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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Save America Rally" near the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of more than 1,800 pages of documents filed by special counsel Jack Smith in the criminal election interference case against former President Donald Trump. Trump preemptively complained about the release of the records Friday morning, claiming it was "election interference" and calling Chutkan "evil." Smith was "going to release something else, and always before the election," Trump said during an interview with podcast host Dan Bongino in Manhattan's Trump Tower. Trump is charged with illegally conspiring to overturn his loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

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☆ Mark Meadows asked the Supreme Court to recognize his 'just following orders' defense. A right-wing justice wasn't buying it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Mark Meadows has requested Supreme Court to recognize immunity for president's subordinates. One of Trump's own Supreme Court appointees seemed to draw the opposite conclusion. AdvertisementBefore the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in former President Donald Trump's immunity case, Mark Meadows tried to get his foot in the door. AdvertisementJudges have denied Meadows's attempts to move his criminal case to federal court, which could be more favorable legal territory. AdvertisementA Trump appointee had the opposite approachIn Thursday's hearings, the Supreme Court didn't directly take up the issue.

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☆ Biden is taking a page from Ronald Reagan's 1984 playbook in a push to quell voter concerns over his age
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Biden faces concerns about his age as he begins a tough general election campaign. A newly released general election ad attempts a "Morning in America" kind of message. "Under the leadership of President Reagan, our country is prouder, and stronger, and better," the narrator says. Biden's own set of challengesIn November 1984, Biden won a third term representing Delaware in the Senate. But with a general election campaign that'll stretch for months, this could change.)

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☆ Supreme Court rules states can't remove Trump from presidential election ballot
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously reversed the Colorado court ruling that barred former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state's Republican presidential primary ballot because of a provision in the U.S. Constitution related to people who engage in insurrection. "The judgment of the Colorado Supreme Court therefore cannot stand." "This suit was brought by Colorado voters under state law in state court," Barrett wrote. "The Court has settled a politically charged issue in the volatile season of a Presidential election," she wrote. Monday's ruling reverses decisions by two other states, Maine and Illinois, which acted after the Colorado Supreme Court, to bar Trump from their primary ballots.

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☆ Nikki Haley picks up first Senate endorsements from Collins, Murkowski while most GOP senators line up behind Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewSince former President Donald Trump entered the 2024 presidential race in late 2022, his candidacy has dominated the GOP primary process, with most Senate Republicans slowly but surely falling into his camp. With Trump largely cruising toward the GOP presidential nomination ahead of Super Tuesday, he has won the endorsements of a majority of the Senate Republican Conference. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — announced that they were backing former UN ambassador Nikki Haley over Trump. AdvertisementIn a response to The Bangor Daily News, Collins said that she voted for Haley over Trump in the GOP primary, adding that Haley has "the energy, intellect, and temperament" to serve in the White House. The support from Murkowski and Collins is noteworthy, as the two lawmakers are the first GOP members from the chamber to back Haley as she continues her uphill primary campaign against Trump.

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☆ A group of Black voters recently sounded off on Biden, Trump, and their feelings about Democrats. One voter said the party 'has forgot about the Black male.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An a episode of NYT's "The Run-Up," Black voters discussed Biden, Trump, and the Democratic Party. Several Black voters expressed varying degrees of disappointment with the administration. One Black voter told The Times he perceives Democrats as empowering Black women over Black men. Many voters in group told Herndon that they largely backed Democrats due to a GOP agenda which they find intolerable. AdvertisementA Black male in the group, who said that the GOP espoused values of entrepreneurship that might attract some Black men to Trump next year, also spoke openly of how he felt that Democrats empowered Black women at the expense of Black men.

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Frank Rocco Giustino pleaded guilty in February to a misdemeanor charge related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg told Giustino that he seemed to have no remorse for his conduct on Jan. 6 or any respect for the court's authority. I think the U.S. marshal should come after you, not me,” Giustino told the judge, punctuating his rant with expletives directed at a prosecutor. Giustino pleaded guilty in February to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, a misdemeanor with a maximum sentence of six months of incarceration. Nearly 900 of them have pleaded guilty or been convicted by juries or judges after trials.

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☆ Judge denies Trump bid to cut Jan. 6 riot language from D.C. election indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Save America Rally" near the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. A judge on Friday turned down a request by Donald Trump to cut allegedly "inflammatory" language about him sparking the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot from the federal indictment charging him with crimes related to his bid to overturn his presidential election loss. Chutkan wrote that Trump's court filing supporting his request makes "numerous and inflammatory and unsupported accusations of its own." The judge, in an aside, wrote that such pretrial publicity would include "any generated by the Defendant," Trump. One of the four counts against him accuses Trump of conspiring to impede Congress' Jan. 6 certification of Biden's victory.

