Trump News for Friday, August 4, 2023
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How Jack Smith Structured the Trump Election Indictment to Reduce Risks
The New York Times
The special counsel layered varied charges atop the same facts, while sidestepping a free-speech question by not charging incitement.
Aug 4, 2023, 11:46 PM
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Donald Trump’s cascade of indictments is not helping himself or his Republican rivals
The Globe and Mail
Trump’s latest arraignment, which brings the charges against him to 78, is bad news for all the Republican presidential candidates
Aug 4, 2023, 11:32 PM
Prosecutors ask for protective order after Trump post appears to promise revenge
BreakingNews.ie
The order would limit what information Mr Trump and his legal team could share publicly about the case.
Aug 4, 2023, 11:00 PM
Trump boasts that he needs ‘one more indictment to close out this election’
BreakingNews.ie
Former US president Donald Trump delivered a speech full of defiance and bluster at a Republican Party dinner in Alabama.
Aug 4, 2023, 11:00 PM
Nancy Pelosi Compares Trump to a 'Scared Puppy'
Newsweek
"He knows the truth: That he lost the election, and now he's got to face the music," Pelosi said while commenting on Trump's Washington, D.C., arraignment.
Aug 4, 2023, 10:48 PM
Prosecutors in Trump's N.Y. criminal case can have his E. Jean Carroll deposition, judge rules
CBS News
Manhattan prosecutors are preparing for a March trial in which Trump is charged with felony falsification of business records.
Aug 4, 2023, 10:46 PM
Chris Christie Prosecutes the Political Case Against Trump
The Wall Street Journal
The former President ‘can’t win’ the 2024 election, the former New Jersey governor says. ‘He will probably be out on bail in four different jurisdictions.’
Aug 4, 2023, 9:56 PM
Trump looked like ‘scared puppy’ on way to court, Nancy Pelosi says
The Guardian
Former speaker says she ‘didn’t see any bravado or confidence’ in comments likely to enrage Trump, a longtime Pelosi foe
Aug 4, 2023, 9:42 PM
EXCLUSIVE-DeSantis' biggest donor says he won't give more money unless changes are made
Devdiscourse
The comments by Bigelow, who gave $20 million to the pro-DeSantis "Never Back Down" super PAC in March, underscore donor concerns about the Florida governor's struggling campaign, which has been unable to make a dent in former President Donald Trump's huge lead for the 2024 Republican nomination. "He does need to shift to get to moderates.
Aug 4, 2023, 9:42 PM
John Bolton suggests US will leave Nato if ‘erratic’ Trump wins in 2024
The Guardian
Ex-national security adviser calls former boss ‘irrational’ and criticizes Republicans who support him on foreign policy
Aug 4, 2023, 9:21 PM
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Donald Trump pleads not guilty to three more charges in documents case
The Globe and Mail
According to court filing Donald Trump also waived his right to be present in Florida federal court for his arraignment on the three additional charges on Aug. 10
Aug 4, 2023, 9:20 PM
Trump pleads not guilty to new classified documents charges
The Mercury News
The filing marked the second time in 24 hours that the former president entered a not guilty plea, following his arraignment Thursday in the special counsel’s separate investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Aug 4, 2023, 8:51 PM
Trump drops Georgia lawsuit over grand jury, promises new case
Toronto Star
Trump’s lawyers are anticipating the former president’s fourth indictment in five months.
Aug 4, 2023, 8:45 PM
FACTBOX-Trump's overlapping assortment of defense lawyers
Devdiscourse
Here are the main lawyers defending Trump: NEW YORK STATE HUSH MONEY CASE Trump was charged in April with falsifying business records to orchestrate hush money payments to a porn actress before the 2016 election. * Todd Blanche: A former federal prosecutor in New York and prominent white-collar defense lawyer, Blanche resigned from New York law firm Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft to represent Trump.
Aug 4, 2023, 8:36 PM
Trump pleads not guilty to more charges in classified documents case
Devdiscourse
He pleaded not guilty. He was indicted for the third time on Tuesday in Washington federal court regarding his efforts to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss.
Aug 4, 2023, 8:21 PM
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Trump lawyers drop second challenge to Georgia prosecutor, grand jury
The Irish Times
Pending motion rendered unnecessary because of judge’s ruling in earlier motion by Trump’s team, lawyers for former US president say
Aug 4, 2023, 7:36 PM
GOP hopeful Chris Christie surprise trip to Ukraine, visits Zelenskyy
CNBC
Christie reiterated his support for increasing U.S. aid to Ukraine, contrasting himself with his GOP primary rivals, including former president Donald Trump.
Aug 4, 2023, 7:28 PM
Judge narrows Trump-era Google antitrust case brought by states and the Justice Department
Cable News Network
Google will not have to face allegations by dozens of states that the tech giant’s design of its search results page has harmed rivals, such as Yelp or Expedia, a federal judge ruled in an opinion unsealed Friday, just weeks before the closely watched antitrust case is set to go to trial.
Aug 4, 2023, 7:11 PM
Donald Trump Ignoring Republicans' Advice Could Be The Thing That Saves Him
Newsweek
"If Trump believed that election was stolen, this entire indictment collapses on its own weight," one legal scholar told Newsweek.
Aug 4, 2023, 7:06 PM
Trump's court appearances should be nationally televised, Adam Schiff says
CNBC
"If the public is to fully accept the outcome, it will be vitally important for it to witness...how the trials are conducted," Schiff wrote.
Aug 4, 2023, 7:02 PM
Why This Trump Prosecution Feels Like the Scariest
Slate
The special counsel has done his level best to make it matter. It still might not.
Aug 4, 2023, 6:56 PM
The 2020 Election Fueled a Crisis of Democracy. Voters Fear a Repeat in 2024
Livemint
Many Republicans believe that Trump beat Biden and that the next election will be stolen, while Democrats expect another GOP effort to overturn results
Aug 4, 2023, 6:30 PM
Pelosi takes shot at ‘scared puppy’ Trump
The Hill
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday said former President Trump had looked like a “scared puppy” a day earlier as he traveled to Washington, D.C., to appear in court in his arraignment on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and his efforts to remain in power. “I wasn’t in…
Aug 4, 2023, 5:59 PM