Donald Trump
Trump ‘safe’ after shooting at campaign rally in Butler; one spectator and suspected gunman killed
By John Cole, Minnesota Reformer BUTLER — Former President Donald Trump is recovering Saturday after a shooting at a campaign rally in Butler that left a rally-goer and the gunman dead, authorities said. Two people were critically injured in the incident, according to the U.S. Secret Service. Shortly after Trump
Trump says he’ll work ‘side by side’ with group that wants abortion ‘eradicated’
By Jennifer Shutt WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump said Monday that if reelected he plans to work “side by side” with a newly formed religious organization that says abortion is the “greatest atrocity facing” the United States and should be “eradicated entirely.” During two-minute recorded remarks played at The Danbury
Porn star Stormy Daniels in NYC hush money trial alleges sexual encounter with Trump
By Ashley Murray, Minnesota Reformer WASHINGTON — Adult film star Stormy Daniels told a Manhattan jury Tuesday about meeting Donald Trump in a penthouse suite in 2006, where he told the actress not to worry about his wife and that she reminded him of his daughter shortly before they had sex.
Trump makes one last presidential immunity argument to the U.S. Supreme Court
By Jacob Fischler, Minnesota Reformer Hours after Donald Trump sat in a New York courtroom and became the first former president in U.S. history to be a defendant in a criminal trial Monday, his attorneys filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court renewing his claim of absolute
Trump’s repeated escapes from political damage to be tested in NYC trial
By Jacob Fischler, Minnesota Reformer Donald Trump on Monday in a New York City courtroom will make history as the first former U.S. president to stand trial in criminal proceedings. And it raises new issues for the presumptive Republican nominee for president in November, even as he builds a
Trump comes out against Alabama IVF ruling as national Republicans scramble for distance
By Jacob Fischler, Minnesota Reformer Former President Donald Trump called on Alabama lawmakers Friday to “find an immediate solution” to remedy a state Supreme Court ruling that threatened the availability of in vitro fertilization, and national Republicans running for Congress sought to distance themselves from the Alabama decision as well.
Three-judge federal panel grills Trump lawyer on claim of presidential immunity
By Ashley Murray, Minnesota Reformer WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump appeared in federal court Tuesday seeking immunity from charges that he schemed to overturn the 2020 presidential election results and knowingly fed lies to supporters who turned violent on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump, who is leading polls in the 2024
Judge sets March trial date in Trump federal election interference case
A federal grand jury handed up an indictment against the former president in early August on four counts: conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of, and attempt to obstruct, an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights.
Trump pleads not guilty to charges he sought to subvert 2020 election
Just before boarding his flight back to his home in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump spoke for less than a minute with reporters, holding an umbrella as rain fell. He said the prosecution was political and called the proceeding “a very sad day for America.”
‘Fueled by lies,’ Trump charged with seeking to overturn 2020 election
The indictment focuses on plans by Trump and co-conspirators — four unnamed attorneys, a U.S. Justice Department official and a political consultant — to replace legitimate electors in seven key states, which Joe Biden in fact won, with fraudulent electors pledged to Trump.