Trumps

Trump’s Legal Team Expresses Confidence in Conservative-Majority Supreme Court’s Support on Ballot Eligibility Battles

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Atlanta, Georgia – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s comments about the Supreme Court and Donald Trump’s tax returns have resurfaced. Gingrich suggested that if congressional Democrats pursued Trump’s tax returns, they would be trapped into appealing to the Supreme Court. Five years later, a member of Trump’s legal team made a related assessment, expressing hope that the conservative-majority Court would rule in the former president’s favor. The legal battles revolve around Trump’s eligibility for the 2024 ballot, with two states already concluding that he cannot appear on it. The comments made by Gingrich and Trump’s … Read more

Echoes of the Capitol Insurrection: Trump’s Call to ‘Guard the Vote’ Raises Concerns of a Dark Future for Democracy

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Washington, D.C. – Three years after the harrowing events of Jan. 6, 2021, echoes of the Capitol insurrection continue to reverberate through our democracy. Former President Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s leading candidate for the 2024 presidential nomination, has urged his supporters to “guard the vote.” This dangerous rhetoric has already led to armed vigilantes standing watch at Arizona polls in 2022. Experts in a comprehensive 2023 survey by Protect Democracy and the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University warned that political violence is eroding democracy in the United States. As we enter a … Read more

Supreme Court Showdown: Donald Trump’s Ballot Battle Raises Doubts Among Legal Scholars

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Washington D.C. – Former President Donald Trump faces potential exclusion from primary ballots in Colorado and Maine for the upcoming 2024 presidential election. The states are invoking the 14th Amendment, which prohibits individuals who have “engaged in insurrection” against the United States from holding public office. Trump, who is also facing criminal indictments for his alleged involvement in attempting to overturn the election, is appealing these rulings. However, despite the presence of a conservative majority in the Supreme Court, some legal scholars suggest that the court may uphold Colorado’s decision. Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba, expressed … Read more

Prosecutors Demand Trump’s Decision on Advice-of-Counsel Defense Ahead of Hush-Money Trial

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New York – Prosecutors in the hush-money case involving former President Donald Trump have requested that he disclose by February 12 whether he plans to mount an advice-of-counsel defense during his trial. Under this defense, Trump would argue that he cannot be held responsible for allegedly falsifying business documents to conceal a hush-money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016, as he was acting on legal advice. In response, Trump’s lawyers have argued that New York law does not require him to reveal his defense strategy before the trial. The prosecutors have asked … Read more