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...Trump: A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, will consider a motion to disqualify district attorney Fani Willis, who indicted former US president Donald Trump and others for seeking to overturn the results...
...During his opening argument, assistant district attorney Matthew Colangelo described the “catch and kill” plot allegedly orchestrated by Trump and his inner circle to “conceal his and others’ criminal conduct...
...Republican lawmakers and attorneys-general have said such broad presidential immunity is necessary to insulate a president both from the judiciary and partisan prosecutions....
...(Politico Magazine) Join Nancy Pelosi, Jake Sullivan, Anne Applebaum, Bradley Whitford, Gucci Westman and many more on May 4 in Washington DC for our third annual FT Weekend Festival: US edition — a Saturday...
...and his co-defendants try to disqualify her over a personal relationship with another attorney on the case....
...Before New York attorney-general Letitia James more than halved the original bond, Trump’s lawyers said 30 surety companies refused to underwrite such a large amount....
...Stein, the state’s attorney-general, had 71 per cent of the Democratic vote, with almost half of ballots tallied....
...Speakers include US national security adviser Jake Sullivan, political scientist Ruy Teixeira and FT journalists such as Roula Khalaf and Martin Wolf....
...The selection process will be arduous — even Trump appeared to nod off in the uncomfortably warm courtroom yesterday — as the judge, prosecutors and defence attorneys question roughly 500 potential jurors...
...Speakers include Jake Sullivan, Gucci Westman, Jancis Robinson and many more. As a newsletter subscriber, claim 10 per cent off your pass using promo code NewslettersxFestival....
...New York attorney-general Letitia James — who has rejected Trump’s claim that it’s “practically impossible” to post the bond — has her eye on 40 Wall Street, the crown jewel of the former president’s real...
...Controversy around the district attorney has overshadowed the case in recent weeks, but if it goes ahead before November, it could overshadow the election....
...Israel: The White House national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, will visit Israel to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog and the Jewish state’s war cabinet to discuss the latest...
...State attorney-general Letitia James has asked that the judge order Trump and his businesses to pay $370mn for inflating the value of his real estate empire, bar him from the state’s real estate industry...
...Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg has asked a judge for a gag order against Trump to keep him from publicly disparaging jurors, witnesses, lawyers or court staff in the run-up to his first criminal...
...Merrick Garland, US attorney-general, called the ruling a “victory for tens of millions of travellers who would have faced higher fares and fewer choices” had the proposed merger moved ahead....
...Trump: Former US president Donald Trump is set to take the witness stand in the civil fraud case brought against him by the New York attorney-general....
...The office of New York State attorney-general Letitia James brought the lawsuit against Trump, his eldest sons and his business in June 2022, alleging they inflated the value of assets by more than $2bn...
...Prosecutors have asked for her to spend a year behind bars, while her attorneys have requested she be sentenced to 3 years of probation with six months of home confinement....
...Rudy Giuliani, former attorney for Donald Trump, has filed for bankruptcy in New York, just days after he was ordered to pay $148mn in damages for defaming two poll workers in Georgia in the aftermath of...
...Additional reporting by Steff Chávez in Washington...
...The unnamed individuals include attorneys, a DoJ official and a political consultant....
...Additional reporting by Steff Chávez in Chicago...
...UBS Group is hiring Jake Webster from Morgan Stanley as the firm looks to build out its debt capital markets business, Bloomberg reports....
...Since assuming the presidency from the late Hugo Chávez in 2013, Maduro has presided over an economic collapse and widespread shortages of food and fuel....
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