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Georgia Judge's Decision Spares Trump a Trial Next Month

Ruling separates two who wanted a speedy trial from the former president and 16 others

(Newser) - It's a break for Donald Trump: The former president will not have to go on trial next month in his Georgia indictment . Instead, only two of the 19 defendants will do so—former Trump attorneys Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, reports the New York Times . Those two requested a...

Trump Mocks Romney After Decision Not to Run Again

GOP nemesis 'did not serve with distinction,' Truth Social post says

(Newser) - Donald Trump celebrated the upcoming departure of Sen. Mitt Romney from Congress, calling the fellow GOP politician's retirement announcement "fantastic news for America, the great state of Utah, and for the Republican Party." Trump endorsed Romney's 2012 presidential candidacy and 2018 run for Senate, but the...

Trump Asks for a New Judge
Trump Wants Judge's Recusal
Sep 11, 2023 7:15 PM CDT

Trump Wants Judge's Recusal

Filing objects to comments made by Tanya Chutkan in other cases

(Newser) - Donald Trump's lawyers went to court Monday with a request of US District Judge Tanya Chutkan: Remove yourself from the former president's election subversion trial. The filing argues that comments Chutkan has made about rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, CNN reports, could suggest that...

Judge Rejects Moving Meadows Case to Federal Court

Ruling keeps election interference case in Fulton County Superior Court

(Newser) - Mark Meadows' attempt to have his election interference case moved from a Georgia court to a federal one failed Friday. US District Judge Steve C. Jones rejected the motion by Meadows, former President Trump's onetime chief of staff, the Washington Post reports. Several of Meadows' codefendants have hearings coming...

Strong Contender Emerges to Be Trump's VP Pick

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem enters the conversation

(Newser) - Former President Trump is headed to South Dakota for a GOP fundraiser on Friday, and sources say that Gov. Kristi Noem is expected to offer her endorsement then for Trump's reelection run— a move that "most other Republican governors have been reluctant to make so far," per...

Grand Jury Recommended Charges Against Graham

But Georgia prosecutors opted not to bring an indictment against the GOP senator

(Newser) - It appears Lindsey Graham dodged a legal bullet in Georgia. The special grand jury that investigated former President Trump recommended charging many more people who did not ultimately get indicted, including the South Carolina senator, two former senators from Georgia (Kelly Loeffler and David Purdue), and longtime Trump ally Michael...

Trump Signals He'll Try to Move Georgia Case to Federal Court

New filing says he 'may' do so, which could improve his chances at trial

(Newser) - Donald Trump is widely expected to try to move his Georgia case from state to federal court, and a new legal filing includes the strongest signal yet that he intends to do so. "President Trump hereby notifies the Court that he may seek removal of his prosecution to federal...

Mar-a-Lago's Ex-IT Chief Will Testify Against Trump: Report

Yuscil Taveras reportedly signs deal to avoid prosecution in classified documents case

(Newser) - A former attorney for the Mar-a-Lago ex-employee who flipped against his onetime boss , former President Trump, has revealed more about what allegedly went down. The former head of IT at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, identified by media outlets as Yuscil Taveras, has agreed to testify as a witness for the...

E. Jean Carroll Prevails in Trump Defamation Case

Trial that begins in January will consider only how much, not if, he owes her

(Newser) - E. Jean Carroll notched another legal victory against former President Trump on Wednesday, reports CNBC , with a federal judge ruling that Trump is liable in her defamation case against him. "The jury found that Mr. Trump knew that his statement that Ms. Carroll lied about him sexually assaulting her...

Jack Smith Slams Trump's 'Daily Extrajudicial Statements'

Jack Smith accuses ex-president of remarks that could taint jury pool in election interference case

(Newser) - A mostly sealed court battle between Team Trump and special counsel Jack Smith, who's currently prosecuting two criminal cases against the former president, has spurred a new court filing in which Smith says Trump's remarks online could taint the jury pool in his election interference indictment. As CNN...

Judge: Trump's Georgia Trial Will Be Streamed on YouTube

Also Thursday, the former president pleaded not guilty in the sprawling case

(Newser) - When former President Trump goes on trial in Georgia, the world apparently will be able to follow along on YouTube. The judge presiding over the case ruled Thursday that the proceedings will be live-streamed on the court's YouTube channel, reports WSB-TV . Other media outlets will be allowed to have...

Trump Pleads Not Guilty in Georgia Case

Former president won't have to appear in court next week at arraignment hearing

(Newser) - Former President Trump has pleaded not guilty and waived arraignment in the case accusing him and others of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia, per the AP . That means he won't have to show up for an arraignment hearing that Fulton County Superior...

Trump Deposition: I Was Too Busy as President to Commit Fraud
See What Trump
Talked About
in His 7-Hour
Deposition
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 31, 2023 7:45 AM CDT

See What Trump Talked About in His 7-Hour Deposition

In transcript from April sit-down with New York AG, Trump claims he saved 'millions' from nuclear war

(Newser) - The civil fraud suit against former President Trump brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James is set to head to trial in October, and now the transcript from his April deposition in that case is revealing what Trump said during his seven-hour interview by James' team. The New York ...

NY AG: Judge Should Rule Trump Committed Fraud Now

Letitia James is seeking a partial summary judgment in the case

(Newser) - As he gears up for his criminal trials, former President Trump is set to first face a civil trial in New York on Oct. 2. But State Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday argued in a court filing that Trump's fraud is so staggering a trial isn't even...

Trump Rises in Polls After Mugshot Release

Recent surveys show former president increasing his lead over rivals for GOP nomination

(Newser) - A presidential candidate who skips debates and has had a mugshot released after one of several criminal indictments wouldn't normally be expected to stay in the race, let alone remain the frontrunner. But the latter is exactly what's happening for former President Trump, whose lead over rivals for...

After Trump Comment, DeSantis Team Clarifies

Florida governor is not dropping out of 2024 race, his campaign says

(Newser) - Ron DeSantis is not dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, the Florida governor's campaign made clear Monday. As for why that had to be made clear, former President Trump had earlier in the day posted on Truth Social about a "roomer [sic]" that DeSantis might exit the...

Poll Suggests Trump Could Pay for Sitting Out GOP Debate

Frontrunner slips 6 points as several rivals are on the rise

(Newser) - A poll taken after the Republican presidential debate has found changes in the race, with several candidates inching up and the absent frontrunner losing a bit of support. The Emerson College poll showed Donald Trump falling from 56% support among people who plan to vote in a GOP primary to...

Trump Faces 'Easter Egg' Complication in Georgia Case

His desire to move it to federal court may be undercut by timeline of the allegations

(Newser) - The indictments against Donald Trump are out. Now comes the legal wrangling to figure out crucial details, including when the trials might be held and in which jurisdictions. On Monday morning, the judge in Trump's federal election interference case set a trial date of March 4, 2024 , which just...

Federal Judge Sets Trial Date for Trump

March 4, 2024, the day before Super Tuesday

(Newser) - A judge on Monday set a March 4, 2024, trial date for Donald Trump in the federal case in Washington charging the former president with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The decision from US District Judge Tanya Chutkan denied a defense request to push the trial...

Voters in Both Parties Say Biden Is Too Old
Democrats
Agree: Biden
Is Too Old
new poll
Aug 28, 2023 10:05 AM CDT

Democrats Agree: Biden Is Too Old

69% of Democrats agree with 89% of Republicans on that front

(Newser) - Americans actually agree on something in this time of discord: Joe Biden is too old to be an effective president in a second term. Only a few years his junior, Donald Trump raises strikingly less concern about his age. But they have plenty of other problems with Trump, who at...

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