Trump Georgia trial date proposed as woman arrested over Jan 6 judge ‘death threats’ – live updates

Oliver O'Connell and Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Donald Trump has promised to share an “irrefutable” report on his baseless claims of election fraud in Georgia.

“A Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable REPORT on the Presidential Election Fraud which took place in Georgia is almost complete & will be presented by me at a major News Conference at 11.00am on Monday of next week,” Mr Trump said.

The former president and 18 of his allies have been indicted on a range of criminal charges relating to Mr Trump’s attempts to alter Georgia‘s 2020 election results. He has been ordered to surrender by 25 August.

It comes as a new video aired by MSNBC allegedly showed Republican consultant Roger Stone working to overturn the presidential election.

“We must be prepared to lobby our Republican legislatures … by personal contact and by demonstrating the overwhelming will of the people in their state, in each state ...,” he can be seen saying in the 2020 video.

And a Texas woman has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill federal judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the Jan 6 criminal case against Donald Trump.

Police say Abigail Jo Shry called the federal courthouse in Washington and left a message for the judge, saying: “You are in our sights, we want to kill you.”

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Woman arrested and charged with threatening to kill judge presiding over Trump’s Jan 6 case

10:45 , Rachel Sharp

A Texas woman has been arrested and charged with threatening to kill the judge presiding over Donald Trump’s 6 January indictment.

Abigail Jo Shry, 43, of Alvin, Texas, left a “threatening voicemail message” after calling US district judge Tanya Chutkan’s chambers on 5 August, according to court documents filed with the South District of Texas Court.

Ms Shry’s voicemail included racist slurs against the judge, federal investigators and the Department of Homeland Security said.

The Independent’s Shweta Sharma has the story:

Woman arrested for threatening to kill judge presiding over Trump’s Jan 6 case

New video appears to show Roger Stone working to overturn 2020 election

10:25 , Rachel Sharp

A new video has emerged that appears to show longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone working to overturn the 2020 presidential election, days before the results were officially announced in favour of Joe Biden.

The video aired by MSNBC on Wednesday was obtained by Danish filmmaker Christoffer Guldbrandsen for his 2023 documentary A Storm Foretold.

In the documentary, the filmmaker refers to Mr Stone, who served as a former adviser to Mr Trump during his first presidential campaign as his “political godfather”.

Read the story here:

New video shows Roger Stone ‘working to overturn 2020 election’

Giuliani is furious about being charged with same mob law he claims he pioneered

10:15 , Oliver O'Connell

Rudy Giuliani is furious that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has charged him using the same mob law he has long taken credit for pioneering.

The former New York City mayor and former Donald Trump attorney flew into a rage in an appearance on right-wing network Newsmax on Tuesday night as he claimed that the Georgia DA’s use of the racketeering law was “sloppy” and that “I was the first one to use it in white-collar cases”.

“There’s probably no one that knows it better than I do,” he insisted.

Rachel Sharp has the story.

Rudy Giuliani is furious about being charged with same mob law he claims he pioneered

The phone call that could end it all...

09:30 , Oliver O'Connell

When audio of a shocking phone call between the sitting president of the United States and a Georgia official in his own party was published in January 2021, few serious political analysts were convinced of Donald Trump’s description of his “perfect” conversation.

On Monday 15 August, it became clear that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, as well as members of a grand jury, felt the same way. The moment when the incumbent president urged his supposed ally to use his position of power to come up with the exact number of votes he would need to win the election was cited twice in Ms Willis’s charging document released Monday evening, and is now the source of two of Mr Trump’s 13 felony charges in the state.

The call was never supposed to be public. But the alarming nature of Mr Trump’s demand spurred Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to provide audio of their conversation to news outlets almost immediately — once the shock wore off.

John Bowden has the story.

The damning phone call that may have led to the downfall of Trump and his cronies

Who are the 18 defendants charged with Trump in Georgia RICO case?

08:45 , Oliver O'Connell

A sprawling indictment targeting Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn election results in the state of Georgia includes 18 co-defendants, including his former White House chief of staff, several Trump-allied attorneys, and the so-called “fake” electors who joined a scheme to subvert the outcome.

