President Trump

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Michigan governor candidates 'can't read Trump's mind,' but many ... (mlive.com)

The Trump love was abundant at Saturday's GOP convention, as gubernatorial candidates woo the former president for his stamp of approval.

Some of the candidates see this is a springboard for having more power and influence in Michigan, he said. “We don’t know … if Trump’s endorsement will be enough to take somebody from nowhere to the top,” Sellek said. “They’re like, ‘I’m in the game and this is fun. He’s thinking about not only his future for running in 2024, but just holding onto his influence that he has.” Markey said Trump’s endorsement of Johnson is a “foregone conclusion.” And by golly, I think we have the greatest state you could want.” “If I didn’t talk to every person, I’m going to be shocked,” Johnson said, who stuck around for at least 13 hours. If you check the donation records, I’m the only candidate that has donated to Trump from 2015 to 2019, you can check those records yourself, that’s a fact … We’ll see with that big of a field if he’s going to endorse anyone, because there’s a lot of candidates out there.” Because if you have the ability to see inside his mind, then you should go on TV. But the reality of life is, I go by what I think is right for the state.” “And I just don’t know how, with 10 candidates in it, how anybody can break through.” Rinke has also loaned his campaign $2 million of his own dollars, saying $8 million more could be on the way. - Tudor Dixon: “Yes, (I’m seeking Trump’s endorsement). You look at the people here that are all for the president.

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'Donald Trump's top pastor' Mark Burns confused by Trump's ... (Greenville News)

Incumbent William Timmons received former president Donald Trump's endorsement in the 4th Congressional District Republican primary.

"If he is on the ballot in 2024, he will have to earn my vote," he said. Timmons said in addition to serving in Congress, he serves in the South Carolina Air National Guard as a captain and JAG officer. Two Democrats are running in the Democratic primary, Kevin Eckert and Evangeline Hundley. Green Party candidate Larry Gaither is also running. "These are official orders and I do not accept any special treatment for also serving in Congress. "Timmons has no results, no voice, no solutions and he is a no-show in Congress with an extremely high absentee rate." But Trump and his staffers do not live in South Carolina. They do not know the people and anger that they have here." "It means (Trump has) looked at them and said this person will do what they say." "There are a lot of RNC-installed swamp creatures still managing to hang onto President Trump, and sadly they still have his ear," Burns said. "I don't have wide recognition at this time. The Rev. Mar Burns, who said he's been "a loyal Trump supporter and friend since 2015," said some of Trump's candidate endorsements are confusing. Timmons responded, "This race is over. The president (Trump) has weighed in and they're unable to raise any money and to get any backing from local leaders.

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Trump pushed Lindsey Graham to tell reporters how good he was at ... (Daily Mail)

Trump had been speaking with New York Times journalists Jonathan Marin and Alex Burns when Graham called, according to their forthcoming book.

That loyalty has not spared him from Trump's wrath when he would dare to disagree. The British television personality described Trump as 'almost foaming at the mouth' and said he called Morgan 'disloyal' and 'fake.' The revelations come in a new book about the end of Trump's presidency and beginning of Biden's At another point in the book, Graham reportedly pleads with his GOP colleagues to be patient with Trump when it came to his 2020 election fraud claims. 'Graham was urging his Republican colleagues to give the president space to come to terms with the election results,' the Post's book excerpt read. 'Tell them about the Trump endorsements,' Trump ordered Graham, according to an excerpt obtained by the Washington Post.

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$10000 per day contempt fines against Trump begin Tuesday, NY ... (CNN)

Former President Donald Trump will be fined thousands of dollars beginning Tuesday for failing to comply with a subpoena from the New York attorney general, ...

Trump's attorney, Alina Habba, said that they had searched and found no documents to provide investigators other than the 10 previously turned over by the Trump Organization. Not only did Mr. Trump fail to submit an affidavit himself, which this Court believes would have been the best practice, as he is the most obvious person to affirm where any responsive documents in his possession, custody, and control would be located, but the attorney affirmation submitted on behalf of Mr. Trump contained only conclusory statements, rather than details of a diligent search," the judge wrote. The order is signed and dated April 26.

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Judge Holds Trump in Contempt Over Documents in New York A.G. ... (The New York Times)

Former President Donald J. Trump was ordered to turn over materials sought by Letitia James, the New York attorney general, and will be fined $10000 per day ...

