Trump hearing to be held in Georgia election case as lawsuit seeks to bar him from 2024 race - live

Donald Trump’s myriad of legal problems are swirling at full force today as the first televised hearing in the 2020 election interference case gets underway in Fulton County, Georgia.

The former president and all 18 of his co-defendants have entered pleas and waived their in-person arraignments on the charges but the hearing will go ahead at 1pm with Judge Scott McAfee to hear arguments about trial scheduling and breaking up the case, with District Attorney Fani Willis wanting to try all 19 together.

Elsewhere, a judge has found Mr Trump liable again for defaming writer E Jean Carroll ruling that January’s scheduled trial will only determine monetary damages.

Further, a group of Republican and unaffiliated voters in Colorado have filed a suit to bar the former president from seeking office again in 2024 citing the 14th Amendment.

In other legal troubles, special counsel Jack Smith has accused Mr Trump of making “daily extrajudicial statements that threaten to prejudice the jury pool” in the federal election interference case.

Mr Trump again lashed out on social media and in a radio interview, in which he said he would take the stand in court and called Mr Smith “deranged”.

Key Points

• Lawsuit filed to have Trump removed from ballot in Colorado under 14th Amendment

• Trump liable for defaming E Jean Carroll for a second time

• Special counsel Jack Smith accuses Trump of ‘daily’ statements that could prejudice jury pool in election case

• Meadows, Eastman, Clark and others plead not guilty in Trump’s Georgia RICO case

• Trump moves to sever his own Georgia election fraud case from co-defendants seeking speedy trial

• Trump threatens to ‘lock up’ rivals if he wins 2024 race

Fulton County DA asks judge for order restricting depictions of jurors

22:23 , Oliver O'Connell

Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis has asked Judge Scott McAfee to issue an order restricting the press, defendants and others from photographing, videotaping or drawing jurors during the future 2020 election interference trials.

Huckabee warns ‘bullets’ will decide races if probes block Trump 2024 victory

22:10 , Oliver O'Connell

Former Arkansas Gov Mike Huckabee ominously predicted that if Donald Trump is prevented from winning or running in the 2024 election, it will be the last election “decided by ballots rather than bullets.”

Kelly Rissman has the story.

Mike Huckabee warns ‘bullets’ will decide races if probes block Trump 2024 victory

2024 candidates revealed their favourite songs – allegedly

21:50 , Oliver O'Connell

Warning: “Mr Brightside” by The Killers appears four times in the lists in the below article:

2024 candidates revealed their favourite songs – allegedly

Whistle-blowing protester derails Navarro’s attempts to ask for cash outside court

21:39 , Oliver O'Connell

Peter Navarro found himself vexed by a pair of protesters accusing him of treason on Tuesday as he spoke outside of a Washington DC federal courthouse — and asked for money.

John Bowden has the latest after today’s brisk court proceedings.

Whistle-blowing protester derails Peter Navarro’s attempts to ask for cash

Watch: Mar-a-Lago IT worker has struck a cooperation agreement with special counsel Jack Smith’s office

21:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Here’s our reporting from earlier today:

Mar-a-Lago IT head strikes deal to testify in Trump secrets docs trial

Prosecutors say they plan to indict Hunter Biden by end of September

21:13 , Andrew Feinberg

Federal prosecutors working for Delaware US Attorney David Weiss say they plan to ask a grand jury to approve more criminal charges against President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, before the end of this month.

According to a filing submitted in connection with charges brought against Mr Biden as part of plea agreement which collapsed at a July hearing before a Trump-appointed federal judge, prosecutors say they “intend” to “seek the return of an indictment in this case” before 29 September, when the Speedy Trial Act would require prosecutors to formally bring charges from a grand jury after Mr Biden was served a summons requiring him to appear for the failed plea hearing.

Read more on this developing story...

Prosecutors say they plan to indict Hunter Biden by month’s end

Voices: Senate Republicans really don’t want to talk about a Biden impeachment

21:10 , Oliver O'Connell

Eric Garcia writes:

Alabama Republican Sen Tommy Tuberville is not a popular figure on Capitol Hill these days. For the past few months, he’s placed a hold on US military promotions in response to the Pentagon paying for patients to travel to states where abortion is more accessible if they are based in a state where abortion is restricted. It’s infuriated Democrats and frustrated Republicans.

He’s also one of the biggest defenders of former president Donald Trump on Capitol Hill. But the former Auburn University football coach worries that House Republicans might fumble if they pursue an impeachment of President Joe Biden.

Read more...

Senate Republicans really don’t want to talk about a Biden impeachment

Watch: Trump departs Manhattan home earlier

20:58 , Oliver O'Connell

‘I didn’t like the way she dealt with the Queen’: Trump says he wants to debate Meghan Markle

20:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump has revealed he wants to go head-to-head with Meghan Markle for how she allegedly treated the late Queen Elizabeth II during her time in the British royal family.

Meredith Clark reports on what was bizarrely on the former president’s mind today amid his swirling legal woes.

Trump says he wants to debate Meghan Markle for being ‘disrespectful’ to the Queen

Prosecution rests in Navarro contempt of Congress trial

20:47 , Oliver O'Connell

The prosecution rests in the contempt of Congress trial of former Trump trade advisor Peter Navarro.

Mr Navarro is on trial for ignoring a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the events of January 6.

His defence team will not be calling any witnesses and it took less than a day to present the government’s case against the Trump loyalist.

Closing statements will happen tomorrow morning and then the case will be turned over to the jury for deliberation.

Voices: The Proud Boys sentencing is remarkable. Donald Trump should be paying attention

20:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Ahmed Baba asks what this all means for Donald Trump...

The Proud Boys sentencing is remarkable. Donald Trump should be paying attention

20:27 , Oliver O'Connell

...and he saved some metaphorical ammo for Anne Coulter.

Ann Coulter, the washed up political “pundit” who predicted my win in 2016, then went unbearably crazy with her demands and wanting to be a part of everything, to the consternation of all, has gone hostile and angry with every bit of her very “nervous” energy. Like many others, I just didn’t want her around - She wasn’t worth the trouble!

