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Trump's Next Town Hall Won't Go Out Live

June 1 event in Iowa will be hosted by Fox's Sean Hannity

(Newser) - Former President Trump is following up his CNN town hall event with one on another network he often maligns—Fox News. The network says the frontrunner for the 2024 GOP nomination will join host Sean Hannity for a town hall in Iowa on Thursday, the Hill reports. The network says...

Trump Jr.: 'Trump Has the Charisma of a Mortician'

Ex-president's son meant to attribute that to Ron DeSantis, mistakenly inserted own father's name

(Newser) - Donald Trump Jr. may have been trying to help his father by mocking Ron DeSantis' Wednesday campaign launch "De-Saster" , but the eldest Trump son instead insulted his dad and earned his own internet ridicule. Per the Wrap , Trump Jr. appeared Thursday evening on his online program, Triggered With Don ...

Trump Workers Might Have Practiced Moving Boxes of Files

Prosecutors collect evidence indicating classified files were kept in the open in Mar-a-Lago office

(Newser) - Federal investigators have information that two employees of former President Donald Trump moved boxes of papers at Mar-a-Lago the day before FBI agents arrived to seize classified documents. People familiar with the case also said Trump and his aides held a "dress rehearsal" for moving sensitive papers before a...

Trump's NY Trial Date Is in the Middle of Primary Season

He made video appearance in criminal case

(Newser) - Donald Trump threw up his hands in frustration Tuesday as a judge scheduled his criminal trial for March 25, putting the former president and current candidate in a Manhattan courtroom in the heat of next year’s presidential primary season. Trump, appearing by video conference at a pretrial hearing in...

DeSantis' New Pitch: Think of the Supreme Court

Governor suggests he could put in place a long-lasting conservative majority of 7-2

(Newser) - Ron DeSantis is expected to launch his 2024 campaign for president this week, notes CNN , and the Florida governor is floating a new selling point: the possibility of a 7-2 conservative majority on the Supreme Court that would last for a long time. DeSantis made the case Monday in an...

Carroll Wants Trump to Pay for Attack in CNN Town Hall

Writer had called comments during program 'disgusting, vile'

(Newser) - E. Jean Carroll told a court Monday she'll be seeking more in damages after Donald Trump called her a "whack job" and her accusation that he sexually abused her "fake"—a day after a jury found the former president liable for defaming her by saying the...

DA's Letter Suggests Charges in Trump Inquiry in August

Fulton County's Fani Willis indicates indictments will be unveiled this summer

(Newser) - A request made by the district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, who's spent more than two years investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, has raised speculation that her office is preparing to lay charges in August. In a Thursday letter, Fani Willis asked county judges not...

DeSantis, Trump Disagree on Florida Abortion Ban

Trump says even pro-lifers think it's 'harsh,' DeSantis hits back

(Newser) - Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump are publicly disagreeing once again. In an interview with digital news startup The Messenger published Monday, Trump said Florida's six-week abortion ban, which has not yet taken effect, may have gone too far even for some on the right. "If you look at...

Village People Manager Says Trump Has Gone Too Far

Cease-and-desist letter calls for a end to Mar-a-Lago performances

(Newser) - Donald Trump's enthusiasm for the music of the Village People has gone too far, the disco group's manager said in a cease-and-desist letter to the former president's lawyers. Karen Willis, wife of lead singer Victor Willis, said a costumed tribute band at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate has...

Ex-Aide: Giuliani Bullied Me Into Sex, Sold $2M Pardons

Former employee sues in New York, seeking $10M

(Newser) - A former employee of Rudy Giuliani claims he "continually pressured her into sex" as part of a wide-ranging lawsuit, which also details alleged efforts to sell presidential pardons for $2 million. Noelle Dunphy, who served as director of business development for several companies owned by Giuliani beginning in January...

Trump Looks to Score Political Points Off FBI Report
Trump Reacts to Critical
Report on FBI: 'Scammed'
THE RUNDOWN
May 16, 2023 6:33 AM CDT

Trump Reacts to Critical Report on FBI: 'Scammed'

Former president slams 'treasonous charade' after special counsel faults Russia probe

(Newser) - The report didn't go as far as he hoped, but former President Trump is still looking to quickly capitalize on withering new criticism of the FBI's investigation of him. "I, and much more importantly, the American public have been victims of this long-running and treasonous charade started...

