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☆ Melania Trump Avoids the Courtroom, but Is Said to Share Her Husband’s Anger
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In January 2018, when she first saw reports that her husband had paid off a porn star, Melania Trump was furious. She eventually returned, only to take a separate car to Donald J. Trump’s first State of the Union address. As a criminal trial against Mr. Trump opened on Monday, on charges that he had falsified records to cover up that sex scandal involving Stormy Daniels, Mrs. Trump did not appear. She has long privately referred to the case involving Ms. Daniels as “his problem” and not hers. But Mrs. Trump, the former first lady, shares his view that the trial itself is unfair, according to several people familiar with her thinking.

Persons: Melania Trump, Donald J, Trump’s, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Daniels Organizations: Mr Locations: Palm, Washington

Donald Trump is in court for his first criminal trial. It is the grimy, hot, and poorly lit location of the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president. Monday marked the start of jury selection, presided over by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan and expected to last up to two weeks. Just before the lunch break, Christopher Conroy, an assistant district attorney, accused Trump of violating the gag order. AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump appears with his legal team at the start of jury selection in his criminal trial in New York City.

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Read previewThe judge presiding over Donald Trump's historic criminal trial has barred testimony that the former president's wife, Melania Trump, was pregnant at the time a former Playboy model says she had an affair with Donald Trump. Additionally, Steinglass explained that during the trial, he planned to bring into evidence how McDougal claims she had the affair with Trump while Melania Trump was pregnant with their now-18-year-old son Barron. AdvertisementThe McDougal-Trump narrative includes "that Karen McDougal was a former Playboy model," and that the affair began "when his wife, Melania, was pregnant with his child," Steinglass said. AdvertisementDonald Trump's lead attorney, Todd Blanche, argued strenuously against any evidence concerning a "literally just salacious with no value." Merchan ruled that he would allow prosecutors to talk about Trump's alleged affair with McDougal during the trial — but that he would not permit them to mention that Melania Trump was pregnant at the time.

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☆ Seth Meyers Slams Trump’s $50 Million Fund-Raiser
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. ‘Not One to Exaggerate’Donald Trump made an appearance at a campaign fund-raiser held by a billionaire donor, John Paulson, in his Palm Beach home on Saturday. The Trump campaign said it raised more than $50 million. The former first lady Melania Trump was also in attendance, where, Seth Meyers joked, “she finally got to meet an actual billionaire.”

Persons: ’ Donald Trump, John Paulson, Trump, Melania Trump, Seth Meyers, “, ” Organizations: Netflix Locations: Palm

☆ Trump’s campaign said it raised $50.5 million at a high-dollar Florida fundraiser
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Donald Trump's campaign said it raised $50.5 million on Saturday, a staggering reported haul as his campaign works to catch up to the fundraising juggernaut of President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party. Trump and the GOP announced earlier in the week that they raised more than $65.6 million in March and closed out the month with $93.1 million. Biden and the Democrats announced Saturday that they took in more than $90 million last month and had $192 million-plus on hand. Campaign fundraising reports filed with the Federal Election Commission detailing donations from Saturday's event are not expected until a mid-July filing date. But when checks of any amount are written to the combined campaign, the campaign and Save America get paid first by default.

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☆ Melania Trump Plans to Appear at a Mar-a-Lago Fund-Raiser This Month
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Michael Gold | More About Michael Gold | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Melania Trump, who has been mostly absent from public view while her husband, Donald J. Trump, campaigns for president this year, will appear at a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago on April 20 for the Log Cabin Republicans, the group’s president said. The event, which was first reported by Politico, is a return of sorts to the political arena for Mrs. Trump, who has consistently stayed away from campaign events. Mr. Trump has insisted for months that Mrs. Trump would join him on the trail. And she did not join him at a Super Tuesday party at Mar-a-Lago, the couple’s home in Palm Beach, Fla.Last month, Mrs. Trump made a rare public appearance with Mr. Trump, accompanying him when he cast his ballot during Florida’s primary. When asked if she would appear more regularly this year, Mrs. Trump replied, “Stay tuned.”

