Jury selection in the Manhattan criminal case against Donald Trump started off slowly, but has since picked up some steam, with multiple jurors seated after day 2 For some lawyers, the jury selection process is the most important stage of the trial. For others it’s a waste of time, an exercise in astrology, and they would take the first 12 people who walk through the door. But no matter how hard his lawyers try, Trump could lose this jury before they are even seated. Jury selection in...
President Donald Trump made history this week as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges. But he’s not only facing 34 felony charges, he now has a new problem to contend with too. This week the prosecution asked Judge Juan Merchan to sanction Trump for posts they said violated a gag order barring Trump from publicly attacking witnesses. The judge said he would hear arguments on the subject on April 23rd. MSNBC's Brian Tyler Cohen takes a closer look at what this could mean...
Let's be clear: If Donald Trump is talking about abortion, he's losing. He and his campaign would much rather be playing offense, slamming President Joe Biden on issues like immigration and the economy as the 2024 presidential race heats up. But when he's talking about abortion, Trump is playing defense. So at the outset of the week, Trump tried to put the issue to rest. Here's a very brief recap of how that worked out. Monday: After months of obfuscation, Trump finally stated his position on...
Fervent Trump supporters from last elections air doubts over abortion and the man himself in state where turnout will be keyTerri Burl has come full circle.The local Republican party official was a founding member of Women for Trump in her corner of rural Wisconsin eight years ago when the then New York businessman’s run for president was little more than a joke to political pundits. Continue reading
Former President Donald Trump has just gone through the first week of his criminal hush payment trial in Manhattan — and it's already hurting him politically, said commentator Molly Jong-Fast on MSNBC's "Deadline: White House" on Friday evening. The conventional wisdom for months has been that the Trump trials, and particularly the Manhattan trial, will not significantly impact him, with large numbers of voters simply not caring about it. But this ignores that a great many non-Trump...
Trump put to rest speculation that he is not making a major shift from the positions of Republican presidential nominees on abortion dating back to Ronald Reagan.
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Former president and presumptive Republican White House nominee Donald Trump told journalists on Wednesday that he will not sign a federal abortion ban if it reaches his desk. Trump announced that “whatever” individual states “decide must be the law of the land” on abortion instead of pursuing further pro-life protections at the federal level. HELP US FIGHT THE LIES OF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND SPREAD THE TRUTH AROUND THE WORLD: https://give.lifesitenews.com SHOP YOUR FAVORITE PRECIOUS METALS...
Former President Donald Trump has finally accepted the reality that he will be starting a criminal trial on Monday, CNN's Kaitlan Collins told Jake Tapper on Friday.This comes after the former president, who has spent years throwing every delay tactic he can at all his various civil and criminal legal proceedings, lost three separate bids this week to delay the Manhattan hush money trial."Back to the hush money cover-up trial, which is scheduled to begin Monday jury selection what are your...
While the dates Judge Aileen Cannon outlined are bad news for scoring a pre-election trial over Donald Trump's document case, there was one silver lining, according to a legal analyst. Guardian reporter Hugo Lowell pointed out that special counsel Jack Smith had proposed March 18 for Trump to file his notice under Section 5 of the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA).Responding to the post, "Secrets and Laws," a self-proclaimed ex-CIA lawyer, pointed out there doesn't seem to be a chance...
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Former President Donald Trump holds a two-point edge over President Biden in Wisconsin, according to a new poll on their 2024 presidential election rematch. Trump stands at 51% support among registered voters in the crucial Midwestern battleground, with Biden at 49%, according to a Marquette Law School Poll released on Wednesday. According to the survey, which was conducted April 3-10, the former president holds the same 51%-49% edge over his White House successor among the smaller pool of...