#Fox News to Trump: Show up for the debate

#Fox News to Trump: Show up for the debate

Fox News is furiously trying to talk former President Trump into showing up for the first GOP presidential debate later this month in August. The effort was reflected throughout the network’s programming on Thursday, where several figures made the argument on air for why Trump shouldn’t skip the debate on Fox. “Thinking of the big…

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#Will the Jan. 6 indictment affect Trump’s debate calculus?

#Will the Jan. 6 indictment affect Trump’s debate calculus?

The latest federal indictment against former President Trump has raised fresh speculation over whether he will participate in the first GOP presidential primary debate later this month. The former president and his team have signaled that he’s leaning toward not participating in the event given his frontrunner status. But some Republicans think Trump would be…

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#Judge orders Trump response to DOJ request for protective order in 2020 election case

#Judge orders Trump response to DOJ request for protective order in 2020 election case

The federal judge presiding over former President Trump’s election fraud case has ordered his attorneys to respond to prosecutors’ request for a protective order by Monday, according to a court filing Saturday. Judge Tanya Chutkan gave Trump’s attorneys a single business day to respond to special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a strict protective order which would prevent Trump from discussing case evidence…

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#Trump’s Jan. 6 legal defense comes into focus

#Trump’s Jan. 6 legal defense comes into focus

Donald Trump’s legal team is signaling his defense will focus on the First Amendment and his reliance on counsel in the battle over charges connected to Jan. 6 and the former president’s efforts to remain in power following the 2020 election. Trump, who pleaded not guilty during a Thursday arraignment, has denounced the prosecution as…

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#What’s happening with Trump’s ‘fake electors’ in 7 states he lost

#What’s happening with Trump’s ‘fake electors’ in 7 states he lost

Former President Trump was arraigned Thursday on four charges alleging that he attempted to orchestrate a scheme of fraudulent electoral college votes to overturn the results of the 2020 election. In seven states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — so-called “fake electors” signed paperwork attempting to cast electoral college ballots…

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#Pelosi takes shot at ‘scared puppy’ Trump

#Pelosi takes shot at ‘scared puppy’ Trump

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday said former President Trump had looked like a “scared puppy” a day earlier as he traveled to Washington, D.C., to appear in court in his arraignment on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and his efforts to remain in power. “I wasn’t in…

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