Trump News for Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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House lawmakers exasperated with Marjorie Taylor Greene's demand to defund Jack Smith
Raw Story
WASHINGTON — One of the grievances Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) expressed in her motion on Wednesday to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was that he did not act to "defund" special counsel Jack Smith, who is currently prosecuting former President Donald Trump for federal election consp...
May 8, 2024, 11:42 PM
Trump’s 18-year-old son Barron to make political debut at Republican convention
BreakingNews.ie
He has been chosen to serve as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention.
May 8, 2024, 11:00 PM
Biden says Trump 'won't accept' result of election
RTE.ie
Donald Trump will refuse to accept the results if he loses the election this year, US President Joe Biden has said.
May 8, 2024, 11:00 PM
“Fani Willis messed up badly”: Appeals court deals another blow to Trump's Georgia election case
Salon
Many legal experts believe Trump's Georgia election interference trial will now be delayed until 2025
May 8, 2024, 10:56 PM
Why are 3 of Trump’s 4 criminal trials delayed indefinitely?
Cable News Network
Former President Donald Trump’s public defense against his four, distinct prosecutions in four, separate jurisdictions is that they are a coordinated hit job and a political persecution – evidence, he says, of a double standard of justice.
May 8, 2024, 9:21 PM
Trump has yet to decide his VP pick - and it’s turning into a pageant of its own
The Guardian
It’s less than six months until election day, and Donald Trump is choosing his running mate. It’s quite the spectacle
May 8, 2024, 7:35 PM
The Trump trial and the burning question: What are legal expenses?
Washington Examiner
It is hard to believe, but Alvin Bragg is attempting to put Donald Trump in prison for a maximum of 136 years over a disagreement about the definition of "legal expenses."
May 8, 2024, 7:14 PM
Donald Trump Hush-Money Trial Accents 'Pattern of Behavior': Ex-WH Official
Newsweek
New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan threatened Trump with jail time this week following violations of the gag order in the criminal trial.
May 8, 2024, 6:51 PM
Trump tax cut extension cost swells to $5.8 trillion, CBO warns
The Australian Financial Review
New estimates from Congress’s fiscal scorekeeper make clear the cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts enacted under President Donald Trump.
May 8, 2024, 6:32 PM
Biden makes a Wisconsin stop to tout AI - and troll Trump's Foxconn flop
Yahoo Finance
President Biden made a trip to the swing state of Wisconsin on Wednesday with two goals: tout an AI investment from Microsoft and highlight a past failure from Donald Trump.
May 8, 2024, 6:07 PM
Could Trump really go to jail? Here's the state of play as his New York trial takes a break
TheJournal.ie
Stormy Daniels will resume her testimony tomorrow.
May 8, 2024, 5:35 PM
David Lammy tells US Republicans he can find ‘common cause’ with Trump
The Guardian
Shadow foreign secretary makes push to woo conservatives after initial hostility towards former president
May 8, 2024, 5:07 PM
Trump's lawyer told to stop former president from 'cursing audibly' during hush money trial
Sky News
The judge also said Trump had "uttered a vulgarity" in court as porn star Stormy Daniels gave her testimony on Tuesday.
May 8, 2024, 4:11 PM
Donald Trump Has a GOP Base Problem
Newsweek
Over a fifth of Indiana's GOP primary voters backed Nikki Haley over the former president despite ending her campaign in March.
May 8, 2024, 3:40 PM
Actually, Donald Trump Is a Little Like Al Capone | Opinion
Newsweek
Former President Donald Trump came closer to the truth than he realized when he compared his legal dilemma to Al Capone's—just not in the way he intended.
May 8, 2024, 3:32 PM
Jimmy Kimmel on Stormy Daniels’s testimony: ‘Yes we do need to know the details’
The Guardian
Late-night hosts discuss former adult film star Stormy Daniels’s testimony in Trump’s criminal hush-money trial in New York
May 8, 2024, 3:11 PM
Georgia will allow Trump to challenge order keeping Fani Willis on election interference case
The Guardian
Appeals court said it would allow Trump to challenge decision not to disqualify Willis over relationship with her deputy
May 8, 2024, 2:53 PM
Georgia appeals court agrees to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump election case
GuelphToday
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against former President Donald Trump.
May 8, 2024, 2:30 PM
A sex scandal that’s boring the public − and a judge forced to keep Trump focused
The Conversation UK
A former judge and an expert on political communication dissect the most recent week of Donald Trump’s hush-money trial.
May 8, 2024, 2:00 PM
Biden to announce $3.3bn AI center during visit to battleground state Wisconsin - US politics live
The Guardian
President’s trip is his fourth visit to Wisconsin this year and contrasts with Donald Trump, who six years ago promised a Foxconn factory at the same location which never happened
May 8, 2024, 1:23 PM