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Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail, 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 then traveled on to a rally in Philadelphia, continuing a recent streak of campaigning in traditionally solidly Democrat cities.
Meanwhile, on Friday, 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.
Key Points
- Trump gives confused shout-out to Barry Loudermilk at Faith & Freedom conference
- No ruling from Cannon on Smith appointment
- Cannon seems skeptical of Trump’s argument Smith was appointed illegally
- Reclusive banking heir billionaire gave Trump $50m one day after hush money conviction
- Trump set to ask judge to revoke prosecutors’ access to memos by ex-attorney
- Manhattan DA requests that Judge Merchan keep in place elements of Trump gag order
Reclusive banking heir billionaire gave Trump $50m one day after hush money conviction
A donor gave $50 million to Donald Trump’s campaign on the day of the former president’s hush money conviction, according to new filings.
The huge sum, donated by Timothy Mellon to Trump Super PAC MAGA Inc., was the largest federal individual campaign contribution so far this election cycle.
The donation made up most of the $68.8 million MAGA Inc. raised in May.
Filings show the donation was made on May 31, the same day that Trump became the first US president in history to receive a criminal conviction after he was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
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Reclusive banking billionaire gave Trump $50m one day after hush money conviction
The huge sum, donated by businessman Timothy Mellon to Trump Super PAC MAGA Inc., is the largest federal individual campaign contribution so far this election cycle
Oliver O'Connell23 June 2024 09:00 1719122400Criminal charges against Trump’s ‘fake electors’ in Nevada dismissed by judge
A judge in Nevada has dismissed a criminal case against six so-called “fake electors” who tried to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election.
Friday’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.
Judge dismisses criminal charges against Trump’s ‘fake electors’ in Nevada
The state’s attorney general is appealing ‘immediately’
Oliver O'Connell23 June 2024 07:00 1719115200Trump suggests CIA stopped him releasing JFK assassination files
Former President Donald Trump spoke about releasing the files surrounding the assassination of President John F Kennedy in a recent podcast appearance, suggesting the CIA had applied pressure to stop some information from being released.
Amelia Neath has the story.
Trump says he was stopped from releasing all JFK files
Former president suggests he may release files surrounding the infamous 1963 murder if he’s re-elected
Oliver O'Connell23 June 2024 05:00 1719108014Trump proposes green cards for foreign graduates
Former President Donald Trump has expressed interest in granting green cards to international students who graduate from US universities.
Speaking on The All-In Podcast on Thursday, Trump said: “What I want to do, and what I will do, is you graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country.”
That move wouldn’t only apply to graduates of four-year universities either, Trump clarified.
Michelle Del Rey reports on the proposal.
Trump wants to give green cards to foreign graduates of US colleges
All ‘communists, radical Islamists, Hamas supporters, America haters and public charges’ would be excluded, ex-president’s campaign says
Oliver O'Connell23 June 2024 03:00 1719104452Trump mixes up Jan 6 riot ‘suspects’ with Russian spies
Giving his customary shout-outs to lawmakers in attendance at an event in Washington, DC on Saturday, Donald Trump gave a somewhat confused version of a story involving one of his allies in Congress.
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Trump mixes up Jan 6 riot ‘suspects’ with Russian spies in rambling speech
Former president appears to confuse different stories while giving shout-out to Georgia lawmaker
Oliver O'Connell23 June 2024 02:00 1719100852Watch: Refute? Refutal? Refuttal?
Oliver O'Connell23 June 2024 01:00 1719097252Supreme Court: Domestic abuse survivor will ‘sleep better’ after ruling banning abusers from possessing guns
Laura Morris thought she died when she was struck by a bullet fired from her husband’s gun. Now, four decades after surviving the incident, she now gets to “sleep a little better” knowing that there is a law keeping firearms out of the hands of domestic abusers will remain in place.
Morris, who has a bullet in her shoulder, told The Independent she was “thrilled” after the Supreme Court upheld the federal law in United States v Rahimi on Friday.
Kelly Rissman reports.
Domestic abuse survivor will ‘sleep better’ after Supreme Court ruling
Laura Morris called the Supreme Court decision ‘personal’
Oliver O'Connell23 June 2024 00:00 1719095452Evangelicals on why they’re still backing Trump: ‘We’ve all broken the Ten Commandments’
Bel Trew reports from the ‘Road to Majority’ policy conference in Washington, DC.
Wearing cowboy hats bejewelled with “Free Trump” broaches and waving American flags, evangelical Christians promised to vote for Donald Trump at a key gathering on Saturday, saying that while he is not perfect “he’ll do the right thing for America”.
Trump was the keynote speaker at the Faith & Freedom Coalition in Washington DC, a gathering of politically influential conservative Christian activists who advocate for strict abortion restrictions and a tougher stance on the southern border.
There he called on his religious supporters to go to the polls in a speech which notably quickly glossed over abortion, which has become a sensitive issue for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
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‘We’ve all broken the Ten Commandments’: The evangelicals still backing Trump
‘I’m not voting for a pastor. I’m voting for someone that leads the country’, conservative Christians tell Bel Trew at the Road to the Majority conference in Washington, DC
Oliver O'Connell22 June 2024 23:30 1719093532Watch LIVE: Trump speaks at a rally in Philadelphia
Oliver O'Connell22 June 2024 22:58 1719091901Trump motorcade driving through Philadelphia
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