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How Trump attorney Jonathan Mitchell described the events of Jan. 6, 2021, to the Supreme Court contradicts how Trump has attempted to spin them.

Watch CBS News By Melissa Quinn, Stefan Becket Updated on: February 8, 2024 / 1:41 PM EST / CBS News Washington — The Supreme Court seemed skeptical of the idea that Colorado can exclude former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot, with justices on both sides of the ideological spectrum warning during oral arguments of the…
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Failure of border bill creates a political opening for Biden  CNNsource

Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-Calif.) campaign for Senate released a video Thursday featuring narration by actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The video notes different parts of Schiff’s life and career, from his youth in the town of Danville, Calif., to his stint as an impeachment manager in former President Trump’s first impeachment trial in 2020. “He prosecuted polluters,”…
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Federal authorities are investigating online threats made to a witness in former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. The detail was included in a late Wednesday filing from special counsel Jack Smith’s team as part of a broader back-and-forth over evidence in the case. “The exhibit describes in some detail threats that have been made over social…
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Former Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi (N.Y.) and Republican Mazi Pilip are locked in a tight race to fill the House seat formerly held by ex-Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), a poll showed Thursday.  The Newsday/Siena College poll showed Suozzi, a former congressman who previously represented the district for six years before Santos, leading Pilip by 4…
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Former President Trump on Thursday blasted a Supreme Court hearing over his eligibility to be on the ballot in Colorado as an example of “election interference” but seemed to express confidence that the arguments from his side were well received. “It’s unfortunate that we have to go through a thing like that. I consider it…
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Video: Should, could, would the Supreme Court keep Trump off the ballot?  CNNsource

Trump Fraud Trial: How Ex-CFO’s Possible Perjury Plea Could Impact Judge Engoron’s Verdict  Forbessource

The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared reluctant to take the extraordinary step of disqualifying former President Trump from appearing on the ballot during a historic oral argument in which the justices grilled lawyers about whether states have the authority to ban a candidate from running for office. The justices spent almost no time debating whether Trump…
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) went after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday, saying his support for a bipartisan border security deal was his “worst” mistake and “spectacularly stupid.” McConnell initially backed a border security deal that quickly faced loud opposition from House Republicans after being endorsed by Democrats, including President Biden. McConnell then…
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Late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert lit into House Republicans after the conference, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), was dealt some embarrassing defeats this week. Colbert, in Wednesday night’s opening segment of CBS’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” laid out a series of disappointments for the GOP conference this week, including the…
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Education has become one of America’s most significant dividing lines. Those with bachelor’s and advanced degrees have mostly prospered, while employment prospects, wages and advancement opportunities for those with less education have fallen.  Yet, with so much else dividing our country, there is a growing bipartisan consensus that we must tear “the paper ceiling” that denies…
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Nevada’s Republican caucuses give Trump another chance to demonstrate his grip on the GOP base  Yahoo Newssource

Donald Trump win risks replay of UK gilt crisis for Treasuries, Amundi says  Financial Timessource

Opinion: Congress has already disqualified Trump from the ballot  CNNsource

And rightly so.Updated at 3:14 p.m. ET on February 6, 2024A federal appeals court ruled today that former President Donald Trump does not enjoy absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his actions following the 2020 presidential election, upholding the basic principle that no American is above the law.“We cannot accept former President Trump’s claim that…
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Another ex-attorney for former President Trump predicted the Supreme Court would rule against his claims of immunity from criminal prosecution. Former Trump attorney Timothy Parlatore said on CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” that he believes it is likely the Supreme Court will take up Trump’s immunity case and rule against the former president. “I do…
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Lawyers Tell Trump Civil Fraud Judge They Have No Details on Witness’s Reported Perjury Plea Talks  U.S. News & World Reportsource

Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Eric Tucker, Associated Press Eric Tucker, Associated Press Leave your feedbackWASHINGTON (AP) — In Donald Trump’s federal 2020 election interference case, all eyes are on the Supreme Court, whose next moves could determine whether the former president stands trial in Washington before the November election.READ…
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Senior Reporter, HuffPostA federal judge reaffirmed his rejection of a mistrial in the defamation case against former President Donald Trump after writer E. Jean Carroll was awarded $83.3 million in damages last month.U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan issued a 30-page decision supporting his rejection on Wednesday, saying Trump’s legal team had no “merit” when it…
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2024 Elections The Republican National Committee chair is expected to step down this spring. Donald Trump (left) posted that Ronna McDaniel (right) was a “friend” but that he would be “making a decision the day after the South Carolina Primary" on “RNC growth.” | Susan Walsh/AP By Natalie Allison and Meridith McGraw 02/08/2024 05:00 AM…
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Attorney Eric Olson, far right, argues before the Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Denver. The oral arguments before the court were held after both sides appealed a ruling by a Denver District Court judge on whether to allow former President Donald Trump to be included on Colorado’s presidential ballot. (AP, pool/David…
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The Supreme Court will decide whether to affirm or reject a Colorado ruling that the 14th Amendment bans Trump from holding office ever again.

The Supreme Court will decide whether to affirm or reject a Colorado ruling that the 14th Amendment bans Trump from holding office ever again.