All are charged under the state’s anti-racketeering statute, marking one of the largest criminal cases against the former president and his allies for alleged crimes committed while he was in office in an attempt to remain in power at whatever cost.

Alex Woodward and Rachel Sharp profile the former president’s co-defendants.

The 19 defendants charged in the Georgia RICO case

Jenna Ellis forced to crowdfund lawyer fund after cutting ties with Trump

08:15 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Donald Trump’s former lawyer Jenna Ellis has been forced to crowdfund her defence fees after being indicted alongside the former president this week.

Ms Ellis was among the 18 associates of Mr Trump to face charges in Georgia for alleged attempts to alter the state’s 2020 presidential election results.

She posted a link to her fundraising campaign on X, the social media platform formally known as Twitter.

“We will fight for Jenna. If you would like to help support our efforts please consider donating by clicking the link below,” a quote from her lawyer Mike Melito read.

The fundraiser on GiveSendGo has raised more than $14,000.

Graeme Massie reports.

Jenna Ellis forced to crowdfund Georgia lawyer fund after cutting ties with Trump

Trump’s legal woes in numbers...

07:45 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump was indicted for the fourth time in less than five months and now faces 91 criminal counts which carry a possible total of more than seven centuries behind bars.

While it’s unlikely that the former president will be sentenced to hundreds of years in prison, the risk of some prison time is very real.

Gustaf Kilander breaks down the numbers.

Four indictments, 91 charges, up to 700 years in jail: Trump’s legal woes in numbers

Trump accused of skipping debate because he’s ‘scared of Chris Christie’

07:15 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Donald Trump has been accused of considering not attending the first Republican primary debate because he’s supposedly scared of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who has vowed to come after Mr Trump.

Matt Lewis appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe after writing a Daily Beast column entitled Showing Up to the GOP Debate Would Be the Ultimate Trump Flex.

“I’m curious to see if Donald Trump is afraid of Chris Christie, so afraid of Chris Christie that he doesn’t show up, that he uses excuses such as, ‘I’m not going to sign the pledge, the RNC pledge,’ or whether Donald Trump is just an egomaniac who craves attention, who loves attention, and who now feels that he has a bigger chip on his shoulder, has to unburden himself and play the victim again that he shows up in Milwaukee,” he said, according to Mediaite.

“And I think I’m leaning toward the latter. He may not fully appreciate the danger that Chris Christie specifically poses.”

Gustaf Kilander has more.

Trump accused of skipping debate because he’s ‘scared of Chris Christie’

Trump’s charge sheet was leaked hours before the grand jury vote — how did that happen?

06:45 , Oliver O'Connell

It was the URL heard around the world.

On Monday, a document seemingly announcing 13 counts against Donald Trump was briefly published online on a Fulton County web system – before being deleted just as quickly – kicking off rampant speculation about the looming indictment and instantly fuelling claims of foul play from the former president.

The initial charge sheet seemed to show an extensive list of criminal charges against Mr Trump stemming from the long-running Georgia investigation into his attempts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results, according to Reuters, which first reported the document.

It was published hours before the grand jury eventually voted to indict the former president and a group of his closest allies for running a criminal enterprise to overturn the 2020 election in the state and keep Mr Trump in power.

The document, which can still be viewed on the Reuters website, was quickly taken down.

Josh Marcus explains what happened.

How did a Trump charge sheet get published hours before grand jury vote?

Special prosecutor to investigate Georgia’s lieutenant governor in Trump indictment

06:15 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

A special prosecutor is likely to be appointed to investigate one of 30 unnamed and “unindicted co-conspirators” inside a sweeping racketeering indictment in Georgia targeting Donald Trump and 18 of his allies.

The state’s current Republican Lt Governor Burt Jones, who was a sitting state senator at the time of the alleged crimes, was one of 16 “alternate” electors who falsely swore that Mr Trump won the state in the 2020 presidential election.

He also pushed for a special legislative session to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.

But he was not among the 19 defendants in the grand jury case from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who was barred by a judge from indicting him.

Alex Woodward has more.