Mid-Show Pep Talk May Have Helped Trump

Axios reports he was shown tweets from angry critics during CNN town hall commercial break

(Newser) - Axios points out that former President Trump became increasingly aggressive as last week's town hall on CNN progressed, and the outlet thinks it knows why. Mike Allen reports that aide Jason Miller showed Trump real-time tweets from angry critics at the first commercial break, and it apparently inspired...

In Iowa, DeSantis Warns About 'Culture of Losing'

Florida governor takes some indirect shots at Trump

(Newser) - Decrying a Republican “culture of losing,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sought Saturday to weaken former President Trump’s grip on the GOP. However, tornado warnings interrupted a collision of the leading presidential prospects in battleground Iowa, per the AP . DeSantis, expected to announce his 2024 presidential campaign any...

Everyone Stop Whining About That Town Hall
The Lesson
for Journalists
From Trump's
Town Hall
OPINION
May 12, 2023 12:50 PM CDT

The Lesson for Journalists From Trump's Town Hall

Go with taped interviews, not live events, suggests media writer Jack Shafer at Politico

(Newser) - CNN has taken lots and lots of criticism for its town hall with former President Trump, usually along the lines of, "That wasn't journalism, it was a Trump rally." In a Politico essay, media writer Jack Shafer would like everyone to calm down. "Enough with the...

2 Polar Opposites Defend CNN's Town Hall With Trump

Trump himself says network 'did the right thing'; CNN's Anderson Cooper takes heat for his defense

(Newser) - Criticism on CNN's contentious town hall with former President Trump continues to bubble up , including frustration from inside CNN and backlash against CEO Chris Licht, who has come out in defense of how Wednesday night's broadcast went. Trump himself is now praising the network, telling Fox News...

Judge Orders Trump to Appear on Video for Contempt Warning

Prosecutors say former president has a record of harassing, threatening legal opponents

(Newser) - Donald Trump was ordered Thursday to appear by video at a May 23 hearing in his Manhattan criminal case after a judge this week set rules barring him from using evidence in the case to attack witnesses. Judge Juan Manuel Merchan scheduled the hybrid hearing—the former president on a...

Trump&#39;s Town Hall a Ratings Hit for CNN
CNN Chief Defends
Trump's Town Hall
May 11, 2023 2:54 PM CDT

CNN Chief Defends Trump's Town Hall

The event was a ratings hit, with 3.1M viewers tuning in

(Newser) - CNN was taking a lot of flak Thursday for its town hall with Donald Trump, but this much is clear: It was a ratings success. The prime-time forum drew 3.1 million viewers, enough to make it No. 1 among the cable news networks for the night, reports Axios . That...

Trump Repeatedly Deflected Abortion Question

Former president was proud of overturning Roe v. Wade, but wouldn't answer on federal abortion ban

(Newser) - Former President Trump said he was the mastermind behind overturning Roe v. Wade during CNN's town hall Wednesday while refusing to say whether he would institute a federal abortion ban if he returns to the presidency. Five separate times , moderator Kaitlan Collins asked him directly if he would sign...

Trump Played a &#39;Steamroller&#39; at CNN Town Hall
Trump Played a
'Steamroller' at
CNN Town Hall
OPINION
May 11, 2023 6:03 AM CDT

Trump Played a 'Steamroller' at CNN Town Hall

CNN 'effectively gave America a primetime Trump rally'

(Newser) - Supporters and detractors of former President Trump don't agree on much, but many on both sides believe the CNN town hall event Wednesday was a good night for him. During 70 minutes in front of a Trump-friendly audience in New Hampshire, Trump repeated his lies about the 2020 election...

Trump Calls CNN Moderator Kaitlan Collins a 'Nasty Person'

Former POTUS lies about 2020 election, disparages E. Jean Carroll in town hall

(Newser) - During a contentious CNN town hall Wednesday night, former President Trump dug in on his lies about the 2020 election, downplayed the violence of Jan. 6, 2021, and repeatedly insulted the woman whom a civil jury this week found him liable of sexually abusing and defaming, the AP reports. (He...

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