https://www.scmp.com/rss/502620/feed On January 13, 2021, the Democrat-led US House of Representatives voted to impeach outgoing Republican President Donald Trump for a second time. Trump had apparently whipped up a group of supporters who had invaded Congress on January 6, seeking to stop the confirmation of Joe Biden as the next president, then failed to immediately disown them. Five people were killed in the assault. Trump had earlier been impeached on December 18, 2019, on two counts: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Former special counsel Jack Smith defended his prosecution of Donald Trump on Thursday with Republican critics in the US Congress, citing overwhelming evidence that he led a “criminal scheme” to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Although Smith, who led two failed prosecutions against Trump, never got his day in court, the televised hearing before the House Judiciary Committee provided the opportunity he has long sought to make his case to the American public. A veteran federal... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340901/trump-engaged-criminal-scheme-overturn-election-ex-special-counsel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340901/trump-engaged-criminal-scheme-overturn-election-ex-special-counsel?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:02:11 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The BBC intends to ask a US federal court in Florida to dismiss a US$10 billion lawsuit brought by US President Donald Trump against the British broadcaster, according to newly filed court documents. Trump launched the lawsuit last year over a BBC documentary that edited his 2021 speech ahead of the US Capitol riot, when lawmakers were certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 election win. The programme spliced together two separate sections of Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021, in a way that made it appear... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3339764/bbc-moves-dismiss-trumps-us10-billion-lawsuit-over-capitol-riot-documentary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3339764/bbc-moves-dismiss-trumps-us10-billion-lawsuit-over-capitol-riot-documentary?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:26:20 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday ‌that Republicans must win the 2026 congressional midterm elections - or else he will get impeached by Democrats. “You gotta win the midterms ‘cause, if we don’t win the midterms, ‍it’s just gonna be - I mean, they’ll find a reason to impeach me,” Trump told Republican lawmakers at a retreat in Washington. “I’ll get impeached.” Ahead of the November elections, which could stall his agenda and expose him to congressional investigations, Trump teased and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338971/trump-warns-hell-be-impeached-if-republicans-dont-win-us-midterms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338971/trump-warns-hell-be-impeached-if-republicans-dont-win-us-midterms?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:56:59 +0000 Reuters Reuters The FBI arrested a 30-year-old Virginia man and charged him on Thursday with planting a pair of pipe bombs in Washington the night before the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, capping a years-long investigation that gave rise to numerous conspiracy theories. The suspect, Brian Cole Jnr, of Woodbridge, was charged with use of an explosive device and attempted malicious destruction by means of explosive materials, Attorney General Pam Bondi and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335250/fbi-arrests-suspect-2021-capitol-riot-pipe-bomb-case-after-5-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335250/fbi-arrests-suspect-2021-capitol-riot-pipe-bomb-case-after-5-years?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:58:44 +0000 Reuters Reuters A Democratic lawmaker who served on Donald Trump’s National Security Council in his first term urged the White House on Friday to release a transcript of Trump’s 2019 call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing. “The Khashoggi family and the American people deserve to know what was in that call … the receipts will raise serious questions,” congressman Eugene Vindman told a news conference with Khashoggi’s widow, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi. In 2019,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333765/khashoggis-widow-and-democrats-demand-release-shocking-trump-saudi-call?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333765/khashoggis-widow-and-democrats-demand-release-shocking-trump-saudi-call?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:36:05 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Donald Trump ran on a promise to use the powers of the government for revenge against those he believed wronged him. He now appears to be fulfilling that campaign promise while threatening to expand his powers well beyond Washington. On Friday, the FBI searched the home of John Bolton, Trump’s first-term national security adviser-turned-critic, who last week in an interview called the administration “the retribution presidency”. Trump’s team has opened investigations of Democrat Letitia James,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322946/trump-ran-promise-revenge-hes-making-good-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322946/trump-ran-promise-revenge-hes-making-good-it?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Aug 2025 19:12:46 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The White House did not pressure the Smithsonian to remove references to US President Donald Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit and will include him in an updated presentation “in the coming weeks”, the museum said on Saturday. The revelation that Trump was no longer listed among impeached presidents sparked concern that history was being whitewashed to appease the president. “We were not asked by any administration or other government official to remove content from the exhibit,” the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3320567/smithsonian-denies-white-house-pressure-remove-trump-impeachment-references?