Former President Trump told his supporters earlier this year he would be their “retribution” if reelected. He told supporters last week he would direct the Justice Department (DOJ) to investigate “every Marxist prosecutor in America.” And Trump over the weekend vowed to “root out … the radical-left thugs that live like vermin within the confines…
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Glenn Kirschner picked apart a central claim in the former president’s newest move.
Exclusive The state’s attorney general is investigating the efforts of Republicans who falsely claimed to be Trump electors. Nevada State Republican chair Michael McDonald, seen here introducing Donald Trump at a party convention in 2018, was one of six Republicans who falsely claimed to be Nevada's authorized electors in December 2020. | L.E. Baskow/AP By…
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When Donald Trump ran for reelection in 2020, his campaign called Univision, the nation’s most influential Spanish-language network, “a leftist propaganda machine and a mouthpiece of the Democrat Party.”“We shall treat them accordingly,” top advisers promised.Three years later, Trump is treating Univision and its new corporate owners like long-lost friends. He hosted a trio of…
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Mary Lea Trump, an American psychologist and author, recently made headlines with her comments on the legal proceedings involving her uncle, former U.S. President Donald Trump. Mary Trump, who is critical of her uncle and the rest of the Trump family, has been vocal in her responses to Donald Trump’s testimony in his civil fraud…
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Help keep Salon independentTy Cobb, who served as Donald Trump's White House lawyer, predicted that the former president could be jailed for targeting his perceived opponents on social media.On Tuesday, Trump reposted a post on his Truth Social platform from a user calling for a "citizen's arrest" of New York Attorney General Letitia James and New…
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.President Joe Biden has a lot of unfinished business from his first term that he intends to continue if reelected. It’s a far different vision for the country than Donald Trump has outlined during his own campaign. (Nov. 12)FILE – Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., right, listens at right…
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Help keep Salon independentRumors of potential settlement talks on Tuesday swirled around the Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial is taking place.Frank Runyeon, a reporter for Law360, on Tuesday cited a “very curious” 25-minute delay in the trial resuming after an afternoon break. Trump attorney Alina Habba walked out of the…
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Watch CBS News By Graham Kates, Clare Hymes November 15, 2023 / 2:46 PM EST / CBS News Attorneys for former President Donald Trump are demanding a mistrial be declared in his New York fraud case, claiming the judge and his clerk have subjected the defendants to “tangible and overwhelming” bias and unfair treatment.The motion…
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© Copyright 2023, Des Moines Register and Tribune Co.Support for Nikki Haley has swelled in Iowa: The former United Nations ambassador has pulled even with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in what has become a heated battle for second place in the first-in-the-nation caucus state. But former President Donald Trump still dominates the race. He’s ahead by…
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Watch CBS News By Graham Kates Updated on: November 13, 2023 / 4:44 PM EST / CBS News In his civil fraud trial in New York, former President Donald Trump is accused of purposefully overvaluing his assets and Trump Organization properties to get better terms in deals, an alleged scheme that the state says netted him…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeDonald Trump stormed out of a New York City courtroom Wednesday after a heated day in court in which the former president was called to the witness stand in his $250 million state fraud case and fined $10,000 for violating a gag order.Trump’s abrupt…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeFormer President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform disclosed an accumulated loss of tens of millions of dollars, according to a filing released by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The securities filing was made by special acquisition company Digital World Acquisition Corp, which has planned…
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Ex-Trump Attorney Predicts Jail Time As Trump Goes ‘Off The Rails’ Yahoo Newssource
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s constant and escalating attacks on court officials – including this week’s re-posting of a call for a “citizens’ arrest” – could wind up landing the former president in jail, a former Trump White House special counsel said.“He’ll keep doing it until someone punches him in the nose,” said Ty Cobb, a…
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New York Democrats and Republicans alike say the mayor’s been wrongly targeted amid an FBI probe. Mayor Eric Adams "can't speculate" if he's getting targeted by the Biden administration, but his defenders are willing to go there for him, without evidence. | Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office By Jeff Coltin and Joe Anuta 11/15/2023 06:49 PM…
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Legal In an ongoing civil fraud case, Donald Trump Jr. launched his father’s legal defense with characteristic Trump bombast — and a fancy slideshow. Donald Trump Jr. spoke fondly of Trump Seven Springs, a sprawling estate in Westchester. | Stefan Jeremiah/AP By Erica Orden 11/13/2023 05:10 PM EST Link CopiedNEW YORK — Donald Trump’s defense…
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Help keep Salon independentAn attorney for Donald Trump must join the bar of a Washington, D.C., federal appellate court before he can participate in the former president's appeal of a partial gag order, the court said in a Wednesday letter. Trump lawyers John Lauro and Todd Blanche on Tuesday filed a notice of appeal in…
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The late-night host offers the former president a backhanded defense.
Gov.-elect Jeff Landry, at podium, introduces Aurelia Skipwith Giacometto, second from right, his choice to lead the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality at a press conference Nov. 15, 2023, at M.L. “Tigue” Moore at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Also pictured are Tim Hardy, part of Landry’s transition team, and the governor-elect’s wife, Sharon.…
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Donald Trump’s second-term agenda: More radical, less chaotic … Slatesource
Judge Sarah B. Wallace presides during the trial in a lawsuit over whether former President Donald Trump should be barred from the Colorado ballot, in court Nov. 1, 2023, in Denver. (AP, pool/Jack Dempsey)Trial coverageRead more from our reporting on the Trump 14th Amendment trial here.A Colorado judge on Wednesday will hear closing arguments in a…
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Forgot Your Password? New to The Nation? SubscribePrint subscriber? Activate your online accessThe former president’s rhetoric in a recent speech and on social media veered into openly eliminationist threats.Donald Trump speaks at the Florida Freedom Summit at the Gaylord Palms Resort on November 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Fla.Ever since Donald Trump’s surprise election to the…
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Considerable cloudiness. Low near 30F. Winds light and variable.. Considerable cloudiness. Low near 30F. Winds light and variable. Updated: November 15, 2023 @ 6:47 pm Speaker Mike Johnson has announced that he is supporting former President Donald Trump for the 2024 presidential election. Currently in SpokaneAs the wake-turned waters of Columbia calm, temperatures cool, and ripened…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timePresident Joe Biden on Tuesday decried former President Donald Trump’s recent remarks calling his political foes “vermin” as rhetoric reminiscent of Nazi Germany.During a rally in New Hampshire last weekend, Trump vowed to “root out” groups he characterized as “vermin” who act as “threats…
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