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The star-studded event in New York City is aimed at building on the already significant financial advantage President Biden has over former President Donald J. Trump.
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Kevin Lamarque/ReutersHunter Biden's legal defense team on Wednesday asked a judge to dismiss the federal tax case against him, arguing that the president's son has been subjected to a politically motivated prosecution.
At a hearing in Los Angeles, U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi pressed Biden's attorneys to show evidence to support their claims. He said he would likely rule on the motions to dismiss by April 17.
Biden was not in attendance at the hearing where his legal team—led by Abbe Lowell—argued that GOP lawmakers and former president Donald Trump had an improper influence on the case, leading to the unraveling of a plea deal last summer, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Facebook/Matt MaddockMarch Madness took a hard right turn into out-and-out irrationality Wednesday evening, when a Republican member of the Michigan statehouse baselessly claimed three buses filled with college athletes were in fact "illegal invaders" descending on Detroit from the southern border.
"Happening right now," state Rep. Matt Maddock posted on X, tagging Michigan GOP chair Pete Hoekstra. "Three busses [sic] just loaded up with illegal invaders at Detroit Metro. Anyone have any idea where they're headed with their police escort?"
Maddock, an "ultra MAGA" Trump supporter whose wife was criminally charged as a so-called fake elector in the former president's scheme to steal the 2020 election, attached two photographs as "proof," showing a trio of charter buses on the tarmac at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, next to a chartered Allegiant Air A320-214.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Justice Juan Merchan has warned Donald Trump and his lawyers to be on good behavior during the hush-money trial.
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CNNCNN on Wednesday aired a portion of Chris Wallace's interview with Larry David, in which the Seinfeld co-creator doesn't hold back much when talking about "sociopath" Donald Trump.
David, who has been making media rounds—in one instance beating up Elmo—as Curb Your Enthusiasm wraps up its final season, was asked about his response to political events from 2020 onwards.
"How much as the 2020 election—and everything that has flowed from it—pissed you off?" Wallace asked.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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