Trump News for Monday, February 12, 2024
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Trump Files Emergency Appeal to Supreme Court on Immunity Claim
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Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Monday to pause a lower court ruling that denied him presidential immunity in a federal case alleging he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results. Photo: Julia Nikhinson/AFP/Getty
Feb 12, 2024, 11:20 PM
Judge to proceed with hearing to consider motion to disqualify Fani Willis from Trump Georgia election case
CBS News
Fulton County judge to move forward with evidentiary hearing to consider Trump co-defendant's motion to disqualify Fani Willis from Georgia election interference case.
Feb 12, 2024, 11:15 PM
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs says ‘US credibility is at stake’ when asked about Trump’s NATO comments
Cable News Network
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown told NBC News in an interview Monday that “US credibility is at stake” after he was asked about comments from former President Donald Trump that he would encourage Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to NATO partners that don’t meet spending guidelines on defense.
Feb 12, 2024, 11:13 PM
What happens if a presidential candidate dies or has to leave the race?
Cable News Network
While the 2024 presidential race seems set in stone as a rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, it’s also true that things happen.
Feb 12, 2024, 11:10 PM
Donald Trump turns to Supreme Court in bid for presidential immunity
CBC.ca
Donald Trump on Monday turned to the U.S. Supreme Court as he presses his claim — rejected by lower courts — that he is immune from being prosecuted for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss because he was serving as president when he took those actions.
Feb 12, 2024, 11:09 PM
Trump takes 11-point lead over Biden on economy: Poll
The Hill
Former President Trump has a large lead over President Biden in a new poll released by the Financial Times that shows him ahead by 11 points on the question of who would best handle the economy, often the key issue in a presidential election. About 42 percent of respondents in the poll released Sunday said…
Feb 12, 2024, 11:01 PM
2020 'Lawyers for Trump' volunteer deemed competent to stand trial on Jan. 6 charges
NBC News
Kellye SoRelle, who served as a lawyer for Donald Trump and the Oath Keepers, was deemed competent to stand trial last week.
Feb 12, 2024, 10:55 PM
‘Everyone should be scared as hell’: Democrats call for Trump-proofing NATO
POLITICO
Trump would be barred from pulling the U.S. out of the alliance as president. But there are other ways he could undermine it.
Feb 12, 2024, 10:52 PM
Trump asks Supreme Court to pause immunity ruling in 2020 election case
CBS News
Former President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to pause a lower court's ruling that rejected his claims of presidential immunity.
Feb 12, 2024, 10:52 PM
Trump seeks Supreme Court intervention in election subversion case
NBC News
Former President Donald Trump is turning to the justices in a last-ditch effort to prevent his prosecution in the federal election interference case from moving closer to trial.
Feb 12, 2024, 10:46 PM
Haley turns Trump’s attack on husband into centerpiece of campaign
POLITICO
Trump gave Haley an opening when he went after her husband.
Feb 12, 2024, 10:34 PM
Haley goes on the attack after Trump mocks her deployed husband
Cable News Network
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is hammering Donald Trump over his comments mocking the absence of her husband, who is deployed overseas, and using the former president’s remarks to highlight his long history of disparaging members of the military.
Feb 12, 2024, 10:32 PM
Judge in Trump’s Georgia case will hear evidence on prosecutors’ romantic relationship
POLITICO
District Attorney Fani Willis asked the judge to cancel a Thursday hearing, but the judge denied the request.
Feb 12, 2024, 10:30 PM
'Bizarre first sentence': Ex-prosecutor slams Trump's presidential immunity plea to SCOTUS
Raw Story
Former President Donald Trump’s request that the Supreme Court consider his presidential immunity claim managed to hit a “bizarre” and “incredibly inappropriate” tone by the end of its first sentence, former Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann said Monday. Weissmann was shocked that a...
Feb 12, 2024, 10:29 PM
Donald Trump will make campaign stop in Michigan this weekend
Raw Story
Former President Donald Trump will make his first Michigan campaign stop of the 2024 election year in Oakland County on Saturday. Trump's campaign announced the visit Monday. The Republican candidate will hold a "get out the vote" rally at 7 p.m. at a venue at the Oakland County International Airpor...
Feb 12, 2024, 10:16 PM
Scholz warns against playing with Europe's security after Trump jibes
Raw Story
Following U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's statements on NATO support, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reaffirmed the alliance's common defense. "NATO'S promise of protection applies unreservedly. All for one. One for all," Scholz said on Monday in Berlin at a meeting with the new, pro-E...
Feb 12, 2024, 10:12 PM
Donald Trump Starts Second Supreme Court Fight
Newsweek
Trump is asking the Supreme Court to stop his federal felony election interference case.
Feb 12, 2024, 10:08 PM
Trump asks US supreme court to keep election interference case frozen
The Guardian
Ex-president met deadline imposed by federal appeals case to keep the criminal case on hold as he prepares a last-ditch challenge
Feb 12, 2024, 10:08 PM
Trump Asks Supreme Court To Put Off His Election Interference Trial, Claiming Immunity
News18
Former President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to extend the delay in his election interference trial, saying he is immune from prosecution on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 election loss.
Feb 12, 2024, 10:00 PM
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Trump asks US supreme court to intervene as he presses immunity bid
The Irish Times
Prosecutors argued Trump acted as a candidate when pressuring officials to overturn 2020 election and called on supporters to march on US Capitol
Feb 12, 2024, 10:00 PM
Judge in Trump election case says it's 'possible' D.A. Fani Willis could be disqualified over misconduct allegations
NBC News
ATLANTA — The Georgia judge presiding over the election interference case against former President Donald Trump gave the green light Monday for a hearing this week involving misconduct allegations against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and said her disqualification from the case is "possible."
Feb 12, 2024, 9:53 PM
Here Are the Republicans Breaking With Their Party to Back Ukraine Aid
The New York Times
Party leaders, national security institutionalists and centrists make up the 17 Republicans who joined Democrats in breaking a filibuster against the military aid, defying former President Donald J. Trump.
Feb 12, 2024, 9:50 PM
Trump asks Supreme Court to delay election interference trial
WLTX.com
Former President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to extend the delay in his election interference trial, saying he is immune from prosecution.
Feb 12, 2024, 9:47 PM
Senate Pushes Ukraine Aid Bill Toward Passage as G.O.P. Splinters
The New York Times
The legislation passed its final hurdle as a coalition of Republican senators, resisting pressure from the right wing and former President Donald J. Trump, joined Democrats to move it toward a final vote.
Feb 12, 2024, 9:46 PM