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Rich-guy Donald Trump can't find money for bond? How about a MAGA bake sale?: We should all sympathize with Donald Trump as he searches for bond money under the ...
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Quick Glance: Trump Struggles with Bail and Frustration Grows
  • Donald Trump and some members of his inner circle are frustrated by the prospect of him failing to post the $464 million civil fraud penalty by Monday's deadline.

  • Trump is urgently seeking campaign funds and potential guarantors for his bail to prevent New York Attorney General Letitia James from seizing his assets.

  • Trump's defense team is considering options to challenge the judgment without posting bail and speculating on the impact of asset seizure on his campaign.

  • Despite concerns from his team regarding bail, Trump's campaign is leveraging the situation to mobilize supporters and reinforce the perception of unfair treatment by the justice system.
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Will Donald Trump Be Forced to Sell Mar-a-Lago?: The New York attorney general has vowed to seize Trump properties if he doesn't pay the roughly $450 million he ...
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Will Donald Trump Be Forced to Sell Mar-a-Lago?
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Here Are Trump’s Most Valuable Properties: Trump is scrambling to pay his $454 million fraud judgment—and court filings suggest the former president may have to ...
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Here Are Trump’s Most Valuable Properties
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Trump's Mar-a-Lago danger: Special counsel nears end of classified documents probe
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Quick Glance: Trump indictment imminent? Lawyers seek meeting with prosecutors on documents case
  • Donald Trump's legal team is requesting a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland to discuss the investigation of classified documents, which is often a sign of an impending indictment.

  • The letter from Trump's lawyers suggests that an indictment may be forthcoming and such a meeting is often used to negotiate a resolution.

  • It is unclear whether Garland will agree to a meeting with Trump's legal team, as he assigned the documents case to Special Counsel Jack Smith last year.

  • Smith is investigating whether the former president mishandled classified documents and obstructed justice by ignoring a subpoena to return presidential documents taken from the White House.
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Trump wants judge criminally charged at New York fraud trial – live: New York Attorney General’s office laid out case against Trump as defence team vowed to show ...
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Trump wants judge criminally charged at New York fraud trial – live
Quick Glance: Judge orders thorough examination of Trump's assets in New York fraud trial
  • Judge prohibits Trump or any other defendants from transferring assets or creating a new entity without prior disclosure.

  • The appointed monitor must be informed if the defendants plan to move their assets or create a new entity not involved in the case.

  • The trial focuses on an investigation of Trump's business conduct, where prosecutors allege his company inflated property values and sizes to obtain better terms for loans and insurance policies.

  • Trump attended the first three days of the trial but is not present in the courtroom on Thursday.
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Trump Denounces Charges in Mar-a-Lago Address: The former president, who appeared stone-faced in a New York courtroom on Tuesday, lashed out against the ...
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Trump Denounces Charges in Mar-a-Lago Address
Quick Glance: Donald Trump Ruined Ron DeSantis' Big Extradition Moment
  • The former president made his move just as Ron DeSantis reversed his support for Donald Trump, and it screamed political vengeance.

  • "Trump really sort of denied DeSantis their big moment." Sommer claims.

  • Then, David Weigel, national political reporter for Semafor, joins the podcast and weighs in on the latest Trump drama.

  • The arraignment "is something that even many Republicans before they built their careers around Donald Trump predicted would probably happen if he ever continued in politics," Weigel writes, adding that Trump "had made so many decisions that were legally specious that he was going to get caught in one of them."
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Trump calls charges 'insult to our country' in post-arraignment remarks: Trump addressed supporters at Mar-a-Lago hours after his arrest in New York.
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Trump calls charges 'insult to our country' in post-arraignment remarks
Quick Glance: Trump Pleads Not Guilty After Being Charged with 34 Felonies
  • Former President Donald J. Trump exited Trump Tower and drove to the Manhattan district attorney's office in a motorcade.

  • The hearing was also historic for Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney who brought the case.

  • The case, which was filed in Mr. Trump's hometown, marks the start of the former president's journey through the criminal justice system.

  • He accused Mr. Trump of falsifying business records related to the hush money, which appear to be felony charges based on a novel application of the law.
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Melania Ignoring ‘Reality’ and Donald Trump’s Stormy Daniels Problems at Mar-a-Lago, Report Says
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Melania Ignoring ‘Reality’ and Donald Trump’s Stormy Daniels Problems at ...
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Quick Glance: Donald Trump arrives in New York ahead of a court appearance.
  • Former President Donald Trump's plane arrives at New York's LaGuardia Airport.