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3320567/smithsonian-denies-white-house-pressure-remove-trump-impeachment-references?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Aug 2025 23:09:16 +0000 The Republican-controlled US Senate confirmed Kash Patel, US President Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, on Thursday, putting a Trump loyalist at the top of the nation’s most prominent policing agency at a time of growing upheaval. Patel was confirmed by a 51-49 vote. Two moderate Republicans, senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, joined all Democrats in opposing Patel, but it was not enough to overcome broad Republican support. Collins and Murkowski, in opposing... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3299521/trump-fbi-pick-kash-patel-confirmed-amid-justice-department-tumult?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3299521/trump-fbi-pick-kash-patel-confirmed-amid-justice-department-tumult?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:26:40 +0000 The Justice Department has moved to fire a swathe of senior FBI leaders and began a massive probe into agents who helped investigate the 2021 Capitol riot, beginning to reshape the US’ pre-eminent law enforcement agency under President Donald Trump. Senior officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation based in Washington who oversee agency branches and top agents leading field offices across the country were leaving their jobs, according to people familiar with the moves. Some leaders were... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3297016/us-justice-department-fires-fbi-leaders-starts-probe-agents?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3297016/us-justice-department-fires-fbi-leaders-starts-probe-agents?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:05:50 +0000 US President-elect Donald Trump told thousands of roaring supporters on Sunday that he would impose severe limits on immigration on his first day in office, vowing to swiftly fulfil the central promise of his presidential campaign on Sunday at a rally inside a packed Washington arena a day before he returns to power. “By the time the sun sets tomorrow, the invasion of our country will have come to a halt,” he said to cheers at a “Make America Great Again Victory Rally” at the Capital One... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3295407/trump-promises-brand-new-day-harsh-immigration-limits-pre-inauguration-victory-rally?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3295407/trump-promises-brand-new-day-harsh-immigration-limits-pre-inauguration-victory-rally?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Jan 2025 23:47:21 +0000 President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment. The outcome cements Trump’s conviction while freeing him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine. The hearing closed a case that loomed for a time over his successful bid last year to retake the White House. Justice Juan Merchan, who oversaw the six-week trial, had signalled previously he did not plan to send Trump to jail or... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3294329/trump-avoids-prison-hush-money-sentencing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3294329/trump-avoids-prison-hush-money-sentencing?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:24:35 +0000 Former US congresswoman Liz Cheney, who bucked her Republican Party to strongly criticise President-elect Donald Trump and some of his allies, was one of 20 people awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal, one of the country’s highest civilian honours, by President Joe Biden on Thursday. The medal is given to Americans for their service to the country or its citizens, the White House said. Biden, speaking in the East Room of the White House, praised the honorees for courage, leadership, service... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3293194/biden-gives-second-highest-civilian-award-leaders-january-6-congressional-panel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3293194/biden-gives-second-highest-civilian-award-leaders-january-6-congressional-panel?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:08:19 +0000 US president-elect Donald Trump is shaping his cabinet one controversial pick at a time. When it came to the nation’s attorney general, the Maga leader’s initial nominee was dedicated ally Matt Gaetz. However, after a House Ethics Committee probe investigating the former congressman for alleged sexual misconduct involving a minor and illicit drug use came to light, he backed out of his potential appointment. Denying the damaging accusations, Gaetz claimed his withdrawal was an effort to avoid... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3288446/matt-gaetz-nixed-who-pam-bondi-donald-trumps-new-pick-us-attorney-general-formerly-floridas-top?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3288446/matt-gaetz-nixed-who-pam-bondi-donald-trumps-new-pick-us-attorney-general-formerly-floridas-top?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:00:11 +0000 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Thursday that he would immediately fire Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought two federal cases against him, if he wins the November election. Trump, who is awaiting sentencing on separate charges relating to hush money payments, is accused by Smith of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election won by Democrat Joe Biden. Trump’s remarks targeting the special counsel prompted the campaign of his White House rival Kamala Harris... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3283755/trump-says-he-will-fire-special-counsel-jack-smith-within-2-seconds-if-re-elected?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3283755/trump-says-he-will-fire-special-counsel-jack-smith-within-2-seconds-if-re-elected?