Why is Donald Trump back in court against E Jean Carroll?
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Donald Trump celebrated his victory in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary on Tuesday night by mocking his last remaining opponent Nikki Haley, complaining about her refusal to drop out as his grip on the party grows ever stronger.
Mr Trump also appeared to threaten his former UN ambassador, saying that she will end up under investigation for “stuff she doesn’t want to talk about”.
The Republican’s defamation trial resumes in New York on Wednesday after Monday’s instalment had to be postponed over concerns about exposure to Covid-19 in both the jury and the defence team, thwarting Mr Trump’s plans to testify against complainant E Jean Carroll, whom he denies sexually assaulting.
Meanwhile, the former president has lost his latest appeal against the gag order imposed on him by Judge Tanya Chutkan in the federal election interference case brought against him by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith.
A three-judge panel had previously upheld the order, which forbids him from talking about witnesses and court staff.
Eleven judges from the DC Circuit Court of Appeal have now declined to look further at the matter but Mr Trump could yet haul it before the US Supreme Court.
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‘Trump’s victory in New Hampshire solidifies his conquest of the GOP’
In the days after the attack on the US Capitol, former president Donald Trump seemed on the verge of becoming a politician in exile.
Many Republicans directly blamed him, including Kevin McCarthy, who said “the president bears responsibility” for the attack.
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell excoriated Trump by saying that “people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president”.But an awful lot has changed since then.
Here’s Eric Garcia on Trump’s stunning revival.
Joe Sommerlad24 January 2024 10:45
‘Could somebody please explain to Nikki Haley that she lost’, Trump fumes on Truth Social
Clearly delighted to chalk up another victory, Donald Trump has spent the early hours of the morning flooding his social network with clips from Fox News glorifying his New Hampshire triumph and assuring their viewers the Republican presidential nomination is all but his.
However, he has also been expressing annoyance that Nikki Haley has refused to fold and announce the suspension of her campaign.
He also attacked her in his address in Nashua last night, calling her an “imposter” and declaring: “She’s doing a speech like she won. She didn’t win, she lost… Let’s not have somebody take a victory when she had a very bad night.”
Supporters, including his son Eric Trump, have meanwhile been circulating this gloating tweet from favourite conservative poster Catturd.
Joe Sommerlad24 January 2024 10:15
Trump issues ominous threats of ‘investigations’ against Haley if she stays in GOP race
Donald Trump threatened that Nikki Haley will be “under investigation” if she ends up beating him in the Republican presidential primary after defeating her in New Hampshire.
The former president appeared to threaten his former UN ambassador after she vowed to continue her fight for the 2024 GOP nomination.
“Just a little note to Nikki, she is not going to win, but if she did she would be under investigation by those people in 15 minutes, I could tell you five reasons why already, not big reasons, little stuff that she doesn’t want to talk about, but she will be under investigation in minutes,” said Trump to a crowd of his supporters on Tuesday night.
Here’s Graeme Massie with more.
Gustaf Kilander24 January 2024 09:45
Recent Trump gaffes in new Biden campaign ad
It also contains instances where Mr Trump has rambled about subjects including whales, bread, and cell phones for veterans.
Oliver O’Connell24 January 2024 09:00
Why Nikki Haley says she won’t drop out after losing New Hampshire
And after throwing it all against the wall in the Granite State, Nikki Haley has lost her first head-to-head matchup versus Mr Trump. Despite endorsements from the state’s governor, largest newspaper and even the conservative opinion board at the Wall Street Journal, Ms Haley could not pull out ahead of the former president, who in many of his supporters’ minds should still be considered an incumbent.
So where do we go from here? Why isn’t Nikki Haley dropping out, as did Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy after their respective failures to “shock the media”, in Mr Ramaswamy’s words, in Iowa?
John Bowden24 January 2024 08:15
Trump vows to ‘get even’ with Haley in New Hampshire victory speech
Rather than thank voters or commend Ms Haley’s performance – which is what the former UN ambassador did in her speech – Mr Trump said Ms Haley “failed badly” and mocked her for giving a speech.
Joined by former presidential candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and Tim Scott, Mr Trump invited Mr Ramaswamy to give his own remarks about Ms Haley, saying he was “the only person more angry, let’s say than me”.
“But I don’t get too angry, I get even,” Mr Trump added – a commonly used threat by the former president.
Later on in his speech, the former president claimed that Ms Haley would “be under investigation within minutes” if she won.
Ariana Baio24 January 2024 06:30
Why is Donald Trump back in court against E Jean Carroll?
Donald Trump is back in court as E Jean Carroll’s 2019 lawsuit finally goes to trial. The magazine writer also filed a second lawsuit against the former president in 2022, which went to trial in spring 2023. A jury found Mr Trump sexually assaulted Ms Carroll, who accused him of raping her in a Bergdorf Goodman store three decades ago. Mr Trump was also found guilty of defaming her after denying the accusations and calling her a liar. Ms Carroll was awarded $2m for sexual abuse and $3m in damages for defamation. The trial began this week with the same judge as the 2022 case.
Oliver O’Connell24 January 2024 05:30
Trump’s victory in New Hampshire solidifies his conquest of the GOP
In the days after the attack on the US Capitol, former president Donald Trump seemed on the verge of becoming a politician in exile.
Mr Trump’s decision to spread the lie that Democrats stole the election from him to whip his supporters into such a frenzy that they breached the US Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election offered Republicans — particularly ones who never particularly liked Mr Trump — the opportunity to get off the wagon. It gave them the chance to remove the virus of Trumpism, tell their voters it would not be allowed in the party, and keep the focus on weakening Joe Biden.
Eric Garcia24 January 2024 04:15
Ex-soldier charged in Capitol riot was convicted of manslaughter for killing Iraqi man in 2004
A former US Army soldier who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a handcuffed civilian in Iraq was arrested Monday on charges that he attacked police officers with a baton during the US Capitol riot three years ago.
Edward Richmond Jr., 40, of Geismar, Louisiana, was wearing a helmet, shoulder pads, goggles and a Louisiana state flag patch on his chest when he assaulted police in a tunnel outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to an FBI agent’s affidavit.
Richmond was arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is scheduled to make his initial court appearance Tuesday on charges including civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding police with a dangerous weapon.
Richmond’s Louisiana-based attorney, John McLindon, said he hadn’t seen the charging documents and therefore couldn’t immediately comment on the case.
Richmond was 20 when an Army court-martial panel convicted him of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced him to three years in prison for killing the handcuffed Iraqi civilian near Taal Al Jai in February 2004. Richmond also received a dishonorable discharge from the Army.