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☆ How Democrat Brandon Presley could win the Mississippi governor's race and pull off one of the biggest political upsets of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Democratic nominee Brandon Presley has made the Mississippi gubernatorial contest a real race. While most voters in Mississippi may not care for national Democrats (including some Democrats), Presley has effectively presented himself as a different kind of Democrat. Black voters made up 29% of the statewide electorate that year and Biden won their vote 94%-5% over Trump. Presley has heavily courted Black voters, which has included visits to churches and the state's Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). AdvertisementAdvertisementStructural geographic disadvantages remain a lingering issue for Mississippi Democrats, but Presley has a real chance at overcoming that dynamic on Tuesday.

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☆ A GOP congressman says he received a notice of eviction for one of his district offices over his opposition to Jim Jordan's now-derailed speakership bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Ken Buck was opposed to Rep. Jim Jordan's now-unsuccessful bid for the House speakership. Buck received heavy backlash for his stance, and his district offices were flooded with calls. The GOP congressman told NBC News he received an eviction notice for one of his offices over his position. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. I have a notice of an eviction because the landlord is mad with my voting record on the speaker issue."

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☆ First co-defendant in Trump Georgia election case pleads guilty
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Scott Hall, one of 18 co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case, pleaded guilty Friday to multiple criminal charges. Hall, a bail bondsman, is the first defendant in the case to plead guilty in the case. Hall, who pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor counts as part of a negotiated deal, will avoid spending time behind bars. Like all other defendants in the case, Hall had pleaded not guilty to the charges brought by Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis. But earlier Friday, an attorney for Hall submitted a court filing waiving his indictment in the case.

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U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Badalian, 29, of Panorama City, California, to four years and three months of incarceration, according to a Justice Department news release. The same judge convicted Badalian of Capitol riot charges in April after hearing trial testimony without a jury. Prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of 10 years and one month for Badalian, who has worked as a cabinet assembler. After listening to Trump's speech, Badalian and Rodriguez parted ways as they approached the Capitol and joined the mob's attack. "Having no other trusted and overriding male in his life, Mr. Badalian believed Trump’s lies," Helfend wrote.

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☆ Cassidy Hutchinson says she once encountered MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell exploring the White House unescorted
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Cassidy Hutchinson said she once ran into Mike Lindell walking around the White House unescorted. She says Lindell said: "We can still win," referencing an effort to overturn Biden's 2020 victory. Hutchinson wrote about the interaction in her forthcoming book. Lindell was a fixture in the conservative push to overthrow now-President Joe Biden's electoral win immediately after the election that November. AdvertisementAdvertisementThat same day, Lindell was captured on the grounds of the White House by Washington Post photographer Jabin Botsford, where the executive held a set of notes detailing his agenda during a meeting with Trump.

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☆ Chesebro asks court to suppress use of emails in Trump Georgia election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

But there was "no such concern" in this case, they argued, " because months earlier Microsoft had archived all the e-mails in Fulton County Superior Court." Attorneys for Kenneth Chesebro, a pro-Trump lawyer, argued the search warrant used to obtain emails from his MSN email account ahead of his indictment "is defective" and the search and seizure of the emails was "illegal." Those two factors are "fatal to the search warrant," they argued. A spokesman for Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis, who is prosecuting Chesebro, Trump, and 17 others in the Georgia election case, declined to comment on the filings. Chesebro and Sidney Powell, another pro-Trump attorney charged in the case, were granted speedy trials.

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☆ Trump protester turned conspiracy target Ray Epps pleads guilty to Jan. 6 disorderly conduct
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ray Epps, in the red Trump hat, center, gestures to a line of law enforcement officers, as people gather on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 6, 2021. Ray Epps, who was targeted by right-wing conspiracy theorists after he protested then-President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge related to his actions on the day of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Epps did not enter the U.S. Capitol that day, but he was on restricted grounds outside the building during the riot, prosecutors noted. The terms of Epps' plea agreement allow the government to access his social media accounts from around the time of the Capitol riot, NBC reported. Epps, a former member of the right-wing Oath Keepers group, had traveled to Washington, D.C., to protest the 2020 election results.

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☆ Trump's 4 criminal cases, ranked in order of how screwed he is
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted in four separate criminal cases since leaving office. This week, he made history again as the first former president to be charged in four separate criminal cases. For some charges, he's unlikely to see jail time if he's convicted. Trump has denied all the criminal charges against him. Ethan Miller/Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesManhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was the first to bring criminal charges against Trump.

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☆ Trump election probe: Georgia grand jury expected to hear evidence next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Atlanta prosecutor overseeing the investigation of possible crimes by Donald Trump for trying to reverse his defeat in Georgia's 2020 presidential election is expected to present her case to a grand jury next week, NBC News reported. That presentation by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could lead to an indictment of the former president in the case on state charges. In addition to Trump, Willis is known to be eyeing a number of the ex-president's allies for possible criminal charges, as well. NBC has been in contact with three people who received subpoenas to appear before a grand jury in Fulton County Superior Court, where officials have been ramping up security measures in recent days. It could take several days for the prosecutor to present evidence to the grand jury.

