Trump news – live: Key Trump attorney exits legal team as Trump takes credit for overturning of Roe v Wade
A lawyer for former president Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he would be leaving the legal team representing Mr Trump in an investigation by the Justice Department into classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago.
The lawyer, Timothy Paraltore, told the Associated Press his departure had nothing to do with Trump nor was a reflection of the investigation which he has long called misguided and overly aggressive.
Over the last several months, Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has been looking into the hundreds of classified documents found at the former president’s Florida home and possible efforts to obstruct the probe.
Mr Paraltore’s announcement comes just as Mr Trump has taken credit for the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade.
Mr Trump claimed in multiple interviews, as well as on Truth Social, that without his three Supreme Court Justice nominations, abortion bans would not be possible.
As he boasted about the landmark Supreme Court case, the former president also implied that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ six-week abortion ban may be ‘too harsh’ as he is losing popularity among female voters.
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More Trump indictments would give Biden and Democrats huge 2024 boost, poll finds
10:30 , Joe Sommerlad
US president Joe Biden would be vaulted to a massive lead over Donald Trump if the latter faces further criminal charges from the federal and state criminal investigations into his conduct, according to a new poll obtained by The Independent.
The poll of 1,571 registered voters was conducted by WPA Research, a Republican polling firm.
The CEO of WPA is an adviser to Never Back Down, the Super PAC supporting Florida governor Ron DeSantis, but the survey was conducted independently without his input and was not sponsored by the Super PAC.
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More Trump indictments would give Biden and Democrats huge 2024 boost, poll finds
Trump takes ‘credit' for overturning of Roe v Wade while raising questions about DeSantis’ six-week ban
10:00 , Joe Sommerlad
The former president has been busy attempting to take “credit” for the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade last year by pointing out that he nominated the justices who did not agree with the 1973 precedent.
On Tuesday evening’s episode of Rob Schmitt Tonight on Newsmax, Mr Trump compared his action against abortion to Florida governor Ron DeSantis’, saying he has done more for pro-life people.
“I’m the one that got rid of Roe v Wade and everybody said that was an impossible thing to do,” Mr Trump boasted.
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Trump takes credit for overturning Roe v Wade while questioning DeSantis’ 6-week ban
Key Trump attorney says he’s departing legal team as Mar-a-Lago probe intensifies
09:30 , Namita Singh
A key lawyer for former president Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he was leaving his legal team, a move that comes as a special counsel investigation into the retention of classified documents shows signs of being in its final stages.
Timothy Parlatore told the Associated Press that his departure had nothing to do with Mr Trump and was not a reflection on his view of the Justice Department’s investigation, which he has long called misguided and overly-aggressive, or on the strength of the government’s evidence. He said he believed he had served Mr Trump well.
Other lawyers, including former Justice Department prosecutor James Trusty, are continuing to represent Mr Trump in Washington investigations.
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Key Trump attorney says he's departing legal team as Mar-a-Lago probe intensifies
Trump goes after AOC’s ‘bad looking boyfriend’ in wild rant
09:00 , Ariana Baio
Donald Trump has been on yet another bizarre rant on Truth Social over the fallout from his controversial town hall hosted by CNN at a New Hampshire college last week.
“It’s really amazing to watch the head of CNN get absolutely lambasted for asking me to do a so-called Town Hall,” Mr Trump wrote, referring to the network’s CEO Chris Licht.
He continued: “In all fairness, nobody had any problems with what he wanted to do until after the show started, when they quickly realised that [Kaitlan] Collins was not exactly Barbara Walters, or even close. That’s when the trouble from the Radical Left started. Neurotic little AOC with the bad looking boyfriend, went crazy. He owns CNN, he’s in their head,’ they screamed. CNN, take the GREAT RATINGS!”
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Trump goes after AOC’s ‘bad looking boyfriend’ in wild rant
Justice Department watchdog finds US attorney in Massachusetts tried to influence DA election
08:30 , Namita Singh
The top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, who has announced her resignation, tried to influence the outcome of a race for Boston’s district attorney and violated multiple policies, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog said in a report released on Wednesday.
