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Clarence Thomas discloses 2022 private flights from Harlan Crow, defends past omissions
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says he accepted five private jet flights from personal friend and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow last year, according to financial disclosure documents released Thursday. On [Read More…]
Trump enters not guilty plea in Georgia election interference case
Scott Olson/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Former President Donald Trump has entered a plea of not guilty in the Georgia election interference case and waived his right to appear at his arraignment, according to a filing [Read More…]
Trump inflated his net worth by $2.2 billion, New York AG says in filing
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump routinely overstated his net worth — sometimes by more than $2 billion — during years when the actual values of his real estate holdings were [Read More…]
Trump attorneys oppose DA’s request to try all 19 Georgia election defendants together
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s attorney filed a motion Wednesday opposing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ new request to try all 19 defendants in her Georgia election interference case together. [Read More…]
Judge says former Trump adviser has failed to show Trump asserted executive privilege
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The judge overseeing Peter Navarro’s contempt of Congress case ruled in a pre-trial hearing Wednesday that the former Trump adviser “has not met his burden” to show a formal assertion [Read More…]
McConnell appears to freeze again during press conference
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (COVINGTON, Ky.) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday appeared to freeze again during a press conference in his home state of Kentucky. Video showed the Republican [Read More…]
Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy for role in Jan. 6 attack faces sentencing
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and a top associate are set to be sentenced Wednesday following their convictions last May on charges of seditious conspiracy and several other felonies stemming [Read More…]
Trump campaign says it has raised more than $9 million since mug shot
Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign now says it has raised a total of $9.4 million since the release of his mug shot. The figure has been revised since the [Read More…]
Willis seeks to have all 19 defendants in Georgia election interference case tried together
Kenneth Chesebro is seen in a mugshot provided by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia, Aug. 23, 2023. — Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (ATLANTA) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in a filing Tuesday [Read More…]
Haley vs. Ramaswamy ramps up while Suarez winds down, and other campaign takeaways
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy lambasted each other at last week’s GOP presidential primary debate, and the feud is only getting fiercer. The two [Read More…]
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez suspends 2024 Republican primary campaign
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MIAMI) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced Tuesday that he is suspending his campaign for president after failing to qualify for the first Republican primary debate last week in Milwaukee. “Running for [Read More…]
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise diagnosed with blood cancer
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced Tuesday he has been diagnosed with a “very treatable blood cancer” and has started treatment. “After a few days of not feeling like myself [Read More…]
Defendant in Georgia election interference case asks judge to unseal records
Kenneth Chesebro is seen in a mugshot provided by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia, Aug. 23, 2023. — Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (ATLANTA) — Attorney Kenneth Chesebro, one of the 19 defendants in [Read More…]
High-profile defendants in Georgia election case use a common service: a bail bondsman
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows surrendered on state charges in the Georgia election interference case, they used a service that common criminal defendants use: a bail bondsman. The president of [Read More…]
Eminem tells Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his music after viral rap performance
KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Eminem has told presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his music on the campaign trail. In a letter addressed to the Ramaswamy campaign’s attorney, music licenser Broadcast [Read More…]
Trump, other defendants to be arraigned next week in Georgia election interference case
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has set a date for former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants to be arraigned on charges in the Georgia election interference [Read More…]
Georgia election hearing updates: Court adjourns with no decision yet in Meadows case
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, charged along with 18 others in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ sweeping racketeering indictment for alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 [Read More…]
New Trump trial date is the day before Super Tuesday. Will it matter?
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal trial over former President Donald Trump’s alleged illegal efforts to overturn the 2020 election is slated to start on March 4, 2024 — one day before “Super Tuesday” [Read More…]
Georgia election hearing live updates: Meadows seeking to have case moved
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, charged along with 18 others in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ sweeping racketeering indictment for alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 [Read More…]
Special counsel, Trump attorneys to clash over start date for federal election interference trial
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team and former President Donald Trump’s lawyers are due back in court on Monday to present arguments for when Trump’s federal election interference case should go to [Read More…]