NEW YORK — Opening statements in the first-ever criminal trial of a former President kicked off Monday morning with prosecutors accusing Trump of "election fraud" as the defense asked jurors to take a
Former President Trump came out swinging against independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Friday, despite weeks of amping him up over his likely November rival, President Biden. In a series of post on Truth Social, Trump suggested Kennedy was put in the race to help Biden win reelection and claimed his running mate, Nichole
Donald Trump may have violated his gag order set by the New York judge in his criminal hush money trial by parroting a Fox New host's attack against potential jurors being seated in the case, according to a legal expert. On Wednesday, during a pause in proceedings where Trump is defending himself against a 34-count indictment that he falsified business records to bury alleged sexual affairs weeks before the 2016 election, the former president quoted Fox News host Jesse Watters stating: “They...
Donald Trump on Thursday was ridiculed on social media after saying in a Newsmax interview that he never incarcerated Hillary Clinton while he was the president simply because he felt it would be "horrible" to do it. Trump, who had a busy day being involved in a criminal hush money cover-up trial as well as a Supreme Court criminal immunity hearing on the same day, later did a phone interview on the right-wing network, Newsmax. In part of the interview, Trump was cut off by the host before...
We’re only one week into the first criminal trial of Donald Trump, yet he and his MAGA allies are already intervening to identify and drive off the jury anyone they think could pose a risk to the former president. At Fox News, host Jesse Watters has launched attacks on the jurors, saying at one point that any juror who says they can be unbiased in the case is a liar, and citing Trump’s legal team as having uncovered potential jurors who were “undercover activists.” Trump himself quickly...
There is no need for Hong Kong to legislate against “fake news” as long as the media industry exercises self-discipline, the city’s leader John Lee has said. Speaking at a weekly press conference on Tuesday, Lee said he believed Hong Kong’s media outlets had “improved compared to the past.” “I hope the industry can enhance […]
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Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Friday, April 26 2024. Adebutu Responsible For Our Loss In 2023 – Ogun PDP Chairman The Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Hon. Sikirullai Ogundele, on Thursday blamed the party’s woeful performance at the 2023
Here is New Telegraph's news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news
A price floor means ex-president gets bonus even though Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock value has plummetedFormer president Donald Trump qualified for a bonus worth $1.2bn after shares in his social media company remained above a certain value despite falling sharply.Trump is poised to receive 36m additional shares in Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), owner of his Truth Social platform, under an “earn-out” windfall which boosts the paper value of his stake in the business to about...
Tune in for today's morning news bulletin! We cover the Opposition party's response to PM Modi's remarks, the Supreme Court's stance on women's participation in the workforce, the start of Donald Trump's hush money trial, and more.
Trump, who owns a majority stake in Trump Media and Technology Group, is due to receive an additional 36 million shares of the company on Tuesday.