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Oct 2024 17:31:49 +0000 The Supreme Court said on Monday it will not hear an appeal from the social media platform X over a search warrant prosecutors obtained in the election-interference case against former US president Donald Trump. The justices did not explain their reasoning and there were no noted dissents. The company, known as Twitter before it was bought by billionaire Elon Musk, says a nondisclosure order that blocked it from telling Trump about the warrant obtained by special counsel Jack Smith’s team... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3281454/supreme-court-will-not-hear-appeal-elon-musks-x-platform-over-warrant-trump-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3281454/supreme-court-will-not-hear-appeal-elon-musks-x-platform-over-warrant-trump-case?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:40:24 +0000 US House Republicans have released their initial impeachment inquiry report on Democratic President Joe Biden, alleging an abuse of power and obstruction of justice in the financial dealings of his son Hunter Biden and family associates. The nearly year-long investigation by Republicans stops short of alleging any criminal wrongdoing by the president. Instead, the almost 300-page report out on Monday, the opening day of the Democratic National Convention, covers familiar ground, asserting the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3275097/house-republicans-release-biden-impeachment-report-next-steps-are-uncertain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3275097/house-republicans-release-biden-impeachment-report-next-steps-are-uncertain?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:58:14 +0000 Former US president Donald Trump’s campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis, who worked closely with Rudy Giuliani, will cooperate with Arizona prosecutors in exchange for charges being dropped against her in a fake electors case, the state attorney general’s office said on Monday. Ellis has previously pleaded not guilty to fraud, forgery and conspiracy charges in the Arizona case. Seventeen other people charged in the case have pleaded not guilty to the felony charges – including Giuliani, Trump... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3273323/ex-trump-lawyer-cooperate-arizona-fake-electors-case-charges-be-dropped?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3273323/ex-trump-lawyer-cooperate-arizona-fake-electors-case-charges-be-dropped?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Aug 2024 21:48:12 +0000 Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, federal prosecutor and legal adviser to Donald Trump, was disbarred in New York on Tuesday after a court found he repeatedly made false statements about Trump’s 2020 election loss. The Manhattan appeal court ruled Giuliani, who had his New York law license suspended in 2021 for making false statements around the election, is no longer allowed to practice law in the state, effective immediately. “The seriousness of respondent’s misconduct cannot... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3268932/rudy-giuliani-disbarred-new-york-court-finds-he-repeatedly-lied-about-trumps-2020-election-loss?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3268932/rudy-giuliani-disbarred-new-york-court-finds-he-repeatedly-lied-about-trumps-2020-election-loss?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Jul 2024 20:19:15 +0000 Former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until at least September after the judge agreed on Tuesday to weigh the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. Trump had been expected to face sentencing on July 11 on his New York conviction on charges of falsifying business records. He denies any wrongdoing. The postponement sets the sentencing for September 18 at the earliest – if it happens at all, since Trump’s lawyers are... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3268924/prosecutor-will-not-oppose-trump-sentencing-delay-hush-money-case-after-immunity-ruling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3268924/prosecutor-will-not-oppose-trump-sentencing-delay-hush-money-case-after-immunity-ruling?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Jul 2024 17:20:40 +0000 Long-time Trump ally Steve Bannon was taken into custody on Monday after surrendering at a federal prison to begin a four-month sentence on contempt charges for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the US Capitol attack. Bannon arrived at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, around noon and was formally taken into federal custody, the Bureau of Prisons said. Speaking to reporters, Bannon called himself a “political prisoner”, said former President... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3268784/trump-ally-steve-bannon-surrenders-prison-start-4-month-sentence-contempt-charges?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3268784/trump-ally-steve-bannon-surrenders-prison-start-4-month-sentence-contempt-charges?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:37:40 +0000 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told a rally in Las Vegas on Sunday that he would seek to end taxation of income from tips, a direct appeal to service workers in the swing state of Nevada, which polls suggest is leaning his way ahead of the November 5 election. The pledge, revealed at a sweltering outdoor rally in Las Vegas, adds one more detail to a Trump tax plan that has included vague pledges of tax relief to middle-income workers and small businesses. “So this is the first... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3265982/donald-trump-tells-rally-las-vegas-he-will-not-tax-tips?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3265982/donald-trump-tells-rally-las-vegas-he-will-not-tax-tips?