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Per the court docket pool report:

Trump got here into the fifteenth ground hallway at 9:14

Jason Miller gave your poolers a 5-minute heads-up, which was useful and he ought to proceed doing.

Trump bragged about yesterday’s rallies in Michigan and Wisconsin. Said rates of interest wouldn’t go down earlier than the election. Talked about Inflation.

Said case might have been introduced 8 years in the past. “They have no case” he stated a number of occasions. Said decide is “conflicted.”

Commented on faculty campuses.

“I’m so proud of New York’s finest.” Praised police at Columbia and UCLA. Blamed “radical left lunatics.” “The right is not your problem,” he stated.

He’s sporting a vibrant gold toe together with his navy swimsuit. Stood subsequent to Todd Blanche in a wide-stance energy pose.

Did not reply questions on plans for Gaza, what a good election would appear like.

Alex Woodward is reporting for The Independent from the courthouse:

Trump defence legal professionals Todd Blanche and Emil Bove are each sporting similar darkish navy fits and darkish ties. Trump has on a gold tie and Susan Necheles is sporting a gold high. Everyone’s coordinated at present.

Trump was leaning again in his chair together with his eyes closed moments earlier than the photograph pool bought to the defence desk. When they turned the nook in the direction of him he perked up and assumed his place — stern, leaning ahead, fingers folded in entrance of him.

Neither JD Vance nor Kristi Noem precisely cowl themselves in glory right here however bravo to Kaitlan Collins for this deliciously dastardly lure, into which the Ohio senator blundered like a hapless bear.

During his first rally yesterday in Wisconsin, Donald Trump invited Milwaukee enterprise proprietor Shana Gray on stage and talked about how her enterprise, a vegan cafe, did higher throughout his presidency.

The slight catch, as famous by Jeramey Jannene of Urban Milwaukeeis that her enterprise didn’t open till 2023 — two years into the Biden administration.

But that’s not the place the story ends…

You can see the Manhattan DA’s newest submitting on the 4 extra potential gag order violations Judge Merchan will take into account at present right here.

And you may see the proof his staff cites right here.

Our man simply landed an approximate $1.8bn inventory bonus from Trump Media & Technology, the mum or dad firm of Truth Social, offering a shiny silver lining to every week that might in any other case be crammed with hours of dreary court docket case proceedings.

Amelia Neath has extra on this cosy little windfall.

The Republican’s marketing campaign is complaining concerning the Commission on Presidential Debates’ “unacceptable” choice to stay to its schedule – fairly than altering its plans to swimsuit the whims of the previous commander-in-chief.

The comission has scheduled the primary debate for 16 September at Texas State University in San Marcos, with a vice presidential debate then slated for 25 September at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Another two presidential debates are scheduled to go forward the next month in Virginia and Utah.

The fee launched its schedule in late November, near a yr earlier than the 2024 election, and has rejected requests from the Trump marketing campaign to carry ahead debates to earlier within the yr.

Gustaf Kilander has extra.

You can watch a livestream from Manhattan by way of the hyperlink beneath.

The former president has been oddly reluctant to talk up for the imprisoned American reporter however was lastly compelled to deal with his scenario on this week’s large interview with Time journal, pledging to make sure Gershkovich’s launch from Vladimir Putin’s clutches if he’s elected.