Special prosecutor will investigate Georgia’s lieutenant governor in Trump indictment

Rudy Giuliani biographer has a theory for why he is so loyal to Trump

05:45 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

A biographer who wrote the book on the life and career of “America’s Mayor” has a new theory for why Rudy Giuliani remains so doggedly loyal to Donald Trump.

Andrew Kirtzman, the author of Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fall of America’s Mayor, explained that the major turning point in Mr Giuliani’s political life came in 2008 when he failed to deliver a competitive performance in that year’s presidential primary race.

“[H]e entered as a front runner and ended it in humiliation with just one delegate,” Mr Kirtzman told MSNBC.

“[I]t was at that moment in 2008 when things kind of crashed around him, when he lost his 9/11 halo, was left in kind of the political wilderness. There was Donald Trump.

“And Donald Trump literally took him into Mar-a-Lago right after his failure in 2008 and kind of shielded Giuliani when he was, kind of fell into a depression.”

John Bowden has more.

Rudy Giuliani biographer has a theory for why ex-New York mayor is so loyal to Trump

Video shows Roger Stone allegedly working to overturn 2020 election

05:36 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

A new video has emerged that appears to show Republican consultant Roger Stone working to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

The video aired by MSNBC yesterday was obtained by Danish filmmaker Christoffer Guldbrandsen for his 2023 documentary A Storm Foretold.

“Although state officials in all 50 states must ultimately certify the results of the voting in their state … the final decision as to who the state legislatures authorise be sent to the Electoral College is a decision made solely by the legislature,” Mr Stone can be heard saying to an associate working on a laptop on 5 November 2020.

He continued: “Any legislative body may decide on the basis of overwhelming evidence of fraud to send electors to the Electoral College who accurately reflect the president’s legitimate victory in their state, which was illegally denied him through fraud.

“We must be prepared to lobby our Republican legislatures … by personal contact and by demonstrating the overwhelming will of the people in their state—in each state—that this may need to happen,” he added.

Truth Social users are doxxing Fulton County grand jurors

05:15 , Oliver O'Connell

Truth Social predictably flew into a rage over the latest indictment of Donald Trump — this time in Georgia, where he and 18 others were hit with a slew of charges over attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state.

The former president’s followers were quick to comfort him, push conspiracies and call for retaliation after a Fulton County grand jury indicted him Monday on 13 counts including racketeering, filing false documents and attempting to coerce public officers to violate their oaths.

Many of the users launched direct attacks on the grand jurors - going so far as to share their names and details about their purported social media profiles.

Kelly Rissman has the details.

Truth Social are doxxing grand jurors who indicted Trump in Georgia

Tim Scott admits he’s so desperate for votes he asked a child to caucus for him

04:45 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

South Carolina senator and Republican presidential 2024 hopeful Tim Scott joked in Iowa that he is asking everybody to caucus for him — even a nine-year-old.

“When you’re desperate for every single vote, you’ll ask everybody. Just assume that right now I’m asking each and every one of you,” he said at Story County’s annual dinner on Tuesday, The DailyMail reported.

Mr Scott discussed his time at the Iowa State Fair when a nine-year-old girl gave him a bracelet and told him: “I want you to be president.”

He then asked the child if she would caucus for him, he recounted jokingly; she was confused, Mr Scott said.

More here.

Sen Tim Scott admits he’s so desperate for votes he asked a child to caucus for him

Woman arrested for threatening judge overseeing Trump case: ‘We are coming to kill you’

04:32 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

A Texas woman has been arrested and charged with threatening to kill the federal judge overseeing the criminal case against Donald Trump and a member of congress.

Abigail Jo Shry called the federal courthouse in Washington and left a threatening message using a racist term for US district judge Tanya Chutkan on 5 August, according to court records.

Investigators traced her phone number and she later admitted to making the threatening call, according to a criminal complaint.

In the call, Ms Shry told the judge: “You are in our sights, we want to kill you.”

Prosecutors alleged that Ms Shry also said, “If Trump doesn’t get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you,” and she threatened to kill US rep Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat running for mayor of Houston, according to court documents.

Who are the 30 ‘unindicted co-conspirators’ in massive case against Trump in Georgia?

