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Donald Trump pleaded the fifth more than 400 times while sitting for a deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil fraud case, it has been revealed.
On Tuesday, AG James’ office released a video of Mr Trump’s deposition from 10 August last year where he was questioned about an alleged sprawling financial fraud scheme where he and some of his adult children manipulated their worth to benefit from loans, tax breaks, and other benefits.
Mr Trump claimed that “anyone in my position not taking the fifth amendment would be a fool, an absolute fool”.
A Manhattan grand jury prepares to review evidence about the former president’s alleged hush payment to Stormy Daniels.
She offered a fierce blowback to Mr Trump whose attempt to ridicule the adult film star may have backfired as he seemingly appeared to acknowledge their alleged affair.
Ms Daniels thanked the former president for “admitting” to their alleged affair despite previously declaring that he “never had an affair”. She also mocked the one-time president for using wrong grammar in his Truth Social post.
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Trump pleaded the fifth more than 400 times in fraud case deposition
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GOP Senator ‘barely stifles laugh’ when asked if 2024 DeSantis campaign would be disloyal to Trump
16:15 , Gustaf Kilander
On his plane this weekend while making campaign trips to New Hampshire and South Carolina, Mr Trump argued that he got Florida Governor Ron DeSantis into the governor’s mansion by supporting him in 2018. Mr DeSantis previously served in the US House from 2013 until 2018.
“So then when I hear he might run, I consider that very disloyal. But it’s not about loyalty, but to me it is, it’s always about loyalty, but for a lot of people it’s not about loyalty,” he told reporters.
Following the criticism from Mr Trump, GOP Senators defended Mr DeSantis and his possible 2024 campaign.
Texas Senator John Cornyn commented on a possible DeSantis campaign, telling The Hill that “he ran an impressive reelection campaign for governor from an important state. It looks to me like he’s polling well. I think we need some new blood and I think he’d probably qualify”.
The outlet noted that Mr Cornyn “barely stifled a laugh” when asked if it would be disloyal for Mr DeSantis to run.
“No, no, I don’t think so,” he said.
‘Donald cannot keep track of the lies that he tells,’ Michael Cohen says
15:45 , Gustaf Kilander
Video footage was recently released showing Mr Trump in a deposition at the office of the New York attorney general in August, in which he used the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions more than 400 times, according to CNN.
“Donald cannot keep track of the lies that he tells, and so, what better way to stop a fool from being deposed and hurting himself further than to tell him to plead the Fifth at least 400 times,” his former fixer Michael Cohen told the network on Wednesday.
VIDEO: Michael Cohen says he handed over his phones to Manhattan DA in hush-money investigation
15:15 , Gustaf Kilander
Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen tells @donlemon he handed over his cell phones to Manhattan prosecutors zeroing in on Trump Org's involvement in hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels.
Their full interview: pic.twitter.com/N5Jb7DLZZE— CNN This Morning (@CNNThisMorning) February 1, 2023
Michael Cohen says he handed over cell phones to Manhattan DA in Trump hush-money probe
14:45 , Gustaf Kilander
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, has said that he has handed over his cell phones to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.
Cohen made the revelation on CNN on Wednesday morning.
He met with New York prosecutors last month as the DA’s office is focusing on the Trump Organization’s role in the hush-money payment made to adult actor Stormy Daniels in connection to the former president’s 2016 campaign for the White House.
“Most recently, they asked for my cell phones because they want to be able to extract from it the voice recordings that I had had with Keith Davidson, former attorney to Stormy Daniels before Michael Avenatti, as well as a bunch of emails, text messages and so on,” Cohen told CNN on Wednesday morning.
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Michael Cohen says he handed over cell phones to Manhattan DA in hush-money probe
14:15 , John Bowden
This year’s State of the Union Address will be very different from the last in more ways than one.
Personifying the new era of divided government, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will be sitting behind President Biden’s left shoulder next to Vice President Kamala Harris.
But even with the new backdrop and looming headaches, Joe Biden appears to be feeling good about where he stands. So good, in fact, his sights are already set on how he can lock in term number two.
Ahmed Baba dives in to Joe Biden’s first address to a divided Congress for The Independent:
Why this year’s State of the Union will be so different
California may disbar Trump lawyer over 2020 lies
13:45 , John Bowden
John Eastman, who led Donald Trump’s legal bid to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, could be stripped of his licence to practise law after he was hit with 11 charges stemming from his efforts fuelled by the former president’s election lies.
