Special counsel urges quick Supreme Court action

Special counsel urges quick Supreme Court action

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to members of the media at the U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 1, 2023. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The federal special counsel prosecuting Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to quickly hear an appeal on whether he has presidential immunity, … Read more

Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy protection

Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy protection

Rudy Giuliani, the former personal lawyer for former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives to the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Courthouse on December 15, 2023 in Washington, DC.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Rudy Giuliani filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York on Thursday, citing debts that include a nearly $150 million recent … Read more

Rudy Giuliani Must Pay Damages To Georgia Election Workers Immediately, Judge Says

Rudy Giuliani Must Pay Damages To Georgia Election Workers Immediately, Judge Says

A U.S. district judge on Wednesday granted a motion by the two election workers who won a defamation suit against Rudy Giuliani to force him to immediately pay the damages he owes. Last week, a jury in Washington, D.C., awarded $148 million to Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss, after a judge had established … Read more

Trump clemency recipient Philip Esformes loses Supreme Court bid

Trump clemency recipient Philip Esformes loses Supreme Court bid

FILE – In this Aug. 7, 2015 file photo, Philip Esformes arrives at the 15th Annual Harold and Carole Pump Foundation Gala held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, in Los Angeles. Rob Latour | Invision | AP The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from Florida nursing home owner Philip Esformes, whose … Read more

Jimmy Fallon Puts A Cheeky Festive Twist On Trump’s Bad News In Colorado

Jimmy Fallon Puts A Cheeky Festive Twist On Trump’s Bad News In Colorado

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Stephen Colbert Scorches Fox News With A ‘Counterpoint’ For Its Trump Ruling Claims

Stephen Colbert Scorches Fox News With A ‘Counterpoint’ For Its Trump Ruling Claims

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Trump Misidentifies Reporter As Judge’s Son In Court Criticism

Trump Misidentifies Reporter As Judge’s Son In Court Criticism

Former President Donald Trump is repeatedly shooting blanks in his attempts to discredit a New York City judge overseeing his civil fraud trial. This time, he targeted the wrong person on social media ― for at least the second time this month. A court reporter on Tuesday identified himself as the individual who is falsely … Read more

The Constitution’s Insurrection Clause Threatens Trump’s Campaign. Here Is How That Is Playing Out

The Constitution’s Insurrection Clause Threatens Trump’s Campaign. Here Is How That Is Playing Out

DENVER (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s bid to win back the White House is now threatened by two sentences added to the U.S. Constitution 155 years ago. The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday barred Trump from the state’s ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits anyone who swore an oath to … Read more

Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay Georgia election workers for defamation

Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay Georgia election workers for defamation

Rudy Giuliani at 60 Centre Street in Manhattan on Sept. 8, 2022. Theodore Parisienne | Tribune News Service | Getty Images A federal jury on Friday ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay over $148 million to two Georgia election workers for falsely claiming they committed ballot fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The jaw-dropping figure includes … Read more

Biden flaunts stock market record highs, mocks Trump for predicting ‘collapse’

Biden flaunts stock market record highs, mocks Trump for predicting ‘collapse’

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event about lowering health care costs in the East Room of the White House on July 7, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Joe Biden paraded this week’s stock market record highs Friday in a new campaign video that trolled … Read more