Trump attacks Pence for making up stories about him

20:24 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump is back on Truth Social this afternoon, this time to attack his former vice president and running mate Mike Pence in a pair of posts in which he accuses his current rival for the 2024 nomination of making up stories about him.

Here’s what he posted:

Was just watching Mike Pence make up stories about me, which are absolutely false. I never said for him to put me before the Constitution—I don’t talk that way, and wouldn’t even think to suggest it. Mike failed badly on calling out Voter Fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election, and based on the fact that he is at approximately 2% in the Polls, with no money or support, he obviously did the wrong thing. His advisors have led him down a very bad path!

For 7 years Mike Pence only spoke well of me. Now he’s decided to go to the “Dark Side.” Why didn’t he do this years before, just like why didn’t DOJ and Deranged Jack Smith bring these Fake Indictments three years ago. Why did they wait until the middle of my Campaign where I am beating DeSanctimonious and all others badly, and beating Biden in almost every Poll?

Mr Trump continued:

They spied on my Campaign, Impeached me twice, had the Russia, Russia Hoax, the Fake Dossier Hoax, FISA Fraud, Election Fraud, the “No Collusion” Mueller Hoax, and so much more. I was innocent on all counts. If I am elected, they will be brought to JUSTICE, something that Republicans have always been afraid to do.

The former president then called on Republicans in Congress to “get tough”:

Right now Republicans in Congress and the Senate have to get tough, and put everything together in one big, neat package, because I will be President in one and a half years, and we will pick the strongest, toughest, and most respected Attorney General, and if guilty, we will put them all in jail where they belong, just as they are trying to do to me based on NOTHING.

Watch: Mike Huckabee warns 2024 could be ‘last American election that will be decided by ballots rather than bullets'

20:20 , Oliver O'Connell

Trump was warned FBI might search Mar-a-Lago if he didn’t comply with subpoena

20:10 , Oliver O'Connell

Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran warned the former president that if he didn’t comply with a federal grand jury subpoena regarding the classified documents he removed to Mar-a-Lago after his presidency, the FBI might come and search the property, ABC News reports.

Mr Corcoran’s audio notes from the time reveal that just moments after he advised Mr Trump of what may happen, another lawyer approached him poolside at the Palm Beach club and said that if he pushed the former president to comply with the subpoena “he’s just going to go ballistic”.

OAN reaches settlement with Dominion Voting Systems executive

20:05 , Oliver O'Connell

Right-wing cable network One America News (OAN) has settled a defamation lawsuit brought by a former Dominion Voting Machines executive over false claims the company had rigged the 2020 presidential election, according to court filings.

Eric Coomer, Dominion’s former top security official, sued OAN and star correspondent Chanel Rion for spreading lies that he and the company had engaged in a massive voter fraud effort to flip votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden.

A new court filing stated the parties “have fully and finally settled the disputes”, but provided no further details.

Right-wing network OAN reaches settlement with Dominion Voting Systems executive

Full story: DC ethics watchdog files first major suit to block Trump from appearing on 2024 ballot

19:45 , Oliver O'Connell

A nonprofit well known as an ethics watchdog in Washington DC has filed what could be the first of many direct efforts to block Donald Trump from serving as president or appearing on the 2024 ballot.

The suit, filed on Wednesday by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), seeks to block Colorado’s elections agency from putting Mr Trump’s name on the ballot in that state. Filed on behalf of six voters in Colorado, the case could be the first part of a nightmare scenario for Republicans in 2024.

“If the very fabric of our democracy is to hold, we must ensure that the Constitution is enforced and the same people who attacked our democratic system not be put in charge of it,” CREW president Noah Bookbinder said in a press release.

DC ethics watchdog files first major suit to block Trump from appearing on ballot

Breaking: Motions to sever by Chesebro and Powell denied

19:23 , Oliver O'Connell

Fulton County Superior Court judge Scott McAfee denies the motions to sever by Trump co-defendants Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell in the Georgia 2020 election interference case.

“We’re on an expedited timeline with statutory speedy trial demands. We plan to make that October 23 trial date stick,” says Judge McAfee. Whether other defendants can sever will have to wait he says, adding that he is “very skeptical” of the state wanting all 19 co-defendants to go on trial together.

Georgia prosecutors predict four-month trial and 150 witnesses

19:18 , Alex Woodward

Georgia prosecutors estimate a four-month trial with more than 150 witnesses for the 19 defendants in a sweeping racketeering indictment targeting an alleged criminal enterprise to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state.

Prosecutors offered an early glimpse of the courtroom arguments against Donald Trump and 18 of his co-defendants during the first-ever televised hearing connected to the case on 6 September.

Georgia prosecutors predict four-month trial and 150 witnesses for Trump’s RICO case

19:15 , Oliver O'Connell

Judge McAfee raises questions about the logistics of trying 19 people and all the pre-trial motions and other legal issues that may arise, including possible removal to federal court.

Mr Wooten says the state may need to brief on that issue.

Mr Chesebro’s attorney responds by saying: “There can’t be a trial of 19 people, your honour.”

He says what this is really about is that two of the defendants invoked their right to speedy trial, and the only question today is whether they should be tried together. He says that the state wants to make this case about Donald Trump.

18:53 , Oliver O'Connell

Fulton County Prosecutor Will Wooten is arguing to the court why the reasons that Mr Chesebro and Ms Powell say the need their cases severed are not reasons that have been recognised as such for severance under existing case law.

In RICO conspiracy cases evidence against one participant is evidence against all co-conspirators. They are all liable for the acts of the other co-conspirators.

State says trial will take 4 months

18:40 , Oliver O'Connell

Prosecutors in the Fulton County case say the trial in the 2020 election interference case would take four months — not including jury selection — and would involve 150 witnesses.

Special prosecutor Nathan Wade was the first to speak for the state and said that they still want to try everyone together and not have to repeat the same trial multiple times.

18:35 , Oliver O'Connell

Sidney Powell’s attorney Brian Rafferty is now up to argue why his client’s case should be severed from the other defendants.