The State Bar of California’s Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona announced the case against Mr Eastman on Thursday.
Read more about the second member of Mr Trump’s legal team to face consequences for the campaign to overturn the election:
California state bar seeking to strip John Eastman’s law licence over election lies
New video shows how Trump pleading the Fifth more than 400 times
13:15 , Rachel Sharp
Former president Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment rights more than 400 times while testifying in New York attorney general Letitia James‘s civil fraud investigation last year.
The 45th president sat for deposition on 10 August last year where he was questioned about his financial affairs, according to a video obtained by CBS NEWS.
When asked by the attorney general if he were aware of the rules for giving a deposition, Mr Trump answered with a “yes”. However, over the course of nearly four hours, the former president reportedly invoked his right against self-incrimination while refusing to answer questions over 400 times.
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New video shows how Trump pleaded the Fifth more than 400 times in deposition
Trump makes shocking comments about trusting Putin over US ‘intelligence lowlifes’
12:45 , John Bowden
Donald Trump has repeated claims that he trusts Russia’s president Vladimir Putin over his own director of national intelligence.
The former president was denounced by both Republicans and Democrats when he originally made the claim and has now repeated them on his Truth Social platform.
His post described members of the intelligence community, presumably including the CIA, NSA, FBI and cybersecurity agencies, as “lowlifes”. It referred to the infamous moment during his one and only joint appearance with Mr Putin during which the US president, prompted by a reporter, indicated that he took the word of his Russian counterpart over the findings of several US intelligence agencies in the wake of the 2016 election.
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Trump makes shocking comments about trusting Putin over US ‘intelligence lowlifes’
Trump vows to build ‘impenetrable dome’ to protect US from missile attacks
12:15 , Rachel Sharp
Donald Trump has claimed he would solve the Ukraine war “in 24 hours” and build an “impenetrable dome” over the US to protect from missile attacks, in a new video posted across social media.
“World War Three would be a catastrophe unlike any other. This would make World War One and World War Two look like very small battles,” he said, adding that countries were throwing around the word “nuclear” because they have “no respect” for the US’ leadership.
Read more in The Independent:
Trump vows he would build ‘impenetrable dome’ to protect US from missile attacks
Ron DeSantis responds to Donald Trump’s recent attacks
11:45 , John Bowden
Former President Donald Trump took aim at Gov Ron DeSantis’ leadership of Florida during the worst of the Covid-19 crisis during a recent campaign swing through New Hampshire and South Carolina.
On Tuesday, Mr DeSantis fired back.
“When you’re an elected executive, you have to make all kinds of decisions,” Mr DeSantis said. “You got to steer that ship. And the good thing is, is that the people are able to render a judgment on that – whether they re-elect you or not.”
Abe Asher has more:
Ron DeSantis responds to Donald Trump’s recent attacks
Stormy Daniels mocks Trump’s grammar in Truth Social post and says he accidentally confirmed her story
11:15 , Rachel Sharp
Stormy Daniels offered a fierce blowback to Donald Trump whose attempt to ridicule the adult film star may have backfired as he seemingly appeared to acknowledge their alleged affair.
Ms Daniels thanked the former president for “admitting” to their alleged affair despite previously declaring that he “never had an affair”. She also mocked the one-time president for using wrong grammar in his Truth Social post.
The war of words between the two on social media came as New York City prosecutors began presenting evidence to a grand jury about the “hush money scheme” Mr Trump is accused of using to keep Ms Daniels from disclosing his extramarital affair with her before the 2016 election.
Read the full story here:
Stormy Daniels mocks Trump’s grammar and says he accidentally confirmed her story
Jim Jordan slammed for saying police reform couldn’t have prevented ‘evil’ in Tyre Nichols beating
10:45 , John Bowden
One of Donald Trump’s allies found himself under fire this week for arguing that there’s no legislation that could have prevented the beating by police officers that led to the death of Tyre Nichols, 29, in Memphis, Tennessee.
The chair of the House Judiciary Committee said on NBC’s Meet The Press that he was unsure that “any law, any training, any reform” could have prevented the assault that took place during a traffic stop.
