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Indicted or Barred From the Ballot: For Trump, Bad News Cements Support – The New York Times

Trump Colorado Ballot RulingAdvertisementSupported bynews analysisThe former president has perfected a playbook of victimhood, raising cash off each of his indictments and encouraging Republican officials to defend him, as his rivals did after the Colorado ruling.By Maggie HabermanIt may take weeks to find out whether the decision by the Colorado Supreme Court to declare Donald…
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Nikki Haley Makes Bold Claim Against Donald Trump In Colorado Ballot Comments – Yahoo Entertainment

Nikki Haley Makes Bold Claim Against Donald Trump In Colorado Ballot Comments  Yahoo Entertainmentsource

Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Visit Hamas Attack Site in Israel – The Wall Street Journal

Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Visit Hamas Attack Site in Israel  The Wall Street Journalsource

California lieutenant governor calls for former President Donald Trump to be removed from ballot – KABC-TV

WATCH LIVESACRAMENTO, Calif. — A historic ruling potentially pulling former President Donald Trump's name from the Colorado primary ballot could now have an impact on California elections.On Wednesday, California's Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis called on the Secretary of State to look into legal options to remove Trump from the State's presidential primary.She based it on…
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Trump says he's 'not an insurrectionist' after Colorado high court removes him from ballot – NBC News

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeWASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s “not an insurrectionist,” in an apparent response to the Colorado Supreme Court‘s decision to remove him from the state’s 2024 primary election ballot, which President Joe Biden and others have commented on.“I’m not an…
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Video: GOP Rep. tells Kaitlan Collins his theory on why Trump won't debate – CNN

Video: GOP Rep. tells Kaitlan Collins his theory on why Trump won’t debate  CNNsource

Special counsel in Trump case unconstitutional, former Reagan AG says – Fox News

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The Guardian view on Trump’s legal woes in Colorado: he needs to be beaten politically – The Guardian

A shock ruling by the state’s supreme court has barred him from its presidential ballotLike so many troubles, the legal cases dogging Donald Trump come not singly but in battalions. News of the bombshell ruling by the Colorado supreme court on Tuesday – barring him from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot under the US constitution’s…
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Why did Colorado disqualify Trump from the state’s 2024 election ballot? – The Guardian US

Decision is the first time a presidential candidate has been deemed ineligible for election under the insurrection clauseThe Colorado supreme court has ruled that Donald Trump is ineligible to run for the White House again, citing his role in the January 6 attack, in a 4-3 ruling that will probably have major legal and political…
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Analysis: Trump’s legal thicket ensnares the Supreme Court – PBS NewsHour

Give by 12/31, so we can continue to deliver intelligent, in-depth, trustworthy journalism. Marcia Coyle Marcia Coyle Leave your feedbackBy the end of this week, the U.S. Supreme Court may decide to take up former President Donald Trump’s claims of absolute immunity from his Jan. 6-related criminal prosecution. And with a likely appeal of Tuesday’s…
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Local lawyer: Colorado Supreme Court ruling on Trump a 'victory for democracy' – The Recorder

JOHN BONIFAZ Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Sunday, Dec. 17, in Reno, Nevada. The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 19, declared Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest…
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Colorado's Top Court Kicked Trump Off the Ballot. Will the Supreme Court Agree? – The New Yorker

Colorado’s Top Court Kicked Trump Off the Ballot. Will the Supreme Court Agree?  The New Yorkersource

Trump lawyers nailed for using pundit opinions to 'prove their points' – Raw Story

