Trump News for Friday, December 15, 2023
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Maine 14th Amendment question: Shenna Bellows grapples with Trump eligibility
POLITICO
Election officials across the country have had those very same deliberations, but behind closed doors.
Dec 15, 2023, 11:53 PM
Jack Smith and the Supreme Court
The Wall Street Journal
The special counsel tries to drag the Justices into his political timetable for the Jan. 6 trial of Donald Trump.
Dec 15, 2023, 11:40 PM

Trump will cry fraud if he loses in early states, DeSantis warns
Devdiscourse
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis offered a stinging rebuke of rival Donald Trump on Friday, arguing that Trump would attempt to "de-legitimize the results" if he loses in an early nominating state such as Iowa or New Hampshire next month.
Dec 15, 2023, 11:31 PM
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Here’s what we learned at Trump’s civil fraud trial
Chicago Tribune
Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial has offered fresh insight into the former president's finances, his dealings with lenders and his aspiration to be an NFL owner, among other matters.
Dec 15, 2023, 11:10 PM
The Trump Hotel turns blue
POLITICO
The hotel that for six years held Donald Trump’s name is now a favorite place for the Democratic elite.
Dec 15, 2023, 11:05 PM

Multimillion ruling against Giuliani shows cost of spreading election lies
The Guardian
As the 2024 election approaches, the $148m judgment against a key Trump ally sends a message that falsehoods have consequences
Dec 15, 2023, 10:53 PM

Biden weighs a “shocking” revival of Trump’s immigration agenda
Vox.com
The White House is reportedly open to making concessions to Republicans in its negotiations over aid to Ukraine and Israel that go far beyond border security.
Dec 15, 2023, 10:50 PM

Giuliani ordered to pay $148 mln to Georgia election workers in defamation trial
Devdiscourse
The jury in federal court in Washington found that Giuliani owes the workers, Wandrea "Shaye" Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman, roughly $73 million to compensate them for the reputational and emotional harm they suffered and $75 million to punish the former Trump lawyer and one-time New York mayor for his conduct. "Today's a good day.
Dec 15, 2023, 10:48 PM

Vivek Ramaswamy blitzes Iowa with 1 month left before caucus
UPI News
Vivek Ramaswamy is all of the good things about Donald Trump without all of the bad, former Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz told the town hall crowd in Oskaloosa, Iowa, on Friday.
Dec 15, 2023, 10:28 PM
Giuliani blasts Biden on his way out of court
Yahoo Canada Finance
Former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani blasted President Joe Biden on his way out of court Friday afternoon after a jury awarded Georgia election workers $148 million in a defamation case over lies that Giuliani spread about them. (Dec. 15)
Dec 15, 2023, 10:23 PM

Binder of classified material on Russia reportedly went missing in final Trump days
The Guardian
US intelligence community alarmed by CNN and New York Times reports into disappearance of 2,700 pages of classified material
Dec 15, 2023, 10:05 PM

Giuliani must pay $148 million for smearing poll workers
Toronto Star
Donald Trump’s former top campaign lawyer Rudy Giuliani must pay $148 million to two 2020 Georgia election workers after promoting conspiracy theories about them, a federal jury in Washington determined.
Dec 15, 2023, 9:55 PM

Rudy Giuliani defamation trial: former Trump lawyer told to pay $148m in damages - live
The Guardian
Washington DC court awards significant damages to former election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss
Dec 15, 2023, 9:52 PM
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Rudy Giuliani must pay $148m to Georgia election workers in defamation trial, jury decides
The Irish Times
Former lawyer for Donald Trump and New York City mayor found liable for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and civil conspiracy
Dec 15, 2023, 9:45 PM
Rudy Giuliani Hit With $148 Million Verdict for Defaming Election Workers
The Wall Street Journal
Former Trump lawyer, who has said he is in financial straits, must pay both punitive and compensatory damages to Ruby Freemen and Shaye Moss
Dec 15, 2023, 9:35 PM

Giuliani ordered to pay $148M in election workers’ defamation lawsuit
The Hill
A jury ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay $148 million to two former Georgia election workers for baselessly claiming they committed fraud in the 2020 presidential election, delivering a staggering legal and financial blow for the former New York City mayor-turned-Trump attorney. During the four-day civil trial, the eight Washington, D.C., residents heard harrowing testimony from the…
Dec 15, 2023, 9:28 PM

Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148.1m in damages for lies about election workers
The Guardian
Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, from Atlanta, received threats after Trump ally falsely accused them of trying to steal 2020 election
Dec 15, 2023, 9:25 PM

Trump up by 50 in Michigan GOP race?
Washington Examiner
TRUMP UP BY 50 IN MICHIGAN GOP RACE? The political class has spent a lot of time obsessing about former President Donald Trump's lead in the Republican early-voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. There's been less time devoted to how Trump is doing in some bigger states that follow the first three.
Dec 15, 2023, 9:10 PM

CNN’s report on a missing binder full of intelligence on Russia: Key points
Cable News Network
During then-President Donald Trump’s final days in office, a 10-inch-thick binder of raw Russian intelligence transported from the CIA went missing after it was last seen at the White House, CNN reported Friday. The investigation offered disturbing new details about the final frantic days of Trump’s term.
Dec 15, 2023, 8:23 PM
Trump legal news brief: Mark Meadows again tries to dodge Georgia charges, judges seem unconvinced
Yahoo News
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the charge in question has the potential to invalidate hundreds of Jan. 6 obstruction charges — including Donald Trump’s.
Dec 15, 2023, 8:16 PM

Donald Trump Campaign Stung by Direct Evidence Revealed in Court
Newsweek
A witness said members of Donald Trump's campaign team led an effort to install fake electors in Michigan.
Dec 15, 2023, 7:45 PM

After 40 witnesses and 43 days of testimony, here's what we learned at Trump’s civil fraud trial
WDIV ClickOnDetroit
Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial has offered fresh insight into the former president's finances, his dealings with lenders and his aspiration to be an NFL owner, among other matters.
Dec 15, 2023, 7:44 PM

Appeals court skeptical of Meadows’ bid to move Georgia election case
The Guardian
Court expresses doubt ex-White House chief of staff was acting as a federal official in trying to reverse Trump’s 2020 defeat
Dec 15, 2023, 7:28 PM

Donald Trump says LIV Golf is headed back to his Doral course in April
Toronto Star
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump is getting another LIV Golf event at one of his courses.
Dec 15, 2023, 6:54 PM