Bodycam footage has been released showing the fatal beating of Mr Nichols, which has prompted new calls for police reform.
The Independent has more:
Jim Jordan slammed for saying police reform couldn’t have prevented Nichols beating
Trump accused of lying to a judge
10:30 , Rachel Sharp
Donald Trump has been accused him of lying in sworn court records and to a judge in his New York civil fraud case.
New York Attorney General Letitia James’ is suing Mr Trump, the Trump Organization and three of his adult children over an alleged sprawling financial fraud scheme where they manipulated their worth to benefit from loans, tax breaks and other benefits.
On Tuesday, AG James sent a letter to the judge in the case, accusing Mr Trump of lying on record in the case.
In the letter to New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, she said that Mr Trump and his attorneys had falsely denied “facts they have admitted in other proceedings” and
“A number of the denials are demonstrably false and actually contradict sworn statements by the defendants in other proceedings,” she wrote.
AG James’ office is asking the judge to schedule a conference to discuss the issue and is calling for sanctions on the former president.
Trump pleaded the fifth more than 400 times in fraud case deposition
10:15 , Rachel Sharp
Donald Trump pleaded the fifth more than 400 times while sitting for a deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil fraud case, it has been revealed.
On Tuesday, AG James’ office released a video of Mr Trump’s deposition from 10 August last year where he was questioned about an alleged sprawling financial fraud scheme where he and some of his adult children manipulated their worth to benefit from loans, tax breaks and other benefits.
In the deposition, Mr Trump repeatedly asserted his fifth amendment right or responded “same answer” to questions, as he claimed “anyone in my position not taking the fifth amendment would be a fool, an absolute fool”.
During a rare moment where he did speak, he pushed his claim that he had been unfairly treated in a “witch hunt”.
“This whole thing is very unfair,” he claimed.
In September, AG James announced a civil lawsuit against Mr Trump, the Trump Organization and three of his adult children Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump. The Trump children were also deposed throughout the long-running investigation.
This Republican single mom wants the GOP to stop ‘being a**holes to women’. What will she do about it?
08:45 , John Bowden
Nancy Mace is one of the Republican Party’s most interesting members in the House.
After surviving a Trump-endorsed challenge to her reelection last year, the South Carolina representative returns to Washington as one of the party’s most outspoken members on issues of gender and even the far-right’s embrace of conspiracies.
She sat down with The Independent’s Eric Garcia for an exclusive interview about her style of politics and new home in the GOP’s slim House majority.
Nancy Mace wants Republicans to stop ‘being a**holes to women’. How will she do it?
Trump used Freedom of Information Act request to slow IRS release of his taxes
07:45 , John Bowden
Former president Donald Trump inundated the Internal Revenue Service with a barrage of Freedom of Information Act requests meant to shed light on any internal deliberations agency officials were making as they considered turning his tax records over to the House Ways and Means Committee.
The former president famously claimed to be under audit by the agency for years, and resisted calls to release his financial records publicly until the supposed audit concluded. It never did.
Read more in The Independent:
Trump used Freedom of Information Act request to slow IRS release of his tax returns
Arizona Republicans pick former Trump official to lead party
06:45 , John Bowden
Arizona Republicans selected former state treasurer and Donald Trump aide Jeff DeWit to be the party’s next chairman, turning to a familiar face with relationships across the party fractured after its worst election in decades.
Mr DeWit replaces firebrand Trump ally Kelli Ward, who helped the former president in his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss and was a vocal proponent of his false claim that the election results were fraudulent.
She broke with precedent in last year’s primary, openly promoting a slate of election deniers who went on to lose the general election in November.
“I’m going to work for you and we’re going to unify,” Mr DeWit said after winning. “And we’re going to get back to beating Democrats and winning elections.”
04:45 , John Bowden
House speaker Kevin McCarthy says he is looking forward to discussing with president Joe Biden a “reasonable and responsible way that we can lift the debt ceiling” when the two meet tomorrow for their first sit-down at the White House since Mr McCarthy was elected to the post.
Mr McCarthy said he wants to address spending cuts along with raising the debt limit, even though the White House has ruled out linking those two issues together as the government tries to avoid a potentially devastating financial default.
The speaker pledged that cuts to Social Security and Medicare would be off the table.
