Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | The Iranian parliament speaker said on Monday that former U.S. President Donald Trump and all his “accomplices” must be held legally accountable for the assassination of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported. The “criminal act” of assassinating Soleimani was a “flagrant and …
Read More »Trump Organization found guilty in tax fraud case
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | A jury in New York City found on Tuesday former President Donald Trump’s namesake real estate company guilty of criminal tax fraud. The jury found the two entities of the Trump Organization guilty as charged on all counts, including scheme to defraud, conspiracy, criminal tax fraud, …
Read More »Trump announces 2024 presidential bid
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that he will run for the White House again. “I am tonight announcing my candidacy for President of the United States,” the Republican said from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump, 76, also filed his paperwork …
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to intervene in documents controversy
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to get involved in the dispute over documents taken from his Florida home this summer. Trump requested the justices reverse a decision from a lower court and allow a special master to examine around 100 …
Read More »Trump responds to committee’s vote to subpoena him over Capitol riot
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump has released a lengthy response to the Jan. 6 committee’s vote to subpoena him over the Capitol riot. “This memo is being written to express our anger, disappointment, and complaint,” Trump wrote in a letter to Democratic Congressman Bennie Thompson, chairman …
Read More »Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in FBI raid case
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump has requested that the Supreme Court get involved in his conflict with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over classified documents that were removed from his Florida home by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In a filing of around 300 pages …
Read More »Trump’s fundraising group under U.S. gov’t investigation
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | A U.S. federal grand jury is investigating former President Donald Trump’s Save America fundraising group, reported the New York Times on Thursday, citing subpoenas. The Times reported that the leadership of the political action committee received subpoenas, as the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) looks into the …
Read More »Biden says not consider Trump supporters as threat
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday that he does not consider supporters of former President Donald Trump to be a “threat.” Biden made the clarification after a nationally televised speech in which he referred to “MAGA Republicans” — those who support Trump — as a threat …
Read More »U.S. judge orders release of redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release a redacted version of the affidavit used to seek the search warrant on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. “I find that the government has met its burden of showing a compelling reason/good …
Read More »Trump asks for appointment of “special master” to oversee handling of materials taken in Mar-a-Lago search
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday asked for the appointment of a “special master” to oversee the handling of materials taken in the Mar-a-Lago search earlier this month. Trump said in a statement that they are demanding the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) be instructed …
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