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Donors Respond to Trump Indictment
Donors Respond
to Trump Indictment
Apr 15, 2023 5:10 PM CDT

Donors Respond to Trump Indictment

Campaign says $4M arrived in first 24 hours after former president was charged

(Newser) - New figures released by former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign show his indictment was good for fundraising. Trump's total take was running about $168,000 per day during the first quarter of the year, Politico reports. But in the 24 hours after he was indicted in New York...

Pompeo Says He&#39;ll Sit 2024 Out
Pompeo
Says He'll
Sit 2024 Out
Apr 15, 2023 3:15 PM CDT

Pompeo Says He'll Sit 2024 Out

Former Trump Cabinet member suggests he might not back the former president

(Newser) - After appearing to lay the groundwork for a 2024 presidential run, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that he won't be seeking the Republican nomination after all. "The time is not right for me and my family," Pompeo said in a statement, ABC News reports....

Judge Denies Trump Request to Delay Rape, Defamation Trial

Trial over E. Jean Carroll's allegations is slated to begin April 25

(Newser) - So far, at least, former President Trump's rape and defamation civil trial is not being delayed. After lawyer Joe Tacopina requested a delay due to Trump's historic indictment, another Trump lawyer made a separate request for a delay—but a judge on Thursday rejected that one, CBS News...

Donald Trump's Deposition Day Lasted 8 Hours

He was at New York Attorney General Letitia James' office Thursday

(Newser) - Donald Trump was deposed at New York Attorney General Letitia James' office Thursday, and while it's not clear exactly how long questioning lasted, he was at the office for more than eight hours. New York state law sets the maximum length of a deposition at seven hours, and a...

Trump Sues Cohen for More Than $500M
Cohen Has a Response
to Trump's $500M Lawsuit
UPDATED
Apr 13, 2023 5:43 AM CDT

Cohen Has a Response to Trump's $500M Lawsuit

And that response is a GoFundMe campaign

(Newser) - Michael Cohen is looking for some help with legal expenses to fight a lawsuit from his former boss. Hours after former President Trump filed a lawsuit against the lawyer Wednesday, seeking more than $500 million in damages, Cohen shared a link to a GoFundMe campaign started on his behalf by...

Trump Back in NY, Rails Against 'Racist,' 'Lowlife' AG

Former president set to be deposed again Thursday

(Newser) - Former President Trump is expected to sit for a second deposition Thursday as part of the New York attorney general's civil lawsuit against him and his children. Trump was seen arriving at Trump Tower in Manhattan late Wednesday and later confirmed he would meet with lawyers for attorney general...

Trump: Court Staffers Were Crying at Indictment
Trump: Court
Staffers Were
Crying at
Indictment
THE RUNDOWN
Apr 12, 2023 6:15 AM CDT

Trump: Court Staffers Were Crying at Indictment

Former president also tells Tucker Carlson he will not drop out if convicted

(Newser) - Last month, former President Trump made clear he would not drop out of the 2024 race if he were indicted. On Tuesday, the newly indicted Trump went one better and told Tucker Carlson he would not drop out if he were convicted, reports Axios . "That's not my thing,...

Trump Fires Back at 'Slovenly' Bill Barr After Criticism

Barr calls former boss 'weakest of the Republican candidates'

(Newser) - Former Attorney General Bill Barr criticized Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's case against Donald Trump over the weekend—but not in a way that pleased the former president. Barr told ABC's This Week on Sunday that Bragg's case lacks merit, but others, including the federal classified records case,...

First GOP Subpoena Goes Out in Trump Case

Jordan summons a former special assistant district attorney over Trump case

(Newser) - Two days after former President Donald Trump was charged by the Manhattan district attorney, congressional Republicans responded with the first subpoena in their investigation of the handling of the case. Rep. Jim Jordan, a fervent ally of Trump's, wants Mark Pomerantz, a former special assistant district attorney in the...

New Yorker Cover on Trump Is a First

Magazine has never used courtroom sketch for cover before

(Newser) - "I have been doing this job for some 43 years, but this was my most stressful assignment yet," courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg tells the New Yorker , which is publishing a courtroom sketch on its cover for the first time in its 98-year history. The magazine tweeted an...

