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Colorado Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of court’s ability to remove Trump from the ballot

A district court judge in Denver last month ruled that while Donald Trump engaged in insurrection by inciting the violent attack, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment doesn’t apply to the office of president so he can remain on the ballot. 32 minutes ago

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Appeals court reinstates gag order that barred Trump from maligning court staff in N.Y. fraud trial

A New York appeals court Thursday reinstated a gag order that barred former president Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after he disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial.

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Trump embraces the Jan. 6 rioters on the trail. In court, his lawyers hope to distance him from them.

Despite losing a bid to strike from the indictment references to the violence on Jan. 6, 2021, defense attorneys have made clear their strategy involves distancing the former president from the horde of rioters he has embraced.

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In new challenge to indictment, Trump’s lawyers argue he had good basis to question election results

A defense motion filed late Monday in federal court in Washington asserts that former president Donald Trump was not obligated to accept at face value the judgments of government officials who found no widespread fraud in the election.

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A Georgia judge will consider revoking a Trump co-defendant’s bond in an election subversion case

A judge in Atlanta is set to hear arguments on a request to revoke the bond of one of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia case related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

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Court seems inclined to keep restricting Trump’s trial speech. But gag order could be narrowed.

The judges wrestled with how to craft a gag order that doesn’t infringe on Donald Trump’s free speech rights or prevent him from defending himself on the campaign trail.

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Trump’s lawyers want a mistrial in his New York civil fraud case. They claim the judge is biased.

In urging the judge to stop the case immediately, lawyers for Donald Trump argued he had irreparably harmed the former president's right to a fair trial through “astonishing departures from ordinary standards of impartiality."

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Ex-Trump allies detail efforts to overturn election in Georgia plea videos

A former attorney for Donald Trump has told Georgia prosecutors that a top presidential aide said to her in December 2020 that “the boss” did not plan to leave the White House “under any circumstances,” according to a video recording.