He argues that the law requires Powell to be "severed out" from the other defendants who did not request speedy trial. The state, he says, can't force everyone to go to trial just because they want them all together.

The question is just whether Mr Chesebro and Ms Powell are tried together, he says.

Mr Rafferty argues that the whole case against his client comes down to the details of the events in Coffee County and not about the constitutional questions surrounding January 6 and the election.

She would be prejudiced by things she had “nothing to do with”, he says.

Key witness strikes deal to testify in Trump trial over secret documents hoard, prosecutor says

18:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump’s head of IT at Mar-a-Lago has struck a deal to testify in the former president’s trial over the secret documents hoard, a prosecutor says.

He entered into a deal with prosecutors to provide testimony, his former attorney said in a Wednesday court filing.

Read more...

Mar-a-Lago IT head strikes deal to testify in Trump secrets docs trial

18:28 , Oliver O'Connell

Judge McAfee asks that if Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro never interacted and have no overlap with respect to these counts, where is the spillover that would impact Chesebro?

Defence counsel, Manubir Arora responds that the very fact that Mr Chesebro would be sitting next to Ms Powell will carry a lot of weight with the jury.

Ms Powell’s “charges are way more provocative” rather than the “boring charges” alleged against Mr Chesebro that deals with “paperwork,” Chesebro’s counsel claims.

Watch: Chesebro attorney argues Powell was fired by Trump people for saying something ‘supposedly crazy'

18:24 , Oliver O'Connell

Chesebro attorney argues Georgia racketeering case so wide-ranging better to sever case

18:19 , Oliver O'Connell

The first televised Georgia hearing gets underway.

“The plan would be to try to resolve as many of these issues as we can this week and to begin scheduling orders for the remaining defendants by either the end of this week or early next week,” Judge Scott McAfee says at the opening.

Former Trump lawyer Ken Chesebro's attorney argues in court that the Fulton County racketeering conspiracy is so wide-ranging that his client could be sitting through months of testimony that has nothing to do with him.

He says it would be better to sever the cases noting specifically that Mr Chesebro had nothing to do with the voting systems breach in Coffee County, Georgia.

Sidney Powell’s attorney will make a similar argument, though she is connected with the Coffee County case.

Watch: Fulton County court holds hearing over Trump’s 2020 Georgie election subversion case

18:11 , Oliver O'Connell

There are 30 ‘unindicted co-conspirators’ in Georgia’s massive criminal case against Trump — but who are they?

17:52 , Oliver O'Connell

Alex Woodward explains what we know about the 30 individuals who were not named in the indictment at the heart of the massive case alleging a vast criminal enterprise to subvert election results.

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

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

17:45 , Alex Woodward

Her first day as the chief prosecutor for Fulton County came with news that then-President Donald Trump attempted to pressure Georgia’s top election officials to reverse his loss in the state during the 2020 presidential election.

A phone call between Mr Trump and Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was published by The Washington Post late at night on 3 January, 2021.

Hours later, Fani Willis would walk into her first day on the job as Fulton County’s district attorney, an office that is now spearheading a criminal investigation into Mr Trump, with the phone call serving as a central damning piece of evidence against him.

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

Trump claims he will testify at his own trials and has no interest in plea deal with prosecutors

17:39 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump told radio host Hugh Hewitt in an hour-long interview on Wednesday morning that he will take the stand and testify in his own trials.

The former president also says he has no interest in a plea deal with prosecutors.

Mr Trump dismissed the idea of picking a vice presidential running mate who could hit the trail while he is in court: “No, I don’t think so. I think I’ll go through the process.”

Timeline: All Trump’s court dates and trials

17:35 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump’s 2024 calendar is quickly booking up with court dates corresponding to his plentiful criminal indictments and civil lawsuits.

The ex-president and his legal team are preparing for a busy year ahead as they attempt to juggle the many trial dates while Mr Trump continues his campaign for 2024 president.

So far, Mr Trump has been criminally indicted four times – two of which are on the federal level and two are on the state level. This is on top of two civil lawsuits the ex-president is involved in New York City.

Though Mr Trump’s legal team has continuously pushed judges to delay trial dates until after the 2024 election, nearly all of the dates for his criminal indictments have been set for next spring.

Here are the trial dates for Mr Trump thus far.

When is Donald Trump going on trial?

Trump’s criminal charges and lawsuits — where do they all stand now?

17:20 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump has never been more vulnerable.

Without the privileges and prestige of the presidency to protect him, Mr Trump is facing serious lawsuits and criminal indictments across New York, Florida, Georgia and Washington.

Federal officials, local prosecutors, and individuals are going after him for everything from his private conduct to his political maneuvering during the 2020 election. If even just one of these efforts are successful, the US could see its first-ever former president in prison.

Here, The Independent explains each major case:

Tracking Trump’s criminal charges and lawsuits - and where they stand

Palin laments ‘disheartening’ Jan 6 sentences for Proud Boys

17:10 , Kelly Rissman

Following the Proud Boys’ sentencings for their roles during the January 6 Capitol riot, former Alaska Gov Sarah Palin weighed in, calling the sentences “disheartening” during an interview.

Newsmax host Eric Bolling began the segment by discussing the “extensive sentences” for “essentially trespassing” in the Capitol building. The host said “these charges are beyond extreme,” adding that it’s “truly a scary time in America.”

Bringing on his guest, Ms Palin, he asked: “Governor, blown away by these sentences. Fifteen, 17, and 18 years for nonviolent crimes. What do you say to all these lefties?”

“It’s so disheartening, the examples that you’ve given, Eric,” the former Alaska governor said. “It makes the populace lose a lot of faith in our government and that’s an understatement.”

Sarah Palin laments ‘disheartening’ Jan 6 sentences for Proud Boys

Listen: Trump says he will testify and again claims Presidential Records Act gives him carte blanche over Mar-a-Lago boxes

17:05 , Oliver O'Connell

Trump launches fresh Truth Social attack on Jack Smith after being accused of tainting jury pool

17:00 , John Bowden

Donald Trump is showing no signs of holding back his continued allegations of bias and unfairness against the judge overseeing his January 6 case in Washington DC, even after being accused of trying to taint the jury pool by prosecutors.