Persons: Melania Trump, Donald J, Trump Organizations: Politico, Mar Locations: Mar, Lago, Palm Beach, Fla

☆ Melania Trump set to appear at fundraiser for Log Cabin Republicans at Mar-a-Lago
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Kit Maher | Kristen Holmes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former first lady Melania Trump is set to appear at a fundraiser for the Log Cabin Republicans, according to a source familiar with the event. The fundraiser for the conservative LGBTQ group will be held on April 20 at Mar-a-Lago. The former first lady has taken part in events with the Log Cabin Republicans since leaving the White House. Politico was first to report on Trump’s involvement with the fundraiser for the Log Cabin Republicans. As CNN previously reported, how frequently the former first lady will hit the campaign trail this year is entirely in her hands.

Persons: Melania Trump, Donald Trump’s, Melanie Trump, Politico, ”, ” Donald Trump, Megyn Kelly, “, She’s, Sunlen Serfaty Organizations: CNN, Mar, White Locations: Florida, Palm Beach

☆ Melania Trump’s role in the 2024 campaign remains up in the air
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Sunlen Serfaty | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“She’ll definitely have a role, but in terms of what that is, I don’t know,” a source close to the Trump campaign said. They assume Melania Trump will have some role – yet it has not been set. Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Tiffany Trump were there. That absence has only been heightened by her husband, who has been promising she’ll be on the campaign trail soon. “She loves our country very much,” Donald Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker in an interview in September.

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☆ Trump's lawyers dance for him when he's in the courtroom. At a criminal trial, that could torpedo his chances of winning.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

And at a criminal trial, causing a ruckus can bring its own consequences. In a criminal trial, Trump, along with his eager-to-please lawyers, must attend every day. he quipped in response to an argument from one of Trump's lawyers. Technically, Trump faces a maximum of four years in prison for each count he's charged with in his criminal case. The criminal trial will give Trump a chance to hold multiple campaign-boosting rallies before the hallway cameras each day.

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☆ A Stormy Daniels documentary comes out Monday, and Trump's hush-money lawyers are already raging. Here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewAdult film actor Stormy Daniels drops so many bombshells in the smart, surprisingly moving documentary, "Stormy," that it's no wonder former President Donald Trump's "hush money" case lawyers are now raging against it. 'Unacceptable'"Extraordinarily prejudicial," Trump's lawyers called the film in defense filings made public this week. There is also their client to consider, Trump's lawyers said, in the delay request made public Thursday. Trump's lawyers are meanwhile asking that Daniels — given name Stephanie Clifford — be barred from testifying at the hush-money trial. A still from the Peacock documentary, "Stormy."

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☆ Trump's NY hush money trial may be delayed a month or more by a last-minute evidence feud: court docs
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump's felony hush money trial had been scheduled to begin March 25 in Manhattan. Talk of delay was triggered by federal prosecutors producing 73,000 pages of long-awaited evidence. AdvertisementDonald Trump's felony hush money trial, long scheduled to begin March 25, may be delayed by a month or longer due to federal officials' last-minute production of 73,000 pages of evidence concerning their 2018 prosecution of Michael Cohen. The defense has only dragged its feet in seeking the same evidence, prosecutors said. The assistant prosecutor blamed the late, ongoing evidence dump — and the resulting need for a delay — on federal prosecutors and the Trump defense.

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I ended up loading all the luggage I had – and he had a bunch of boxes,” Butler said of Nauta. But I also have a bad feeling that what I’m saying is getting him into trouble,” Butler told CNN. Given his long history at Trump’s club, Butler shed light on potentially critical instances related to the disclosure of classified information. De Oliveira hung up the phone, happily, and told Butler that Trump would provide him an attorney, Butler says. I think we went to sit down,” Butler told CNN.

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☆ Opinion: Why ‘My Way’ won’t go away
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. “That is the way he spoke,” Anka told Ed Masley of the Arizona Republic. It may not go his way, but the failure of Congress to approve more aid to Ukraine likely is giving Putin hope. Whether Congress chooses to provide the continued financial support Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan desperately need will go a long way toward answering this question. “If Biden wants to improve his standing with voters,” wrote Jon Gabriel, “a Brownsville photo won’t cut it.

