Trump News for Wednesday, October 18, 2023
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Lawyer pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump election loss in Georgia
BreakingNews.ie
Sidney Powell was charged alongside Donald Trump and 17 others with violating the US state’s anti-racketeering law.
Oct 18, 2023, 11:00 PM

Woman arrested after trying to get close to Donald Trump at New York trial; she says she's a supporter
Toronto Star
NEW YORK (AP) — A spectator at Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial was arrested Wednesday after standing up in the middle of testimony and walking toward the front of the
Oct 18, 2023, 10:31 PM
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US broadly eases Venezuela oil sanctions after election deal
Reuters
The Biden administration on Wednesday broadly eased sanctions on Venezuela's oil sector in response to a deal reached between the government and opposition parties for the 2024 election - the most extensive rollback of Trump-era restrictions on Caracas.
Oct 18, 2023, 10:00 PM
Trump told to keep volume down after getting animated in court
The Associated Press
A judge warned Donald Trump and others at his New York civil fraud trial to keep their voices down after he threw up his hands in frustration.
Oct 18, 2023, 8:57 PM

Court employee arrested for 'disrupting' Trump NYC fraud trial
New York Post
A court employee was arrested on a contempt of court charge after trying to approach Donald Trump as he sat inside a courtroom during his fraud trial.
Oct 18, 2023, 8:27 PM

Woman arrested after trying to approach Trump during his civil fraud trial
NBC News
A woman has been taken into custody after trying to approach former President Donald Trump Wednesday during his civil fraud trial in New York.
Oct 18, 2023, 8:17 PM

Woman arrested after trying to get close to Donald Trump at New York civil fraud trial
CP24 Toronto
A woman was arrested Wednesday after she stood up at Donald Trump's New York civil fraud trial and walked toward the front of the courtroom where the former president was sitting.
Oct 18, 2023, 8:15 PM

Trump's frustration builds at New York civil fraud trial as lawyer asks witness if he lied
CBS News
A judge told Trump to be quiet after a lawyer for New York Attorney General said he was intimidating a witness.
Oct 18, 2023, 8:05 PM

NY court employee arrested for disrupting proceedings at Trump's civil fraud trial
Cable News Network
A New York court employee was arrested Wednesday for disrupting the Donald Trump civil fraud trial after walking toward the front of a Manhattan courtroom and trying to get the attention of the former president.
Oct 18, 2023, 7:57 PM

Keep your voice down, judge warns Donald Trump at fraud trial
The Guardian
Arthur Engoron gives warning after ex-president conferred aloud in court and threw hands up in frustration as witness testified
Oct 18, 2023, 7:47 PM
Trump ally Jim Jordan loses second vote to become House speaker
TheJournal.ie
22 of his colleagues rejected his candidacy in the second ballot.
Oct 18, 2023, 7:42 PM
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Woman arrested at Donald Trump's civil fraud trial
Chicago Tribune
A woman was arrested Wednesday after she stood up at Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud trial and walked toward the front of the courtroom where the former president was sitting.
Oct 18, 2023, 7:20 PM

Texas town to pay $175,000 to Democrats after 'Trump Train' highway incident
UPI News
Four people on a Biden campaign bus accused police of ignoring requests for help as they drove on Interstate 35 surrounded by Trump supporters. They alleged that officers "joked about the victims and their distress."
Oct 18, 2023, 7:15 PM

Trump fans say they'd back him as president from prison
NBC News
Donald Trump's supporters are famously loyal — so loyal that many of them say they would back him even if he's locked up.
Oct 18, 2023, 7:01 PM

Trump told to quiet down during New York civil fraud trial
ABC 4
A New York judge asked former President Trump to pipe down after he grew animated while a witness testified against him in his civil fraud trial.
Oct 18, 2023, 6:51 PM

GOP's Jim Jordan fails again to win vote to become House speaker and colleagues seek other options
CP24 Toronto
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed again Wednesday on a crucial second ballot to become House speaker, the hard-fighting ally of Donald Trump losing even more GOP colleagues who are refusing to give him the gavel.
Oct 18, 2023, 6:42 PM

Georgia election case: Trump’s ex-lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty
THE WEEK
Lawyer Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to reduced charges Thursday over efforts to overturn Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 election in Georgia, becoming the second defendant in the sprawling case to reach a deal with prosecutors
Oct 18, 2023, 6:30 PM
Big ideas trump commercialisation for new CSIRO boss
The Australian Financial Review
Doug Hilton has laid out plans for it to help answer the big questions facing society, while also making some money along the way.
Oct 18, 2023, 6:00 PM