A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
3 verified reports published on September 5, 2023.
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The Fulton County election case was set for arraignments on Sept. 6, 2023, after court filings laid out the schedule for Donald Trump and the other defendants. Trump was not required to appear in person if he waived arraignment.
A Colorado lawsuit filed on September 6, 2023, asked a state court to bar Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 Republican presidential primary ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
Mark Meadows and John Eastman were among the defendants who filed not-guilty pleas and waived arraignment in the Fulton County election-interference case on September 5, 2023, completing the set of 19 defendants who had done so.