  • Former US President George H.W. Bush's supporters said he will "forever" have their support.

  • Following the completion of the booking, Trump will appear before a judge for an afternoon arraignment.

  • The investigation has been criticized by Donald Trump.
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Mar-a-Lago events suspended as Trump huddles with ‘shaken’ advisers: Former president prepares for New York court appearance at Florida resort after news of ...
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Mar-a-Lago events suspended as Trump huddles with ‘shaken’ advisers
Quick Glance: Trump says he "would" take confidential documents after Hannity says he 'can't imagine' it.
  • "I don't think you would do it," Hannity said, giving Trump an option.

  • Sean Hannity of Fox News claimed on Monday that he couldn't envision Donald Trump taking important documents with him when he left the White House.

  • According to the Justice Department, Trump did just that, and he refused to return the records for months after leaving office.

  • "Let me move on," Hannity remarked.
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Quick Glance: Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felonies.
  • Former President Donald Trump appears in court on Tuesday in New York City for his arraignment.

  • Trump has denied the affairs ever occurred or that he was aware of the alleged hush money payments.

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  • What are the next steps in the historic criminal case of Donald Trump?

  • Former President Donald Trump will surrender in Manhattan on Tuesday to face criminal charges related to hush money payments made in 2016.
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The office of Donald Trump said the former US President will fly back from his arraignment in New York City to Florida, where he will speak from his Mar-a-Lago ... Show more
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Trump indictment ends decades of perceived invincibility: NEW YORK: When Donald Trump steps before a judge next week to be arraigned in a New York courtroom ...
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Trump indictment ends decades of perceived invincibility
Quick Glance: Read Alvin Bragg's Warning to Jim Jordan Not to'Collaborate' With Trump.
  • "Let the criminal justice process proceed without unlawful political interference," one section of Alvin Bragg's letter to Republican House leaders urges.

  • In the aftermath of former President Donald Trump's indictment, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office has retaliated against a trio of House GOP committee chairmen.

  • "The referenced committee chairmen are House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil."

  • They wrote to Bragg on March 21st, "demanding communications, documents and testimony relating to Bragg's unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority and the potential indictment of former President Donald Trump."
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Trump arrives at Palm Beach International Airport to head to New York to face criminal charges
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Trump leaves Mar-a-Lago home for New York ahead of court appearance: Donald Trump has left his Florida home to travel to New York ahead of his unprecedented ...
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Trump leaves Mar-a-Lago home for New York ahead of court appearance
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New York says Trump should be found liable for fraud, even before a trial: New York attorney general says no trial needed to find Trump guilty of fraud for ...
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New York says Trump should be found liable for fraud, even before a trial
Quick Glance: Trump claims to have prevented 'nuclear holocaust'
  • Former President Trump claims he prevented a 'nuclear holocaust' with North Korea and 'saved millions of lives' during his presidency, according to his recently released April deposition in his New York civil fraud case.

  • Trump stated, 'I think you would have nuclear holocaust, if I didn’t deal with North Korea.'

  • Trump mentioned that the roles of his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, who currently serve as executive vice presidents at the Trump Organization and are named in the lawsuit, changed once he became president.

  • The testimony is part of New York Attorney General Letitia James's (D) lawsuit against Trump, the Trump Organization, and two of the former president's children over allegations of major fraud.
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Another Woman Testifies That Donald Trump Assaulted Her: In the civil rape trial brought by E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump, two other women have also ...
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Another Woman Testifies That Donald Trump Assaulted Her
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Donald Trump plans to turn his arraignment into a political spectacle. Here's how.
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Quick Glance: Trump's presidential campaign has raised $7 million since his indictment, according to an aide.
  • In some ways, former President Donald Trump's indictment has been a boon.

  • The Trump campaign seized on the indictment almost immediately.

  • Another email advertised "I Stand With Trump" t-shirts with the indictment date "03.30."

