The trial in Trump’s DC election meddling case has been postponed bya federal judge

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CNN, Washington — According to a recent court order in the case, the federal election subversion case


against former President Donald Trump has been postponed due to ongoing appeals regarding the
authority of the presidency. The trial date was set to take place in Washington, DC. The case has been
postponed while a federal appeals court considers arguments made by Trump regarding his immunity
from prosecution due to his role as president prior to the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The trial was originally scheduled for March 4. The appeals court has not yet rendered a decision
regarding immunity. Even though it wasn’t official until US District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s order on
Friday, the likelihood that the March trial date would happen decreased. Chutkan cautioned Smith’s team
not to proceed without her approval after Trump’s team complained in January that prosecutors were still
submitting court documents despite the case’s suspension. The former president, who has pushed to
postpone the trial until after the 2024 presidential election, has won with the delay, though it remains to
be seen if he will be able to do so until after November’s election.
According to two Trump aides who spoke to CNN, Chutkan’s failure to set a new trial date is the main
reason why Chutkan’s team is pushing for additional delays in the most recent court order. The parties
and even court officials had also expected a delay, given the amount of time that has passed without a
DC Circuit decision regarding presidential immunity. It took the court nearly a month to rule on the case,
and it may take even longer. The DC Circuit’s decision is probably going to be challenged in an appeal to
the Supreme Court. Chutkan said in her order on Friday that the potential jurors would no longer be
required to complete a written questionnaire, even though they had been asked to appear in court the
following week. In the order, Chutkan stated,
“If and when the mandate is returned, the court will set a
new schedule.
” Special Counsel Jack Smith has charged Trump with four counts of election subversion,
including conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding and defraud the United States. The ex-president
entered a not guilty plea. Of the several criminal indictments that Trump is facing, the federal case
against him was scheduled to start first.
Given the conflicting trial date in Washington, the judge in the New York case—the first of four
indictments against Trump filed last year—has long rejected defense requests to move up the start date
to March 25. The judge made the correct assumption that the former president’s schedule might change
as the trial drew closer. Final details are expected to be worked out at Trump’s pretrial hearing in
Manhattan on February 15. It appears that the New York case will begin on schedule. Certain witnesses
have stated that they have been instructed to be prepared to testify, and the judge has been in
discussions with Trump’s attorneys and prosecutors regarding the jury selection process. In the New York

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case, it is alleged that Trump concealed payments made on the Republican’s behalf to stifle negative
reports prior to his victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016, by classifying them as legal fees.
There’s no guarantee that Trump will serve time in prison, even though a guilty decision would give him
yet another historic distinction as the first former president to be found guilty of a crime and possibly
impede his bid to win back the White House. Rival campaign strategists and Trump detractors have long
lamented the fact that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was the first to be indicted, arguing that
this served to dilute the political impact of subsequent, more serious charges as voters became
disinterested or perplexed by the sheer number of cases.
Bragg has rejected the term “hush money” about his case, choosing instead to refer to it as another
instance of Trump “election interference” in recent weeks. However, this case concerns actions behind
closed doors during Trump’s initial 2016 presidential campaign. Meanwhile, Trump is being prosecuted in
Florida on numerous felonies for allegedly keeping classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate without
authorization. The trial is scheduled for May 20, but it may still be postponed. In a different Georgia case,
he is accused of conspiring to rig the 2020 election in Fulton County by District Attorney Fani Willis. The
trial has not been scheduled.