04:15 , Oliver O'Connell

Alex Woodward explains what we know about the 30 individuals who were not named in the Fulton County indictment.

Who are the 30 ‘unindicted co-conspirators’ in Georgia’s criminal case against Trump?

Trump claims Fox News is conspiring to stop him winning in 2024

03:58 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Donald Trump bashed Fox News, claiming that the news organisation is working with other Republican candidates to figure out who can beat him in the GOP primary.

The former president took to Truth Social to say that the network is “going all out, just as they did in 2016, to figure who in this very large, but failing, Republican field, can beat your favorite President, Donald John Trump”.

“They use only the most negative polls, which are still great for me, and do everything possible to show that they still have a chance,” he added.

“They even pull out nice guy Marc Thiessen to do contortions with numbers that just don’t exist. On top of all that, I am the only one beating, by a lot, Crooked Joe Biden, the WORST ‘P’ EVER!”

Gustaf Kilander reports.

Trump claims Fox News is conspiring to stop him winning in 2024

Why the general election could be a different story than the primaries for Trump

02:45 , Oliver O'Connell

After every new indictment, Donald Trump has boasted that his standing among Republicans only improves — and he has a point.

Nearly two-thirds of Republicans — 63% — now say they want the former president to run again, according to new polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That’s up slightly from the 55% who said the same in April when Trump began facing a series of criminal charges. Seven in 10 Republicans now have a favorable opinion of Trump, an uptick from the 60% who said so two months ago.

But in a crucial warning sign for the former president and his supporters, Trump faces glaring vulnerabilities heading into a general election, with many Americans strongly dug in against him. While most Republicans — 74% — say they would support him in November 2024, 53% of Americans say they would definitely not support him if he is the nominee. Another 11% say they would probably not support him in November 2024.

Read on...

Trump enjoys strong support among Republicans. The general election could be a different story

Giuliani too ‘busy’ to address Georgia indictment

02:00 , Oliver O'Connell

Rudy Giuliani is too “busy” to address his indictment as one of Donald Trump’s 18 associates facing prosecution over alleged attempts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

The former New York mayor, and Mr Trump’s former personal lawyer, sent out a spokesperson to deal with questions rather than face the media the day after the indictment was handed up by a Fulton County grand jury.

Graeme Massie reports.

Giuliani is too ‘busy’ to address Georgia indictment - after reacting to it live

EDITORIAL: Trump’s indictment shows America one thing – they’re better off with Biden

01:30 , Oliver O'Connell

It’s not much of a choice but, in the end, it ought to be an easy one...

Editorial: Trump’s indictment shows America they’re better off with Biden

Thursday 17 August 2023 00:45 , Oliver O'Connell

What is racketeering? Donald Trump charged with Mafia-busting law

What are Trump and his allies charged with...

Thursday 17 August 2023 00:00 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump and members of his 2020 campaign legal team were slapped with a comprehensive list of criminal charges related to their efforts to change the lawful results of the presidential election in Georgia late Monday evening.

A wide range of charges were listed on the document, unsealed just before midnight after hours of work by the grand jury, containing more than 30 in total and climbing to nearly 100 pages in length.

District attorney Fani Willis spoke just before midnight, calling the efforts of the Trump team a “criminal conspiracy”.

John Bowden takes a look at what they are charged with:

In full: The bombshell charges against Trump and his allies in Georgia RICO case

Voices: The biggest problem facing Donald Trump? His ‘mafia’ mouth

Wednesday 16 August 2023 23:30 , Oliver O'Connell

If his lawyers can’t keep him quiet, then Trump is in real trouble, writes Jon Sopel. And I know from years of covering his presidency for the BBC that nobody can restrain him for long…

The biggest problem facing Donald Trump? His ‘mafia’ mouth | Jon Sopel

Read the Fulton County indictment in full...

Wednesday 16 August 2023 23:00 , Oliver O'Connell

Ex-president Donald Trump and 18 other defendants were indicted in Georgia on 41 counts related to their alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election which includes violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.

A grand jury in Fulton County Georgia handed down the indictment on Monday, stemming from a years-long investigation by district attorney Fani Willis.

