Trump’s lawyers want charges dropped in missing documents case
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Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail today, imploring conservative Christians at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, DC to vote for him in an energetic and joke-filled speech.
The former president, a convicted felon and accused adulterer, has also declared his “love” of the Ten Commandments following new legislation in Louisiana that requires them to be displayed in all classrooms.
He will wrap up a day of campaigning with a rally in Philadelphia, continuing a recent streak of campaigning in traditionally solidly Democrat cities.
Yesterday, a hearing in the former president’s classified documents case ended with no ruling as Judge Aileen Cannon entertained a motion from Trump’s legal team that Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed as special counsel.
Smith has brought charges for allegedly mishandling classified information in Florida and in the District of Columbia for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
The Trump argument that Smith’s appointment was illegal stems from the claim that Attorney General Merrick Garland doesn’t have the legal authority to appoint a special counsel who the Senate hasn’t confirmed.
Cannon seemed skeptical but also said that the prosecution’s argument was an excessively “malleable” reading of the Constitution.
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Oliver O’Connell22 June 2024 21:51
1719087652Trump claims ‘more wounds’ than any other president
Trump claims he’s taken ‘more wounds’ than any other presidentWarning: the following video has not been independently fact-checked and may contain misinformation. The Independent strives to counteract misinformation across its platforms. Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail today, speaking to conservative Christians at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, DC. In his speech, the former president suggested he has been through more than any other president in history. “I have the wounds all over my body,” Trump said. “If I took this shirt off, you’d see a beautiful, beautiful person but you’d see wounds all over me.”
Oliver O’Connell22 June 2024 21:20
1719086400Trump set to ask judge to revoke prosecutors’ access to memos by ex-attorneyDonald Trump is set to ask Judge Aileen Cannon next week to restrict the access of prosecutors to memos created by Trump’s former attorney which became evidence of his attempts to obstruct the probe, according to The Guardian.
The request is set to be made on Tuesday during a sealed hearing.
Last month, Trump challenged prosecutors’ access to the transcripts of voice memos created by former Trump attorney Evan Corcoran.
The former president’s legal team is expected to claim that none of the memos should’ve been handed to prosecutors on the crime-fraud exception.
The exception allows prosecutors to view privileged communications between an attorney and a defendant if the legal advice was used as part of a crime.
Gustaf Kilander22 June 2024 21:00
1719085800Trump campaign raises $141m in May to close funding gap to BidenTrump’s campaign and the Republic National Committee (RNC) reported that they raised a massive $141m in May, however, they declined to report how much money the campaign had left in their funds at the end of the month, which they are not legally required to report until July.
The Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $85 million in May, with $212m sitting in the campaign’s bank at the end of the month, federal filings released on Thursday detailed. Reports suggest Trump has upwards of $170m. Trump was $100 million behind Mr. Biden at the start of April.
Filings show the Trump campaign had $116.5m cash on hand – not committed elsewhere – at the start of June, compared to $91.6m for the Biden campaign.
Oliver O’Connell22 June 2024 20:50
1719084626Now, on to Philadelphia…
Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s ‘Road to Majority’ policy conference in Washington, June 22, 2024 (REUTERS)Oliver O’Connell22 June 2024 20:30
1719084503Trump wraps up Faith & Freedom speech by saying he doesn’t need votesAfter beginning his speech at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference by imploring conservative Christians to come out and vote in November and chiding them for not doing so in great numbers in the past, Donald Trump closed out his speech by saying that he doesn’t need votes.
Which is confusing messaging.
“I tell my people. I don’t need any votes. We’ve got all the votes we need. I don’t need votes. All I want to do is make sure we guard our votes. We stop the steal.”
Oliver O’Connell22 June 2024 20:28
1719083074Watch: Big cheer as Trump says he will shut down Department of EducationOliver O’Connell22 June 2024 20:04
1719082814Criminal charges against Trump’s ‘fake electors’ in Nevada dismissed by judgeFriday’s ruling marks the first time that a case related to the Trump campaign’s efforts to reverse his election results has been dismissed.
Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus found that the case from state prosecutors was filed in the wrong county.
Alex Woodward reports.
Oliver O’Connell22 June 2024 20:00
1719082391Trump rambles into his shark and battery storyHere’s our previous coverage of this curious story that has become part of Trump’s well-worn repertoire.
Oliver O’Connell22 June 2024 19:53
1719082024Trump mulls ‘Fort Al Sharpton’ while complaining about renaming military basesOliver O’Connell22 June 2024 19:47
