Trump news today: Judge demands court hearing as Jack Smith and Trump spar over protective order

Mr Trump cracked down on Mr Pence again on Monday morning, adding in a second post: ‘WOW it finally happened! Liddle’ Mike Pence, a man who was on the verge of being overthrown as Indiana governor until I came along and made him vice president, has gone to the dark side.”

“I never told a newly encouraged (not based on his 2% poll numbers!) Pence to put me above the Constitution or that Mike was ‘too honest’. He’s delusional and now wants to show he’s a tough guy. I once read a big magazine article about Mike. It was said that he was not a very good person. I was surprised, but the article was true. Sad!” he added.

Mr Trump cracked down on Mr Pence again on Monday morning, adding in a second post: ‘WOW it finally happened! Liddle’ Mike Pence, a man who was on the verge of being overthrown as Indiana governor until I came along and made him vice president, has gone to the dark side.”

“I never told a newly encouraged (not based on his 2% poll numbers!) Pence to put me above the Constitution or that Mike was ‘too honest’. He’s delusional and now wants to show he’s a tough guy. I once read a big magazine article about Mike. It was said that he was not a very good person. I was surprised, but the article was true. Sad!” he added.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis admitted in an interview with NBC News that former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election as he tries to refocus his campaign.

Mr. DeSantis first told NBC News’ Dasha Burns that whoever is inaugurated on Jan. 20 will be deemed the winner, in a cursory reply.

“Whoever puts their hand on the Bible on January 20 every four years is the winner,” he said. When asked, Mr. DeSantis said that President Biden defeated Mr. Trump.

“No, of course he lost,” he said of Mr Trump. “Joe Biden is the President.”

However, Mr. DeSantis still said there were irregularities in the election, citing the proliferation of mail-in ballots during the Covid-19 pandemic and the distribution of grants by Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg to election administrators.

Speaking at an event in Kentucky over the weekend, Mitch McConnell was met with shouts of “retire” just days after his cold spell sparked concerns about his health.

The 81-year-old Senate Minority Leader was punctuated by loud jeers, boos and shouts of “retire” as he appeared at the 143rd Annual St. Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic in his home state on Saturday.

“My friends, I’ll be honest, it’s not hard for Republicans to look good these days,” McConnell said to loud heckling from the crowd around him.

“We’re dealing with the people who caused record-breaking inflation, closed schools…”

The Republican senator tried to ignore the uproar as the crowd’s chanting escalated and grew louder.

Donald Trump is on the defense after being presented with his third criminal indictment last week, targeting several people, including Nancy Pelosi, for speaking out on his federal charges.

“I intentionally didn’t comment on Nancy Pelosi’s very strange story about her husband, but now I can because she happily said something about me that was really quite malicious,” Trump wrote.

Mrs. Pelosi said MSNBC On Friday, she said when she saw Mr Trump get out of his car for the impeachment in Washington DC, she saw “a terrified puppy” who “knows the truth that he lost the election.”

Mr Trump appeared in federal court on Thursday facing four charges related to his alleged effort and conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results.

Responding to Ms Pelosi’s comments, the ex-president said he was not “scared” about his impeachment and thought her comment was “mean”.

The reigning champions were not at their best throughout the tournament in Australia and New Zealand, narrowly breaking out of their group before losing 5-4 on penalties to Sweden in a hard-fought clash on Sunday.

Rapinoe, a late substitute, was one of three players to miss a crucial penalty.

The result was doubly cruel for the veteran winger as it was her last appearance for the USWNT and her glittering career on the world stage ended in bitter disappointment.

The 38-year-old, a prominent LGBT+ rights activist and equal pay campaigner in women’s soccer, previously announced her plan to retire at the end of the domestic season in which she plays for OL Reign in Seattle, Washington .

Her misfortune was met with absolute delight by the twice indicted and thrice indicted Mr. Trump, who took time out from his myriad legal woes to troll the team on Truth Social, suggesting their disappointing performance at the World Cup was symptomatic of a broader national decline under President Joe Biden be.

“The ‘shocking and totally unexpected’ loss of the USA women’s soccer team to Sweden is emblematic of what is happening to our country [sic] “Once a great nation under Crooked Joe Biden,” Trump posted Sunday night.

“Many of our players were openly hostile to America – no other country was like that, or even close. Waking up is synonymous with an error. Nice shot Megan, the US is going to hell!!! MAGA.”

Property records and court documents confirm his address matches that listed by Sotheby’s Realty. While the listing states that the building “is notable for its magnificent Gothic-inspired terracotta and brick exterior,” the three-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment also stands out for having been inspected by the FBI in April 2021 for alleged dealings by Mr Giuliani was searched with Ukraine.

The apartment was put up for sale just days after the third charge against Mr Giuliani’s former client and ally, Mr Trump.

Mr Giuliani himself faces a number of legal issues. A lawyer for the 79-year-old admitted last week New York Times that his client appeared to be the person identified in the federal indictment as “Co-conspirator 1” who accused Mr. Trump of conspiring to tilt the 2020 election in his favour.

Robert Costello, Mr Giuliani’s attorney, said the indictment “removes the First Amendment” and denounced the filing as “election interference”.

The ex-president’s legal department also asked Judge Tanya Chutkan to allow “volunteers” access to discovery materials.

Many years after Richard Nixon left the presidency in disgrace spoke to CNN about his time as Vice President of Dwight Eisenhower and said that a Vice President should consider himself expendable and do what the man wants.

“Otherwise the man has to get down there in the ring,” said Mr. Nixon. Those words resonate when it comes to his successor, Vice President Kamala Harris. Like Mr. Nixon, Ms. Harris only served a short time in the US Senate before a presidential candidate who was considered an elder statesman chose her as his vice president.

Perhaps no vice president struggles more with his image than Ms. Harris. But recently, she’s taken on one of the more traditional roles of a vice president: that of attack dog. Essentially, vice presidents join in the fights the president doesn’t fight, to keep the boss’s hands clean and to make sure “the man” doesn’t have to “get in the ring.”