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Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan got into a heated exchange Tuesday when the White House hopeful appeared to avoid answering Hasan’s repeated questions over his past criticism of former President Trump.  “You say he [Trump] behaved in downright abhorrent behavior that makes him a danger to democracy. What was it…
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The former president called his indictments a “scam” and said he hoped the cases would be dismissed.

A HuffPost review of travel shows Joe Biden, fending off concerns about his age, taking more trips this year than Donald Trump.

Trump suffers big loss in E. Jean Carroll defamation case, judge says he’s liable  CNBC Trump suffers loss in second E Jean Carroll defamation case  BBC Trump found liable for defamation in writer Carroll’s second lawsuit  Reuters.com source

Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges of mishandling classified materials.Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty in June to a 37-count indictment related to his handling of classified materials, after prosecutors said he repeatedly refused to return hundreds of documents containing classified information ranging from U.S. nuclear secrets to the nation's defense capabilities, and…
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Jason Miller, a longtime adviser to former President Trump, said Wednesday the former president does not need to debate until his GOP rivals “show they belong even on the same stage.”  “[Trump is] up by a lot, I don’t think he needs to [debate] right now. I think he’s in the driver’s seat,” Miller said…
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Trump’s Truth Social tipped FBI to man killed during arrest attempt for Biden threats  CNBCsource

Unclear what charges president’s son will face but he has been under investigation for potential tax and gun law violations. This blog is now closedIn a court filing, federal prosecutors have said they plan to indict Hunter Biden by 29 September, Reuters reports. It is unclear what charges he will face.The president’s son has been…
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An arrest spectacle Trump’s rivals don’t want to see  CNNsource

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – The Fulton County judge overseeing one of the most legally complex and socially contentious trials in American history rejected a request from two of the co-defendants to sever their cases from the drama’s central figure, who just happens to be the 45th U.S. president.On Wednesday, during the first-ever live…
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The problem for Pence and the others running against his former boss: Today’s GOP voters appear to favor the coup-attempting former president over their longtime icon.

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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