Trump tells Joe Biden ‘You’re fired’ as he wins South Carolina Republican primary
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox
Get our free Inside Washington email
Donald Trump is appealing his $454m New York civil fraud judgement, challenging the judge’s finding that he lied about his wealth as he grew the real estate empire that launched him to stardom.
The former president’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal on Monday asking the state’s mid-level appeals court to overturn Judge Arthur Engoron’s verdict of 16 February in New York attorney general Letitia James’s lawsuit.
Mr Trump’s attorneys wrote in court papers that they are asking the court to decide whether Judge Engoron “committed errors of law and/or fact” and whether he abused his discretion and/or his jurisdiction.
Mr Trump has otherwise been deriding his rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Nikki Haley, after the Charles Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity Action donor network announced it would no longer be supporting her campaign after she lost the South Carolina primary.
A gleeful Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social that Mr Koch and his partners “got played for suckers right from the beginning”.
The GOP front-runner delivered a rambling victory speech after his fourth straight primary win over the weekend as he turned his sights on Joe Biden, telling the president: “You’re fired!”
Republicans ‘doubt prospects of Biden impeachment effort’
House Republicans increasingly believe there is little chance of any impeachment vote resulting from the investigations into Joe Biden, according to reporting by Axios.
After a year of looking into the Biden family, little has been revealed regarding the alleged bribery and corruption of which the president, his son Hunter Biden and his brother Jim Biden have been accused.
“I don’t see it going anywhere substantive,” said one House Republican, adding that there “aren’t close to enough” GOP votes to impeach the president.
The lawmaker said there were “easily 40-50” Republicans who would likely vote against an impeachment of President Biden.
Here’s Oliver O’Connell’s report.
Joe Sommerlad26 February 2024 17:15
Trump’s $399 gold sneakers skewered in latest SNL skit
Here’s Amelia Neath with more on Saturday Night Live’s latest Trump parody.
Joe Sommerlad26 February 2024 16:45
Biden and Trump both plan to visit US-Mexico border on same day
This is going to be interesting.
Here’s Gustaf Kilander with more on an unexpected clash of schedules.
Joe Sommerlad26 February 2024 16:15
Truth Social: Trump accuses ‘Department of Injustice’ of deliberately timing legal cases to coincide with his campaign
The Donald continues to baselessly claim that Joe Biden is orchestrating his legal comeuppance, this time alleging that the Justice Department is deliberately scheduling court hearings to interfere with his campaign, even though many of the investigations into his conduct began long before he even announced his candidacy on 15 November 2022.
He’s also continuing to attack Nikki Haley, demanding that she face up to the reality that she is simply a “bad candidate” – even though almost 40 per cent of South Carolina Republicans voted for her.
Joe Sommerlad26 February 2024 15:45
Trump appeals $455m ruling in New York fraud trial
Here’s the very latest on this from Alex Woodward.
Joe Sommerlad26 February 2024 15:20
Breaking: Trump appeals $454m New York civil fraud judgement
Donald Trump is appealing his $454m New York civil fraud judgement, challenging a judge’s finding that he lied about his wealth as he grew the real estate empire that launched him to stardom.
The former president’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal this morning asking the state’s mid-level appeals court to overturn Judge Arthur Engoron’s verdict of 16 February in New York attorney general Letitia James’s lawsuit.
Trump’s attorney’s wrote in court papers that they are asking the appeals court to decide whether Judge Engoron “committed errors of law and/or fact” and whether he abused his discretion and/or his jurisdiction.
You can read the notice of appeal filing in its entirety here.
The reason for the appeal application begins on page 13, with the president’s lawyers arguing that they wish to determine “whether Supreme Court committed errors of law and/or fact, abused its discretion, and/or acted in excess of its jurisdiction by, inter alia, finding all Defendants liable under the second, third, fourth, fifth, and seventh causes of action, finding Defendants Allen Weisselberg and Jeffrey McConney liable under the sixth cause of action, entering disgorgement in favor of Plainiff in the principal sum of $363,894,816.00 plus pre-judgment interest, and entering far-reaching, punitive injunctive relief including, inter alia, enjoining the individual Defendants from serving as officers or directors of a New York corporation or other legal entity, enjoining Defendant President Donald J. Trump and the entity Defendants from applying for loans from any financial institution chartered by or registered with the New York Department of Financial Services, installing an Independent Director of Compliance at the Trump Organization, and extending and enhancing the monitorship of Hon. Barbara Jones for a period of at least three years.”
Joe Sommerlad26 February 2024 15:05
CPAC: Poll reveals who Republicans want as Trump’s running mate
As this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference drew to a close on Saturday, a straw poll of attendees revealed who they would like to see join Trump on the Republican Party presidential ticket.
Here’s Oliver O’Connell on the results, which may surprise you.
Joe Sommerlad26 February 2024 15:00
CPAC: Trump says Prince Harry will be ‘on his own’ if he becomes president again
Here’s Trump in bitchy gossip mode, claiming the estranged British Royal “betrayed the Queen” and that he would not welcome him in the United States as warmly as the Biden administration has if he were back in the White House.
Maryam Zakir-Hussain reports.
Joe Sommerlad26 February 2024 14:30
CPAC: Trump calls wife Melania ‘Mercedes’
At one stage in his speech, Trump appeared to confuse his own wife, admittedly now rarely seen in public, with Mercedes Schlapp, wife of CPAC’s chairman Matt Schlapp.
He’s definitely not in cognitive decline though, right guys?
Donald Trump calls wife Melania ‘Mercedes’ in CPAC speech
Former president Donald Trump called Melania ‘Mercedes’ as he praised his wife during a speech in Washington DC. The crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) gave the former First Lady a standing ovation as Mr Trump described how “people love her”. “Oh look at that Mercedes, that’s pretty good” he said as the audience stood and applauded. The GOP presidential hopeful was making the keynote speech on 24 February on the same day as voters head to the polls in the South Carolina primary.
Joe Sommerlad26 February 2024 14:00
CPAC: Trump compares himself to infamous gangster Al Capone
Here’s our man repeating a new favourite, notoriety-courting parallel once more, hoping to add a little underworld grit to his otherwise tawdry but glitzy brand.
Trump once again compares himself to American gangster Al Capone during CPAC speech
Donald Trump once again compared himself to infamous mob boss Al Capone during his speech at CPAC on Saturday 24 February. The former president went on to win the South Carolina primary, as he continues to solidify his prospects as the 2024 Republican candidate. “Remember this, I’ve been indicted more times than Alphonse Capone, Scarface,” Mr Trump said. “If he had dinner with you and he didn’t like the smile on your face – thought you were mocking him by smiling – you would be dead before you went home and said hello to your wife.”
Joe Sommerlad26 February 2024 13:30
Discover more from CaveNews Times
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.