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Trump's Bragg "threat" could backfire

Legal experts say Trump could face a gag order, have his bail revoked — or even face additional charges

Salon · Mar 24, 2023

Classic cocktails, with variations, for summer entertaining

The arrival of spring means summer entertaining season isn’t far behind, which is an excellent excuse for a home bartending refresher

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2023

Editorial: Possible Trump indictment sends GOP into a frenzy

The apparently imminent indictment of Donald Trump by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has short-circuited a number of prominent Republican officials, causing them to crazily careen in different directions to try to undermine the prosecutor.

Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2023

Indictment would be unlikely to divert Trump from campaign to courthouse

WASHINGTON — Since former President Donald Trump predicted the Manhattan district attorney would indict him earlier this week on charges stemming from hush money payments he allegedly paid a porn star to cover up an affair, the 3D chess players among the Beltway’s punditry have breathlessly debated whether this would…

Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2023

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Trump slams Manhattan DA Bragg as an ‘animal’ as hush money indictment looms

Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2023

NY prosecutor rejects Republican ‘incursion’ into Trump probe

Manhattan district attorney’s office says congressional Republicans have no right to interfere in a local case.

Al Jazeera · Mar 23, 2023

Trump to face anonymous jury in high-profile New York defamation trial

A U.S. judge on Thursday said Donald Trump will get an anonymous jury in rape accuser E. Jean Carroll's upcoming defamation trial, citing the threat of juror harassment, including by supporters of the former U.S. president.

Reuters · Mar 23, 2023

Republicans accused by New York DA of meddling in Trump hush-money case

Alvin Bragg writes to committee chairs seeking his testimony saying there is ‘no legitimate basis for congressional inquiry’

The Guardian - US · Mar 23, 2023

Trump slams Manhattan DA Bragg as an ‘animal’ as hush money indictment looms

Former President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that he is “100% INNOCENT” in the Stormy Daniels hush money case and attacked Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as an “animal.”

Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2023

Manhattan DA blasts House GOP for ‘unprecedented inquiry into a pending local prosecution’

General counsel calls GOP demands for information ‘an unprecedent inquiry into a pending local prosecution’

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2023