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Former President Donald J. Trump has until no later than noon on Aug. 25 to voluntarily surrender to authorities in Fulton County, Fani T. Willis, the district attorney, said on Monday. The script that officials in Atlanta will follow for his arrest and booking is likely to deviate from the standard operating procedure, just as it did when Mr. Trump was arrested on separate charges in New York in April. In New York, prosecutors contacted a lawyer for Mr. Trump on the evening of March 30 “to coordinate his surrender to the Manhattan D.A.’s Office for arraignment,” according to a post on Twitter by the district attorney, Alvin Bragg. A few days later, Mr. Trump was fingerprinted and escorted through a Manhattan courthouse after surrendering to investigators from the district attorney’s office. But he was also allowed to forego certain procedural indignities, including being handcuffed and having his booking photo taken.

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As president, Trump could try to pardon himself for federal crimes or otherwise seek to dismiss the Justice Department’s cases with “control” of the agency, his attorneys have said. Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Trial Date: May 20, 2024Sentence the Charges Carry: each carries a maximum fine of $250,000, with a maximum prison sentence of between five and 20 years. Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaTrial date: TBDSentence the Charges Carry: Each carries a maximum prison sentence of between five and 20 years. Willis had requested a trial date of Aug. 5, 2024, but McAfee has not yet settled on a date.

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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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☆ Opinion: Why the Georgia indictment is hugely damaging to Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Opinion Jennifer Rodgers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

On Monday, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis announced the fourth indictment against Trump — as well as 18 others — for alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia. The indictment is sweeping, invoking Georgia’s version of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and 40 other counts. While this Georgia indictment does not provide the easy-to-read narrative that Smith gave us in the federal election interference case, the evidence here was exhaustively collected over more than two years. Since these charges have been brought in Georgia state court — and not federal court — neither Trump, should he win in 2024, nor any another Republican president can issue a pardon. Under Georgia law, a state pardon can only be given by a state pardon board — not the governor — and only afterfive years have passed following completion of the sentence.

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☆ Donald Trump: A stunning possible fourth indictment looms over the former president and the 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Trump believes he will be among them and is already fundraising off of the possibility of more criminal charges, casting them as Democratic efforts to interfere in the 2024 election. But there will be key differences between the potential case in Georgia and Trump’s previous indictments. Investigators have long suspected the breach was not an organic effort sprung from sympathetic Trump supporters in the Republican stronghold. Smith, for example, has asked a judge to open a trial into the election interference charges in January – just two weeks before the Iowa caucuses. It’s too early to speculate how headlines about these cases could weigh on Trump or Biden in November 2024.

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☆ Retailers are shaping a wave of laws to crack down on organized theft — here's how they do it
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

Since 2022, at least nine states – six so far this year – have passed laws to impose harsher penalties for organized retail crime offenses. The new and proposed laws aim to deter brazen retail crime and go after the so-called kingpins who lead organized theft groups. But critics say the measures may not actually reduce organized retail crime, and could disproportionately harm marginalized groups. Plus, dozens of states already have organized theft laws on the books and the crime is still increasing, according to trade associations. Retailers and lawmakers say the misdemeanor charges have emboldened theft groups and allowed organized retail crime to spread.

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☆ Analysis: Donald Trump's legal drama grows by the day
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Donald Trump’s already daunting legal predicament gets grimmer by the day as new details emerge of the depths to which he was prepared to stoop to reverse his defeat in the 2020 election. And as the former president’s legal team juggles court dates in different cities this week, their task in defending Trump is getting ever more complex. The stampede of developments around Trump’s cases is providing only a hint of the political and legal collision that is likely to unfold next year. But data from Trump’s account could potentially provide information about which phone – and potentially person – posted tweets to the account. Twitter data might also show any direct messages sent to or from Trump’s account.

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☆ Trump's Truth Social tipped FBI to man killed during arrest attempt for Biden threats
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

This photo illustration shows an image of former President Donald Trump next to a phone screen that is displaying the Truth Social app, in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2022. The social media company owned by former President Donald Trump in March tipped off the FBI about threats made by a Utah man who was fatally shot Wednesday by FBI agents as they attempted to arrest him for threatening to kill President Joe Biden, NBC News reported. Truth Social notified the FBI after Craig Deleeuw Robertson posted a threat to kill Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr., according to a senior law enforcement official who spoke to NBC. Agents were there to arrest him on a federal criminal complaint accusing him of making death threats against Biden, Bragg and FBI agents. Robertson was killed hours before Biden arrived in Utah for a visit.

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Donald Trump is airing a television ad in Atlanta, and other TV markets, that attacks the Fulton County district attorney who could soon charge the former president with his fourth criminal indictment. A Trump campaign aide told NBC News the one-minute political ad will air in Atlanta, New York and Washington, D.C., as well as nationally. It also names attorneys who’ve already brought charges against Trump, including Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and special counsel Jack Smith. Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate Trump, and that special counsel, Jack Smith, is the one who is prosecuting Trump. An NBC News Political Unit analysis of Trump fundraising around his first two indictments found those time periods corresponded with a significant uptick in fundraising by Trump's political organization.

