Trump News for Wednesday, October 4, 2023

It marks the administration’s first use of a sweeping executive power employed often during the Trump presidency.

Republicans’ impulses to disrupt and destroy keep winning out.

It would be his first trip to the Capitol since his supporters violently stormed the building on January 6 2021.

Former Trump company controller Jeffrey McConney gave evidence on day four of the trial.

It is the most pointed attack yet by defence lawyers on the federal case.

The trial on charges of illegally hoarding classified documents is currently scheduled for May 20 2024, in Florida.

Biden to build new border wall, touted by Trump, in policy reversal

"I can't wait to see how long the judge puts up with Trump's steady stream of kvetching," says ex-prosecutor.

They want to engineer a Biden-Trump rematch by killing an alternative.

She's considering suing him for defamation.

Former President Donald Trump has complained repeatedly that the civil trial in New York, where he’s accused of business fraud, does not have a jury – and the fate of the case is up to Judge Arthur Engoron.

Stories about Trump's gag order, Nancy Pelosi getting kicked out of her office space, antitrust cases against Google and Amazon, and more.

The former Trump adviser has helped create the spectacle of G.O.P. dysfunction, using it to build his own following and those of the right-wing House rebels who took down Kevin McCarthy.

Donald Trump's campaign said on Wednesday it raised over $45.5 million in the third quarter from July to September, nearly 30% higher than it raised in the previous quarter while the former U.S. president faces multiple legal charges.

While speaking to press on Wednesday, Letitia James warned former president Donald Trump that the "Donald Trump show is over."

As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis falters, GOP elites are hoping Youngkin will make a last-minute bid to halt Donald Trump's march to the 2024 Republican nomination.

He has a firm grip on his party's right wing, but may struggle to get moderates and independents to support him in a general election should he win the Republican nomination. RON DESANTIS After a glitch-filled campaign launch in May on Twitter, now called X, DeSantis has positioned himself to the right of Trump on a number of key social issues such as abortion.

Warned to mind his out-of-court comments, former President Donald Trump returned to his New York civil fraud trial Wednesday as his defense lawyers closely questioned an accountant who prepared financial statements at the heart of the case.

The fraud trial that could block former President Donald Trump from doing business in New York drilled down Wednesday into the question of who - his company or hired accountants - bore responsibility for financial statements that the state calls fraudulent.

"The Donald Trump show is over," NY AG Letitia James quipped after her lead defendant left the courthouse.

"I have a thick skin, but it's really being pierced here," Judge Arthur Engoron said

A judge lost his patience with Donald Trump's lawyers as they grilled a witness at a $250 million fraud trial -- which the former president plans to leave.

Former President Trump on Wednesday appealed a court ruling that found he committed fraud and ordered his New York business certificates be stripped. Trump’s trial in the civil case, brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), is ongoing. Just prior to the trial, the judge ruled that James had already proven the core of her…

He’s not just seeking publicity. He’s laying the groundwork for his eventual appeal — and for 2024.

Former US President Donald Trump showed his willingness to become a short-term speaker of the House of Representatives Thursday to act as a unifier as he is planning to pay a visit to Capitol Hill...