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AdvertisementDonald Trump sits next to his attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove during the former president's criminal hush-money trial in Manhattan. Eric Trump listens as his father, Donald Trump, speaks to the media in the courtroom hallway during the former president's criminal hush-money trial. Vance listens as Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Manhattan courthouse where his hush-money trial is taking place. AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump speaks alongside his wife, former first lady Melania Trump, during a rare joint appearance as they arrived to vote in Florida's primary election. "There was no crime," Donald Trump railed Tuesday as he spoke to reporters in the courtroom hallway.

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☆ Melania Trump says Donald's youngest son, Barron, won't be a Florida RNC delegate — report
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Barron Trump has declined Florida's offer to serve as a Republican National Convention delegate. Florida Republicans had chosen Barron to nominate his father, Donald Trump, at the RNC. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementBarron Trump, 18, has declined Florida's invitation to serve as a delegate at the Republican National Convention (RNC) this summer, Melania Trump's office confirmed to the Daily Mail. Florida Republicans had selected Barron Trump as a delegate to the RNC in Milwaukee this July, where he would have nominated his father as the presidential nominee.

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AdvertisementDonald Trump enters his first criminal trial every day flanked by lawyers, court officers, Secret Service members, and political advisors. AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump speaks alongside his wife, former first lady Melania Trump, during a rare joint appearance as they arrived to vote in Florida's primary election. Bederow explained that Melania Trump's courtroom support could be "potentially very powerful" given the salacious nature of the hush-money case against Trump. Danilewitz said Trump's defense team may have a different strategy in mind when it comes to Melania Trump. If Trump's family does decide to show up Monday, they might want to wear sweaters.

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PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Funeral services for former first lady Melania Trump's mother, Amalija Knavs, are scheduled for Thursday at a church not far from the family's Mar-a-Lago estate. Amalija Knavs was at a 2018 ceremony where the first lady debuted her “Be Best” public awareness campaign to help children. Amalija Knavs was a textile worker and homemaker, while her husband worked as chauffeur before becoming a car dealer. The former first lady, 53, attended high school in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, and changed her name to Melania Knauss when she started modeling. Their lawyer said at the time that they applied for citizenship on their own and didn’t get any special treatment.

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☆ Trump lawyer complains 'it's insanely prejudicial' the E. Jean Carroll trial won't stop for his mother-in-law's funeral
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"I think it's insanely prejudicial," Habba told US District Judge Lewis Kaplan Wednesday morning. AdvertisementUnder longstanding Supreme Court precedent, Kaplan said, Trump has a legal right to be represented at his trial either personally, or by lawyers standing in for him. The trial, which began Tuesday, is focused on two statements Trump made defaming Carroll in 2019. Carroll previously took Trump to trial last year, where a jury found him liable for sexually abusing her and defaming her in a different set of statements. Three days later, Habba asked for a one-week delay of the trial.

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☆ Donald Trump wanted to recreate his escalator entrance for the 2020 election, but Melania talked him out of it
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump wanted to recreate his famous escalator entrance from the 2016 election for the 2020 race. But Melania Trump talked him out of it, The Washington Post reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump wanted to recreate his famous 2015 escalator descent when announcing his 2020 reelection bid. But his wife, Melania, helped talk him out of it. That's according to The Washington Post, which published a lengthy story about the former first lady's whereabouts.

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☆ Even Melania's top advisors don't know what she did in the White House: 'It's a mystery'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Melania Trump's former aides said it wasn't entirely clear how she spent her time in the White House. Former President Trump has said he likes the air of mystery around his wife. AdvertisementAdvertisementMelania Trump's former top aides said there was an air of mystery to how she spent her time in the White House. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe first lady, Grisham told The Post, didn't understand the appeal of smaller scale events that are historically part of a presidential spouse's public profile. AdvertisementAdvertisement"I think part of the beauty is that mystery," the former president recently told Megyn Kelly when asked about his wife.

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☆ Fox News lost its mind over Trump's latest indictment, including host Jesse Watters' bizarre reference to Melania Trump's underwear
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Fox News hosts fumed after former President Donald Trump was indicted again Tuesday. At one point, he said the feds had been "rummaging" through Melania Trump's "underwear drawer." Watters said: "This is the establishment terrified of Donald Trump's reelection because of all the money that's going to dry up and all the influence. Additionally, Watters called the latest indictment against Trump "legal mumbo jumbo" and said the 45-page document read like an "MSNBC script." "Donald Trump is probably one of the most consequential leaders of our lifetime.

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☆ Trump says he'll stay in the presidential race even if he's awaiting prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump repeated his vow that even a conviction would not stop his presidential campaign. "Not at all," Trump told conservative radio host John Fredericks when asked if a conviction and sentence would end his campaign. The former president is correct there is nothing that would stop a presidential candidate from campaigning if one were to be convicted. Trump faces a growing array of legal issues, underlining how his presidential campaign has increasingly become a fight for his own survival. "It's always unpleasant when you have to go and tell your wife, tomorrow sometime I'm going to be indicted," Trump said.

