – The New York Times

Trump Federal Election CaseAdvertisementSupported byThe former president’s lawyers sought to have Jack Smith and two deputies explain why they should not be held in contempt of court for taking new steps in the case after it was put on hold.By Alan FeuerLawyers for former President Donald J. Trump said on Thursday that they want the…
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Trump received millions of dollars from foreign governments while president, House Democrats allege – USA TODAY

WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump unconstitutionally profited from the presidency during his tenure in the White House, reaping millions of dollars for his business empire from foreign governments, House Democrats allege in an extensive report.Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a 156-page report Thursday morning accusing Trump of exploiting the presidency to financially…
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DeSantis smacks Trump and other takeaways from 2 CNN town halls – POLITICO

Florida Audience members asked the candidates about immigration and the former president. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley appeared at back-to-back town halls on Thursday. | Charlie Neibergall/AP By Kimberly Leonard and Lisa Kashinsky 01/05/2024 12:12 AM EST Link CopiedAfter their campaigns spent the day sniping at each other online, Ron…
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to overturn Colorado's decision to remove him from the 2024 ballot – Deseret News

Former President Donald Trump speaks after exiting the courtroom at New York Supreme Court on Dec. 7, 2023. Trump’s attorneys asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn the December Colorado Supreme Court ruling that removed his name from the state’s ballot.Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump appealed to the U.S.…
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How Trump could make history in Iowa and New Hampshire – NBC News

Morning Rundown: Florida venue cancels Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Jan. 6 event, arrests for the murder of a pregnant Texas teen, the FBI warns of ‘cyber kidnapping’ ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeHappening this Thursday: We’re now 11 days out until the Iowa caucuses… NBC’s Dasha Burns and the Des…
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Right-Wing Legal Crusades Have Made This Ex-Trump Lawyer Super Rich – Rolling Stone

By Andrew Perez Evangelical lawyer Jay Sekulow, who defended Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial, is still cashing in on the former president’s misdeeds. As states consider whether to disqualify Trump from their ballots for engaging in insurrection, Sekulow and his family have been working furiously to raise money for their campaign to keep…
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Biden to focus on Trump in speech near Valley Forge marking 3 years since Jan. 6 Capitol riot – CBS News

Watch CBS News By Kathryn Watson January 5, 2024 / 4:57 AM EST / CBS News President Biden is speaking at a campaign event near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania on Friday to mark three years since supporters of then-President Donald Trump rioted at the U.S. Capitol.Mr. Biden’s address is the first he’s giving this year.It is…
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'The grassroots have left DeSantis': Trump crushes Florida governor in Miami-Dade GOP straw poll – POLITICO

Florida Trump won 82 percent of Miami-Dade grassroots Republicans, far more than DeSantis. Of 65 party members who met in Miami Wednesday night, 53 votes went for Donald Trump. Only five voted for Ron DeSantis. | Scott Olson/Getty Images By Kimberly Leonard 01/04/2024 02:05 PM EST Updated: 01/04/2024 09:12 PM EST Link CopiedMIAMI — Donald…
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Analysis | There's new evidence of foreign money going to a president: Trump – The Washington Post

The heart of the Republican effort to potentially (or probably: inevitably) impeach President Biden are business agreements involving his son Hunter Biden. Even before Republicans took control of the House a year ago, party leaders, such as then-incoming House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), announced their intention to explore how money from foreign actors might…
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Trump businesses got millions in foreign cash while president, House Dems say – Fox News

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2024 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Former White House…
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DeSantis: Trump ‘inspires opposition’ and Democrats ‘want to run against’ Trump – NBC News

DeSantis: Trump ‘inspires opposition’ and Democrats ‘want to run against’ Trump  NBC Newssource

Ron DeSantis slams Nikki Haley but balks at Donald Trump indictments – Des Moines Register

DES MOINES, Iowa — Ron DeSantis slammed Nikki Haley in an exclusive interview with the Des Moines Register and NBC News, calling the former United Nations ambassador a “phony” who “just doesn’t get Iowa.”The Florida governor criticized Haley for recent gaffes, like calling Iowa Hawkeyes superstar Caitlin Clark by the wrong name and joking in…
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Arrest footage of Trump co-defendant provides glimpse into Jack Smith probe – POLITICO

Exclusive “They were f–king relentless,” former Black Voices for Trump director Harrison Floyd said of his confrontation with FBI agents dispatched by the special counsel.By Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney 01/04/2024 07:52 PM EST Link CopiedSpecial counsel Jack Smith’s probe of Donald Trump’s election subversion has mostly played out in stuffy conference rooms and secret…
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Evening Report — House Democrats detail foreign money to Trump businesses – The Hill

Close Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to more newsletters here The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox. Sign up for the Evening Report newsletter Subscribe Thank you for signing up!Subscribe to more newsletters hereThursday, January 4©  AP Democrats on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee say in a new report that…
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'I can fake being smart': Trump lawyer Alina Habba says she'd rather be pretty – Raw Story

Kathleen Culliton is Raw Story's assistant managing editor. She's been covering local and national news for more than a decade for outlets that include the New York Post, Al Jazeera, DNAinfo New York, Bustle, the New York Daily News, WNYC, NY1, City Limits and the New York City Patch. Kathleen is a proud alumna of the…
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