When former President Donald Trump comes to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for next week's Republican National Convention (RNC), he may come in contact with several criminal defendants tied to alleged crimes he has yet to stand trial for. Legal experts are now saying the ex-president could run afoul of the law if he has encounters with them at the RNC. Even though the 45th president of the United States has already been convicted of 34 felonies in New York, he's still facing dozens more felony charges in both state and federal jurisdictions.
And because some RNC delegates are fake electors currently facing criminal charges, Trump may be in violation of his bail agreement if he has any contact with them. Politico legal correspondent Kyle Cheney reported that Trump has "sworn not to communicate with" any number of the "dozens of witnesses and alleged co-conspirators in his criminal cases" who will likely be among the RNC's estimated 50,000 attendees. "If I were a Trump attorney, my biggest fear might be that Trump finds himself in close quarters with a defendant and starts running his mouth off," Georgia State University law professor Anthony Kreis told Cheney.
"I imagine the tight scripted nature of the convention will help isolate Trump from that danger, but you also never know." According to Cheney, some of the indicted fake electors from Arizona, Georgia and Nevada could get the former president in trouble if prosecutors have reason to believe he had private meetings with them during the convention. Should Trump find himself in their company next week, former U.
S. Attorney Barbara McQuade told Politico that Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith and/or Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could petition the court to punish Trump — which could include pre-trial incarceration. "If he were to meet with them in a conference room or hotel room, then concerns arise that they are violating not only the letter of the order but also the spirit of it,” McQuade said.
“With regard to a public speech, I think general comments about politically motivated prosecution probably would not cause any concern, but if Trump starts detailing his version of a cover story, then that could prompt prosecutors to argue that he has breached his terms of release.” Trump is currently still under indictment in two ongoing election interference cases. The former president is accused of colluding to disrupt the certification of electoral votes in Congress, and of conspiring to meddle in the 2020 election in Georgia's largest county.
Both indictments allege cooperation with Republican officials who will be at Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee next week, who Cheney reports "remain active in the party." "They include Nevada state party Chair Michael McDonald; Michigan GOP Committee member Kathy Berden; and Arizona GOP activist Nancy Cottle, who obtained court permission this week to attend," he wrote. RNC organizers are planning to stick to the script next week, according to Republican National Committee co-chair Michael Whatley.
He told the Washington Post that the GOP aims to make efforts to craft the former president's image to be more palatable to voters not fully in the MAGA camp. This suggests his handlers will make moves to keep him away from any of the alleged criminals attending the convention. The former president is likely to give his nomination acceptance speech on the last day of the convention.
Notably, former Trump trade advisor Peter Navarro will have just been released from federal prison, and is scheduled to speak on the same day as Trump. Click here to read Cheney's full report in Politico. A proposal by U.
S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan that she might be willing to postpone her European vacation so that she can proceed with what is being called a 'mini-trial" of Donald Trump to satisfy a ruling from the Supreme Court is bad news for the ex-president who already has multiple felony convictions hovering over him like a dark cloud. That is the opinion of State Attorney for Palm Beach County Dave Aronberg who appeared on MSNBC's "The Weekend" on Saturday morning.
With the Supreme Court punting their presidential immunity ruling back to the lower courts which must define what constitutes official presidential duties and what does not, Chutkan has an opening to give the evidence about his conduct before and during the Jan. 6 insurrection a public airing. ALSO READ: Trump’s ‘secretary of retribution’ has a ‘target list’ of 350 people he wants arrested Calling it a "silver lining," Aronberg told the hosts, "In Washington, D.
C., I think Judge Chutkan is going to hold a mini-trial and is going to able to just present evidence and to show the world Donald Trump's activities before, during and after January 6th." "Trump does not want that to happen," he asserted.
"That mini-trial will expose his conduct, even though there will not be a trial before the election. " He later added, "I don't know the exact date, but she said she would be willing to cancel her European vacation to get this thing going, so I think it will happen before the election. She doesn't want to be played for a fool, she doesn't want to be used as a tool for delay.
I think she wants something to be out there ." Watch below or at the link . MSNBC 07 13 2024 09 29 04 youtu.
be CONTINUE READING Show less On MSNBC on Saturday morning, a political analyst laughed at Donald Trump and called him a "slumlord" over recent comments he made when attacking President Joe Biden . Speaking with the co-hosts of "The Weekend," MSNBC's Richard Stengel compared Biden meeting with NATO leaders while the former president hosted Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán at his Mar-a-Lago luxury resort in Florida. As he noted, there are rumblings that NATO nations will refuse to share important intel with the Trump administration should the convicted felon return to power over fears of what he will do with it.
