Trump Lies

Mediaite reports: U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan sparred with Trump defense attorney Alina Habba on Friday and warned her that continuing to improperly enter evidence during her closing statement could land her in “lock up.” Donald Trump is currently on trial to determine damages after the former president was found liable for defaming E. Jean Carroll, whom a jury also …

The New York Daily News reports: Donald Trump stormed out of the defamation trial brought by E. Jean Carroll just minutes into closing arguments by the writer’s lawyers Friday morning. “This case is about how to compensate Ms. Carroll for the harm that Mr. Trump’s original statements — going back to June 2019 — caused her,” Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, …

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: President Biden would claim, with cause, that Republicans want border chaos as an election issue rather than solving the problem. Voter anger may over time move from Mr. Biden to the GOP, and the public will have a point. Cynical is the only word that fits Republicans panning a border deal whose details …

Reuters reports: The writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against Donald Trump is likely headed for a jury on Friday, after lawyers for both sides offer final arguments on how much Trump damaged Carroll’s reputation by denying he raped her. Carroll, 80, is seeking at least $10 million over Trump’s June 2019 denials, when he was president, that he had raped …

Posted this afternoon to Trump’s Truth Social account: When I was President, we had the most secure Border in History. Joe Biden has surrendered our Border, and is aiding and abetting a massive Invasion of millions of Illegal Migrants into the United States. Instead of fighting to protect our Country from this onslaught, Biden is, unbelievably, fighting to tie the …

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump will testify in his own defense at the civil defamation trial in New York, his attorney Alina Habba said in court. Habba told Judge Lewis Kaplan that it will be “very brief.” The parties are first discussing what Trump will say and which questions he will answer. As he sits at the defense table, …

CNN reports: Donald Trump lost another bid to throw out a defamation suit by E. Jean Carroll on Thursday, as the former president braces to testify in an effort to limit additional damages on top of a $5 million sexual abuse verdict last year. “The motion is denied,” senior U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled, after Carroll’s case wrapped in …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump made a whopping 37 posts about sexual assault accuser E. Jean Carroll within the space of just 20 minutes on Wednesday evening ahead of his defamation trial in New York. In just 20 minutes, Trump published 37 posts about Carrol – an average of 1.85 posts per minute – attacking the former Elle magazine …

Bloomberg News reports: Two days after his decisive victory in the New Hampshire primary, Donald Trump is set to take the witness stand in New York to rebut defamation claims by writer E. Jean Carroll — testing his ability to sway a federal jury and a judge he’s already clashed with. Trump’s plan to testify Thursday gives him a chance …

The Messenger reports: Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday posted on his social media platform Truth Social that anyone who makes a “contribution” to former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley’s campaign will be “permanently barred from the MAGA camp.” The former president repeated his “Birdbrain” nickname for Haley and called the former South Carolina governor “average.” “When I ran for Office …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump lashed out at his 2020 White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Tuesday after McEnany advised him to focus on uniting the party, securing independents, and winning the general election instead of attacking Nikki Haley. Reacting to Haley’s advice in a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “I don’t need any advice from RINO …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump’s numerous false claims after winning the New Hampshire GOP primary Tuesday prompted cable networks to issue lengthy fact-checks of the notoriously truth-averse former president. MSNBC, which had opted not to take Trump’s Iowa caucus victory speech live, this time went another route, with Rachel Maddow explaining: “This is a decision that we revisit constantly …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump threatened that Nikki Haley would be “under investigation” if she beat him in the Republican primary after defeating her in New Hampshire. The former president appeared to threaten his former UN ambassador after she vowed to continue her fight for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. “Just a little note to Nikki, she is not going …

Bloomberg News reports: Donald Trump’s expected testimony in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial against him has been delayed for a third time after a juror fell ill and the former president’s legal team reported Covid exposures at a recent dinner. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Tuesday issued a brief order saying the trial won’t take place in Manhattan on …

Posted this afternoon to Trump’s Truth Social account: I GET MUCH BETTER POLE NUMBERS AGAINST BIDEN THAN NIKKI HALEY, NOT EVEN CLOSE!!! The level of Excitement and Enthusiasm in New Hampshire is incredible. They want STRONG BORDERS, A GREAT ECONOMY WITH NO INFLATION, LOW TAXES & REGULATIONS, A POWERFUL MILITARY, ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, & JUST PLAIN COMMON SENSE. WE WILL MAKE …

CNN reports: The federal appeals court in Washington, DC, declined to rehear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump can be prohibited from talking about witnesses and court staff while he awaits trial in the special counsel’s January 6 criminal case. The 11 judges from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday declined to touch the case after a …

Posted just now to Trump’s Truth Social account: Why does Fox keep putting New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu on??? Every time I mention his name at a Rally, they BOOO like crazy. He’s all jacked up on something, but he ran for President, without having the courage to announce, and did really poorly. To have this loser on so much …

Mediaite reports: President Joe Biden’s campaign social media team pounced when former President Donald Trump slurred through an incoherent chunk of a rally speech and also appeared to commit a gaffe in which he quoted himself in the third person. The Biden campaign has become increasingly aggressive in going after Trump on the issue of his cognitive abilities — and …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump’s rally in Laconia, New Hampshire was plagued by repeated interruptions from hecklers, protesters, and a QAnon chant on Monday. At several moments throughout the rally, protesters and hecklers could be heard shouting at the former president as his supporters shouted back. Trump could be seen looking on, visibly irritated by the disruptions. Later on …

The New York Times reports: The trial of E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit against Donald J. Trump was delayed until Wednesday after a juror fell ill. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan did not give a reason for his decision, which was announced by the federal court in Manhattan late Monday. The decision followed uncertainty over the condition of the juror and …