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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

CBS News reports: Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on Monday denied a motion by former President Donald Trump’s lawyers to declare a mistrial the civil battery and defamation lawsuit against him that was brought by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll. In a letter filed early Monday, Trump’s attorney Joe Tacopina alleged Kaplan had made “pervasive unfair and prejudicial rulings” against the …

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump has asked the judge to declare a mistrial in his civil battery and defamation trial, arguing the judge has made “pervasive unfair and prejudicial rulings” against him. Trump attorney Joe Tacopina, in a letter filed overnight Monday, said alternatively he would ask Judge Lewis Kaplan to “correct the record for each and every instance …

From Trump’s interview last night with Fox’s Mark Levin: Look, they say that Andrew Jackson was the most vilified person. His wife died during this thing, and they said such horrible things. And he had a very tough presidency. He was a very good president. He was a great general and a good president. Abraham Lincoln, they say, was, you …

Mediaite reports: On Friday, Trump’s campaign sent an email to the media with the subject line “ICYMI: ‘Trump Rape Accuser Admitted to Sexually Harassing Roger Ailes—Told Him He Was Her ‘Future Husband” and said simply “Read the full article by Jim Hoft with the Gateway Pundit here.” The site is a well-known promoter of far-right conspiracy theories, one of which …

The New York Times reports: In the last few minutes of questioning in the defamation trial involving the writer E. Jean Carroll on Thursday, Donald J. Trump’s lawyer Joseph Tacopina asked Ms. Carroll about the dress she wore on the day she says Mr. Trump raped her decades ago. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who is presiding over the civil trial …

Law & Crime reports: Wasting little time to cut to the heart of her allegations, writer E. Jean Carroll launched into her testimony on Wednesday by telling a jury: “I’m here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he said it didn’t happen.” “He lied and shattered my reputation, and I’m here to try to get …

The Daily Beast reports: “God willing, nobody will ever know your names,” U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan told them all, noting that not even he would know who they are. The judge also noted that, unlike most trials where jurors simply show up in court with the rest of the public, U.S. Marshals in this case would meet jurors away …

The Associated Press reports: For decades, Trump has seemed to shake off allegations, investigations and even impeachments. Now his “Teflon Don” reputation is about to face a new test: a jury of average citizens in a lawsuit accusing him of rape. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in a trial over former advice columnist’s E. Jean Carroll’s claim that …

The New York Daily News reports: The first of three bombshell cases facing Donald Trump in his home state will head to trial this week in a civil rape lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll — including allegations waiting five years to make it before a panel of New Yorkers. Jury selection starts Tuesday in Manhattan federal court in …

CNN reports: Donald Trump’s attorney on Wednesday said the former president “wishes” to appear at next week’s civil trial where a jury will hear columnist E. Jean Carroll’s assault and defamation claims against him – but his attendance should not be necessary because it would be a “burden” on the city and court. The letter to the judge, from attorney …

The Independent reports: A federal judge in New York City has rejected former president Donald Trump’s 11th-hour attempt to once again postpone his long-delayed civil defamation and rape trial on the grounds that publicity surrounding his recent indictment necessitated a “cooling-off” period to ensure an impartial jury. Judge Lewis Kaplan on Monday ordered the trial, which stems from two civil …

Reuters reports: A Washington, D.C., appeals court on Thursday declined to shield Donald Trump from the first of two civil defamation lawsuits by E. Jean Carroll, a writer who said the former president raped her nearly three decades ago. A ruling that Trump was acting as president, and not in his personal capacity, would have immunized him and doomed Carroll’s …

The Associated Press reports: A writer who accused former President Donald Trump of rape filed an upgraded lawsuit against him Thursday in New York, minutes after a new state law took effect allowing victims of sexual violence to sue over attacks that occurred decades ago. E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer filed the legal papers electronically as the Adult Survivor’s Act temporarily …