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Donald Trump turns up at New York fraud trial, complains it distracts from campaign

Donald Trump turns up at New York fraud trial, complains it distracts from campaign

DONALD Trump made a voluntary appearance at his New York civil fraud trial and used it to complain that it is distracting from his campaign to reclaim the White House in 2024. The former U.S. president and frontrunner for the Republican nomination also took the occasion to criticize a limited gag order imposed by a Washington judge in a separate criminal trial related to his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Trump appeared in a New York court on Tuesday for the third week of a civil fraud trial which is centered on allegations that he inflated his net…
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Americans divided over criminal charges against Trump

Americans divided over criminal charges against Trump

RICHARD COWAN THE prosecution of former President Donald Trump has evenly divided Americans but appears to have boosted his chances of winning the Republican nomination for the 2024 election, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday. The poll was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, following Tuesday's indictment of Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records by prosecutors in New York City. The survey found that 49% of all Americans think it was right for prosecutors to pursue the first criminal case against a U.S. president or former president. But the finding underscores the political divide on so…
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Trump assails rival Biden in White House speech accepting nomination

Trump assails rival Biden in White House speech accepting nomination

JEFF MASON and JOSEPH AX A defiant President Donald Trump has accepted the Republican nomination for a second term with a scathing attack on rival Joe Biden, asserting that a Democratic victory in November would only exacerbate the racial strife and coronavirus pandemic besieging the nation. Speaking from the White House South Lawn despite criticism that he was using the executive residence as a political prop, Trump portrayed Biden, a career politician with a long record as a moderate, as a far-left extremist who would usher in a lawless, dangerous America. "This election will decide whether we protect law-abiding Americans,…
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