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Trump: No, I Won&#39;t Sign GOP Loyalty Pledge
Trump on GOP
Loyalty Pledge: Nope
Aug 10, 2023 1:30 AM CDT

Trump on GOP Loyalty Pledge: Nope

Former POTUS has already said he might skip first Republican presidential debate

(Newser) - Former President Trump said Wednesday he won't sign a pledge to support the Republican nominee if he loses the GOP presidential primary, flouting a requirement for appearing in the first debate later this month, the AP reports. "Why would I sign it?" Trump said in an interview on...

Author of False Elector Memo: It Will Fail, but Still Worth It

'New York Times' obtains document cited in Trump indictment

(Newser) - The most recent indictment of Donald Trump made reference to what prosecutors called the "fraudulent elector memo," but the document itself was not made public. Now the New York Times has obtained and published the memo written by Trump-allied attorney Kenneth Chesebro. The broad strokes of the strategy...

Christie Fires Back After Trump Mocks His Weight

Say it to my face at the debate, says the former New Jersey governor

(Newser) - For now, the most salient stat regarding Donald Trump and Chris Christie is that the former president has 59% of the support of GOP voters and the former governor has 3%, reports the Hill , citing a Morning Consult poll. But the rival candidates are nonetheless engaging in some one-on-one mockery...

Twitter Gave Special Counsel Data on Trump's Account

Company was fined $350K for delay in complying with warrant, court records state

(Newser) - Special counsel Jack Smith's team obtained a search warrant in January for records related to former President Donald Trump's Twitter account, and Twitter complied after some initial resistance, according to court documents released Wednesday. The details were included in a decision from the federal appeals court in Washington...

Prof: Prosecuting Trump May Have 'Terrible Consequences'

Harvard's Jack Goldsmith warns that the move just isn't worth it in a 'NYT' essay

(Newser) - The Justice Department and special counsel Jack Smith made a "tragic choice" in deciding to go after former President Trump , argues Harvard Law professor Jack Goldsmith in a New York Times essay. To be clear, it's not a defense of Trump—Goldsmith calls the former president's efforts...

Judge Throws Out Trump Claim That Carroll Defamed Him

Writer said on TV after trial that she was raped

(Newser) - Donald Trump lost his latest challenge to a jury's $5 million verdict against him in a sexual battery and defamation case on Monday, when a judge rejected his claim that E. Jean Carroll defamed him after the trial ended. Trump's team argued that the writer defamed the former...

Trump Derides US Women's Team Over Loss

'Nice shot Megan,' he writes, referring to soccer star Rapinoe's miss

(Newser) - Donald Trump and soccer star Megan Rapinoe have been very public critics of each other for years. Now, after the US soccer team's loss to Sweden at the World Cup, the former president is rubbing it in. "Nice shot Megan," he wrote on Truth Social , referring to...

DeSantis Has 4 Blunt Words for Trump

'Of course he lost'

(Newser) - Ron DeSantis made some headlines Monday for bluntly rejecting the idea that Donald Trump was the rightful winner of the last election. "Of course he lost," the Florida governor told NBC News . DeSantis has typically sidestepped direct answers to the question, notes the AP , but he appears to...

Trump Pushes to Have Judge Recuse Herself

Former president says he can't get a fair trial with Tanya Chutkan

(Newser) - It's not clear whether his legal team will follow up, but Donald Trump himself is pushing for the judge in his election interference case to recuse herself. In a series of posts on Truth Social over the weekend and into Monday, the former president maintained that US District Court...

Trump Team Stresses New Theme in Defense

His words about overturning election were 'aspirational,' not criminal, says attorney Lauro

(Newser) - One of former President Trump's attorneys made the "full Ginsburg" on Sunday—the shorthand for appearing on all the major political shows—and emphasized a new word in his client's defense: "aspirational." As in, Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results were not...

Pence: If Called to Testify in Trump Case, Here's What I'll Do

Former VP says he'll comply with the law, tell the truth

(Newser) - What will Mike Pence do if called to testify in the case against former President Trump for alleged election interference? "I have no plans to testify, but, look, we'll always comply with the law," he said in a CNN interview that aired Sunday on State of the ...

Trump Lawyer: Pence Could Deliver Acquittal

John Lauro also raises a 'technical violation' of Constitution defense

(Newser) - A lawyer for Donald Trump said Sunday that he'd be pleased to see former Vice President Mike Pence on the witness stand when his client is tried on charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election results. "I read his book very carefully, and if he testifies...

Trump's Social Media Post Spurs Swift DOJ Response

Judge sets Monday deadline for defense's answer to special counsel's request for protective order on evidence

(Newser) - This story has been updated with the judge's deadline. When Donald Trump was arraigned on Thursday on felony charges that he tried to overturn results of the 2020 election, he was told he wouldn't be detained. The presiding judge warned the former president, however, that it was a...

DeSantis: Trump Election Claims Were False

'All those theories' about fraud didn't pan out, GOP rival says

(Newser) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis did not give Donald Trump the kind of fellow-Republican support the former president is looking for after his arraignment Thursday on federal criminal charges. While campaigning in Iowa on Friday, DeSantis made his most direct statement yet about his rival's accusations that the 2020 presidential...

Trump Wants a Hand From Supreme Court

Prosecution amounts to election interference, Republican candidate posts

(Newser) - Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court for help on Friday, a day after pleading not guilty to federal felony charges, but not by having his lawyers submit a filing. The former president included a request for intervention in a Truth Social post , the Hill reports, in which he repeated...

How Trump, Jack Smith Interacted in the Courtroom
How Trump, Jack Smith
Interacted at the Arraignment
the rundown
Aug 4, 2023 8:21 AM CDT

How Trump, Jack Smith Interacted at the Arraignment

There were many glances, but was there eye contact?

(Newser) - It was a historic moment as former President Trump was arraigned on federal charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Washington, DC, on Thursday. But was there a "historic glance"? Trump and special counsel Jack Smith—the man behind the charges that could see the...

For Trump's Jury Pool, Capitol Attack Hit Home

Event was traumatic for people who live in DC, but that doesn't mean they couldn't be fair

(Newser) - For the members of the jury that will decide whether to hold former President Trump criminally responsible for his actions to remain in office after the end of his term, the attack on the Capitol hit close to home. When rioters charged the building after listening to Trump's instructions...

Pence Is Now Selling 'Too Honest' Merch

Campaign seeks to capitalize on quote about him attributed to Trump in new indictment

(Newser) - The latest indictment of Donald Trump alleges that he faulted Mike Pence for being "too honest," and now Pence is trying to make sure people don't forget it. The Pence 2024 campaign has begun selling merchandise with that phrase, reports the Washington Examiner . "Too Honest" hats...

Trump: This Arraignment Is a &#39;Great Honor&#39;
Defiant Trump States
His Case: 'Not Guilty'
UPDATED
Aug 3, 2023 3:33 PM CDT

Defiant Trump States His Case: 'Not Guilty'

Before arriving at court, former president called his arraignment a 'great honor'

(Newser) - Donald Trump returned to Washington on Thursday, this time to face arraignment on felony charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election results:
  • In court: After flying from New Jersey to DC, the former president arrived at a federal courthouse across the street from the Capitol on Thursday afternoon,
...

Police 'Prepared' for Trump Arraignment

Security boosted ahead of 4pm ET hearing in Washington

(Newser) - Some online commenters have called for an "armed revolution" since Tuesday's indictment of former President Trump on four felony charges. But Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger doesn't expect much drama Thursday when Trump is arraigned at the federal courthouse in Washington, DC, where more than 1,000...

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