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“I’m not a fair-weather friend,” Pate told CNN in a telephone interview Monday evening. The event – planned for Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey — has been billed as the first major fundraising event of his presidential campaign. CNN has previously reported that Trump is expected to make remarks from Bedminster before the fundraiser. He said Tuesday’s fundraiser gathering is likely to be a “small event,” which he attributed the limited pool of big-dollar donors generally. But he said he expected small-dollar donations to Trump’s campaign — and his poll numbers — to surge with the indictment.

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☆ Fox News thought this was Melania at Trump's court appearance. It's actually his 27-year-old spokeswoman.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Paul Squire | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Some people confused Donald Trump's 27-year-old spokesperson Margo Martin for Melania Trump. The former first lady stayed in New York while Donald Trump appeared in court in Florida. Spectators — and even Fox News — thought Melania Trump was outside his court appearance in Florida to support him on Tuesday. "Apparently it was not Melania," Roberts said on-air. Melania actually stayed in New York City while Trump traveled to Florida for the court appearance, the Daily Mail reported.

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☆ Trump indictment is 'very, very damning,' his former attorney general says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump applauds as he attends the North Carolina Republican Party convention in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. June 10, 2023. After a 37-count criminal indictment against Donald Trump was unsealed Friday, Trump's former Attorney General Bill Barr said there is trouble ahead for the 2024 Republican presidential hopeful. "If even half of it is true, then he's toast," Barr told "Fox News Sunday." Many Republicans, including presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, have rallied around Trump in the wake of the indictment. "Former President Trump has no one to blame but himself for being federally, criminally indicted," he told ABC's "This Week."

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☆ Trump uses Matt Damon dialogue from Michael Jordan biopic 'Air' in campaign video
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"Air" is director Ben Affleck's ode to Nike and the creation of the Air Jordan. Matt Damon's character gives an emotional speech convincing Michael Jordan to sign with Nike. The Trump campaign used the monologue in its own campaign video, posted to Truth Social. "Air" is director Ben Affleck's ode to then-corporate underdogs Nike and their pursuit of Michael Jordan for an endorsement deal that would lead to the creation of the iconic Air Jordan shoe. The Trump version of the clip, distributed on Truth Social, includes a link to donate to his campaign.

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☆ Judge Aileen Cannon may have been appointed by Trump, but he'll turn on her if she ever sides against him during his criminal case, former prosecutors say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Kelly Mclaughlin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The judge likely overseeing the case is Judge Aileen Cannon, whom Trump appointed. Former prosecutors say Trump could turn on Cannon if she ever sides against him in the case. But former prosecutors told Insider that even though Trump appointed Cannon, he could still turn on her if she ever sides against him in the case. Bederow told Insider that Trump will probably initially see Cannon being assigned to the case as a "good thing" — up until "something goes against him." Trump has not yet spoken out about Cannon likely being assigned the case.

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The motion also noted that the judge encouraged a former Trump Organization executive to cooperate during a prior case, calling that a preconceived bias against Trump. It is proceeding in state court ahead of a decision. The Trump Organization was not successful in getting him to step aside in the tax-fraud case. Trump's lawyers say the judge pushed former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg to cooperate during plea negotiations in last year's tax fraud case against him and the company. The Trump Organization was found guilty of tax fraud and fined $1.6 million.

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☆ A Trump spokeswoman mocked Pete Buttigieg's military service in a Memorial Day weekend spat with Ron DeSantis
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Sarah Al-Arshani | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

On Saturday, a Trump spokeswoman took jabs at DeSantis for his political ambitions. She also dragged Pete Buttigieg into the crosshairs while using a photo of his military service. On Saturday, Trump spokeswoman Liz Harrington tweeted a clip of her criticizing DeSantis' political ambitions. The apparent attacks came during Memorial Day weekend, and Twitter users took notice, slamming Harrington for disparaging the DeSantis and Buttigieg service. Emailed the Trump campaign, DeSantis campaign, and Dot for comment

☆ Bitter, virtual Trump promises a Manhattan judge he won't harass or attack hush-money witnesses
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He also shook his head in apparent disgust when told he'll be in contempt if he uses DA evidence to harass witnesses. Trump shook his head "no" in apparent disgust when the judge told his lawyer, Todd Blanche, that he risks sanctions and a finding of contempt if he violates the order. "He is free to do anything that does not violate the specific terms of this protective order," the judge told Blanche. The protective order bars Trump from using the prosecution's most sensitive evidence for anything other than his own defense. "I have less than zero confidence," Cohen told Insider of Trump's ability to abide by the protective order and restrain himself from using sensitive evidence to attack witnesses.