“I know the president said he didn’t want to have any discussion [on cuts], but I think it’s very important that our whole government is designed to find compromise,” Mr McCarthy told CBS‘ “Face the Nation.”
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Biden, McCarthy to discuss debt limit in talks on Wednesday
GOP congresswoman says there’s a difference between Trump and Biden documents
03:45 , John Bowden
Republican Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina drew a difference between the investigation into documents found in locations associated with President Joe Biden and documents located at former president Donald Trump’s home.
The Independent spoke to Ms Mace in an exclusive interview for a profile to be published this weekend. The interview came as Mr Biden faces scrutiny after documents from his time as vice president were found both at his home in Delaware and the Penn Biden Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
Read more from Eric Garcia:
GOP Congresswoman Nancy Mace says there’s a difference between Trump and Biden docs
Trump says ‘disloyal’ DeSantis ‘trying to rewrite history’ on Covid
02:45 , John Bowden
Donald Trump lashed out at Ron DeSantis and called him “disloyal” as the Florida governor weighs a run for the 2024 Republican nomination against his former political benefactor.
Mr Trump spoke to Politico and CNN on his plane as he campaigned in New Hampshire and South Carolina, two states that have the first primary contests in the country.
“When I hear that he might [run] I think it’s very disloyal,” Mr Trump told reporters.
Mr Trump criticised Mr DeSantis for his record during the Covid pandemic.
“There are Republican governors that did not close their states,” Mr Trump said. “They’re trying to rewrite history.”
He added: “Ron would have not been governor if it wasn’t for me.”
Trump says ‘disloyal’ DeSantis ‘trying to rewrite history’ on Covid
Donald Trump sues Bob Woodward and book publisher over interview tapes
01:45 , John Bowden
Donald Trump is suing journalist Bob Woodward of the Watergate scandal fame for releasing his interview recordings to the public, claiming that he didn’t give him permission to use them for an audiobook.
The former US president filed a lawsuit on Monday against Woodward, the publisher Simon & Schuster and its parent company Paramount Global for releasing the recorded interviews which took place between December 2019 and August 2020.
Mr Trump claimed in the lawsuit that he consented to be recorded for a series of interviews but only for a book Woodward was working on, rather than for direct publication. Woodward’s “Rage” was published in September 2021.
Read the full story here:
Donald Trump sues Bob Woodward and book publisher over interview tapes
Inside McCarthy's House: Famous friends and hard realities
00:45 , John Bowden
Three weeks into the new era of the House Republican majority, the risks of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s leadership style are clearly taking hold.
Away from the glare of the speaker’s official office, McCarthy is conducting some of the most exhilarating but also difficult business of leadership. Yet McCarthy is also confronting the limits of his slim hold on power as the promises of a new style of running the House run into the hard realities of governing.
Read more:
Inside McCarthy's House: Famous friends and hard realities
California may disbar Trump lawyer over 2020 lies
Tuesday 31 January 2023 23:45 , John Bowden
John Eastman, who led Donald Trump’s legal bid to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, could be stripped of his licence to practise law after he was hit with 11 charges stemming from his efforts fuelled by the former president’s election lies.
The State Bar of California’s Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona announced the case against Mr Eastman on Thursday.
Read more about the second member of Mr Trump’s legal team to face consequences for the campaign to overturn the election:
California state bar seeking to strip John Eastman’s law licence over election lies
Stormy Daniels responds to Trump
Tuesday 31 January 2023 22:45 , John Bowden
Adult film star Stormy Daniels has responded to Donald Trump’s Truth Social rant denouncing the Manhattan district attorney’s office over the grand jury investigation impanelled to consider criminal charges against him for a hush payment made to Ms Daniels in 2016.
Mr Trump has long denied the affair which Ms Daniels claims the two were involved in; nevertheless, his attorney Michael Cohen paid Ms Daniels $130,000 out of his own personal funds to apparently buy her silence.
Thanks for just admitting that I was telling the truth about EVERYTHING. 😂 Guess I'll take my "horse face" back to bed now, Mr. former "president".
Btw, that's the correct way to use quotation marks. 💋 pic.twitter.com/VSG867kwk8— Stormy Daniels (@StormyDaniels) January 31, 2023
Ron DeSantis responds to Donald Trump’s recent attacks
Tuesday 31 January 2023 20:45 , John Bowden
Former President Donald Trump took aim at Gov Ron DeSantis’ leadership of Florida during the worst of the Covid-19 crisis during a recent campaign swing through New Hampshire and South Carolina.