  • "And what better way to show your support for President Trump and our incredible movement than to proudly wear the brand-new "I Stand with President Trump T-shirt?" the message asked."
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Donald Trump departs Mar-a-Lago for New York ahead of arraignment: Ex-President Donald Trump's motorcade left his Mar-a-Lago home for Palm Beach airport to ...
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Donald Trump departs Mar-a-Lago for New York ahead of arraignment
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I Really Don’t Understand This Melania Trump News, Do U?: “People” reported that Donald Trump’s wife Melania Trump “remains angry” after the indictment over his ...
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I Really Don’t Understand This Melania Trump News, Do U?
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As he begins 2024 run, Trump faces legal challenges in 4 courtrooms in 1 day: Cases involving the former president are playing out in four courtrooms Tuesday.
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As he begins 2024 run, Trump faces legal challenges in 4 courtrooms in 1 ...
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MAGA Forum Suggests 'Patriot Moat' at Mar-a-Lago to Stop Trump Arrest: Posters on pro-Trump forum "TheDonald" are calling for "Civil War" if ...
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MAGA Forum Suggests 'Patriot Moat' at Mar-a-Lago to Stop Trump Arrest
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Donald Trump’s Lawyer Pledges Ex-Prez Will Turn Himself in if Indicted: “There won’t be a standoff at Mar-a-Lago with Secret Service and the Manhattan DA’s ...
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Donald Trump’s Lawyer Pledges Ex-Prez Will Turn Himself in if Indicted
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Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud, New York jury finds: Twelve-person jury returns guilty verdict against former president’s company after being sent out on ...
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Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud, New York jury finds
Quick Glance: Donald Trump's corporation has been convicted of a 15-year-long criminal plot to cheat tax authorities.
  • The Trump Organization, which owns and runs hotels, golf courses, and other real estate all over the world, faces sanctions as a result of the conviction.

  • The corporation had entered a not guilty plea.

  • He is currently on paid leave from the corporation and testified that he got over $1 million in salary and bonus payments this year.

  • The Trump Organization also attempted to imply that Donald Bender, an outside accountant, should have discovered and reported Weisselberg's wrongdoing.
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Federal appeals panel lifts hold on Mar-a-Lago records for use in Trump investigation
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Federal appeals panel lifts hold on Mar-a-Lago records for use in Trump ...
Quick Glance: 11 Republican Attorneys General Urge Appeals Court to Support Trump's Mar-a-Lago Special Master
  • A group of 11 Republican attorneys general submitted a brief in court in favor of former President Donald Trump's "s efforts to have a court-appointed arbiter sift through hundreds of classified documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago compound last month."

  • "Throughout this litigation the Biden Administration has attempted to trade on the reputation of the Department of Justice and the Intelligence Community to thwart the appointment of a neutral special master.

  • But the district court twice rejected that gambit, and this Court should too."

  • But the district court rejected that gambit twice, and this Court should as well."

  • Trump's most recent brief with the appeals court contends that the DOJ has failed to demonstrate that the records sought are "in fact, classified."
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Trump worker told FBI about moving Mar-a-Lago boxes on ex-president’s orders: The employee told federal agents about moving boxes at Mar-a-Lago at the explicit ...
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Trump worker told FBI about moving Mar-a-Lago boxes on ex-president’s ...
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Trump Digs Legal Hole 'Deeper and Deeper,' Kirschner Says After FBI Raid: The former federal prosecutor said Friday that indictments should "rain down" on the ...
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Trump Digs Legal Hole 'Deeper and Deeper,' Kirschner Says After FBI Raid
Quick Glance: The Mar-a-Lago Raid Proves the United States Isn't a Banana Republic
  • "Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before," Trump said in a statement.

  • Susan Glasser and Peter Baker wrote today on how Trump encouraged the military to stage the sort of flamboyant parades that, as one general put it, characterize foreign dictatorships, and complained that US generals were not as faithful to him as Hitler's top brass was to the Führer.

  • Trump is not facing political persecution.

  • "What is the difference between this and Watergate, where operatives broke into the Democrat National Committee?

  • " In his statement, Trump inquired.
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On Trump's last day in office, why were sensitive documents allegedly in such disarray?
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On Trump's last day in office, why were sensitive documents allegedly in ...
Quick Glance: According to reports, the Department of Justice believes Trump has more government documents.
  • The DOJ believes Trump still has access to more secret government information.

  • Disagreement over the forensic audit suggestion is said to have caused a schism within Trump's legal team, but it's unclear where this search would take place or whether Trump's team believes he still has access to confidential documents.

  • The Justice Department earlier stated that it was not satisfied that all official documents had been recovered from Trump.

  • According to a CNN tracker, the total number of classified documents recovered from Trump's Mar-a-Lago property is 325.
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Trump ally Steve Bannon's legal troubles: From border wall fund to Jan. 6 contempt
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Trump ally Steve Bannon's legal troubles: From border wall fund to Jan ...
Quick Glance: The Indictment of Bannon Reveals Damning Texts on the "Build the Wall" Scheme
  • "[No] deals I don't approve; and I pay [Brian Kolfage] so what's to worry," Bannon texted an associate on Jan. 15, 2019, according to the indictment.