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☆ Biden is 'healthy, active, robust' White House doctor says after the president's annual physical amid concerns about Biden's age and memory
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewThe White House physician said President Joe Biden is "a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male" following Biden's annual exam. "He continues to be fit for duty and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations," Kevin O'Connor, the president's physician, wrote in a summary released by the White House. Biden spent most of the afternoon at Walter Reed Medical Center completing his third annual physical since his election. The White House and Biden's lawyers have vigorously disputed Hur's conclusion about the president's memory, arguing that the special counsel crossed the line in putting such conjecture into his lengthy report. While some tried to argue that Trump forgot the name of former first lady Melania Trump, the context suggests he was instead shouting out a former Trump White House official.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Kevin O'Connor, Biden, Robert Hur, Kate Porter, Donald Trump, Seth Meyers, Meyers, Mercedes, Trump, Melania Trump Organizations: Service, White, Walter Reed Medical Center, Business, California Democrat, Trump White House Locations: Mexico, Egypt, California

☆ Biden Tries to Turn the Tables on Trump: ‘He’s About as Old as I Am’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a playful but pointed interview that was to air early Tuesday morning, Mr. Meyers sought to help the president address the age issue, which polls show is an important drawback in the minds of most voters. Mr. Meyers jokingly told the president that he had obtained classified information indicating that “you are currently 81 years old.”Mr. Biden went along with the joke. “That’s classified!”He then went on to jab Mr. Trump, who is 77, over a video in which he seems to call his wife, Melania Trump, by another name. “You got to take the other guy,” Mr. Biden said. “He’s about as old as I am, but he can’t remember his wife’s name.”

Persons: Biden, Seth Meyers ”, Donald J, Trump, Meyers, Mr, ”, “, Melania Trump Organizations: NBC

Others in the GOP field have attacked transgender participation in athletics and proposed nationwide bans on affirming care for transgender minors. Transgender-related issues have become perhaps the biggest rallying call to Christian conservatives, more than abortion rights or same-sex marriage. As an ethical matter, I think it’s gross,” said Tim Miller, a former Republican political operative who worked as communications director for former Florida Gov. Several people interviewed at a recent Trump rally argued children were being wrongly confronted with issues of gender identity. Both Trump and Nikki Haley, his last major rival heading into South Carolina's Republican primary this coming Saturday, have leaned into anti-transgender rhetoric.

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Some might not reach trial this year, while one is set to begin in a matter of weeks. In all, Trump faces 40 felony charges in the classified documents case. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon set a trial date of May 20, 2024, though she has signaled that it may be pushed back. The Trump campaign called the charges “fake” and asked why it took two and a half years to bring them. That case is set to be first to proceed to trial, with a judge setting jury selection for March 25.

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Trump told a crowd in Conway, South Carolina, as he and Haley held events across the state ahead of its Feb. 24 Republican primary. Michael Haley began a yearlong stint in June with the South Carolina Army National Guard. Haley is being deployed as a staff officer with the 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, which the National Guard says is providing support in the Horn of Africa. “Donald, if you have something to say, don’t say it behind my back. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

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☆ 21 photos show Jenna Ortega's style evolution through the years
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ortega made a bold statement with her jacket at the Radio Disney Music Awards in 2018. Jenna Ortega attends the 2018 Radio Disney Music Awards. Jon Kopaloff/Getty ImagesThe actor wore a jacket with the printed message on the back: "I Do Care And U Should Too." Although she changed clothes before exiting the plane, Melania faced backlash from online critics. Ortega's jacket was custom-designed by ArtDoctors in collaboration with her stylist Enrique Melendez.

Persons: Ortega, Jenna Ortega, Jon Kopaloff, Melania Trump, Melania, ArtDoctors, Enrique Melendez, Melendez Organizations: Radio Disney Locations: Texas

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.

