Donald Trump, if you take it from him, is cherishing the opportunity to stand trial on criminal charges related to a hush-money payment to a porn star. “I’m very proud to be here,” he told reporters before heading into court on Monday, calling the proceedings an “assault on America” that his presence, presumably, would serve to expose. “I’m very honored to be here,” the former president added.
Trump hasn’t been taking to martyrdom very well behind the scenes, though, three sources with knowledge of the matter tell Rolling Stone.
Trump hasn’t been taking to martyrdom very well behind the scenes, though, three sources with knowledge of the matter tell Rolling Stone.
- 4/20/2024
- by Ryan Bort, Asawin Suebsaeng and Catherina Gioino
- Rollingstone.com
Former President Donald Trump’s new joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee (RNC) allows donations to the party to be funneled to his campaign and Pac to cover his legal expenses.
Under the arrangement, Republican donors will see a portion of their money go toward helping Trump pay off his staggering legal bills before they are used for the national and state parties during the election season.
The details of the joint fundraising agreement were mentioned in the fine print of an April 6 fundraiser invite.
This invitation mentions that donations to the joint fundraising committee, the Trump 47 Committee, will initially be used to give the maximum amount allowed under Federal Election Commission (Fec) guidelines to the Trump campaign.
The remaining money will go toward the maximum donation to the Save America Pac, and any money left will be granted to the RNC and state political parties.
“Save America...
Under the arrangement, Republican donors will see a portion of their money go toward helping Trump pay off his staggering legal bills before they are used for the national and state parties during the election season.
The details of the joint fundraising agreement were mentioned in the fine print of an April 6 fundraiser invite.
This invitation mentions that donations to the joint fundraising committee, the Trump 47 Committee, will initially be used to give the maximum amount allowed under Federal Election Commission (Fec) guidelines to the Trump campaign.
The remaining money will go toward the maximum donation to the Save America Pac, and any money left will be granted to the RNC and state political parties.
“Save America...
- 4/15/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Former President Donald Trump angered murder victim Ruby Garcia’s family for falsely claiming that he had spoken to family members.
Authorities stated that Ruby was found shot dead on the US-131 highway near Grand Rapids, Michigan, on March 22.
Brandon Ortiz-Vite, a Mexican-born man living in the U.S. unlawfully and the victim’s boyfriend, was arrested days later and confessed.
Authorities later said that he entered the United States as a child and had already been deported in September 2020.
On April 2, Trump delivered a speech during a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in which he used the murder to emphasize what he called President Joe Biden‘s “border bloodbath.”
During the rally, the former president used this murder to illustrate his aggressive position on immigration and crime.
“Ruby’s loved ones and community are left grieving for this incredible young woman, remembering what they called her,” Trump declared during the campaign event.
Authorities stated that Ruby was found shot dead on the US-131 highway near Grand Rapids, Michigan, on March 22.
Brandon Ortiz-Vite, a Mexican-born man living in the U.S. unlawfully and the victim’s boyfriend, was arrested days later and confessed.
Authorities later said that he entered the United States as a child and had already been deported in September 2020.
On April 2, Trump delivered a speech during a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in which he used the murder to emphasize what he called President Joe Biden‘s “border bloodbath.”
During the rally, the former president used this murder to illustrate his aggressive position on immigration and crime.
“Ruby’s loved ones and community are left grieving for this incredible young woman, remembering what they called her,” Trump declared during the campaign event.
- 4/7/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Some of Donald Trump’s personal lawyers have been urging him to show a dose of restraint in the courtroom when his hush-money trial finally begins in New York City. But ahead of the historic criminal trial, scheduled to start in two weeks, the former president has relentlessly attacked the judge and his daughter.
Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing Trump’s criminal trial, last week imposed a gag order barring Trump from making any public comments about the court’s staff and their family members. Trump quickly tested out...
Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing Trump’s criminal trial, last week imposed a gag order barring Trump from making any public comments about the court’s staff and their family members. Trump quickly tested out...
- 4/1/2024
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez
- Rollingstone.com
Allies of Donald Trump and powerful conservative organizations are preparing to launch an offensive against “anti-white racism” should the former president retake the White House in November. According to a report from Axios, those in Trump’s orbit are gearing up for a widespread re-interpretation of civil rights laws to combat what they perceive as reverse racism against white Americans.
According to the report, this would include a mass gutting of government programs and diversity initiatives. “As President Trump has said, all staff, offices, and initiatives connected to Biden’s...
According to the report, this would include a mass gutting of government programs and diversity initiatives. “As President Trump has said, all staff, offices, and initiatives connected to Biden’s...
- 4/1/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The White House has called out former President Donald Trump for sharing a video featuring a grim image of President Joe Biden.
Trump posted the video while he was returning from the wake of slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller who was killed this week. The video shows the back of a pickup truck with an image of Biden with his hands and feet tied. The truck also includes several pro-Trump images, including a sticker that says “Trump 2024” and a custom license plate of “TRUMP4US.” Other cars with pro-Trump imagery were also seen driving down the highway.
The Biden campaign condemned Trump for suggesting harm and violence against the current president. A spokesperson for Biden’s campaign, Michael Tyler, said, “Trump is regularly inciting political violence, and it’s time people take him seriously—just ask the Capitol Police officers who were attacked for protecting our democracy on Jan.
