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Judge Cannon 'going on a scorched earth campaign against Jack Smith': conservative writer

Conservative writer Julie Kelly, a frequent Fox News guest, celebrated Tuesday after she said U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon launched a "scorched earth campaign" against special counsel Jack Smith.

In a Tuesday ruling, Cannon not only indefinitely suspended Donald Trump's trial date but also scheduled a series of hearings that could be designed to trip up Smith.

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'He can use mass transit': NYC official trolls Trump for congestion pricing rant

Former President Donald Trump was trolled by a powerful New York City official Tuesday after he complained congestion pricing cost a "fortune."

Trump took to Truth Social Tuesday to complain about the traffic-controlling policy in Manhattan, where the former president faces criminal charges linked to alleged hush money paid to a porn star ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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'This isn't justice': Outrage mounts after Aileen Cannon delays Trump case 'indefinitely'

Outrage mounted Tuesday after Florida federal court Judge Aileen Cannon ruled to indefinitely delay former President Donald Trump's classified documents case.

Cannon's newest ruling vacates Trump's May 20 trial date without setting another, arguing it would be "imprudent" to do so with multiple pre-trial motions pending, court records show.

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Damning evidence in Trump trial could be gleaned from previous Stormy Daniels lawsuit: report

Former top prosecutor and law school professor Andrew Weissmann pointed to another case in which Donald Trump gave a deposition confessing to reimbursing hush money payments paid to cover up an affair — and argued it could be damning evidence in his latest trial.

Trump sat in a New York courtroom for the 13th day of trial Tuesday, accused of creating false business records to hide the payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. He has pleaded not guilty to 34 charges.

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'Change of heart': Bankrupt Giuliani says he's been dropped by his own accountant

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been dropped by his accountant and cannot find another to take up the management of his beleaguered finances, court records show.

Giuliani's lawyers filed Tuesday a response in his New York City federal bankruptcy case that details financial woes that include his unpopularity among accountants and his sole sources of income: social security, a radio show and a podcast.

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Trump's classified documents trial postponed indefinitely by Judge Aileen Cannon

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has indefinitely postponed the trial date for Donald Trump and his co-defendants in a case where he is accused of mishandling classified documents.

The trial, initially set for May 20, 2024, was vacated to allow time for the resolution of numerous pre-trial motions and issues related to the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA).

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'Bring it on': Trump boasted to Mike Lindell that he's itching to go to jail

Former President Donald Trump allegedly told MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell he wanted to go to jail for violating a judge's gag order.

Lindell made the remarks during a Tuesday broadcast on his FrankSpeech platform.

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Trump allies scared gun-loving YouTuber will hand key Texas race to Dems: report

A contentious battle between a prominent Texas Republican and a gun-rights YouTube star has some loyal allies of former President Donald Trump worried their election year fight could hand a key congressional seat to Democrats.

Rep. Tony Gonzales "is battling for his political life" in a primary runoff with Brandon "The AK Guy" Herrera, who has garnered support from far right Republicans who include Rep. Matt Gaetz and House Freedom Caucus Chair Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), according to a new Politico report.

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'He's a 13-year-old boy in a 77-year-old body': Trump belittled by his own biographer

Former Donald Trump biographer David Cay Johnston attacked the former president as nothing more than a teenage boy who, despite his claims, would not be willing to go to prison.

Trump is accused of falsifying business records to hide a hush money payment designed to keep details of an alleged sexual relationship with adult film star Stormy Daniels under wraps.

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RFK Jr. won't reveal his personal finances — yet

Federal regulators granted independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. more time to file his required public financial disclosure, according to Federal Election Commission documents obtained by Raw Story.

Kennedy received a 45-day extension on Tuesday to file his public financial disclosure, which requires presidential candidates to reveal information about their personal finances, such as income, debts, royalties and stock assets in order to provide the public with transparency about any potential conflicts of interest.

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'Where were you?' Trump lawyers reprimanded for not objecting to Stormy Daniels' testimony

Adult film star Stormy Daniels testified in Donald Trump's criminal trial on Tuesday about her brief encounter and the hush money scheme that followed years later — and the ex-president's lawyers argued the details were so salacious they should never have gone before a jury.

Trump is on trial in Manhattan for falsifying business records to conceal the funds he sent to Daniels from the public at a time he was running for president.

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'How mortifying': CNN's Gloria Borger says lurid testimony must have Trump cringing

CNN's Gloria Borger on Tuesday found herself repulsed by the tawdry details laid out by adult film star Stormy Daniels in her testimony in former President Donald Trump's hush-money case.

In particular, Borger found it astonishing that a former and perhaps future president had to sit in court and listen to someone recap an adulterous tryst that he once had in lurid detail.

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Republican promotes Nazi 'great replacement theory' in briefing on rising anti-semitism

The House Oversight and Reform Committee held a Tuesday briefing discussing the increase in antisemitic attacks on Americans on college campuses — and Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) used it as the moment to promote the fringe conspiracy of the "Great Replacement Theory."

According to an excerpt of the transcript posted by The Forward's political reporter, Jacob N. Kornbluh, the meeting was held behind closed doors.

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