Persons: Melania, Amalija, Donald Trump, Knavs, Jan, Viktor Knavs, Amalija Knavs, Melanija, Ines, Trump, didn’t Organizations: Episcopal, of Bethesda, Trump, White, Communist Locations: PALM BEACH, Fla, Lago, Knavs, Miami, New York, Sevnica, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, Slovenian, Ljubljana, United States, New York City

☆ 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.

Persons: —, Donald Trump's, Alina Habba, Habba, Lewis Kaplan, Trump, shouldn't, Jean Carroll, Kaplan, I'm, It's, defaming Carroll, Carroll, defaming, Melania, Amalija Knavs Organizations: Service, Business, US Locations: Manhattan —, Florida, New Hampshire

☆ Trump called a judge a 'bad person' for not allowing him to travel for a funeral. His calendar says he's got a campaign event that day.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

His campaign website shows he'll be in New Hampshire at a campaign rally that evening. AdvertisementDonald Trump asked a judge to postpone his trial to travel for his mother-in-law's funeral but failed to mention that he was scheduled to attend a campaign rally, too. Advertisement"Mr. Trump is free to attend the trial, the funeral, or all parts or both, as he wishes," Kaplan wrote. "There was no mention made of any scheduling conflict in connection with Mr. Trump's presidential campaign," lawyers for Carroll wrote. AdvertisementOn Truth Social, Trump railed against the judge overseeing the defamation case for not postponing the trial, calling him a "bad person and an even worse Judge."

Persons: Donald Trump, Jean Carroll's, he'll, —, Lewis Kaplan, Amalija Knavs, Melania Trump, Alina Habba, Trump, Trump's, Kaplan, Carroll, Lewis Kaplan … Organizations: Service, Business, Trump, OF, UNITED STATES, New Locations: New Hampshire, New York, Florida, Portsmouth , New Hampshire

☆ Melania Trump made a rare public appearance with other former first ladies at Rosalynn Carter's funeral
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rosalynn Carter, wife of former president Jimmy Carter, died on November 19 at age 96. Melania Trump, who has largely been absent from the 2024 campaign trail, also made an appearance. AdvertisementMelania Trump made a rare public appearance on Tuesday, joining other former first ladies Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, and Hillary Clinton at a tribute service for Rosalynn Carter in Atlanta, Georgia. Former first lady Melania Trump arrives for a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. In September, Donald told "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker that his wife would join him on the campaign trail "when it's appropriate, but pretty soon."

Persons: Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton, Melania Trump, —, Rosalynn, Melania, Donald Trump, Michelle, Barack Obama, George W, Bush, Brynn Anderson, Donald, Kristen Welker Organizations: Service, Mental Health, CNN, Carter Center, Glenn Memorial Church, Emory University, Getty, White House, The New York Times Locations: Georgia, Atlanta , Georgia

Jimmy Carter’s participation in the events has been a day-by-day question; he is 10 months into home hospice care. Rosalynn Carter has been praised for a half-century of advocacy for better mental health care in America and reducing stigma attached to mental illness. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter confirmed they voted in the 2016 Georgia Democratic presidential primary for Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton. Jimmy Carter also rankled some of his successors with criticism of their foreign and military policy, especially George W. Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq. Jimmy Carter is the longest-lived president; Rosalynn Carter was the second-longest lived first lady, trailing only Bess Truman, who died at 97.

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A Georgia State Patrol honor guard stands as members of the public pay respects to former first lady Rosalynn Carter at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, during the public repose, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., Nov. 27, 2023. Brynn Anderson/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsATLANTA, Nov 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will help lead tributes to Rosalynn Carter, the former U.S. first lady who died on Nov. 19 at age 96, at a memorial service in Atlanta on Tuesday. Rosalynn Carter was diagnosed with dementia, her family said in May. She lay in repose at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta on Monday. Since his single term as president, Jimmy Carter has lived more post-White House years than any president before him, and Rosalynn played an instrumental role during those years, building the Carter Center nonprofit and the Habitat for Humanity charity.

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