On Truth Social, the ex-president continued to release statements throughout Tuesday and into Wednesday attacking Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith and Judge Tanya Chutkan, the jurist who has now become a target of baseless criticism from conservatives on Capitol Hill — some of whom voted to confirm her to the bench.

Mr Trump “truthed” on Tuesday that Mr Smith was “deranged” and accused the special prosecutor of harboring “unchecked and insane aggression” against him; he also reposted a story from the right-wing New York Post regarding Ms Chutkan, whom the outlet has tried to paint as a secret Marxist.

Trump attacks judge after being accused of trying to taint jury pool

Timeline of Ken Paxton’s impeachment: How did it come to this?

16:50 , AP

Here’s a timeline of events that have led to three-term Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton facing an impeachment trial in the state Senate. The overwhelming May impeachment vote by the GOP-controlled Texas House of Representatives suspended the 60-year-old Paxton from office.

Timeline of events leading to the impeachment of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

Texas AG Ken Paxton faces 20 articles of impeachment, what are they?

16:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has said he expects to be acquitted and that the charges are based on “hearsay and gossip, parroting long-disproven claims.”

Here's a look at the 20 articles of impeachment:

A look at the 20 articles of impeachment against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

Lawsuit filed to have Trump removed from ballot in Colorado under 14th Amendment

16:18 , Oliver O'Connell

A lawsuit has been filed in Colorado by six Republican and unaffiliated voters to remove former president Donald Trump from the ballot, having disqualified himself from public office by violating Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

The voters, including former state, federal and local officials, are represented by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and the firms Tierney Lawrence Stiles LLC, KBN Law, LLC and Olson Grimsley Kawanabe Hinchcliff & Murray LLC.

Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, also known as the Disqualification Clause, bars any person from holding federal or state office who took an “oath…to support the Constitution of the United States” and then has “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”

On 20 January 2017, Mr Trump stood before the nation and took an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” After losing the 2020 presidential election, he violated that oath by recruiting, inciting and encouraging a violent mob that attacked the Capitol on 6 January 2021 in a futile attempt to remain in office, the group says.

“If the very fabric of our democracy is to hold, we must ensure that the Constitution is enforced and the same people who attacked our democratic system not be put in charge of it,” CREW President Noah Bookbinder said. “We aren’t bringing this case to make a point, we’re bringing it because it is necessary to defend our republic both today and in the future. While it is unprecedented to bring this type of case against a former president, January 6th was an unprecedented attack that is exactly the kind of event the framers of the 14th Amendment wanted to build protections in case of. You don’t break the glass unless there’s an emergency.”

The former president has angrily refuted that he can be disqualified by the 14th Amendment:

Trump refutes claim that 14th amendment disqualifies him from being president again

Special counsel warns of Trump’s ‘daily’ risk of tainting jury pool

16:10 , AP

Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith warned Tuesday that former President Donald Trump‘s “daily” statements risk tainting a jury pool in Washington in the criminal case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Trump’s provocative comments about both Smith’s team and US District Judge Tanya Chutkan — who is presiding over the case — have been a central issue since the indictment was filed last month.

Read more...

Trump's comments risk tainting a jury in federal election subversion case, special counsel says

First prominent Republican enters Michigan Senate race

15:50 , AP

Republican Mike Rogers, who served in Congress for 14 years and chaired the House Intelligence Committee, is running for an open US Senate seat in Michigan that Democrats have held for over two decades.

Former Rep. Mike Rogers enters Michigan Senate race as the first prominent Republican

Full story: Trump liable for defaming E Jean Carroll for a second time

15:38 , Oliver O'Connell

Trump liable for defaming E Jean Carroll for a second time

Trump angrily refutes claim that 14th amendment disqualifies him from presidency

15:30 , Oliver O'Connell

However, lots of people are saying it does...

Trump refutes claim that 14th amendment disqualifies him from being president again

Breaking: Judge grants partial summary judgement in E Jean Carroll case against Trump

15:24 , Oliver O'Connell

Judge Lewis Kaplan has granted a “partial summary judgment” in favour of E Jean Carroll in her second lawsuit against former president Donald Trump.

The trial, which is scheduled for January, will be limited to determining damages.

Watch: Christie disses DeSantis, says not afraid of having picture taken with Biden

15:20 , Oliver O'Connell

Paxton impeachment: Day One

15:10 , AP

The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is underway with live television coverage, a former aide who reported him to the FBI on the witness stand and his wife watching from her desk in the state Senate but prohibited from participating.

Texas AG Ken Paxton's impeachment trial begins with a former ally who reported him to the FBI

Navarro trial getting underway

15:02 , Oliver O'Connell

The jury has been selected and proceedings will start soon in the contempt of Congress trial of former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro, who defied a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the events of January 6.

NBC News’s Gary Grumbach notes that the Washington jury (12 jurors and two alternates — nine men, five women) includes a State Department employee, a Commerce Department employee, an employee of an “investigatory agency,” a mental health therapist, two government contractors and two retired DC employees.

There will be an expected 30 minutes of opening statements from each side at the Prettyman Court House (where Donald Trump’s federal election interference trial will also be held).

As Ken Dilianian, Justice and Intelligence Correspondent for the network noted on Tuesday, Mr Navarro’s argument that he was covered by executive privilege as a member of the Trump administration has not panned out.

Watch:

Catch up: Everything you need to know about Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial

14:55 , Oliver O'Connell

The Texas Senate on Tuesday gaveled in for the impeachment trial of state Attorney General Ken Paxton – a formal airing of corruption allegations that could lead Republican lawmakers to oust one of their own as lead lawyer for America’s largest red state.

In May, the state House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to impeach Mr Paxton on articles including bribery and abuse of public trust.

It was a sudden rebuke by the GOP-controlled chamber of a star of the conservative legal movement who has weathered years of scandal and alleged crimes.

