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    Trump legal news brief: Trump appeals Judge McAfee's ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Georgia case

    Lawyers for former President Donald Trump file an emergency appeal challenging Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can continue to prosecute Trump and 18 others on election interference charges now that lead prosecutor Nathan Wade has stepped down.

  • FOX News 'pushing back' on Donald Trump

    FOX News was forced to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million last year. The lawsuit seems to be having a profound effect on its election coverage.

  • Eric Trump's Fox News Interview Sparks Ridicule

    Comments from Eric Trump concerning his father Donald Trump's bond payment from his civil fraud ruling sparked ridicule online Sunday.The former president was hit with a massive penalty after being found liable in a civil fraud trial brought against him and The Trump Organization by New York Attorney General Letitia James, which accused him of a long-term scheme to inflate his net worth and the worth of his assets in order to secure more favorable business loans. With interest, the penalty is...

  • Fox News Scoffs at Lawsuit Threat From Tony Bobulinski

    Jessica Tarlov, a liberal co-host on Fox News' "The Five," stirred controversy earlier this week by alleging, without evidence, that former Hunter Biden associate Tony Bobulinski's legal fees were paid by a Trump Super PAC.

  • Donald Trump Complains About Fox News Coverage of His Fraud Case

    Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Fox News in a social media post, complaining about the network's coverage of his New York civil fraud case as a key deadline to stop his properties from being seized is less than a day away.Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, was fined $355 million after being found liable in a civil fraud trial brought against him and The Trump Organization by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The former president and executives at the Trump...

  • Fox News Host Fact-Checks Donald Trump After Interview

    Fox News host Howard Kurtz fact-checked former President Donald Trump on Sunday following an interview in which he shared an oft-repeated false claim about abortion.The exchange began during an interview Kurtz conducted with Trump, who is now the presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee, in which the host asked if he would support a nationwide abortion ban after 16 weeks of pregnancy, a proposal he has reportedly supported in private, but declined to commit to one way or the other in public.In...

  • 'Don't like': Trump has a problem with how Fox News is covering his fraud case

    Donald Trump on Sunday took to social media to attack a conservative network that has often had his back: Fox News.Trump, who has had a hot-and-cold relationship with the right-wing media giant owned by the Rupert Murdoch family, posted his attack on Truth Social. The social network the ex-president created is rumored to be ready for a public offering, which could inject much-needed funds into Trump's accounts as he struggles to come up with bond money in a fraud case in which he was ordered to...

  • Fox News Fact-Checks Donald Trump Bond Claim: 'Actually Not True'

    Fox News host Eric Shawn fact-checked former President Donald Trump's claim that the $454 million bond he has to pay by Monday is "unprecedented," saying it is "actually not true."In February, Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump to pay $355 million, plus interest, and barred him from doing business in New York for three years after finding him liable for financial fraud in September 2023 in a lawsuit brought on by New York Attorney General Letitia James' office. Trump, the presumed GOP...

  • 'Actually not true': Fox News destroys Trump claim that fraud bond is 'unprecedented'

    Fox News host Eric Shawn pointed out that Donald Trump's claim that his New York fraud bond is unprecedented was simply "not true." During an interview with former federal prosecutor Alex Little, Shawn noted that Trump had repeatedly made the claim about the $454 million bond. "We've also heard there's a lot of talk about this is unprecedented amount of money," Shawn explained on Sunday. "This has never happened before. But that's actually not true." "This is from Letitia James, the...

  • Fox News issues correction after Trump claims Dems perform abortions after birth

    Fox News host Howard Kurtz issued a correction on Sunday after former President Donald Trump claimed Democrats perform abortions after birth. During an interview on Fox News, Kurtz asked Trump if his 16-week abortion ban could become law. Trump noted that justices he appointed to the Supreme Court had helped to destroy Roe v. Wade abortion protections. "They did and you know, they did something that from a lot of standpoints is extremely good, number one, the Democrats are the radicals...

  • Jessica Tarlov's False Claim About Tony Bobulinski Sparks Lawsuit Threat Against Fox News

    I would like to clarify a comment I made yesterday during our discussion of Tony Bobulinski's appearance at the congressional hearing. During an exchange with my colleagues about the hearing I said that Mr. Bobulinsk's lawyers' fees have been paid by a Trump super PAC as recently as January. What was actually said during the hearing was that the law firm representing Mr. Bobulinski was paid by a Trump PAC. I have seen no indication of those payments were made in connection with Mr. Bobulinski's...