Trump News for Thursday, January 11, 2024
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Trump defies judge with barrage of attacks in court
The Australian Financial Review
Former US president Donald Trump accused the judge of “having your own agenda” as a months-long case that could hobble his business empire came to an end.
Jan 11, 2024, 11:57 PM
Trump lawyers shredded by ex-prosecutor for 'argument unlike any I have ever seen'
Raw Story
Former President Donald Trump's attorneys were shredded by former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner in an MSNBC column for an "absurd" attempt to "rewrite the Constitution" to give him immunity from criminal prosecution.This comes after a controversial oral argument before a three-judge panel of th...
Jan 11, 2024, 11:52 PM
New York Attorney General Letitia James says Trump trial was about law, not politics
Yahoo Canada Finance
New York Attorney General Letitia James spoke briefly to reporters outside the courthouse as the civil fraud trial involving former President Donald Trump wrapped up Thursday. (Jan. 11) (AP video by David Martin and Robert Bumsted)
Jan 11, 2024, 11:52 PM
At the Fox Town Hall, Donald Trump's abortion answer was revealing.
Slate
Stories about Ron DeSantis' weird smile, Nick Saban, the New York Times' Gaylor controversy, and more.
Jan 11, 2024, 11:46 PM
The Voters Finally Get Their Say
The Wall Street Journal
Each party seems set to make a big mistake, but a Trump-Biden rematch isn’t yet inevitable.
Jan 11, 2024, 11:38 PM
Donald Trump cut off by judge after blistering courtroom diatribe during fraud trial conclusion
CBC.ca
Barred from giving a formal closing argument, former U.S. president Donald Trump seizes an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil trial, unleashing a barrage of attacks during a six-minute diatribe before being cut off by the judge.
Jan 11, 2024, 11:35 PM
“Control your client!”: Judge shuts down Trump’s courtroom outburst
Salon
Engoron asked Trump to agree to stick to the facts and the law. The former president launched into a tirade.
Jan 11, 2024, 11:33 PM
Trump vs. the Non-RINOs
The Wall Street Journal
DeSantis and Haley are both products of the Republican Party he transformed.
Jan 11, 2024, 11:26 PM
'Personal attacks really don't bother me': Letitia James speaks out after Trump trial
Raw Story
New York Attorney General Letitia James delivered a succinct, if weary, address to the media outside the civil court room where she concluded her $370 million fraud case against former President Donald Trump on Thursday. "No matter how powerful you are, no matter how rich you are...no one is above t...
Jan 11, 2024, 11:11 PM
Experts explain why Fani Willis allegations don't hurt merits of Trump criminal case
Raw Story
Whether or not Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis' hired her beau — the proof in the election interference case lodged against Trump and 18 others has already been laid bare. That's the central takeaway from former federal prosecutors Norman Eisen and Joyce Vance along with former White House lawyer Ric...
Jan 11, 2024, 10:55 PM
How Republicans embraced mass deportation and turned away from Social Security reform
Cable News Network
The ultimate winner of the Republican presidential primary is TBD, but the primary campaign has already had an effect on the direction of the party, which continues to reckon with former President Donald Trump’s populism.
Jan 11, 2024, 10:53 PM
Takeaways from Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial closing arguments
Cable News Network
Donald Trump brought the campaign trail to the courthouse during closing arguments of his $370 million New York civil fraud trial on Thursday, delivering campaign speeches both inside and outside the courtroom to attack the case against him and the attorney general who brought it.
Jan 11, 2024, 10:50 PM
Haley faces hurdles in toppling Trump even after Christie exits race
The Hill
Nikki Haley faces the challenge of surpassing former President Trump in what has become a close contest in New Hampshire even with Chris Christie now out of the race. Christie’s decision to drop out less than a week before the Iowa caucuses is the latest development to boost Haley as she looks to consolidate support after rising…
Jan 11, 2024, 10:45 PM
Trump judge spanks Ron DeSantis for targeting Democrat.
Slate
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faced a sharp, surprising rebuke from a conservative appeals court on Wednesday.
