• First 6 Jurors Selected in Trump Hush Money Trial After Questioning of Anti-Trump Social Media Posts

    The first six jurors were selected in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial on Tuesday afternoon, after a two-day process, whittled down from a potential 96 potential candidates.

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    Trump goes after Judge Merchan on social media moments after gag order hearing

    Donald Trump went after Judge Merchan on social media moments after the gag order hearing during his hush money election interference trial. Yet, Trump looked “small, tired and alone” in the courtroom experts in attendance observed.

  • Matt Gaetz vows Trump will give pardons and 'money settlements' to Jan. 6 convicts

    A Donald Trump sequel as president means pardons and a payday for Jan. 6 defendants. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is dangling carrots for the return of the Donald to 1600 Pennsylvania by letting it be known the 45th president keeps his promises. "As I noted in my last post, one Congressman, or even a more united House of Representatives, can only do so much," wrote Gaetz in an email to constituents. "Congress cannot issue pardons to January 6th defendants, for example."ALSO READ: ‘Fraudulent’: Trump...

  • Trump Media shares tank as Donald Trump's stake in Truth Social parent could be sold: filing

    The shares have already fallen nearly 60% since it first went public after a blank-check merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp.

  • Dhoni goes 6, 6, 6 to finish off CSK's innings in style

    MS Dhoni, at 42, has been reserving his energies for the late-overs dash in IPL 2024. And the wait was well worth it for his team-mates and fans alike at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday night, where he played four balls in the 20th over and finished with a strike rate of 500. Here's how ESPNcricinfo's ball-by-ball commentary recorded the carnage.19.1, Hardik to Mitchell, 1 wide Width outside off, Mitchell is beaten as he tries to cut and pick the gap at deep point. Wide signalled, Hardik reviews,...

  • Judge Should Impose Monitor for Trump's Social Media: Legal Analyst

    New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, presiding over Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, should impose a monitor for the ex-president's social media posts amid his gag order, legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann said.Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, last week became the first former president in U.S. history to stand trial in a criminal case. Following an investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office,...

  • Whistleblowers To Further Dismantle Jan. 6 National Guard Narrative About Trump

    Whistleblowers To Further Dismantle Jan. 6 National Guard Narrative About Trump On Wednesday, whistleblowers from the Washington DC National Guard are expected to tell Congressional investigators that former President Donald Trump wanted them deployed, but an Army Secretary, Ryan McCarthy, delayed relaying this to DC National Guard Commander William Walker by at least two hours. According to the Daily Mail, at least three whistleblowers will also testify that their stories were...

  • Aaron Sorkin is working on a Jan. 6-focused follow-up to The Social Network

    Aaron Sorkin has announced that he’s currently writing a followup script to The Social Network, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He broke the news during an episode of The Town podcast that centered on how Facebook and social media have influenced democracy in the years since his Oscar-winning hit. The first film chronicled the early days of Mark Zuckerberg’s social network and starred Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake, among others. Sorkin is cagey on the actual details...

  • Will Supreme Court make Trump immune from Jan. 6 prosecution?

    The Supreme Court on Thursday heard Trump’s claim that he is entirely immune from prosecution for all of his “official acts” during his time in the White House.

  • Will Supreme Court make Trump immune from Jan. 6 prosecution?

    The Supreme Court on Thursday heard Trump’s claim that he is entirely immune from prosecution for all of his “official acts” during his time in the White House.

  • Trump put on notice that all his 'admissions' on social media will haunt him with the jury

    Sanctions may rain down on Donald Trump in the form of fines and jail threats for potentially breaching his hush money trial gag order by his rampant social media posts and quotes — but prosecutors may also put all of them into evidence that could be used as fodder to radically sway his jury. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution team on Tuesday asked the judge to dock the former president for at least 10 posts on his social media account and campaign website that appeared as...

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    Trump tries, fails to delay Jan. 6 civil cases pending against him

    As this week has brought into sharp relief, Donald Trump’s principal legal problem is that he’s facing 88 criminal counts, including an ongoing criminal trial that got underway in New York City on Monday. It’s one of four pending cases against the former president across three jurisdictions. And while these are clearly the most serious of the Republican’s legal troubles — their outcomes could, at least in theory, lead to prison sentences — the presumptive GOP nominee is simultaneously dealing...