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☆ Melania Trump keeps shooting down her husband's requests to campaign with him
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Sonam Sheth | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Melania Trump keeps rejecting Donald Trump's requests to appear with him on the 2024 campaign trail, according to the New York Times. Melania Trump hasn't just been absent from the campaign trail; she also hasn't been at any of Trump's court hearings. Melania Trump appeared with Trump on the campaign trail when he officially announced his 2024 presidential bid in November. When Trump first announced his presidential campaign in 2016, many wondered how Melania Trump — who had previously been ensconced in the fashion world — would make her mark on the campaign trail. While Trump was in office, Melania Trump generally sought to focus on issues affecting children, which she said would also be a priority should her husband win the presidency again.

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☆ Melania Trump retreated from the public eye because of tell-all books and her rocky relationship with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former first lady Melania Trump has not been a major presence on the campaign trail. People close to the first lady brought up tell-all books which cast her in an unfavorable light. Per The Times, Melania Trump had a sometimes strained relationship with Ivanka Trump — her stepdaughter — and son-in-law Jared Kushner. And Wolkoff's book, "Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady," also presented Melania Trump unfavorably. While Melania Trump has so far chosen not to join her husband on the campaign trail this year, she is poised to be a more visible presence next year.

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☆ Melania Trump started a scholarship program called 'Fostering the Future,' but no charity with that name is registered in New York or Florida
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Sonam Sheth | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former first lady Melania Trump started a scholarship program called "Fostering the Future" last year. One person who said he received funds from the program told The Times he got it through a friend who knows the Trumps. But there's no charity with that name registered in New York or Florida, The New York Times reported. A person familiar with the scholarship program told the paper that "more than two" scholarships have been awarded as part of the program but did not provide further details. There was no indication of how much money would be retained by Melania Trump, per the newspaper.

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☆ Casey DeSantis hits back at reports calling her 'Walmart Melania': 'I do shop at Walmart'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An opinion piece published by The Daily Beast referred to Casey DeSantis as "the Walmart Melania." In a "Fox & Friends" interview on Thursday, Florida's first lady brushed off the criticism. In Thursday's interview, "Fox & Friends" host Ainsley Earhardt asked Casey how she deals with the criticism. Ron DeSantis, his wife, Casey DeSantis, and their children Mason, Madison, and Mamie during his inauguration ceremony outside the Old Capitol on January 3, 2023, in Tallahassee, Florida. Lynne Sladky/AP"One thing that the corporate media did get right about me, I do shop at Walmart," Casey DeSantis said.

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☆ Ranked: The 14 wildest past jobs of presidents, popes and prime ministers. And Zelenskyy's isn't even the strangest.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Next time you're sweeping the floor on a long shift, remember Pope Francis once did the same thing. Insider looked into the former lives of a handful of world leaders with unconventional pasts. Top editors give you the stories you want — delivered right to your inbox each weekday. Loading Something is loading. But on their way to high office, a handful of world leaders have tasted more interesting lives across a variety of fields — whether it's hawking goods, driving buses, or recording a funk album.

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☆ Michael Cohen has 'zero confidence' that Trump will comply with a new protective order in the hush-money case
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Michael Cohen has "less than zero confidence" Trump will obey a protective order in the hush-money case. This latest development in the hush-money prosecution comes six weeks after Trump was arraigned on 34-counts of falsifying business records. Lawyers for Trump declined to comment on the protective order or Cohen's comments. It's also routine for judges to ask the defendant to acknowledge, in court, that a protective order has been issued, Saland said. Trump's words have already created a stir in the hush-money case, she added.

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☆ Trump could admit to having an affair — if only so he can use Melania as a defense if his case ever makes it to trial, legal experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Three former prosecutors told Insider that AG Alvin Bragg's hush-money case against Trump is weak. But if the matter does make it to trial, the former president could use his wife to his benefit. More than a week after former President Donald Trump was indicted on 34 charges of falsifying business records, legal experts are skeptical of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case. Three former prosecutors speculated about possible defense strategies the former president might use in such a case. But legal experts stressed that any speculation about a possible Trump defense at this point is still entirely conjecture.

☆ Melania Trump hits back at Page Six and People over anonymous sourcing and 'assumptions' about her marriage to Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Melania Trump is pushing back on reports about how she's processing her husband's indictment. The statement also did not reveal her state of mind over her husband's alleged infidelity or the public scrutiny of their 18-year marriage. The New York Post's Page Six separately reported that Melania Trump agreed to play a bigger part in her husband's 2024 campaign. The publication quoted an anonymous source recounting that Donald Trump pleaded with his wife to join him on the campaign, telling her, "I really need you." Ivanka Trump was also notably absent from the Mar-a-Lago event on April 4, though his other children, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Tiffany Trump, and Baron Trump attended, as did Viktor Knavs, Melania Trump's father.