The inspector general’s 161-page report alleges a broad array of misconduct by US attorney Rachael Rollins.
It accuses her of disclosing to a journalist non-public information about a Justice Department investigation, soliciting and accepting 30 free tickets to a Boston Celtics game and accepting payment from a sports and entertainment agency for travel and means.
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Justice Department watchdog finds US attorney in Massachusetts tried to influence DA election
At least 80 calls to National Archives since 2010 about mishandling classified information
07:30 , Namita Singh
The National Archives has been called more than 80 times in the past decade-plus about classified materials found in the papers of former members of Congress and other US officials, according to newly released congressional testimony.
That figure underscores the weaknesses in how the US government tracks and safeguards its most important secrets.
Investigations are underway into the classified materials found in the holdings of former president Donald Trump and in later searches of files held by president Joe Biden before he won the White House and those in the possession of Mr Trump’s vice president, Mike Pence.
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At least 80 calls to National Archives since 2010 about mishandling classified information
Recap: Trump lawyer exits legal team as Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe heats up
07:00 , Ariana Baio
In case you missed it, former president Donald Trump’s attorney Timothy Parlatore is leaving his legal team, CNN reported on Wednesday.
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Trump lawyer exits legal team as Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe heats up
'Don’t look now, but Ron DeSantis just suffered some big losses’
06:30 , Joe Sommerlad
So far, governor Ron DeSantis has yet to actually announce his candidacy for president, despite the fact he all but certainly will jump in the ring.
But his decision to wait until the conclusion of Florida’s legislative session and to not directly attack former president Donald Trump has made him uniquely vulnerable to the former president’s barbs, writes our Washington bureau chief Eric Garcia.
Don’t look now, but Ron DeSantis just suffered some big losses
Kentucky's Andy Beshear signals focus on family values in closely watched race
05:30 , Namita Singh
As Kentucky governor Andy Beshear prepares for what could be the most hotly-contested election of the year, the first-term Democrat insisted on Wednesday that he would not cede so-called family values issues to his Republican opponent.
In his first sit-down interview since Tuesday’s primary, Mr Beshear also tried to contrast his steady leadership with the just-concluded bitter GOP campaign in which state attorney general Daniel Cameron prevailed in a 12-candidate field.
The governor told the Associated Press that he intends to make the general election race about helping families and not trying to “rile people up” and accused Mr Cameron of doing just that in his victory speech.
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Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky signals focus on family values in closely watched fall race
Florida governor DeSantis to enter US presidential race next week
04:30 , Namita Singh
Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis will officially enter the 2024 US presidential race next week, according to two sources familiar with the decision, immediately becoming Donald Trump’s biggest rival for the Republican nomination and shaking up a contest that largely has been one-sided.
Mr DeSantis will likely file paperwork declaring his candidacy on 25 May to coincide with a donor meeting in Miami, with a more formal launch the week of 29 May, according to a source.
Mr Trump has in recent weeks stepped up his political attacks on the Florida governor and maintains a commanding lead in the 2024 Republican primary, according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Mr DeSantis’ insistence on staying out of the race until the Florida legislature completed its spring session earlier this month rattled some high-profile Republican donors who had wanted him to jump in sooner rather than later to rebut the former president.
Those attacks have taken a toll on Mr DeSantis’ standing in national polls. But he and his advisers hoped to use the legislature session as a springboard to a campaign announcement and have stayed true to their timetable.
Republican lawmakers gave Mr DeSantis a bevy of conservative victories in recent months. They expanded the state’s school voucher programme, prohibited the use of public money in sustainable investing efforts, scrapped diversity programs at public universities, allowed for the permitless carry of concealed weapons and perhaps most notably, banned almost all abortions in the state.
Mr DeSantis has had help in readying the ground for his candidacy. A new political action committee supporting him, Never Back Down, which can raise unlimited funds, has been hiring staff in early voting states and running TV ads championing Mr DeSantis and knocking Mr Trump.
Mr DeSantis, 44, was re-elected as governor just last year, trouncing his Democratic opponent by nearly 20 percentage points.