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Jun 2024 22:04:35 +0000 Over a career that’s spanned more than 30 years, Rosie O’Donnell made the world laugh and cry as one of Hollywood’s go-to comedians and actresses. She was perhaps best known for appearances in TV shows and films like A League of Their Own, The Flintstones and Web Therapy. More recently though, O’Donnell has gained a reputation for her off-screen comments that have stirred feuds and controversy, than for her accolades. In particular, her bitter relationship with former US president Donald Trump –... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3263964/what-has-rosie-odonnell-been-her-surprise-friendship-michael-d-cohen-and-her-ongoing-feud-donald?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3263964/what-has-rosie-odonnell-been-her-surprise-friendship-michael-d-cohen-and-her-ongoing-feud-donald?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 May 2024 11:00:10 +0000 You may have seen him in the media making appearances around former US president Donald Trump’s hush-money trial in New York, but just who is J.D. Vance? The incumbent junior senator from Ohio could potentially become the next American vice-president if Republican nominee Trump manages to win back the Oval Office in November. According to his official website, Vance is a former marine who served in Iraq, a Yale Law School graduate, and the respected author of a book that was turned into a... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3263518/meet-jd-vance-donald-trump-hater-turned-potential-vp-ohio-senator-once-called-presidential-hopeful?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3263518/meet-jd-vance-donald-trump-hater-turned-potential-vp-ohio-senator-once-called-presidential-hopeful?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 May 2024 21:00:15 +0000 Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen testified that he stole money from Trump’s company as a form of “self-help” as prosecutors rested their case on Monday at the former US president’s hush money trial. The prosecution’s most important and final witness, Cohen acknowledged on his last day of testimony that he pocketed most of a sum of money that was meant for a technology company that did work for Trump’s company. “I just felt it was almost like self-help,” Cohen said. Cohen’s admission... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3263425/stealing-trump-was-self-help-lawyer-cohen-testifies-hush-money-trial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3263425/stealing-trump-was-self-help-lawyer-cohen-testifies-hush-money-trial?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 May 2024 22:29:30 +0000 American adult film star Stormy Daniels testified on Tuesday in the criminal hush money case against Donald Trump – the first former American president to face a criminal trial. In case you’ve forgotten what all the fuss is about, Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 charges in New York City, all related to allegations of him falsifying business records that have been linked to a hush money payment made to Daniels ahead of his 2016 presidential election, according to various reports. ABC noted... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3262023/what-happened-stormy-daniels-her-donald-trump-trial-testimony-adult-film-star-did-tarot-readings-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3262023/what-happened-stormy-daniels-her-donald-trump-trial-testimony-adult-film-star-did-tarot-readings-and?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 May 2024 20:00:18 +0000 Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign was seized with worry about the potential political damage from a tape that showed Trump bragging about grabbing women sexually without their permission, long-time Trump adviser Hope Hicks testified Friday at his hush money trial. Hicks, a former White House official, was compelled to testify by Manhattan prosecutors, who are hoping her remarks bolster their argument that the uproar over the infamous Access Hollywood tape hastened Trump’s then-lawyer to pay off adult... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3261563/who-donald-trumps-former-aide-hope-hicks-who-just-cried-witness-stand-ex-ralph-lauren-model-worked?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3261563/who-donald-trumps-former-aide-hope-hicks-who-just-cried-witness-stand-ex-ralph-lauren-model-worked?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 May 2024 22:00:09 +0000 Nathan Wade was hired as the special prosecutor in former US president Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case, likely the biggest move of his career. But his lack of experience in the field – he mostly worked in criminal defence and personal injury – raised questions about his appointment. Then came the revelation that he had a romantic relationship with the woman who hired him, Fulton County, Georgia district lawyer Fani T. Willis. Soon enough, their relationship – including details... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3259279/who-lead-prosecutor-forced-resign-donald-trumps-election-interference-case-nathan-wade-was-found-be?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3259279/who-lead-prosecutor-forced-resign-donald-trumps-election-interference-case-nathan-wade-was-found-be?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Apr 2024 21:00:22 +0000 A New York state appellate judge on Monday denied Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 criminal trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star while the former US president seeks to move the case out of Manhattan. Associate Justice Lizbeth Gonzalez issued her decision after a 30-minute hearing at the Appellate Division in Manhattan, a mid-level state appeal court. Emil Bove, a lawyer for Trump, said during the hearing that his client was seeking to stay the case pending the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3258289/trump-seeks-delay-hush-money-criminal-trial-move-case-out-manhattan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3258289/trump-seeks-delay-hush-money-criminal-trial-move-case-out-manhattan?