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NYC Jury Begins Deliberations In Trump Rape Trial

The Guardian reports: The jury in Donald Trump’s rape trial begins deliberations on Tuesday to decide if the former president sexually assaulted the advice columnist E Jean Carroll and then defamed her by denying it. For Carroll to win her civil claim for sexual battery, the jury of six men and three women must reach a unanimous verdict based on …

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Rape Trial Lawyer: “Trump Is Witness Against Himself”

The Associated Press reports: Attorney Roberta Kaplan delivered the first closing argument in the federal civil trial, showing jurors video clips of Trump from his October deposition and replaying the “Access Hollywood” video from 2005 in which Trump said into a hot mic that celebrities can grab women’s genitals without asking. “That’s who Donald Trump is. That is how he …

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Trump Misses Deadline To Testify In Rape Trial

Reuters reports: Former U.S. President Donald Trump will not testify at a civil trial to challenge claims made by writer E. Jean Carroll that he raped her in the 1990s and later defamed her, after letting a Sunday deadline pass without asking the court to appear. Trump’s attorney Joseph Tacopina told the judge on Thursday that Trump had waived his …

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Trump Rape Jury To Begin Deliberations On Tuesday

The Associated Press reports: The jury hearing an advice columnist’s claims that she was raped by Donald Trump could begin deliberations as soon as Tuesday, and it will have wide latitude in deciding the truthfulness of the allegations against the former president. Closing arguments are tentatively scheduled for Monday with an expectation that lawyers for Carroll and Trump will finish …

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REPORT: Trump Plans To Bring Back His “Muslim Ban”

Rolling Stone reports: Donald Trump for months has been telling people close to him that he plans to bring back his infamous “Muslim ban” if he’s reelected in 2024, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. “Gotta bring it back,” Trump has said of the policy, according to the two sources, who added he regularly calls the …

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Bill Barr: Trump Is A “Horror Show, Will Deliver Chaos”

“If you believe in his policies — what he’s advertising to be his policies — he’s the last person that could actually execute them and achieve them. He does not have the discipline, he does not have the ability for strategic thinking or linear thinking, or setting priorities, or how to get things done in the system. It is a …

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Video Released Of Trump’s Rape Case Deposition

The Insider reports: E. Jean Carroll’s legal team has released 48 minutes of Donald Trump’s deposition, which was shown to jurors this week at his ongoing rape trial. The video, which is a collection of segments from a much longer deposition, was entered into evidence and shown in Manhattan federal court, where Trump faces civil allegations of rape and defamation. …

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Trump: Stars Really Can “Grab Women By The Pussy”

The New York Times reports: Years after a video recording captured Donald J. Trump bragging about grabbing women by their genitals, he said in a deposition for a trial accusing him of rape that he was merely stating a historical truth. “Well, historically, that’s true with stars,” Mr. Trump says. “True with stars that they can grab women by the …

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NYT: Mar-A-Lago Insider Has Flipped On Trump

The New York Times reports: Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s handling of classified documents have obtained the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked for him at Mar-a-Lago, part of an intensifying effort to determine whether Mr. Trump ordered boxes containing sensitive material moved out of a storage room there as the government sought to recover …

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Trump Attacks “Disrespectful” Biden For Skipping King’s Coronation (US Presidents Have Never Attended One)

“He’s not running the country. He’s now in Delaware, sleeping. When you have somebody that’s going to be sleeping instead of coming to the coronation, as president of the United States, it’s a bad thing. I don’t think he can do it physically, actually. I think it’s hard for him to do it physically. Certainly, he should be here. He’s …

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Trump Seeks To Move Manhattan Case To Federal Court

ABC News reports: Former President Donald Trump will try to move the criminal case brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office into federal court, his attorneys said Thursday. Defense attorney Todd Blanche informed the judge of the impending motion at the conclusion of a hearing about a protective order in the case. Merchan asked both sides to agree to a …

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Trump: I’m Going To NYC To “Confront” Rape Accuser

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump lashed out at E. Jean Carroll and the judge presiding over her rape claim against him while addressing media assembled at his golf course in Ireland. In the days before the trial started, Trump posted insults on social media that did not amuse Judge Lewis Kaplan, to say the least. Tacopina told the court …

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Jail Authorities Investigate Trump’s “J6 Prison Choir”

The Washington Post reports: Most nights at 9 p.m., defendants in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol flicker the lights in their D.C. jail cells to signal to supporters outside that it’s time to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” together. The recital has become a sacred ritual for a subset of Donald Trump’s movement devoted to heroizing the …

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Trump Attacks Biden With Photos From His Own Term

Forbes reports: Donald Trump started a new ad campaign on Facebook last week that insists the U.S. is doing worse under President Joe Biden. The Facebook ads even include photos trying to suggest the chaos we see in those images is a direct result of Biden’s policies. The only problem? The two most prominent photos in the ad are from …

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Trump Loses Suit Against NY Times, Must Pay All Fees

The Daily Beast reports: A New York judge has tossed out Donald Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times and his niece, Mary Trump, and ordered the former president to pay all attorneys fees, legal expenses, and associated costs. Trump filed the lawsuit in 2021, alleging that the newspaper, three of its reporters and his niece engaged in an “insidious …

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Trump To Present No Defense Witnesses In Rape Trial

The New York Times reports: A lawyer defending former President Donald J. Trump against the writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit accusing him of rape said Wednesday that he would present no witnesses. The lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, had earlier told the judge that Mr. Trump would not come to court to testify in the civil case. On Wednesday, speaking out of …

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Special Counsel Sat In On Pence’s January 6 Testimony

CNN reports: Special counsel Jack Smith sat in on the federal grand jury proceeding while former Vice President Mike Pence testified for more than five hours last week, three sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. Smith and Pence interacted while Pence was at the courthouse, and one source described the interaction as respectful. Smith’s appearance is the first known …

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Trump Expected To Skip First GOP Primary Debates

The New York Times reports: The leading Republican candidate for president, Donald J. Trump, is likely to skip at least one of the first two debates of the 2024 Republican presidential nominating contest, according to five people who have discussed the matter with the former president. Last month, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel, announced that Fox …

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POLL: 75% Of Cultists Still Claim Trump Won In 2020

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump did not win the 2020 presidential election, but has obsessively clung to his baseless claims of election fraud, and a new poll shows the overwhelming majority of his supporters are singing the same fact-free tune. The ex-president lost over 60 state and federal cases attempting to overturn the 2020 election results, with many of …

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CNN To Host Trump For New Hampshire Town Hall

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump will participate in a CNN presidential town hall next week in New Hampshire, the network announced Monday. The event, hosted by “CNN This Morning” anchor Kaitlan Collins and airing at 9 p.m. ET on May 10, will feature the former president taking questions from New Hampshire Republicans and undeclared voters who plan to vote …

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