On Tuesday, Mr DeSantis fired back.
The Independent has the story:
Ron DeSantis responds to Donald Trump’s recent attacks
Chuck Todd has fiery exchange with Jim Jordan over difference between Biden and Trump documents
Tuesday 31 January 2023 19:30 , John Bowden
NBC’s Chuck Todd got into it with Rep Jim Jordan over the weekend when the Ohio Republican stopped by the Meet the Press studio to discuss the responses of the federal government to Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s respective retention of classified material at their residences and, in Mr Biden’s case, a DC-based think tank.
The new chair of the House Judiciary Committee insisted to Mr Todd that there was a difference in the way that the two men were treated — unfairly so — thanks to what he contended was a supposed politicisation of the Justice Department.
But Todd wasn’t having it, and said that the two situations were not comparable due to the former president’s failure to comply with a subpoena from the Justice Department for the classified materials.
Watch their exchange below:
Chuck Todd battles Jim Jordan over difference between Biden and Trump documents
Trump rips Manhattan DA over Stormy Daniels case
Tuesday 31 January 2023 18:45 , John Bowden
Donald Trump has responded to news that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has impanelled a grand jury as he weighs bringing charges against Mr Trump over the 2016 hush payment made to Stormy Daniels, an adult film star.
He fired back with one of his typical Truth Social rants, writing: “With murders and violent crime surging like never before in New York City, the Radical Left Manhattan D.A., Alvin Bragg, just leaked to the Fake News Media that they are still going after the Stormy ”Horseface” Daniels Bull….!”
“Working closely with the Weaponized Justice Department, this is a continuation of the Greatest Witch Hunt of all time,” he added. “They long ago missed the Statute of Limitations, & I recently won big money against “Stormy” in the 9th Circuit - NEVER HAD AN AFFAIR. This is old news!”
Trump berates female Fox News host for ‘grating voice’ and ‘jittery’ presentation
Tuesday 31 January 2023 18:15 , John Bowden
Donald Trump gave an unsolicited review of Fox News show The Five in which he branded co-host Jessica Tarlov “absolutely terrible” and called her voice “grating and unendurable.”
Tarlov, a former Democratic pollster, is one of the liberal voices on the show and was named a co-host in 2021.
“I really like The Five on Fox News, especially the hosts, with the exception of wacky Jessica Tarlov, who is absolutely terrible,” the one-term president wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“Her facts are knowingly wrong, her jittery presentation is horrendous and, forgive me, her VOICE is grating and unendurable.”
Trump berates female Fox News HOST for ‘grating voice’ and ‘jittery’ presentation
Ron DeSantis hits back at Trump’s recent attacks against him
Tuesday 31 January 2023 17:48 , David Taintor
Asked about Donald Trump’s recent attacks against him, Florida Gov Ron DeSantis pointed to his own November re-election as proof of his success.
“And I’m happy to say, you know, in my case, not only did we win reelection, we won with the highest percentage of the vote that any Republican governor candidate has in the history of the state of Florida,” Mr DeSantis said during a press conference, according to The Hill. “We won by the largest raw vote margin – over 1.5 million votes – than any governor candidate has ever had in Florida history.”
Trump rips Manhattan DA over Stormy Daniels case
Tuesday 31 January 2023 18:08 , John Bowden
Donald Trump has responded to news that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has impanelled a grand jury as he weighs bringing charges against Mr Trump over the 2016 hush payment made to Stormy Daniels, an adult film star.
He fired back with one of his typical Truth Social rants, writing: “With murders and violent crime surging like never before in New York City, the Radical Left Manhattan D.A., Alvin Bragg, just leaked to the Fake News Media that they are still going after the Stormy ”Horseface” Daniels Bull….!”
“Working closely with the Weaponized Justice Department, this is a continuation of the Greatest Witch Hunt of all time,” he added. “They long ago missed the Statute of Limitations, & I recently won big money against “Stormy” in the 9th Circuit - NEVER HAD AN AFFAIR. This is old news!”