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Apr 2024 21:03:22 +0000 Controversial social media influencer Isabella Maria DeLuca has been arrested and charged with storming the US Capitol on January 6 2021, and for passing a stolen table out of a broken window, according to AP. Recently unsealed court records show that her actions allowed rioters to then use the table as a weapon against police. The 24-year-old was arrested on March 15 in California, per the article, three years after the event took place. According to US media, DeLuca posted openly on social... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3256381/who-conservative-influencer-isabella-deluca-she-posts-about-balenciaga-andrew-tate-and-ghislaine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3256381/who-conservative-influencer-isabella-deluca-she-posts-about-balenciaga-andrew-tate-and-ghislaine?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Mar 2024 20:00:23 +0000 Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against ABC News and television host George Stephanopoulos over comments the news anchor made on air involving the rape case brought against the former US president by writer E. Jean Carroll. Trump, a Republican, is already embroiled in multiple unrelated legal battles as he seeks to avoid going to trial on four criminal indictments before the November 5 US election, when he will try to unseat Democratic President Joe Biden. The new lawsuit said the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3256003/trump-sues-abc-news-defamation-over-report-citing-rape-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3256003/trump-sues-abc-news-defamation-over-report-citing-rape-case?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:29:52 +0000 Former US vice-president Mike Pence said on Friday he would not be backing Donald Trump as his old boss runs for a second term in the White House. “It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year,” Pence said in an interview with Fox News. US media called the announcement a “bombshell” and “startling”, although in reality deep divisions have driven the two men apart since leaving office, and an endorsement would have been a surprise. The pair became estranged... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3255626/ex-vp-mike-pence-declines-endorse-donald-trump-us-president?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3255626/ex-vp-mike-pence-declines-endorse-donald-trump-us-president?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Mar 2024 22:04:19 +0000 Donald Trump is seeking to delay his March 25 hush money trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases. The Republican former president’s lawyers on Monday asked Manhattan Judge Juan Manuel Merchan to adjourn the New York criminal trial indefinitely until Trump’s immunity claim in his Washington election interference case is resolved. Merchan did not immediately rule. Trump contends he is immune from prosecution for conduct... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3255010/trump-wants-hush-money-trial-delayed-until-supreme-court-rules-immunity-claims?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3255010/trump-wants-hush-money-trial-delayed-until-supreme-court-rules-immunity-claims?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Mar 2024 21:37:03 +0000 US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Donald Trump for president on Wednesday, a remarkable turnaround from the one-time critic who blamed the then-president for “disgraceful” acts in the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack but now supports his bid to return to the White House. McConnell, who was the last top Republican leader in Congress to fall in line with Trump, declared his support in a short statement after Super Tuesday wins pushed the front runner closer to the party... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3254445/mitch-mcconnell-endorses-donald-trump-who-he-once-blamed-disgraceful-january-6-attack?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3254445/mitch-mcconnell-endorses-donald-trump-who-he-once-blamed-disgraceful-january-6-attack?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Mar 2024 17:39:52 +0000 Prosecutors have asked a judge for a gag order to restrict former US president Donald Trump from making public comments about witnesses or exposing the identities of jurors in the former US president’s New York trial involving hush money paid to a porn star, court filings made public on Monday showed. The requests by the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg noted Trump’s “long-standing history of attacking witnesses, investigators, prosecutors, judges and others involved in legal... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3253303/trial-starting-next-month-prosecutors-asks-judge-gag-order-trumps-hush-money-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3253303/trial-starting-next-month-prosecutors-asks-judge-gag-order-trumps-hush-money-case?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:29:03 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Thousands of Brazilians poured into the streets of Sao Paulo on Sunday as ex-president Jair Bolsonaro flexed his political muscle and hit out at an election ban that has seen him barred from seeking office for eight years. Addressing a massive crowd of supporters in the economic capital, Bolsonaro again denied charges he plotted a coup to stay in power after losing an election in October 2022. “What is a coup? Tanks in the streets, weapons, conspiracy. None of that happened in Brazil,” said... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3253167/brazils-bolsonaro-gathers-supporters-show-strength-amid-coup-investigation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3253167/brazils-bolsonaro-gathers-supporters-show-strength-amid-coup-investigation?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Feb 2024 17:37:26 +0000 A New York judge denied Donald Trump’s request to dismiss criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, paving the way for the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president. Trump, 77, the front runner for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden in the November 5 US election, has asked Justice Juan Merchan to toss a 34-count indictment charging him with falsifying business records to cover up the US$130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels before the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3252113/judge-sets-march-trial-date-donald-trumps-new-york-hush-money-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3252113/judge-sets-march-trial-date-donald-trumps-new-york-hush-money-case?