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Resurfaced report puts scrutiny on Trump's call for FBI headquarters to remain in D.C.

In the wake of Donald Trump expressing his support for a replacement to the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover building to be constructed in Washington D.C., a report has resurfaced financially linking the former president to a bid to build the new structure, Newsweek reported.

"The FBI headquarters should not be moved to a far-away location, but should stay right where it is, in a new spectacular building, in the best location in our now crime-ridden and filthy-dirty, graffiti-scarred, capital," Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday. "They should be involved in bringing back D.C., not running away from it."

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Trump’s rants against prosecutors a 'formulaic game' designed to halt trials: experts

Facing four criminal indictments and a variety of civil lawsuits, GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has been furiously railing against both prosecutors and judges.

Trump slams special counsel Jack Smith as a "deranged lunatic" and has accused Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and New York State Attorney General Letitia James (both of whom are Black) of being racist. Another target is Justice Arthur Engoron, the judge in James' civil fraud lawsuit against Trump and his Trump Organization.

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This trial looks increasingly likely to be first to threaten Trump with jail: columnist

As Donald Trump fights four legal cases while running for president, he's clearly hoping an electoral victory will shield him from accountability. According to MSNBC's Jordan Rubin, there's no guarantee that Trump will face trial before the 2024 election, but if he does, many are wondering which case will go to trial first.

As Rubin points out, Trump D.C. election interference case has a trial date set for March, but that could be pushed back as the former president appeals rulings over claims that he's immune to prosecution.

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MAGA sounds off on Green Day's 'American Idiot' Trump attack: 'Green done'

Green Day’s New Year’s Eve lyric change attack on Donald Trump has struck a chord with MAGA fans — who furiously reacted online Monday.

The San Francisco rockers changed a line to their classic “American Idiot’ during a performance on Dick Clark's New Year's Eve Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest just before midnight Sunday.

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Trump's attempt to discredit ex-staffers' 'gotcha' attacks destroyed by columnist

Ronald Reagan famously joked that his "11th Commandment" was "Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican.” But Donald Trump, in contrast, has never been one to cut his political foes any slack just because they're conservative.

Many of the people Trump now rails against are conservative Republicans, including Cassidy Hutchinson, Sarah Matthews and Alyssa Farah Griffin — all of whom worked in the White House when he was president.

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'Propaganda': Trump lawyer whines that voters shouldn't be told about his legal problems

Donald Trump’s attorney thinks voters should be shielded from knowing about the legal problems facing the former president.

Christina Bobb said on Newsmax that officials spreading “propaganda” about Trump criminal cases — he’s facing 91 charges in four jurisdictions — is tantamount to election interference.

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'Absurd': Expert tears apart Trump's latest immunity argument

Donald Trump's latest and "boldest" defense yet against charges he plotted to delegitimize the results of the 2020 election isn't even close to being supported by the Constitution, The New York Times reported.

Next week, Trump is expected to argue before a federal appeals court that he's immune from prosecution for actions he took while president. But, as The Times points out, the U.S. Supreme Court has already acknowledged that the Constitution does not explicitly address whether Trump is immune.

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'Never walk into that trial': Ex-GOP congressman predicts how Trump will dodge Jan. 6 jury

A former Republican congressman predicted on New Year’s Day that Donald Trump will never face trial in Jack Smith’s election subversion case — but that the GOP will be scrambling to find a replacement for him as he drops out of the presidential race.

In a long list of predictions for the new year, ex-rep. John LeBoutillier (R-NY) took particular aim at the trial set to start on March 4 in Washington, D.C.

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Watch: Ex-federal prosecutor predicts Jack Smith will 'absolutely' indict 6 Trump allies

Although special counsel Jack Smith and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis are both prosecuting election interference cases against former President Donald Trump, their criminal indictments differ in some important ways.

Willis, unlike Smith, is using RICO laws to prosecute Trump. And Willis has indicted a long list of Trump allies as co-defendants. Smith's election interference case, so far, doesn't have any indicted co-defendants — only unindicted alleged co-conspirators.

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Trump set to go to trial over claims he duped investors into backing failed video phone

Donald Trump is set to face yet another trial this month involving allegations that he duped investors into putting money into a failed video phone.

The little-mentioned civil trial is scheduled to start on January 29, Newsweek reported Monday.The judge has, however, signaled that it's likely that date will be pushed back

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Raskin: Thomas 'absolutely should recuse' in Trump 2024 case

Amid expectations that the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court will soon consider legal arguments that former President Donald Trump should be disqualified from 2024 Republican primary ballots, Democratic Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin on Sunday called for Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any such cases.

Raskin—a constitutional scholar and the lead Trump impeachment manager after the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol—appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" to discuss claims that the Republican is not qualified to hold office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution after inciting an insurrection.

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Green Day slams Trump in  'American Idiot' performance on New Year's Eve

Rockers Green Day changed the lyrics to one of their classic songs to slam Donald Trump during a New Year's Eve performance viewed by millions.

The band performed their song "American Idiot" on Dick Clark's New Year's Eve Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest, but sneaked in a dig at Trump and his followers.

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Legal expert on why conservative lawyers' brief could kill Trump's J6 court delays

Former prosecutor and longtime legal analyst Harry Litman walked through the amicus brief filed by a group of conservatives and American Oversight, which cites the late Justice Antonin Scalia in a decision that could upend Donald Trump's desperation to delay his trial.

Taking to social media on Sunday after a follower asked him to explain it in simple terms, Litman said that the way Scalia wrote his majority decision would force Trump's appeals and delays to wait until after the trial is held.

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