Trump News for Wednesday, October 2, 2024
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Prosecutors say Trump 'resorted to crimes' after losing 2020 election
The Associated Press
The filing from special counsel Jack Smith’s team offers the most comprehensive view to date of what prosecutors intend to prove if the case reaches trial.
Oct 2, 2024, 11:53 PM
Words the VP candidates used most often during the debate: "Trump," "housing," "border"
CBS News
CBS News analyzed the words Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance of Ohio used most often during their debate Tuesday.
Oct 2, 2024, 11:49 PM
Judge unseals filing in special counsel's election case against Trump
UPI News
New details from special counsel Jack Smith's election interference case against Donald Trump were unsealed Wednesday, revealing prosecutors' claims that the former president "resorted to crimes to stay in office."
Oct 2, 2024, 11:36 PM
Hurricane Helene spotlights Trump, Vance climate skepticism
The Hill
Click for the latest from The Hill {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Hurricane Helene spotlights Trump, Vance climate skepticism Hurricane Helene’s devastation is shining a spotlight on former President Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance‘s (R-Ohio) skepticism of well-established climate science. © Stephen Maturen, Getty Images Trump this week…
Oct 2, 2024, 11:33 PM
Trump campaign says it brought in $160M in September
The Hill
Former President Trump’s campaign finance team collected $160 million in donations for the month of September.
Oct 2, 2024, 11:27 PM
Melania Trump declares pro-choice views in new memoir: report
The Mercury News
'Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body?' the former first lady writes, as her husband campaigns for president on an anti-abortion platform.
Oct 2, 2024, 11:21 PM
GOP senator eyes health care overhaul and extending Trump tax cuts in one big 2025 bill
NBC News
Republicans could pass both a health care overhaul that would replace Obamacare and extend Trump tax breaks in one bill if they win Congress and the White House.
Oct 2, 2024, 11:17 PM
Jack Smith Has 77 Potential Witnesses in Donald Trump Election Case
Newsweek
A court document containing Smith's evidence against Trump in the federal election subversion case has been unsealed.
Oct 2, 2024, 11:07 PM
Melania Trump voices support for abortion rights ahead of election
BreakingNews.ie
Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign noted Donald Trump’s role in ending Roe v Wade in a statement reacting to Mrs Trump’s comments.
Oct 2, 2024, 11:00 PM
Republican Liz Cheney to join Kamala Harris on US election campaign trail
BreakingNews.ie
Ms Cheney lost her House seat to a Trump-endorsed candidate two years ago and she endorsed Ms Harris, the Democratic nominee, last month.
Oct 2, 2024, 11:00 PM
'Blockbuster document': Election attorney highlights damning detail of Jack Smith's filing
Raw Story
Special counsel Jack Smith's new massive filing in the Trump federal election conspiracy case is hugely consequential, voting rights attorney Marc Elias told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Wednesday.In particular, said Elias, Smith has detailed evidence that Trump knew he lost — and kept trying to overt...
Oct 2, 2024, 10:59 PM
Former Trump national security aides endorse him amid turmoil overseas
NBC News
The group, organized by former Trump national security adviser Robert O'Brien and former National Security Council chief of staff Alex Gray, wrote in a letter that "securing peace" is "the legacy of Trump."
Oct 2, 2024, 10:53 PM
Special counsel pushes to use Pence against Trump in 2020 election case
The Guardian
Filings show Jack Smith making Trump pressure campaign and effort to recruit fake electors key part of prosecution
Oct 2, 2024, 10:41 PM
In Trump-Vance narrative, cats, dogs and revival of nativist American nationhood
The Indian Express
According to Trump, ‘Making America Great Again’ (MAGA) desperately requires mass deportation of unworthy and unwanted aliens, who weaken the nation. This discourse invokes a long tradition in American history, which thrives on claiming that some immigrant groups are unfit to be Americans
Oct 2, 2024, 10:30 PM
Judge in Fani Willis Trial Gets Frustrated With Prosecutors: 'It's a Lot'
Newsweek
The district attorney's office is also prosecuting former President Donald Trump.
Oct 2, 2024, 10:27 PM
The GOP's SCOTUS dreams: From the Politics Desk
NBC News
Republicans are giddy over the prospect of appointing new justices to the Supreme Court in a second Donald Trump presidential term.
Oct 2, 2024, 10:25 PM
Melania Trump in new memoir calls abortion a ‘woman’s fundamental right’: Report
The Hill
Melania Trump is reportedly set to voice strong support for reproductive rights, writing in her new memoir that a “woman’s fundamental right of individual liberty” grants her “the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes.” In a copy of “Melania” obtained by The Guardian’s Martin Pengelly ahead of its release next Tuesday, the former first lady…
Oct 2, 2024, 10:22 PM
Trump acted outside his duties in pressuring Pence, officials after 2020 election loss: prosecutors
CBC.ca
U.S. prosecutors said Donald Trump was acting outside the scope of his duties as president when he pressured state officials and then-U.S. vice-president Mike Pence to try to overturn his 2020 election defeat, in a court filing made public on Wednesday.
Oct 2, 2024, 10:17 PM
Whoopi Goldberg Questions 'The View' Producer On Live Show Why They Have To Read Donald Trump's Legal Notes
Deadline
Whoopi Goldberg questioned The View producer Brian Teta as to why they must continue reading Donald Trump's statement about the 2020 election.
Oct 2, 2024, 10:00 PM
Trump not immune from crimes in election case, prosecutors argue
The Australian Financial Review
The government says the former president was acting as a private citizen when he allegedly pressured his VP to intervene to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s win.
Oct 2, 2024, 9:58 PM
Donald Trump Responds to Jack Smith's New Court Filing
Newsweek
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that "This entire case is a Partisan, Unconstitutional, Witch Hunt, that should be dismissed."
Oct 2, 2024, 9:57 PM
JD Vance again refuses to say Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election
WDIV ClickOnDetroit
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance on Wednesday again refused to say who he believed won the 2020 presidential election, which has been the persistent focus of false claims by his running mate, Donald Trump.
Oct 2, 2024, 9:51 PM
JD Vance Made It Pretty Clear What A Trump Administration Would Mean For Federal Lands
Yahoo Singapore News
The back-and-forth during the debate shed light on how a Trump administration would treat publicly owned land.
Oct 2, 2024, 9:49 PM
Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having 'resorted to crimes'
CP24 Toronto
Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud and “resorted to crimes” in his failed bid to cling to power, according to a newly unsealed court filing from prosecutors that lays out fresh details from the landmark criminal case against the former president.
Oct 2, 2024, 9:45 PM
Jack Smith’s Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court
Slate
The newly unsealed document contains the most detailed evidence of Trump’s attempts to subvert the election yet.
Oct 2, 2024, 9:44 PM