With one big exception, Republican candidates for the 2024 White House race are gathering on Wednesday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the first party-sanctioned primary debate. But former President Donald Trump, the frontrunner in the race, will not be there. His absence means the remaining candidates will have a harder time attracting the attention of Republican […]
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Trump to be arrested with $200,000 cash bond
Donald Trump has said he plans to turn himself in on Thursday to a court in the state of Georgia to face charges of election interference. A judge in Atlanta who is overseeing the former president’s case has set bail at $200,000. The agreement says Mr Trump can remain free pending trial so long as […]
What happens if Trump wins in 2024 before a conviction?
There is the potential for an unprecedented legal and constitutional battle next year involving Donald Trump, his trial in Georgia, and the results of the 2024 election, a legal expert has told Newsweek. Trump was indicted under Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ expansive 2020 election-interference investigation on August 14, along with 18 other defendants. […]
Trump to be booked into squalid Georgia Jail
In the coming days, Donald Trump will turn himself in to police in Georgia. His initial brush with the local criminal justice system is expected to last just hours – most other defendants are not so lucky. Authorities announced on Wednesday that Mr Trump and his fellow 18 defendants are “expected” to be booked at […]
Will the Georgia indictments do Trump in?
The fourth indictment of former President Donald Trump may be the most sweeping yet. The sprawling, 98-page case unveiled late Monday night opens up fresh legal ground and exposes more than a dozen of Trump’s allies to new jeopardy. But it also raises familiar legal issues of whether the First Amendment allows a politician to […]
Next 24 hours could be pivotal for Trump
Donald Trump looks set to know by Tuesday if he is to be indicted for a fourth time this year as part of a criminal investigation into his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. It has long been suggested that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will attempt to bring forward charges […]
Watch out Trump! Georgia indictments imminent
A grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, may soon consider charges against former President Donald Trump and allies who allegedly sought to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results, which he lost. The investigation, led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, began shortly after a recorded Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and […]
Trump asks for new Judge & change of venue
Donald Trump has said he will ask the judge in his alleged election fraud case to step aside on what he called “very powerful grounds”. He claimed that “there is no way I can get a fair trial” unless he has a different judge. His call came after the prosecution requested a court order that […]
DC Judge orders Trump to respond to ‘Threat’
The federal judge presiding over former President Trump’s election fraud case has ordered his attorneys to respond to prosecutors’ request for a protective order by Monday, according to a court filing Saturday. Judge Tanya Chutkan gave Trump’s attorneys a single business day to respond to special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a strict protective order […]
Pelosi says inquiry into Biden is a ‘waste of time’
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called House Republicans’ efforts to open an impeach inquiry into President Joe Biden a “waste of time.” “This is frivolous. This is a diversionary tactic,” the Democrat said on MSNBC on Friday. “I’m so proud of the Democrats in the Congress,” she added. The party “fully intends to take back […]
DOJ seeks protective order over Trump threat
Former President Donald Trump’s team issued a brief statement at around midnight on Friday that sought to clarify an earlier social media post that appeared to threaten revenge on people who “go after me.” The statement came after the Department of Justice (DOJ) sought a protective order from the judge overseeing the case against Trump […]
Can all politicians be accused of fraud for lying?
If there’s one word to describe what everyone might wish Washington would stop producing, it’s “unprecedented.” Yet here we go again, with special counsel Jack Smith’s unprecedented indictment of a politician for engaging in “a conspiracy to defraud the United States.” Be prepared for this new and startlingly elastic precedent to ensnare plenty of others. […]