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☆ Trump attacks judge in NY fraud case who fined him $15,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., October 25, 2023. In that case, Trump is prohibited from publicly targeting Smith or potential witnesses, both of whom he has frequently referenced online and on the campaign trail. "He is a judge that found me GUILTY before the trial even started," Trump said of Engoron in his social media screed Thursday. Engoron fined Trump $5,000 in that instance and warned him that future violations would yield more severe sanctions, potentially including imprisonment. Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, October 25, 2023.

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☆ All the people starting to turn on Trump are really starting to add up
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The news that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is cooperating should concern Trump. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementThus far, most of the investigations into Trump, especially his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, have relied on lower-ranking aides. Willis previously issued a sweeping indictment against Trump and his allies for trying to overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential election results. There's also the original Trump flipper, his former fixer Michael Cohen, who testified in Trump's civil fraud trial on Tuesday.

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☆ ACLU says Trump gag order in DC election interference case violates First Amendment
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, October 25, 2023. The American Civil Liberties Union argued Wednesday that the gag order slapped on former President Donald Trump in his federal election interference case violates the U.S. Constitution. The ACLU, a frequent and vocal critic of Trump that applauded his criminal indictment in the federal case in Washington, D.C., said that the restrictions placed on his speech run afoul of the First Amendment. "No modern-day president did more damage to civil liberties and civil rights than President Trump," said the group's executive director, Anthony Romero, in a press release. "But if we allow his free speech rights to be abridged, we know that other unpopular voices — even ones we agree with — will also be silenced," Romero said.

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☆ Mark Meadows quietly testified that he told Trump the election wasn't being stolen, reports say. But his book still pushed election fraud claims.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Sarah Gray | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Unnamed sources familiar with the situation told ABC News and Bloomberg that Meadows testified before a federal grand jury hearing evidence in the election interference probe. It was not clear what Terwilliger told ABC News was inaccurate. Both ABC News and Bloomberg reported that Meadows told the grand jury he had informed Trump in the immediate aftermath of the 2020 election that claims of mass election fraud were baseless. AdvertisementAdvertisementMeadows also doubled down on the election fraud claims well after he and Trump left the White House, despite what the recent reporting says he told the grand jury. CNN noted that Meadows wrote in the book he did try to explain to Trump how he lost the election.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump are raising new challenges to the federal election subversion case against him, telling a judge that the indictment should be dismissed because it violates the former president's free speech rights and represents a vindictive prosecution. Special counsel Jack Smith's team urged a judge last week to reject that argument and is expected to do the same for the latest motions. It is routine for defendants to ask a judge to dismiss the charges against them, but such requests are rarely granted. In Trump's case, though, the challenges to the indictment could at a minimum force a delay in a prosecution that is set for trial in Washington next March. Political Cartoons View All 1215 Images“The fact that the indictment alleges that the speech at issue was supposedly, according to the prosecution, ‘false’ makes no difference,” the defense wrote.

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That happened Sunday when Trump posted on social media, in capital letters, that Powell “was not my attorney, and never was." Smith's indictment notes Trump privately told others that he thought her election fraud ideas sounded “crazy." Campaigning in New Hampshire on Monday, Trump appeared to refer to Powell and Cheesbro as “good people” and said prosecutors worked to “hound” and “scare” them. Steve Sadow, Trump's lead attorney in the Georgia case, expressed confidence that Powell’s plea wouldn’t hurt Trump, saying last week that any truthful testimony offered would be "favorable to my overall defense strategy." The Georgia indictment accuses Powell in a plot to illegally access a county's voting equipment.

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☆ An Australian billionaire said Trump called him to say, 'I just bombed Iraq today': report
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Pratt revealed in a secret recording that Trump often shared sensitive information with him. AdvertisementAdvertisementPratt added that Trump also shared information about a private call with then-Iraqi President Barham Salih after the strikes. And the President of Iraq called me up and said, 'You just leveled my city,''" Pratt recalled Trump saying. According to Pratt, Trump responded to Salih, "OK what are you going to do about it?" The recording doesn't disclose which military operation in Iraq Trump and Pratt discussed.

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Former President Donald Trump's lawyers told a court Tuesday that they are appealing a narrow gag order imposed on him in his federal 2020 election interference case. But Chutkan, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, said Trump can't mount a “smear campaign” against prosecutors and court personnel. At rallies and in social media posts, Trump has repeatedly sought to vilify Smith, other prosecutors, likely witnesses and even the judge. Smith’s team argued that Trump knows that his incendiary remarks could inspire his supporters to threaten or harass his targets. The case, which accuses Trump of scheming to subvert the results of the election, is scheduled to go to trial in March.

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Judges can threaten gag order violators with fines or jail time, but jailing a presidential candidate could prompt serious political blowback and pose logistical hurdles. A gag order may also slow down the case because it's likely Trump either violates it and the judge will want to punish him or Trump will challenge the order in advance, he said. In one case, a federal appeals court in 1987 lifted a gag order on U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Sr., a Tennessee Democrat charged in a fraud case. Ford’s gag order prohibited him from even sharing his opinion of or discussing facts of the case. He said he was dubious that Trump’s attacks, “while in very poor taste,” posed the kind of danger to merit a gag order.

