E Jean Carroll vows to give $83m defamation damages to ‘something Trump hates’
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The Illinois Board of Elections is expected to vote on Tuesday to determine if Donald Trump may appear on the 2024 Republican presidential primary ballot, becoming the latest state to weigh in on his eligibility under Section Three of the 14th Amendment.
In early January, four Illinois voters challenged Mr Trump’s ballot eligibility, claiming his involvement in the January 6 attack on the Capitol constituted as engaging in an insurrection.
A retired judge retained to oversee oral arguments and produce a non-binding opinion on the matter, recommended the board dismiss the complaint as the issue requires constitutional analysis. It is currently under review by the US Supreme Court.
Following a New York jury’s decision that he pay writer E Jean Carroll $83.3m in defamation damages, the former president and front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination has sought to change the news narrative.
He used the deaths of three American soldiers in an Iranian drone attack to criticise Joe Biden’s presidency and also claimed in posts on Truth Social there is no need for a border security bill in Congress after all and took credit for the record-high stock market, claiming it was because of his polling numbers.
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Scott: Trump represents ‘return to normalcy’
The South Carolina senator has utterly debased himself since coming out for Trump ahead of the New Hampshire primary and this is quite possibly his most preposterous remark yet.
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Trump tries to claim credit for record highs on stock market
This is quite something from the former president:
THIS IS THE TRUMP STOCK MARKET BECAUSE MY POLLS AGAINST BIDEN ARE SO GOOD THAT INVESTORS ARE PROJECTING THAT I WILL WIN, AND THAT WILL DRIVE THE MARKET UP — EVERYTHING ELSE IS TERRIBLE (WATCH THE MIDDLE EAST!), AND RECORD SETTING INFLATION HAS ALREADY TAKEN ITS TOLL. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!
Oliver O’Connell30 January 2024 04:00
GOP lawmakers downplay Trump’s $83m defamation verdict
Gustaf Kilander reports on what GOP lawmakers have been saying:
Oliver O’Connell30 January 2024 03:00
PREMIUM: The world is already in Trump-induced chaos. Prepare for things to get worse
Dr Leslie Vinjamuri, director of the US and Americas Programme at Chatham House and Professor of International Relations at SOAS University of London, explains the signal to Americans and Europeans alike that now is the time to prepare for more Trump chaos.
Oliver O’Connell30 January 2024 02:00
Watch: E Jean Carroll wants to ‘do good’ with Trump defamation compensation money
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Trump lashes out at union boss in late-night rant
“He is a real ‘STIFF’ who is selling the Automobile Industry right into the big, powerful, hands of China,” Mr Trump added about Mr Fain. “Fifty-five per cent of the industry has already left the US, and the rest will soon be following if I am not elected President.”
Oliver O’Connell30 January 2024 00:00
Warren says GOP puts Trump, then billionaires and millionaires ahead of rest of country
Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts shared some thoughts about how Donald Trump is trying to scuttle a bipartisan immigration deal for his own political gain.
“This is a man who puts himself first and puts the United States of America way behind that,” she told CNN’s Kate Bolduan.
The Democrat lawmaker also had some sharp words for the Republican Party as a whole, accusing its members of putting the former president ahead even of the billionaires and millionaires she says the party traditionally puts ahead of the American people.
“Who do Republicans put first? For a long time, they just put the millionaires and billionaires first. But now it’s Donald Trump first. And then the millionaires and billionaires and then the rest of the country.”
Oliver O’Connell29 January 2024 23:30
Trump’s civil cases could wipe out three-quarters of his liquid assets
Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has calculated that the E Jean Carroll and New York fraud civil cases brought against Donald Trump have the potential to wipe out as much as 76 per cent of his liquid assets, or 15 per cent of his alleged total wealth.
The former president is estimated to be worth approximately $10bn, with around $600m of that in liquid assets. In the Carroll case, a jury has ordered him to pay her $83.3m in compensation and punitive damages, while in the fraud case against the Trump Organization, prosecutors have asked for a disgorgement of $370m and for him to be barred from conducting business in New York State — Mr Trump has already been found liable of fraud.
Oliver O’Connell29 January 2024 23:00
Watch: E Jean Carroll says Trump was ‘nothing’ in court
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