Here’s what you need to know about the case against Mr Paxton:

What to know about Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial

Watch: Pence makes case for traditional conservatism over ‘former running mate or some of his imitators'

14:50 , Oliver O'Connell

Trump accused of ‘daily’ statements that could prejudice jury pool in election case

14:40 , Graeme Massie

Donald Trump has been accused by special counsel Jack Smith of making “daily extrajudicial statements that threaten to prejudice the jury pool” in the former president’s 20202 election trial.

Mr Smith’s claims against the Republican 2024 frontrunner about his possible impact on the Washington DC jury pool came in a new filing in the federal criminal case.

Special counsel accuses Trump of ‘daily’ statements that could prejudice jury pool

Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years in prison for Jan 6 attack

14:30 , Alex Woodward

Enrique Tarrio, the now-former leader of the neo-fascist Proud Boys gang convicted on treason-related charges after fuelling a mob on January 6, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison.

Tarrio was among four members of the group convicted of seditious conspiracy and other crimes earlier this year following a four-month trial. Tarrio, as the group’s leader, organized and directed a mob towards the US Capitol, where Proud Boys dismantled barricades and broke windows to breach the halls of Congress, then bragged about their actions on social media and in group chat messages that were later shared with jurors.

Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years in prison for Jan 6 attack

NY AG: Trump should be fined thousands for repeatedly using ‘frivolous’ legal arguments

14:10 , Oliver O'Connell

New York Attorney General Letitia James has called for Donald Trump to be sanctioned for using “frivolous” legal arguments to defend himself.

Letitia James wants Trump fined $20,000 for ‘frivolous’ legal defences

Legal experts divided on 14th amendment arguments as to whether Trump can be banned from 2024 race

13:50 , Oliver O'Connell

As Donald Trump looks increasingly likely to be the 2024 Republican nominee for president, it continues to look more and more plausible that there could be a serious effort to keep him off the ballot entirely.

John Bowden explains.

Can Trump be banned from 2024 race? Legal experts explain 14th amendment arguments

CREW files first major suit to block Trump from appearing on 2024 ballot

21:56 , Oliver O'Connell

A nonprofit well-known as an ethics watchdog in Washington DC has filed what could be the first of many direct efforts to block Donald Trump from serving as president or appearing on the 2024 ballot.

The suit, filed on Wednesday by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), seeks to block Colorado’s elections agency from putting Mr Trump’s name on the ballot in that state. Filed on behalf of six voters in Colorado, the case could be the first part of a nightmare scenario for Republicans in 2024.

John Bowden has the details.

DC ethics watchdog files first major suit to block Trump from appearing on ballot

Meadows, Eastman, Clark and others plead not guilty in Trump’s Georgia RICO case

13:30 , Alex Woodward

The final defendants have pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in Georgia connected to a sprawling case surrounding Donald Trump’s attempts to subvert the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

Mark Meadows and five others plead not guilty in Georgia election case

Explained: Trump, January 6 and a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election

13:00 , Oliver O'Connell

Everything you need to know about the sprawling case agains the former president and his allies.

The federal investigation into Trump and January 6, explained

Can Trump pardon himself?

12:15 , Oliver O'Connell

Surprisingly, it’s more a little more complicated than he would like, as Joe Sommerlad explains.

Can Donald Trump pardon himself?

When is Trump going on trial?

11:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump’s 2024 calendar is quickly booking up with court dates corresponding to his plentiful criminal indictments and civil lawsuits.

The ex-president and his legal team are preparing for a busy year ahead as they attempt to juggle the many trial dates while Mr Trump continues his campaign for 2024 president.

So far, Mr Trump has been criminally indicted four times – two of which are on the federal level and two are on the state level. This is on top of two civil lawsuits the ex-president is involved in New York City.

Though Mr Trump’s legal team has continuously pushed judges to delay trial dates until after the 2024 election, nearly all of the dates for his criminal indictments have been set for next spring.

Here are the trial dates for Mr Trump thus far.

When is Donald Trump going on trial?

Where do all of Trump’s criminal charges and lawsuits stand now?

10:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump has never been more vulnerable.

Without the privileges and prestige of the presidency to protect him, Mr Trump is facing serious lawsuits and criminal indictments across New York, Florida, Georgia and Washington.

Federal officials, local prosecutors, and individuals are going after him for everything from his private conduct to his political maneuvering during the 2020 election. If even just one of these efforts are successful, the US could see its first-ever former president in prison.

Here, The Independent explains each major case:

Tracking Trump’s criminal charges and lawsuits - and where they stand

First Trump Georgia hearing today

10:10 , Rachel Sharp

The first – likely televised – hearing will still go ahead in the case today.

In a filing on Tuesday, the judge set a hearing for 1pm ET on Wednesday to hear arguments about the trial scheduling and potentially breaking up the case.

Several defendants are asking for the case to be severed, while Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wants to try all 19 together.

All 19 codefendants in Trump Georgia case are avoiding arraignment

09:50 , Rachel Sharp

Donald Trump and all 18 of his co-defendants in the 2020 election interference case in Georgia have entered pleas and waived their in-person arraignments on the charges – in a move to avoid what would have been the first televised criminal court appearance for the former president and his closest allies.

On Tuesday afternoon, Misty Hampton became the final defendant to plead not guilty, striking the 6 September arraignment for all of the alleged co-conspirators.

This came after several other defendants including Mark Meadows and John Eastman waived their arraignments that morning.

Can Trump still run for president after four indictments?

09:30 , Oliver O'Connell

There are no restrictions in the US Constitution to prevent anyone under indictment or convicted of a crime – or even currently serving prison time, for that matter – from running for or winning the presidency.

The framers likely didn’t see this as an eventuality...

Can Donald Trump still run for president after four indictments?

Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsmax interview takes cringeworthy turn

08:30 , Kelly Rissman

A Newsmax interview quickly turned awkward when Donald Trump Jr’s fiancé, Kimberly Guilfoyle, recoiled at the lack of certainty in the host’s words, when he said former President Donald Trump could be her “potential” future father-in-law.

Kimberly Guilfoyle cringes at Newsmax host calling Trump ‘potential father-in-law’

Will Trump go to prison?

