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☆ Takeaways from Day 1 of the Trump disqualification trial in Colorado
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Marshall Cohen | Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Trump lawyer blasts ‘fringe’ lawsuitTrump lawyer Scott Gessler, a former Colorado secretary of state, blasted the proceedings and said the case was “weak,” “anti-democratic” and relied on “fringe” theories. He urged Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace to not “interfere” with the 2024 election removing Trump from the ballot. Congressman describes ‘haunting’ Jan. 6 experienceTestifying for the anti-Trump challengers, Swalwell described the “haunting” experience of sheltering in the House chamber on January 6 while the right-wing mob surrounded the area. A California Democrat and fiery Trump critic, Swalwell described how he realized in real time that Trump was endangering him and his colleagues by directing his supporters to go to the Capitol. Colorado election official looks for guidanceOutside of court, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said Monday on CNN that she hopes the trial will provide guidance on Trump’s eligibility for the ballot.

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Welcome to the Trump on Trial newsletter! Maggie literally wrote the book on Trump — “Confidence Man” — and has followed the former president since his days as a New York City real estate developer. More recently, we have worked together reporting on the complex and often confusing array of criminal and civil proceedings that Trump is facing: seven major cases in six courthouses in four cities. In the coming months, we will help you track both the big picture and the telling details of the legal cases. We will also grapple with what the cases tell us about a climate in which a former president facing an array of criminal charges remains a powerful political force.

Persons: Trump, Maggie Haberman, Alan Feuer, Donald Trump’s, Maggie, Alan, Republican Party’s Organizations: Trump, Republican Locations: New York City

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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MIAMI (AP) — When Félix Llerena arrived in Miami in 2017, he quickly got involved in the city’s politically active community of Cuban exiles. He's more skeptical of the former Republican president. Both sides will have to respond to a Trump criminal trial next year in South Florida on charges that he mishandled classified information. The GOP has been winning in Florida since 2016, when Trump flipped a state that twice went for Democrat Barack Obama. “What the Democrats have lost are the younger Cuban American voters,” said Dario Moreno, a political science professor at Florida International University.

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☆ Clashes mount between Trump and his legal nemesis
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

A dramatic series of legal developments in the Fulton County, Georgia, investigation – in which Trump and 18 co-defendants are also awaiting trial – encapsulated the breadth of the former president’s legal exposure. And 61% of Republican-leaning adults said that Trump is facing so many charges largely because of political abuse of the justice system. Trump uses criminal plight to fire up supportersTrump continually dials up the heat, underscoring how his legal defense and presidential campaign have merged. Smith may remain the ex-president’s greatest threat as the prosecutor with the best chance to complete a case against Trump early in the election year. New charges were also filed against Trump aide Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago maintenance manager Carlos De Oliveira.

Persons: Jack Smith, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Smith, Trump, Mark Meadows, Fani Willis ’, Enrique Tarrio, Timothy Kelly, Tarrio, CNN Trump, Hunter, he’d, Tanya Chutkan, “, CNN’s Zachary Cohen, Paula Reid, Sidney Powell, Powell’s, Powell, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira Organizations: CNN, GOP, Trump, Trump White House, Republican, Republicans, Justice Department, Biden Locations: Florida, Washington, Fulton County , Georgia, Georgia, United States, Ukraine, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona

☆ Vivek Ramaswamy says Mike Pence missed a 'historic opportunity' on January 6, by failing to push through election reforms before certifying the 2020 presidential vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vivek Ramaswamy argued that Mike Pence missed a "historic opportunity" on January 6, 2021. Ramaswamy said on NBC's "Meet the Press," that Pence should have sought major election reforms. I think that there was a historic opportunity that he missed, to reunite this country in that window," he said. I think that was a missed opportunity." Pence was pressured by Trump to overturn now-President Joe Biden's 2020 victory, but the then-vice president rejected the attempts.

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☆ Newly revealed memo details fake elector plot to overturn Trump's 2020 election loss
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Dec. 6, 2020, memo was authored by Kenneth Chesebro, a pro-Trump attorney identified by news outlets as one of six unnamed co-conspirators in Trump's latest indictment. The Dec. 6 memo proposed that groups of "electors" in six key states that Biden won should meet and cast fake votes for Trump. Those votes would then be packaged up to resemble real electoral votes and sent to Washington. According to Chesebro's plan, then-Vice President Mike Pence could then count the Trump votes instead of the real electoral votes during a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6. Pence ultimately refused to reject legitimate electoral votes for Biden, resisting pressure from Trump and his allies.

