President Donald Trump on Monday was denied paperwork related to a $175 million bail he filed to appeal a $464 million New York fraud judgment against him, the New York County Supreme Court said. It has been sent back for correction.”
The document, which does not include current financial statements or a list of active attorneys, was sent back to the Republican presidential candidate for resubmission.
On Tuesday, Trump suffered another legal setback when his effort to delay his upcoming hush money trial in Manhattan on the grounds of presidential immunity was similarly rejected.
Judge Juan Melchán said that because “defendants had countless opportunities long before raising their claims of presidential immunity” and that defendants had denied the claims on that basis, immunity “prevents the presentation of evidence.” There is no need to comment on whether this is the case.” It is referred to as an official act of the president in a criminal proceeding. ”
Meanwhile, Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith told Judge Eileen Cannon, who oversees Florida’s classified documents case, that he has claimed personal ownership of boxes of top-secret files recovered by the FBI since March. urged the former president to dismiss his claims. In August 2022, a-Lago derided this argument as “pure fiction.”
Florida classified documents case: Special prosecutor Smith criticizes Judge Cannon
Special Counsel Jack Smith says the judge in charge of President Trump’s federal secrets case will provide prosecutors and defense with proposed jury instructions based on “fundamentally flawed legal premises.” He criticized the judge for his order.
Judge Eileen Cannon, appointed by the former president, appears to accept Trump’s argument that he has the right to keep classified documents in his Palm Beach, Florida, home under a law known as the Presidential Records Act.
The order, filed on March 19, baffled legal experts and commentators and raised concerns for Smith’s team.
Prosecutors said in a filing late Tuesday that a 1978 law that requires presidents to return presidential records to the government when they leave office but allows them to keep records that are purely personal , argued that the case is unrelated, raising concerns about President Trump’s refusal to provide high-level restitution. Confidential confidential documents.
Smith’s response to the judge also included some fairly explicit criticism of her previous handling of the case.
Oliver O’Connell There’s more.
Joe SummerradApril 4, 2024 10:15
New York fraud case: Trump’s bond papers were rejected after he was forced to confess about his finances
Paperwork related to the $175 million bail the Republican posted Monday to appeal a $464 million New York fraud judgment against him was denied, according to the New York County Supreme Court. It has been remanded for correction.”
The document, which does not include current financial statements or a list of active attorneys, was sent back to the presidential candidate for resubmission.
Joe SummerradApril 4, 2024 10:00
Hush money trial: President Trump finds new way to get around extended gag order
Even after the gag order was extended in the case, President Trump continues to criticize Judge Juan Machan’s daughter and other elements of New York’s criminal justice system that he deems “unfair,” a new way to push the envelope. I found it.
On Monday, Judge Marchan expanded the gag order to include family members of court employees after President Trump attacked the judge’s daughter, Lauren Marchan, who has worked on Democratic campaigns.
The order prohibits President Trump from publicly commenting on witnesses, prosecutors, court staff, jurors, and now families of court staff to prevent damage to the trial.
But on social media, the former president has often found other ways to share his opinions, such as reposting clips of others criticizing Marchand or using vague language in his own posts. So I found a way to circumvent the order.
Joe SummerradApril 4, 2024 09:30
Hush money trial: Judge Marchan denies President Trump’s immunity claim
The Manhattan judge overseeing President Trump’s upcoming hush money trial has rejected the president’s latest attempt to use presidential immunity to delay criminal proceedings, saying the former president’s motion was “untimely.” .
On Wednesday afternoon, Judge Juan Melchan ruled against President Trump’s last-ditch effort to delay the proceedings, which were scheduled for April 15 after the defendants’ lawyers had previously succeeded in getting a 30-day delay. He submitted a six-page application denying the claim.
President Trump filed a motion on March 7 asking Judge Marchand to postpone the trial until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on whether the defense of presidential immunity applies to criminal charges against sitting and former presidents. , consideration of this issue is scheduled to begin on April 25th.
Joe SummerradApril 4, 2024 09:00
Truth Society: Trump supports campaign and RNC’s $65.6 million fundraising campaign in March, posts January 6 sing-along video
President Trump’s campaign and Republican National Committee raised $65.6 million in March, ending the month with $93.1 million in cash on hand. politiko I will report.
The total includes a variety of fundraising efforts to support the former president’s goal of returning to the White House, all of which will be required to disclose their activities to the Federal Election Commission later this month.
President Trump’s allies are hoping this will go some way in allaying concerns that President Joe Biden is significantly outpacing his Republican rivals in fundraising, but Democrats have said the current However, the numbers are not available.
However, it is known that the president raised $26 million in one night at a New York City fundraiser last week, which was also attended by former President Bill Clinton and former President Barack Obama.
In February, the Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $53 million, leaving them with $155 million at the end of the month, while Trump only raised $20.3 million in February and had $4,090 on hand. There was a million dollars.
He’s celebrating the news on Truth Social, sharing a comically vulgar sing-along video from January 6th just in case.
Joe SummerradApril 4, 2024 08:30
Video: RFK Jr. walks out, saying Biden is more of a threat to democracy than Trump
Here’s a previous report on RFK Jr’s original comments:
Oliver O’ConnellApril 4, 2024 06:45
Latest poll: Trump leads Biden in battleground states, but within margin of error
New survey from wall street journal shows that Donald Trump leads Joe Biden in seven key battleground states, but within the margin of error (+/-4 points) in most states. The same is true if the expression contains more candidates.
Oliver O’ConnellApril 4, 2024 04:45
Hush money lawsuit: Manhattan prosecutors respond to President Trump’s motion to dismiss case due to pretrial publicity
A week after Donald Trump’s motion to delay a criminal hush money trial because of pretrial publicity, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg noted that this was Trump’s eighth request for a postponement. , filed an objection.
Prosecutors’ reasons are the same as those they raised at last week’s hearing. The situation is unlikely to ease, and jury selection could alleviate this, and the former president is making the situation even worse. They also noted that there has been no new information to consider since the last request to dismiss the case.
“…when his request was last denied on February 15, 2024, despite being asked to identify new information that was not available, defendant The complaint is littered with dozens of false claims, most of which have been considered and rejected in previous decisions by this court.
Oliver O’ConnellApril 4, 2024 03:45
President Trump declares Election Day ‘Christian Visibility Day’
donald trump He promised Christians that the Nov. 5 election would be a “Christian Visibility Day,” and predicted that it would be an opportunity “someday.” christian To re-vote him into the White House, we came up with numbers that no one had ever seen before.
Properly known as International Transgender Day of Visibility, but often shortened to Trans Visibility Day, the day honors members of America’s transgender community and was founded in 2009 by Michigan-based activist Rachel・Founded by John Crandall, it has been held every year on March 31st ever since.
In 2024, an Equinox-induced oddity caused Easter Sunday to fall on the same date.
Oliver O’ConnellApril 4, 2024 02:45
Trump and Biden increase delegate totals despite already securing party nomination
Here it is Mike Bedigan Given that both Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden have long been fielding their own party’s nominees in all but name, yesterday’s primaries had quite the impression of being wasted.
Oliver O’ConnellApril 4, 2024 01:45