Donald Trump’s bid to win the Republican nomination for US president in 2024 has run into stumbling blocks. Indian-American politician Nikki Haley announced she was running for president against her former boss. Meanwhile, an Atlanta prosecutor is probing possible criminal interference by Trump in the 2020 election in Georgia.
Donald Trump has become the first American president to have his conduct in office sent to the Justice Department to consider for criminal prosecution. While all four referrals are severe, the most encompassing one is “assisting or engaging in insurrection against the United States”.
The former US president’s reputation has been dented severely after he found himself at the losing end of multiple events, including on the political and judicial fronts.
The US Supreme Court’s calendar for the new term includes several issues with intensely political implications. The American by-election is underway, with early voting already starting in some states. Doubtless, the claims of a stolen election have already been prepared by lawyers, needing only the actual vote count to make a court filing possible.
The 9th and final public hearing of the US Congressional committee probing the Jan 6, 2020 insurrection at the nation’s capitol produced compelling information about the culpability of former president Donald Trump.
Lawyers for the former US president in a court filing recently admitted that it is possible that he broke the Presidential Records Act, taking home classified documents. Would Donald Trump face full accountability after leaving office?
Moderation and truthfulness are two behaviours rarely associated with Donald Trump, attitudes at the root of multiple lawsuits he faces. Ignoring or fighting lawsuits has been his hallmark for nearly five decades, yet it didn’t stop voters from electing him.
The FBI raid has been necessitated after US Archives officials found documents from the last days of the Trump presidency missing from what they retrieved. The US President's documents cannot be destroyed and have to be preserved for later.
In a televised 8-part political reality series, the House Investigating Committee concludes that former President Donald Trump committed a seditious crime by forming a coup against the US Constitution at the Capitol to prevent him leaving office despite losing an election.