07:30 , John Bowden

Donald Trump faces four criminal indictments in three separate jurisdictions. Nearly 100 felony criminal charges are leveled against the former president, who remains the odds-on favourite to win the 2024 Republican primary.

As his legal battles grow more complex by the day, a serious question has emerged: Whether Mr Trump will win the nomination and campaign for the general election as a convicted criminal.

That possibility, in turn, raises another, simpler question: Will the 45th President of the United States go to prison?

Will Donald Trump go to prison?

Why the 2024 presidential campaign may look a lot like the last one

06:30 , AP

Whether voters like it or not, a Trump-Biden rematch may be on the horizon, raising the prospect of a deeply uncertain election season that only intensifies the nation’s political divide. Already, Trump is skipping his party’s presidential debates and his court appearances are sometimes drawing more attention than his campaign stops. And Biden has barely begun to campaign as he grapples with questions about his age and his son’s legal challenges.

The next presidential campaign is coming into focus. It might look a lot like the last one

Trump angrily refutes claim that 14th amendment disqualifies him from presidency

04:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump angrily refuted the claims on his Truth Social platform that the 14th Amendment would prevent him from running for president again.

He wrote: “Almost all legal scholars have voiced opinions that the 14th Amendment has no legal basis or standing relative to the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election.”

Maroosha Muzaffar reports.

Trump refutes claim that 14th amendment disqualifies him from being president again

Biographer says ‘won’t be a shock’ if Biden drops out of 2024 race

03:30 , John Bowden

A man who wrote the book on Joe Biden says he still thinks it is possible that the incumbent president steps aside and lets another Democrat head their party’s ticket in 2024.

Franklin Foer, author of the upcoming book The Last Politician, told NBC’s Meet the Press in an interview this weekend that he believes the president has carefully left open the possibility of changing his mind before the year’s end.

‘Won’t be a shock’ if Biden drops out of 2024 race, says biographer

Has Trump made a big mistake by using his mug shot on merchandise?

02:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Moments after his mug shot was publicly released, Donald Trump’s campaign sent out a fundraising email from the “Official Trump Store” with the image on a T-shirt.

The next day, his campaign offered supporters a “limited edition” mug shot poster signed by the former president.

Alex Woodward looks at how this could be a mistake?

Why Trump could be making a big mistake by fundraising off his mug shot

Special counsel Jack Smith accuses Trump of ‘daily’ statements that could prejudice jury pool in election case

02:05 , Graeme Massie

Former president has repeatedly and publicly attacked special counsel and judge in federal case.

Special counsel accuses Trump of ‘daily’ statements that could prejudice jury pool

Proud Boys leader boasts that ‘Trump will pardon him’

01:30 , Graig Graziosi

A convicted, prominent member of the neo-fascist Proud Boys gang believes that Donald Trump will pardon him if he becomes president in 2024.

Joe Biggs, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy earlier this year for his role in the Jan 6 riot at the US Capitol, was sentenced to 17 years in prison this week. Prosecutors had sought a 33-year sentence for Biggs.

Following his sentencing, he made a jailhouse phone call on Saturday to Infowars, the conspiracy theory show hosted by firebrand Alex Jones.

Proud Boys leader calls Alex Jones from prison and boasts ‘Trump will pardon him’

DeSantis goes to extreme lengths to dodge questions from 15-year-old

Wednesday 6 September 2023 00:30 , Gustaf Kilander

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his campaign have gone to extraordinary lengths to avoid questions from a 15-year-old New Hampshire schoolboy after the governor’s dodging of a question from him went viral.

Ron DeSantis goes to extreme lengths to dodge questions from 15-year-old

Trump plans to attend the Iowa-Iowa State football game

Wednesday 6 September 2023 00:05 , AP

Former President Donald Trump plans to attend Saturday’s football game between Iowa State University and the University of Iowa, his campaign said.

The game, hosted this year by the Iowa State Cyclones in Ames, is the marquee sporting event in the state, which is scheduled to host the leadoff Republican presidential nominating caucuses in January. The visit will mark Trump’s sixth trip to the state this year.

Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who is among a dozen challengers to Trump for the 2024 GOP nomination, also plans to attend the Iowa State-Iowa game, his campaign said.

Trump plans to attend the Iowa-Iowa State football game in the leadoff 2024 GOP voting state

Did John Eastman confess on live TV?

Tuesday 5 September 2023 23:45 , Oliver O'Connell

One of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election-interference case may have shot himself in the foot after he appeared to make a bombshell confession in a recent TV interview.

John Eastman, one of the 19 defendants in the sprawling 41-count indictment brought in Fulton County, appeared on Fox News on Wednesday night where he denied all wrongdoing and insisted he and the former president are innocent of all charges.

But, in his interview defending himself in the case, the attorney actually made a shock admission which legal experts say amounted to him confessing to a crime.

Rachel Sharp reports.

Did a Trump co-defendant just confess? John Eastman makes shock admission

Poll: Trump top choice for president for nearly 60% of GOP primary voters

Tuesday 5 September 2023 23:15 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump is leading in the 2024 Republican primary race despite his mounting legal trouble and indictments, a new poll has found.

At least 59 per cent of Republican voters said the former president would be their first choice if the GOP primary was held today, a poll conducted by the Wall Street Journal has found.

Trump top choice for president for nearly 60% of Republican primary voters

Breaking: Proud Boys ringleader Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years in prison for Jan 6 attack

Tuesday 5 September 2023 22:52 , Alex Woodward

Enrique Tarrio, the now-former leader of the neo-fascist Proud Boys gang convicted on treason-related charges after fuelling a mob on January 6, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison.

Tarrio was among four members of the group convicted of seditious conspiracy and other crimes earlier this year following a four-month trial. Tarrio, as the group’s leader, organized and directed a mob towards the US Capitol, where Proud Boys dismantled barricades and broke windows to breach the halls of Congress, then bragged about their actions on social media and in group chat messages that were later shared with jurors.

Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years in prison for Jan 6 attack

NY AG: Trump should be fined thousands for repeatedly using ‘frivolous’ legal arguments

Tuesday 5 September 2023 22:50 , Graig Graziosi

New York Attorney General Letitia James has called for Donald Trump to be sanctioned for using “frivolous” legal arguments to defend himself.