Ms. Habba repeated in court that the Trump Organization had searched the locations in question. The lawyer, Andrew Amer, mentioned a number of relevant files known to his office, including those kept in storage closets and file cabinets at Trump Tower. Mr. Trump’s lawyers had said the requests were “grossly overbroad” and did not “adequately” describe the requested materials. He was elevated to serve as an acting State Supreme Court Justice in 2013 and elected to the State Supreme Court bench in 2015. Justice Engoron, a Democrat, was first elected to the New York City Civil Court in 2003. The ruling on Monday is a blow for Mr. Trump as he continues to battle the attorney general’s investigation. After Ms. James subpoenaed Mr. Trump in December, lawyers for the former president argued that they conducted a thorough search for the records being sought by her investigators and found no new documents to provide. (In the fall of 2020, Ms. James questioned another of Mr. Trump’s children, Eric Trump.) Ms. Habba said after the hearing ended that she intended to file such a statement. “This does not even come close to meeting the standard on a motion for contempt.” Mr. Bragg, also a Democrat, inherited the inquiry from his predecessor after taking office on Jan. 1. That action is likely to be a lawsuit.

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'Trump has willfully disobeyed a lawful order of this court,' NY judge ... (CNBC)

Former President Donald Trump had fought a subpoena issued by New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of her probe of the Trump Organization.

The order left open the possibility that Trump could satisfy the subpoena by detailing in a sworn statement that he had conducted a thorough search for the records, which his lawyer has claimed he was unable to find. "Once again, Cushman & Wakefield affirms that we stand behind our appraisals and appraisers." A New York judge said that Donald Trump would have to start paying a fine of $10,000 per day on Tuesday after finding him in contempt of court for failing to comply with a state Attorney General's Office subpoena for business-related documents. The judge said Trump would have to pay $10,000 per day until he satisfies the judge that he has complied with the subpoena. - Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron said the former president had "willfully disobeyed" his order to comply with a subpoena for business-related documents issued by the office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James. - A judge said that Donald Trump would have to start paying a $10,000 per day contempt-of-court fine immediately.

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Daily $10K fines against Trump start today after contempt ruling (New York Post)

Donald Trump is on the hook for daily $10000 fines starting on Tuesday after a judge held him in civil contempt for not complying with a court order to ...

The AG filed suit in 2020 alleging that the company and Eric Trump were stonewalling the investigation. James’ office opened up an investigation in 2019 after Congressional testimony from Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen that Trump had exaggerated company assets to get an advantage on loan applications and for tax and insurance purposes. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Monday found the former president in contempt for failing to meet the judge’s March 31 deadline to turn over documents to the AG’s office as she probes the Trump Organization’s business dealings.

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Donald Trump cited for civil contempt for failing to comply with ... (WSWS)

Trump has refused to comply with a December subpoena requiring him to turn over documents to the office of Democratic New York Attorney General Leticia ...

He went on the warn, “Whatever the risks of bringing the case may be, I am convinced that a failure to prosecute will pose much greater risks in terms of public confidence in the fair administration of justice. At the end of March, the New York Times published a scathing resignation letter, which District Attorney Bragg’s office had refused to release. I have worked too hard as a lawyer, and for too long, now to become a passive participant in what I believe to be a grave failure of justice.” The two lead outside prosecutors, Carey R. Dunne and Mark F. Pomerantz, resigned on February 23, 2022, one day after Bragg told them he was discontinuing the presentation of evidence to the grand jury. The attorney general cited eight separate requests Trump had defied and asked that he be fined $10,000 a day as long as he refused to cooperate. Even so, Trump attorney Alina Habba signaled her client’s intention to appeal the ruling, delaying any payment by Trump of the fines. “In particular, there is no admissible evidence of who, what, where, when and how any search was conducted,” Engoron said. Trump’s actions, while notable for their frequency and scale, are pervasive throughout the ruling class. For the billionaire Trump, who has raised over $124 million through his “Save America” group since November 2020, according to Federal Election Commission filings analyzed by Reuters, the fine is insignificant. On Monday, the Times reported that James’ office was “nearing the culmination of its inquiry” into Trump and was “preparing” to file a “lawsuit ... in the near future.” Engoron ruled that Habba did not present enough evidence to conclude that Trump had conducted a proper search for the requested documents. In court on Monday, Andrew Amer, an attorney for James’ office, said that they had “received zero documents” from Trump, despite ordering Trump to turn over “the files located in cabinets outside Mr. Trump’s office,” “the storage room by Mr. Trump’s office,” “the Executive Office storage closet” and “the file cabinets located on the 25th and 26th floors.”

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Why Donald Trump must pay $10000 daily fine (he owes for ... (Hindustan Times)

Donald Trump, a Republican who served a hugely controversial four-year term as the United States' 45th president, has denied wrongdoing and slammed the ...

The first five cases were flagged in Scotland on March 31 by "astute clinicians, realising they were seeing something unusual", said Meera Chand, director of clinical and emerging infections at the UK Health Security Agency. Health authorities in Europe and the US are racing to find out about the sudden outbreak of a liver disease in nearly 200 children. State judge Arthur Engoron said Monday the ex US president had to cough up the daily fine starting Tuesday, after he failed to hand over papers needed by Attorney General Letitia James for a 2019 probe into alleged improper valuation of assets for financial benefits.

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