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They pointed to Trump's recent disparagement of the clerk of the New York judge overseeing a civil case against him that caused the judge to issue a limited gag order. Smith's team wants the judge to issue a written questionnaire to weed out potential jurors before jury selection begins in the case scheduled for trial in March. "Such a precaution is not only necessary to ensure that all parties handle sensitive juror information responsibly, but also so that the Court can assure prospective and seated jurors in this case that no party will improperly use their names or other identifying information," prosecutors wrote. John Lauro, an attorney for Trump, did not immediately return a message seeking comment but the government’s motion indicates that defense attorneys oppose it. Political Cartoons View All 1206 Images____Associated Press reporter Eric Tucker in Washington contributed.

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☆ Trump allegedly revealed sensitive info about nuclear submarines, according to reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

After he left the White House, former President Donald Trump allegedly shared sensitive information about U.S. nuclear submarines with an Australian billionaire who is a member of his Mar-a-Lago club, according to a pair of reports published on Thursday. Trump shared the information with Anthony Pratt during an April 2021 conversation at the Palm Beach, Fla., golf club, according to ABC News, which first reported the development. The New York Times also confirmed the former president shared the information with Pratt, citing two people familiar with the matter. Trump shared the number of warheads that U.S. submarines typically carry and how close they can get to Russian submarines without being detected, according to both ABC and the New York Times. Trump didn't show any government documents to him during the meeting or any other time at Mar-a-Lago, sources told ABC News.

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☆ Trump seeks classified docs trial after election, says feds delaying evidence sharing
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Walt Nauta, personal aide to former U.S. President Donald Trump who faces charges of being Trump's co-conspirator in the alleged mishandling of classified documents, fixes Trump's collar before a LIV Golf Pro-Am golf tournament at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, U.S. May 25, 2023. Donald Trump asked a judge to delay his criminal classified documents trial in Florida from May until after the November 2024 presidential election, saying prosecutors are dragging their feet in sharing evidence with his lawyers. Trump's attorneys in a Wednesday night court filing also said prosecutors have "demanded a conflicting schedule" in special counsel Jack Smith's other federal criminal case against the former president, in Washington, D.C.Trump is charged in D.C. with illegally conspiring to reverse his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden. That case is set to begin trial in early March. The dueling schedules "currently require President Trump and his lawyers to be in two places at once," defense lawyers complained.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have asked a judge to postpone his classified documents trial until after next year's presidential election, saying they have not received all the records they need to review to prepare his defense. The trial on charges of illegally hoarding classified documents, among four criminal cases the Republican former president is facing, is currently scheduled for May 20, 2024, in Florida. In a motion filed late Wednesday, Trump's lawyers urged U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to push back the trial until at least mid-November 2024. The presidential election is set for Nov. 5, 2024, with Trump currently leading the GOP field in the months before the primary season. The defense lawyers say Trump's two co-defendants in the case, his valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira, are joining in the request.

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☆ These are the battle lines for the House GOP's chaotic future
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

House Republicans are offering competing demands for whoever wants to be the next speaker. AP Photo/Carolyn KasterBefore this week, no House speaker had ever been removed by the so-called "motion to vacate." His successor and House Republicans as a whole must now determine its future. Republicans vote amongst themselves — likely next week — behind closed doors for who should be the next speaker. Traditionally, Republicans would then vote for this candidate in the public vote on the House floor.

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☆ Trump bragged to an Australian businessman about a highly secret detail regarding US submarines
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump also may have shared highly sensitive details with an Australian billionaire, per ABC News. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . A Trump spokesperson told Insider in an email that the leak of the disclosure is "illegal" and lacks "proper context and relevant information." It's unclear if Trump relayed accurate information, but investigators have asked Pratt not to repeat it elsewhere, sources told ABC News. AdvertisementAdvertisementAccording to the report, the potentially sensitive discussion around submarines came up after Pratt remarked to Trump that Australia should buy US submarines.

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Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are slamming prosecutors' request for a narrow gag order in his 2020 election subversion case in Washington, calling it an effort to “unconstitutionally silence” his political speech. In court papers filed late Monday, attorneys for Trump urge U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to deny the proposal to bar the Republican ex-president from making inflammatory and intimidating comments about witnesses, lawyers and other people involved in the criminal case. "If the prosecution wishes to avoid criticism for abusing its power, the solution is simple: stop abusing its power. Prosecutors told the judge that a “narrow, well-defined” order was necessary to preserve the integrity of the case and to avoid prejudicing potential jurors. There's a high bar for recusal, and Smith’s team has said there is no valid basis to have the judge removed from the case.