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☆ Former White House lawyer says Trump 'will go to jail' as Mar-a-Lago probe gathers momentum, per CNN
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A former White House lawyer believes Donald Trump will go to jail, he told CNN. The DOJ is probing whether Trump obstructed justice in bringing classified documents to Mar-a-Lago. Charges connected with mishandling classified documents are punishable by up to 10 years in prison, per Reuters. Infighting within Trump's legal teamFormer President Donald Trump appears in court for an arraignment, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in New York. While the Justice Department is probing whether Trump mishandled classified documents, it is also examining his possible efforts to interfere with the 2020 election.

☆ Supreme Court maintains full access to abortion pill mifepristone until at least Friday
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Demonstrators rally in support of abortion rights at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, April 15, 2023. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday issued an order allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to remain available by mail delivery and without tighter restrictions on how it is used until at least late Friday night. Although that ruling keeps mifepristone on the market, the restrictions are so sweeping that many women would not have access to the medication even in some states where abortion is legal. The appeals court restrictions included blocking mail delivery of the medication, re-imposing doctor visits as a requirement to obtain the drug, and shortening the length of time women can use the pill to the seventh week of pregnancy. The court also blocked the generic version of mifepristone made by a second company, GenBioPro, which supplies about two-thirds of the medication for the U.S. market.

☆ 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.

☆ Manhattan DA Bragg sues Rep. Jordan over House probe of Trump investigation
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a House Judiciary Committee subpoena issued last week to a former prosecutor who played a key role in Bragg's criminal investigation of ex-President Donald Trump. Bragg's suit escalates a battle that began when the Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and other Trump allies in the House recently opened an inquiry into the D.A. The suit calls that inquiry an "unprecedently brazen and unconstitutional attack by members of Congress on an ongoing New York State criminal prosecution and investigation of former President Donald J. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan says that "Congress has no power to supervise state criminal prosecution." "The suit names as defendants Jordan, the Judiciary Committee and Mark Pomerantz, who resigned last year from Bragg's office as a special assistant D.A.

☆ The judge overseeing Trump's case donated $15 to Biden. Legal experts say it likely won't get him thrown off the case, but it'll 'feed the Trump PR beast.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The NY judge handling Donald Trump's criminal case made a $15 donation to President Joe Biden's campaign in 2020. Legal experts told Insider that it likely won't get the judge thrown off the case. But it will "feed the Trump PR beast" and doesn't bode well for public perception, the experts said. Legal experts told Insider on Friday that the political donations likely won't get New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan thrown off of Trump's case, but that it will "feed the Trump PR beast" and doesn't bode well for public perception. "The Trump people will pounce on that"Former President Donald Trump appears in court for his arraignment, on April 4, 2023 in New York.

☆ Trump spent the Saturday before his indictment 'blowing off steam' by himself on his driving range: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Days before the indictment, Trump spent time "blowing off steam" on the driving range, per The New York Times. People close to Trump told the outlet that he appeared "subdued" and "pensive" ahead of his arrest. The Times report cited half a dozen people close to Trump who interacted with him in the days leading up to his self-surrender. Trump spent Saturday at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he often enjoys a a round before eating lunch at the club. But over the weekend — just days before he flew to New York for the hearing — Trump instead took his time at the driving range, according to the Times.

☆ Read the indictment against Donald Trump, details of payments to porn star, Playboy model
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

watch nowFormer President Donald Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with a scheme that directed hush money payments to two women before the 2016 presidential election. The 16-page indictment against Trump was unsealed Tuesday as he became the first former U.S. president ever to be arraigned on criminal charges. Follow CNBC.com's live coverage of former President Donald Trump's surrender and arraignment at the Manhattan criminal courthouse. Falsifying business records normally is a misdemeanor but can become a felony if done to cover up another crime. The checks first were issued by the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, while later ones came from Trump's bank account, prosecutors said.

"Please make a contribution – of truly any amount – to defend our movement from the never-ending witch hunts and WIN the WHITE HOUSE in 2024," said an email sent by a Trump fundraising group called the Trump Save America Joint Fundraising Committee. A Manhattan grand jury indicted Trump after a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump, who has denied making any payment, has claimed the charges are evidence of a left-wing plot - an argument made in the fundraising email to supporters on Thursday. Trump's online fundraising has shown signs of weakening over the last year, according to financial disclosures made to the Federal Election Commission. At the end of 2022, Trump and an allied super PAC reported having close to $80 million across several fundraising accounts.

☆ Trump shares video mocking DeSantis' flip-flop on how to say his name. The pronunciation question goes back a decade.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

For months, Trump has been attacking DeSantis with the expectation that he'll challenge him for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. In the latest dig issued Friday morning, Trump reshared a video of DeSantis on Truth Social. In the clips, DeSantis shifts the pronunciation of his last name from "Dee-Santis" to "Deh-Santis." The question of how to pronounce "DeSantis" made headlines in 2018 when Trump endorsed the then-US congressman for the GOP nomination for governor. In 2018, the Tampa Bay Times suggested that Casey DeSantis rebranded DeSantis' name, under a story headlined "Tomato, Tomahto; Dee-Santis, Deh-Santis."

