Trump News for Tuesday, August 29, 2023

It would be the only time former President Donald Trump did not appear in-person for his arraignment in the four criminal cases against him.

Trump is complaining that the charges “are too late” and the trial is “too soon,” says legal scholar.

Donald Trump’s trial for plotting to overturn the 2020 US election result has been set for 4 March 2024, almost eight months to the day ahead of the next presidential poll.

Attorney Sidney Powell, one of 18 co-defendants in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case, has waived a formal arraignment and pleaded not guilty, a court filing shows.

Sidney Powell, an attorney who worked on former President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, waived her right to arraignment and pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Georgia's election interference case.

The 18 defendants charged alongside former President Donald Trump in this month’s racketeering indictment in Fulton County, Georgia, include more than a half-dozen lawyers.

When Donald Trump urged the judge in his federal election subversion case to set his trial for April 2026 earlier this month, he cited a landmark Supreme Court decision concerning the infamous 1931 Scottsboro Boys cases to bolster his argument that special counsel Jack Smith isn’t giving him enough time to prepare a defense.

Former President Trump has said he does not regret skipping the first Republican presidential primary debate, but there are signs he may not be able to dodge the stage indefinitely. Trump has indicated he does not plan to participate in the debates, pointing to his comfortable lead in the polls. Advisers said they would be…

While much of the oxygen in the US political conversation is sucked up by former President Donald Trump’s forthcoming trials, there is other news to report.

It's the latest development in a long-shot effort by some Republicans to use the 14th Amendment to prevent the former president from appearing on the 2024 ballot.

The “perfect phone call” is back in the news this week.

Former President Donald Trump and 18 others are accused of conspiring to illegally seek to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden in Georgia.

Just 76 days after launching his campaign, Suarez pulled the plug on his effort to challenge former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others in the crowded field.

Sidney Powell, a one-time attorney for former President Trump’s 2020 campaign who helped promulgate false claims of election fraud, has pleaded not guilty in the Georgia election interference case. Powell and 18 others — including Trump — are accused of joining a criminal conspiracy to keep the former president in power after he lost the 2020 presidential race…

Former US President Donald Trump calls Joe Biden a 'mental catastrophe' and claims he will lead the US into World War III. Trump also criticizes Biden's handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal and faces a federal trial for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

New Hampshire residents will soon see former President Trump’s mug shot in a new ad from Tell It Like It Is, the super PAC backing Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie.  The 30-second ad titled “Winning Again” features a series of clips of Trump, including a photo of his mug shot, which was taken last week…

It’s a coincidence of the 2024 calendar and US history.

Chris Christie said Trump’s trial in the special counsel's election interference case and other legal woes will kill the GOP’s chances of winning the 2024 race if the former president becomes the GOP nominee.

“Meadows in some respects has even more criminal exposure than Trump,” law professor warns.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday morning that Republicans considering an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden are taking “orders” from former President Trump. “They have nothing to show for their majority throughout the year,” Jeffries said on CNN. “And so, as a natural consequence of that, they just continue to take orders…

Former President Donald Trump's mug shot is now appearing on TV in New Hampshire, thanks to a super PAC backing one of his Republican 2024 rivals.

Like Sharpton in the 2004 race, Ramaswamy is running as a political outsider, albeit one who largely agrees with frontrunner former President Donald Trump.

Former Trump WH lawyer Ty Cobb warned that he could instead face "sanctions" over "out of bounds" attack on court

Brandon Fellows, a Donald Trump supporter, said at his trial Tuesday that he "felt very comfy" sitting in a senator's seat during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

Former President Trump has a busy 2024. Track all the key dates here.