Trump tries to dam Stormy Daniels from testifying at hush cash trial as DA requests gag order: Stay

Trump tells Joe Biden ‘You’re fired’ as he wins South Carolina Republican main

Donald Trump’s legal professionals have moved to dam the porn star Stormy Daniels, ex-Playboy mannequin Karen McDougal and the businessman’s former fixer Michael Cohen from testifying at his New York hush cash felony trial, which is about to start subsequent month.

Manhattan district lawyer Alvin Bragg accuses Mr Trump of falsifying enterprise information in an effort to conceal funds made to Ms Daniels and Ms McDougal by Mr Cohen throughout the 2016 election in an effort to purchase their silence about earlier extramarital affairs he’s alleged to have had with each girls.

The Republican presidential candidate denies the affairs and has pleaded not responsible to the 34 felony expenses he faces.

Trump lawyer Todd Blanche submitted a 47-page movement yesterday attacking the credibility of the potential witnesses, suggesting Ms Daniels would supply “false” and “salacious” testimony and calling Mr Cohen a “liar”.

Additionally on Monday, Mr Bragg requested that Mr Trump be positioned underneath a gag order to forestall him from partaking in “violent rhetoric and public assaults” across the case, whereas the candidate appealed the $454m judgement in his separate New York civil fraud trial.

He’s up towards Nikki Haley within the Michigan Republican main at the moment.

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DeSantis involved about Trump VP alternative

In an audio recording, obtained by NBC Information, the Florida governor stated: “Now we now have a various Republican Celebration. I would like all people within the fold, don’t get me mistaken. However I don’t need folks representing 10, 15 per cent of the celebration being within the driver’s seat.”

These on the decision included supporters who had dedicated to function delegates for Mr DeSantis at July’s Republican Nationwide Conference.

Oliver O’Connell27 February 2024 18:45

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Trump will get endorsement of Binkley

From our information to the candidates:

“We’ve got to be unified,” Mr Binkley, 55, stated at one occasion.

“We’ve got to be on this place, as a result of if we’re in a time of uncertainty, what it’s going to take is religion in God and religion in one another to get us by, and it’s not time for us to again down. It’s time for us to consider.”

Mr Binkley has stated he’s “completely” assured that he may tackle Mr Trump, regardless of having little title recognition and no expertise holding elected workplace.

Immediately, he dropped out of the race, posting this message to his supporters:

Immediately, I’m suspending my marketing campaign for the Presidency of the US of America and providing my endorsement and unwavering help for President Trump. I wish to thank my household, associates, marketing campaign workforce, 80,000 plus monetary supporters, and the tons of of volunteers who helped share my imaginative and prescient. With out your efforts, prayers, love, and generosity, none of this is able to have been doable.

Once I started this journey, it was with a message in my coronary heart that our nation must awaken to the truth that the unsustainable deficit spending and debt path we’re on will undoubtedly lead us to a generational financial disruption. I consider that we are able to get off that path and start a journey to steadiness the federal price range by reworking and demonopolizing the healthcare system which has been bankrupting our nation. I additionally felt deeply that as dangerous because the U.S. fiscal and financial coverage is, the political corruption and cultural divide in our nation is an excellent better menace. All through my marketing campaign, I’ve seen our celebration battle to discover a place for a brand new imaginative and prescient whereas weighing the corrupt allegations and indictments towards President Trump. He’ll want everybody’s help, and he may have mine transferring ahead.

Whereas it’s time for me to return to my household, enterprise, and church and look after the tasks I’ve been given, I stay steadfast in my dedication to my plans for the financial system, border safety, and healthcare. I look ahead to contemplating different methods I could make an influence and promote my coverage positions. Thanks once more for being with us on this journey. Let’s proceed to hope for our nation, and our leaders. Once we look to one another for knowledge and power, our future will be higher than we are able to think about. I look ahead to seeing what tomorrow holds.

Mr Binkley “loaned himself greater than $10m and solely earned simply greater than 2,000 votes throughout the 4 early-state nominating contests,” in keeping with Politico.

Oliver O’Connell27 February 2024 18:30

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Biden skewers Trump’s ‘outdated concepts’ in shock look on Seth Meyers present

Meyers put ahead a query to the 81-year-old president about his age, asking him how he can tackle many voter issues over his seniority.

Amelia Neath has the story:

Oliver O’Connell27 February 2024 18:15

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CPAC attendees gave some perception into Trump’s veepstakes with straw ballot

The previous president has but to formally lock up the celebration’s nomination however is broadly thought of to be on the verge of doing so following this weekend’s win within the South Carolina main, and really beneficial polling forward of Tuesday’s contest in Michigan.

Oliver O’Connell27 February 2024 17:45

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Trump appeals New York fraud trial ruling

Donald Trump’s attorneys are interesting a $454m judgment towards the previous president after a sprawling civil trial discovered him responsible for a decade of fraud in his household enterprise.

Attorneys for Mr Trump and his co-defendants filed paperwork with a New York appellate courtroom on Monday, arguing that the decide overseeing the case “dedicated errors” of regulation or info, “abused its discretion” and “acted in extra of its jurisdiction”.

However the ruling towards him received’t be paused till the previous president and his co-defendants publish a bond equal to the large judgment towards them.

Oliver O’Connell27 February 2024 17:15

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Watch: Biden says Trump desires to take us again 60 years

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Fulton County: Prosecutor Nathan Wade’s divorce lawyer ordered to testify in Fani Willis probe

Terrence Bradley – who was additionally Mr Wade’s divorce lawyer – had beforehand cited attorney-client privilege to protect his statements to the courtroom.

After a closed-door assembly with Mr Bradley on Monday, Fulton County Superior Court docket Decide Scott McAfee notified attorneys by e mail that sure communications between Mr Bradley and Mr Wade are usually not protected by attorney-client privilege. Now, he may return to the witness stand as early as this afternoon.

Alex Woodward explains what’s at stake:

Oliver O’Connell27 February 2024 16:41

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‘Trump was in awe of Putin’, says former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull

Oliver O’Connell27 February 2024 16:30

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Don Jr despatched letter containing white powder, report says

In accordance with The Day by day Beast, three folks aware of the incident stated Mr Trump, who’s the eldest son of the previous president, opened the letter and prompted the white energy to fly out of the envelope.

Michelle Del Rey reviews:

Oliver O’Connell27 February 2024 16:15

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Saturday Night time Stay returned final week after a brief break, arriving simply in time to ridicule Donald Trump’s new line of gold “By no means Give up” sneakers, giving the excessive tops a starring position in a skit devoted to the previous president’s $399 kicks.

In a parody sketch of the film White Males Can’t Soar, the episode’s SNL host Shane Gillis performed 30-year-old Gordon Dwyer, a loser who has no luck in love, at work or on the basketball courtroom.

Amelia Neath has the story:

Oliver O’Connell27 February 2024 15:55

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