• NY vs. Trump: Judge warns Trump team they're 'losing all credibility' in gag order hearing

    Judge Juan Merchan told President Donald Trump’s defense team they were "losing all credibility" during a Tuesday hearing on whether the 45th president violated a gag order in the Manhattan criminal trial.  "I have to tell you right now, you’re losing all credibility in the court," Merchan told Trump attorney Todd Blanche on Tuesday.  Tuesday’s court proceedings began with Merchan hearing the prosecution's request that Trump be held in contempt for violating a gag order that bans him from...

  • Conservative judge scolds SCOTUS for missing the 'only question' on Trump that matters

    The Supreme Court missed the boat entirely when it heard oral arguments in the case reviewing whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution in the federal election conspiracy case, retired appellate judge Michael Luttig wrote in a lengthy thread on X Thursday.During the argument, the justices hammered Trump's attorney with tough questions, although Justice Samuel Alito, at least, appeared to be searching for a rationalization to grant Trump the immunity he wants. But all of...

  • ‘Danger to our democracy’: fears over Trump allies’ summit with far-right sheriffs

    Mike Flynn, Mike Lindell and others to attend event on election fraud by Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers AssociationA group of far-right sheriffs is set to meet Donald Trump allies in Las Vegas on Wednesday for talks with dozens of Republican state officials and candidates focused partly on potential election fraud by non-citizens, which experts say is wildly overblown.The far-right Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, which the former Arizona sheriff Richard Mack...

  • Judge warns Trump over juror intimidation; 7 jurors picked for trial

    The judge in Donald Trump's historic criminal trial warned the Republican presidential hopeful against intimidating jurors on Tuesday as seven panelists were chosen with unexpected speed following questioning by both sides. No other U.S. ex-president has faced a criminal trial and the pressure is high on both sides to get

  • Trump rebuked as hush-money trial judge warns against juror intimidation

    Juan Merchan admonishes ex-president for ‘gesturing and speaking in the direction of the juror’ as jury selection continuesDonald Trump met a stern rebuke on Tuesday from the jurist presiding over his criminal hush-money trial, with the judge warning: “I won’t have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom.”Trump’s apparent misbehavior did not derail the trial’s progress; seven jurors were picked by day’s end.A guide to Trump’s hush-money trial – so farThe key arguments prosecutors will use...

  • Manhattan judge warns Donald Trump to behave in court — or go to jail

    Like all things Donald Trump, the first day of his hush money criminal trial in New York started like a brewing storm. Not only did Judge Juan Merchan have to once again shut down Trump's attempt to have the judge removed, the fed-up Merchan then warned Trump to behave — or go to jail. — Read the rest

  • Union releases scathing ad warning voters against "very very dangerous" Donald Trump (video)

    North America's Building Trades Unions has had a very long history with Donald Trump — which has been "wasted breath," says the union leader. And after more than 40 years of dealing with the self-centered conman, the union endorsed President Biden today with a scathing video ad against Donald Trump. — Read the rest

  • Trump fangirl Liz Truss channels Maga menace at US conservative thinktank

    The former British PM went all Trumpy at the Heritage, with an audience hanging on her every word as she promoted her bookWas that Donald Truss? Or Liz Trump? A former British prime minister turned up in Washington on Monday channeling the Maga menace who once lorded it in the Oval Office and now spends his days in a dingy courtroom.Liz Truss was at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative thinktank in Washington, within sight of the US Capitol dome, to promote her grandly titled book Ten Years...

  • Ex-judge puts Trump on notice that he violated gag order by attacking Michael Cohen

    Donald Trump recently violated his criminal gag order when he attacked Michael Cohen on social media, according to a former prosecutor and judge.Carol Lam, a former U.S. attorney who also served as a judge in California, on Sunday appeared on MSNBC, where she was asked about the witnesses in Trump's upcoming hush money trial.One of those witnesses is Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney and "fixer" who is now testifying against the former president.ALSO READ: Revealed: What government...

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    GOP voters in a crucial swing state just fired a clear warning shot in Trump's direction

    The GOP is, of course, still Donald Trump’s party. His coronation is set for this July in Milwaukee, and Republican grandees continue to bend the knee, saying they will support him even if he is convicted of felonies by a jury of his peers. But the images out of New York, coupled with the latest state primary results, ought to spread disquiet in the party ranks. In Pennsylvania this week, former U.N. ambassador and one-time presidential candidate Nikki Haley got nearly 157,000 votes in the GOP...

  • Abortion Group, Dems Warn Swing State Voters That RFK Is Just As Dangerous As Trump On Abortion

    As abortion access promises to be an energizing driver for voter turnout in 2024 — with abortion initiatives making their ways onto ballots in a handful of states — abortion advocates and the

  • Judge Is Imposing Double Standard by Gagging Trump but Giving Michael Cohen Free Rein, Legal Experts Say

    President Donald Trump shouldn’t be prevented from speaking about witnesses such as his former attorney Michael Cohen who publicly criticize him on a regular basis, Read More