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:09:59 +0000 The precipitous deterioration of Sino-US relations over the past decade has many structural causes – American elites’ angst over a rival economic power, widening US socioeconomic inequalities and hyper nationalism across both sides of the pond. A key catalyst was Donald Trump. With his truculent, erratic and self-serving personality, the former US president initiated the Sino-US trade war, peddled Covid-19 theories to excoriate China, and was twice impeached, notably over the Capitol... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/united-states/article/3251592/how-china-can-best-prepare-trumps-return?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/united-states/article/3251592/how-china-can-best-prepare-trumps-return?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Feb 2024 21:30:12 +0000 Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to extend the delay in his election interference trial, saying he is immune from prosecution on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 election loss. The former US president’s lawyers filed an emergency appeal with the court on Monday, just four days after the justices heard Trump’s separate appeal to remain on the presidential ballot despite attempts to kick him off because of his efforts following his election loss in 2020. “Without immunity from... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3251795/trump-asks-supreme-court-extend-delay-election-interference-trial-claiming-immunity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3251795/trump-asks-supreme-court-extend-delay-election-interference-trial-claiming-immunity?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Feb 2024 22:28:54 +0000 The proverbial leopard may never change its spots but the zodiacal dragon may shed its scales and douse its fire in the Lunar New Year. What this means in less cryptic terms is that things might just turn out better than expected for the world this year. Once the (supposedly) docile zodiacal Rabbit quits the stage to make way for a (reputedly) fiery Dragon, things might not get as hot as some fear. Much depends on possible changes in US leadership and the global consequences. It may be nominally... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/united-states/article/3251289/president-trump-year-dragon-may-just-put-out-flames-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/united-states/article/3251289/president-trump-year-dragon-may-just-put-out-flames-war?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Feb 2024 21:30:24 +0000 A federal judge on Thursday denied Trump White House official Peter Navarro’s bid to remain out of prison while he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction for refusing to cooperate with an investigation into the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Navarro was sentenced last month to four months behind bars after being found guilty of defying a subpoena for documents and a deposition from the House January 6 Committee. He had asked to be free while he fights that conviction in higher... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3251462/judge-denies-trump-aide-peter-navarros-bid-remain-out-jail-while-appealing-contempt-congress-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3251462/judge-denies-trump-aide-peter-navarros-bid-remain-out-jail-while-appealing-contempt-congress-case?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:35:39 +0000 Within days, Donald Trump could potentially have his sprawling real estate business empire ordered “dissolved” for repeated misrepresentations on financial statements to lenders, adding him to a shortlist of scam marketers, con artists and others who have been hit with the ultimate punishment for violating New York’s powerful anti-fraud law. An Associated Press analysis of nearly 70 years of civil cases under the law showed that such a penalty has only been imposed a dozen times, and Trump’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3250221/taking-away-trumps-business-empire-would-stand-alone-under-new-york-fraud-law?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3250221/taking-away-trumps-business-empire-would-stand-alone-under-new-york-fraud-law?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Jan 2024 18:35:42 +0000 He testified for under three minutes. But former US president Donald Trump still broke a judge’s rules on what he could tell a jury about writer E Jean Carroll’s sexual assault and defamation allegations, and he left the courtroom on Thursday bristling to the spectators: “This is not America”. Testifying in his own defence in the defamation trial, Trump did not look at the jury during his short, heavily negotiated stint in the witness box. Because of the complex legal context of the case, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3249813/trump-denies-e-jean-carrolls-sex-abuse-claims-defamation-trial-nears-end?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3249813/trump-denies-e-jean-carrolls-sex-abuse-claims-defamation-trial-nears-end?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Jan 2024 20:31:04 +0000 Trump White House official Peter Navarro, who was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, was sentenced on Thursday to four months behind bars. He was the second Trump aide convicted of contempt of Congress charges, after former White House adviser Steve Bannon, who also got a four-month sentence but is free pending appeal. Navarro was found guilty of defying a summons for documents and a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3249810/trump-aide-peter-navarro-jailed-4-months-after-defying-january-6-court-summons?