Trump posted the video while he was returning from the wake of slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller who was killed this week. The video shows the back of a pickup truck with an image of Biden with his hands and feet tied. The truck also includes several pro-Trump images, including a sticker that says “Trump 2024” and a custom license plate of “TRUMP4US.” Other cars with pro-Trump imagery were also seen driving down the highway.
The Biden campaign condemned Trump for suggesting harm and violence against the current president. A spokesperson for Biden’s campaign, Michael Tyler, said, “Trump is regularly inciting political violence, and it’s time people take him seriously—just ask the Capitol Police officers who were attacked for protecting our democracy on Jan.
- 3/31/2024
- by Ann Hoang
- Uinterview
On Friday, former President Donald Trump posted a video depicting a hog-tied President Biden, which has drawn criticism.
In the 20-second video he posted on his Truth Social page, two trucks are driving down a freeway with flags supporting Trump; one of the trucks features a large image depicting Biden lying horizontally with his legs and hands bound, appearing to be kidnapped in the truck bed.
Trump captioned that the footage was filmed on Thursday in Long Island, New York. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee was in the area for...
In the 20-second video he posted on his Truth Social page, two trucks are driving down a freeway with flags supporting Trump; one of the trucks features a large image depicting Biden lying horizontally with his legs and hands bound, appearing to be kidnapped in the truck bed.
Trump captioned that the footage was filmed on Thursday in Long Island, New York. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee was in the area for...
- 3/30/2024
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
During a rally in Dayton, Ohio, last week, Former President Donald Trump declared that some illegal immigrants should not be considered people and warned that it will be a “bloodbath” if he does not get reelected.
“I don’t know if you call them people,” Trump stated at the rally. “In some cases, they’re not people, in my opinion. But I’m not allowed to say that because the radical left says that’s a terrible thing to say.”
Trump was in Ohio to campaign with Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, who went on to win the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown.
Moreno, a businessman, faced a scandal when it was revealed that a profile on an adult website was linked to him seeking the company of “young men.”
“We don’t need to vote in five different languages,” he argued. “We learn the language. It means you assimilate.
“I don’t know if you call them people,” Trump stated at the rally. “In some cases, they’re not people, in my opinion. But I’m not allowed to say that because the radical left says that’s a terrible thing to say.”
Trump was in Ohio to campaign with Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, who went on to win the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown.
Moreno, a businessman, faced a scandal when it was revealed that a profile on an adult website was linked to him seeking the company of “young men.”
“We don’t need to vote in five different languages,” he argued. “We learn the language. It means you assimilate.
- 3/24/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Former president Donald Trump, who opened his 2016 campaign declaring undocumented immigrants “rapists,” took the dehumanization even further this weekend, saying some immigrants are “not people … these are animals.”
“I don’t know if you call them people. In some cases they’re not people, in my opinion,” Trump said at an Ohio rally on Saturday. “But I’m not allowed to say that because the radical left says that’s a terrible thing to say.”
“These are bad — these are animals,” he added. “And we have to stop it.”
"We're...
“I don’t know if you call them people. In some cases they’re not people, in my opinion,” Trump said at an Ohio rally on Saturday. “But I’m not allowed to say that because the radical left says that’s a terrible thing to say.”
“These are bad — these are animals,” he added. “And we have to stop it.”
"We're...
- 3/17/2024
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Several lawyers and political advisers for Donald Trump tell Rolling Stone that they want him to keep his mouth shut during his upcoming criminal trial in Manhattan, and say they’ve made gentle internal pushes to try to persuade him to heed their pleas. It remains an open question, of course, whether the presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee will listen and suppress his impulse to turn his remarkably high-stakes hush-money trial into a self-destructive, Trumpian media carnival.
The criminal case, brought by the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, stems from secret payments,...
The criminal case, brought by the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, stems from secret payments,...
- 3/12/2024
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley
- Rollingstone.com
On Friday morning, former President Donald Trump posted a $91.6 million bond for the $83.3 million civil defamation judgment in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll. The higher amount was required due to interest payments owed by Trump.
The bond was issued by Federal Insurance Company, a division of Chubb, which required extensive collateral, likely including mostly cast assets.
On Thursday, Judge Lewis Kaplan denied Trump’s request for a delay, ruling that Trump must either pay Carroll by Monday or provide a bond or assets as collateral while he appeals the jury’s verdict from January, which found him guilty of defaming Carroll after she accused him of rape in 2019.
This civil judgment is just one of three financial obligations Trump faces, with a total of $540 million owed to the New York attorney general and Carroll.
Trump’s legal team had sought a pause in the Carroll case judgment until after...
The bond was issued by Federal Insurance Company, a division of Chubb, which required extensive collateral, likely including mostly cast assets.
On Thursday, Judge Lewis Kaplan denied Trump’s request for a delay, ruling that Trump must either pay Carroll by Monday or provide a bond or assets as collateral while he appeals the jury’s verdict from January, which found him guilty of defaming Carroll after she accused him of rape in 2019.
This civil judgment is just one of three financial obligations Trump faces, with a total of $540 million owed to the New York attorney general and Carroll.
Trump’s legal team had sought a pause in the Carroll case judgment until after...
- 3/8/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Updated: Nikki Haley told supporters Saturday that she will continue in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, signaling that she plans to continue at least through Super Tuesday on March 5.
