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.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said he’s unsure whether former President Donald Trump is capable of beating President Joe Biden in a general election matchup, adding that the former president’s electability is one of his concerns heading into 2024. When asked by CNN’s Dana Bash whether he thinks Trump, the current Republican frontrunner, could beat…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsWASHINGTON — Donald Trump still hasn’t said whether he will show up for the first Republican primary debate in Milwaukee next week, but Democrats plan to be there and talk about the former president either way.President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign will have a significant presence on the ground and on the…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsWhen Donald Trump was arrested a little more than a week ago in Georgia on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election, he journeyed to Atlanta’s Fulton County jail in a flashy motorcade, submitted to a mug shot that made worldwide news, then proclaimed election interference by President Joe Biden’s…
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The judge in Trump’s federal election interference case has already warned the former president to “take special care in your public statements about this case.”
Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is warning that former President Donald Trump’s “daily” statements risk tainting a jury pool.
ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsOpening statements are set to begin Wednesday in former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro’s criminal trial on contempt of Congress charges after a jury was selected.A panel of 12 jurors and two alternates was selected Tuesday after a daylong process in Washington, D.C., federal court that began with 50 potential…
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Before any votes are cast in the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump could face a legal battle on multiple fronts over whether he even has the right to be on the ballot. Some scholars and liberal groups are stepping up efforts to disqualify the former president based on a post-Civil War provision of the 14th…
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Some passing clouds. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low near 70F. Winds light and variable.. Some passing clouds. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low near 70F. Winds light and variable. Updated: September 5, 2023 @ 4:23 pmFormer President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departure from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Thursday,…
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Watch CBS News By Emily Mae Czachor September 3, 2023 / 1:08 PM / CBS News With the 2024 presidential race beginning to unfold, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said he believes that President Joe Biden will again earn the Democratic nomination — and the president likely win reelection if he runs on a strong…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s defense attorney says the former president never asked Mike Pence to overturn the will of the voters in the 2020 election, but only wanted the former vice president to “pause” the certification of votes to allow states to investigate his claims of election fraud. Those baseless claims had already been…
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So … the mug shot.Former President Donald Trump’s studied glower as he submitted to being booked in Georgia’s Fulton County Jail has drawn much attention.Some observers have noted that he used the photograph for fundraising purposes. That Trump hauled in more than $7 million serves as evidence either of his savvy at maneuvering through difficult…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsAUSTIN, Texas — Attorney General Ken Paxton pleaded not guilty to 20 articles of impeachment alleging corruption, abuse of public trust, misuse of public funds and more, as the Texas Senate began a historic impeachment trial Tuesday. The Republican firebrand was impeached in May by an overwhelming vote in the Republican-controlled…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsFormer President Donald Trump has the option of timing his booking in Georgia to coincide with next Wednesday’s first Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, which could suck the oxygen out of a televised event he’s been advised to avoid anyway.Put another way, it’s not at all hard to imagine Trump…
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