Trump doubles down on election lies after new filing as Springsteen brands him ‘most dangerous candidate’: Live
While Republican nominee campaigns in Saginaw, Michigan, Kamala Harris is heading to the birthplace of the GOP to campaign with anti-Trump conservative Liz Cheney
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Donald Trump has lashed out at Special Counsel Jack Smith after he outlined a sprawling criminal case against the Republican presidential nominee over his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
Smith’s latest filing in a Washington DC federal court was unsealed by Judge Tanya Chutkan on Wednesday and detailed the former president’s alleged “increasingly desperate efforts” to cling to power with “knowingly false claims of election fraud”.
Responding on Truth Social, Trump furiously – and baselessly – claimed the allegations are an “obvious attempt by the Harris-Biden regime to undermine and Weaponize American Democracy, and INTERFERE IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.”
While the Republican nominee fields his legal problems, Kamala Harris is heading to the birthplace of the GOP to campaign with anti-Trump Republican Liz Cheney.
The Vice President will be joined by the former Wyoming representative in Ripon, Wisconsin – the site of political meetings in 1854 that led to the formation of what became the Republican Party.
Meanwhile, Melania Trump has publicly voiced her support for abortion rights in her new memoir and in a new post on X – despite her own husband’s pivotal role in rolling back protections.
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Vance says Trump won the 2020 election, then doubles down on the lie
Senator JD Vance repeated a tired Republican lie from 2020 — that Donald Trump actually won the election, despite all evidence to the contrary — and then doubled down on it during a recent recorded encounter.
On Thursday, comedian Jason Selvig posted a clip of an interaction he had with Vance on X. During their brief encounter, Selvig repeatedly asked Vance if Trump won in 2020. The settled issue of who won the 2020 election came up again after Vance told viewers who tuned into Tuesday’s vice presidential debate that he would have helped Trump carry out his “alternative electors” scheme to maintain power in the White House.
Graig Graziosi reports.
Vance says Trump won the 2020 election - then doubles down on the lie in new clip
During the vice presidential debate, Vance similarly refused to answer if he would contest this year’s election if Trump loses
Watch: Trump continues to falsely claim he won 2020 election
How’s the crowd at today’s Trump rally?
Well... the venue is not exactly full.
Sebastian Stan reveals secret to playing Trump in biopic
Sebastian Stan has revealed he ate ramen with “a bunch of soy sauce” to prepare for his role as Donald Trump in a new biopic.
The Apprentice sees the Marvel actor play a young version of the former president as he makes his way in New York real estate and seeks advice from mentor Roy Cohn (Succession’s Jeremy Strong).
In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Stan and director Ali Abbasi discussed the actor’s physical transformation into Trump.
Kevin E G Perry has the story.
Sebastian Stan ate ramen and soy sauce to ‘puff up’ his face to play Donald Trump
Stan appears as Trump opposite Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn in new biopic ‘The Apprentice’
Watch LIVE: Trump campaigns in battleground state of Michigan
Watch live: Donald Trump campaigns in battleground state of Michigan
Watch live as Donald Trump campaigns in the battleground state of Michigan on Thursday (3 October).
Full story: Melania Trump’s publisher demanded $250,000 for interview about her memoir
The book publishing company behind Melania Trump’s memoir reportedly asked CNN to pay $250,000 for an interview with the former First Lady ahead of the book release.
The news channel says Skyhorse Publishing sent an email containing demands for the huge “licensing fee” and a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) last week as the former First Lady promotes her forthcoming memoir, Melania.
Ariana Baio has the full story.
Melania Trump’s publisher demanded $250,000 for interview about her memoir
Book publisher says request for huge payment and NDA was an ‘internal miscommunication’
In pictures: Crowd awaits Trump in Saginaw, Michigan, after vendors fight outside venue
Watch: The Good Liars ask Vance if Trump won the last election
Mike Pence was Trump’s ‘Baby Reindeer’ says Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel has joked that Mike Pence was Donald Trump’s “Baby Reindeer” after damning new allegations came to light in special counsel Jack’s Smith’s latest court filing in the federal election interference case.
The 165-page dossier, which was unsealed by a federal judge in Washington DC on Wednesday, alleges that Trump intentionally lied to voters, election officials, and even his own vice president in a “desperate” effort to cling to power. It marks the most detailed case laid out by prosecutors to date, coming after the Supreme Court ruling granted him some immunity from criminal prosecution.
The filing outlines how Trump allegedly repeatedly pressured Pence to stop the certification of the election in President Joe Biden’s favor, against the will of American voters.
Kimmel brought up the unsealed document on Wednesday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! show, taking a jab at Pence and Trump’s fractured relationship and likening it to the characters in Netflix’s psychological thriller.
James Liddell has the story.
Jimmy Kimmel says Jack Smith’s filing shows Mike Pence was Trump’s ‘Baby Reindeer’
Late-night host weighed in on Trump and Pence’s relationship as laid out in Jack Smith’s new court filing
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