Merrick Garland agrees with call for ‘speedy’ Trump trial
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On Saturday, former president Donald Trump called for a heckler to be thrown out of his Manchester, New Hampshire rally ahead of the state’s primary election next week.
“You can get him out of here. Get out of here. Go ahead,” the former president can be heard saying in footage of the event. “You can throw him out,” the former president said from the podium.
The man is then escorted from the venue by four security guards as the former president says “he’s just a disturbed person”.
It’s not the first time Mr Trump has called for a protester to be kicked out of one of his events. In Las Vegas in 2016, he called for a heckler to be removed and said he’d like to “punch” him “in the face,” according to CNN.
The former president was seen campaigning in New Hampshire this week ahead of the state’s primary next week. He previously won the Iowa caucus last week with Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis coming in second.
Also this weekend, Mr Trump was mocked over his legal woes on Saturday Night Live. James Austin Johnson, who played Mr Trump on the program, referred to the former president’s legal team as “the bottom of the barrel”.
SNL cold open mocks Trump’s trials and legal team after a week of defence setbacks
Mr Trump was mocked in an SNL cold open skit over his legal troubles and attorneys, specifically Alina Habba, who is representing the former president in his defamation trial against columnist E Jean Carroll.
In the skit, which premiered on TV on Saturday, Mr Trump’s character, played by James Austin Johnson, refers to his legal team as “the bottom of the barrel, folks. This is who said yes.” He added: “I’m in the lead for president and this is the best I can get. Feels like a red flag, no?”
This week, Ms Habba received criticism of her cross-examination of Ms Carroll, resulting in a sidebar and sustained objections.
Michelle Del Rey21 January 2024 19:45
Trump struggles to say the word ‘climate’ and reveals he recently took a cognitive test
“I don’t know if you saw, but a few months ago, I took a cognitive test my doctor gave me,” Mr Trump told supporters at the Saturday event.
“I said, ‘give me a cognitive test, just so we can you know,’ because you know what the standards were, and I aced it,” Mr Trump continued.
Read more about Mr Trump’s comments:
Katie Hawkinson21 January 2024 19:07
Mr Trump calls for heckler to be removed from New Hampshire campaign rally
“You can get him out of here. Get out of here. Go ahead,” the former president can be heard saying in footage of the event. “You can throw him out,” the former president said from the podium.
The man was then escorted from the event by four security guards.
Michelle Del Rey21 January 2024 16:44
Fani Willis says deputy’s estranged wife ‘interfering’ with Trump prosecution
Ms Willis has been issued a subpoena to sit for a pretrial deposition in the divorce case of special prosecutor Nathan Wade and his wife Joycelyn Wade on 23 January. On Thursday, Ms Willis’s lawyer said in a filing that the subpoena should be dismissed.
Attorney Cinque Axam, representing Ms Willis, argued that Ms Wade “has conspired with interested parties in the criminal election interference case to use the civil discovery process to annoy, embarrass and oppress District Attorney Willis”.
Gustaf Kilander21 January 2024 14:00
Merrick Garland calls for ‘speedy’ trial in Trump federal election interference case
“The special prosecutor has said from the beginning that he thinks public interest requires a speedy trial, which I agree with,” Mr Garland said.
Ariana Baio reports on the attorney general’s remarks:
Oliver O’Connell21 January 2024 12:45
Prosecutors ask for six-month prison term for ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro
The 74-year-old was found guilty of two charges of contempt in September last year after he refused to testify or hand over documents after receiving a House subpoena in February 2022.
Gustaf Kilander21 January 2024 10:45
Trump yet again gets confused between Biden and Obama
Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough, who served in the US House as a Florida Republican between 1995 and 2001, said on MSNBC on Friday morning that “Donald Trump is not well, we know this”.
“He really does think that Barack Obama is still president of the United States,” he added.
Gustaf Kilander has the story:
Oliver O’Connell21 January 2024 06:45
Donald Trump attends funeral of Melania’s mother as trial continues in New York
Donald Trump took time away from his ongoing legal issues to join his wife Melania at her mother’s funeral in Florida. The former president accompanied the former first lady to a church close to their Mar-a-Lago estate for the funeral of her mother Amalija Knavs. The couple’s 18-year-old son Baron attended, alongside other Trump family members. The 77-year-old GOP frontrunner is currently on trial over defamation allegations levelled by E. Jean Carroll. The president’s lawyer Alina Habba attempted to halt the Manhattan trial while he attended the funeral, but the judge refused since his presence is not required for the case to continue.
Oliver O’Connell21 January 2024 04:45
If he didn’t eat so much junk food, Trump says he could live to 200
Nevertheless, Mr Trump – who is said to have a penchant for Diet Coke – gave himself a clean bill of health, telling supporters that he feels 35, and adding that he feels “cognitively” 20 years younger than he is.
“I feel like I’m about 35 years old. I feel better now than I did 30 years ago,” Mr Trump said.
Donald Trump will be 78 in June.
Oliver O’Connell21 January 2024 02:45
Trump appears displeased in newly released deposition videos
On Friday,. The Office of the New York Attorney General released deposition tapes of Mr Trump taken in April. In the footage, Mr Trump tells his interviewers that he stopped a “nuclear holocaust” with North Korea as president.
Here’s some of the seven-hour long footage.
Michelle Del Rey20 January 2024 20:59
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