Trump News for Thursday, January 18, 2024
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Hundreds of top GOP lawmakers urge Supreme Court to keep Trump on the ballot
New York Post
Nearly 200 congressional Republicans -- including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell -- have signed onto a brief urging the US Supreme Court to keep former President Donald Trump on 2024 ballots.
Jan 18, 2024, 11:55 PM
Johnson feels heat from Trump, conservatives to reject Senate border deal
The Hill
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is under pressure from conservatives and former President Trump to reject an emerging bipartisan border and Ukraine aid package even as he gets the squeeze from the Senate GOP and White House. Republican senators in support of the deal argue that the leverage of Ukraine aid has given them a unique…
Jan 18, 2024, 11:54 PM
'He's finished!' Steve Bannon demands 'disgusting' Mike Johnson be removed as speaker
Raw Story
Former President Donald Trump's longtime strategist Steve Bannon raged against House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after the House voted to temporarily avert a government shutdown on Thursday."I mean, it's disgusting," said Bannon on his "War Room" show. "Johnson ... suspended, you know, the two third...
Jan 18, 2024, 11:53 PM
Judge hints that Trump’s election interference trial might be delayed
The Guardian
The case was automatically frozen after the ex-president appealed judge’s decision to reject his motion to toss criminal charges
Jan 18, 2024, 11:48 PM
Trump to stay on Washington state ballot; third-party group asks DOJ to probe Democrats
Devdiscourse
Donald Trump can remain on Washington state's Republican presidential primary ballot, a judge ruled on Thursday, rejecting the latest effort to disqualify the former president from running again based on his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss.
Jan 18, 2024, 11:35 PM
Repairing Carroll’s reputation from Trump attacks could cost $12.1 million, expert testifies
Yahoo News
Northwestern University marketing professor Ashlee Humphreys testifies that it would cost between $7.2 and $12.1 million to rectify the damage to columnist E. Jean Carroll’s reputation caused by former President Donald Trump’s persistent attacks on her character.
Jan 18, 2024, 11:26 PM
'Doesn't seem like a good strategy': Conservative slams Team Trump for heckling the judge
Raw Story
Conservative columnist Charlie Sykes isn't a lawyer, he told MSNBC on Thursday, but even he can see that the Donald Trump strategy in court isn't working. While Trump wasn't on hand in the E. Jean Carroll damages trial on Thursday, his presence was, according to legal analyst Lisa Rubin.The witnes...
Jan 18, 2024, 11:25 PM
Trump lawyers urge supreme court to reinstate him on Colorado ballot
The Guardian
Lawyers call on justices to reverse disqualification after Colorado barred him from primary ballot over January 6 insurrection
Jan 18, 2024, 11:25 PM
Republican baseball star Steve Garvey brings U.S. Senate campaign to Bay Area
The Mercury News
Garvey dodged whether he wants Trump endorsement. Instead, touches on foreign policy, homelessness, crime and immigration in the first Bay Area public event since launching his campaign for U.S. Senate in October.
Jan 18, 2024, 11:14 PM
AusSuper duo ready for Trump 2024
The Australian Financial Review
Australia’s biggest superannuation fund has just opened a new office in New York. The prospect of another Trump presidency has not dimmed their optimism.
Jan 18, 2024, 11:07 PM
Donald Trump 'totally convinced' he'll win election
Page Six
Amid his legal woes, Donald Trump is riding high, pals say, after winning the Iowa caucus and leading Gov. Nikki Haley in New Hampshire.
Jan 18, 2024, 11:00 PM
The man supposed to stop Trump is an unpopular 81-year-old
The Australian Financial Review
In failing to look past Joe Biden, Democrats have shown cowardice and complacency.
Jan 18, 2024, 10:59 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene wants GOP leaders to coronate Trump - right now
Raw Story
‘She's not a real candidate,' Greene said of Nikki Haley.
Jan 18, 2024, 10:55 PM
Trump tells SCOTUS kicking him off ballot would ‘unleash chaos’
POLITICO
In a 59-page brief, Trump's lawyers presented their case to the justices in advance of a Feb. 8 oral argument on his eligibility.
Jan 18, 2024, 10:55 PM
MAGA Torches DeSantis Camp for Taunting Trump Amid Funeral of Melania's Mom
Newsweek
DeSantis' press secretary took a jab at Trump online while the former president was attending his mother-in-law's funeral.
Jan 18, 2024, 10:51 PM
Trump urges Supreme Court to reject efforts to keep him off ballot, warning of "chaos" in new filing
CBS News
Former President Donald Trump's attorneys wrote that the challenges to his eligibility "promise to unleash chaos and bedlam if other state courts and state officials follow Colorado's lead."
Jan 18, 2024, 10:51 PM
Trump files Supreme Court brief arguing he was never an 'officer of the United States'
Raw Story
Former President Donald Trump filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in his attempt to prevent being disqualified from the presidential election. In it, the 45th president's attorneys say he believes he is immune from prosecution and that the 14th Amendment "insurrection clause" doesn't involve t...
Jan 18, 2024, 10:45 PM
Trump urges Supreme Court to ‘put swift and decisive end’ to 14th Amendment challenges
The Hill
Former President Trump told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the decision kicking him off Colorado’s ballot was based on a “dubious interpretation” of the 14th Amendment, urging the justices to reverse the ruling and terminate the dozens of challenges proceeding across the country. “The Court should put a swift and decisive end to these…
Jan 18, 2024, 10:45 PM
Trump urges Supreme Court to allow him to stay on the ballot
NBC News
The former president filed a brief asking the court to rule that the Constitution's 14th Amendment doesn't prevent him from appearing on Colorado's Republican primary ballot.
Jan 18, 2024, 10:42 PM
Trump urges US Supreme Court to reverse Colorado ballot disqualification
Devdiscourse
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Jan 18, 2024, 10:37 PM
"Did you not hear me?": Judge calls out Trump lawyer for flunking "Evidence 101" at trial
Salon
Habba's performance on Day 3 of the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial got off to a brutal start.
Jan 18, 2024, 10:28 PM
Trump lawyers warn Supreme Court of ‘chaos and bedlam’ if states are allowed to bar him from 2024 ballot
Cable News Network
Donald Trump is urging the US Supreme Court to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that removed him from that state’s ballot.
Jan 18, 2024, 10:28 PM
Barron Trump reaches out to sad-looking Trump at grandmother's funeral
The Mercury News
Donald Trump and his youngest son stood by Melania Trump as they paid their final respects to her mother, Amalija Knavs.
Jan 18, 2024, 10:24 PM
Trump's defamation hurt my status, writer E. Jean Carroll testifies
Devdiscourse
Carroll, 80, acknowledged at her civil damages trial that she has received more attention from media outlets and celebrities since publicizing her rape claim in June 2019 - but said she has also been widely disparaged. "My status is lowered," Carroll said under cross-examination by Trump's lawyer Alina Habba in federal court in Manhattan.
Jan 18, 2024, 10:22 PM
Legal expert demolishes Alina Habba's claim about 'insanely prejudicial' Trump trial judge
Raw Story
Former President Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba got into a fight with New York Judge Lewis Kaplan when he refused to grant the former president a continuance in the E. Jean Carroll trial to attend the funeral of his mother-in-law, saying, "My client and I would like to reiterate that [Carroll] ...
Jan 18, 2024, 10:11 PM