“Today in South Carolina, we’re getting around 40% of the vote. That’s about what we got in New Hampshire, too. I am accountant. I know 40% is not 50%. But I also know 40% is not some tiny group.”
She also said that she did not believe that Trump can beat Joe Biden.
“Nearly every day Trump drives people away, including with his comments just yesterday,” she said.
The latest vote total in the South Carolina primary shows Trump with 61% to Haley’s 39%.
Previously: Just minutes after networks projected him the winner of the South Carolina primary, Donald Trump took the stage at his celebration in Columbia, Sc.
His move — heading off Nikki Haley before she could speak to her supporters...
“Today in South Carolina, we’re getting around 40% of the vote. That’s about what we got in New Hampshire, too. I am accountant. I know 40% is not 50%. But I also know 40% is not some tiny group.”
She also said that she did not believe that Trump can beat Joe Biden.
“Nearly every day Trump drives people away, including with his comments just yesterday,” she said.
The latest vote total in the South Carolina primary shows Trump with 61% to Haley’s 39%.
Previously: Just minutes after networks projected him the winner of the South Carolina primary, Donald Trump took the stage at his celebration in Columbia, Sc.
His move — heading off Nikki Haley before she could speak to her supporters...
- 2/25/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
When Nikki Haley’s campaign announced on Monday that she would be giving a “state of the race” speech at noon Et today, there was immediate speculation that she was about to drop out of the race.
Instead, what she announced was that she was staying in, even though polling shows that she’s on her way to a significant defeat to Donald Trump in Saturday’s South Carolina primary.
“Some of you, perhaps a few of you in the media, came here today to see if I’m dropping out of the race,” she said. “Well, I’m not. Far from it, and I am here to tell you why.”
If her strategy was to get media attention for her speech, it worked: Major cable news networks carried at least parts of it live, and clips quickly trended on social media. The campaign’s cryptic announcement of the speech...
Instead, what she announced was that she was staying in, even though polling shows that she’s on her way to a significant defeat to Donald Trump in Saturday’s South Carolina primary.
“Some of you, perhaps a few of you in the media, came here today to see if I’m dropping out of the race,” she said. “Well, I’m not. Far from it, and I am here to tell you why.”
If her strategy was to get media attention for her speech, it worked: Major cable news networks carried at least parts of it live, and clips quickly trended on social media. The campaign’s cryptic announcement of the speech...
- 2/20/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
After a year of getting roundly humiliated by Donald Trump and failing to unseat him as the leader of the Republican Party, Ron DeSantis finally dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump’s bid to reclaim the White House. But while the former president publicly retired his “DeSanctimonious” nickname, Trump has privately made clear over the past two weeks that he’s not ready to let go of his grudge against the Florida governor and former ally.
According to two sources with knowledge of the matter and another person briefed on it,...
According to two sources with knowledge of the matter and another person briefed on it,...
- 2/8/2024
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley
- Rollingstone.com
Former President Donald Trump’s efforts to sideline one of his criminal cases was dealt a blow today, as a three-judge panel rejected his claims of immunity from prosecution over his efforts to remain in power after the 2020 presidential election.
“For the purpose of this criminal case, former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant. But any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as President no longer protects him against this prosecution,” the three D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals judges wrote in their unanimous decision.
Trump’s attorneys had argued that he could not face four election conspiracy charges because, as president at the time, he had immunity. Their claims put a pause on a trial as the question has worked its way through higher courts.
“We have balanced former President Trump’s asserted interests in...
“For the purpose of this criminal case, former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant. But any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as President no longer protects him against this prosecution,” the three D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals judges wrote in their unanimous decision.
Trump’s attorneys had argued that he could not face four election conspiracy charges because, as president at the time, he had immunity. Their claims put a pause on a trial as the question has worked its way through higher courts.
“We have balanced former President Trump’s asserted interests in...
- 2/6/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
In the middle of last year, several of Donald Trump’s closest advisers, including some of his 2024 campaign’s senior staff, started noticing an ominous trend in independent polling and in internal Republican survey data: A significant share of swing voters in key states — even some Republicans — say they would not want to vote for a freshly-convicted criminal.
The trend spooked them enough that, in recent months, some of these officials and political allies have directly warned Trump of possible looming catastrophe ahead for his 2024 presidential bid, two people with...
The trend spooked them enough that, in recent months, some of these officials and political allies have directly warned Trump of possible looming catastrophe ahead for his 2024 presidential bid, two people with...
- 2/3/2024
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley
- Rollingstone.com
The day after Donald Trump was indicted on charges related to his alleged post-presidency mishandling of classified documents, the former president revealed that his longtime aide and valet, Walt Nauta, had also been charged by the Justice Department.
In a Truth Social post, Trump described Nauta as a “wonderful man” and former Navy enlistee who had “served proudly with me in the White House, retired as Senior Chief, and then transitioned into private life as a personal aide.” But the former president left out a critical detail of Nauta’s...
In a Truth Social post, Trump described Nauta as a “wonderful man” and former Navy enlistee who had “served proudly with me in the White House, retired as Senior Chief, and then transitioned into private life as a personal aide.” But the former president left out a critical detail of Nauta’s...
- 2/2/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Former President Donald Trump refused to sign a loyalty oath in Illinois, pledging he would not advocate overthrowing the state or federal government.
