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Former President Donald Trump on the campaign trail in Iowa Thursday expressed sympathy for President Joe Biden upon learning that he fell after delivering the commencement speech at the Air Force Academy. “He actually fell down? Well I hope he wasn’t hurt. I hope he wasn’t hurt,” Trump said after being told. He then recalled his own concerns of falling after the delivering a commencement speech at the West Point in 2021. “You gotta be careful about that. You gotta be careful about that, because you don’t want that. Even if you have to tiptoe down a ramp,” he said, referring to his own walk down a ramp at West Point: That was the best speech I think I’ve ever made, and it was pouring rain and it was horrible and cold and windy and they have a ramp that’s pure like an ice skating rink, and it was like 25 feet long, and I’m talking to the general — he has boots on, you know, big combat boots and they’re rubber soles — I have nice leather [shoes], and I say, ‘You know what general, … [Read more...] about Trump Expresses Sympathy After Biden’s Fall: ‘Well I Hope He Wasn’t Hurt’

Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images On August 8, 2022, Donald Trump was in possession of classified documents he had removed from the White House when FBI agents executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago . Team Trump insisted that his vast presidential powers made the entire scandal moot, though, claiming days after the search that he had a “standing order” during his presidency that the documents were “deemed to be declassified the moment he removed them” from the Oval Office. There is no evidence that this “standing order” actually existed, and Trump’s attorneys avoided saying anything about it in court. Within a few weeks, the former president offered an inventive new twist on the argument. In a September 2022 interview with Sean Hannity, Trump explained he may not have any physical proof of his automatic declassification process because “if you’re the president of the United States, you can declassify just by saying ‘it’s declassified,’ even by thinking about it.” … [Read more...] about Tape Reveals Trump Doubted His Mental Declassification Powers

Attorneys for Donald Trump have filed a motion seeking to have a judge recuse himself from the Manhattan criminal case against the former president. Trump’s campaign website posted a statement from his lawyers Wednesday evening that accused Judge Juan Merchan of having conflicts, which the statement says are detailed in the motion. The motion seeks to have Merchan, who presided over Trump’s arraignment on 34 counts of falsifying business records in Manhattan, step aside in the case, Trump's lawyers said. “President Trump, like all Americans, is entitled under the Constitution to an impartial judge and fair legal process," his lawyers said in the statement, adding that the motion alleges Merchan has "significant conflicts." The motion is not yet public and the Manhattan District Attorney’s office was making redactions, lawyers involved in the process said. A spokesperson for the Manhattan district attorney's office said they would review the motion and respond in court … [Read more...] about Trump attorneys seek recusal of judge in New York criminal case

MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann said Thursday on “Katy Tur Reports” that he believed it is “inconceivable” that former President Donald Trump will not be charged in special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents probe. Tur said, “Having Donald Trump on tape saying, yes, I’ve got a classified document, and yes, I have limited ability to show it to you, before the government went in to get those documents, before they were even asking for them, how significant is that if that’s true?” Weissmann said, “If it is true, it is the proverbial smoking gun. I mean, this case is about knowingly and intentionally retaining classified information and it may also be about obstruction of justice. So if you have the defendant on tape confessing that, if you are a prosecutor, there’s nothing better. And as we know, Donald Trump likes to denigrate anybody and everyone who testifies against him, but here will be his own words. So that is really a strong as you can get.” He added, “The … [Read more...] about MSNBC’s Weissmann: ‘Inconceivable’ Trump Won’t Be Criminally Charged — It’s a Question of When, Not If

20 Crime & Safety One person is in custody following the incident that happened during the gathering near the Huntington Beach Pier Saturday afternoon. Amie Schaenzer , Patch Staff Posted Replies HUNTINGTON BEACH, NJ — One is in custody after two demonstrators were hit over the head with skateboards during a gathering of a small group of supporters of former President Donald Trump Saturday in Orange County. The group of about 40 people met near the Huntington Beach Pier on Saturday afternoon — just two days after Trump was indicted on criminal charges. They shouted "Make America Great Again" and "God Bless Trump," according to the Los Angeles Times. One of the men leading the chants was among the two people hit with skateboards. Authorities said one person is in custody, and one person was taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries, following the incident, which remains under investigation, according to … [Read more...] about 2 Hit With Skateboards At Pro-Trump Rally In Huntington Beach

close Video DeSantis vows to 'counterpunch' Trump: I will 'fight back.' OutKick host Bobby Burack joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss the growing 2024 candidate field and the feud between Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump as the race heats up. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign shot down a claim made Wednesday by former President Donald Trump's campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung that the bus for the pro-DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down had "broke down" in Des Moines. "SPOTTED: Tiny @RonDeSantis Super PAC bus broke down on the side of the road in Des Moines. Always Broke Down," Cheung wrote in a tweet, which was accompanied by an image of the bus on the side of the road. TRUMP CAMPAIGN ATTACKS DESANTIS FOR SUPPORTING TRUMP NOMINEE, CLAIMS HE 'VOTED' FOR SENATE-CONFIRMED POSITION Christina Pushaw, the rapid response director for DeSantis' 2024 campaign, was quick to respond to Cheung's claim and insisted that … [Read more...] about DeSantis team claps back after Trump campaign claimed pro-DeSantis super PAC bus ‘broke down’