Recap: CNN’s Kaitlan Collins named as new primetime host after Trump town hall debacle
04:00 , Ariana Baio
Kaitlan Collins has been named as the new host of CNN’s 9pm primetime slot.
Collins’ appointment, revealed to staff in a memo by network boss Chris Licht, comes as the network was heavily criticised for last week’s town hall with Donald Trump.
Mr Licht said Collins’ CNN This Morning co-host Poppy Harlow will continue to anchor that show with a series of guest hosts.
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CNN’s Kaitlan Collins named as new primetime host after Trump town hall debacle
The most disturbing allegations from the Giuliani lawsuit
03:00 , Ariana Baio
Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and personal attorney to Donald Trump, has been hit by a $10m sexual assault and harassment lawsuit from a former aide who worked for him between 2019 and 2021.
In a civil complaint filed with the Manhattan Supreme Court on Monday, Mr Giuliani’s ex-employee Noelle Dunphy, 43, alleges that he began sexually abusing her almost immediately after hiring her as an off-the-books business development director and public relations consultant in January 2019, thereafter routinely pestering her for sex, drinking to excess, withholding her salary, bragging about being able to sell presidential pardons for $2 million apiece and engaging in alcohol-fuelled racist rants.
Ted Goodman, a spokesperson for Mr Giuliani, told The Independent that his employer “unequivocally denies the allegations raised by Ms Dunphy”.
He added: “Mayor Giuliani’s lifetime of public service speaks for itself and he will pursue all available remedies and counterclaims.”
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The most disturbing allegations from the Rudy Giuliani lawsuit
VOICES: Don’t look now, but Ron DeSantis just suffered some big losses
02:00 , Ariana Baio
VOICES: “So far, Governor Ron DeSantis has yet to actually announce his candidacy for president, despite the fact he all but certainly will jump in the ring.
This weekend, Mr DeSantis caught a break when he and Mr Trump both happened to be in Iowa and the former president’s event got rained out. This gave Mr DeSantis, a politician notorious for his poor retail politics skills, to press the flesh unfettered by the spectre of the former president.
But Mr DeSantis took two kicks to the chin on Tuesday evening. First in Jacksonville, the 12th largest city in America, Mr DeSantis had endorsed the Republican candidate Daniel Davis for mayor.”
Eric Garcia writes:
Don’t look now, but Ron DeSantis just suffered some big losses
Trump claimed the Durham report would uncover the ‘crime of the century.’ Here’s what it really found
01:00 , Ariana Baio
After a two-year investigation by a Trump administration prosecutor charged with undermining and discrediting the FBI’s probe into alleged ties between former president Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government has ended after four years and just a single criminal conviction, a report on the findings of that investigation found that the FBI was justified to open a preliminary probe into the matter.
Andrew Feinberg and Eric Garcia report:
What did the Durham probe uncover?
National Archives has 16 records proving Trump knew about declassification, report says
Thursday 18 May 2023 00:30 , Ariana Baio
The National Archives has reportedly informed former president Donald Trump that it will hand over 16 records to special counsel Jack Smith that show Mr Trump had knowledge of the proper declassification process, CNN reported.
In a letter from Archivist Debra Steidel Wall to Mr Trump, obtained by CNN, she writes, “The 16 records in question all reflect communications involving close presidential advisers, some of them directed to you personally, concerning whether, why, and how you should declassify certain classified records.”
The records could provide insight into whether or not Mr Trump knowingly disregarded classification protocols.
The letter says the records will be handed over on 24 May 2023 “unless prohibited by an intervening court order.”
Top White House aides reveal Trump’s alleged inappropriate conduct towards female staffers
Thursday 18 May 2023 00:00 , Ariana Baio
No fewer than three women who had senior roles in his administration have come forward to allege inappropriate behaviour on Mr Trump’s part towards women on his White House staff.
The trio includes two of Mr Trump’s top lieutenants, Alyssa Farah Griffin — his ex-White House communications director who now co-hosts ABC’s The View — and Stephanie Grisham, who served as press secretary for both Mr Trump and former First Lady Melania Trump in addition to serving as Ms Trump’s chief of staff.