The former president opted not to sign the oath when he and his campaign registered for the Illinois primary ballot.
Trump signed this oath in 2016 and 2020.
Both Joe Biden and Ron DeSantis signed the oath. In doing so, they confirmed that they do not directly or indirectly support overthrowing, the governments of the United States or Illinois.
However, some of Trump’s Republican rivals, like Nikki Haley and Chris Christie, did not sign either.
According to Illinois law, presidential candidates who desire to be on the state’s March 19, 2024, primary ballot needed to turn in nominating petitions to the state board of elections on January 5.
The state’s loyalty oath is part of the ballot-access process.
It is a remnant of the Sen. Joseph McCarthy era, which...
The former president opted not to sign the oath when he and his campaign registered for the Illinois primary ballot.
Trump signed this oath in 2016 and 2020.
Both Joe Biden and Ron DeSantis signed the oath. In doing so, they confirmed that they do not directly or indirectly support overthrowing, the governments of the United States or Illinois.
However, some of Trump’s Republican rivals, like Nikki Haley and Chris Christie, did not sign either.
According to Illinois law, presidential candidates who desire to be on the state’s March 19, 2024, primary ballot needed to turn in nominating petitions to the state board of elections on January 5.
The state’s loyalty oath is part of the ballot-access process.
It is a remnant of the Sen. Joseph McCarthy era, which...
- 1/30/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said in an interview that she has faced threats since issuing her decision to remove Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot on Thursday.
“We have received threatening communications, those are unacceptable,” Bellows told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Friday. “I certainly worry about the safety of people I love, people around me and people who are charged with protecting me and working alongside me. That being said, we’re a nation of laws and that’s what’s really important. I’ve...
“We have received threatening communications, those are unacceptable,” Bellows told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Friday. “I certainly worry about the safety of people I love, people around me and people who are charged with protecting me and working alongside me. That being said, we’re a nation of laws and that’s what’s really important. I’ve...
- 12/30/2023
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
Update: Donald Trump will be on the California ballot for the state primary in March.
Late on Thursday, Secretary of State Shirley Weber released a list of certified candidates for the March 5 primary. Trump’s name was included on the list, released the same day that the secretary of state of another state, Shenna Bellows of Maine, said that the former president was ineligible to hold office.
Weber did not issue a statement on her decision to keep Trump on the ballot.
In the wake of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that the former president was ineligible, California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis had called for Trump to be kept off the ballot. But Weber responded with a letter that suggested that it would be up to the courts to decide.
“Removing a candidate from the ballot under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment is not something my office takes lightly...
Late on Thursday, Secretary of State Shirley Weber released a list of certified candidates for the March 5 primary. Trump’s name was included on the list, released the same day that the secretary of state of another state, Shenna Bellows of Maine, said that the former president was ineligible to hold office.
Weber did not issue a statement on her decision to keep Trump on the ballot.
In the wake of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that the former president was ineligible, California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis had called for Trump to be kept off the ballot. But Weber responded with a letter that suggested that it would be up to the courts to decide.
“Removing a candidate from the ballot under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment is not something my office takes lightly...
- 12/29/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The Secretary of State of Maine has removed Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential primary ballot, citing an interpretation of the 14th amendment that would bar insurrectionists from holding office.
Maine joins Colorado as the second state in the U.S. to block Trump’s presidential bid after Colorado’s Supreme Court ejected him earlier this month after ruling that the former president engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows issued this decision regarding three challenges brought by Maine voters to the nomination petitions of Donald J. Trump...
Maine joins Colorado as the second state in the U.S. to block Trump’s presidential bid after Colorado’s Supreme Court ejected him earlier this month after ruling that the former president engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows issued this decision regarding three challenges brought by Maine voters to the nomination petitions of Donald J. Trump...
- 12/29/2023
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
His former aide has been making bank off his name for years and he wants his cut, right now. At least that’s how former President Donald Trump sees it.
“It’s my fucking money!” the 2024 Republican presidential frontrunner privately vented in October, referring to an alleged sum in the tens of millions of dollars, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Rolling Stone.
Trump wasn’t talking about a business deal. Rather, he’s been grumbling about money donated to a think tank his former staffers and...
“It’s my fucking money!” the 2024 Republican presidential frontrunner privately vented in October, referring to an alleged sum in the tens of millions of dollars, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Rolling Stone.
Trump wasn’t talking about a business deal. Rather, he’s been grumbling about money donated to a think tank his former staffers and...
- 12/27/2023
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez
- Rollingstone.com
Presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) told a reporter that he predicts if Donald Trump loses the Iowa caucuses or New Hampshire primary, he will “say it’s stolen no matter what.”
A reporter asked DeSantis, “Governor, do you expect the former president to accept the results, say, in Iowa or New Hampshire, given the unfounded claims about 2020?”
DeSantis replied, “If Trump loses, he will say it’s stolen no matter what, absolutely. He will try to delegitimize the results… He did that against Ted Cruz in 2016, and he will do that. I mean, even when like The Apprentice didn’t get an Emmy, he said it did. So I think I don’t think there’s been a single time he’s ever been in competition for something where he didn’t get it, where he’s accepted it. I don’t think he will do that.”
Trump...
A reporter asked DeSantis, “Governor, do you expect the former president to accept the results, say, in Iowa or New Hampshire, given the unfounded claims about 2020?”
