The sign on Trump Tower going up in June, 2014. It has to come down someday, doesn’t it?Photo by Neil SteinbergThere’s a lot of money in the world. It can be a challenge to figure out new ways to show it off.Not one but two homeowners within dog-walking distance of my place in Northbrook have…
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Thanks for contacting us. We've received your submission. Former President Donald Trump’s one-time attorney Rudy Giuliani pleaded not guilty Friday to 13 felony counts in the Georgia election interference case, joining his former client and 10 others charged in the sweeping indictment.Giuliani, 79, waived his right to a formal in-person arraignment, which had been scheduled…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsWASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump, the front-runner in polls for the 2024 Republican nomination, is seeking to delay his federal trial on charges related to his efforts to stop the peaceful transfer of power and retain the White House following his 2020 election loss.In a court filing Thursday, Trump’s attorneys…
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New Hampshire school board members are losing seats because of ‘Trump Republican’ brand, Sununu says NBC Newssource
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday said he believes the argument some legal experts are making that former President Trump is disqualified from holding elected office again because of the 14th Amendment is “valid,” adding that the part of the Amendment that bans those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding elected office “fits Donald Trump…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsIf former President Donald Trump committed a “technical violation of the Constitution,” it doesn’t mean he necessarily broke any criminal laws, John Lauro, Trump’s criminal defense attorney, argued Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”Lauro appeared to signal how he’d defend the former president in a trial that will stem from the…
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A camera clicks. In a fraction of a second, the shutter opens and then closes, freezing forever the image in front of it.When the camera shutter blinked inside an Atlanta jail on Thursday, it both created and documented a tiny inflection point in American life. Captured for posterity, there was a former president of the…
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Why Biden and Trump need each other in order to win in 2024 CNNsource
Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro, who was among the 19 defendants indicted in Georgia Monday for efforts to overturn the 2020 election, was present outside the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, CNN reported Friday, a discovery that could help prosecutors in their case against the Trump ally.Trump supporters clash with…
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Legal Some scholars say Trump is disqualified under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause. Here’s how the courts might wade in. Under a legal theory that’s gaining traction among Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans, a seldom-used clause in the 14th Amendment arguably disqualifies former President Donald Trump from ever holding office again. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images By…
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is walking a fine line when it comes to President Biden, endorsing him ahead of the 2024 election while also criticizing some of his policies and staying silent on what her role will be on the campaign trail heading into next year. The progressive congresswoman confirmed earlier this year that she…
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Trump’s trial date provides further proof the 2024 presidential race could be the most unusual in history. Plus, McConnell freezes again and a new poll on President Biden’s age raises new concerns about America’s leaders. Join moderator Jeffrey Goldberg, Kyle Cheney of Politico, Asma Khalid of NPR, Mark Leibovich of The Atlantic and Susan Page…
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Schiff said there is a “valid argument” for keeping Donald Trump off of ballots next year.
Video: New allegations made in Trump’s New York fraud case CNNsource
The GOP presidential candidate defended the indicted ex-president despite claiming he disagrees with much of his behavior during the 2020 election.
ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsJohn Eastman, the Trump-allied lawyer who created a memo arguing that then-Vice President Mike Pence could overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, is asking a California judge to postpone disbarment proceedings against him over concerns that he could face criminal charges after former President Donald Trump’s federal indictment last week.In his third indictment…
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Republican strategist Terry Sullivan on Sunday called out 2024 GOP primary candidates for not engaging directly enough with former President Trump, the leading primary candidate by far, saying they have no chance of winning the party’s nomination if they avoid attacking the front-runner. Sullivan, who managed Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-Fla.) 2016 presidential campaign, warned 2024…
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Trump stiffed his alleged co-conspirators, whose false claims brought in $250 million CNBCsource
ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsATLANTA — Rudy Giuliani, who championed former President Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen election, pleaded not guilty Friday in the Georgia interference case.Giuliani “waives formal arraignment, pleads NOT GUILTY to all pending charges” in the indictment, attorneys for the former New York City mayor said in a court filing…
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Sen. Mike Rounds said he hopes he does not have to decide whether to vote in the general election for Trump, who is the Republican front-runner.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, former UN ambassador, on Sunday explained her pledge to support former President Trump as the eventual nominee, even if he is convicted in any of the criminal cases against him, by saying she did not foresee that scenario playing out. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Haley…
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Trump administration ‘erased’ lines between official and political business, says fmr. RNC lawyer NBC Newssource
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy meets with President Donald Trump on Air Force One during Trump’s stop at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on June 26, 2019. (White House photo by Sheila Craighead) Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy spoke publicly Thursday for the first time about his decision to endorse Republican former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential…
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Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) on Sunday defended the mission of No Labels against criticism that if the group launched a third-party ticket, it could dilute the voting pool and end up handing the election to former President Trump — a prospect at odds with the group’s core mission. In an interview that aired…
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New Hampshire, Michigan and Arizona are bracing for lawsuits.Efforts to keep former President Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment are gaining momentum as election officials in key states are preparing for or starting to respond to legal challenges to Trump's candidacy.The argument to disqualify Trump from appearing on primary or general…
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