Top aides reveal Trump’s alleged inappropriate conduct towards female staffers
Trump claims DeSantis is threatening legislatures for endorsements
Wednesday 17 May 2023 23:30 , Ariana Baio
In a press statement released on Wednesday, a spokesperson from Donald Trump claimed that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is threatening Florida lawmakers to endorse him- or face a veto.
“It’s no surprise that Ron DeSantis and his political cronies have continued to terrorize the Florida legislature with the threat of his veto pen if they don’t acquiesce to his demand to endorse his candidacy. There are some brave legislators who have stood up to DeSantis’ Swamp-like behavior and resisted his intimidation tactics in order to do what is right for Florida and the country. Those who he can’t control—including almost the entirety of the Florida federal congressional delegation— have endorsed President Trump because he’s the only candidate who can beat Joe Biden and take back the White House.”
Rudy Giuliani said he and Trump were selling pardons for $2m apiece, ex-aide claims
Wednesday 17 May 2023 23:00 , Ariana Baio
A former aide to Rudy Giuliani says he told her that Mr Giuliani and then-president Donald Trump offered to sell presidential pardons for $2 million apiece, according to court documents.
The bombshell allegation was levied in a complaint filed against Mr Giuliani by Noelle Dunphy, a New York-based public relations professional who is suing him for “unlawful abuses of power, wide-ranging sexual assault and harassment, wage theft, and other misconduct” committed while she worked for him in 2019 and 2020.
The lawsuit also claims that she was subjected to sexual assault, harassment, wage theft and other misconduct by Mr Giuliani, and alleges that she was forced to perform sex acts on him and work in the nude.
Rudy Giuliani said he and Trump were selling pardons for $2m apiece, ex-aide claims
Trump slams ‘cockroaches’ in DC following release of Durham report
Wednesday 17 May 2023 22:30 , Ariana Baio
Donald Trump lauded the recently released report from special counsel John Durham regarding the 2016 FBI probe into the Trump campaign for its Russia ties, blasting political enemies as “scum” and “cockroaches all over Washington.”
“The Durham Report spells out in great detail the Democrat Hoax that was perpetrated upon me and the American people,” the former president wrote on Truth Social on Monday, calling it “the Crime of the Century!”
Mr Durham, whose report came out on Monday, was appointed by the Trump administration in 2019 to investigate the origins of the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation, which was already scrutinised by a 2019 investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general.
Josh Marcus reports:
Trump slams ‘cockroaches’ in DC following release of Durham report
The Lincoln Project says Trump lied 139 times during CNN town hall
Wednesday 17 May 2023 22:00 , Ariana Baio
The anti-Trump organisation, The Lincoln Project, posted a video on Twitter counting the number of times Donald Trump lied during his town hall with CNN.
In the 61-minutes Mr Trump spoke at the town hall, he lied 139 times according to The Lincoln Project.
Trump lies. CNN knows this, and they still gave him a megaphone to do it on a national stage. CNN is #BrandUnsafe pic.twitter.com/GeIFRAnt3e
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) May 17, 2023
Mar-a-Lago probe intensifies
Wednesday 17 May 2023 21:30 , ariana.baio
An investigation into classified documents found at former president Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago seems to be getting closer to its end.
Over the last several months, a grand jury has heard from a broad array of witnesses close to Trump. Federal prosecutors in March questioned another of Trump’s lawyers, M Evan Corcoran, before the grand jury after successfully piercing attorney-client privilege.
Parlatore testified voluntarily in December about efforts to recover classified documents in response to government demands.
Last month, Parlatore and other lawyers for Trump issued a letter to the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Turner, laying out a series of defense arguments of Trump and saying that the Justice Department should be “ordered to stand down” in its investigation.
Trump lawyer exits legal team as Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe heats up
Wednesday 17 May 2023 21:00 , Ariana Baio
Former president Donald Trump’s attorney Timothy Parlatore is leaving the former president’s legal team, CNN reported on Wednesday.
Eric Garcia reports:
Trump lawyer exits legal team as Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe heats up
WATCH: Donald Trump taking credit for overturning of Roe v Wade
Wednesday 17 May 2023 20:00 , Ariana Baio
New Hampshire college condemns Trump after ‘deeply troubling’ CNN town hall on its campus
Wednesday 17 May 2023 19:00 , Ariana Baio
Saint Anselm College, the college in New Hampshire that hosted Donald Trump’s CNN town hall, has condemned the former president for the “deeply troubling” event.