Judge Warned Trump on Threats. Now Judge Is Getting 'Dozens'

Juan Merchan and his family, court have all been on the receiving end, per sources

(Newser) - During his Tuesday arraignment, former President Trump was warned by acting New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan not to bring threats against anyone or say anything that could incite violence regarding the hush money case against him. Later that evening, during his speech at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, Trump ripped...

Trump Case Could Hinge on 'Gnarly Legal Question'

But tax claim could shore up Bragg's case

(Newser) - The case against Donald Trump might not be as tough for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to pursue as some analysts are claiming , according to Charlie Savage at the New York Times . To bring the bookkeeping fraud charges the former president is facing to the level of a felony, prosecutors...

Trump Accused of Threatening Judge, Family

He called out 'Trump-hating judge,' while Trump Jr. posted photo of judge's daughter

(Newser) - Given the opportunity to defend himself against 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, former President Trump delivered "a greatest hits of his witch-hunt grievances interwoven with his dark take on how the country is 'going to hell' without him," writes Michelle Cottle of the New York ...

2 Views on the Case Against Trump
2 Views on the
Case Against Trump
OPINION
Apr 5, 2023 6:40 AM CDT

2 Views on the Case Against Trump

For some, it's 'weaker' than expected. For others, it's 'more significant'

(Newser) - We finally have a look at the New York case against former President Trump and "there are few surprises, except perhaps astonishment that Mr. Bragg's case looks even weaker than we expected," writes the Wall Street Journal editorial board, which is left asking, "Where is the...

Stormy Daniels Ordered to Pay Trump Another $122K

After failed defamation lawsuit, Daniels ordered to pay more of his legal fees

(Newser) - Stormy Daniels must pay nearly $122,000 of former President Trump's legal fees that were racked up in connection with the porn actor's failed defamation lawsuit, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. The decision in California came at about the same time that Trump became the only ex-president to...

Trump: This Was a 'Great Day' Because Case Is a 'Sham'

Former president speaks out at Mar-a-Lago after indictment

(Newser) - Donald Trump addressed his supporters at Mar-a-Lago hours after being indicted in New York , and he criticized not only the case brought against him on Tuesday—he called the charges "an insult to our country," per Politico —but the other two major investigations in play. Some highlights:...

Earliest Trump Allegation Involves Doorman

DA's office says Trump orchestrated payment over illegitimate child allegation

(Newser) - The indictment against Donald Trump unsealed Tuesday contains hush-money allegations connected to adult film star Stormy Daniels, former Playboy model Karen McDougal, and another, lesser-known party: A former Trump Tower doorman who claimed Trump had an illegitimate child with a housekeeper. The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says...

Judge Warned Trump Not to Incite Unrest

His next court date is in December

(Newser) - Donald Trump was told not to incite violence during his historic arraignment in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday. CNN correspondent Kara Scannell says prosecutors showed Judge Juan Merchan some of Trump's social media posts and said the former president was threatening the city and the justice system with "irresponsible"...

Crimes Met Test to Be Raised to Felonies, Bragg Says

District attorney says indictment is based on '34 false statements'

(Newser) - The 34 criminal counts that former President Donald Trump faces are all class E felonies, which are the lowest category of felony offense in New York State. The maximum prison sentence is four years on each count, the New York Times reports. Trump pleaded not guilty to every count Tuesday...

Donald Trump Pleads Not Guilty to 34 Felonies
Donald Trump Pleads
Not Guilty to 34 Felonies
UPDATED
Apr 4, 2023 2:46 PM CDT

Donald Trump Pleads Not Guilty to 34 Felonies

He was 'stone-faced' at historic court appearance

(Newser) - This story has been updated with new developments. In an unprecedented scene Tuesday at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, a former president appeared as a criminal defendant. Donald Trump traveled to the courthouse from Trump Tower to surrender to authorities ahead of his arraignment Tuesday afternoon, and the AP reports that...

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