A week of legal setbacks for Donald Trump in Washington and New York

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Former US President Donald Trump faced one legal setback after another this week. Here's a look at the flurry of developments. 9News

to answer questions about his business practices, his accounting firm declared his financial statements unreliable, another judge rejected his efforts to dismiss conspiracy lawsuits and the National Archives confirmed that he took classified information to Florida as he left White House.

But David Laufman, the former head of the Justice Department's counterintelligence section who oversaw the investigation into Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server as secretary of state, tweeted, "It's hard to imagine that ⁦@DOJNatSec⁩ is not conducting a criminal investigation into Trump's stash of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago."

A federal judge in Washington DC, on Friday rejected Trump's efforts to dismiss conspiracy lawsuits filed by Democratic lawmakers and police officers accusing him of being personally liable for the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. "Only in the most extraordinary circumstances could a court not recognise that the First Amendment protects a President's speech," Mehta wrote. "But the court believes this is that case."

On Thursday, a judge in New York ruled that Trump must answer questions under oath in the state's civil investigation into his business practices

 

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Media sure have missed this guy, i dare say he will be around more and more soon 😉

Durham`s closing in. Won`t be long now.

Why haven’t you reported Hillary Clinton’s Russia gate hoax which they spend millions to derail a sitting President. is fake news they are a little mouth piece for CNN

this is fucking BULLSHIT! reporting this Crap! these developments nothing but a Witch Hunt! President Trump will be back 2024 in The White House as US President again!👍🏼🇺🇸

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