A conservative critic of Trump talks about how the (2024)GOP is affected

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Senate Republicans insisted that policy changes to address the situation at the southwest border be a condition of President Biden’s national security funding package for Ukraine. Republican divisions, however, could derail the bipartisan plan now that negotiators claim they are prepared to unveil its specifics. The plan aims to lessen the surge of migrants at the border. Politics is now threatening months of negotiations between Democrats, Republicans, and Biden administration officials. The Republican Party’s probable 2024 presidential nominee, former president Donald Trump, has been publicly criticizing the agreement and enjoining lawmakers to vote against it.
At the beginning of the week, negotiators pledged to release a bill soon. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., however, seemed to indicate on Wednesday that he’s prepared to move on and concentrate on providing funding to two important wartime allies of the United States. “It’s time for us to move something, hopefully including the border agreement, but we need to get help to Israel and Ukraine quickly,” McConnell stated to reporters. McConnell has continuously maintained that now, with divided government, is the time to pressure Democrats on border policy. When asked what the public would believe about Republican legislators who veto a bill because Trump ordered them to, McConnell evaded the topic. He continued, “I still favor trying to make law when you can,” and asserted that the bipartisan group’s proposed legislation is preferable to the existing immigration laws. He also stated, “You’re asking me a question I can’t answer right now, which is the fate of it.”
Senators are already aware of important details
Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, the lead Democratic negotiator working on the border plan, has been hinting for days that the deal is essentially done and that the only thing holding it up is getting the GOP’s approval to proceed. “To help with the border crisis, we have a bipartisan agreement. For that, Republicans have been frantic. Why would they leave it like that?” Republicans in the Senate got together for their weekly lunch on Wednesday to talk about the next steps, but the consensus that emerged from the meeting was that the lawmakers wanted to see the specifics. But following weeks of negotiations, lawmakers from both parties have already been briefed on the main points.
The bill includes several tools to address the border, such as granting the president the authority to close the border if the number of migrants trying to enter the country rises above a certain threshold, changing the criteria for granting asylum, and permitting migrants to work while their claim is being processed.
Extended talks gave detractors a platform
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., stated that the endeavor is “an uphill climb” since during the discussions, some members have formed opinions about the proposal’s potential effects, and “there are certain people who will never change their mind.” Tillis has stated that to proceed, a border plan must receive support from the majority of Senate Republicans. However, the fact that Trump intervened in the process has made many lawmakers reluctant to support the framework, making it more difficult to pass that test.
Sen. Jim Lankford, R-Oklahoma, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Ariz., and Murphy are drafting the plan together. I. Lankford spent time on Sunday talk shows squashing rumors about the plan that the right-wing media is using to justify the admission of 5,000 more immigrants every day. Tillis described the meeting on Wednesday as “a good discussion.” However, he stated, “I would ask those same members, who are calling for time, to read it but not judge something they haven’t read.” The proposals are being dismissed by those who have already publicly opposed the bill. “This is a bad bill,” Texas Senator Ted Cruz stated to reporters. “And the simplest reason is, it doesn’t solve the problem.”Despite months of bipartisan negotiations, Cruz accused Senate Democrats of crafting a bill that “allows Joe Biden to continue the open borders.” Last week, Biden declared his support for the plan and threatened to shut down the border immediately if Congress approved it.

There is still some optimism
Murphy maintained his optimism on Wednesday, saying that the agreement would pass and be put to a vote on the floor perhaps this week. He suggested that others are making false claims about the necessity of seeing the entire text, while a “sizable, important group of Republican senators” is sincerely working to resolve the border issue.
“This is not an in-depth analysis of the problem. The question is whether they will prioritize putting Trump before finding a solution, Murphy stated.

A conservative critic of Trump talks about how the GOP is affected

Senate Republicans insisted that changes in policy to address the situation at the southwest border be a condition of President Biden’s national security funding package for Ukraine. Republican divisions, however, could derail the bipartisan plan now that negotiators claim they are prepared to unveil its specifics. The plan aims to lessen the surge of migrants at the border. Politics is now threatening months of negotiations between Democrats, Republicans, and Biden administration officials. The Republican Party’s probable 2024 presidential nominee, former president Donald Trump, has been publicly criticizing the agreement and enjoining lawmakers to vote against it.

At the beginning of the week, negotiators pledged to release a bill soon. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., however, seemed to indicate on Wednesday that he’s prepared to move on and concentrate on providing funding to two important wartime allies of the United States. “It’s time for us to move something, hopefully including the border agreement, but we need to get help to Israel and Ukraine quickly,” McConnell stated to reporters. McConnell has continuously maintained that now, with divided government, is the time to pressure Democrats on border policy. When asked what the public would believe about Republican legislators who veto a bill because Trump ordered them to, McConnell evaded the topic. He continued, “I still favor trying to make law when you can,” and asserted that the bipartisan group’s proposed legislation is preferable to the existing immigration laws. He also stated, “You’re asking me a question I can’t answer right now, which is the fate of it.”