DeSantis replied, “If Trump loses, he will say it’s stolen no matter what, absolutely. He will try to delegitimize the results… He did that against Ted Cruz in 2016, and he will do that. I mean, even when like The Apprentice didn’t get an Emmy, he said it did. So I think I don’t think there’s been a single time he’s ever been in competition for something where he didn’t get it, where he’s accepted it. I don’t think he will do that.”
Trump...
- 12/25/2023
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
There is evidence that former President Donald Trump exerted pressure on Michigan canvassers to prevent the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
As reported by the Detroit News, the phone call recordings reviewed reveal that Trump personally urged Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, both Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, not to sign the certification documents. The call took place shortly after a meeting of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers on November 17, 2020.
In the call, Trump emphasized the need to “fight for our country” and urged Palmer and Hartmann not to let others “take our country away” from them. He warned them that if they signed the certification documents it would reflect poorly on them. As a result of this pressure, Palmer and Hartmann did not sign the official statement of votes for Wayne County on that night. They later attempted to rescind their votes in favor of certification,...
As reported by the Detroit News, the phone call recordings reviewed reveal that Trump personally urged Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, both Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, not to sign the certification documents. The call took place shortly after a meeting of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers on November 17, 2020.
In the call, Trump emphasized the need to “fight for our country” and urged Palmer and Hartmann not to let others “take our country away” from them. He warned them that if they signed the certification documents it would reflect poorly on them. As a result of this pressure, Palmer and Hartmann did not sign the official statement of votes for Wayne County on that night. They later attempted to rescind their votes in favor of certification,...
- 12/22/2023
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Former President Donald Trump is disqualified from holding the office of president and should not be on Colorado’s primary ballot, that state’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The court stayed its ruling until January 4, subject to an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, but its decision foreshadows an election year of twists and turns and fought extensively in the courts. Trump’s campaign said that they would appeal.
The state justices, in a 4-3 decision, concluded that Trump is disqualified under section three of the 14th Amendment. The section prohibits from office those who, after taking an oath to support the Constitution, have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion.” A group of plaintiffs, all state electors eligible to vote in the Republican primary, had challenged Trump’s eligibility, citing his conduct on January 6, 2021.
“We do not reach these conclusions lightly. We are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions now before us.
The court stayed its ruling until January 4, subject to an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, but its decision foreshadows an election year of twists and turns and fought extensively in the courts. Trump’s campaign said that they would appeal.
The state justices, in a 4-3 decision, concluded that Trump is disqualified under section three of the 14th Amendment. The section prohibits from office those who, after taking an oath to support the Constitution, have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion.” A group of plaintiffs, all state electors eligible to vote in the Republican primary, had challenged Trump’s eligibility, citing his conduct on January 6, 2021.
“We do not reach these conclusions lightly. We are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions now before us.
- 12/19/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The Colorado Supreme Court ejected former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, ruling that he had engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.
“A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of the President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” read Tuesday’s opinion. “Because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Colorado Secretary of State to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot.”
The court ruled four to three,...
“A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of the President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” read Tuesday’s opinion. “Because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Colorado Secretary of State to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot.”
The court ruled four to three,...
- 12/19/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) revealed in her memoir Oath and Honor that after former president Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 reelection and departure from office in January 2021, he experienced a deep state of despair and was allegedly “not eating.”
This information was divulged to Cheney by the then-Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) when he attempted to justify his visit to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. McCarthy’s solidarity with the ex-president has been widely regarded as a pivotal moment in the revitalization of Trump’s political prospects.
McCarthy had strongly criticized Trump for his role in the attack on the Capitol on January 6 and even suggested that Trump resign.
However, McCarthy reversed his stance and effectively absolved the former president.
Cheney, known for her role as one of the most outspoken anti-Trump Republicans, recounted how McCarthy justified his visit on January 28 as an act of compassion towards a defeated ally.
This information was divulged to Cheney by the then-Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) when he attempted to justify his visit to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. McCarthy’s solidarity with the ex-president has been widely regarded as a pivotal moment in the revitalization of Trump’s political prospects.
McCarthy had strongly criticized Trump for his role in the attack on the Capitol on January 6 and even suggested that Trump resign.
However, McCarthy reversed his stance and effectively absolved the former president.
Cheney, known for her role as one of the most outspoken anti-Trump Republicans, recounted how McCarthy justified his visit on January 28 as an act of compassion towards a defeated ally.
- 12/3/2023
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Former President Donald Trump was greeted with boos as he arrived at Williams-Brice Stadium in South Carolina on Saturday to watch the Palmetto Bowl between the University of South Carolina and Clemson University football teams.
Trump beat President Joe Biden by 12 points in the state in 2020 and has maintained a steady lead ahead of his 2024 Republican rivals, which includes former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) invited the former president to the game. According to footage circulating on X, formerly Twitter, Trump was greeted with a mix of loud boos as well as “we want Trump” chants from the audience.
Trump’s spokesman Steven Cheung tried to spin the reaction in a statement: “South Carolina loves President Trump. Just take a look at all the videos circulating social media of giving him a warm and rousing welcome to the Palmetto Bowl.”
Simon Ateba, chief White...
