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Fraud trial: Trump acknowledged penthouse size at 11,000 square feet

Donald Trump signed a document 30 years ago that gave the true size of his New York penthouse which was later listed as far larger on financial statements, according to evidence Tuesday at the former president's civil business fraud trial. The evidence appeared in an email attachment shown as Allen Weisselberg, the former finance chief of Trump's company, testified in New York Attorney General Letitia James' fraud lawsuit against Trump and his Trump Organization. Trump denies any wrongdoing. The attachment was a 1994 document, signed by Trump, that pegged his Trump Tower triplex at 10,996 square feet not the 30,000 square feet later claimed for years on financial statements that were given to banks, insurers and others to make deals and secure loans. Weisselberg said he recalled seeing the email but not the attachment, explaining that the attachments were documents he already had on file in the company's offices. But in any event, he said, he didn't pay much mind to the apartment's

Trump sets his sights on Iowa with visits as he tries to solidify support

Donald Trump continued his autumn push in Iowa on Saturday with presidential campaign events planned in two of the leadoff caucus state's larger cities. Trump's afternoon stops in Waterloo and Cedar Rapids will be his third and fourth in a little more than two weeks, part of a stepped-up campaign schedule as the opening contest for the 2024 Republican nomination approaches. Trump drew 1,700 people in Waterloo for an event aimed at encouraging attendees to pledge to support him in the caucuses, which are scheduled for Jan. 15. Hundreds more people waited outside, a sign of his dominance in the state and nationally. We have to win this. We have to win it big," he told the crowd. "We're going to do numbers we've never done. The former president blamed President Joe Biden for Hamas' surprise attack on Israel, alleging Biden had demonstrated weakness that emboldened U.S. adversaries. He also renewed his attacks on New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose office is pursuing a civil

Trump is inserting himself in race to become next speaker. Will it matter?

Donald Trump is again testing the power of his endorsement. With an early morning social media post on Friday, Trump inserted himself into the chaotic race to replace Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker by backing Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan for the post. The move was the latest example of Trump attempting to flex his influence within a Republican Party he has already fundamentally reshaped in the eight years since his first White House bid. I think he does well. I hope he does well, Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 GOP nomination, said of Jordan in a Friday interview with Real America's Voice. He's got competition, as you understand. And they're friendly with me, too. Very nice people and good people. We'll see what happens. With Trump's firm grip on the GOP base, his endorsement can effectively clear the field in many congressional primaries. But the speaker's race is more complex, an intraparty fight that will play out in secret at points and in a tense environment with many Republican

Trump endorses Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker

Former President Donald Trump is officially backing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the pugnacious House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker. Congressman Jim Jordan has been a STAR long before making his very successful journey to Washington, D.C., representing Ohio's 4th Congressional District, Trump wrote on his Truth Social site shortly after midnight. He will be a GREAT Speaker of the House, & has my Complete & Total Endorsement! The announcement came hours after Texas Rep. Troy Nehls said Thursday night that Trump had decided to back Jordan's bid.

Trump 'temporarily' drops lawsuit against ex-lawyer-turned-witness Cohen

Donald Trump has dropped his $500 million lawsuit against Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer who is now a key witness in a criminal case against him, Cohen and a Trump spokesperson has said. But the former president did not waive his right to sue again. Trump had accused Cohen of spreading falsehoods with malicious intent" and causing vast reputational harm for talking publicly about hush-money payments made to women during Trump's 2016 campaign that are at the heart of criminal charges he faces in New York. Trump has also accused Cohen of breaking a confidentiality agreement that he signed as a condition of his employment. The former president and GOP front-runner's decision comes days before he was set to give a deposition in the suit brought in April in Florida. That testimony was originally set for Oct. 3, but Trump rescheduled so he could attend the first three days of a separate New York civil fraud trial. Cohen is likely to testify in that trial next week. A Trump ...

Who is Anthony Pratt, billionaire Trump shared nuclear secrets with?

