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Supporters of Ron DeSantis are going after Donald Trump in a new political ad, criticizing the former president for campaigning against fellow Republicans and for discussing potential cuts to entitlement programs.
A super PAC supporting the Florida governor has released a new television ad accusing Mr Trump of spending airtime and money attacking the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Why is he spending millions attacking Florida’s Republican governor? Trump is stealing pages from the Biden-Pelosi playbook, the ads’ narrator asks.
As tensions mount between the two men who are tipped to be the main rivals for the Republican vote in 2024, Mr Trump is also weighing a Fox News defamation case against Dominion Voting Systems.
In an early post on Truth Social on Monday, the former president falsely claimed that Dominion’s lawsuit would be weakened if the network stood up in his 2020 presidential elections.
In other news, financial disclosures to the Federal Election Commission show that Mr Trump has made millions following the news of his criminal indictment and his prediction of his arrest last month.
The filings also revealed he earned more than $5m from speaking engagements, between $100,000 and $1m from his NFT scheme and less than $200 from Truth Social.
Key PointsShow latest update 1681807500If the news is tainted by rape trial juries, Trump is to blame, judge says
Donald Trump’s rape trial will begin next week as scheduled after a federal judge on Monday denied his lawyers’ request for a one-month delay, saying the former president cannot make public statements. statement to promote pre-trial publicity and then claim its injury to him and cause for delay. A challenge.
Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said a civil trial on claims against Trump by a longtime columnist, E Jean Carroll, will begin as scheduled on April 25. Trump has denied the rape occurred or that he knew Carroll. .
Judge: If news is tainted by jurors in rape trial, Trump will be blamed
A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay his rape trial, saying the former president can’t make public statements to promote publicity before the trial and then claim damages for it. him and cause his trial to be delayed
Oliver O’Connell18 April 2023 09:45
1681800300Will Fox News pay the price for giving Trumps 2020 a platform?
This week, a judge in Delaware, which includes Fox, is expected to preside over a six-week jury trial stemming from Dominions’ $1.6bn lawsuit against the network, which will defend itself against Dominions’ argument that the false statements about the company afterwards. of the election was defamatory, causing significant damage to Dominion’s business and reputation.
On Sunday night, Judge Eric Davis announced that the trial had been abruptly delayed just hours before opening statements were scheduled to begin Monday morning.
No explanation was given for the sudden delay but multiple reports revealed that Fox News is now pushing to settle the case before the trial begins.
Alex Woodward reports from Delaware.
Oliver O’Connell18 April 2023 07:45
1681793100 Judge rejects Trump’s last-minute bid to delay E Jean Carroll’s trial
A federal judge in New York City has rejected former president Donald Trump’s 11th-hour attempt to reschedule his long-delayed civil defamation and rape trial on the grounds that the publicity surrounding his recent indictment requires a cooling off period to ensure an impartial jury.
Judge Lewis Kaplan on Monday ordered the trial, stemming from two civil lawsuits filed against former president writer E Jean Carroll, to begin April 25 as previously scheduled.
Oliver O’Connell18 April 2023 05:45
1681785945Fox News to point finger at Trump in defense of defamation case
Fox may also present evidence of other defamers for purposes of contesting causation, according to a filing in Delaware Superior Court.
Alex Woodward reports from Wilmington.
Oliver O’Connell18 April 2023 03:45
1681778745McCarthy hits out at Biden for not negotiating with GOP on debt limit
The White House may be on track for a political victory over the debt limit as the GOP Speaker of the House appears at least somewhat unwilling to threaten America’s credit by blocking an increase in the debt limit.
But that didn’t stop Kevin McCarthy from hammering President Joe Biden over the issue of not talking to Republicans about spending cuts, as the White House maintains the president wants to see the GOP budget proposal in its entirety before starting any such conversation.
John Bowden reports from Washington, DC.
Oliver O’Connell18 April 2023 01:45
1681771545Trump said if elected he would force federal workers to pass a political test
Former president Donald Trump has said that if he returns to the White House in 2025, he will order that federal employees take a civil service exam and that workers who don’t pass will be fired.
The former president made the remarks in a video released Friday.
Eric Garcia is the story.
Oliver O’Connell17 April 2023 23:45
1681769745Kari Lake says Trump is the only person who can beat her in the Senate race
Kari Lake claims Donald Trump is the only person who can beat her in the Arizona Senate race. He made the statements in conversation with Kimberly Guilfoyle.
Oliver O’Connell17 April 2023 23:15
1681767945Fetterman takes heart as he returns to Senate after six-week hospitalization for depression
SenatorJohn Fetterman returned to the United States Senate on Monday after treatment for depression sidelined him for six weeks.
Mr Fetterman stepped out of his car in his trademark black hooded sweatshirt, gym shorts and sneakers and put his hand over his heart as he returned to the chamber ahead of Monday afternoon’s votes.
Mr Fetterman posted a photo of his return to the Senate.
Its good to be back, he tweeted.
Eric Garcia reports from Capitol Hill.
Oliver O’Connell17 April 2023 22:45
1681766145Previous: Judge rejects Trump’s last-minute bid to delay rape and defamation trial
A federal judge in New York City has rejected former president Donald Trump’s 11th-hour attempt to reschedule his long-delayed defamation and rape trial on the grounds that the publicity surrounding his recent indictment warranted cooling off period to ensure an impartial jury.
Judge Lewis Kaplan on Monday ordered the trial, stemming from two civil lawsuits filed against former president writer E Jean Carroll, to begin April 25 as previously scheduled.
Andrew Feinberg has the latest:
Oliver O’Connell17 April 2023 22:15
1681764645Schiff: Blind loyalty to disgraced former president is what matters’
California Democratic Rep Adam Schiff had some thoughts on Jim Jordans away day in New York City this morning.
Jim Jordan’s attempt to intimidate the Manhattan DA is another effort to put the former president above the law. And destroy the interests of justice. It won’t succeed, but that’s not the point. Blind loyalty to the disgraced former president is what matters.
Rep. Adam Schiff
Oliver O’Connell17 April 2023 21:50
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