Trump beat President Joe Biden by 12 points in the state in 2020 and has maintained a steady lead ahead of his 2024 Republican rivals, which includes former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) invited the former president to the game. According to footage circulating on X, formerly Twitter, Trump was greeted with a mix of loud boos as well as “we want Trump” chants from the audience.
Trump’s spokesman Steven Cheung tried to spin the reaction in a statement: “South Carolina loves President Trump. Just take a look at all the videos circulating social media of giving him a warm and rousing welcome to the Palmetto Bowl.”
Simon Ateba, chief White...
- 11/29/2023
- by Ava Lombardi
- Uinterview
Updated, with additional reaction: Liz Cheney’s new book is a scathing portrait of Republican “enablers and collaborators” who are responsible for the continued hold that Donald Trump has on the party, CNN reported on Tuesday.
With Cheney’s Oath and Honor set to be published next week, CNN Jamie Gangel obtained an advance copy and described it as an “unflinching” look at her former GOP colleagues. Cheney was ousted from Republican leadership as she continued to criticize Trump in the aftermath of the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
“You get personal conversations, Republican meetings,” Gangel said on Jake Tapper’s The Lead, adding that Cheney recounts being on a Trump surrogates call on Jan. 4, 2021 in which she hears “the stark specific planning” for January 6th.
On that date, before the attack on the Capitol, Cheney recounts being in the GOP House cloakroom and members were asked to sign...
With Cheney’s Oath and Honor set to be published next week, CNN Jamie Gangel obtained an advance copy and described it as an “unflinching” look at her former GOP colleagues. Cheney was ousted from Republican leadership as she continued to criticize Trump in the aftermath of the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
“You get personal conversations, Republican meetings,” Gangel said on Jake Tapper’s The Lead, adding that Cheney recounts being on a Trump surrogates call on Jan. 4, 2021 in which she hears “the stark specific planning” for January 6th.
On that date, before the attack on the Capitol, Cheney recounts being in the GOP House cloakroom and members were asked to sign...
- 11/29/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
A group aligned with billionaire Charles Koch is throwing its support — and vast financial resources — behind Nikki Haley, in an effort to steer the Republican party away from frontrunner Donald Trump.
Haley “represents a new generation of conservative leaders who will solve the tough problems and lead our country forward. Her positive vision for America is what we desperately need,” Americans for Prosperity Action said in a statement on Tuesday.
Trump is still far ahead in the Republican primary, according to the latest polls, but the Koch network support could boost Haley in the two early states of Iowa and New Hampshire, providing her with some momentum in the final weeks of the race. The Iowa caucus is Jan. 15 and the New Hampshire primary is Jan. 23.
Americans for Prosperity Action already had indicated that it would endorse a candidate in the primary, but that it would not be Trump, as...
Haley “represents a new generation of conservative leaders who will solve the tough problems and lead our country forward. Her positive vision for America is what we desperately need,” Americans for Prosperity Action said in a statement on Tuesday.
Trump is still far ahead in the Republican primary, according to the latest polls, but the Koch network support could boost Haley in the two early states of Iowa and New Hampshire, providing her with some momentum in the final weeks of the race. The Iowa caucus is Jan. 15 and the New Hampshire primary is Jan. 23.
Americans for Prosperity Action already had indicated that it would endorse a candidate in the primary, but that it would not be Trump, as...
- 11/28/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump’s campaign is defending the former president’s use of the word “vermin” to describe his opponents and detractors after receiving backlash for echoing a term used by brutal authoritarian dictators like Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
“We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical-left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country that lie and steal and cheat on elections,” Trump said in a Veterans Day speech on Saturday after using the term in a social-media post earlier that same day.
“We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical-left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country that lie and steal and cheat on elections,” Trump said in a Veterans Day speech on Saturday after using the term in a social-media post earlier that same day.
- 11/13/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
In the time since Ron DeSantis launched his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has only increased his wide national and state primary polling leads over the Florida governor. With DeSantis 2024 flailing for months, it would perhaps seem natural for the former president to now ease up a bit on thrashing and gratuitously humiliating DeSantis.
Trump and his senior staff have absolutely no intention of doing that.
Within the upper ranks of Trumpworld, there is an entire sub-industry dedicated to making DeSantis’ life hell, sometimes in a flamboyantly childish, taunting approach that...
Trump and his senior staff have absolutely no intention of doing that.
Within the upper ranks of Trumpworld, there is an entire sub-industry dedicated to making DeSantis’ life hell, sometimes in a flamboyantly childish, taunting approach that...
- 11/8/2023
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley
- Rollingstone.com
Former President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that he will be skipping Wednesday’s first Republican presidential primary debate — and others as well.
“The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had,” Trump wrote on his social media site. “I Will Therefore Not Be Doing The Debates!” His spokesman did not immediately clarify whether he plans to boycott every primary debate or just those that have currently been scheduled.
The former president and early GOP frontrunner had said for months that he saw little upside in joining his GOP rivals on stage when they gather for the first time in Milwaukee on Wednesday, given his commanding lead in the race. And he had made clear to those he had spoken to in recent days that his opinion had not changed.
“Why would I allow people at 1 or 2 percent and 0 percent to be hitting me with questions all night?...
“The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had,” Trump wrote on his social media site. “I Will Therefore Not Be Doing The Debates!” His spokesman did not immediately clarify whether he plans to boycott every primary debate or just those that have currently been scheduled.