ABC News first reported that Trump discussed the potentially sensitive information with Pratt - who's a member of his Mar-a-Lago Club - shortly after leaving office

Trump may visit Capitol to address Republicans as they pick a new speaker

Former President Donald Trump is in talks to visit Capitol Hill next week as Republicans debate who should be the next speaker of the House following Kevin McCarthy's ouster, according to two people familiar with the talks. Some on the far right have floated the idea of Trump as a speaker candidate perhaps on an interim basis. One of the people cautioned that if Trump goes ahead with the visit, he would be there to talk with Republican lawmakers and not to pitch himself for the role. The people spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity ahead of an official announcement. Trump is being encouraged to run by a small group of far-right allies including Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. McCarthy, of California, lost his position this week when eight Republicans supported a motion introduced by Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz to remove him from the speakership. Gaetz and Greene are both Trump allies, though Greene voted against the motion to remove McCarthy. Trump, the ear

I don't believe in walls: Biden says he had to use Trump-era funds

President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his administration's decision to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for construction of roughly 20 miles of additional border wall, saying he had no choice but to use the Trump-era funding for the barrier to stop illegal migration from Mexico. Asked if he thought such walls work, he said flatly, No. The new construction was announced in June, but the funds were appropriated in 2019 before the Democratic president took office. Biden said he tried to get lawmakers to redirect the money but Congress refused, and the law requires the funding to be used as approved and the construction to be completed in 2023. The money was appropriated for the border wall, Biden said. I can't stop that. Still, the waiving of federal laws for the construction something also done when Republican Donald Trump was president -- raised questions, particularly because Biden condemned border wall spending when he was running for the White House. One of Biden

Trump's lawyers seek to postpone documents trial after 2024 election

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have asked a judge to postpone his classified documents trial until after next year's presidential election, saying they have not received all the records they need to review to prepare his defence. The trial on charges of illegally hoarding classified documents, among four criminal cases the Republican former president is facing, is currently scheduled for May 20, 2024, in Florida. In a motion filed late Wednesday, Trump's lawyers urged US District Judge Aileen Cannon to push back the trial until at least mid-November 2024. The presidential election is set for November 5, 2024, with Trump currently leading the GOP field in the months before the primary season. The defence lawyers argued that a postponement was necessary because of scheduling conflicts another federal trial is scheduled for March 2024 in Washington, and one of Trump's attorneys, Christopher Kise, is also representing him in an ongoing civil fraud trial in New York and ...

'Will be back at defence table', says Trump as fraud trial gets intense

After a fiery first day of opening statements, lawyers in Donald Trump's business fraud trial in New York will move on Tuesday to the more plodding task of going through years of his financial documents in what's expected to be a weekslong fight over whether they constitute proof of fraud. An accountant who prepared Trump's financial statements for years is expected to be back on the witness stand for a second day. Trump, who spent a full day Monday as an angry spectator at the civil trial, said he'll be back at the defense table. See you in Court on Tuesday morning! Trump posted on his Truth Social platform. The trial is the culmination of a lawsuit in which New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, has accused the Republican former president of deceiving banks, insurers and others for years by giving them papers that misstated the value of his assets. Judge Arthur Engoron delivered an early victory to James last week, ruling that Trump committed fraud by exaggerating

Civil fraud trial 'took me off campaign trail,' claims Donald Trump

"This was for politics. It has been very successful for them - they took me off the campaign trail," Trump said as he exited the courtroom after the court was wrapped for the day

Trump denounces biz practices case as 'scam' as he arrives for NY trial

Former President Donald Trump denounced the civil fraud case over his business practices as a politically motivated scam as he arrived defiantly for a trial in the lawsuit, which could cost him control of Trump Tower and other prized properties. This is a continuation of the single greatest witch hunt of all time, he said as he made a voluntary trip to a New York court for a trial that has high stakes for him. It's a scam. It's a sham, the Republican said, reiterating claims that New York Attorney General Letitia James' suit is a politically motivated attempt to thwart his return to the White House. What we have here is an attempt to hurt me in an election, he charged, adding: I don't think the people of this country are going to stand for it. He looked away from James, a Democrat, as he passed her on the way into court, with a disgusted look on his face. The suit accuses Trump and his company of deceiving banks, insurers and others by habitually lying about his wealth in financia

