When they first surfaced, the claims sparked controversy and ignited discussions about potential racist undertones behind Melania's actions.
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents case is making decisions that are drawing scathing rebukes. And they may earn her a recusal. U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump before he left office, this week ordered defense lawyers and Special Prosecutor Jack Smith's team to file their own version of submissions breaking down instructions they would offer to instruct a jury around competing interpretations of the Presidential...
Staff Writer for The Atlantic David Frum joins The Lead.
Federal Judge Aileen Cannon issued an order Monday for lawyers to submit instructions for a trial jury in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case – signaling that the debate over whether Trump had the authority to keep documents from his White House could remain a central issue of the case, which could help him at trial. But – to the surprise and confusion of several legal experts on Monday – Cannon asked the attorneys in the case to consider how to incorporate into the trial...
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Federal Judge Aileen Cannon issued an order Monday for lawyers to submit instructions for a trial jury in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case – signaling that the debate over whether Trump had the authority to keep documents from his White House could remain a central issue of the
The US abstention prompted Mr Netanyahu to cancel this week's delegation to Washington to discuss a planned Israeli military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Former President Donald Trump claimed early Friday that he has "almost" $500 million in cash, undercutting his lawyers' claims that he would not be able to comply with the $464 million judgment against him and his co-defendants in the civil fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. "Through hard work, talent, and luck, I currently have almost five hundred million dollars in cash, a substantial amount of which I intended to use in my campaign for president," Trump wrote in a...
Scathing letter from White House counsel tells Republican Mike Johnson ‘it is clear the House Republican impeachment is over’The White House’s top lawyer has told House Republicans to give up on their impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, calling the investigation a “charade”.The White House counsel, Ed Siskel, told the House speaker, Mike Johnson that “it is clear the House Republican impeachment is over” in a scathing letter sent on Friday morning. Continue reading
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi tells CNN’s Dana Bash that if Donald Trump gets intelligence briefings as the GOP nominee, “hopefully those advising him would say, grow up, live up to your responsibilities” and don’t share any of it.
Ex-president claims Jewish people who vote for Democrats ‘hate Israel’ and ‘hate their religion’US politics – latest updatesThe White House has criticized Donald Trump for “vile and unhinged antisemitic rhetoric” after the former president claimed that Jewish people who vote for Democrats “hate Israel” and “hate their religion”.In an interview on Monday Trump was asked about increased criticism by Democrats of Israel’s military action in Gaza, which has left more than 30,000 Palestinians dead....
At a rally in Ohio, former President Donald Trump saluted people in prison for breaking into the Capitol on January 6th and falsely called them “hostages.” Trump’s former Vice President Mike Pence called that language “unacceptable.”
MIAMI >> Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro reported to prison today to begin serving his sentence for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.