“The college was deeply troubled by the former President’s remarks regarding the civil trial with a finding that he was liable for sexual assault,” Saint Anselm said in a statement.
“Equally disturbing was the audience’s reaction, nearly all of whom were not members of the Saint Anselm community, with laughter. The college does not tolerate sexual misconduct of any kind, including sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking and sexual harassment.”
Gustaf Kilander reports:
New Hampshire college condemns Trump after ‘troubling’ CNN town hall on its campus
Trump lawyer says departure has nothing to do with Trump
Wednesday 17 May 2023 18:30 , Ariana Baio
A key lawyer for former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was leaving the legal team, a move that comes as a special counsel investigation into the retention of classified documents shows signs of being in its final stages.
Timothy Parlatore told The Associated Press that his departure had nothing to do with Trump and was not a reflection on his view of the Justice Department‘s investigation, which he has long called misguided and overly aggressive, or on the strength of the government’s evidence. He said he believed he had served Trump well.
The most disturbing allegations from the Giuliani lawsuit
Wednesday 17 May 2023 18:00 , Ariana Baio
Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and personal attorney to Donald Trump, has been hit by a $10m sexual assault and harassment lawsuit from a former aide who worked for him between 2019 and 2021.
In a civil complaint filed with the Manhattan Supreme Court on Monday, Mr Giuliani’s ex-employee Noelle Dunphy, 43, alleges that he began sexually abusing her almost immediately after hiring her as an off-the-books business development director and public relations consultant in January 2019, thereafter routinely pestering her for sex, drinking to excess, withholding her salary, bragging about being able to sell presidential pardons for $2 million apiece and engaging in alcohol-fuelled racist rants.
Ted Goodman, a spokesperson for Mr Giuliani, told The Independent that his employer “unequivocally denies the allegations raised by Ms Dunphy”.
Joe Sommerlad reports:
The most disturbing allegations from the Rudy Giuliani lawsuit
Donald Trump claims he ‘killed’ Roe v Wade in Truth Social post
Wednesday 17 May 2023 17:30 , Ariana Baio
Trump lawyer exits legal team
Wednesday 17 May 2023 17:00 , Ariana Baio
Former president Donald Trump’s attorney Timothy Parlatore is leaving the former president’s legal team, CNN reported on Wednesday.
Mr Parlatore played a key role in the investigation into Mr Trump keeping classified documents at his private Mar-a-Lago estate, and Mr Parlatore even testified before the grand jury in the case. The departure comes as Special Counsel Jack Smith reaches the end of his investigation into Mr Trump’s possible mishandling of classified documents.
“It’s been an incredible honor to serve and work through interesting legal issues. My departure was a personal choice and does not reflect upon the case, as I believe strongly the (Justice Department) team is engaging in misconduct to pursue an investigation of conduct that is not criminal,” Mr Palatore told CNN in a statement.
Ron DeSantis reacts to Trump implying Florida six-week ban is too harsh
Wednesday 17 May 2023 16:30 , Ariana Baio
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticised Donald Trump on Tuesday for implying Florida‘s new six-week abortion ban is “too harsh,” stepping up his attacks on the former president as he prepares to challenge him for the 2024 Republican nomination.
“Protecting an unborn child when there’s a detectable heartbeat is something that almost 99 per cent of pro-lifers support,” Mr DeSantis said at a news conference in Florida.
“As a Florida resident, you know, he didn’t give an answer about, ‘Would you have signed the heartbeat bill that Florida did, that had all the exceptions that people talk about?’” Mr DeSantis added.
Mr DeSantis was responding to a question about Mr Trump’s comments in an article published Monday by The Messenger about the six-week ban the Florida governor recently signed into law. “Many people within the pro-life movement feel that that was too harsh,” Trump told the online outlet.
