The Washington Times Topics: Donald Trump

GOP must stop yelling about 'weaponization' of Biden's DOJ

Michael McKenna — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:58:53 -0400

As the next indictment against former President Donald Trump creeps closer, it seems like a good time to review a few simple yet often forgotten and perhaps outdated concepts about American justice and governance.

First, and most importantly, nothing is being “weaponized,” and citizens everywhere would be grateful if the …

Vivek Ramaswamy vows to take Donald Trump's agenda to the next level

Seth McLaughlin — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 17:25:31 -0400

Republican presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy says he is a better candidate than former President Donald Trump because the American electorate is hankering for a revolutionary leader who doesn’t drive them insane.

Mr. Ramaswamy, who in some polls is running as high as third place in the crowded Republican Party contest, …

Trump's target letter suggests the sprawling U.S. probe into the 2020 election is zeroing in on him

Eric Tucker — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:01:31 -0400

WASHINGTON — A target letter sent to Donald Trump suggests that a sprawling Justice Department investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election is zeroing in on him after more than a year of interviews with top aides to the former president and state officials from across the country.

Federal …

Federal judge nixes Donald Trump's bid to move hush-money criminal case, keeping it in state court

Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 14:26:07 -0400

NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's bid to move his hush-money criminal case from New York state court to federal court, ruling that the former president had failed to meet a high legal bar for changing jurisdiction.

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein's decision sets the …

The surreal Korean border village where a U.S. soldier crossed into the North

Foster Klug — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 06:29:03 -0400

TOKYO (AP) — Blue-roofed huts, a raised slab of concrete and some raked gravel are all that separate the rival Koreas at Panmunjom, a rare point of close contact along the most heavily armed border in the world.

People have stepped across that thin dividing line, but only under very …

Jan. 6 charges against Trump would add to his mounting legal peril as he campaigns for 2024

Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 14:06:19 -0400

WASHINGTON — Hush-money payments. Classified records. And now, his efforts to overturn the 2020 election that led to the Capitol attack. Already facing criminal cases in New York and Florida, Donald Trump faces increasing legal peril as investigations into his struggle to cling to power after his election loss appear …

Ron DeSantis fights to reset his stagnant campaign as Donald Trump dominates the 2024 conversation

Steve Peoples, Meg Kinnard and Brian Slodysko — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:04:43 -0400

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — For Ron DeSantis, it was supposed to be an important opportunity to help reset his stagnant Republican presidential campaign. But yet again, the moment was overshadowed by Donald Trump.

The former president's new legal challenges dominated much of the day as DeSantis spoke at a brief …

Judge upholds $5 million jury verdict against Trump, rejecting the ex-president's vindication claim

Larry Neumeister — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:05:21 -0400

NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday upheld a $5 million jury verdict against Donald Trump, rejecting the former president’s claim that the award was excessive and that the jury vindicated him by failing to conclude in the civil case that he raped a columnist in a luxury department …

Donald Trump defiant as special counsel moves toward indictment for Capitol riot

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 19:34:13 -0400

Former President Donald Trump is bracing for a federal indictment related to the riot at the U.S. Capitol and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election after prosecutors named him as a target of a grand jury investigation in Washington.

The so-called target letter from special counsel Jack Smith, which …

Ron DeSantis blames 'motivated reasoning' for reports that his campaign is floundering

Seth McLaughlin — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 18:41:18 -0400

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday ventured outside of conservative media circles in the hopes of putting a damper on the storyline his GOP presidential run has failed to live up to the hype.

Stuck in distant second place behind former President Donald Trump in the polls, the governor is …

Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley suggest GOP enter 2024 race without Donald Trump after Jan. 6 letter

Jeff Mordock — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 13:55:45 -0400

Former President Donald Trump’s rivals for the 2024 Republican nomination on Tuesday implied the party should advance without him after he received a letter informing him he’s a target of the Justice Department investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, protest at the Capitol.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Mr. Trump’s chief …

Donald Trump notified he's target of U.S. criminal probe into efforts to overturn 2020 election

Eric Tucker — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 09:38:25 -0400

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has received a letter informing him that he is a target of the Justice Department's investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, an indication he could soon be charged by U.S. prosecutors.

New federal charges, on …

Donald Trump and his legal problems overshadow Ron DeSantis campaigning in South Carolina

Meg Kinnard and Michelle L. Price — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 08:19:33 -0400

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a brief news conference Tuesday as part of a shift in strategy for his presidential campaign, but the governor took only four questions, almost all of which centered on the party's front-runner Donald Trump.

DeSantis' attempt to change the conversation, which …

Trump says he received a target letter from Jack Smith probe into Jan. 6

Tom Howell Jr., Alex Miller and Jeff Mordock — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 09:49:16 -0400

Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has received a letter from special counsel Jack Smith declaring him a target of a grand jury investigation into events leading to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Mr. Trump said in a post on his Truth …

Judge Aileen Cannon signals December may be too soon for Donald Trump's classified documents case

Adriana Gomez Licon, Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 21:34:07 -0400

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A federal judge signaled Tuesday that December may be too soon to begin former President Donald Trump’s landmark criminal trial concerning the mishandling of classified documents, but did not say whether she would agree to Trump’s request to put the trial off until after the 2024 …

DeSantis comes out swinging -- and misses

Kelly Sadler — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:07:03 -0400

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, trailing Donald Trump in GOP presidential primary polls by double digits, turned up the heat over the weekend, taking aim at the former president and his record.

Mr. Trump "promised to have Mexico pay for a border wall. They did, like 50 miles of wall. There’s …

Trump's classified documents case set for first pretrial conference hearing before Judge Cannon

Adriana Gomez Licon, Eric Tucker — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 00:07:00 -0400

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge who issued a court ruling last year that critics said was unduly favorable to Donald Trump is set to preside Tuesday over the first pretrial conference in his landmark criminal case concerning the mishandling of classified documents.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers are …

DOJ invitation to appear before Jan. 6 grand jury amounts to 'ambush,' say legal analysts

Jeff Mordock — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 13:20:38 -0400

The Justice Department has invited former President Donald Trump to testify before a federal grand jury investigating his efforts to fight what he called a rigged 2020 presidential election, but legal analysts warn that the invitation amounts to an “ambush.”

“The government has already made up its mind to indict …

Bob Vander Plaats, Iowa evangelical: Voters ready to move on from Donald Trump

Tom Howell Jr. — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 07:56:31 -0400

A top evangelical leader in Iowa thinks voters are ready to “turn the page” from former President Donald Trump.

Bob Vander Plaats, president of The Family Leader, made the assessment after his group’s summit last week. The event brought in a number of top GOP contenders for the 2024 presidential …

Letter to the editor: All-out war against Trump

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 20:21:48 -0400

Per their playbook, the Democrats are hellbent on indicting former President Donald Trump for the Jan. 6 "insurrection" ("DOJ invitation to appear before Jan. 6 grand jury amounts to 'ambush,' say legal analysts," web, July 18).

Forget the Black Lives Matter and antifa’s $2 billion property damage and 25 deaths …