☆ Donald Trump's Save America PAC paid Melania's stylist $132,000 in 2022 for 'strategy consulting'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Melania Trump's stylist received $132,000 for "strategy consulting" in 2022, FEC filings show. Herve Pierre Braillard designed Melania Trump's dress for her husband's inaugural ball. Reports of Save America PAC paying Braillard first emerged in August 2022, showing at that time that the fund had paid the stylist $60,000 for "strategy consulting." The Federal Elections Commission does not allow PACs to spend money on personal items, but leadership PACs such as Save America PAC have fewer spending restrictions. Trump's Save America PAC was established in November 2020, just days after President Joe Biden's election victory, and has fundraised on the back of promoting voter fraud claims and supporting Trump's chosen candidates.

☆ Hope Hicks, former Trump aide, on Jan. 6: ‘We all look like domestic terrorists now’
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Summer-Concepcion-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Summer Concepcion | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Hope Hicks, who served as a top adviser to former President Donald Trump, told an aide to Ivanka Trump that “we all look like domestic terrorists now” as the Capitol riot unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021. In texts released by the House Jan. 6 committee, Hicks expressed concerns about the consequences of Trump’s actions to Julie Radford, who was then Ivanka Trump’s chief of staff. She departed the White House several days after the Jan. 6 insurrection after serving as a counselor to the president. She previously served as White House communications director as well as director of strategic communications. Before joining the Trump White House, Hicks worked for Trump’s presidential campaign, the Trump Organization and Ivanka Trump’s fashion brand.

☆ Kellyanne Conway says Donald Trump 'reserves fear for one person' — his wife Melania
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kellyanne Conway says Melania Trump is the one person Donald Trump fears. "I texted Melania Trump that day, though, for sure," Conway told the panel's investigators. "He reserves — he listens to many of us, but he reserves fear for one person, Melania Trump." Grisham told The Washington Examiner that "MT" was Melania Trump. Conway and representatives for Donald and Melania Trump did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

☆ Trump shares article saying Melania put up better Christmas decorations in the White House than Jill Biden
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump shared an opinion article that complimented his wife's White House Christmas decor on Tuesday. It is titled "Flashback to When Things Were Better: Melania Trump's WH Christmas Decorations Throughout the Years" and compares the Christmas decorations of the former first lady and Jill Biden. Melania Trump's non-traditional Christmas decorations during their time in the White House were frequently mocked on social media. Melania Trump herself has privately expressed exasperation with the process of decorating the White House. The theme of 2022's White House Christmas decorations was "We the People."

Christopher Gregory/Getty ImagesDonald McGahn, Trump campaign counsel: I was at the top. Trump's 2016 campaign aides said they paid about 50 people, including part-time actors, to appear as supporters for his 2016 campaign announcement. Corey Lewandowski, Trump campaign managerCorey Lewandowski: I called my wife just as we were getting onto the plane. Stuff that would be from Mars on any other campaign was perfectly normal for the Trump campaign. Mark J. Terrill/AP photo Show less Trump at the Republican National Convention while Cruz speaks on July 20, 2016.

☆ Pence says that Melania told Trump 'to be more like Mike' following the president's chaotic performance in the first 2020 presidential debate
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mike Pence says Melania Trump told Donald Trump that the president should be more like his VP. Pence says the comment came after his 2020 vice presidential debate performance. "'Melania says I gotta be more like Mike,'" Pence says Trump told him, following the president's disastrous first debate. "'Melania says I gotta be more like Mike,'" Pence says Trump told him following the 2020 vice presidential debate. As is tradition, the only vice presidential debate follows the first presidential debate.

☆ Donald Trump says a simple disclaimer gives him immunity from fraud. Could he have a point?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-02 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The statements were unsealed last week as part of NY AG Letitia James' fraud lawsuit against Trump. Trump told Sean Hannity the disclaimers absolve him of responsibility and the AG has "no case." "We have a disclaimer," Trump told the Fox News host. But Trump told Hannity none of that would matter because each Statement of Financial Condition begins with a warning. The opening paragraphs of the disclaimer for Donald Trump's 2012 Statement of Financial Condition (highlights added).

☆ Donald Trump is back at Mar-a-Lago and raging about FBI agents not taking off their shoes while searching his bedroom
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump said on Truth Social that he's finally had a look around Mar-a-Lago. He said FBI agents did not take off their shoes in his bedroom. "It was 'ransacked,' and in far different condition than the way I left it," Trump wrote on Truth Social. This is not the first time Trump has expressed anger at the FBI agents who searched through his personal items. Earlier this month, Trump claimed the FBI made him look sloppy by purposely scattering documents on the ground to photograph them during Mar-a-Lago raid.

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