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☆ A Utah man who once posted on Truth Social about putting 'a nice hole' in Biden's forehead was shot and killed by FBI agents after feds accused him of threatening the president the day of his visit to
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Lindsay Whitehurst | Sam Metz | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

FBI agents shot and killed an armed Utah man accused of threatening President Joe Biden. Craig Deleeuw Robertson was armed when agents arrived to serve a search warrant. Biden was expected to to visit Utah around the time the threats were made, per court documents. Robertson was charged under seal Tuesday with three felony counts, including making threats against the president, court documents show. Clark said Robertson had a collection of about 20 guns, though he noted that that wasn't unusual for the area.

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WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - The FBI said its agents shot and killed a Utah man on Wednesday during a raid that a source said targeted the man for allegedly making threats against U.S. President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and law enforcement officials. The FBI did not identify the man or say why it was seeking an arrest. Biden, who was scheduled to visit Utah on Wednesday, was briefed on the FBI raid, a White House official said, referring further questions on the matter to the FBI. He also allegedly made online threats against Biden ahead of his scheduled Utah visit. The complaint showed that the suspect faced charges on three counts: interstate threats, threats against the president, and influencing, impeding and retaliating against federal law enforcement officers by threat.

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CNN —FBI special agents shot and killed a Utah man Wednesday while attempting to arrest him for allegedly making threats against President Joe Biden ahead of the president’s trip to the state. The case comes amid heightened vitriol aimed at national and local leaders in the lead-up to the 2024 election and what FBI Director Christopher Wray has called an “unprecedented” level of threats against FBI agents. “The Secret Service is aware of the FBI investigation involving an individual in Utah who has exhibited threats to a Secret Service protectee,” a Secret Service spokesperson said. !”FBI agents approached Robertson at his house in March about a social media post, investigators wrote in an affidavit. Don’t return without a warrant.”After the interaction, Robertson allegedly repeatedly threatened FBI agents online.

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☆ Trump counterclaim against E. Jean Carroll dismissed, DA can get deposition
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A federal judge on Monday dismissed a defamation counterclaim by Donald Trump against the writer E. Jean Carroll in a pending lawsuit that accuses him of defaming her after she wrote that he had raped her. Bragg's office this May issued a subpoena for the videotape and transcript of the deposition Trump gave in Carroll's civil case last fall. Carroll's lawyers declined to comment Monday. The deposition Trump gave features an exchange he had with Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, who asked him about the infamous "Access Hollywood" comment made years earlier. Roberta Kaplan, who is not related to Judge Kaplan, then asked him if was "true with stars that they can grab women" by their genitals.

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☆ With Each Indictment, Trump Solidifies His Base - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Rich Lowry | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump is the most-indicted front-running presidential candidate ever. Indeed, it’s not that he’s winning despite the indictments; it’s almost as though he’s winning because of the indictments. Before this, the presumption in contemporary politics has been that a serious presidential candidate would have to withdraw if indicted. If the time and resources necessary to fight criminal charges didn’t dissuade him or her, the voters would leave the candidate no other choice. Why hasn’t this happened to Mr. Trump?

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☆ Trump likely to face gag order after he targeted Pence, Jack Smith online, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"I think a gag order is likely, I'm just not sure if it will be enforced," former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told CNBC. "A lot of the judges that I've seen cover these types of political cases, they've been all bark, no bite," he said. Indeed, Trump's political operation has heavily featured the indictments in its fundraising pitches and in other campaign messages. "Maybe, but you have to be willing to enforce that gag order." "However, the need to protect that information does not require a blanket gag order over all documents produced by the government."

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☆ Donald Trump’s Way of Speaking Defies All Logic - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Michael Wolff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The chaos he creates is his crime; there is, however, no statute against upsetting the dependable order. Many Democrats have come to assume that the dastardly effect of Mr. Trump’s political success must mean that he has an evil purpose. During his trials, prosecutors will try to establish that precise link. He is being pursued under several broad, ill-defined statutes like the Espionage Act, RICO, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. I’d guess that the Trump opposition doesn’t much care which it is — nefarious or spontaneous — but are only grateful that Mr. Trump, in his startling transparence, has foolishly hoisted himself by his own petard.

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Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 29, 2023. Less than two hours after news of the charges broke, Trump's campaign blasted out an email to supporters seeking donations, titled: BREAKING: PRESIDENT TRUMP INDICTED. In the week following the indictment, the campaign sent out 34 fundraising emails directly referencing the criminal charges, according to a Reuters review of campaign communications. Following the indictment, Trump's support rose to 49% in an April 21-24 survey while DeSantis slipped to 23%. He raised much less money in the days after his second indictment, according to campaign finance disclosures.

