Donald Trump news today: Trump tells judge he ‘may’ try to move Georgia case to federal court as Navarro guilty of contempt

Trump-distanced former lawyer Michael Cohen offered advice to the 2024 presidential candidate’s co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case: “Speak up now.”

Mr. Cohen appeared on CNN where he was asked whether he thought the alleged co-conspirators would eventually break and cooperate with the Fulton County district attorney’s case.

“I hope they take a look at what just happened to Enrique Tarrio, where he got 22 years while the other insurgents got 17 years. These are real sentences,” he said, referring to the former Proud Boys leader who was jailed for his role in the failed January 6, 2021 insurrection.

When a black veteran began peppering Ron DeSantis with questions about recent gun policies surrounding the… Jacksonville During the shooting, the Florida governor defended himself and talked about him before the veteran was eventually removed from the press conference entirely.

The confrontation came after Mr. DeSantis was booed at a memorial for the victims of the racist attack.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has responded to Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio’s letter regarding her investigation into former President Donald Trump and 18 others, accusing him of trying to interfere in her office’s prosecutions.

The congressman wrote a letter to Ms. Willis on Aug. 24, telling her that her Aug. 14 indictment of 19 defendants, which includes Mr. Trump, “implies significant federal interests and the circumstances surrounding your actions raise serious concerns.” about whether they are politically motivated.”

Former President donald trump reached out to Truth Social to complain about it Mike PenceHe claimed his former vice president had gone to the “dark side” and was making up “stories” about him.

“For seven years, Mike Pence spoke nothing but good things about me. Now he has decided to go to the “dark side”. “Why didn’t he do this years ago?” Trump said wrote.

“I just watched Mike Pence make up stories about me that are absolutely false,” the former president said continuation.

Kelly Rissman has the story.

Donald Trump is making no move to hold back his persistent allegations of bias and injustice against the judge overseeing his January 6 case in Washington, DC, even after prosecutors accused him of trying to taint the jury.

On Truth Social, the ex-president continued to post statements throughout Tuesday and into Wednesday attacking Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith and Judge Tanya Chutkan, the lawyer who is now the target of baseless criticism from conservatives on the Capitol Hill has become – some of whom voted to confirm her to the bench.

Right-wing cable network One America News (OAN) has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by a former Dominion Voting Machines executive over false claims that the company rigged the 2020 presidential election, court records show.

Eric Coomer, Dominion’s former top security official, sued OAN and celebrity correspondent Chanel Rion for spreading lies that he and the company participated in a massive election fraud attempt to flip the votes from Mr. Trump to Joe Biden.

Bevan Hurley reports on the latest status of the case.

Prosecutors in Georgia expect the case involving Mr. Trump and his 18 co-defendants will require a four-month trial with more than 150 witnesses following the filing of a racketeering indictment accusing them of engaging in a criminal enterprise to distort the results of the 2020 election in the swing state.

During the first televised hearing in the case on September 6, prosecutors offered a first look at the court arguments against the former president and his allies.

Judge Scott McAfee also rejected efforts by former lawyers for Mr. Trump to separate their cases.

Alex Woodward reports on yesterday’s lawsuit in Fulton County court.

donald trumpHis own lawyer warned him not to fight it National Archives and the Justice Department over documents he withheld from the White House, but the ex-president chose instead to resist all attempts by authorities to release them.

That revelation was made by none other than Mr Trump’s former attorney, Evan Corcoran, in voice notes describing his conversations with his client, which have since served as evidence in the former president’s upcoming trial for alleged misuse of classified information. Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty.

When a black veteran began peppering Ron DeSantis with questions about recent gun policies surrounding the… Jacksonville During the shooting, the Florida governor defended himself and talked about him before the veteran was eventually removed from the press conference entirely.

The confrontation came after Mr. DeSantis was booed at a memorial for the victims of the racist attack.

As the era of Trump accountability continues, Ahmed Baba is asking what the lengthy prison sentences handed out to members of the far-right group for their involvement in the Capitol riots could mean for the former president whose bogus election fraud claim inspired them to act.