Ted Cruz won’t apologise for Paul Pelosi hammer attack conspiracies
Tuesday 31 January 2023 17:40 , Eric Garcia
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas will not apologise for promoting conspiracy theories about the attack on Paul Pelosi after video was released showing the assault on the husband of former House speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The Texas Republican spoke to TMZ at Reagan National Airport and called the video depicting David DePape assaulting Mr Pelosi “utterly unacceptable” and the actions of a “deranged lunatic who should go to jail for a very, very long time”.
Previously, Mr Cruz had quote-tweeted conservative media figure Matt Walsh, when he said “I do know that trying to paint a hippie nudist from Berkeley as some kind of militant right winger is absurd and will always be absurd.” In response, Mr Cruz tweeted “truth.”
Ted Cruz won’t apologise for Paul Pelosi hammer attack conspiracies
California may disbar Trump lawyer over 2020 lies
Tuesday 31 January 2023 13:57 , John Bowden
John Eastman, who led Donald Trump’s legal bid to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, could be stripped of his licence to practise law after he was hit with 11 charges stemming from his efforts fuelled by the former president’s election lies.
The State Bar of California’s Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona announced the case against Mr Eastman on Thursday.
Read more about the second member of Mr Trump’s legal team to face consequences for the campaign to overturn the election:
California state bar seeking to strip John Eastman’s law licence over election lies
Trump impeachment leader Schiff joins California Senate race
Tuesday 31 January 2023 13:00 , John Bowden
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, who rose to national prominence as the lead prosecutor in President Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial, announced Thursday that he is seeking the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
“We need a fighter in the U.S. Senate who has been at the center of the struggle for our democracy and our economy,” Schiff said in a statement announcing his 2024 bid.
The Independent has more about the hottest race on the left ahead of 2024:
Trump impeachment leader Schiff joins California Senate race
Inside McCarthy's House: Famous friends and hard realities
Tuesday 31 January 2023 12:30 , John Bowden
Three weeks into the new era of the House Republican majority, the risks of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s leadership style are clearly taking hold.
Away from the glare of the speaker’s official office, McCarthy is conducting some of the most exhilarating but also difficult business of leadership. Yet McCarthy is also confronting the limits of his slim hold on power as the promises of a new style of running the House run into the hard realities of governing.
Read more:
Inside McCarthy's House: Famous friends and hard realities
Manhattan DA opens grand jury probe into hush payments to Stormy Daniels
Tuesday 31 January 2023 12:00 , John Bowden
Donald Trump has yet another criminal investigation to add to the long list of legal battles he is waging as he seeks the presidency for a third time.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has impanelled a grand jury and will soon begin presenting evidence that crimes were committed when Donald Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen paid hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016.
Both Mr Cohen and Ms Daniels have said that the money was meant to stop Ms Daniels from spreading her claims of an affair with the now-former president.
Grand Jury to hear evidence on Trump’s porn star payoff scheme, report says
ICYMI: Trump used Freedom of Information Act request to slow IRS release of his taxes
Tuesday 31 January 2023 11:40 , Maroosha Muzaffar
Former president Donald Trump inundated the Internal Revenue Service with a barrage of Freedom of Information Act requests meant to shed light on any internal deliberations agency officials were making as they considered turning his tax records over to the House Ways and Means Committee.
The former president famously claimed to be under audit by the agency for years, and resisted calls to release his financial records publicly until the supposed audit concluded. It never did.
Read more in The Independent:
Trump used Freedom of Information Act request to slow IRS release of his tax returns
Nikki Haley takes veiled shot at Biden and Trump
Tuesday 31 January 2023 11:15 , John Bowden
Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley took a veiled shot at both former president Donald Trump and president Joe Biden over their shared dreams of seeking the presidency in 2024.
The ex-Trump administration official was being interviewed on Fox News when she took the opportunity to say that a “young generation” of leadership was needed in Washington.
“I think we need a young generation to come in, step up and really start fixing things,” she said, adding: “Can I be that leader? Yes, I think I can be that leader.”
Read more:
Nikki Haley calls for ‘new generation’ of leaders in move away from Trump
Donald Trump sues Bob Woodward and book publisher over interview tapes
Tuesday 31 January 2023 10:30 , Maroosha Muzaffar
Donald Trump is suing journalist Bob Woodward of the Watergate scandal fame for releasing his interview recordings to the public, claiming that he didn’t give him permission to use them for an audiobook.
