Tag: Donald Trump

Pope slams Harris, Trump campaigns as ‘against life’

Aminu Imam
Pope slams Harris, Trump

…Urges Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’ Pope Francis, at the weekend slammed both U.S. presidential candidates for what he called “Anti-life” policies on abortion and migration, and he advised American Catholics to choose who they think is the “lesser evil” in the upcoming U.S. elections. “Both are against life, be it the one who kicks out migrants, or be it the one who kills babies,? Francis said. The Argentine Jesuit was asked to provide counsel to American Catholic voters during an airborne news conference while he flew back to…

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Former US president, Trump found guilty of committing $3.6bn fraud

Aminu Imam

Former President of the United States, Donald Trump has been found guilty of committing N2.8 trillion ($3.6bn) fraud. Trump and his family business were found liable for fraud on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, by a New York state court in Manhattan. Justice Arthur Engoron, of the court, ruled that ‘repeatedly’ misrepresented his wealth – by up to $3.6bn (about N2.8trillion) – to banks and insurers. The decision resolves a key claim made by New York’s attorney general in her civil lawsuit against the former president. The judge wrote: “The documents…

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Donald Trump’s election fraud trial will be live-streamed – US Court

Aminu Imam

Former United States (US) President, Donald Trump’s trial in the State of Georgia over charges of election fraud will be live streamed and televised, a judge has ruled. According to a BBC report, all the hearings will be available live on Fulton County Court’s YouTube channel, according to Judge Scott McAfee. Though proceedings in Fulton County’s courts are usually live streamed, it will be the only one of Trump’s four trials that will be broadcast, and could be one of the most watched trials in recent years. A date for…

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Trump should never hold office again – US insurrection report

Aminu Imam

Donald Trump should never be allowed to run for public office again after inciting an insurrection, lawmakers investigating last year’s assault on the US Capitol concluded in their watershed final report. The recommendation led a list of proposals from the 845-page document aimed at ensuring there is no repeat of the deadly riot the ex-president is accused of orchestrating in a failed bid to cling to power after losing the 2020 election. “Our country has come too far to allow a defeated president to turn himself into a successful tyrant…

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Trump shuns Biden as new President-Elect’s inauguration holds today

Aminu Imam

President Donald Trump has spent his last full day on Tuesday in the White House mulling pardons as President-elect; Joe Biden was set to arrive in Washington ahead of Wednesday’s inauguration that his predecessor, in a final break with tradition, would snub. CNN reports that Trump had mostly dismissed the traditions that go along with leaving office. He has not contacted Biden and would be the first president in 150 years to boycott his successor’s inauguration. AFP also reports that Trump had yet to publicly congratulate Biden on his win…

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Shares, oil prices plummet after Trump contracts COVID-19

Ishaku Yohanna

Oil prices extended losses to about 3 percent on Friday, after US President Donald Trump said he tested positive for COVID-19. Trump tweeted news of his positive result, just hours after the White House announced that Hope Hicks, one of his aides, had come down with the virus after travelling with the president several times this week. Brent crude slipped on the Trump news and was down $1.12, or 2.7 percent, at $39.81 a barrel by 0710 GMT. U.S. oil was also down $1.12, or 2.9%, at $37.60. US and…

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