Like most presidents, Donald Trump changed the political party he led. But Trump was hardly a normal president. That was apparent while Trump was president, but in many ways that’s even easier to understand now that he is out of office. Unlike previous presidents, Trump has refused to take a step back from the limelight. … Read more
With Texas’s primary on March 1, the 2022 primary election season has officially begun. For most incumbents, that means working to win renomination by appealing to their party’s supporters and fending off any serious primary challengers. But for a small group of House Republicans, their primary campaigns are complicated by their vote to impeach then-President … Read more
In Part II of this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, senior writer Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux gives an update on the possible legal case against former President Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
On Sunday, Cruz was responding to questions from Hemmer about one of John Durham’s court filings in the case of Michael Sussmann, an attorney connected to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign who was indicated in September 2021 on one count of lying to the FBI. Durham was appointed as a special counsel in 2019 to … Read more
The ruling leaves Trump’s inner circle — and possibly the former president himself — vulnerable to another corridor of deposition subpoenas and document demands. The ruling also declares Trump potentially liable for conduct while he was the sitting president, a rare and momentous legal decision. “To deny a President’s immunity from civil damages is no … Read more
PARIS – Former US President Donald Trump gave French presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour advice on how to win an election during a 40-minute phone call on Monday, according to the latter’s spokesperson. “Donald Trump told Eric Zemmour ‘never give in, hold on, be brave, it’s tenacity and endurance that end up paying at the end … Read more
Kelly said Mazars performed his work on Trump’s financial statements “in accordance with professional standards” but that it could no longer stand by the documents in light of James’ findings and his own investigation. Mazars’ conclusions applied to Trump’s financial statements for 2011 to 2020, Kelly said. Another accounting firm handled Trump’s 2021 financial statement, … Read more
The New York Times Giuliani in Talks to Testify to House Jan. 6 Panel Rudy Giuliani, who as former President Donald Trump’s lawyer helped lead the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, is in discussions with the House Jan. 6 committee about responding to its questions, according to three people familiar with … Read more
So there you have it. Russiagate, the collective delusion that Donald Trump was secretly a Russian agent aided and abetted by the Kremlin, the topic of uncountable inches of Washington Post and New York Times copy and the entire prime-time lineup of MSNBC, was a dirty trick by the Hillary Clinton campaign. Not just part … Read more
White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham listens as US President Donald Trump speaks to the media aboard Air Force One while flying between El Paso, Texas, and Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on August 7, 2019.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Former Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said Trump wasn’t one for following the rules. She said … Read more