Donald Trump arrives in court for trial scrutinising his business practices

New York Attorney General Letitia James' suit accuses Trump and his company of deceiving banks, insurers and others by habitually lying about his wealth in financial statements

Will be in courtroom for New York trial scrutinising biz practices: Trump

With control over some of his most prized real estate holdings in jeopardy, former President Donald Trump says he will make a rare, voluntary trip to court Monday for the start of a civil trial in a lawsuit that has already resulted in a judge ruling that he committed fraud in his business dealings. I'm going to Court tomorrow morning to fight for my name and reputation, Trump wrote Sunday night on his Truth Social platform. Trump lashed out in his post at New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is suing him, and Judge Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over the non-jury trial and made the fraud ruling last week. THIS WHOLE CASE IS SHAM!!! Trump wrote. See you in Court - Monday morning. The trial is the culmination of a yearslong investigation by James, who accused Trump and his company of habitually lying about his wealth in financial statements. Last week, Engoron resolved the lawsuit's top claim before the trial even began, ruling that Trump routinely deceived banks, insurer

Trump campaigns before thousands in friendly blue-collar eastern Iowa

Former President Donald Trump campaigned in southeast Iowa in the middle of a fall campaign push aimed at locking in supporters with large organising events. As he has with his other recent travels to the leadoff caucus state, Trump stumped in an area that formerly supported Democrats but has embraced him, as the influence trade unions once held has shrunk and lost voters to Republicans. Trump headlined an afternoon event in Ottumwa, where 2,500 packed the inside of an event hall at the Bridge View Center in Ottumwa. The small city is a hub in eastern Iowa and the seat of Wapello County, one of 31 counties Trump carried in 2016 that Democrat Barack Obama had won four years earlier. It was Trump's second trip in two weeks to eastern Iowa, where he was drawing large crowds, as his campaign has sought to step up their press to urge voters to commit to supporting him in the January 15 caucuses, where more than a half-dozen other Republicans are vying to rise as a threat to his popularit

Will resign if Biden asked me to act on Trump: Attorney General Garland

Attorney General Merrick Garland has said that he would resign if asked by President Joe Biden to take action against Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. But he doesn't think he'll be put in that position, Garland said in an interview on Sunday. I am sure that that will not happen, but I would not do anything in that regard, he said on CBS 60 Minutes. And if necessary, I would resign. But there is no sense that anything like that will happen. The Justice Department is at the centre of not only indictments against Trump that include an effort to overturn the 2020 election and wrongly keeping classified documents, but also cases involving Biden's son Hunter, the aftermath of the riot at the US Capitol, and investigations into classified documents found in the president's home and office. Garland has appointed three separate special counsels. Garland has spoken only sparingly about the cases and reiterated on Sunday he would not get into specifics, but dismissed claims b

The Biden govt could shut down on October 1: Here's all you need to know

The US Congress is at a crossroads days before a disruptive federal shutdown that would halt paychecks for many of the federal government's roughly 2 million employees

Trump will not move his Georgia election subversion case to federal court

Earlier, Trump was expected to try to move the Georgia case as part of a bid to invoke immunity protections for federal officials

US election: Republican rivals clash as Trump skips presidential debate

As the debate ended, no candidate appeared to have secured the sort of breakout moment that would alter the dynamics of a primary contest that Trump has dominated for months

He should be on this stage tonight: Trump's rivals during 2nd GOP debate

Donald Trump's rivals laid into him repeatedly during the second presidential debate on Wednesday, ripping the former president for skipping the event as they sought to dent his commanding early lead in the Republican primary. He should be on this stage tonight, said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is attempting to establish himself as the leading Trump alternative despite recent struggles to break out from the rest of the back. He owes it to you to defend his record where they added USD 7.8 trillion to the debt. That set the stage for the inflation we have now. Seven GOP candidates squared off at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California for an event hosted by Fox Business Network. Trump was in Michigan, delivering a prime-time speech that continued through the start of the debate, attempting to capitalize on the Auto Workers Union strike and trying to appeal to rank-and-file union members in a key state that could help decide the general election. The debate comes at a .