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Donald Trump’s myriad of legal problems were swirling at full force on Wednesday as the first televised hearing in the 2020 election interference case took place in Fulton County, Georgia.
The former president and all 18 of his co-defendants have entered pleas and waived their in-person arraignments on the charges but the hearing went ahead.
Judge Scott McAfee denying motions separate the speedy trials of Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell which will go ahead on 23 October. He voiced scepticism that DA Fani Willis would get her wish to try all 19 defendants together.
Elsewhere, a judge has found Mr Trump liable again for defaming writer E Jean Carroll ruling that January’s scheduled trial will only determine monetary damages.
Further, a group of Republican voters in Colorado have filed a suit to bar the former president from seeking office again in 2024 citing the 14th Amendment.
In other legal troubles, special counsel Jack Smith has accused Mr Trump of making “daily extrajudicial statements that threaten to prejudice the jury pool” in the federal election interference case, and a Mar-a-Lago IT employee has agreed to testify in the classified documents case.
Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had put “politics ahead of his job” by declining to meet with President Joe Biden during the Democrat’s weekend visit to survey Hurricane Idalia’s damage in DeSantis’ state.
“Your job as governor is to be the tour guide for the president, is to make sure the president sees your people, sees the damage, sees the suffering, what’s going on and what needs to be done to rebuild it,” Christie said about his rival for the 2024 nomination in a Fox News interview Tuesday.
“You’re doing your job. And unfortunately, he put politics ahead of his job,” Christie said. “That was his choice.”
Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis put “politics ahead of his job” by declining to meet with President Joe Biden during Biden’s weekend visit to survey Hurricane Idalia’s damage in DeSantis’ state
Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis has asked Judge Scott McAfee to issue an order restricting the press, defendants and others from photographing, videotaping or drawing jurors during the future 2020 election interference trials.
Former Arkansas Gov Mike Huckabee ominously predicted that if Donald Trump is prevented from winning or running in the 2024 election, it will be the last election “decided by ballots rather than bullets.”
Kelly Rissman has the story.
The former Arkansas governor accused President Biden of using ‘banana republic’ tactics ‘to make sure Donald Trump is not his opponent in 2024’
Warning: “Mr Brightside” by The Killers appears four times in the lists in the below article:
‘Mr Brightsides,’ ‘Jolene,’ and ‘Dream On’ make multiple appearances. Graig Graziosi reports
Peter Navarro found himself vexed by a pair of protesters accusing him of treason on Tuesday as he spoke outside of a Washington DC federal courthouse — and asked for money.
John Bowden has the latest after today’s brisk court proceedings.
Ex-trade advisor to Trump is accused of ignoring congressional subpoena
Here’s our reporting from earlier today:
Key witness to case againt former president will testify over alleged attempts to thwart government retrieval of classified papers
Federal prosecutors working for Delaware US Attorney David Weiss say they plan to ask a grand jury to approve more criminal charges against President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, before the end of this month.
According to a filing submitted in connection with charges brought against Mr Biden as part of plea agreement which collapsed at a July hearing before a Trump-appointed federal judge, prosecutors say they “intend” to “seek the return of an indictment in this case” before 29 September, when the Speedy Trial Act would require prosecutors to formally bring charges from a grand jury after Mr Biden was served a summons requiring him to appear for the failed plea hearing.
Read more on this developing story…
Federal prosecutors working for Delaware US Attorney David Weiss say they plan to ask a grand jury to approve more criminal charges against President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, before the end of this month.
Eric Garcia writes:
Alabama Republican Sen Tommy Tuberville is not a popular figure on Capitol Hill these days. For the past few months, he’s placed a hold on US military promotions in response to the Pentagon paying for patients to travel to states where abortion is more accessible if they are based in a state where abortion is restricted. It’s infuriated Democrats and frustrated Republicans.
He’s also one of the biggest defenders of former president Donald Trump on Capitol Hill. But the former Auburn University football coach worries that House Republicans might fumble if they pursue an impeachment of President Joe Biden.
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Senate Republicans know that an impeachment of Joe Biden would be suicide. They may not have a choice
Donald Trump has revealed he wants to go head-to-head with Meghan Markle for how she allegedly treated the late Queen Elizabeth II during her time in the British royal family.
Meredith Clark reports on what was bizarrely on the former president’s mind today amid his swirling legal woes.
Former US president has previously claimed Duchess of Sussex was ‘very disrespectful’ to the late Queen
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