Trump can’t speak during closing arguments in NY civil fraud trial, judge says

 Trump can’t speak during closing arguments in NY civil fraud trial, judge says

Judge Arthur Engoron indicated Wednesday that Donald Trump is unlikely to testify during final arguments in his $370 million civil fraud trial in New York.

Engoron stated in a letter to Trump's counsel and New York Attorney General Letitia James shortly after noon Wednesday that Trump had not agreed to the requirements he set for the former president to make a statement.

"Not having heard from you by the third extended deadline (noon today), I assume that Mr. Trump will not agree to the reasonable, lawful limits I have imposed as a precondition to giving a closing statement above and beyond those given by his attorneys, and that, therefore, he will not be speaking in court tomorrow," Engoron wrote in an email.

Trump and his staff have used his court hearings to accuse Joe Biden of election tampering, depict his legal difficulties as political persecution, and divert media attention away from his Republican competitors, who have struggled to close the gap on his substantial lead in the polls.

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Trump is not facing criminal charges in the civil fraud case, but the claims against him are personal, as the New York attorney general seeks $370 million in damages and prohibits Trump from conducting business in the state.

The New York attorney general claims that Trump, his two adult sons, and his corporation cheated banks and insurance companies by misrepresenting the worth of the former president's assets in order to secure better interest rates. Engoron

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In Canada, a journalist is arrested for merely asking uncomfortable questions to a Canadian minister

In Canada, a journalist is arrested for merely asking uncomfortable questions to a Canadian minister.

Let's see how many international "free press champions" speak on this.

They start outraging even if any Chinese agent posing as a journo is arrested in India,

Two police officers arrest a journalist for asking tough Qs to a minister in @JustinTrudeau government.

They arrest him for ASSAULT of one police officer who clearly came in his way!

NOTE: Canada ranked 15th in the World Press Freedom Index 2023. *15th!*

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Risky winter storm threatens the Southeast with tornadoes and floods while pummeling the Midwest with blizzard-like condition

Risky winter storm threatens the Southeast with tornadoes and floods while pummeling the Midwest with blizzard-like conditions.

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Joe Sutton,

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As it moves from the Midwest through the Northeast this week, a broad winter storm is still battering a large portion of the eastern half of the nation, causing power outages in multiple states and forcing the closure of roads, government buildings, and schools. The most recent is this:

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● There is a serious storm threat for about 40 million people: The Storm Prediction Center reports that there are weather alerts for more than 2,000 miles on Tuesday, spanning from New Mexico to Maine.

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• More than 40 million people are under severe storm warning: the Storm Prediction Center reports that weather advisories for Tuesday cover a distance of more than 2,000 miles, from New Mexico to Maine.

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• Southeast threatened by tornadoes: In Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, the Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch affecting over 9 million people. On Tuesday morning, twelve tornadoes were recorded in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia; they caused considerable damage and necessitated rescue operations on the Florida panhandle.

• Rain could cause harmful floods: In locations where heavy rainfall is soaking already-saturated soils, flooding is a serious worry.

Atlanta, Washington, DC, and New York City are among the major East Coast cities that may experience flooding due to the possibility of 2 to 4 inches of rain.

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Robust winds cause extensive blackouts of power:

On Tuesday, there are significant power disruptions due to wind alerts that affect over half of the US population. According to tracker poweroutage.us, some 400,000 residences and businesses in many states were already facing power outages on Tuesday morning, primarily in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.

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Severe blizzard conditions move eastward:

Wednesday morning saw the shift in the threat from the Plains to the Midwest, with blizzard warnings extending from New Mexico to Nebraska. 

There might be another two to six inches of snowfall in the area, and winds as high as seventy miles per hour.

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There might be up to a foot of snow from the central to northeast US: There are winter storm warnings in force for parts of eastern Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Kansas, as