Jurors found Mr Trump along with some of his allies including Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Sidney Powell and Mark Meadows of “knowingly and willfully” joining a conspiracy to “unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of Trump” in Georgia.

Each defendant is facing a specific set of charges unique to their alleged involvement.

Read the indictment in full here:

Read Fani Willis’ explosive Georgia indictment against Trump and his inner circle

Will Trump go to prison?

Wednesday 16 August 2023 22:30 , Oliver O'Connell

It’s what everyone wants to know...

Will Donald Trump go to prison?

Profile: Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who could take down Trump

Wednesday 16 August 2023 22:00 , Oliver O'Connell

Alex Woodward profiles the district attorney with a long history of targeting organised crime gangs who now has the former president in her sights.

Who is Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who could take down Trump

Analysis: Will the Georgia gang of 18 turn on Trump?

Wednesday 16 August 2023 21:44 , Oliver O'Connell

Andrew Feinberg writes that Trumpworld is hanging by a thread as the co-accused in Georgia are pressured to flip on the former president who has long been able to rely on their loyalty.

Will the Georgia gang of 18 turn on Trump? Trumpworld hanging by a thread

Marjorie Taylor Greene mulls running for higher office

Wednesday 16 August 2023 21:31 , Oliver O'Connell

Marjorie Taylor Greene is sounding off about her state’s governor, and his loyalty (or lack thereof) to Donald Trump.

In an interview published this week with the Atlanta Journal- Constitution, the congresswoman explained why she attacked Gov Brian Kemp on Twitter after he stated, correctly, that Mr Trump had legitimately lost the 2020 election.

“His message should have been against this, not arguing with President Trump about the election and making it about his own ego and pride over Georgia’s election. That’s a bad statement, and I was very upset over it,” she told the newspaper.

Then, she went on to speculate about her own possible future in politics...

John Bowden reports.

Marjorie Taylor Greene mulls running for higher office or serving in Trump’s Cabinet

Georgia’s lieutenant governor to be investigated by special prosecutor in Trump indictment

Wednesday 16 August 2023 21:10 , Oliver O'Connell

A special prosecutor will likely be appointed to investigate one of 30 unnamed and “unindicted co-conspirators” inside a sweeping racketeering indictment in Georgia targeting Donald Trump and 18 of his allies.

The state’s current Republican Lt Governor Burt Jones, who was a sitting state senator at the time of the alleged crimes, was one of 16 “alternate” electors who falsely swore that Mr Trump won the state in the 2020 presidential election. He also pushed for a special legislative session to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.

But he was not among the 19 defendants in the grand jury case from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who was barred by a judge from indicting him.

Alex Woodward has the details.

Special prosecutor will investigate Georgia’s lieutenant governor in Trump indictment

Proposed trial schedule would see Trump on trial from January to mid-June 2024

Wednesday 16 August 2023 21:00 , Oliver O'Connell

Full story: Fulton County DA Fani Willis proposes March 2024 date for Trump Georgia trial

Wednesday 16 August 2023 20:50 , Oliver O'Connell

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis proposed a trial date of 4 March 2024 for her case against former president Donald Trump and his associates.

A filing in the Superior Court of Fulton County for the state of Georgia shows Ms Willis’s office will have the arraignment for Mr Trump and his 18 co-defendants on 5 September 2023.

Eric Garcia reports.

Fulton County DA Fani Willis proposes March 2024 date for Trump Georgia trial

Watch: DeSantis PAC mocks Trump for refusing to join GOP debate

Wednesday 16 August 2023 20:38 , Oliver O'Connell

Never Back Down, the Super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis’s 2024 run for president, has hit out at Donald Trump for refusing to debate (or being scared to debate) in a new campaign video.

The ad is titled: “Is Trump Too Weak and Too Afraid to Debate?”

In a post on X, the PAC said: “Republicans need a nominee with stamina. A nominee who's sharp. We deserve a candidate who earns our vote — not one who demands it.”

Watch:

Fulton County DA seeks 4 March trial date for Trump and 18 co-defendants

Wednesday 16 August 2023 20:24 , Oliver O'Connell

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is seeking a 4 March trial date in her sweeping indictment against Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case — just one week before Georgia’s 12 March presidential primary.