  • Local prosecutors are attempting to charge him with offenses that were previously pardoned by former President Donald Trump.

  • , according to a person close to the investigation.

  • Kolfage, who is accused of paying himself more than $350,000 in the indictment, pled guilty in April.

  • But Bannon's case was never heard.
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Rolling Stone: DOJ asking if Trump kept documents at other properties: Federal investigators specifically asked witnesses about Trump Tower in Manhattan and his ...
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Rolling Stone: DOJ asking if Trump kept documents at other properties
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3 Trump properties in Florida named in New York lawsuit about inflated values. Here’s how those assets were used
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3 Trump properties in Florida named in New York lawsuit about inflated ...
Quick Glance: A New York prosecutor has filed a fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump.
  • The New York State Attorney General's Office is suing former United States President Donald Trump and his children for fraud.

  • Attorney General Letitia James revealed Wednesday in New York that charges will be filed against Trump's businesses as well as his children Donald Junior, Eric, and Ivanka.

  • Donald Trump accuses the proceedings of being politically motivated.

  • James is a member of the Democratic Party and serves in the New York state legislature.
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The many investigations surrounding Donald Trump: Jan. 6, Mar-a-Lago, taxes and more
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The many investigations surrounding Donald Trump: Jan. 6, Mar-a-Lago ...
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Trump benefits from announcing FBI raid first: politics, media experts: "In a way, [Trump] was waiting for something like this to happen to become more relevant ...
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Trump benefits from announcing FBI raid first: politics, media experts
Quick Glance: Donald Trump claims the Fifth Amendment and refuses to answer questions in the New York investigation
  • Former US President Donald Trump has stated that he refused to answer questions while testifying under oath in a civil investigation into potential fraud at his family firm by the New York State Attorney General.

  • "'If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?'" "I now know the answer to that question," said the statement.

  • Attorney General Letitia James is leading the inquiry into Trump's real estate business operations, which he has dubbed a "witch hunt."

  • Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. have already been called into the investigation.
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Donald Trump is worth billions — here's how he's spent his cash: The 45th president is worth $2.5 billion, according to Forbes, and is the only billionaire to ...
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Donald Trump is worth billions — here's how he's spent his cash
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Justice Dept. asks Supreme Court to deny Trump’s request in Mar-a-Lago case: Trump's lawyers asked the court to intervene last week, saying the outside legal ...
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Justice Dept. asks Supreme Court to deny Trump’s request in Mar-a-Lago ...
Quick Glance: Trump lawyer retracts phony Mar-a-Lago statement: Reports
  • According to NBC News and The Guardian, Christina Bobb testified to federal officials on Friday that she was asked by another Trump attorney to sign a declaration in June stating that no more government records were being retained at the Florida club.

  • "FBI agents had visited Mar-a-Lago in June, when Trump aides handed over boxes of government records Trump had been keeping there."

  • Bobb then signed a document stating that no more were being held at the resort and that a subpoena issued in May requiring their return had been met.
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Trump’s fast-growing obstruction of justice problem: Several troublesome revelations have emerged over the past couple of weeks.
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Trump’s fast-growing obstruction of justice problem
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Donald Trump appears to be enjoying himself before his appearance in 'Kangaroo Court'
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Quick Glance: Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts in a hush money scheme.
  • It includes 34 counts of falsifying records related to checks Trump sent to his personal lawyer and problem solver to reimburse him for his role in compensating a porn actor who claimed she had an extramarital sexual encounter with Trump years before.

  • "The defendant, Donald J. Trump, falsified New York business records in order to conceal an illegal conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the 2016 presidential election and other violations of election laws," Assistant District Attorney Christopher Conroy said.

  • Former President Donald Trump arrives in court in Manhattan for his arraignment.

  • Following the announcement, Trump lawyer Todd Blanche told reporters that it was a "sad day for the country."
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Trump Rips Letitia James' 'Very Plush' Office as He Sits for Deposition: The former president and his two eldest children had been expected to testify under oath ...
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Trump Rips Letitia James' 'Very Plush' Office as He Sits for Deposition
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Trump won’t refuse to surrender if indicted in NYC, lawyer says: ‘There won’t be a standoff at Mar-a-Lago’
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Trump won’t refuse to surrender if indicted in NYC, lawyer says: ‘There ...
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POLITICO Playbook: How Palm Beach is preparing for a possible Trump indictment: And a meeting today will tell us how far apart the parties are on infrastructure.
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POLITICO Playbook: How Palm Beach is preparing for a possible Trump ...