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June 06, 2024 12:26 PM
District Court Judge Carl Nichols revoked the bail for far-right media figure Steve Bannon on Thursday, ordering Bannon to report to jail on July 1. Bannon, a former senior Trump adviser, was convicted for defying a congressional subpoena from the Jan. 6 Committee, but his jail sentence was previously on hold while he appealed.
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June 05, 2024 04:49 PM
The Georgia Court of Appeals has put a stay on proceedings for the 2020 election case involving Donald Trump and his associates. The panel is reviewing the decision to allow Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue leading the case. The appeals court is supposed to hear arguments on the Trump team’s bid to disqualify Willis on Oct. 4.
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June 04, 2024 11:23 AM
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed charges against Kenneth Chesebro, Jim Troupis and Mike Roman for their alleged involvement in a fake electors plan to keep Donald Trump in office in 2020.
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May 31, 2024 10:40 AM
Less than a full day after the guilty verdict, Donald Trump’s campaign claimed it had already raised nearly $35 million after Thursday’s decision. The Trump campaign said almost 30% of those donors were also new to the GOP fundraising platform, WinRed, and that the haul was nearly double their previous biggest day of fundraising.
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May 29, 2024 11:55 AM
Hours after former Capitol Police officer Michael Fanone spoke on Tuesday outside the Manhattan criminal courthouse, where he called Trump “an authoritarian,” his mother had a SWAT team called to her address responding to a potentially active shooter, according to NBC News. Fanone, who was violently attacked on Jan. 6 and became a national figure speaking out against the Capitol riot, told NBC that incidents like this were “the reality of going up against or challenging Donald Trump.”
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May 23, 2024 09:02 AM
After months of calling former President Donald Trump dangerous, Nikki Haley said Wednesday that she’ll vote for him in November.
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May 21, 2024 10:31 AM
Closing arguments are coming next week. “We’ll be resting pretty quickly, meaning resting the case,” Trump told reporters outside court. “I won’t be resting. I don’t rest.”
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May 20, 2024 03:32 PM
Next up are witnesses for the defense. Closing arguments are expected to begin early next week.
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May 14, 2024 01:13 PM
A New York appeals court has denied the former president’s latest attempt to overturn his gag order in his criminal hush money trial: “We find that Justice Merchan properly weighed petitioner’s First Amendment Rights against the court’s historical commitment to ensuring the fair administration of justice in criminal cases, and the right of persons related or tangentially related to the criminal proceedings from being free from threats, intimidation, harassment, and harm,” the order said.
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May 14, 2024 09:53 AM
Trump loyalists are flocking to support the former president during his criminal trial. It’s the second day of Michael Cohen’s testimony, and House Speaker Mike Johnson has joined Trump’s entourage. Also in attendance: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Reps. Byron Donalds and Cory Mills, and Eric Trump and Lara Trump.
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May 13, 2024 04:51 PM
Republican Sens. J.D. Vance and Tommy Tuberville joined Donald Trump in court Monday, as prosecutors questioned star witness Michael Cohen. Trump’s entourage also included Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York and state Attorneys General Steve Marshall of Alabama and Brenna Bird of Iowa.
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May 13, 2024 10:22 AM
Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen took the stand Monday pursuant to a subpoena. Cohen spent his early testimony explaining a strong working relationship with Trump, saying he spoke with him multiple times every day. Cohen called Trump a “micromanager” and said he would sometimes lie for him, per CNN.
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May 10, 2024 01:13 PM
A federal appeals court has upheld ex—Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s contempt-of-Congress conviction. Bannon was found guilty of failing to comply with the House January 6 committee’s subpoena. The appeals court also upheld Bannon’s four-month federal prison sentence. Bannon was given time to appeal the ruling to the full DC-based appeals court.
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May 09, 2024 10:54 AM
Trump lawyer Susan Necheles took the lead questioning Daniels the day after her graphically detailed witness testimony. Necheles’s questions were focused on Daniels income, including the money she brought in from a book contract, her role in a documentary, a tour of strip clubs and merchandise like the “Stormy, Saint of Indictments candle.”
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May 08, 2024 10:36 AM
Georgia’s state Court of Appeals said it would consider a challenge to the decision to not to disqualify Fani Willis as the district attorney overseeing his elections case in the state. Trump’s legal team, which has accused Willis of “misconduct” for her relationship with the former special prosecutor on the case, has 10 days to file a notice of appeal.