The proposed schedule also requests arraignments for Mr Trump and his allies the week of 5 September. The 25 August deadline for them to surrender at the Fulton County Jail has not changed.

Is Trump skipping GOP debate because he’s ‘scared of Chris Christie’? Joe Scarborough thinks so...

Wednesday 16 August 2023 20:10 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump has been accused of considering not attending the first Republican primary debate because he’s supposedly scared of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who has vowed to come after Mr Trump.

Matt Lewis appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe after writing a Daily Beast column entitled Showing Up to the GOP Debate Would Be the Ultimate Trump Flex.

Gustaf Kilander has the story.

Trump accused of skipping debate because he’s ‘scared of Chris Christie’

How’s Mike Lindell’s election summit going?

Wednesday 16 August 2023 20:04 , Oliver O'Connell

My Pillow founder and Trump ally Mike Lindell is holding an “Election Summit” in Springfield, Missouri today and tomorrow. It didn’t get off to the best start (see below) but he promises to unveil a plan to “secure our elections immediately”.

Former Trump advisers Steve Bannon, Mike Flynn, Rudy Giuliani, and Kari Lake are scheduled to speak at the summit which is bring “broadcasted in 85 languages” to really get the word out about the plan...

George Santos fundraiser charged with impersonating aide to Speaker McCarthy

Wednesday 16 August 2023 19:50 , Oliver O'Connell

A former fundraiser for embattled Republican George Santos has been indicted in New York for allegedly impersonating a top aide to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Another bizarre turn in the Santos saga.

Fundraiser for George Santos charged with impersonating aide to Speaker McCarthy

Giuliani too ‘busy’ to address Georgia indictment

Wednesday 16 August 2023 19:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Rudy Giuliani is too “busy” to address his indictment as one of Donald Trump’s 18 associates facing prosecution over alleged attempts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

The former New York mayor, and Mr Trump’s former personal lawyer, sent out a spokesperson to deal with questions rather than face the media the day after the indictment was handed up by a Fulton County grand jury.

After the indictment was filed under seal on Monday night and before he knew for sure if his name would be in it, Mr Giuliani admitted on his live show on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that he felt “sorry for me” if he was charged.

Graeme Massie reports.

Giuliani is too ‘busy’ to address Georgia indictment - after reacting to it live

Trump hits out at Fox and DeSantis in post-lunch Truth Social posts

Wednesday 16 August 2023 19:15 , Oliver O'Connell

After a quiet morning, Donald Trump has fired up his Truth Social machine, first turning his attention to Fox News and its coverage of the 2024 Republican primary race.

He writes:

FoxNews is going all out, just as they did in 2016, to figure who in this very large, but failing, Republican field, can beat your favorite President, Donald John Trump. They use only the most negative polls, which are still great for me, and do everything possible to show that they still have a chance. They even pull out nice guy Marc Thiessen to do contortions with numbers that just don’t exist. On top of all that, I am the only one beating, by a lot, Crooked Joe Biden, the WORST “P” EVER!

Even the negative polls are apparently still great for him — though that may not translate into the general election, not matter what he has to say about “the WORST ‘P’ EVER!”

Amidst a slew of screenshots of polls and, curiously (considering the above) a post of a Fox News Digital article about him vowing to fix the “dark period” the US is allegedly going through by winning the election, he then posted:

NEW POLL JUST OUT: TRUMP-60%, DESANCTUS-8%. It’s over for Ron DeSanctimonious, now in 3rd place. Ramaswamy now in 2nd. RMG Research. Go home to Florida, Ron, and work on Insurance costs, the highest in the Nation!

Watch: Trump lawyer not concerned if co-defendant will flip for prosecution

Wednesday 16 August 2023 19:00 , Oliver O'Connell

On Newsmax’s morning show Wake Up America, Donald Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba was asked if she is concerned about any specific co-defendants of the former president flipping and working with the prosecution.

She is not, because that implies there is “a problem that the president should be worried about”.

Trump’s legal woes in numbers: Four indictments, 91 criminal charges, up to 700 years in jail

Wednesday 16 August 2023 18:40 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump was indicted for the fourth time in less than five months and now faces 91 criminal counts which carry a possible total of more than seven centuries behind bars.