Persons: Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, Joe Biden, Trump, Kenneth Chesebro, James Troupis, Chesebro, Biden, Mike Pence, Pence, Jack Smith's Organizations: Windham High School, Trump, The New York Times, CNBC, U.S, Supreme, Democrats, U.S . Capitol, Times Locations: Windham , New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Washington, Troupis

☆ Prosecutors Face Conspiracy Theories in Jan. 6 Trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Alan Feuer | More About Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Almost from the moment that a pro-Trump mob stormed into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, conspiracy theories have ricocheted from the fringes of the internet to the corridors of Congress. Republican officials and others on the right have dismissed the attack as the work of mere tourists, or sought to depict it as a false-flag operation by shadowy leftist groups — or even the federal government. These baseless claims have seeped into dozens of criminal cases stemming from the riot, and for more than two years the government has had to beat them back. On Thursday, prosecutors may face their stiffest challenge yet on that front as Alan Hostetter, a former police chief turned yoga instructor from Southern California, goes on trial in Federal District Court in Washington. Few people connected to the Jan. 6 attack have embraced conspiracy theories about the attack as fully as Mr. Hostetter, who is planning to place them at the heart of his defense.

Persons: Alan Hostetter, Hostetter, Donald J, ” Organizations: Trump, Capitol, Republican, Federal, Court Locations: Southern California, Washington

During his arraignment, Mr. Trump is expected to be advised of his rights, and a judge will assess whether he has legal representation. The case against Mr. Trump is the second criminal prosecution against the former president this year. Mr. Trump was already arraigned in April in a New York courthouse on state charges that he falsified business records. In the case that has brought him to Miami, Mr. Trump has been charged with 37 counts of unauthorized retention of national security information. After the court appearance, Mr. Trump is expected to fly to Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., to give remarks defending himself in the evening.

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The federal indictment of former President Donald J. Trump has unleashed a wave of calls by his supporters for violence and an uprising to defend him, disturbing observers and raising concerns of a dangerous atmosphere ahead of his court appearance in Miami on Tuesday. In social media posts and public remarks, close allies of Mr. Trump — including a member of Congress — have portrayed the indictment as an act of war, called for retribution and highlighted the fact that much of his base carries weapons. The allies have painted Mr. Trump as a victim of a weaponized Justice Department controlled by President Biden, his potential opponent in the 2024 election. Experts on political violence warn that attacks against people or institutions become more likely when elected officials or prominent media figures are able to issue threats or calls for violence with impunity. The pro-Trump mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was drawn to Washington in part by a post on Twitter from Mr. Trump weeks earlier, promising that it would be “wild.”

Persons: Donald J, Trump, —, Biden Organizations: Justice, Trump, Capitol, Twitter, Mr Locations: Miami, Washington

☆ Chris Christie Formally Enters ’24 Race, as He Takes Square Aim at Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Maggie Haberman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In making a second run for the presidency, Mr. Christie, 60, has positioned himself as the person most willing to attack both Mr. Trump, his former friend turned adversary, and Gov. Mr. Christie’s presence in the race could be unwelcome for Mr. DeSantis, for whom every additional candidate harms his ability to consolidate support. That case is one that other hopefuls have generally sidestepped, instead largely avoiding saying Mr. Trump’s name. By contrast, Mr. Christie has gone directly at him. He has mocked Mr. Trump’s dwindling crowd sizes, called him a loser and said that he crossed a line with his actions that led a pro-Trump mob to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Persons: Chris Christie, Donald J, Trump, Christie, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Trump’s Organizations: Republican, Trump Locations: New Jersey, Florida, New Hampshire

