Right up until the day Donald Trump’s federal indictment was unsealed, the legal team tasked with defending him was engaged in petty internal feuds —including fights over TV appearances, accusations of disloyalty, and even a so-called “coup,” three people familiar with the situation, as well as others on or close …
Read More »Trump Calls For Protests Over Latest Indictment in Interview With Roger Stone
Donald Trump gave a post-indictment interview to Roger Stone, the man he freed from prison, and called for his supporters to protest his prosecution. “Our country has to protest,” Trump said. Stone sang Trump’s praises as he introduced him on the first episode of Stone’s new radio show on WABC …
Read More »Trump Attacks 'Gutless Pig' Bill Barr for Calling His Indictment 'Very Damning'
Donald Trump attacked his former attorney general Bill Barr after Barr said Trump is “toast” if “even half” of the 37-count indictment against him is true. “It’s a very detailed indictment, and it’s very, very damning,” Barr said on Fox News Sunday. Those comments unleashed a barrage of insults from …
Read More »DeSantis Can't Stop Defending His Biggest 2024 Rival
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis may want to snatch the 2024 Republican nomination from Donald Trump’s grasp, but he seems incapable of landing punches even when they’re handed to him on a golden platter. On Friday, the Justice Department unsealed a scathing criminal indictment that included 37 charges against the former …
Read More »Trump Goes After Special Counsel's Wife in First Post-Indictment Appearance
Donald Trump gave his first public speech on Saturday following the new indictment against him by a federal grand jury on Thursday. Appearing at the Georgia GOP convention in Columbus, he called the indictment — where he is charged with 37 felony counts over allegations related to the classified documents …
Read More »Republicans Rush to Trump's Defense After Second Indictment in Four Months
For a second time this year, Donald Trump is facing criminal charges. The former president is reportedly being slapped with a seven-count federal indictment amid an investigation into his unauthorized hoarding of classified documents after leaving office. A source with knowledge of the matter previously told Rolling Stone that the …
Read More »Trump Indictment Part II: What's Different This Time?
Donald Trump is now the first former president to be indicted on federal charges, having earlier this year become the first former president to be criminally indicted on state charges. Both cases charge felonies. The New York case could result in prison time if there’s conviction. But in this federal …
Read More »The Special Counsel Is Using Trump's Own National Security Staff Against Him
Since last year, Special Counsel Jack Smith and his team of investigators and Justice Department attorneys have interviewed an array of officials who served on Donald Trump’s National Security Council, grilling them about specific instances that show the then-president acknowledged proper and legal declassification processes, according to two sources familiar …
Read More »Trump's Lawyers Warn Him: Get Ready to Be Indicted by the Feds
Some of Donald Trump’s lawyers and top advisers have given the former president an unwelcome, if not unexpected message in recent weeks: You should expect to get indicted this year. Again. This month, several legal and political counselors to Trump have bluntly informed him that they expect the Justice Department …
Read More »Bragg Seeks to Muffle, But Not Gag, Trump From Discussing Evidence
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office is seeking to bar former President Donald Trump from publicly distributing evidence submitted by prosecutors to his attorneys during the discovery phase of New York’s criminal case against him. While the request from Bragg’s office is not an explicit gag order, it lays bare …
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