Новости за 12.08.2023

Governor Ron DeSantis and his backers have reportedly paid nearly $100,000 in an effort to court a conservative religious leader and his group in Iowa.

Donald Trump is at risk of getting a warning, or much worse, from the judge presiding over the former president's criminal case alleging he unlawfully attempted to subvert the 2020 election, a former prosecutor said.

Far-right activist Ammon Bundy was reportedly arrested at a high school football fundraiser on Saturday.

Senate Republicans in Arizona and Montana have a couple of "headaches" on their hands, according to a Saturday, August 12 report from Press Pass.

Donald Trump could be indicted in connection with his attempts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia as early as next week, based on local prosecution's movements reported by CNN on Saturday.

Days after it was reported that Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign is facing a possible cash crunch before the GOP primaries commence because millions of dollars are being diverted to pay his increasing mountain of legal bills, the billionaire ex-president took to Truth Social to whine about his circumstances.

During a live report from the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, MSNBC's Ali Vitali's cameraperson caught a confrontation between two unidentified Republican voters, one of whom still supports Donald Trump with the other harshly lecturing him on why he won't do it again and will do everything he can to defeat the twice-impeached former president.

The clip, shown on Alex Witt's afternoon show, began with a younger man in a white MAGA hat and "Buck Fiden" t-shirt ripping into former vice president... Читать дальше...

A newly released memo proposing 2020 presidential election alternate electors written by lawyer Kenneth Chesebro appears to have handed special counsel Jack Smith a detailed roadmap of acts that can be charged as part of a "criminal scheme" according to three noted legal scholars.

In a column for MSNBC, attorneys Fred Wertheimer, Joshua Kolb and Norm Eisen examined the memo from Chesebro, identified by Smith as "Co-Conspirator 5," and claimed his proposals to create slates of fake electors... Читать дальше...

During an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday morning, Donald Trump biographer and Bloomberg Opinion executive editor Timothy O'Brien said the former president is entering new legal territory as he faces federal charges in a D.C. courtroom and has no idea how to conduct himself.

Speaking with fill-in host Charles F. Coleman Jr., O'Brien stated that the former president's "garbage argument" about his ability to talk about his trial is not going to fly in United States District Court for D.C. Читать дальше...

n a January letter, Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis' new 2024 presidential campaign manager James Uthmeier, urged the Florida Housing Finance Corp. to select Mike DiNapoli as its leader, but didn't note why, according to a Miami Herald report.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Katie Phang Show," a Georgia law professor was asked about a rant Donald Trump had just posted on his Truth Social account about his rumored indictment expected in Fulton County this coming week.

Georgia State University Professor Anthony Michael Kreis quickly demolished the former president's defense of his infamous phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

Writing on Truth Social, Trump first launched an attack on Fulton County... Читать дальше...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott faced fresh criticism on Friday after officials confirmed a young child died during a bus trip from the border city of Brownsville to Chicago, Illinois—part of the Republican's monthslong stunt of transporting migrants to communities with Democratic leaders.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Katie Phang Show" on Saturday morning, Hugo Lowell of the Guardian claimed lawyers for Donald Trump got off to a rough start with Judge Tanya Chutkan during a hearing Friday afternoon.

According to the reporter who was in Chutkan's courtroom on Friday for the start of a trial where the judge laid down the law about how she will conduct his trial on charges related to his attempts to subvert the 2020 election, the judge at one point put her face in her... Читать дальше...

Notably remaining silent about his federal Washington, D.C. indictment after being admonished to watch his words by United States District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday, Donald Trump aimed his fire on Saturday morning at Fulton Couty District Attorney Fani Willis.

Taking to his Truth Social platform, the former president -- who will reportedly be indicted in the very near future by Willis for attempts to tamper with Georgia's 2020 presidential election... Читать дальше...

As far-right extremists continue to coalesce around Donald Trump and his third run for president, women, some of whom were once derided as "mommy bloggers," are taking an increasingly larger role as the faces of the movement.

Brazil’s federal police on Friday alleged former President Jair Bolsonaro received cash from the nearly $70,000 sale of two luxury watches he received as gifts from Saudi Arabia while in office, posing another potential blow for the embattled far-right leader.

Republicans in the House and Senate are expressing outrage after Attorney General Merrick Garland, in a move seen by experts as another effort to appease the right by granting further transparency and "accountability," elevated U.S. Attorney David Weiss, a Trump holdover, to special counsel status to continue his investigation into the President's son, Hunter Biden.

Maybe I woke up this morning on the wrong side of the bed, but sometimes my liberal brethren really bug me. On occasions like this, I don’t disagree with them on the merits so much as on a certain attitude taken toward Americans. They sometimes hold this country to imaginary standards, then complain when people don’t live up to them. At the same time, they set themselves apart, as if they were not also enmeshed in the same country.

As soon as Donald Trump was indicted last week on federal conspiracy charges for his bid to steal the 2020 election, his lawyer alleged that the charges infringed upon his client’s right to free speech.

Last month, Democrats and Republicans overrode the objections of the hyper-conservative Arizona Freedom Caucus to pass a bill allowing Maricopa County voters to decide whether to extend a local transportation sales tax next year.

MARION — In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper’s reporters, and the publisher’s home.

Donald Trump late Friday night denied that he appointed the man now serving as special counsel in the Hunter Biden case, despite the fact that he was assigned during Trump's own administration.

An attorney representing Hunter Biden said Friday that the appointment of a special counsel shouldn’t materially change anything about the ongoing investigation.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is emphasizing to former President Donald Trump and his legal team that the place to litigate the charges against him is in the courtroom, not on social media, said legal reporter Ryan Reilly on MSNBC Friday.

If there was a "winner" in Friday morning's hearing during which special counsel Jack Smith sought a protective order limiting Donald Trump from sharing information from the case, it was the government, former prosecutors say.