☆ Trump White House Aides Subpoenaed in Firing of Election Security Expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Maggie Haberman | Jonathan Swan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The special counsel investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to cling to power after he lost the 2020 election has subpoenaed staff members from the Trump White House who may have been involved in firing the government cybersecurity official whose agency judged the election “the most secure in American history,” according to two people briefed on the matter. The team led by the special counsel, Jack Smith, has been asking witnesses about the events surrounding the firing of Christopher Krebs, who was the Trump administration’s top cybersecurity official during the 2020 election. Mr. Krebs’s assessment that the election was secure was at odds with Mr. Trump’s baseless assertions that it was a “fraud on the American public.”Mr. Smith’s team is also seeking information about how White House officials, including in the Presidential Personnel Office, approached the Justice Department, which Mr. Trump turned to after his election loss as a way to try to stay in power, people familiar with the questions said. The investigators appear focused on Mr. Trump’s state of mind around the firing of Mr. Krebs, as well as on establishing a timeline of events leading up to the attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6, 2021. The latest subpoenas, issued roughly two weeks ago, went to officials in the personnel office, according to the two people familiar with the matter.

Persons: Donald J, Jack Smith, Christopher Krebs, ” Mr, Trump, Krebs Organizations: Trump White, Trump, White, Justice Department Locations: Trump’s

☆ Mike Pence is set to launch his presidential campaign next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Jonathan Allen | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Former US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Nixon National Energy Conference at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba Linda, California, on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Mike Pence plans to enter the GOP presidential nomination fray June 7 with a campaign video and a kickoff speech in Des Moines, Iowa, according to a person familiar with his launch schedule. Redefining himself to Republican voters, most of whom know him primarily as Trump's vice president, will be a challenge. The former vice president will campaign in all 99 Iowa counties before the caucuses, the person said, adding that the campaign "will do the things that put Mike Pence in an advantageous position." A pro-Trump mob sacked the U.S. Capitol that day in an effort to stop the certification, and some of the rioters chanted "hang Mike Pence."

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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."

☆ Opinion | Tucker Carlson’s Text, and ‘an Internal Struggle With Morality’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “The Text That Got Carlson Dismissed” (Business, May 3):How ironic that a text that included an unapologetic racist’s epiphany as to our common humanity was one of the causes for his firing. The trigger was Tucker Carlson’s comment that “it’s not how white men fight,” but his acknowledgment and repudiation of his own lust for the Trump mob to kill the “Antifa kid” showed an honesty and reflection absent among his fellow TV personalities on Fox. Michael K. CantwellDelray Beach, Fla.To the Editor:Your article correctly emphasized the racism inherent in the text message but completely failed to emphasize the human being who tried to identify with the victim and realized that the lust for violence was worth questioning. Did you decide that given his history, Tucker Carlson does not deserve any recognition for what was clearly an internal struggle with morality? If so, you may be right, but you have also done a significant disservice by not recognizing that very act as essential to our common survival.

☆ Capitol Rioter Sentenced to More Than 7 Years for Assaulting Police Officer
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Patrick McCaughey appeared on police body-worn camera footage at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. WASHINGTON—Among the most searing images of Jan. 6, 2021, was a police officer, bloodied and pinned inside a doorway, screaming for help as a rioter at the front of a pro-Trump mob pushed against him with a stolen riot shield. More than two years later, that rioter received one of the lengthiest prison sentences to date in a prosecution stemming from the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

☆ Mike Pence will testify before a grand jury about Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Oma Seddiq | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Pence will not fight a court ruling ordering him to testify before a grand jury about Trump efforts to overturn the 2020 election. A federal judge ruled last month that Pence must testify about conversations he had with Trump leading up to January 6, 2021. Trump pressured Pence, both publicly and privately, to assist in his efforts to overturn Biden's 2020 election victory. Trump supporters could be heard chanting that they wanted to "hang Mike Pence" during the Capitol riot, according to video footage. They're literally calling for the vice president to be effing hung,'" Hutchinson testified.

☆ Mike Pence, who Trump supporters said they wanted to hang during the Capitol riot, is still defending Trump post-indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Aditi Bharade | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Following Trump's indictment, Mike Pence is still defending his former boss. Pence is still displaying loyalty to Trump — even after Capitol rioters threatened to hang him. Pence narrowly escaped the Capitol rioters, and has since rebuked Trump for endangering him and his family during the riot with "reckless" statements. "They were saying 'hang Mike Pence,'" Karl told Trump. "Mike Pence is an innocent man," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post in January.