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☆ Trump indictment reveals new details of Jan. 6, pressure campaign to subvert election
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Clark floats Insurrection Act ideaOn the same day he accepted Trump's job offer, Clark spoke with a deputy White House counsel. "The previous month, the Deputy White House Counsel had informed [Trump] that 'there is no world, there is no option in which you do not leave the White House [o]n January 20th,'" the indictment notes. On Jan. 3, 2021, the counsel tried to dissuade Clark from taking the job as acting AG, the indictment says. Clark responded, "Well, [Deputy White House Counsel], that's why there's an Insurrection Act." President Donald Trump listens as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a daily briefing of the White House Coronavirus Task Force in the Rose Garden at the White House, April 15, 2020.

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☆ Trump defense lawyer calls trial timeline 'absurd,' singles out co-conspirator John Eastman
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The defense attorney, John Lauro, pointed to the conservative lawyer John Eastman, who played a central role in the push to get then-Vice President Mike Pence to falsely declare Trump the winner of the election. Eastman is one of six people described as Trump's co-conspirators in the indictment filed Tuesday in Washington, D.C., federal court. "You're entitled to believe and trust advice of counsel," Lauro said. "You had one of the leading constitutional scholars in the U.S., John Eastman, say to President Trump, 'This is a protocol that you can follow, it's legal.'" "The Eastman legal team is confident of its legal position in this matter."

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☆ Trump's Jan. 6 indictment has been unsealed. Read the 4 charges brought by the DOJ.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

This time, it's over his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Read a copy of the indictment document below:Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Trump has denied the reality that he lost the 2020 election. Trump separately pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment brought earlier this year from the Manhattan district attorney's office related to his hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. Trump is the first former president in US history to be charged with any crime, much less crimes three different indictments.

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☆ Judge blasts 'QAnon Shaman' for recanting his apology and refuses to toss out his plea agreement
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A federal judge refused to toss "QAnon Shaman" Jacob Chansley's guilty plea. The judge pointed to "miles of footage" showing Chansley rioting at the Capitol. "Such an about-face casts serious doubt on the veracity of any of Mr. Chansley's claims, here or elsewhere." In media interviews after his release, he expressed regret for his guilty plea and tried to get it reversed. Carlson, the judge wrote, included "inflammatory characterizations of cherry-picked videos stripped of their proper context" that undermined faith in the criminal justice system.

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☆ Exclusive: Westchester DA shuts down criminal investigation of Trump Organization without any charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Westchester's district attorney shut down its criminal investigation into the Trump Organization this month. The district attorney's office in Westchester — a county north of New York City — opened the investigation two years ago. In April, the district attorney brought another set of charges against Trump himself, alleging he broke the law by disguising hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels. Alan Futerfas, an attorney representing the Trump Organization, declined to comment on the closure of the Westchester County investigation. The lawsuit also claims the Trump Organization misrepresented the property value of its 212-acre Seven Springs estate, also in Westchester County.

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☆ Proud Boys' ex-leader Enrique Tarrio found guilty of seditious conspiracy for Jan. 6 Capitol riot
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was found guilty of seditious conspiracy Thursday. A seditious conspiracy charge carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years. But prosecutors said he organized and directed the attack by Proud Boys who stormed the Capitol that day. In addition to Tarrio, a Miami resident, three other Proud Boys were convicted of seditious conspiracy: Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl. As Proud Boys swarmed the Capitol, Tarrio cheered them on from afar, writing on social media: "Do what must be done."

☆ Chris Christie, who's mulling a 2024 presidential bid, warns against electing 'TV star' Trump again: 'The reruns will be worse than the original show'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In describing a potential Trump second term, Christie said "the reruns will be worse than the original show." Chris Christie of New Jersey is testing the presidential waters once again — and he's focusing his fire at onetime political ally former President Donald Trump. During a swing in critical New Hampshire, Christie warned Republican voters against renominating Trump in 2024. "Donald Trump is a TV star. "I don't think that anybody is going to beat Donald Trump by sidling up to him, playing footsie with him and pretending that you're almost like him," he continued.

☆ Fox News settles Dominion's defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million over election conspiracy theories just as the trial is about to start
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Fox News settled Dominion's defamation lawsuit over election conspiracy theories for $787.5 million. WILMINGTON, Delaware — Fox News settled Dominion Voting Systems's blockbuster defamation lawsuit just as it was about to go to trial, agreeing to pay it $787.5 million. In a press conference after Davis announced the settlement, Dominion CEO John Poulos criticized Fox for broadcasting lies about the company. Dominion first filed its lawsuit against Fox News and its parent company, Fox Corp., in March 2021. Representatives of Fox News arrive at the justice center for the Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against Fox News, in Wilmington, Delaware.

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