A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
2 verified reports published on July 12, 2023.
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For Trump, July 12 was less a reset than another receipt. The legal strategy was obvious, the politics were obvious, and the downside was obvious too: every attempt to postpone accountability just reminded voters that accountability is exactly what he is trying to avoid.
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Donald Trump’s lawyers asked the judge to postpone the classified-documents trial until after the 2024 election, saying the defense could not fairly prepare on the timetable prosecutors proposed, including a Dec. 11, 2023 jury-selection start date.
House Republicans used a July 12, 2023, FBI oversight hearing to keep the spotlight on the broader fight over Trump-related investigations, a move that showed how easily oversight can become part of the same political battle it claims to police.