Trump News for Monday, December 18, 2023
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Democrats seek to restrain new immigration powers, fearing abuse by Trump
NBC News
Senators negotiating new immigration restrictions, along with aid for Israel and Ukraine, are exploring limits to prevent Donald Trump from from cracking down on the border.
Dec 18, 2023, 11:59 PM
Scaremonger Scarborough: Trump will ‘execute’ foes, crush ‘American experiment’
Washington Examiner
This week’s Liberal Media Scream features MSNBC Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough’s latest anti-Trump ranting.
Dec 18, 2023, 11:55 PM
Trump's million-dollar expert 'lost all credibility': Fraud trial judge says
Raw Story
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - An expert witness paid nearly $1 million by Donald Trump to testify at his New York civil fraud trial "lost all credibility" by "doggedly" justifying the former U.S. president's business records, the judge overseeing the case said on Monday. Eli Bartov, a New York U...
Dec 18, 2023, 11:08 PM
Here's the video that could help Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss win a lawsuit against Trump
Raw Story
Former President Donald Trump's ally Rudy Giuliani faces a $148 million judgment for pushing lies and conspiracy theories about Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss after their lives and reputations were completely derailed by threats and harassment.But Giuliani could be just the beg...
Dec 18, 2023, 10:57 PM
Trump’s million dollar expert ‘lost all credibility,’ judge in NY civil fraud trial says
The Globe and Mail
Eli Bartov, a New York University accounting professor, was paid nearly $1 million by Donald Trump to testify at his New York civil fraud trial
Dec 18, 2023, 10:48 PM
Liberal group appeals ruling letting Trump stay on ballot to Michigan Supreme Court
WDIV ClickOnDetroit
A liberal group is appealing a ruling that allows former President Donald Trump to stay on the Michigan primary ballot to the state supreme court.
Dec 18, 2023, 10:37 PM
Mark Meadows loses appeal seeking to move Georgia election case to federal court
CBS News
An appeals court said Meadows' alleged conduct "was not related to his official duties" in the Trump White House.
Dec 18, 2023, 10:00 PM
Trump legal news brief: Appeals court rejects Meadows’s bid to move Georgia case to federal court
Yahoo News
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump go on the offensive Monday, issuing a filing with Georgia Judge Scott McAfee asking that the charges against the former president be dropped because they violate his “core political speech.”
Dec 18, 2023, 9:33 PM
Mark Meadows Georgia 2020 election case must remain in state court- US appeals court
Devdiscourse
Meadows was indicted on racketeering and other charges in Georgia state court as part of a sweeping case accusing the Republican former U.S. president and several of his allies of attempting to reverse Trump's defeat in the state.
Dec 18, 2023, 9:01 PM
Appeals court rejects Mark Meadows’s bid to move Georgia elections case
The Guardian
Trump’s ex-White House chief of staff had tried to transfer his 2020 election interference case to federal court
Dec 18, 2023, 8:55 PM
Trump's Lawyers Ask Full Appeals Court To Review Gag Order Restricting His Speech In Election Case
News18
Lawyers for Donald Trump asked the full federal appeals court in Washington to review a gag order restricting the former president's speech in the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 election.
Dec 18, 2023, 8:30 PM
Trump bemoans record sharemarket as just making ‘rich people richer’
The Australian Financial Review
Donald Trump, the “billionaire” frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination, often took credit for a rising market when he was president from 2017 to 2021.
Dec 18, 2023, 8:22 PM
Trump Mixes Grievance Politics With Bread-and-Butter G.O.P. Issues
The New York Times
Though the former president often draws attention for his more extreme policy proposals and rhetoric, a set of core conservative issues appear to resonate even more with his supporters.
Dec 18, 2023, 8:16 PM
Fani Willis has a jury problem in Donald Trump election interference case: legal expert
Raw Story
Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance sounded the alarm Monday over a daunting obstacle that threatens to run Georgia election racketeering case off track: jury selection.In her substack Civil Discourse, Vance raised concerns about Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' tight schedule for find...
Dec 18, 2023, 8:02 PM
Trump draws Nazi comparisons - and Biden counterattack - with immigration rhetoric
The Hill
Former President Trump is escalating his rhetoric around immigration with less than a month to go before the Iowa caucuses — even as the Biden campaign counterattacks by arguing he is parroting Nazis. Trump in separate events over the weekend claimed migrants were “poisoning the blood of our country” and posed an increased terrorism risk,…
Dec 18, 2023, 7:55 PM
Trump asks federal appeals court to reconsider its decision largely upholding gag order
Cable News Network
Former President Donald Trump is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider its decision earlier this month largely upholding the gag order issued against him in his federal election subversion case.
Dec 18, 2023, 7:54 PM
Trump seeks to dismiss Georgia election case by claiming political speech
The Guardian
Former president files motion to dismiss election interference case, contending indictment violates his first amendment rights
Dec 18, 2023, 7:30 PM
'Deadly serious': Legal expert warns Trump not to overlook delayed criminal case
Raw Story
Donald Trump’s New York criminal case involving accusations of hush money paid to an adult film star who claimed she had an affair with him before he became president has largely been overshadowed by Jack Smith's investigations — but it should not be overlooked, according to a new legal analysis.Jo...
Dec 18, 2023, 6:50 PM
Trump’s ‘dehumanising and fascist rhetoric’ denounced by top progressive
The Guardian
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal decries ‘horrific’ language after ex-president says immigrants ‘poisoning the blood of our country’
Dec 18, 2023, 5:49 PM
DeSantis says Trump not a danger to democracy and should have gone further while president
Raw Story
Ron DeSantis, performing poorly in the polls, on Monday insisted his main opponent for the GOP presidential nomination, Donald Trump, is not a danger to democracy despite the ex-president’s fascistic remarks over the weekend.“No,” DeSantis told MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski when the “Morning Joe” co-host ...
Dec 18, 2023, 5:40 PM
Nikki Haley fed up with ABC News' Jonathan Karl's questions about Trump
New York Post
Nikki Haley has had enough with what she calls the news media's "obsession" with former President Donald Trump.
Dec 18, 2023, 5:11 PM
FACTBOX-Key dates on Trump's overlapping legal and political calendars
Devdiscourse
Former U.S. President Donald Trump faces a tangled calendar in the year ahead as he seeks the 2024 Republican nomination in the U.S. election while defending himself in four criminal and at least three civil trials, some related to his attempts to overturn his 2020 loss. Here are key dates in Trump's legal and political schedule: JAN.
Dec 18, 2023, 4:50 PM
Morning Joe: Trump 'more and more explicit' in his plan 'to take American democracy down'
Raw Story
During a campaign rally in New Hampshire, GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump doubled down on his claim that immigrants are "poisoning the blood of our country" and praised authoritarian figures like Russian President Vladimir Putin and "highly respected" Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbá...
Dec 18, 2023, 4:39 PM
House Democrats call on Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse from Trump 2020 election case
CBS News
Eight House Democrats told Thomas he should recuse from the case involving whether Trump has immunity from federal prosecution for alleged crimes committed while in office.
Dec 18, 2023, 4:23 PM
House Democrats call on Thomas to recuse himself from Trump immunity case
The Hill
Several House Democrats have signed onto a letter amping up calls for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a case reviewing whether former President Trump is immune from prosecution over charges of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. “[W]e strongly implore you to exercise your discretion and recuse yourself from…
Dec 18, 2023, 4:17 PM