Prosecutors seek Jan. 2 trial date for Donald Trump in his 2020 election conspiracy case
Prosecutors noted Trump's tendency to use social media to talk about the legal cases against him and expressed concern that could intimidate witnesses.
Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn arrested in 2021 after groping complaints at club, police records show
Epshteyn pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct charges in Scottsdale city court after prosecutors dropped charges of attempted sexual abuse, assault-touching and “harass-repeated acts.”
Wisconsin judge allows civil case against fake Trump electors to proceed
False Electoral College certificates were submitted declaring Trump the winner of Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
Trump says he won’t sign Republican loyalty pledge, flouting debate requirement
Trump said he will announce next week whether he'll participate in the debate, scheduled for Aug. 23 in Milwaukee.
Donald Trump wants his election subversion trial moved out of Washington
Donald Trump and his legal team face long odds in their bid to move his 2020 election conspiracy trial out of Washington,
Who’s in, who might be out: Eight candidates have qualified for the first Republican debate
With two weeks until the first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 campaign, eight candidates say they have met qualifications to be on stage in Milwaukee, with former Vice President Mike Pence announcing this week he had secured enough donors.
DOJ facing biggest test in its history
The Justice Department is facing its biggest test in history – navigating unprecedented conditions in American democracy.
Wisconsin’s top elections official met with FBI in 2020 election probe focusing on Trump
Trump paid for recounts in those two cities — Wisconsin's two most heavily Democratic cities — and unsuccessfully sued in an attempt to get enough ballots tossed to overturn his loss.
Trump says he has been notified he’s a target of the US probe into efforts to overturn 2020 election
Prosecutors have cast a broad net in their investigation into attempts by Trump and his allies to block the transfer of power to Democrat Joe Biden.
Trump-nominated judge to take stage in former president’s case
A pretrial conference Tuesday to discuss procedures for handling classified information will represent the first courtroom arguments in the case before U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon since Trump was indicted five weeks ago.
Trump can be held liable in defamation suit
The Justice Department on Tuesday said that Donald Trump can be held personally liable for remarks he made about a woman who accused him of rape – a reversal of its position that Trump was protected because he was president when he made the remarks.
A jury found Trump responsible for sexual abuse. Now he’s suing his accuser for saying she was raped
Lawyers for the Republican presidential candidate filed papers late Tuesday saying E. Jean Carroll should pay Trump unspecified compensatory and punitive damages and retract her damaging statements.
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- Election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears
- Former law enforcement praise state’s response brief in Steven Avery case
- Eric Toney announces re-election bid for Fond du Lac County District Attorney
- Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress
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- Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year
- Wisconsin joins Feds, dozens of states to hold airlines accountable for bad behavior
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