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So from that perspective, if I’m DOJ, I’d much rather have a Miami jury pool than a Fort Pierce jury pool,” he added. Given its sprawling geographic size, the district has five courthouses — in Key West, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Fort Pierce. “The bigger issue is going to become, can the Fort Pierce courtroom handle this case? “And if they send it to Miami, how are they going to get the jurors there because technically it’s not a Miami case." In St. Lucie, home to Fort Pierce, he won by only 50.4%, but Republicans have continued to gain ground there, and Florida Gov.

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☆ Matt Gaetz calls reports that he's running for governor 'clickbait' — but he's not denying it and claims 'dozens' of his former colleagues are pushing him to run
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

On Monday afternoon, NBC News reported that Rep. Matt Gaetz is expected to run for governor. Gaetz told Insider in a statement the report was "overblown clickbait." He said that "dozens" of his former colleagues in the state legislature asked him to run. When Gaetz attended a local GOP event on Sunday evening, he "strongly implied several times he would be running for governor," according to NBC. In a statement to Insider, Gaetz downplayed the report.

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☆ Rudy Giuliani's ex-lawyers sue him for the $1.4 million they say he owes for defending him in election interference investigations
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Jack Newsham | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rudy Giuliani's ex-lawyer has filed a lawsuit seeking nearly $1.4 million in unpaid bills. Costello and Giuliani's advisor Ted Goodman didn't immediately respond to requests for comment on Monday evening. One of Trump's PAC has also paid $340,000 to a legal records firm that Giuliani owed money to, records show. In July, a panel of the DC Bar recommended that Giuliani's law license be revoked. Giuliani isn't the only Trump ally to fail to pay legal fees to Costello.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is challenging efforts by former President Donald Trump to disqualify the Washington judge presiding over the case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith's team wrote in a court filing late Thursday that there was “no valid basis” for U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to recuse herself. Chutkan did not say, prosecutors wrote, that Trump was legally or morally to blame for the events of Jan. 6 or that he deserved to be punished. The defendant cannot meet this heavy burden.”Trump's motion is unlikely to succeed given the high standard for recusal. A similar effort to seek the recusal of a judge in a separate New York prosecution he faces was unsuccessful.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors in the case charging Donald Trump with scheming to overturn the 2020 presidential election are alleging that the former president has targeted individuals with threats, harassment and inflammatory statements, a judge said Friday. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan made the revelation in an order permitting special counsel Jack Smith's team to file a redacted motion on the topic that will black out the names and identifying information of the individuals who say they have been targeted. “The history of harassment and threats towards the individuals whose information has been redacted demonstrates the real likelihood that they could suffer further intimidation upon disclosure of their identities,” Chutkan wrote. “And the government’s proposed redactions are tailored to mitigate that risk, covering only those individuals’ identifying information in a handful of instances and the witness interview transcripts.”Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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☆ A Mar-a-Lago worker and witness in the classified documents case has flipped on Trump and now won't be prosecuted
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Associated Press | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An IT manager was asked to delete surveillance footage at Mar-a-Lago, the Justice Department alleged. That footage was alleged to show Donald Trump's aide moving boxes of classified documents. The IT manager struck a cooperation deal and testified before a federal grand jury. A cooperation agreement generally requires an individual to assist a criminal investigation in exchange for not being prosecuted. The indictment alleges that De Oliveira, Mar-a-Lago's property manager, told Taveras — identified in court papers as "Trump Employee 4" — that "the boss" wanted surveillance footage deleted.

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White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges in the Georgia election subversion case, joining two other allies of former President Donald Trump. Meadows went from being one of Trump's top Republican allies in the U.S. House of Representatives to becoming his White House chief of staff. Meadows attended White House meetings related to attempts to undo Trump's election defeat. Eastman represented Trump in a long-shot lawsuit to overturn voting results in four states Trump lost in 2020.

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☆ Trump federal election trial set for March 4, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"In our judgment, that trial date is inconsistent with President Trump's right to due process and the right to effective assistance of counsel," Lauro said in the hearing. But Trump's proposal for an April 2026 trial date went "far beyond what is necessary," the judge said, NBC News reported. A federal judge on Monday set a March 4, 2024, trial date in former President Donald Trump 's criminal election interference case, putting the top Republican presidential candidate on trial in Washington, D.C., seven months before the 2024 general election . Trump, a top Republican presidential candidate who is facing four separate criminal cases, has sought to move his trials past the November 2024 election. Chutkan noted Monday that she spoke with the New York judge overseeing Trump's case in Manhattan, which is also set to go to trial in March.

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☆ Photos: Trump indicted in Georgia election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald Trump plans to turn himself in and be processed at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta on Thursday after a grand jury indicted him on state charges related to the Georgia election subversion case. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis accuses Trump, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, ex-Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani and others of being part of a broad "criminal enterprise" after Trump lost the election in Georgia. Earlier this month, he was indicted by a federal grand jury in special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election leading up to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. In June, a federal grand jury in Florida charged Trump in Smith's classified documents probe, and in March, a Manhattan grand jury indicted the former president on business fraud charges related to a hush money payment to an adult film star. Trump, who is running for president in 2024 and is the GOP front-runner, has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and accused Democrats of targeting him politically.

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