[ad_1] In the 2016 campaign for the White House, former President Donald Trump turned the Republican primary debates into live TV events that attracted record audiences to Fox and CNN. But like a star walking away from a hit TV show, Trump is skipping the first debate of the 2024 Republican primary season airing Aug.… Continue reading Trump reportedly will skip Fox News’ GOP debate in Milwaukee
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Giuliani Claims Trump Could Never Have Got So Many Indictments Without His Help
[ad_1] NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—Fuming about his unpaid legal bills, Rudolph Giuliani has claimed that Donald J. Trump could never have garnered so many indictments without his help. “Those indictments didn’t happen all by themselves,” the former New York mayor told Fox News. “It took a village, and that village was me.” Giuliani said… Continue reading Giuliani Claims Trump Could Never Have Got So Many Indictments Without His Help
The Benefits and Drawbacks to Charging Trump Like a Mobster
[ad_1] On Monday night, Donald Trump and eighteen other people were indicted on forty-one felony counts by a grand jury in Atlanta. The case stemmed from Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 Presidential-election results in Georgia, where he was narrowly defeated by Joe Biden. Earlier this month, Jack Smith, a special counsel for the Department… Continue reading The Benefits and Drawbacks to Charging Trump Like a Mobster
There Is Nothing Élitist About the Indictments Against Trump
[ad_1] Not long ago, I had the uncomfortable privilege of reporting for jury duty, and spent three days in a downtown courtroom—cursing the inconvenience, waiting to be called, and yet coming away inspired by the process. From a genuine cross-section of New Yorkers of many colors and classes, a jury was selected that seemed likely… Continue reading There Is Nothing Élitist About the Indictments Against Trump
Melania Concerned That Trump Will Be Unavailable to Attend Divorce Proceedings
[ad_1] PALM BEACH (The Borowitz Report)—Shortly after a Georgia grand jury indicted Donald J. Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election, Melania Trump expressed concern that her husband’s mounting court dates could make him unavailable to attend “any divorce proceedings that might come up.” Stressing that she was speaking “totally hypothetically,” Mrs. Trump said… Continue reading Melania Concerned That Trump Will Be Unavailable to Attend Divorce Proceedings
In Georgia, Trump and His Gang Get the Mob Treatment
[ad_1] In the end, there wasn’t too much suspense about whether the Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis, would charge Donald Trump with a crime. The police barriers had long since gone up outside a downtown-Atlanta courthouse, and the grand jury and witnesses had been summoned to appear earlier this week. By midday on Monday,… Continue reading In Georgia, Trump and His Gang Get the Mob Treatment
A Witness’s Strange Day at the Trump Grand Jury in Georgia
[ad_1] “It’s a little weird,” George Chidi told me on Monday, hours before he headed into the Fulton County Courthouse—a day earlier than he’d been expecting—to offer witness testimony to a grand jury weighing election-interference charges against Donald Trump. “I’m uncomfortable, but I’m doing it.” Chidi is a journalist who has written over the years… Continue reading A Witness’s Strange Day at the Trump Grand Jury in Georgia
Is the F.B.I. Truly Biased Against Trump?
[ad_1] Special Agent Johnathan Buma, of the Los Angeles office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, holds a unique perspective on the origin of two interconnected political scandals. A former biochemist who was trained in Russian by the agency, Buma has spent fifteen years cultivating human sources in investigations of money laundering, public corruption, and… Continue reading Is the F.B.I. Truly Biased Against Trump?
2024 Preview: Bidenomics Versus the Trump Freak Show
[ad_1] Joe Biden has been embracing August: a relaxed beach day in his beloved Delaware, riding bikes and taking a moonlit stroll on the sand with the First Lady; and a trip out West to the Grand Canyon for an in-person signing of an order creating a new national monument, summer casual in a baseball… Continue reading 2024 Preview: Bidenomics Versus the Trump Freak Show
The Mind-Bending World of Trump, His Indictments, and the 2024 Election
[ad_1] It has been six days since the Justice Department indicted Donald Trump on felony charges related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, and it’s already getting hard to keep up with the latest developments. On Monday morning, Trump, in a post on his social-media site, accused the special counsel… Continue reading The Mind-Bending World of Trump, His Indictments, and the 2024 Election