Tag: Donald Trump

DeSantis Claims Trump ‘Should Have Come Out More Forcefully’ During Jan. 6

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that Donald Trump should have been more forceful during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach after the former president announced he was served with a target letter to appear at a grand jury investigation regarding the 2020 election. Special counsel Jack Smith “sent a letter (again, it was Sunday night!) stating…


Key Things to Watch For During Trump Classified Documents Hearing

U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon is scheduled to oversee a court hearing on Tuesday in Fort Pierce, Florida, pertaining to the classified documents case involving former President Donald Trump, with the outcome of this hearing holding significant weight as it could impact the 2024 presidential race. Tuesday’s hearing, scheduled for 2 p.m. ET, is…


LIVE NOW: Hearing in Trump Documents Case on Handling of Classified Materials

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is scheduled to hold a hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida, on July 18 to determine how to handle classified evidence in the criminal case against former President Donald Trump over his retention of government materials. Legal experts have said the complexities surrounding the use of highly classified documents as evidence…


Hearing in Trump Documents Case on Handling of Classified Materials

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is scheduled to hold a hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida, on July 18 to determine how to handle classified evidence in the criminal case against former President Donald Trump over his retention of government materials. Legal experts have said the complexities surrounding the use of highly classified documents as evidence…


No, Trump Is Not Planning to Be a Dictator

Commentary The headline in the New York Times seems terrifying. “Trump and Allies Forge Plans to Increase Presidential Power in 2025.” The article explains that they “are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government if voters return him to the White House in 2025, reshaping the structure of the executive…


Lawyers for Pentagon Leak Suspect Ask Court to Release Him Ahead of Trial, Citing Trump Case

Lawyers for Jack Teixeira, the former Air National Guardsman accused of leaking top secret Pentagon documents, have asked a judge to reconsider an earlier decision to keep him behind bars as he awaits trial, citing the pretrial release of former President Donald Trump and others charged in similar high-profile cases involving classified documents. Mr. Teixeira was…


Trump’s Petition to Quash Fulton County Report on 2020 Election Denied by Georgia’s Supreme Court

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia denied former President Donald J. Trump’s attempt to scuttle a grand jury report in Fulton County on the 2020 presidential election in that state. The July 17 decision follows his repeated attempts to quash that special purpose grand jury report, which could lead…


Trump Says He’d Give Ukraine ‘More Than They Ever Got’ If Russia’s Putin Doesn’t Accept Peace Deal

Former president Donald Trump suggested he’d threaten to expand U.S. support for Ukraine if Russian president Vladimir Putin refused to accept negotiations to quickly end the ongoing fighting between Russia and Ukraine. Mr. Trump, who is running to retake the White House in 2024, has repeatedly suggested he could end the fighting between Russia and…


Tucker Carlson Warns Young Conservatives to Pay Attention to Topics With ‘Unapproved Words’

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—Since his separation from Fox News, political commentator Tucker Carlson hasn’t spoken much publicly—until this weekend. In a rare spurt of appearances, he enjoyed the adulation of thousands of enthusiastic conservatives at political gatherings in two states. On July 14, he publicly grilled most of the top-tier Republican presidential candidates—with the exception…


Trump Says ‘Probably’ a Mistake Putting Christopher Wray in Charge of FBI

President Donald Trump said that it was “probably” a mistake to put Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray in his current post amid a litany of concerns about the agency chief’s conduct. Following his decision in May 2017 to fire former FBI Director James Comey over his handling of an investigation into former…