Supreme Court will consider immunity in April, delaying Trump election interference trial
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🗓️ 29 February 2024
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The Supreme Court will consider presidential immunity in April, delaying former President Donald Trump's election interference trial. Plus, a judge rules Trump must post a bond for the full $454 million judgment against him. And an Illinois judge has ruled Trump is disqualified from the state's 2024 election ballot.
USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page looks at the legacy of Sen. Mitch McConnell, as he announces he'll be stepping down from his leadership post.
Hunter Biden denies President Joe Biden was involved in family business.
USA TODAY White House Correspondent Joey Garrison previews President Joe Biden's trip to the border.
Lawmakers reach a short-term solution to avoid a partial government shutdown.
Leap year baby Mary Lee Forsyth turns 25 (but is really 100).
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Thursday, February 29th, 2024. This is the |
| 0:19.2 | excerpt. Today former President Donald Trump gets some major news on his legal fronts, |
| 0:27.2 | plus a look at Mitch McConnell's legacy as he announces he'll step down |
| 0:30.9 | from his leadership post and Biden visits the border. |
| 0:36.2 | We begin today with a number of developments surrounding former President Donald Trump's |
| 0:40.0 | legal issues. First, the Supreme Court said yesterday that it will decide |
| 0:43.6 | whether Trump can be tried for attempting to steal the 2020 election. The |
| 0:48.1 | court said an accelerated schedule to hear the case in April while his criminal trial remains delayed. The move is a the Even if Trump loses that appeal, the Supreme Court may not reach a decision quickly enough for a trial to proceed in time for a verdict before the November election. |
| 1:10.0 | But Trump received worse news yesterday when a New York appellate judge rejected an emergency request from him to post a 100 million dollar bond while appealing a $454 million judgment against him for fraud related to his business. |
| 1:24.6 | A judge now ruled that Trump must post bond for the entire $454 million judgment. |
| 1:30.8 | And in Illinois, a judge has barred Trump from the state's Republican presidential primary ballot over his alleged role in the capital riot. |
| 1:38.0 | Trump is expected to appeal the decision and the Supreme Court will likely weigh in. |
| 1:45.0 | Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will step down from his leadership post in November. |
| 1:52.0 | I'm now 82. down from his leadership post in November. |
| 1:53.0 | I'm now 82. |
| 1:55.0 | As a ecclesiastus, |
| 1:57.0 | as she tells us to everything there is a season |
| 2:01.0 | and a time to every purpose under Helen. |
| 2:05.0 | To serve Kentucky and the Senate has been the honor of my life. |
| 2:09.0 | To lead my Republican colleagues has been the highest privilege. |
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