Jan 11, 2024, 10:41 PM
'Cash crunch': Trump may be forced to endure something worse than selling his assets
Raw Story
There's something worse than being forced to sell off assets to pay a fine. Longtime investigative reporter Susanne Craig noticed a key moment in the final arguments in the New York fraud trial against Donald Trump. Trump's lack of liquidity was cited as a possible motive for his grossly inflating h...
Jan 11, 2024, 10:32 PM
Donald Trump accuses judge in his civil fraud trial of 'having own agenda'
ThePrint
On last day of trial, Trump tangled with the judge who is considering what penalties to impose after finding the former US president's company 'inflated his net worth to win better financing terms'.
Jan 11, 2024, 10:30 PM
'Not quite accurate': Legal expert demolishes Trump's false claim about his ex-lawyer
Raw Story
As Donald Trump's civil fraud trial was wrapping up in New York, the former president gave a politically angled press conference attacking the whole thing as a sham. But one of his claims stood out: that Michael Cohen, his former personal attorney and fixer who turned state's witness after a stint i...
Jan 11, 2024, 10:12 PM
Trump bashes AG Letitia James’ ‘derangement syndrome’ from ‘jewel’ of his real estate company that he could lose in NY civil fraud trial
New York Post
Trump, 77, delivered remarks from his iconic 40 Wall St. skyscraper in Lower Manhattan while state lawyers returned to the courtroom to deliver their closing statements in a case that could see him fined some $370 million.
Jan 11, 2024, 10:07 PM
Trump is outsourcing his Iowa campaign to surrogates — and his voters totally understand
New York Post
Top Trump allies such as his son Donald Trump Jr., Carson, and Arizona Senate hopeful Kari Lake, have all agreed to headline events in Iowa on his behalf during the final week.
Jan 11, 2024, 10:01 PM
Trump 'fake elector' co-defendant wins three-month stay of entire case: report
Raw Story
Georgia GOP Sen. Shawn Still, who was accused of being one of Donald Trump's "fake" electors and is one of the former president's co-defendants in the Georgia state election subversion criminal case, was granted a three-month stay this Thursday, The Messenger reported. From The Messenger: "The proce...
Jan 11, 2024, 9:59 PM
Donald Trump defies judge to unleash six-minute courtroom diatribe before being cut off
Sky News
The former president had been barred from delivering a closing argument as his civil fraud trial came to an end. Mr Trump is being sued by the state of New York for nearly $370m (£291m) in penalties.
Jan 11, 2024, 9:45 PM
Fact Check: Donald Trump repeats false claims about his legal troubles after closing arguments in civil trial
Cable News Network
Former President Donald Trump went on a conspiratorial rant at a news conference Thursday after his attorneys wrapped up their closing arguments at his civil fraud trial in New York.
Jan 11, 2024, 9:41 PM
'That ship has sailed': Expert says Trump lawyers dropped the ball in closing arguments
Raw Story
Donald Trump's civil fraud trial in New York entered closing arguments this week, with the former president himself giving a short statement despite state Justice Arthur Engoron previously having ruled he could not do so. But the closing statement from Trump's attorneys wasn't convincing at all, arg...
Jan 11, 2024, 9:14 PM
What If Meryl Streep Never Won a Lifetime Achievement Award?
Vulture
What if Merly Streep hadn’t won the Cecil B DeMille Award in 2017 and never went after Trump in her acceptance speech? In our latest ‘Mirror Universe’ column, writer Joe Reid imagines what this might have meant for Amy Adams, among other things.
Jan 11, 2024, 8:58 PM
Fox town hall with Trump draws more TV viewers than debate between Haley and DeSantis
Devdiscourse
The CNN debate, which aired live at the same time, was seen by just under 2.6 million, per Nielsen.Fox said the Trump campaign demanded that the town hall go head-to-head on TV against CNNs debate at 9 p.m. Eastern, as a condition to the former presidents appearance.
Jan 11, 2024, 8:54 PM