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The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump would like to thank former mob boss Salvatore Gravano aka “Sammy the Bull” for his support. In a post on Truth Social, Trump shared an old interview with the former Gambino crime family mobster, who lamented that he couldn’t do business with the ex-president. “Forget about Trump,” the Bull said, “he’s a legitimate guy.” …

The Messenger reports: Writer E. Jean Carroll’s attorney warned a federal judge on Friday that Donald Trump may seek to “sow chaos,” asking the court to lay down ground rules keeping the 2024 Republican presidential frontrunner from turning his upcoming second trial into a “circus.” “Indeed, he may well perceive a benefit in seeking to poison these proceedings, where the …

Rolling Stone reports: According to two people familiar with the matter who spoke to Rolling Stone, in recent weeks Trump had told several close allies of his intention to personally deliver a closing argument, and at times previewed some of the things he wanted to say before the judge. One of the sources describes it as the ex-president informally “rehearsing” …

The Christian Post reports: Evangelical leaders in Iowa have slammed a “sickening” video depicting former president Donald Trump as a messianic figure released just over a week ahead of the Iowa Republican caucuses. The video, called “God Made Trump,” was created by Dilley Meme Team, a group of online content creators that calls itself “Trump’s Online War Machine” and is …

The New York Times reports: Donald J. Trump on Thursday unexpectedly delivered remarks in his own defense on the final day of his civil fraud trial in Manhattan, attacking the judge to his face, declaring himself “an innocent man” and calling the New York attorney general’s case against him “a fraud on me.” Mr. Trump’s remarks were chaotic and emotional …

As was reported here last month: “Businesses are fleeing our country,” Trump said at the event Saturday evening. “It’s business-unfriendly and they’re going to other places.” But the former president selected an odd example to demonstrate the phenomenon: Exxon Mobil’s move from New York to … Dallas, Texas. Trump also appeared to blame New York Attorney General Letitia James for …

The Independent reports: In a post lambasting New York’s attorney general, Donald Trump unintentionally name dropped one of the most beloved rappers of the 2000s. Writing on his social media platform Truth Social on Tuesday, Mr Trump decried the civil fraud case against him in New York, for which the attorney general, Letitia James, has called on him to be …

Fox News provides the transcript: BRET BAIER: You seemed to issue a warning that if in the courts and even the U.S. Supreme Court, if they didn’t treat you fairly, that maybe there would be bedlam in the country. Used that word bedlam in the country. And in the last two days, at the same time, in the last two …

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump won’t make his own closing argument in his New York civil business fraud trial after his lawyers objected to the judge’s insistence that the former president would stick to “relevant” matters. Judge Arthur Engoron rescinded permission on Wednesday, a day ahead of closing arguments in the trial. The trial could cost Trump hundreds of …

The Messenger reports: During a discussion on The View Wednesday about Trump’s appearance at his presidential immunity hearing earlier this week in D.C., Alyssa Farah Griffin said of her former boss, “In a meeting I was in in the Oval Office with a dozen other staffers, [Trump] said an aide should be executed for leaking something negative about him.” She …

From the editorial board of the National Review: Trump feels inevitable, but nothing is settled until Republicans actually caucus and vote. They would be well advised to opt for one of the alternatives who are far and away better on the merits, more likely to win in November, and, if elected, more likely to deliver — free from the wild …

The Hill reports: Republican senators are slapping down President Trump’s claim that people convicted of Jan. 6-related crimes are “hostages” who should be pardoned or set free by President Biden or a future president. “I don’t condone that characterization at all, no,” said Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D.). Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), a member of the Senate Republican leadership …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump shared a post from the Gateway Pundit this week claiming that Nikki Haley is disqualified from being president or vice president because her parents were “not U.S. citizens at the time of her birth.” “In @Nikki Haley’s situation, reports indicate that her parents were not U.S. citizens at the time of her birth in …

Mediaite reports: Following the hearing — at which his attorney argued that a president could order Seal Team Six to assassinate a political rival and not face prosecution unless he were impeached and convicted first — Trump and attorney John Lauro spoke to reporters for about ten minutes. Trump’s remarks were so shot-through with falsehoods that CNN and MSNBC dumped …

CNN Politics reports: Judge Florence Pan challenged Trump lawyer John Sauer over the importance of granting Trump immunity over “other public interests,” saying that the former president’s arguments are “not fully aligned with the institutional interests of the executive branch.” Judges are supposed to “conduct a balancing test,” Pan said, “where we balance the need for the asserted immunity versus …

ABC News reports: Appeals court Judge Karen Henderson appeared skeptical that Donald Trump was acting within his official duties when he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, saying that Trump attorney John Sauer’s arguments appear “paradoxical.” “I think it is paradoxical to say that his constitutional duty to take care of the laws be faithfully executed allows him …

CNN reports: Trump lawyer John Sauer said Tuesday that a president who ordered the military to assassinate a political rival or sold pardons to criminals could only be criminally prosecuted if they are first impeached and convicted by Congress. Appeals court Judge Florence Pan, a nominee of President Joe Biden, posed the hypothetical questions to flesh out the bounds of …

Bloomberg News reports: “We have an economy that’s incredible, when there’s a crash, I hope it’s going to be during this next 12 months because I don’t want to be Herbert Hoover,” Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner, told host Lou Dobbs in an interview broadcast Monday on an online platform run by Mike Lindell. Trump has a long record of …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump lost yet another attempt to avoid a trial stemming from a defamation lawsuit from E Jean Carroll, after a federal appeals court panel in New York refused to rehear his “immunity” defence one week before the trial is set to begin. A single-page order from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on …

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: In the final week leading up to the FIRST VOTE of the 2024 election, there’s nothing I’d rather be doing than spending every one of those days on the campaign trail speaking directly with voters like YOU. But sadly, Crooked Joe and the Radical Democrats have turned our once Free Republic into a Third …