☆ America’s Political Divide Over Jan. 6 Reaches Into FBI
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Aruna Viswanatha | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—The U.S. government’s sweep-up of Jan. 6 suspects has led to conflict within the Federal Bureau of Investigation over the agency’s expansive efforts to pursue charges against more than 1,000 people, according to a review of testimony by three former or suspended bureau employees before a House committee and other people familiar with the matter. The investigation into a pro-Trump mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, two weeks before President Biden’s inauguration, is the largest in FBI history in terms of the number of cases and national reach. Prosecutors have said they may indict another thousand people in addition to those already charged. Led by agents in Washington, all 56 field offices were enlisted to help trace the rioters in the months after the attack.

☆ White House lashes out at Tucker Carlson in extraordinary rebuke
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —The White House lashed out at Fox News host Tucker Carlson Wednesday in an extraordinary rebuke of the late-night commentator who has been airing false depictions of the January 6, 2021, attack this week. Carlson, given access to about 40,000 hours of US Capitol security camera footage by Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, has aired carefully selected clips to portray the pro-Trump mob as peaceful patriots. White House spokesperson Andrew Bates added to the condemnation Wednesday. The Capitol Police has continuously warned that release of all security footage from the Capitol could pose a potential security risk for the building. In one November 2020 exchange, Carlson said Trump’s post-election behavior was “disgusting.” And in another text message conversation, two days before the January 6 attack, Carlson said, “We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights.

☆ Tucker Carlson Capitol-Riot Segment Criticized by Democrats, Republicans
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Lindsay Wise | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Fox News received early access to the security footage shown in the segment. WASHINGTON—Democratic and Republican lawmakers criticized a Fox News segment that showed previously unaired footage of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying it played down the severity of the riot, in which a pro-Donald Trump mob tried to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election. On Monday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson aired several clips of footage focused on central figures of the day, including Jacob Chansley, the self-described QAnon Shaman. Mr. Carlson said that lawmakers had intentionally overstated the violence and that members of the Jan. 6 committee established to investigate the attack “lied about what they saw” in the footage.

☆ Federal Agencies Didn’t Share Some Threat Insights Before Jan. 6 Attack, Report Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The GAO said a failure by multiple agencies to share information left law enforcement unprepared for the unprecedented attack on the Capitol. WASHINGTON—Federal agencies responsible for securing the Capitol failed to adequately share intelligence about potential violence ahead of Jan. 6, 2021, hindering the response to the pro-Trump mob that stormed the building and disrupted the peaceful transfer of power that day, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. In a 122-page report, the nonpartisan GAO found that the FBI and Capitol Police identified “credible threats” in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, and received tips, including one about planning to confront Democratic lawmakers and block them from entering the building. But a failure by multiple agencies to “fully process” and share information left law enforcement unprepared for the unprecedented attack on the Capitol as lawmakers convened to certify the results of the 2020 election, the report said.

☆ Rupert Murdoch admits Fox News hosts 'endorsed' election lies and wanted to make Trump a 'non-person' after January 6 riot
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Rupert Murdoch conceded in a deposition that Fox News hosts pushed falsehoods about the 2020 election. Fox Corporation, which Murdoch leads, argues it isn't liable in Dominion's lawsuit anyway. At the same time, Murdoch denied that Fox Corporation itself endorsed these false claims. Dominion sued Fox News Network along with its parent company, Fox Corporation, in March 2021, also including Bartiromo, Pirro, and Dobbs as defendants. According to the filing, Rupert Murdoch said in his deposition he took care to strike a tone that wouldn't antagonize Trump.

☆ Ex-D.C. officer Fanone and veterans urge GOP House leaders to condemn political violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

WASHINGTON — Dozens of military veterans on Wednesday hand-delivered letters to top Republicans in the U.S. House, calling on them to publicly condemn political violence as the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol approaches. Former Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone wrote the letter, which was signed by more than 1,000 military veterans, active duty members, law enforcement officers and military families. Fanone, who was beaten and tased during the attack on the Capitol, delivered a copy to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s office. They want top Republicans in the House not only to condemn political violence but to hold accountable those who spread violent and hate-filled messages. A core of conservative House Republicans has rejected McCarthy’s attempts to be named speaker on multiple votes Tuesday and Wednesday.

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