• KTVZ

    NY attorney general says appeals court should disregard Trump’s claim it’s impossible to get a bond

    CNN By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office pushed back on Donald Trump’s claim that he can’t find an insurance company to support his $464 million bond in the civil fraud case, telling the a state appeals court they should ignore the argument. “Defendants here had no reason to

    • KIFI

    NY attorney general says appeals court should disregard Trump’s claim it’s impossible to get a bond

    By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office pushed back on Donald Trump’s claim that he can’t find an insurance company to support his $464 million bond in the civil fraud case, telling the a state appeals court they should ignore the argument. “Defendants here had no reason to wait

    • KIFI

    NY attorney general says appeals court should disregard Trump’s claim it’s impossible to get a bond

    CNN By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office pushed back on Donald Trump’s claim that he can’t find an insurance company to support his $464 million bond in the civil fraud case, telling the a state appeals court they should ignore the argument. “Defendants here had no reason to

  • The Ugly Origins of Trump’s “America First” Policy

    People’s choice of words can be revealing. That’s certainly the case with respect to one of Donald Trump’s favorite slogans, “America First.” In April 2016, Trump initially used the term in a campaign speech, proclaiming that “America First” would be “the major and overriding theme of my administration.” The following year, in his inaugural address, More

  • Houthis Threaten Saudi Arabia Over U.S. Military Actions

    By Mohammed Hatem (Bloomberg) The Yemen-based Houthi militants renewed their threats against Saudi Arabia, warning it not to support US strikes against the group. “We have sent a message to Saudi

    • MSNBC

    Asked about foreign bond money, Trump’s lawyer fails to reassure

    Donald Trump has faced financial difficulties throughout his adult life. In May 2019, The New York Times shined a light on the Republican’s finances from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, when the future president went from one failed venture to another, losing money at an extraordinary pace. At one point, the report noted, Trump “appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer.” That said, conditions now are significantly worse. In fact, in the wake of a $464...

  • Trump says he’s 'allowed' to accept foreign money to pay legal fines

    Donald Trump had several different reactions to questions about money on Monday after a five-judge appeals court panel slashed the amount he needs to post bond.Asked if he if has ever accepted foreign money for legal fines or bills, Trump meandered, saying the thinks he is allowed to, before insisting that he doesn’t need to and never did.“Did you ever accept money from a foreign government to pay the bond, or your fines, or any of your legal bills?” CNN’s Kate Sullivan asked the indicted...

  • New York attorney general could soon move to seize Trump’s property

    Potential move could coincide with ex-president’s Monday deadline to find $454m bond needed to cover civil fraud judgmentAttorneys in the New York attorney general’s office have written to the state appeals court dealing with Donald Trump’s punishment for business fraud to say that they should disregard the former president’s claims that he cannot raise a bond to cover his massive fine.Letitia James, the attorney general, could initiate action to seize Trump assets as soon as Monday, coinciding...

  • The Racist-Fascist-Imperialist — or ‘nazi’ — Network That Enforces U.S. Foreign Policies

    Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) On March 16th, I emailed to the editor at Strategic-Culture.org a message that when I tried to see their https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/06/01/new-generation-of-us-trained-extremists-fighting-russia-are-we-prepared-for-blowback/, I got a notification that, “This site can’t be reached. Check if there is a typo in www.strategic-culture.org.” This sort of thing (and similar lies falsely ‘explaining’ why the given […]

  • Trump criticizes Biden’s Israel policy, says president ‘dumped’ Netanyahu

    Former President Trump criticized President Biden for his Israel policy in an interview set to air Sunday. “And all of a sudden, he dumped Israel, that’s what he’s doing, he dumped Israel,” Trump said in reference to Biden on Fox News’ “MediaBuzz” with host Howard Kurtz. "He just said, essentially, that Bibi Netanyahu should take

    • CNN

    Trump’s hush money trial was set to begin Monday. Here’s what’s happening instead

    Donald Trump’s first criminal trial was supposed to begin Monday. Instead, his lawyers will get the chance to argue for a lengthy postponement and even a dismissal of the charges. Judge Juan Merchan is holding a pre-trial hearing in New York on Monday to discuss the discovery issues that led to the delay of the trial on charges brought by the Manhattan district attorney related to hush money payments until at least the middle of next month. Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business...

    • KTVZ

    Trump’s hush money trial was set to begin Monday. Here’s what’s happening instead

    By Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s first criminal trial was supposed to begin Monday. Instead, his lawyers will get the chance to argue for a lengthy postponement and even a dismissal of the charges. Judge Juan Merchan is holding a pre-trial hearing in New York on Monday to discuss the