Letitia James wants Trump fined $20,000 for ‘frivolous’ legal defences

GOP candidates search for a path against Trump in pivotal South Carolina primary

Tuesday 5 September 2023 22:30 , AP

In all but one primary since 1980, the Republican winner in South Carolina has gone on to be the party’s nominee.

In the pivotal South Carolina primary, Republican candidates search for a path against Donald Trump

As their rivals rack up the stops, Biden and Trump are keeping relatively light campaign schedules

Tuesday 5 September 2023 22:10 , AP

Their rivals are busy answering voters’ questions at town halls across South Carolina, glad-handing with business owners in New Hampshire and grinding to hit every one of Iowa‘s 99 counties.

But the front-runners for their party’s nomination, former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, are barely campaigning in crucial early-voting states as the primary season enters the fall rush.

Biden and Trump are keeping relatively light campaign schedules

Voices: Is 2023 the year toxic men finally get their comeuppance?

Tuesday 5 September 2023 21:50 , Oliver O'Connell

Beware, those who f*** around – this may just be the year that you find out, writes Ryan Coogan.

From Trump to Punk: is 2023 the year toxic men get their comeuppance? | Ryan Coogan

Deadline looms for Trump to take Truth Social public

Tuesday 5 September 2023 21:35 , John Bowden

The future of Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform has been thrown into financial purgatory as a company created to help take the ex-president’s social media site public battles with financial regulators and is cited for deceiving investors.

Mr Trump first announced plans to transform his Truth Social enterprise into a publicly-traded company in late 2021. But the effort has stalled time and time again, thanks to near-constant issues including the firing of its former CEO and the arrest of a board member on insider trading allegations.

Deadline looms for Trump to take Truth Social public

Eastman files to sever his case from his co-defendants who pursue speedy trial in Fulton County

Tuesday 5 September 2023 21:22 , Oliver O'Connell

Former Trump lawyer John Eastman has filed to sever his case from his co-defendants who have filed a speedy trial demand in Fulton County. Namely, they are Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro.

Anna Bower of Lawfare has been keeping track of all of the requests by individual defendants to sever their cases from others in the sprawling election interference case.

George Santos dismisses plea deal talk as ‘speculative'

Tuesday 5 September 2023 21:10 , Kelly Rissman

New York Congressman George Santos said that talks of a plea deal in the fraud case against him are merely “speculative,” after prosecutors asked for the delay of a court-ordered meeting, in part to continue “discussions” with the Republican representative.

George Santos plays down talk of plea deal in fraud case

Legal experts divided on 14th amendment arguments that Trump can be banned from 2024 race

Tuesday 5 September 2023 20:50 , John Bowden

As Donald Trump looks increasingly likely to be the 2024 Republican nominee for president, it continues to look more and more plausible that there could be a serious effort to keep him off the ballot entirely.

The idea centres around the utilisation of a clause in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, originally intended to keep supporters of the South’s failed cause of secession from being elected to office, which bars those who take part in insurrections or who have “given aid or comfort to the enemies” of the United States government from taking office.

Read on...

Can Trump be banned from 2024 race? Legal experts explain 14th amendment arguments

NY AG wants Trump sanctioned for reusing ‘frivolous’ legal arguments

Tuesday 5 September 2023 20:38 , Oliver O'Connell

New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office has asked a judge to sanction former President Donald Trump and others for repeatedly using failed legal arguments in the financial fraud case filed against the Trump Organization.

Ms James wants the co-defendants to be fined $10,000 collectively and that a similar fine be imposed on the defence attorneys, according to Raw Story.

“The Court rejected these arguments for a second time, noting that they ‘were borderline frivolous even the first time defendants made them,’ and observed that reading Defendant’s brief ‘was, to quote the baseball sage Lawrence Peter (‘Yogi’) Berra, ‘Deja vu all over again,’” the court filing said.

New York Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron can “impose financial sanctions upon any party or attorney in a civil action or proceeding who engages in frivolous conduct”.

The attorney general seeks $250m from Trump and other defendants for alleged financial fraud. The trial is scheduled to begin in four weeks.

Trump co-defendant asks Fulton County judge to extend pre-trial deadlines

Tuesday 5 September 2023 20:27 , Oliver O'Connell

Trump Fulton County election interference co-defendant Jeffrey Clark has asked Judge Scott McAfee to extend pre-trial deadlines in the case until 30 days after he’s done litigating any appeals resulting from efforts to move his state criminal charges to federal court.

Explained: The federal investigation into Trump, January 6, and the conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election

Tuesday 5 September 2023 20:10 , Oliver O'Connell

Alex Woodward explains how a sprawling Justice Department probe into the former president and his allies yielded four criminal charges in a stunning indictment outlining a path to power at whatever cost.

The federal investigation into Trump and January 6, explained

Can Trump pardon himself?

Tuesday 5 September 2023 19:50 , Oliver O'Connell

It’s not as straightforward as he seems to think...

Can Donald Trump pardon himself?

Jan 6 defendant charged with having weapons near Obama home refuses plea deal

Tuesday 5 September 2023 19:38 , Oliver O'Connell

Taylor Taranto, the January 6 defendant charged with unlawfully possessing guns near the Obama’s Washington DC home in June, has told prosecutors today he will not accept any plea offer and wants to go to trial as soon as possible.

He was detained near the Obama’s Kalorama neighbourhood home said through his lawyer, assistant federal public defender Kathryn Guevara, that he wants to go to court potentially as soon as the first few weeks of January 2024.

Mr Taranto faces four misdemeanour counts for his alleged role in the Capitol riot, as well as two felony charges alleging he violated DC laws against carrying a pistol without a license and possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device.

Man arrested near Obama home threatened other prominent lawmakers, officials say

When is Trump on trial? Here are all the court dates

Tuesday 5 September 2023 19:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump’s 2024 calendar is quickly booking up with court dates corresponding to his plentiful criminal indictments and civil lawsuits.

