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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 …

The Huffington Post reports: Donald Trump on Wednesday privately pressured Senate Republicans to “kill” a bipartisan deal to secure the U.S. border because he doesn’t want President Joe Biden to chalk up a win ahead of the 2024 presidential election, according to a source familiar with the tenuous negotiations on the package. Trump directly reached out to several GOP senators …

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 …

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 …

“I think I’m a lot sharper than her. I would do this. I would sit down right now and take an aptitude test and it would be my result against her result and she’s not gonna win. She’s not gonna even come to close to winning. “In fact, when I heard the word ‘cognitive,; you know, I’ve taken two of …

The Meidas Touch reports: Trump’s attorney Alina Habba showed up in court this morning and told the court that her parents have covid. One of the jurors who was feeling ill was also apparently sent home, but the trial could have continued without that juror if the parties agreed. This juror later tested negative for covid. However, Habba said that …

Mediaite reports: In a statement to Fox News digital, Trump accepted the support of the man many believed would be his chief rival for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. “Very honored to have his endorsement,” Trump said. “I look forward to working together with him to beat Joe Biden, who is the worst and most corrupt president in the history …

“I do that with a lot of people like Hutchinson. I mean, he was polling at zero for about one year and I called him — rather than Asa — I called him Ada Hutchinson. And it just felt good to me. And with her [Haley], it’s just something that came. It’s a little bit of a takeoff on her …

CNN reports: Over more than 90 minutes, Trump delivered the vengeful message that he has made the focus of his campaign, moaning about the lost 2020 race; defending the January 6, 2021, rioters; and pushing again for the Supreme Court to declare him and all presidents immune from prosecution. The court hearing the claim has expressed skepticism, but Trump is …

“The two federal cases are serious cases. I think they are not to be taken lightly. Let’s put it that way. That’s going to be something to really have to grapple with there. You can’t say there’s no way he will get convicted, there is no way he will be sentenced. You have a jury of 12 who is ultimately …

Axios reports: Republican presidential candidate and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley called out former President Trump on Friday, debunking a claim he made about Democrats being able to vote in the New Hampshire GOP primary. Haley was responding to a post Trump made Friday on Truth Social. “Governor Chris Sununu, the now failing Governor of New Hampshire, where I am …

CBS News reports: Combative, angry and prone to grandiose claims — newly unveiled footage of an April 2023 deposition gives a glimpse into how former President Donald Trump behaves when testifying under oath. The video, released to CBS News on Friday in response to a freedom of information request, shows Trump claiming to have averted a “nuclear holocaust” and “saving …