Donald Trump news today: Trump rages against indictments at rally and makes shocking claims about Georgia DA’s sex life

A former Donald Trump-linked attorney and one of the chief architects of a scheme to overturn the 2020 election has asked to postpone his disbarment hearings as he anticipates criminal charges connected to the former president’s latest indictment.

An 11-count complaint from the chief trial counsel of the State Bar of California alleges that John Eastman “engaged in a course of conduct to plan, promote, and assist” Mr Trump “in executing a strategy, unsupported by facts or law, to overturn the legitimate results” of the 2020 presidential election.

The former president has pleaded not guilty to three criminal conspiracies and obstruction of the certification of Joe Biden’s victory, outlined in an indictment that alleges a multi-state effort to obstruct the electoral count in states Mr Trump lost by replacing electors with so-called “alternates” loyal to him.

“[R]ecent developments in the investigation have renewed and intensified [Mr Eastman’s] concerns that the federal government might bring charges against him,” his attorneys wrote in a recent filing.

Mike Pence’s former national security adviser slammed the ex-vice president as “unworthy of the presidency” as he endorsed former president Donald Trump.

Retired Gen Keith Kellogg put out a statement on Truth Social, Mr Trump’s social networking platform, expressing his dissatisfaction with Mr Pence’s actions towards the former president.

“While I respect his service to our Nation, I must express my disappointment in his recent actions regarding President Trump,” he said in his statement. “Where President Trump is bold and unafraid to challenge the status quo, Pence has often chosen the passive route, avoiding confrontation.”

Specifically, Gen Kellogg faulted Mr Pence’s adviser and former chief of staff Marc Short and said Mr Pence displayed a “laissez-faire style unworthy of the presidency.”

Following an investigation by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, a grand jury in Washington, DC, has charged Mr Trump on four counts: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, conspiracy against rights and obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding.

The DC district judge assigned to oversee the case is Tanya Chutkan, a court docket revealed prior to Mr Trump’s arraignment on Thursday 3 August, at which he entered a not-guilty plea to all charges.

Judge Chutkan is an appointee of former president Barack Obama and was first appointed to the US District Court for the District of Columbia in June 2014.

At least one of Donald Trump’s former lawyers appears to have a pretty low opinion of the newest defence that the ex-president’s legal team is trying out for size.

Ty Cobb, former White House counsel, was speaking on CNN when he was asked about a whirlwind Sunday morning media tour embarked upon by John Lauro, one of Mr Trump’s currently defence attorneys.

On several shows across the major TV networks, Mr Lauro displayed the Trump camp’s newest excuse for the former president’s efforts to pressure various Republican officials to interfere with state or federal election processes on his behalf, including his vice president, Mike Pence.