How Stormy Daniels might lead to Donald Trump’s first charges
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Donald Trump Donald Trump is heading to Waco, Texas for a rally tonight after lashing out with violent rhetoric at prosecutors as they weigh criminal charges over his hush money payments allegedly made to porn star Stormy Daniels.
White powder and a death threat directed at the DA were discovered at the Manhattan headquarters shortly after Trump’s Truth Social posts.
Trump supporters will gather in the Texas town on Saturday as it marks the 30th anniversary of a siege on a religious compound which left 86 people dead.
New York courthouses increasing security amid Trump tirades
Courthouses in New York City have had to increase security after Donald Trump called for protesters to rally against his possible indictment.
In addition to calling on his supporters to protest for him, Mr Trump recently called Manhattan Districat Attorney Alvin Bragg a “degenerate animal” and posted a photo of himself holding a baseball bat next to a photo of the DA’s head.
Both Mr Bragg and at least one courthouse in Manhattan have received threatening messages since Mr Trump put out his call to his supporters.
The Office of Court Administration said Friday that it had increased security as a result. It did not name Mr Trump directly, simply stating that the move follows an “increased interest in proceedings.”
Trump’s history of courting violence collides with Waco campaign rally
Mr Trump, cornered by several investigations and predicting his own arrest in at least one of them, will hold his first 2024 presidential campaign rally in the city of Waco, Texas – in the middle of the 30th anniversary of the deadly 51-day siege that galvanised the far right and set the stage for the modern militia movement.
His doomsday rhetoric previews a 2024 campaign rally near the site of a deadly siege that galvanised the far right, extremism researchers and historians tell Josh Marcus and Alex Woodward
Trump says he won’t pick DeSantis as his running mate
Donald Trump told right-wing media outlet Newsmax that he would not consider Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for his running mate in the 2024 election.
Mr DeSantis is widely expected to enter the primary campaign, though he has not announced yet. Mr Trump teased for months that he was going to run before officially announcing his run last year.
Trump posts picture of himself wielding baseball bat next to Alvin Bragg’s head
Mr Trump posted an article to his social media platform Truth Social which included a composite picture of himself next to Alvin Bragg, who has accused the one-term president of creating “a false expectation” of being arrested this week.
Graeme Massie has the story.
Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg is leading probe into hush money payments allegedly made to Stormy Daniels
Trump menacingly warns of ‘potential death and destruction’ if he is charged
In a dark late-night Truth Social post attacking Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Mr Trump warned of “potential death and destruction” should charges be brought against him.
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If charged such violent rhetoric could be in violation of bond
Jan 6 probe: Mark Meadows and other ex-Trump aides ordered to give evidence
A federal judge in Washington DC has rejected former president Donald Trump’s attempt to keep his ex-chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and a large group of other former top White House and Trump administration officials from having to give evidence before the grand jury investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
District Judge Beryl Howell, who until last week was the chief judge of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, issued a sealed ruling last week rejecting Mr Trump’s claim that executive privilege — a legal doctrine that normally shields conversations and deliberations between and among a president and his advisers — should preclude Mr Meadows and other aides from testifying.
Andrew Feinberg filed this report from Washington, DC.
The court ruling represents another significant defeat for Mr Trump’s legal team
Could Ron DeSantis stop Trump’s arrest?
Despite what Trump’s MAGA allies say, the Florida governor likely has little authority to stop the former president’s extradition from their mutual home state. Eric Garcia and Andrew Feinberg write
The former president’s shifting indictment timeline - has Trump been arrested yet?
Trump said he expected to be arrested on Tuesday. Now he waits in Mar-a-Lago
Mary Trump tries to sabotage Trump’s Waco rally
Mary Trump, the clinical psychologist and author who is former president Donald Trump’s niece, has called on Americans to flood her uncle’s campaign website with ticket requests for his 25 March rally in Waco, Texas, so tickets will be allocated to people who won’t show up for the event.
Writing on Twitter, Ms Trump wrote that the Waco location is “a ploy to remind his cult of the infamous Waco siege of 1993, where an anti-government cult battled the FBI”.
Andrew Feinberg has the story.
Mr Trump’s niece is an outspoken critic of the ex-president
Ahead of Waco rally, Texas newspaper slams ‘bombastic, bullying’ Trump
A Texas newspaper has lambasted former president Donald Trump’s decision to hold his first 2024 presidential campaign rally not far from the site of the deadly law enforcement siege in Waco, Texas, an event that galvanised far-right conspiracy theories as a symbol of violent government overreach.
As the state of Texas recognises the 30th anniversary of the deadly 51-day siege, The Houston Chronicle’s editorial board writes that “dog ears won’t be the only ones twitching” when Mr Trump lands on 25 March.
“Trump doesn’t do subtle; dog-whistle messages are not his style. The more apt metaphor is the blaring air horn of a Mack 18-wheeler barreling down [Interstate-10],” the newspaper writes.
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Trump’s first 2024 campaign rally will be held near the site of a deadly Texas siege on its 30th anniversary
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