Trump News for Tuesday, February 20, 2024
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Reuters US Domestic News Summary
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U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane entered a court order allowing Giuliani to seek a new trial and challenge the amount of damages awarded to Wandrea "Shaye" Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, whom Giuliani had falsely accused of fraud after former Republican President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss.
Feb 20, 2024, 11:53 PM
Biden slams Trump over Navalny: 'Why does Trump always blame America?'
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Trump did not mention Navalny until a Monday post on his Truth Social platform that did not cast blame or express remorse, but alluded to his own legal problems as persecution and called the United States a nation in decline. "The former president, Trump, and other Republicans, refuse to hold Putin accountable for his death," Biden said.
Feb 20, 2024, 11:52 PM
Judge's $355M penalty makes Don a martyr: Letters to the Editor
New York Post
NY Post readers discuss a judge’s $355 million penalty against former President Donald Trump for fraud.
Feb 20, 2024, 11:43 PM
NY AG says she may seize Trump assets if he doesn’t pay $355 million fine
The Hill
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) is prepared to seize former President Trump’s assets if he does not pay the nearly $355 million verdict levied against him in a civil business fraud trial last week, she told ABC News on Tuesday. “If he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we…
Feb 20, 2024, 11:33 PM
5 questions that reverberate from Trump’s civil fraud trial
The Hill
Reverberations are being felt several days after the massive judgment against former President Trump in his New York civil fraud trial. The headline from that decision was an award of almost $355 million against Trump from Judge Arthur Engoron, who found Trump had habitually inflated the value of his properties in order to secure favorable…
Feb 20, 2024, 11:27 PM
Poll: Vancouverites woud choose Joe Biden over Donald Trump
Vancouver Is Awesome
2024 U.S. Election: In a poll of V.I.A. readers, incumbent President Joe Biden (D) would win the Vancouver, BC vote by a wide margin over Donald Trump (R).
Feb 20, 2024, 11:15 PM
Trump gets a trial date on the calendar.
Slate
Remember Stormy Daniels?
Feb 20, 2024, 11:04 PM
'BS': Top Dem senator names and shames Republicans in profanity-laden attack
Raw Story
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) is calling “BS” on Senate Republicans – and calling them out by name – over their continued failure to pass the Senate’s massive border and military funding for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan bill that he helped craft.Sen. Murphy’s first target: top Trump MAGA surrogate...
Feb 20, 2024, 11:02 PM
FACTBOX-Who are the candidates running in the 2024 US presidential election?
Devdiscourse
In the Democratic Party's presidential nominating contests, Biden has easily won in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. Some recent Reuters/Ipsos polls showed Kennedy could harm Biden more than Trump in the presidential election, where third-party candidates have affected the outcome of U.S. elections even without winning.
Feb 20, 2024, 10:36 PM
Trump hopes to reshape RNC into "seamless operation" with leadership changes
CBS News
Trump recently endorsed two close allies, daughter-in-law Lara Trump and senior campaign adviser Chris LaCivita, to bridge the gap between his campaign and the GOP.
Feb 20, 2024, 10:02 PM
‘I refuse to quit’: defiant Nikki Haley vows to stay in race against Trump
The Guardian
‘I feel no need to kiss the ring,’ says Republican candidate as she turns up rhetorical heat ahead of South Carolina primary
Feb 20, 2024, 9:50 PM
GoFundMe fundraiser for Trump $355M penalty not against site rule
WLTX.com
A fundraiser for Trump’s New York civil fraud penalty does not violate GoFundMe’s terms of service.
Feb 20, 2024, 9:43 PM
Trump Allies Suffer Two Legal Blows in One Day
Newsweek
Sidney Powell's appeal was rejected by SCOTUS; Peter Navarro is threatened with contempt for holding presidential records.
Feb 20, 2024, 9:24 PM
Sneakerheads on Trump’s ‘Never Surrender’ gold shoe: ‘Tacky and very, very dumb’
The Guardian
The ex-president debuted the high-tops just after he was ordered to pay $355m in court
Feb 20, 2024, 9:11 PM
"Grotesque": Trump torched for "despicable" statement making Alexei Navalny's death about himself
Salon
After days of silence, Trump paints himself as a "martyr" following Russian opposition leader's death.
Feb 20, 2024, 9:07 PM
Aileen Cannon might get kicked off the Trump classified docs case.
Slate
Jack Smith is likely headed for the court of appeals.
Feb 20, 2024, 8:45 PM
Trump backs McCarthy’s chosen successor for House seat
POLITICO
The race in California’s 20th congressional district has been a hotly-contested fight over the direction of the Republican party.
Feb 20, 2024, 8:43 PM
Trump legal news brief: Supreme Court keeps Michigan sanctions in place for pro-Trump lawyers Sidney Powell and Lin Wood
Yahoo News
The United States Supreme Court rejects an appeal by pro-Trump lawyers Sidney Powell, Lin Wood and five others that challenged the sanctions issued by a district judge over their bogus claims that the 2020 election Michigan had been rigged against Trump.
Feb 20, 2024, 8:35 PM
"Really ironic": Analyst warns Trump's $400 golden sneaker drop "could be a lawsuit in the making"
Salon
The shoe Trump is hawking after $355 million ruling could cost him even more money in court, CNN analyst says.
Feb 20, 2024, 8:32 PM
Haley hasn't won a GOP contest against Trump. But she's not quitting.
The Associated Press
Nikki Haley's allies are bracing for a big loss in her home state’s primary election in South Carolina this week.
Feb 20, 2024, 8:30 PM
7 Trump losses in a row, and counting
Yahoo Finance
Trump's latest loss in court extends a remarkable losing streak.
Feb 20, 2024, 7:54 PM
Haley vows not to drop out, calls Trump ‘meaner and more offensive by the day’
POLITICO
The former South Carolina governor says she isn’t going anywhere, will stay in “until the last person votes.”
Feb 20, 2024, 7:42 PM
“That makes him a mark”: Experts warn Trump could get desperate as his fraud appeal appears doomed
Salon
Experts worry what Trump may do as he is “scrambling to pay his bills” after $400+ million in judgments.
Feb 20, 2024, 7:05 PM
Trump’s plan to disappear millions
Salon
Trump’s plan to disappear millions
Feb 20, 2024, 7:00 PM
Haley chokes up talking about deployed husband
The Hill
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley fought back tears Tuesday when talking about her husband’s military deployment overseas, during a campaign speech in which she pledged to keep up her battle against former President Trump for the 2024 presidential nomination. Haley urged a crowd in South Carolina, ahead of Saturday’s primary in the state, to share…
Feb 20, 2024, 6:43 PM