The former president and early GOP frontrunner had said for months that he saw little upside in joining his GOP rivals on stage when they gather for the first time in Milwaukee on Wednesday, given his commanding lead in the race. And he had made clear to those he had spoken to in recent days that his opinion had not changed.
“Why would I allow people at 1 or 2 percent and 0 percent to be hitting me with questions all night?...
- 8/20/2023
- by The Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ meet and greets in Iowa have not been as successful as the governor hoped.
On Saturday, DeSantis, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, grabbed breakfast at the Vinton Family Restaurant before heading over to the event in Iowa.
Photos posted on X, formerly Twitter, by Tim Miller show the room virtually empty with a large number of open seats at Spanky’s Livestock Auction. He captioned the photo, “This was Desantis in Tama. No mention of Mr Trump.”
This was Desantis in Tama. No mention of Mr Trump. pic.twitter.com/UkHmLInMHl
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) August 5, 2023
He also followed up with an additional statement, “Fwiw [for what it’s worth] DeSantis is doing a bunch of events this weekend and not all have been this sparse. This is the reality when you reboot and have to do the grind it out, lots of small events Let Ron Be Ron deal.
On Saturday, DeSantis, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, grabbed breakfast at the Vinton Family Restaurant before heading over to the event in Iowa.
Photos posted on X, formerly Twitter, by Tim Miller show the room virtually empty with a large number of open seats at Spanky’s Livestock Auction. He captioned the photo, “This was Desantis in Tama. No mention of Mr Trump.”
This was Desantis in Tama. No mention of Mr Trump. pic.twitter.com/UkHmLInMHl
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) August 5, 2023
He also followed up with an additional statement, “Fwiw [for what it’s worth] DeSantis is doing a bunch of events this weekend and not all have been this sparse. This is the reality when you reboot and have to do the grind it out, lots of small events Let Ron Be Ron deal.
- 8/7/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
Donald Trump’s attorneys are preparing a legal plan to shovel blame onto the lawyers who aided his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, two sources familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone.
Trump has now been indicted over Jan. 6 and its surrounding events, and if the case goes to trial, his current legal team is preparing an “advice of counsel” argument, attempting to pull blame away from the former president for any possible illegal activity. Plans for such a defense have been percolating since last year, the two sources say.
Trump has now been indicted over Jan. 6 and its surrounding events, and if the case goes to trial, his current legal team is preparing an “advice of counsel” argument, attempting to pull blame away from the former president for any possible illegal activity. Plans for such a defense have been percolating since last year, the two sources say.
- 8/1/2023
- by Adam Rawnsley and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
While Donald Trump was publicly whipping his supporters into a frenzy over claims that the 2020 election was “stolen,” he was privately mocking his own allies’ outlandish conspiracy theories as “crazy.”
It’s a contradiction that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office would like to know all about.
According to two sources with knowledge of the situation, federal investigators have questioned multiple witnesses, including some in recent months, about Trump privately suggesting, starting in November 2020, that certain conspiracy theories and “evidence” were nonsensical.
Among these witness accounts are moments of the then-president repeatedly calling Sidney Powell,...
It’s a contradiction that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office would like to know all about.
According to two sources with knowledge of the situation, federal investigators have questioned multiple witnesses, including some in recent months, about Trump privately suggesting, starting in November 2020, that certain conspiracy theories and “evidence” were nonsensical.
Among these witness accounts are moments of the then-president repeatedly calling Sidney Powell,...
- 7/28/2023
- by Adam Rawnsley and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
Former President Donald Trump recently made headlines after promising “food for everyone!” at a Miami cafe — only to dash off without ordering a single item. On Friday, while campaigning in Iowa, he attempted to put that slip up behind him, only to find himself flabbergasted by the menu of a little known hole-in-the-wall called Dairy Queen.
“What the hell is a Blizzard?” Trump exclaimed in the middle of a crowded Dairy Queen in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he had delivered a campaign speech earlier Friday afternoon.
The Blizzard, a concoction...
“What the hell is a Blizzard?” Trump exclaimed in the middle of a crowded Dairy Queen in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he had delivered a campaign speech earlier Friday afternoon.
The Blizzard, a concoction...
- 7/7/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
In the days since Donald Trump was indicted, his allies have had a unified demand of his GOP primary rivals: Promise to pardon the Donald — or else.
It’s not an accident: In the days leading up to his arraignment, the former president worked the phones to vent about the case to his allies and discuss the way forward. According to a person familiar with the matter and another source briefed on it, Trump had one repeated request for his supporters: Go on TV and social media and trash Ron DeSantis...
It’s not an accident: In the days leading up to his arraignment, the former president worked the phones to vent about the case to his allies and discuss the way forward. According to a person familiar with the matter and another source briefed on it, Trump had one repeated request for his supporters: Go on TV and social media and trash Ron DeSantis...
- 6/15/2023
- by Adam Rawnsley and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
Jeffrey Clark and Michael Flynn were leading figures in Donald Trump’s efforts to carry out a coup d’etat in 2020 and 2021. The result was mob violence, deaths at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., an array of criminal investigations and lawsuits, and what one former senior Trump aide went on the record to call “the worst day for the Republican Party since Lincoln’s assassination.”
In any other era, scandals like that would be enough to send those men off into immediate political retirement. But this isn’t one of those eras.
In any other era, scandals like that would be enough to send those men off into immediate political retirement. But this isn’t one of those eras.