Trump questions DeSantis’ six-week abortion ban
Wednesday 17 May 2023 16:00 , Ariana Baio
While Donald Trump has no problem crediting himself with overturning Roe v Wade, he’s not too sure about the six-week abortion ban recently signed into Florida law by Governor Ron DeSantis.
Speaking with The Messenger, Mr Trump said, “If you look at what DeSantis did, a lot of people don’t even know if he knew what he was doing. But he signed six weeks, and many people within the pro-life movement feel that that was too harsh.”
Mr Trump’s feelings were echoed in an interview with Newsmax on Tuesday evening when he was asked about abortion restrictions.
Mr Trump started by claiming, “First of all, I’m the one that got rid of Roe v. Wade and everybody said that was an impossible thing to do.”
But later on in the interview, Mr Trump asserted that Mr DeSantis was losing steam with female voters due to the recent law.
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins named as new primetime host after Trump town hall debacle
Wednesday 17 May 2023 15:46 , Ariana Baio
Kaitlan Collins has been named as the new host of CNN’s 9pm primetime slot.
Collins’ appointment, revealed to staff in a memo by CNN boss Chris Licht, comes as the network was heavily criticised for last week’s town hall with Donald Trump and amid plunging ratings.
Mr Licht said Collins’ CNN This Morning co-host Poppy Harlow will continue to anchor that show with a series of guest hosts.
Bevan Hurley reports:
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins named as new primetime host after Trump town hall debacle
Trial begins over Kari Lake’s last challenge to loss in Arizona governor’s race
Wednesday 17 May 2023 15:30 , Joe Sommerlad
A three-day trial is scheduled to begin today over the only remaining legal claim in Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her defeat six months ago to Democrat Katie Hobbs in the Arizona governor’s race.
The former TV anchor was among the most vocal of last year’s Republican candidates promoting Trump’s election lies, which she made the centerpiece of her campaign.
While most other election deniers around the country conceded after losing their races in November, Lake did not. She lost to Hobbs by more than 17,000 votes.
Courts have dismissed most of her lawsuit, but the Arizona Supreme Court revived one claim that challenges the implementation of signature verification procedures on early ballots in Maricopa County, home to more than 60 per cent of the state’s voters.
Superior Court judge Peter A Thompson said in a ruling on Monday that Lake alleges Maricopa County officials failed to perform any higher level signature verifications on mail-in ballots that had been flagged by lower level screeners for any inconsistencies. Lake’s lawyers maintain they are challenging all levels of signature verification.
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Trial begins over Kari Lake’s last challenge to loss in Arizona governor’s race
‘Yes, creeps like Trump and the allegations against Giuliani really, really matter'
Wednesday 17 May 2023 15:00 , Joe Sommerlad
For Indy Voices, here’s Holly Baxter on the latest sexual harassment scandals to emerge from the MAGA swamp.
Yes, creeps like Trump and the allegations against Giuliani really matter | Opinion
New Hampshire college condemns Trump after ‘deeply troubling’ CNN town hall on its campus
Wednesday 17 May 2023 14:30 , Joe Sommerlad
Here’s a little more on the fallout from last week’s controversial broadcast as Saint Anselm College, which hosted he event, criticised both the comments of the ex-president and the reactions to his statements by the Trump-friendly audience in the auditorium.
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New Hampshire college condemns Trump after ‘troubling’ CNN town hall on its campus
Trump goes after AOC’s ‘bad looking boyfriend’ in wild rant
Wednesday 17 May 2023 14:00 , Joe Sommerlad
Donald Trump has been on yet another bizarre rant on Truth Social over the fallout from his controversial town hall hosted by CNN at a New Hampshire college last week.
“It’s really amazing to watch the head of CNN get absolutely lambasted for asking me to do a so-called Town Hall,” Mr Trump wrote, referring to the network’s CEO Chris Licht.
He continued: “In all fairness, nobody had any problems with what he wanted to do until after the show started, when they quickly realised that [Kaitlan] Collins was not exactly Barbara Walters, or even close. That’s when the trouble from the Radical Left started. Neurotic little AOC with the bad looking boyfriend, went crazy. He owns CNN, he’s in their head,’ they screamed. CNN, take the GREAT RATINGS!”
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