The former US president filed a lawsuit on Monday against Woodward, the publisher Simon & Schuster and its parent company Paramount Global for releasing the recorded interviews that took place between December 2019 and August 2020.
Mr Trump claimed in the lawsuit that he consented to be recorded for a series of interviews but only for a book Woodward was working on. Woodward’s “Rage” was published in September 2021.
Read the full story here:
Donald Trump sues Bob Woodward and book publisher over interview tapes
GOP congresswoman says there’s a difference between Trump and Biden documents
Tuesday 31 January 2023 09:45 , John Bowden
Republican Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina drew a difference between the investigation into documents found in locations associated with President Joe Biden and documents located at former president Donald Trump’s home.
The Independent spoke to Ms Mace in an exclusive interview for a profile to be published this weekend. The interview came as Mr Biden faces scrutiny after documents from his time as vice president were found both at his home in Delaware and the Penn Biden Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
Read more from Eric Garcia:
GOP Congresswoman Nancy Mace says there’s a difference between Trump and Biden docs
Trump used Freedom of Information Act request to slow IRS release of his taxes
Tuesday 31 January 2023 08:15 , John Bowden
Former president Donald Trump inundated the Internal Revenue Service with a barrage of Freedom of Information Act requests meant to shed light on any internal deliberations agency officials were making as they considered turning his tax records over to the House Ways and Means Committee.
The former president famously claimed to be under audit by the agency for years, and resisted calls to release his financial records publicly until the supposed audit concluded. It never did.
Read more in The Independent:
Trump used Freedom of Information Act request to slow IRS release of his tax returns
Election-denying lawmakers hold key election oversight roles
Tuesday 31 January 2023 06:45 , John Bowden
Republican lawmakers who have spread election conspiracy theories and falsely claimed that the 2020 presidential outcome was rigged are overseeing legislative committees charged with setting election policy in two major political battleground states.
Divided government in Pennsylvania and Arizona means that any voting restrictions those GOP legislators propose is likely to fail. Even so, the high-profile appointments give the lawmakers a platform to cast further doubt on the integrity of elections in states that will be pivotal in selecting the next president in 2024.
Election-denying lawmakers hold key election oversight roles
Trump speaks out on Tyre Nichols killing: ‘Never should have happened’
Tuesday 31 January 2023 05:45 , John Bowden
Donald Trump has described the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols as “horrible” and says that it “never should have happened.”
The former president’s comments came one day after the city of Memphis publicly released video footage of the attack earlier this month.
The video shows a violent confrontation between officers from the unit and 29-year-old Nichols, during which officers can be seen punching him and using batons and taser weapons to subdue him as he cried out for his mother.
Trump says Tyre Nichols killing ‘Never should have happened’
Donald Trump sues Bob Woodward and book publisher over interview tapes
Tuesday 31 January 2023 04:57 , Maroosha Muzaffar
Donald Trump is suing journalist Bob Woodward of the Watergate scandal fame for releasing his interview recordings to the public, claiming that he didn’t give him permission to use them for an audiobook.
The former US president filed a lawsuit on Monday against Woodward, the publisher Simon & Schuster and its parent company Paramount Global for releasing the recorded interviews that took place between December 2019 and August 2020.
Mr Trump claimed in the lawsuit that he consented to be recorded for a series of interviews but only for a book Woodward was working on. Woodward’s “Rage” was published in September 2021.
Read the full story here:
Donald Trump sues Bob Woodward and book publisher over interview tapes
Trump says ‘disloyal’ DeSantis ‘trying to rewrite history’ on Covid
Tuesday 31 January 2023 04:45 , John Bowden
Donald Trump lashed out at Ron DeSantis and called him “disloyal” as the Florida governor weighs a run for the 2024 Republican nomination against his former political benefactor.
Mr Trump spoke to Politico and CNN on his plane as he campaigned in New Hampshire and South Carolina, two states that have the first primary contests in the country.
“When I hear that he might [run] I think it’s very disloyal,” Mr Trump told reporters.
Mr Trump criticised Mr DeSantis for his record during the Covid pandemic.
“There are Republican governors that did not close their states,” Mr Trump said. “They’re trying to rewrite history.”
He added: “Ron would have not been governor if it wasn’t for me.”
