hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. there s brand new reporting that drives home the fact that donald trump is his own worst enemy when it comes to his many, many, many legal problems and when it comes to the indictment and the classified documents investigation turning him from a disgraced twice impeached once indicted ex-president. in that case he has no one to blame but himself. the washington post reports late last year team trump hit a fork in a road, a point in which trump could have chosen an option that very well may have avoided an indictment in the documents case. from that new reporting, quote, one of trump s new attorneys proposed an idea in the fall of 2022. the former president s team could try to arrange a settlement with the justice department. the attorney, chris kise, wanted to quietly approach justice to see if he could negotiate a settlement that could preclude charges hoping the department would want an exit ramp to avoid prosecuting a former pre
although the disgraced twice impeached and twice indicted ex-president donald trump and his allies have been using violent rhetoric in response to the criminal charges he now faces before, during, and after they came down, on tuesday when he actually arrived at court in miami there was no violence in the streets of miami or anywhere else. it was not another january 6th. to be sure there were hundreds of protesters gathered outside the courthouse, but the crowds were much smaller than anticipated or feared, and there were no outbreaks of violence there. the new york times reports this, quote, twice in recent months allies of former president trump have used violent language to criticize the criminal charges against him, calling for vengeance and encouraging trump supporters to respond to the indictments as though they were acts of war. quote, both times in both cities the crowds that actually showed up for trump were relatively tame and fairly small. rachel cline feld at the