A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
2 verified reports published on December 20, 2023.
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Trump’s people could call it lawfare, overreach, or a partisan plot all they wanted. The calendar on December 20 was less flattering: more legal jeopardy, more forced defenses, and another day where the story was not what Trump wanted to say, but what courts had just said about him.
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The Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove Trump from the state’s ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment landed as a historic political and legal blow, instantly forcing his campaign into emergency mode. The ruling did not end the race on the spot, but it created the kind of damage that cannot be wished away with a rally line or a fundraising email.
Donald Trump’s lawyers filed a Dec. 20, 2023 brief opposing certiorari before judgment in the federal election-interference case, telling the Supreme Court to let the D.C. Circuit finish its review of the immunity issue first.