The ex-president and his legal team are preparing for a busy year ahead as they attempt to juggle the many trial dates while Mr Trump continues his campaign for 2024 president.

So far, Mr Trump has been criminally indicted four times – two of which are on the federal level and two are on the state level. This is on top of two civil lawsuits the ex-president is involved in New York City.

Though Mr Trump’s legal team has continuously pushed judges to delay trial dates until after the 2024 election, nearly all of the dates for his criminal indictments have been set for next spring.

Here are the trial dates for Mr Trump thus far.

When is Donald Trump going on trial?

Trump cruising to GOP nomination as latest poll underlines DeSantis collapse

Tuesday 5 September 2023 19:24 , Oliver O'Connell

Enrique Tarrio seditious conspiracy sentencing underway

Tuesday 5 September 2023 19:16 , Alex Woodward

Sentencing for now-former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio is now underway. He’s the last of five Proud Boys who were tried together for seditious conspiracy earlier this year facing a sentence before US District Judge Timothy Kelly.

Federal prosecutors want 33 years. The judge has thus far handed down sentences that are roughly half of what prosecutors have sought.

Ethan Nordean, a former Proud Boys organizer who was instrumental in rallying members and leading them to the US Capitol, was sentenced last week to 18 years in prison, tying Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes for the longest sentence yet in connection with January 6 crimes.

Who is Enrique Tarrio? Ex-Proud Boys leader faces longest January 6 prison sentence

All of Trump’s criminal charges and lawsuits and where they currently stand

Tuesday 5 September 2023 19:10 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump has never been more vulnerable.

Without the privileges and prestige of the presidency to protect him, Mr Trump is facing serious lawsuits and criminal indictments across New York, Florida, Georgia and Washington.

Federal officials, local prosecutors, and individuals are going after him for everything from his private conduct to his political manoeuvering during the 2020 election. If even just one of these efforts is successful, the US could see its first-ever former president in prison.

Here, The Independent explains each major case:

Tracking Trump’s criminal charges and lawsuits - and where they stand

Final Trump Fulton County co-defendant pleads not guilty

Tuesday 5 September 2023 19:03 , Oliver O'Connell

Misty Hampton who is facing charges related to the Coffee County voting system breach, has now pleaded not guilty.

Now, all 19 defendants in the sprawling Fulton County racketeering case have now pleaded not guilty.

All have also waived their arraignment hearings that would have happened tomorrow in Georgia.

Rep Gloria Johnson of ‘Tennessee Three’ launches 2024 Senate bid

Tuesday 5 September 2023 18:50 , AP

Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson, a Democrat who shot to national fame after surviving a Republican-led expulsion effort for participating in a pro-gun control demonstration, has announced that she’s running for U.S. Senate in a state that has solely elected GOP statewide candidates for nearly two decades.

Johnson, 61, is running for a seat currently held by Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, 71, who is seeking reelection.

Rep. Gloria Johnson of 'Tennessee Three' officially launches 2024 Senate campaign

Trump angrily refutes claim that 14th amendment disqualifies him in 2024

Tuesday 5 September 2023 18:30 , Maroosha Muzaffar

Donald Trump angrily refuted the claims on his Truth Social platform that the 14th Amendment would prevent him from running for president again.

He wrote: “Almost all legal scholars have voiced opinions that the 14th Amendment has no legal basis or standing relative to the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election.”

Trump refutes claim that 14th amendment disqualifies him from being president again

The next presidential campaign is coming into focus. It might look a lot like the last one.

Tuesday 5 September 2023 18:10 , AP

The end of Labor Day weekend would typically mark the start of a furious sprint to the Iowa caucuses as candidates battle for their party's presidential nomination. But as the 2024 campaign comes into greater focus, the usual frenzy is yielding to a sense of inevitability.

Read more...

The next presidential campaign is coming into focus. It might look a lot like the last one.

Fulton County court releases historic Trump bond paperwork

Tuesday 5 September 2023 18:00 , Oliver O'Connell

Ashli Babbitt’s mother makes death threat against officer who shot daughter

Tuesday 5 September 2023 17:50 , Kelly Rissman

The mother of Ashli Babbitt, who was killed during the January 6 riot, has called for the Capitol Police officer who shot her daughter to be hanged — along with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Micki Witthoeft, Babbitt’s mother, said to a crowd of people, reportedly outside of the DC jail: “The Capitol Police needs to be abolished, or at the very least investigated.”

She continued, “Michael Byrd needs to swing from the end of a rope, along with Nancy Pelosi.” Ms Pelosi was serving as Speaker of the House on January 6, 2021.

Ashli Babbitt’s mom calls for hanging of Capitol officer who shot daughter and Pelosi

As NFL season kicks off, Biden campaign launches ad blitz

Tuesday 5 September 2023 17:30 , Oliver O'Connell

President Joe Biden’s re-election operation will use the start of the National Football League season as a springboard to launch a massive ad blitz to highlight his administration’s economic record, his campaign has said.

Mr Biden’s 2024 campaign will spend $25m over the 16-week NFL season to place advertisements in front of football fans living in cities located in key swing states: Phoenix, Atlanta, Detroit, Las Vegas, Raleigh, Philadelphia and Milwaukee.

Andrew Feinberg has the details.

Biden campaign to launch ad blitz as NFL season kicks off

Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsmax interview takes cringeworthy turn

Tuesday 5 September 2023 17:00 , Kelly Rissman

A Newsmax interview quickly turned awkward when Donald Trump Jr’s fiancé, Kimberly Guilfoyle, recoiled at the lack of certainty in the host’s words, when he said former President Donald Trump could be her “potential” future father-in-law.

Host Greg Kelly began the interview by asking Ms Guilfoyle about the impact of the Georgia election interference indictment on Mr Trump — before it took an unexpected turn: “So obviously this atrocity unfolds, your potential father-in-law under arrest. But you know what? It’s turning up roses.”

“Potential?” Ms Guilfoyle retorted with a laugh. “Future father-in-law. Jesus.” The pair reportedly got engaged on New Year’s Eve 2020.

Kimberly Guilfoyle cringes at Newsmax host calling Trump ‘potential father-in-law’

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