Trump loses latest bid to throw out hush money case after touting $100bn SoftBank deal: Live
Judge disagrees with president-elect’s attorneys that case should be dismissed on ‘presidential immunity’ grounds after he was found guilty on 34 counts of business fraud by a Manhattan jury in May
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump has lost his latest bid to throw out his New York hush money conviction, with the judge overseeing the case rejecting his attorneys’ conjecture that he is protected by “presidential immunity”.
The president-elect appears likely to enter the White House as a convicted felon, though it remains unclear when, or if, the justice will continue to postpone a sentencing date after a unanimous jury found him guilty in May of falsifying business records tied to hush money payments made to the adult film star Stormy Daniels in October 2016.
Trump used a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Monday to announce a $100 billion investment deal with Japan’s SoftBank, which he and the bank’s CEO Masayoshi Son promised would create 100,000 jobs.
The incoming president also used the session to try to ease concerns about his nomination of vaccine-skeptic Robert F Kennedy Jr as health secretary, also suggesting he would pardon New York Mayor Eric Adams, and attacking Joe Biden over his administration’s failure to provide an explanation for the mysterious drones spotted flying over New Jersey, insisting: “The government knows what’s happening.”
Trump hush money judge refuses to throw out conviction on presidential ‘immunity’ grounds
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Trump wants immigrants gone. He keeps hiring them for his businesses
Trump wants immigrants gone but has hired more than ever before this year
President-elect Donald Trump has made it clear that he wants to crack down hard on immigration once he’s in office. But his own businesses keep employing foreign guest workers - hiring more of them this year than any other year on record, CNN reported.
Forbes first reported that Trump hired more foreign workers than ever before in 2024.
Firms connected to some of Trump’s top supporters and choices to serve in his administration have also hired foreign guest workers this year.
Gustaf Kilander reports.
Trump wants immigrants gone. He’s keeps hiring them for his businesses
Trump has said that since some of his clubs are seasonal, they will have temporary jobs that Americans looking for full-time jobs are more hesitant to take on
Watch: Trump asked if Jan 6 defendants will get blanket pardon
Watch: Trump says defamation cases can expand to individuals and newspapers
Lindsey Graham breaks with Trump on jailing Jan 6 committee members
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina explicitly said he disagrees with Donald Trump’s suggestion that the members of the House Select Committee to investigate January 6, 2021, should be jailed.
Graham, a staunch Trump supporter, told Kristen Welker of Meet the Press on Sunday that he disagrees with the presidency-elect.
Ariana Baio reports.
Lindsey Graham breaks with Trump on jailing Jan 6 committee members
Republican lawmaker voted to certify the 2020 election results but also voted to acquit Trump during his second impeachment
Trump says ‘something strange going on’ with drones over New Jersey
“Something strange is going on. For some reason they won’t tell the people,” says President-elect Donald Trump when asked about the New Jersey mystery drones, asserting President Joe Biden and the US military know who is flying them.
Trump jokes because of the drones he won't travel to his golf property in New Jersey.
"They're very, very close to Bedminster. I think maybe I won't spend the weekend in Bedminster. I decided to cancel my trip,” he tells reporters at Mar-a-Lago.
“The government knows what is happening. Look, our military knows where they took off from,” he said. “And for some reason, they don't want to comment.”
Watch: Trump says he will consider pardoning New York mayor Eric Adams
Ignoring the Constitution, Steve Bannon is pushing the idea that Trump can run in 2028
MAGA acolyte Steve Bannon is currently floating the idea that Donald Trump could run for a third presidential term, even though the United States Constitution says otherwise.
During a speech at the New York Young Republican Club’s Gala on Sunday night, the former Trump chief strategist suggested that the 22nd Amendment – which states that presidents can not be elected more than twice – didn’t apply to Trump because the president-elect’s terms are non-consecutive.
Justin Barangoa reports from New York.
Steve Bannon pushes idea that Trump can run in ‘28 (despite what Constitution says)
MAGA acolyte Steve Bannon is currently floating the idea that Donald Trump could run for a third presidential term, even though the United States Constitution says otherwise.
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