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Senators are already aware of important details
Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, the lead Democratic negotiator working on the border plan, has been hinting for days that the deal is essentially done and that the only thing holding it up is getting the GOP’s approval to proceed. “To help with the border crisis, we have a bipartisan agreement. For that, Republicans have been frantic. Why would they leave it like that?” Republicans in the Senate got together for their weekly lunch on Wednesday to talk about the next steps, but the general consensus that emerged from the meeting was that the lawmakers wanted to see the specifics. But following weeks of negotiations, lawmakers from both parties have already been briefed on the main points.
The bill includes several tools to address the border, such as granting the president the authority to close the border if the number of migrants trying to enter the country rises above a certain threshold, changing the criteria for granting asylum, and permitting migrants to work while their claim is being processed.
Extended talks gave detractors a platform
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., stated that the endeavor is “an uphill climb” since during the discussions, some members have formed opinions about the proposal’s potential effects, and “there are certain people who will never change their mind.” Tillis has stated that in order to proceed, a border plan must receive support from the majority of Senate Republicans. However, the fact that Trump intervened in the process has made many lawmakers reluctant to support the framework, making it more difficult to pass that test.
Sen. Jim Lankford, R-Oklahoma, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Ariz., and Murphy are drafting the plan together. I. Lankford spent time on Sunday talk shows squashing rumors about the plan that the right-wing media is using to justify the admission of 5,000 more immigrants every day. Tillis described the meeting on Wednesday as “a good discussion.” However, he stated, “I would ask those same members, who are calling for time, to read it but not judge something they haven’t read.” The proposals are being dismissed by those who have already publicly opposed the bill. “This is a bad bill,” Texas Senator Ted Cruz stated to reporters. “And the simplest reason is, it doesn’t solve the problem.”Despite months of bipartisan negotiations, Cruz accused Senate Democrats of crafting a bill that “allows Joe Biden to continue the open borders.” Last week, Biden declared his support for the plan and threatened to shut down the border immediately if Congress approved it.

There is still some optimism
Murphy maintained his optimism on Wednesday, saying that the agreement would pass and be put to a vote on the floor perhaps this week. He suggested that others are making false claims about the necessity of seeing the entire text, while a “sizable, important group of Republican senators” is sincerely working to resolve the border issue.
“This is not an in-depth analysis of the problem. The question is whether they will prioritize putting Trump before finding a solution, Murphy stated.

Trump Needs to Win Independents Now That He Won New Hampshire, Says Expert

CONCORD, New Hampshire —With a record number of votes cast, former President Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary, breaking previous records set by Bernie Sanders in 2016. As of right now, the former president is positioned as the likely Republican nominee, even though the primary season is still early.

In spite of his remarkable vote total in the Republican contest on January 23, the make-up of that electorate—as well as the coalition supporting his opponent—may have consequences for President Trump and President Joe Biden should they face off in the general election. To put it succinctly, Ms. Haley was overwhelmingly backed by independent voters in New Hampshire, a highly desirable demographic, during the Republican primary.

Just half of the more than 160 million registered voters in the country are members of a political party, with Democrats and Republicans making up most of these individuals. As per the Gallup report of 2023, 449 percent of the remaining individuals are independent. Any candidate running in November will need the backing of most of those independent voters to win. According to an AP VoteCast survey, among those who declared they would take part in the New Hampshire Republican primary, 21% of Republicans expressed dissatisfaction with President Trump and declared they would not support him.

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Sixty-eight percent of independent voters declared they would not vote for the former president because they were unhappy with him.
. Defeating former US ambassador Nikki Haley in her final major Republican opponent contest, former President Donald Trump prevailed handily.
. Despite mounting pressure to withdraw, Haley vowed to continue running for office and stated that her attention is now on the South Carolina primary next month.
. Despite not having his name on the ballot, President Joe Biden easily won the Democratic primary; he thanked supporters who started a campaign encouraging people in New Hampshire to write in his name.
. Experts predict a Trump and Biden rematch in the 2020 US presidential election as a result of the New Hampshire results.
Democratic voters are thanked by Biden for writing in his name.
The Democratic president added in a statement that the write-in campaign in New Hampshire “was a historic demonstration of commitment to our democratic process.” Democratic state representative Matt Wilhelm told the Reuters news agency that the write-in campaign was successful despite being “certainly unconventional.” He declared, “Together, we sent a clear message that we will fight for our democracy, for our fundamental freedoms, and we will fight to re-elect Joe Biden in November.”= Trump is predicted to present Biden with a formidable opponent in the general elections in November: According to recent polls, the Republican and Biden are closely separated in several crucial swing states, such as Pennsylvania and Michigan.

The stakes are higher than ever. Biden remarks following Trump’s win
“It is now clear that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee,” the US president declared in a statement following the release of the primary results.The stakes could not be higher, and that is my message to the nation. Our democratic system. Our individual liberties, such as the ability to vote and make our own decisions. Our financial system. For many months, Biden has urged voters to reject Trump’s reelection as the Republican leader and accused him of jeopardizing US democracy. Two of the four criminal indictments against Trump have to do with his attempts to rig the 2020 election, which Biden won.
In addition, as he did tonight during his victory speech in the New Hampshire primary, he keeps making the unfounded accusation that the 2020 election was stolen from him. According to Trump, “We won in 2016 and, if you really want to play it straight, we also won in 2020.” In the most recent presidential election, Biden prevailed in New Hampshire.
Negative and Positivity