That, in a roundabout way, led New Yorker Stengel to remind viewers about Trump's history as a real estate developer and his history, as reported by CNN, when he cut off heat and water to tenants in one of his properties that led to lawsuits and a settlement. With regard to Trump's strained relationship with NATO, Stengel stated, "The Europeans are appalled. They see Donald Trump as the greatest security risk on the planet.
They are not going to be sharing their information with the U.S." "This idea of weakening NATO, you guys mentioned it, it makes me laugh too when I hear Donald Trump say, those NATO nations are delinquent, like they are paying rent," he added before joking, "Once a slumlord, always a slumlord.
He does not understand it is about contributing 2% of their GDP for their military budget." Stengel was citing Trump saying this week, "NATO members 'were delinquent, having paid very little.'” You can watch here or at the link.
MSNBC 07 13 2024 08 51 04 youtu.be CONTINUE READING Show less The rivalry between Marco Rubio and Donald Trump was one of the most contentious and personal in recent political history. As the 2016 Republican primary campaign intensified, Rubio became one of Trump's most vocal and persistent critics, launching a barrage of attacks that went well beyond policy disagreements.
Personal Attacks and Insults Rubio repeatedly mocked Trump's physical appearance, dubbing him " Donald Trump, the con artist " and making references to the size of his hands and other body parts. In one instance, Rubio suggested that Trump had wet himself during a debate, saying, "You know what they say, ' When they're not sweating, they're not lying .'" This line of attack aimed to undermine Trump's strongman persona and portray him as weak and unprepared for the presidency.
The personal nature of the feud reached a new low when the two men engaged in a series of insults and taunts during a televised debate. Trump mocked Rubio's sweating and even suggested that the senator had a small penis, saying, "He referred to my hands — 'if they're small, something else must be small.' I guarantee you there's no problem.
I guarantee." Rubio responded in kind, saying, "You know what they say about men with small hands? You can't trust them." The exchange was widely criticized as a descent into juvenile name-calling.
READ: Project 2025 group makes immediate splash at Republican National Convention Attacks on Trump's Business Record Rubio frequently criticized Trump's business record , accusing him of "sticking it to the little guy" and exploiting workers. "You know, his businesses have gone bankrupt not once, not twice, but four times," Rubio said during a debate. "And every time he filed for bankruptcy, he stuck it to the little guys, the contractors, the employees.
" Rubio was particularly critical of Trump's handling of the 2008 financial crisis, arguing that the real estate mogul had profited off the misery of others. "He talked about how he made a lot of money because of the housing crisis," Rubio said. "He actually said, and I quote, 'And that's called business, by the way.
'" Questioning Trump's Fitness for Office Rubio's attacks extended beyond Trump's personal and professional conduct, as he also sought to question the former president's fitness for office . During one debate, Rubio declared, "If he hadn't inherited $200 million, you know where Donald Trump would be right now? Selling watches in Manhattan." The Florida senator also mocked Trump's policy positions , particularly his signature proposal to build a wall along the U.
S.-Mexico border. "The front-runner in the Republican primary right now has as his main economic policy that he's going to have a trade war with China and cut off all trade with China," Rubio said.
"That's not a policy, that's a soundbite." As the campaign wore on, Rubio's attacks only intensified, with the senator even suggesting that Trump was not a true conservative. "If you want someone who is going to go to Washington, D.
C., and ignore the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, then Donald Trump is your guy," Rubio said. Defending Conservative Principles Rubio positioned himself as the true conservative in the race, contrasting his principled stance with Trump's populist rhetoric and unconventional policy proposals.
He argued that Trump's proposals, such as his proposed Muslim ban and his willingness to engage in torture, were antithetical to conservative values and would damage the Republican Party's reputation. "I don't think we're going to be a party that defends torture," Rubio said during a debate. "I don't think we're going to be a party that engages in trade wars that will undermine our economy.
And I don't think we're going to be a party that passes laws that violate the Constitution." Rubio also criticized Trump's lack of political experience and his tendency to make outlandish statements, suggesting that the former reality TV star was more interested in generating headlines than offering substantive solutions to the country's problems. NOW READ: The risk of dumping Biden CONTINUE READING Show less.