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3249810/trump-aide-peter-navarro-jailed-4-months-after-defying-january-6-court-summons?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:45:43 +0000 Donald Trump hit the campaign trail on Saturday in the first-in-the-nation presidential nominating state of Iowa, vowing to win “for the third time” as Americans marked the anniversary of the deadly assault on the US Capitol by a mob of his supporters. Many watched in horror three years ago on January 6, 2021, as rioters – egged on by the ex-US president and fuelled by his false claims of voter fraud – stormed the seat of US democracy in a bid to halt the transfer of power. In a rambling,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3247545/donald-trump-rallies-supporters-iowa-capitol-riot-anniversary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3247545/donald-trump-rallies-supporters-iowa-capitol-riot-anniversary?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jan 2024 22:34:35 +0000 US President Joe Biden warned on Friday that Donald Trump’s efforts to retake the White House in 2024 pose a grave threat to the country, the day before the third anniversary of the violent riot at the US Capitol by then-President Trump’s supporters aiming to keep him in power. Speaking near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, where George Washington and the Continental Army spent a bleak winter nearly 250 years ago, Biden said January 6, 2021 marked a moment where “we nearly lost America – lost it... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3247490/biden-lambasts-trump-january-6-capitol-riot-day-we-nearly-lost-america?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3247490/biden-lambasts-trump-january-6-capitol-riot-day-we-nearly-lost-america?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jan 2024 21:50:16 +0000 Donald Trump should be permanently barred from New York’s real estate industry for “outrageous” fraud, the state attorney general said in a court filing ahead of closing arguments in a civil case against the former US president. The filing by New York Attorney General Letitia James said Trump’s “myriad deceptive schemes” to “inflate asset values and conceal facts were so outrageous that they belie innocent explanation”. Trump’s lawyers countered in an opposing filing that the state failed to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3247486/trump-overstated-worth-billions-new-york-attorney-general-says-civil-fraud-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3247486/trump-overstated-worth-billions-new-york-attorney-general-says-civil-fraud-case?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jan 2024 18:37:14 +0000 A petition filed by five voters on Thursday seeks to bar former US president Donald Trump from the Illinois Republican primary election ballot in March, claiming he is ineligible to hold office because he encouraged and did little to stop the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. The petition, similar to those filed in more than a dozen other states, relies on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits anyone from holding office who previously has taken an oath to defend the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3247330/voters-file-objection-donald-trumps-name-illinois-primary-ballot?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3247330/voters-file-objection-donald-trumps-name-illinois-primary-ballot?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jan 2024 21:02:09 +0000 Former US President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the US Supreme Court to review a ruling barring him from the Colorado ballot, setting up a high-stakes showdown over whether a constitutional provision prohibiting those who “engaged in insurrection” will end his political career. Trump appealed a 4-3 ruling in December by the Colorado Supreme Court that marked the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was used to bar a presidential contender from the ballot. The court... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3247202/trump-asks-supreme-court-review-colorado-ruling-barring-him-presidential-ballot?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3247202/trump-asks-supreme-court-review-colorado-ruling-barring-him-presidential-ballot?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Jan 2024 23:19:36 +0000 Former US president Donald Trump on Tuesday appealed a ruling by Maine’s Democratic secretary of state barring him from the ballot over his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. He was expected to also ask the US Supreme Court to rule on his eligibility to return to the presidency in a related Colorado case. The Republican candidate appealed the Maine decision by Shenna Bellows, who became the first secretary of state in history to bar someone from running for the presidency... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3247075/trump-appeals-maine-ruling-barring-him-ballot-under-constitutions-insurrection-clause?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3247075/trump-appeals-maine-ruling-barring-him-ballot-under-constitutions-insurrection-clause?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Jan 2024 23:03:43 +0000 US prosecutors on Saturday urged a federal appeal court to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he cannot face criminal charges for seeking to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is overseeing the prosecution, argued in a court filing that nothing in the US Constitution or American legal tradition supports giving former presidents “absolute immunity” from criminal charges for action taken while in office. Smith said creating such a legal shield... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3246783/us-urges-appeal-court-reject-trump-immunity-claim-2020-election-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3246783/us-urges-appeal-court-reject-trump-immunity-claim-2020-election-case?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 30 Dec 2023 20:55:47 +0000