- 5/12/2023
- by Adam Rawnsley and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
Since late last year, Donald Trump has been holding private meetings with religious-right figures in an effort to remind them about his anti-abortion record and ensure their support. But instead of thanking Trump for his role in repealing Roe v. Wade, the leaders are pressing for hardcore commitments that go far beyond what he is comfortable with — and what he thinks voters will allow him to get away with.
According to two participants and another source close to Trump, the ex-president has warned leaders in off-the-record conversations that Republicans risk...
According to two participants and another source close to Trump, the ex-president has warned leaders in off-the-record conversations that Republicans risk...
- 4/13/2023
- by Tessa Stuart and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump wants everyone to know that he was not at all saddened about getting arrested and having to plead not guilty to 34 felony charges stemming from an alleged sexual encounter with a porn star. “I can say that at least for this moment right now, I am in great spirits,” Trump wrote in an email blasted out to supporters after his historic arraignment in Manhattan on Tuesday. But behind the scenes of that crafted public image, cracks have begun to show in the former president’s famous self-confidence, according...
- 4/5/2023
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley
- Rollingstone.com
More possible bad news for Donald Trump. Fresh evidence obtained by the Department of Justice points to the former president potentially obstructing justice in the case investigating his mishandling of classified documents, The Washington Post reported.
Per Post sources familiar with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation, the new evidence comes from after May 2022, which is when Trump’s advisers received a subpoena demanding all classified documents in the former president’s possession be returned to the government. Federal investigators have obtained what the paper called “new and significant evidence...
Per Post sources familiar with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation, the new evidence comes from after May 2022, which is when Trump’s advisers received a subpoena demanding all classified documents in the former president’s possession be returned to the government. Federal investigators have obtained what the paper called “new and significant evidence...
- 4/2/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Rome Streetz recently connected with Method Man on “Pz n Qz,” a standout track from Rome’s abruptly released, characteristically stellar, Wasn’t Built In A Day, with producer Big Ghost Ltd. The New York Mc tears through Big Ghost’s spooky keys from the outset, showing off his technical prowess but also dispensing wisdom like, “Ignorant Indians always gon’ outnumber the chiefs / How a lost nigga gonna lead?” Even before signing with Griselda in 2021, Rome has been a revered lyricist, twisting up multis and dropping gems on collaboration projects...
- 3/2/2023
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
While in the White House, Donald Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner cultivated close ties with the Saudi regime, and it’s paying off in the form of billions of Saudi dollars flowing into the two men’s post-presidency businesses. This is raising questions about how Trump and Kushner may have used their positions in government to ensure they profited when re-entering the private sector. With Trump’s announcement he is running for president again, the Saudi ties present a potential major conflict of interest, The Washington Post reports.
“The...
“The...
- 2/12/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Stay cool. Run out the clock. Scare some gun nuts while you can. But don’t worry: this moment will be over soon.
That’s the message the Republican Party, Donald Trump, and conservative leaders rapidly coalesced around after a series of mass shootings in recent weeks, including at one at a Texas elementary school.
Several strategy memos and private communications, prepared for a variety of conservative candidates and organizations, reviewed by Rolling Stone in the days following the Uvalde school massacre were clear: change the topic to literally anything else,...
That’s the message the Republican Party, Donald Trump, and conservative leaders rapidly coalesced around after a series of mass shootings in recent weeks, including at one at a Texas elementary school.
Several strategy memos and private communications, prepared for a variety of conservative candidates and organizations, reviewed by Rolling Stone in the days following the Uvalde school massacre were clear: change the topic to literally anything else,...
- 6/4/2022
- by Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
Caitlyn Jenner is running for governor. On Friday, the former Olympic athlete announced that she officially filed paperwork with California's secretary of state to run against Governor Gavin Newsom in a potential recall election. "California has been my home for nearly 50 years," Caitlyn wrote in a statement posted to Instagram. "I came here because I knew that anyone, regardless of their background or station in life, could turn their dreams into reality. . . . I am a proven winner and the only outsider who can put an end to Gavin Newsom's disastrous time as governor." She added: "I'm in!"
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A campaign adviser told People that Caitlyn, a longtime Republican, is "running as someone that's socially liberal and fiscally conservative." She has reportedly formed a campaign team with former Donald Trump advisers, including pollster Tony Fabrizio and former White House communications adviser Steven Cheung.
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A campaign adviser told People that Caitlyn, a longtime Republican, is "running as someone that's socially liberal and fiscally conservative." She has reportedly formed a campaign team with former Donald Trump advisers, including pollster Tony Fabrizio and former White House communications adviser Steven Cheung.
- 4/23/2021
- by Kelsie Gibson
- Popsugar.com
Donald Trump just ramped up his fight against Hillary Clinton in the general presidential election by hiring Ultimate Fighting Championship director of communications Steven Cheung to serve as the director of rapid response on his campaign team. Cheung’s focus will be on keeping the campaign up to date on breaking news and pushing back on “false or unbalanced reporting,” according to a statement issued by the campaign. Cheung has worked in communications on several campaigns, including the 2008 McCain-Palin presidential campaign, but his most recent gig was with the Ufc. Also Read: Donald Trump Blames 'Rigged System' for FBI's Hillary Clinton Email Decision The news.
- 7/11/2016
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
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