While it’s unlikely that the former president will be sentenced to hundreds of years in prison, the risk of some prison time is very real.

Gustaf Kilander has the details.

Four indictments, 91 charges, up to 700 years in jail: Trump’s legal woes in numbers

Watch: Sununu says Trump cannot win in November

Wednesday 16 August 2023 18:20 , Oliver O'Connell

In defence of the fake elector plot Trump botches a crucial part of Mike Pence’s book

Wednesday 16 August 2023 18:00 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump conveniently left out several crucial paragraphs when he quoted from Mike Pence’s book in the latest defence of his attempts to subvert 2020 election results.

Attorneys and allies for Mr Trump, who now faces two sweeping criminal indictments surrounding an alleged conspiracy to remain in the White House, continue to raise legally dubious arguments to support a so-called “alternate” elector plot that would replace electors for Joe Biden in states that Mr Trump lost with a fraudulent slate to be approved by Congress.

Alex Woodward explains.

Trump botches a crucial part of Mike Pence’s book in defence of the fake elector plot

Watch: Pence says (again) Georgia election was not stolen

Wednesday 16 August 2023 17:45 , Oliver O'Connell

Trump brags about support he enjoys from GOP base, but 2024 general election could be very different

Wednesday 16 August 2023 17:30 , Oliver O'Connell

After every new indictment, Donald Trump has boasted that his standing among Republicans only improves — and he has a point.

Nearly two-thirds of Republicans — 63 per cent — now say they want the former president to run again, according to new polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That's up slightly from the 55 per cent who said the same in April when Trump began facing a series of criminal charges. Seven in 10 Republicans now have a favourable opinion of Trump, an uptick from the 60% who said so two months ago.

But in a crucial warning sign for the former president and his supporters, Trump faces glaring vulnerabilities heading into a general election, with many Americans strongly dug in against him. While most Republicans — 74 per cent — say they would support him in November 2024, 53 per cent of Americans say they would definitely not support him if he is the nominee. Another 11 per cent say they would probably not support him in November 2024.

Read more...

Trump enjoys strong support among Republicans. The general election could be a different story

Contents of Jack Smith’s Twitter warrant revealed... including judge’s barbed comment about Elon Musk

Wednesday 16 August 2023 17:15 , Oliver O'Connell

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s federal election interference case made a barbed comment about Elon Musk in a hearing about access to the former president’s Twitter account, according to court documents.

Newly unsealed court transcripts, released on Tuesday, reveal that special counsel Jack Smith requested Mr Trump’s direct messages, searches and draft tweets from the social media platform earlier this year.

In a hearing, held on 9 February, prosecutors and lawyers for Twitter sparred over the terms of the request.

Rachel Sharp has the details.

Trump judge makes barbed comment about Elon Musk over Jack Smith’s Twitter warrant

Poll: Americans divided along party lines over Trump’s actions in election cases

Wednesday 16 August 2023 17:00 , Oliver O'Connell

Americans are deeply divided along party lines in their views of President Donald Trump‘s actions in the most recent criminal cases brought against him, a new poll shows, with about half saying his alleged attempt to interfere in Georgia‘s 2020 vote count was illegal.

The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which was conducted before Monday’s charges in the Georgia case, also shows that about half of Americans — 53% — approve of the Justice Department indicting Trump over his efforts to remain in office after losing the 2020 election.

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Americans are divided along party lines over Trump’s actions in election cases, AP-NORC poll shows

Voices: Avengers Assemble – it’s the Trump indictment gang

Wednesday 16 August 2023 16:40 , Oliver O'Connell

Comedian Jay Black writes:

The names on this indictment read like the credits of an under-viewed Battle of the Network Stars, except instead of Klinger from MASH and one of Suzanne Somers’s replacements from Three’s Company, we have the likes of traffic court lawyer Jenna Ellis and leopard-printed, Dr Pepper-enthusiast Sidney Powell. Imagine The Avengers with zero superpowers and a carbon-monoxide leak on the set.

Read on...

Avengers Assemble – it’s the Trump indictment gang

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