A federal judge rejected Donald Trump’s request for a new trial after a jury found the former US president liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll. File image. A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s request for a new trial in the E. Jean Carroll abuse case. This after a jury found the …
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Sixteeen Republicans have been charged for participating in an alleged “false elector” scheme that aimed to overturn then-president Donald Trump 2020 election loss in the battleground state. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged the 16 Republicans with a series of felonies, including forgery, conspiracy to commit forgery, and conspiracy to commit election forgery. The charges carry possible penalties ranging from five …
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Guest-hosting MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes” on Tuesday, Ali Velshi argued that if one believes the evidence against Donald Trump in the federal investigation of his role in the Jan. 6 attack, then “the only possible response” is to charge him with crimes. “Our democracy itself is at stake,” Velshi said. .@AliVelshi: “This is about a real and existential …
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Former US president Donald Trump joked about his legal challenge while campaigning in Iowa on Tuesday, hours after announcing he had been told he was the target of another investigation. His appearance at an Elks Lodge in Cedar Rapids came after he posted on his Truth Social platform he had received a letter on Sunday, informing him he was the …
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Former US president Donald Trump said he expected to be charged over the 6 January attack on the US Capitol. Trump said he received a letter from special counsel Jack Smith on Sunday stating that he’s a target of the probe into the events of 6 January, 2021. The 77-year-old is already facing criminal charges for mishandling top secret government documents …
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Michigan’s attorney general has filed charges against 16 Republicans accused of being fake electors for Donald Trump after the 2020 election. Electors are people appointed to represent voters in presidential elections. The winner of the popular vote in each state determines which party’s electors are sent to the Electoral College, which meets in December after the election to certify the …
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Former US president Donald Trump said he has received a letter informing him that he is a target of the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. New federal charges, on top of existing state and federal counts in New York and Florida and a separate election interference investigation nearing conclusion in Georgia, …
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The former US president has claimed that he would be able to steer Russian and Ukrainian leaders towards a negotiated solution After repeatedly claiming that he could end the Russia-Ukraine conflict within 24 hours if elected as US president again in 2024, former commander-in-chief Donald Trump has outlined his plan for bringing about a negotiated peace agreement. Trump, currently the …
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On Saturday night, Donald Trump delivered a speech at the annual conference for the right wing young Republican nonprofit Turning Point USA, and it was… a lot. And on Sunday morning, MSNBC’s Ali Velshi warned that in the speech Trump “was basically openly plotting how he’s going to weaponize the government.” “We are dangerously close to Donald Trump rising to …
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The presidential scion’s lawyers have claimed Trump’s comments could lead to injury to the Biden family Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, sent a ‘cease and desist’ letter to former president Donald Trump on Thursday, warning that continuing to target the troubled 53-year-old on social media could result in “even more legal trouble” for the Republican presidential hopeful. …
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