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Jim Vondruska/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Former President Donald Trump’s attorney told a Fulton County court Friday that the Georgia election interference indictment against Trump “needs to be dismissed” on the grounds that it prosecutes conduct protected by the First Amendment. The argument came in the first of two hearings scheduled Friday in which attorneys for […]
Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As New York Attorney General Letitia James prepares to call Donald Trump to the witness stand in his $250 million civil fraud case Monday, lawyers for the former president have doubled down on their criticism of the law clerk who sits beside the judge in the […]
Penguin Random House (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly made a central theme of his 2024 White House bid clear: Retribution. Now, the story behind that controversial theme is revealed in a new book by ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl. In Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump, not for the first time, sparked criticism on Monday after he posted on his Truth Social platform knocking “liberal Jews who voted against America & Israel.” Elsewhere, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed back on criticism out of Capitol Hill — and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott weighed in […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The most recent ABC News/Ipsos poll, conducted Aug. 15-17, showed some problems for former President Donald Trump in terms of public opinion on his mounting criminal charges amid his comeback bid for the White House. The poll, released after his fourth indictment, over efforts to reverse his 2020 loss in […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The first Republican primary debate and a mug shot for the history books. It was a split-screen week for the GOP as eight presidential hopefuls gathered in Milwaukee on Wednesday night to spar on Ukraine, abortion and other issues. Absent from the stage but not the public eye was former […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump, facing criminal charges in Georgia, is again going on the attack about the state’s 2020 election results. On Thursday night on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump made more unsubstantiated claims about he called the “rigged” and “stolen” election in Georgia. He was expected to keep […]
Bloomberg/Alyssa Pointer/Bloomberg via Getty Image (ATLANTA) — Just days after a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, indicted former President Donald Trump on charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, most of his GOP primary rivals converged on the same county for a conservative conference, with several calling on him — […]
Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s promised press conference to refute the allegations in the indictment handed up by the Fulton County DA’s Office is now very much in doubt, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. Sources tell ABC News that Trump’s legal advisors have told him that […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The judge overseeing special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 case against former President Donald Trump says Trump has a right to free speech — but it’s not absolute. Judge Tanya Chutkan is hearing arguments Friday morning on the terms of a protective order Smith is seeking against the former president. Smith […]