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The Fulton County charges against Donald Trump face a major test Monday. Here’s what to watch for  CNNsource

We live in an age where the unprecedented has become routine.  A former president has been accused of committing “historic crimes,” and has been indicted in four jurisdictions on a total of 91 charges. On March 4, 2024, the first trial in federal court in United States v. Donald J. Trump is scheduled to begin. It will be the most…
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Constitutional scholar Garrett Epps has called presidential impeachment “the atomic bomb of domestic politics.” It should not become a conventional weapon of political polarization. We’re on the verge of that, however, if we as a nation don’t set a floor under the grounds for presidential impeachment. Doing so requires public discussion of the impeachable offense…
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Letitia James said the former president and others engaged in “frivolous conduct” by using “previously-rejected arguments” in their motions.

Former federal prosecutor Cynthia Alksne said Donald Trump’s lawyer, John Lauro, did the former president no favors whatsoever with his “abominable and embarrassing” behavior in court when U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan was setting a trial date for Trump’s election interference case.Lauro’s conduct — and refusal “in such a rude way” to suggest another earlier…
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“Deadline: White House” host Nicolle Wallace broadcast multiple clips of the former president gushing over autocrats.

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AdvertisementSupported byDuring a deposition in his civil case, the former president offered a series of defenses, digressions and meandering explanations of his political and professional dealings.By Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich and William K. RashbaumUnder oath and under fire, Donald J. Trump sat for a seven-hour interview with the New York attorney general’s office in April,…
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Letitia James says Trump family is rehashing failed legal arguments in $250m civil suit over company’s business affairsThe attorney general of New York state is seeking $20,000 in fines against Donald Trump, his adult sons, other defendants and their lawyers, for repeating “frivolous” arguments rejected in court in a $250m civil suit over family business…
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The Obama-era DOJ official noted that Trump’s co-defendant engaged in a “neopagan ritual” of his own.

Three big-money groups spent the summer carrying the same message, but it’s one that Republican voters aren’t prepared to hear.

Don’t forget that a mug shot is an oppressive tool; a screaming headline that this person has a past. It is photographic proof that serves as a direct rebuttal against the presumption of innocence.

“I believe that people should be held accountable under the law. And when they break the law, there should be accountability,” said the vice president.

Jump to New York Attorney General Letitia James has had enough of Trump’s same old losing arguments. In a blistering court filing Tuesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a Manhattan judge to impose $10,000 fines apiece on Donald Trump, his two eldest sons, and their lawyers for recently raising the same “frivolous” legal arguments…
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The former Trump White House attorney doesn’t buy the former White House chief of staff’s explanation.

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The former U.S. senator says Republican voters are being “suckered” as the party uses “fraud” to raise money.

Tim Kaine says clause on ‘insurrection against the constitution’ could preclude ex-president from running in next year’s electionDemocratic senator Tim Kaine of Virginia said that he believes there is a “powerful argument” to be made that Donald Trump can be disqualified from running in the 2024 presidential elections under the 14th amendment.“In my view, the…
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Alice Stewart minced no words when summing up their ambitions.

Bangor Daily News Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries A version of this article was originally published in The Daily Brief, our Maine politics newsletter. Sign up here for daily news and insight from politics editor Michael Shepherd.The legal theory that former President Donald Trump should be barred from next year’s ballot under the 14th…
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Donald Trump has been complaining recently about the pictures used of him on Fox News. "They purposely show the absolutely worst pictures of me, especially the big 'orange' one with my chin pulled way back," he wrote on his Truth Social platform.The former president obviously prefers the mugshot taken in Atlanta's Fulton County jail, where…
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The former New Jersey governor explains why he thinks the former president could lose the Republican primary.

“Because that’s what the rule of law would require,” said Andrew Weissmann, who spelled out some not-so-good news for the former president.

A federal judge is poised to rule on the effort by former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to remove his part of the Georgia election interference case to federal court.U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones is expected to rule at any time on whether former President Donald Trump’s top lieutenant should be tried…
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Trump’s former personal attorney warned that time is running out for this option.