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Judge 'appeared skeptical' of Trump's latest attempt to delay his hush money trial

Donald Trump and his lawyers appeared in a New York appeals court this Wednesday to bring their third legal challenge to his upcoming criminal trial over a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Trump’s attorneys invoked a provision of New York law known as Article 78, which allows litigants to seek relief from what they allege to be unlawful state or local government actions, NBC News reported.

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'I'm out': Former Trump campaign staffer says ex-president has 'lost her vote'

"I'm out," said Donald Trump's former campaign staffer on Wednesday.

Lizzie Marbach, a former director of communications at Ohio Right to Life who also worked for the Ohio GOP and Trump's 2020 campaign, said the former president recently took things a step too far and failed to earn her vote.

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Trump allies launch secretive scheme to divide Biden support: report

Associates of former President Donald Trump are now looking to try to find ways to divide voters they fear will back President Joe Biden, by boosting other candidates and wedge issues in the Democratic Party.

"They plan to promote the independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a 'champion for choice' to give voters for whom abortion is a top issue — and who also don’t like Mr. Biden — another option on the ballot," according to The New York Times which cited an anonymous source.

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Lara Trump's RNC blasts 2020 election fraud lies via voter robocall campaign: report

The Republican National Committee under its new co-chair Lara Trump is sending false claims about the 2020 election through robocalls to voters alleging "massive" voter fraud, according to a new report.

“We all know the problems. No photo IDs, unsecured ballot drop boxes, mass mailing of ballots, and voter rolls chock full of deceased people and non-citizens are just a few examples of the massive fraud that took place,” the RNC call said, according to CNN. “If Democrats have their way, your vote could be canceled out by someone who isn’t even an American citizen.”

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Trump Media shares plummet 10 percent — market value drops below $5 billion

Shares for Trump Media have dropped by more than 10 percent this Wednesday, leaving the company with a valuation less than $5 billion, reports show.

Share prices dropped to $33.58 from the previous $70.90 that the stock opened with on the first day it went public last month.

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Trump CFO sent to Rikers facility that holds inmates with contagious diseases: records

Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg Wednesday was sent to the Rikers Island facility that houses inmates with contagious diseases, city records show.

Weisselberg's new address at the West Facility appeared on New York City's Correction department website hours after he was sentenced following a guilty plea to two counts of felony perjury.

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Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson to hold 'election integrity' press conference

Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, will reportedly hold a press conference with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) about election fraud.

The press conference, scheduled for Friday, was first reported by CNN. A source told the network that the event would focus on "election integrity."

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Donald Trump's GOP foe is now quietly vowing to raise money for him: report

An NBC report claims Donald Trump's early Republican primary foe has pledged to help fundraise for the presumptive nominee — but he is so far only letting select supporters know.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who doesn't have an election in 2024, told donors at a private retreat Saturday that he intends to help Trump, whose campaign is blowing through cash as he uses donations to pay for mounting legal fees.

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Trump allies fail to oust Wisconsin election officials who refused to back 'big lie'

State elections officials determined that Donald Trump supporters had not gathered enough signatures to initiate a recall election of Wisconsin's top elected Republican.

The former president's supporters launched the recall effort to punish Assembly Speaker Robin Vos for certifying president Joe Biden's narrow election win in the state in 2020, and he further infuriated them when he refused to back a plan to impeach top elections official Meagan Wolfe, reported the Associated Press.

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Trump scores cash from billionaire backers who funded civil fraud prosecutor's campaign

Nemeses New York Attorney General Letitia James and former President Donald Trump pitted against one another in his $464 million civil fraud trial, have billionaire backers in common, a new report reveals.

Campaign finance reports cited by Newsweek show grocery store CEO John Catsimatidis' wife, Margo, and son, John Jr., each donated $18,000 to James' campaign on Dec. 21, 2023.

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Fox host cuts off Dem guest after she brings up Trump's repeated attacks on American Jews

Fox News' Harris Faulkner on Wednesday cut off guest Marie Harf after she brought up former President Donald Trump's repeated attacks on the majority of American Jews.

In the past, Trump has claimed that "any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion, they hate everything about Israel, and they should be ashamed of themselves," while also slamming "liberal Jews who voted to destroy America and Israel" in 2020 "because you believed false narratives!"

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'Nonstarter': Trump insiders reveal he's insisting running mate is not hardline pro-lifer

Campaign insiders say Donald Trump has zeroed in on a single policy issue as he considers who would be his 2024 running mate.

The former president boasted this week that he was responsible for the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade but added abortion rights should be decided by the states. But sources told CNN that Trump is seeking out a running mate who shares what he appears to believe is a nuanced position on the issue, which has cost Republicans in election after election.

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Trump again demands delay in hush money case amid court filing 'blitz': report

Former President Donald Trump's legal team filed yet another appeal in his criminal hush money case linked to his presidential immunity claim, according to a new report.

The appeal filed Wednesday also challenges Judge Juan Merchan, whose "refusal" to recuse himself Trump's lawyers condemn, CNN reports.

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