☆ Fox Considered Acquiring Rights to ‘The Apprentice’ After 2020 Election, Court Documents Show
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Joe Flint | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Donald Trump appeared with his daughter Ivanka Trump in the Season 6 finale of NBC’s ‘The Apprentice.’Soon after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Fox Corp. explored acquiring rights to “The Apprentice,” the competition show that Donald Trump hosted on NBC before he became president, according to court filings from Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation suit against Fox News and Fox Corp.Rupert Murdoch , Fox’s chair, and his son Lachlan Murdoch , the company’s executive chair and chief executive, discussed acquiring the show in November 2020, according to court documents released this week.

☆ Giving babies $1,000 at birth is an 'unprecedented opportunity for financial security,' Ayanna Pressley and Cory Booker say
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Sen. Cory Booker urged the Treasury Department to support their "Baby Bonds" legislation. "This policy would provide every child in America with unprecedented opportunity for financial security," Pressley and Booker wrote in their letter. They cited reports from Columbia University and Morningstar that found Baby Bonds would "substantially" close the racial wealth gap. When we introduce baby bonds, this gap narrows to 71% for Black families and 67% for Hispanic families." Along with Pressley and Booker, other Democratic lawmakers have been stressing the benefits of Baby Bonds over the past year.

Former President Donald Trump appearing Saturday before the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dug in this weekend for what is expected to be a bitter and personal race between the two for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. Mr. Trump revved up supporters Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington—an event Mr. DeSantis skipped—while the governor appeared before Republican groups in Texas and has a speech Sunday afternoon at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. The two will then descend on Iowa, which holds the first GOP nominating contest.

Special counsel Jack Smith’s probe has taken steps to obtain the testimony of former Vice President Mike Pence and former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. WASHINGTON—The special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump appears to have reached the advanced stages of his sweeping inquiry after a flurry of aggressive steps in recent weeks, some of which have set the stage for court fights that could take months to resolve. In recent days, special counsel Jack Smith’s office asked a federal judge to override Mr. Trump’s assertion of executive privilege to shield former Vice President Mike Pence from testifying before a grand jury about the former president’s efforts to stay in office after his 2020 election loss, people familiar with the effort said. Mr. Pence has vowed to mount his own challenge to the subpoena and take it as far as the Supreme Court.

☆ Biden nominates former MasterCard exec Ajay Banga to lead World Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —President Joe Biden has announced that he’s nominating Ajay Banga, a former MasterCard executive, to serve as president of the World Bank. Notably, the White House highlighted Banga’s “extensive experience” in creating partnerships to address climate change and financial inclusion,” something Biden pledged would be an important qualification for the next World Bank President. “We’ve achieved many of the things I wanted to…I think it’s really important that institutions have energy, new energy, and this is a good time for the World Bank to do that,” he said. The World Bank, a group of 187 nations, lends money to developing countries to help reduce poverty. Former US President Donald Trump appointed Malpass as World Bank chief in 2019 for a five-year period.

☆ World Bank President David Malpass to step down early
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Kate Trafecante | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —World Bank President David Malpass plans to step down a year before his term is set to end, the organization announced Wednesday. Former US President Donald Trump appointed Malpass as World Bank chief in 2019 for a five-year period. During Malpass’ tenure, the organization responded to multiple crises, including a global pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine. The World Bank said Malpass implemented record surges in finances in response to both. Yellen also noted his commitment to “ensuring a smooth transition” and said the United States is looking forward to a “transparent, merit-based and swift nomination” for the next World Bank president.

☆ Trump Lawyers Appeared Before Grand Jury as Part of Classified-Documents Probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Alex Leary | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Evan Corcoran has represented Donald Trump in dealings with the Justice Department over the classified documents. Two lawyers for Donald Trump appeared before a grand jury last month as part of the special counsel investigation into the handling of classified documents and other records discovered at the former president’s South Florida residence and private club, according to people familiar with the matter. Christina Bobb and Evan Corcoran, lawyers who have represented Mr. Trump in dealings with the Justice Department over the classified documents, made their appearances in the early weeks of January as the special counsel, Jack Smith, ramped up his investigation, the people said.

☆ Trump suggests providing tanks to Ukraine will lead to 'nukes' and says ending the war with Russia would be 'easy'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Donald Trump appeared to criticize a decision by the US and Germany to provide tanks to Ukraine. Trump also suggested ending the war in Ukraine would be "easy," without elaborating. Trump suggested offering tanks to Ukraine would lead to the use of nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, Trump said it would be "easy" to end the war, without providing any suggestions on how this would be accomplished. The US has provided more security aid to Ukraine than any other country — over $27 billion since Russia invaded.

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