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Donald Trump dared a federal judge to hold him in contempt of court by having screenshots of his sex abuse victim E. Jean Carroll's smutty jokes on Twitter posted to his social media account as he sat in the courtroom.

The former president was last year found liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the 1990s at a New York City department store and then defaming her after she publicly accused him of rape.

If Donald Trump decides to testify in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case it could end up being a "bloodbath" — but not in the way he thinks, a legal analyst said Tuesday.

The first day of Trump's trial concerning the lawsuit filed by the author begins Tuesday and, despite winning the Iowa Caucuses just hours before, he rushed to be in court instead of campaigning in New Hampshire.

Donald Trump is attending his second defamation trial involving journalist E. Jean Carroll, but an expert said Tuesday he might be wasting his time.

Most of the basic facts in the case have already been decided after a jury found last year that Trump had sexually abused Carroll and then defamed her after leaving office. The latest trial will determine the penalties he must face for defamatory comments he made while serving in the White House — and the judge likely won't tolerate any outbursts from the former president.

Donald Trump is expected to file motions in Florida Tuesday that would exploit special counsel Jack Smith's inability to get him to disclose his defense, Newsweek reported.

Smith had tried to force Trump to disclose if he was going to use an advice of counsel defense in his classified documents trial — effectively saying he had no intent of illegally retaining national defense information and he had acted in accordance with the advice of his lawyers.

Donald Trump's victory Monday in the Iowa caucuses surprised no one, confirming his grip on the Republican Party and offering clues about the campaign ahead.

Here are five takeaways from the first contest of the 2024 election race, where Trump supporters defied bitter cold to deliver a victory for the ex-president, who swept aside challengers Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley.

Mere hours after Donald Trump's Monday night projected Iowa Caucus win, CNN hosts Kaitlan Collins and Abby Phillips agreed that the former president's tone, delivery and "attitude" during his victory speech were in stark contrast to many of his previous appearances.

"It shows how confident he feels coming off of this win," Collins said. "I haven't heard Donald Trump give a speech like that in probably years, and I've been to a lot of Donald Trump speeches. He hasn't called Ron DeSantis 'Ron' since Ron DeSantis entered the presidential race. He's only called him by nicknames and called him disloyal. To see him give that speech speaks to how he feels after this victory tonight. But I also think this is the speech that he's giving after he has not had any wins in several years.

She wanted "triple confirmation" that she had the goods on Trump's prosecutor. Then she struck.

Atlanta Journal-Constituition metro columnist Bill Torpy spoke to Ashleigh Merchant, the defense attorney for one of Trump's co-defendants, Michael Roman, about last week's motion filled with allegations against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. The suit alleges Willis hired "her boyfriend" to the team. It's a gig the defendant claims earned her more than a half-million dollars.

Donald Trump will spend his first day off of his Iowa Caucus win in court after losing his defamation suit brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll, NBC News reported Monday evening.

Carroll has been suing Trump for years, but he successfully delayed it by declaring "presidential immunity," which was unsuccessfully appealed.

Trump's win may spell doom for the remaining contenders trying to become the GOP presidential nominee.

According to the Wall Street Journal's Catherine Lucky, with such an uncontested victory it might be time for former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to gracefully head for the exits.

Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R-FL) presidential campaign blamed "election interference" on Monday after apparently losing the Iowa caucuses.

Moments after several networks — including Fox News — called the Iowa race for Donald Trump, DeSantis Communications Director Andrew Romeo posted a response on social media.

In a Monday op-ed for The Guardian, columnist Sidney Blumenthal highlights why special counsel Jack Smith indicted former President Donald Trump under the Ku Klux Klan Acts of 1870 and 1871, "which incorporates the 14th amendment, section 3, of the constitution," for "clear and compelling reasons."

He adds the reasons are included in the indictments and court rulings.