Tom Boggioni is a writer, born, raised and living in San Diego — where he attended San Diego State University. Prior to writing for Raw Story, he wrote for FireDogLake, blogged as TBogg, and worked in banking, marketing and construction.Addressing a legal brief submitted by Donald Trump's lawyers to the Supreme Court requesting that the…
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'The Opposite of Politics': A Conservative Legal Scholar Says Kicking Trump Off the Ballot Is 'Unassailable' – POLITICO

q&a J. Michael Luttig explains why he thinks the 14th Amendment should prevent Trump from running for president again. J. Michael Luttig, a prominent conservative legal scholar and former judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, promoted the idea that the 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump from seeking a second term. |…
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Decision to remove Donald Trump from Colorado ballot won't stand, former White House lawyer predicts – USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb predicted that the U.S. Supreme Court will reverse the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot.At the heart of the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling Tuesday is a provision in the 14th Amendment. The amendment bars certain officials who…
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DeSantis: 'I wish Trump hadn't been indicted on any of this stuff.' – POLITICO

Elections Trump’s legal drama “distorted the primary,” the Florida governor said. The Florida governor’s comments served to frame expectations as he scrambles to gain traction with just weeks to go before primary voting begins. | Charlie Neibergall/AP By Shia Kapos 12/21/2023 12:51 PM EST Link CopiedRon DeSantis said in an interview aired Thursday that Donald…
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Anti-abortion Conservatives' First Target If Trump Returns – The Atlantic

These efforts are indications of the pressure he and other GOP candidates would face to do so if elected.The Supreme Court’s upcoming decision about the most common pharmaceutical used for medication abortions may be just the beginning of the political battle over the drug.Earlier this month, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal of…
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Trump lawyers say request to have SCOTUS hear immunity claims presents 'momentous, historic questions' – Fox News

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Colorado election chief unpacks Trump's disqualification – CBS News

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Jack Smith to Trump: Start Prepping for Florida Jury Trial – The Daily Beast

SEARCHSmith Counselor Jay Bratt dismissed Tump’s objections as “long on rhetoric and baseless accusations that do not merit a response.”Breaking News InternSpecial Counsel Jack Smith’s team on Thursday urged U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to move ahead with preparations for the impending trial against former President Donald Trump in May.Trump’s team argued on Wednesday that…
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John Roberts, Donald Trump and the ghosts of Bush v. Gore – POLITICO

Legal The Supreme Court may become the decisive player in the 2024 election. Donald Trump shakes hands with Chief Justice John Roberts on Feb. 4, 2020. A pair of explosive Trump cases in 2024 will test Roberts' long campaign to shore up the Supreme Court's public standing. | Leah Millis-Pool/Getty Images By John F. Harris…
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'Trump Knows What He's Doing': The Creator of Godwin's Law Says the Hitler Comparison Is Apt – POLITICO

q&a The internet legend explains why the Biden campaign isn’t wrong to compare Trump to Hitler. Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally on Dec. 17, 2023, in Reno, Nev. | Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP By Calder McHugh 12/19/2023 10:32 AM EST Link CopiedCalder McHugh is deputy editor of POLITICO Nightly. Any time people start…
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WATCH: Attorney who fought for Trump's Colorado expulsion DEFENDS actions – KULR-TV

Sunny. High near 55F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph.. Mainly clear. Low 37F. Winds WSW at 10 to 20 mph. Updated: December 21, 2023 @ 12:56 pm A Colorado attorney who argued in favour of a ruling removing Donald Trump from the state’s ballot has suggested Biden is open for scrutiny.Speaking on GB…
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Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis' likability in 2024 primary – USA TODAY

When Tammilynn Elerath tuned into the third Republican primary debate last month, she was expecting to be wowed by businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. Then came the entrepreneur’s unceasing verbal attacks against his opponents.“I was so turned off by how he treated those around him. I just couldn’t get past it,” Elerath, a 50-year-old youth pastor from…
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Michael Cohen Shares The 1 Reason He Isn’t Buying Trump’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Claim – HuffPost

Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer, argued that there is “no depth” to which the ex-president “will sink” to stir up his base after Trump defended his recent anti-immigrant rant.Cohen, in an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Beat” Wednesday, called out Trump, who claimed he never read “Mein Kampf” after his “poisoning the…
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