Trump ordered to pay Ksh1.3B in damages for defaming woman who accused him of rape

Former President Donald Trump must pay writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million/Ksh1.3 billion for defaming her in 2019 after she accused him of sexually assaulting her in a department store in the 1990s. The jury determined that Trump must pay $18.3 million in compensatory damages and $65 million in punitive damages. Carroll had sought at […]

Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 2020 election charges

Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges he sought to overturn the 2020 election results in the United States, as the embattled former president made his first court appearance to respond to a new federal indictment against him. “When you look at what’s happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent,” Trump said […]

Donald Trump charged with bid to overturn 2020 US election

Former US President Donald Trump has been charged with plotting to overturn his 2020 election defeat. He is accused of four counts including conspiracy to defraud the US, tampering with a witness and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. The indictment caps an inquiry into events surrounding the 6 January 2021 riot at the US […]

Woman sues Donald Trump’s former lawyer for Ksh1.3B, says he coerced her into sex

Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani is being sued for sexual harassment by a former employee. Noelle Dunphy alleges in the $10 million/Ksh1.3 billion civil case that he coerced her into sex acts and launched into “alcohol-drenched” and racist rants at work. Rudy Guiliani made his former business consultant perform oral sex on him while […]

Elon Musk restores Donald Trump’s Twitter account

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Former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account has been reinstated on the platform. The account, which Twitter banned following January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, was restored after Twitter CEO and new owner Elon Musk posted a poll on Twitter on Friday night asking the platform’s users if Trump should be reinstated. “The people […]

Elon Musk says no decision yet on Trump’s Twitter ban as he reinstates others

Twitter CEO Elon Musk said Friday he was bringing back three high-profile accounts that had been suspended for breaking the service’s rules, but he said he hadn’t made a decision about former President Donald Trump’s account. “Trump decision has not yet been made,” Musk said in a tweet, as Twitter users braced for sweeping changes […]