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☆ Trump indictment: Ex-president pleads not guilty in 2020 election case at 3rd arraignment this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump showed up to court to plead not guilty to crimes — again. This time, it's for the DOJ indictment over his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. In Washington, DC, federal court on Thursday afternoon, Trump entered a not-guilty plea for the latest indictment, alleging he broke criminal laws by trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. On Tuesday, a DC-based federal grand jury overseen by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith brought four charges against Trump. "Not guilty," Trump said at Thursday's arraignment, overseen by US Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya.

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☆ The new Trump indictment takes aim at his closest allies. They can save themselves by flipping against him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The new indictment against Donald Trump refers to six unindicted co-conspirators. The last time a prosecutor tried flipping people close to Trump, it didn't go too well. According to the new federal indictment against him, brought by Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith, Trump had six criminal co-conspirators. Smith is also overseeing a separate prosecution against Trump and two alleged co-conspirators related to the ex-president's hoarding of government documents. The Manhattan district attorney's office charged Weisselberg and the Trump Organization with a litany of white collar crimes in 2021.

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Trump’s attorneys, including Todd Blanche, received the target letter from Smith’s team informing them that their client could face charges in the investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, two sources familiar with what happened tell CNN. A target letter from federal prosecutors to Trump makes clear that prosecutors are focused on the former president’s actions in the investigation into overturning the 2020 election – and not just of those around him who tried to stop his election loss. The target letter cites three statutes that Trump could be charged with, according to multiple news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, that cited a person familiar with the matter. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged the former president with falsifying business records in March, and Smith charged Trump in the classified documents investigation last month. Read more about the Trump target letter.

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☆ Donald Trump has been indicted in special counsel’s 2020 election interference probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Tierney Sneed Marshall Cohen Zachary Cohen Devan Cole Hannah Rabinowitz Katelyn Polantz Casey Gannon | Tierney Sneed | Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Trump has rejected any suggestion he was in the wrong after the 2020 election. Among the six are four unnamed attorneys who allegedly aided Trump in his effort to subvert the 2020 election. Fake electors plot was an unprecedented attempt to subvert Electoral CollegeThe so-called fake electors plot was an unprecedented attempt to subvert the Electoral College process by replacing electors that Biden had rightfully won with illegitimate GOP electors. Federal investigators have subpoenaed the fake electors across the country, sent FBI agents to interview witnesses about their conduct, and recently granted immunity to two fake electors from Nevada to secure their grand jury testimony. In Michigan, the state’s attorney general charged the 16 fake electors who signed certificates falsely claiming Trump won Michigan in the 2020 election with multiple felonies.

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☆ Trump's legal problems are fueling his political power as he looks to 2024 presidential election
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Read CNN’s full report on Trump’s legal bills. A legal defense fund is also being set up to help offset legal costs for Trump’s associates. Read CNN’s report by Kara Scannell and Tierney Sneed on Trump’s legal maneuvers. ‘Rumpelstiltskin’He also alluded in a footnote to how Trump has fanned fury at his legal problems for his own political purposes. Trump’s political fortunes stay brightCNN’s Harry Enten has two very important points in his analysis.

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☆ Why New York AG Letitia James is probably Trump's biggest worry right now (not Jack Smith, Fani Willis or Alvin Bragg)
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

In three months, Trump faces a civil fraud trial that could run his Trump Organization out of New York. There's Jack, and Fani, and Alvin, of course, all poised to prosecute the former president criminally. And Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump would further be banned from ever running a business anywhere in the state. The financial and psychic toll to being a mogul in exile would be great, two Trump biographers told Insider. Smith appears on the brink of winning a new indictment, relating to the 2020 election, as does District Attorney Fani Willis in Atlanta.

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☆ Bannon co-defendant Shea sentenced to 5-1/4 years over 'We Build the Wall' fraud
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Timothy Shea's sentence was the longest imposed over the "We Build the Wall" campaign, which federal prosecutors said raised more than $25 million from hundreds of thousands of donors. Two other defendants, who pleaded guilty, received shorter prison terms. Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was also charged in the case, but Trump pardoned him in the final hours of his presidency. Two other defendants, the campaign's leader Brian Kolfage and Andrew Badolato, pleaded guilty and were sentenced in April to 4-1/4 years and three years in prison, respectively. Bannon was criminally charged last September by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg with state law violations arising from the wall campaign.

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☆ Trump loses bid to move New York hush money criminal case to federal court
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday lost a bid to transfer to federal court his New York state court case related to a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein's decision denying that effort keeps Trump on track to go to trial March 25, 2024, in Manhattan Supreme Court in the case. "They're throwing everything they can at President Trump to prevent his re-election, because deep down, they know he's going to win. This case belongs in a federal court and we will continue to pursue all legal avenues to move it there." Trump, who is seeking the 2024 Republican nomination, is the first president, former or otherwise, to be charged in a criminal case.

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