As the incumbent president, President Biden is seeking reelection. President Trump is a quasi-incumbent even though he is not in office. The two men are well-known individuals. The advantage of an established political base is shared by both. In national elections, both have triumphed. Furthermore, the public rates their unfavorability highly. Recent polling on President Trump’s favorability to unfavorability has ranged from 46 to 53 percent, or a +7 unfavorable rating. According to surveys, President Biden’s favorable to unfavorable ratio is roughly 44 to 55 percent, or a +11 unfavorable rating. Despite winning the race, both received a comparatively small percentage of the vote for incumbents in the New Hampshire primary.
On January 23, 2024, in Nashua, New Hampshire, Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump toast his win during a primary election night celebration. January 23, 2024, in Nashua, New Hampshire, Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump toasted his win during a primary election night celebration. Despite being out of office, political pundits like Kayleigh McEnany and Newt Gingrich argue that President Trump’s campaign was similar to that of an incumbent.
Conflict of the hearts and minds

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a commentator for The Epoch Times, asserts that President Trump needs to appeal to voters outside of the Republican base to win over independent voters and retake the White House. Mr. Gingrich stated, “Trump has to tailor his campaign to be acceptable to everybody tired of Biden.” “He cannot permit it to be a campaign where individuals determine that, despite their dislike for Biden, they dislike Trump even more.”
During his victory speech after the Iowa caucuses on January 15, President Trump occasionally made an appeal for the common good to a larger audience. He mentioned reducing inflation, paying off the national debt, and fixing the deteriorating infrastructure of the country. “We will collaborate with the Democrats to reconstruct our cities,” he declared. “Our cities will be rebuilt, and safety will be ensured.” Mr. Gingrich said that could be a good place to start when trying to win over independent voters. “He made the perfect statements for a campaign for general election. And that’s the main thing it needs to concentrate on.

In the Trump ballot case, the Maine Supreme Court dismisses the state’s top election official’s appeal

Maine’s Portland (AP) — The top court in Maine on Wednesday night declined to comment on whether former President Donald Trump can continue to appear on the state’s ballot, upholding a judge’s ruling that the US Supreme Court must first make a ruling in a case that is similar to one in Colorado. Under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause, Democrat Shenna Bellows determined that Trump did not qualify for the ballot; however, a judge postponed her ruling until the Supreme Court ruled on a related case in Colorado. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously to reject Bellows’ appeal of the ruling ordering her to hold off on making any changes to her decision to keep Trump off the Super Tuesday primary ballot until after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling.

The Secretary of State claims that there will be irreversible damage since voters will become confused if there is a delay in determining whether Trump’s name should appear on the primary ballot. However, it is precisely because of this uncertainty that we have decided not to pursue an immediate appellate review in this specific case,” the court stated.  Bellows became the first election official to remove the Republican front-runner from the ballot under the 14th Amendment when she declared in December that Trump was ineligible. The state supreme court in Colorado came to the same decision. 

With Maine’s March 5 primary quickly approaching, the timelines are short. On February 8, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the Colorado case; in the meantime, Maine has started mailing ballots abroad.

Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which forbids persons who “engaged in insurrection” from holding public office, has never been decided by the nation’s highest court. According to some legal experts, Trump’s involvement in the effort to rig the 2020 presidential election and his encouragement of supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol following his defeat by Democrat Joe Biden qualify him under the post-Civil War clause. According to Trump, Bellows was biased against him and ought to have recused herself. According to Trump, her actions violated Maine voters’ rights and were a part of a larger plot to prevent him from winning the election. Following several residents’ challenges to Trump’s eligibility to appear on the primary ballot, Bellows—who was chosen by the Democratic-controlled Legislature—said she was required by state law to make a decision. She promised to follow the court’s final decision and postponed deciding Trump’s eligibility to appear on the ballot while legal actions were ongoing.

With Maine’s March 5 primary quickly approaching, the timelines are short. On February 8, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the Colorado case; in the meantime, Maine has started mailing ballots abroad. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which forbids persons who “engaged in insurrection” from holding public office, has never been decided by the nation’s highest court. According to some legal experts, Trump’s involvement in the effort to rig the 2020 presidential election and his encouragement of supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol following his defeat by Democrat Joe Biden qualify him under the post-Civil War clause.

Bellows was biased against Trump, according to Trump, and she ought to have recused herself. Trump claimed that her actions violated Maine voters’ rights to vote and were a part of a larger plot to prevent him from running for office. Bellows, who was chosen by the Legislature, which is controlled by Democrats, claimed that she was required by state law to reach a decision following multiple citizens’ challenges to Trump’s eligibility for the primary ballot. She promised to follow the final decision made by a court and postponed making a decision regarding Trump’s eligibility to appear on the ballot.

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