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The Atlanta journalist stumbled upon a meeting of Republican fake electors in 2020 and was then summoned to testify before a grand jury that brought charges against the former presidentThe Fulton county sheriff laid orange barricades in front of the courthouse last week, anticipating a horde of protesters. Courthouse staff were asked to work from…
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E. Jean Carroll won a partial victory in her defamation lawsuit against former President Trump on Wednesday, with the judge ruling a trial is needed only to determine how much Trump must pay the writer in damages.In a significant blow for Trump, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled Trump defamed Carroll by making false statements…
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Donald Trump’s argument that the 2020 election was rigged has reinforced the views of Americans who are already disenchanted about politics, one factor in their inclination not to cast a vote next year − that is, a vote they would probably cast for him.An exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll of unlikely voters − those who…
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A Mar-a-Lago IT worker struck a cooperation deal with prosecutors investigating former President Trump’s handling of classified records at his Florida home, according to a filing from his former attorney. It was already known Yuscil Taveras had flipped in the case after prosecutors working with special counsel Jack Smith pushed the IT worker to speak…
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“I’d love to debate her. I would love it,” the former president told Hugh Hewitt. “I disagree so much with what they’re doing.”

Attorney Jim Trusty has resigned from representing former President Donald Trump in another case, citing “irreconcilable differences,” a move that comes days after he severed ties with Trump in his classified documents case in Florida—raising speculation that he stepped down because Trump is notoriously hard to work for.Jim Trusty (L) and Lindsey Halligan (R), part…
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Fulton County prosecutors are aiming to call a whopping 150 witnesses.

“Donald Trump has failed this test,” the lawsuit on behalf of six Republican and undeclared voters says.

Rudy Giuliani made desperate appeal to Trump to pay his legal bills in Mar-a-Lago meeting  CNNsource

A judge denied a request Wednesday from attorneys representing former President Donald Trump, his family and his business to delay a business fraud trial in New York scheduled for Oct. 2 in New York. Judge Arthur Engoron’s ruling came a day after the aforementioned attorneys’ request. New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) brought the…
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) is pushing back on the argument that election officials should remove former President Trump from the ballots in their states for violating the 14th Amendment.  “Invoking the 14th Amendment is merely the newest way of attempting to short-circuit the ballot box,” Raffensperger wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed Wednesday.…
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Former President Trump holds a wide lead over the rest of the GOP presidential field among California Republicans, while support for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has fallen in the state, new polling shows.  A new poll from University of California Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies found Trump ahead with 55 percent of likely Republican primary…
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Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm. Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press Michael R. Blood, Associated Press Michael R. Blood, Associated Press Leave your feedbackLOS ANGELES (AP) — An effort to disbar conservative attorney John Eastman, who devised…
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Former President Trump said Wednesday that he would be willing to testify in his own defense at a potential trial. Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt asked Trump if he would testify if he has to go to trial, as the former president faces criminal charges in New York, Florida, Georgia and Washington, D.C. “Oh, yes,…
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A Washington D.C.-based watchdog group has filed a lawsuit aiming to block former President Trump from the 2024 ballot in Colorado, arguing he is disqualified under the 14th Amendment for his alleged actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the Capitol. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a lawsuit Wednesday…
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Whoever doubted “America first” was a winning campaign strategy need only look at the most recent Republican poll numbers. Donald Trump, who’s made the slogan central to his presidential campaign, is trailed by a field of contenders one more nationalist than the other. “We have to put the interests of Americans first,” Vivek Ramaswamy recently…
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Why most of Trump’s Republican rivals won’t attack him  CNNsource

Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign bashed her competitors Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Vivek Ramaswamy on Tuesday, accusing them of trying to copy former President Trump.  Haley’s campaign manager Betsy Ankney said in a memo that Haley has not been afraid to be open about the areas in which she agrees and disagrees with the…
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“He sees political advantage in continuing to say that he might pardon people,” the New York Times reporter suggested.

<!– {beacon} 12:30 REPORT *Not* happening today: ©  AP Former President Trump and his 18 co-defendants had been scheduled to enter their pleas today in the Georgia election case — but they all waived the right to an in-person arraignment and instead entered not-guilty pleas beforehand.    But, there’s another update today: Two of the…
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Federal prosecutors expressed frustration with former President Trump’s repeated comments as he faces a looming trial for seeking to block the transfer of power after losing the 2020 election.   In a filing over an otherwise sealed legal battle, prosecutors alluded to Trump’s repeated commentary on social media in the case, complaining about “the defendant’s daily extrajudicial…
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Attorneys Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro are expected Wednesday afternoon to formally request that their cases be severed from each other and the rest of the co-defendants — including former President Trump — charged in the Georgia election case. The hearing stands to put to the test Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s (D) goal to try…
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday afternoon will hold the daily press briefing. President Biden has stepped up his attacks on former President Trump this week, hitting him over his Oval Office record at a time when the two increasingly appear headed toward a White House rematch in 2024. While he didn’t say Trump’s name…
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U.S. News and World Report on Wednesday released its new annual Best Countries rankings, which this year saw Switzerland winning the top ranking and the United States slipping from fourth to fifth place. Switzerland, which also topped the rankings last year, ranked number one for being “open for business,” and also ranked high for its…
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A jury will consider how much the former president should pay her in monetary damages, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.