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May 07, 2024 05:24 PM
The case over former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents is on hold after Judge Aileen Cannon canceled an upcoming trial date. She did not set a new trial date in the order on Tuesday, saying there are issues over classified evidence.
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May 07, 2024 02:53 PM
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team asked for a mistrial on Tuesday based on Stormy Daniels’ testimony, some of which an attorney said had “nothing to do with this case and is extremely prejudicial.” Judge Juan Merchan denied the request.
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May 07, 2024 09:18 AM
Stormy Daniels, the blockbuster witness in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial, is likely to take the stand Tuesday, according to her attorney. Trump complained in a now-deleted Truth Social post about the upcoming testimony: “I have just recently been told who the witness is today. This is unprecedented, no time for lawyers to prepare.”
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May 06, 2024 09:40 AM
Judge Juan Merchan found former President Donald Trump in contempt of violating a gag order again — and warned that the consequences could get more serious. “It’s important you understand the last thing I want to do is put you in jail,” the judge said Monday. Trump’s love of posting has created a problem in the courts, as NOTUS’ Calen Razor reported.
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May 03, 2024 04:48 PM
Donald Trump’s former aide Hope Hicks testified for nearly three hours on Friday during the former president’s New York criminal trial, addressing the “Access Hollywood” tape, Trump’s family, relationships with the media and much more.
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May 02, 2024 09:41 AM
Former President Donald Trump confirmed that he asked to go to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a key part of testimony he previously tried to discredit. “I said, ‘I’d like to go down there because I see a lot of people walking down,’” he said Wednesday. “They said, ‘Sir, it’s better if you don’t.’ I said, ‘Well, I’d like to.’” He said he then let it go.
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April 30, 2024 09:50 AM
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial found him in contempt on Tuesday for violating his gag order nine times. He has to pay $1,000 for each violation and take down posts from Truth Social.
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April 23, 2024 01:53 PM
Pecker testified that Donald Trump “asked me what can I do and what my magazines can do to help the campaign” during the trial, going on to lay out the National Enquirer’s “catch and kill” arrangement to squash negative stories about Trump. Pecker’s testimony is in line with the prosecution’s case that the hush money payments were about Trump’s presidential campaign and not just about his personal reputation.
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April 23, 2024 11:02 AM
“You’re losing all credibility with the court,” Judge Juan Merchan told Donald Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche about Trump’s recent posts on Truth Social. Merchan said he was reserving a decision on whether Trump violated his gag order with posts about Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen and others related to the hush money case. Blanche argued the court was not “clear” about “reposts” in the gag order.
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April 23, 2024 10:13 AM
Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case are arguing the former president should be held in contempt for 10 Truth Social posts, which they claim violate his gag order. The prosecutors are seeking a $1,000 fine per allegation and for Trump to remove the posts, which reference Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen and others related to the case.
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April 22, 2024 12:13 PM
Donald Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche’s opening statement was interrupted multiple times by objections from the prosecution. Judge Juan Merchan sustained most of the objections over statements about Michael Cohen’s trustworthiness, the legality of nondisclosure agreements and Stormy Daniels’ intentions when seeking publicity.
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April 22, 2024 11:05 AM
“This case is about criminal conspiracy,” Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo said in his opening statement, presenting Michael Cohen’s and David Pecker’s alleged roles in the hush money scheme. Colangelo also quoted Donald Trump in the “Access Hollywood” tape. Trump’s lawyers, Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles, were looking directly at the prosecution and the jury while Trump stared forward, per NBC.
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April 19, 2024 01:54 PM
Twelve New Yorkers and six alternates have been selected for the jury in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s hush money case against Donald Trump. Opening arguments are expected to begin next week.
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April 18, 2024 01:25 PM
Jury selection for Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York started with seven seated jurors Thursday, but two were dismissed by midday. One was dismissed after expressing concerns about her identity being shared publicly, and prosecutors found new information about the other that they said called into question the truthfulness of the juror’s answers during voir dire. Judge Juan Merchan asked reporters to limit the physical descriptions of the jurors, CNN reports.
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April 16, 2024 04:03 PM
Six jurors for former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial were sworn in on Tuesday. The full panel will consist of 12 jurors and six alternates. It’s not clear when the trial will start in earnest, but the judge reportedly suggested it could be as soon as Monday.
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