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![Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally to support local candidates at the Mohegan Sun Arena on September 3, 2022, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0120-donald-trump-p-400x300.jpg)
Trump Demands Prison Sentence for Journalists Who Published Supreme Court Leak
Neither the leaker or the journalists who reported on the leaked documents violated a criminal statute.
![Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak with the media during an election night event at Mar-a-Lago on November 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0120-donald-trump-ml-400x300.jpg)
Judge Orders Trump and His Lawyer to Pay Nearly $1 Million for Clinton Lawsuit
Frivolous suits shouldn’t be used as a “vehicle for fundraising or fodder for rallies or social media,” the judge wrote.
![Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on November 5, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0119-donald-trump--400x300.jpg)
Trump Pleads With Meta to Allow Him Back on Facebook for 2024 Campaign
Internet security experts have warned that Trump’s rhetoric could inspire further violence if his account is reinstated.
![Kevin Mccarthy is questioned by reporters in tunnel](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2022_0118-kevin-mccarthy-400x300.jpg)
McCarthy Appoints GOP Recipients of Fossil Fuel Cash to Environment Committee
All have supported policies to expand industry friendly federal leasing to Big Oil and other extractive sectors.
![Images from Solomon Pena's campaign site feature him at Trump rallies across multiple states.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0117-solomon-pena-400x300.jpg)
Republican Arrested for Shootings on Dems’ Homes Months After His Election Loss
Solomon Pena, who lost by a three to one margin in a state representative race in November, refused to concede his loss.
![From Infiltrating Wikipedia to Paying Trump Millions in Golf Deals, Saudis Whitewash Rights Record](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/seg2-Turmp-BinSalman-400x300.jpg)
DOJ and Congress Face New Calls to Probe Trump’s Financial Ties to Saudi Arabia
The DOJ must investigate negotiations between Trump and Saudi Arabia while Trump was in power, says Sarah Leah Whitson.
![Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a press conference after the sentencing hearing of the Trump Organization at the New York Supreme Court on January 13, 2023, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0113-trump-org-400x300.jpg)
Trump Organization Hit With Maximum Fine of $1.6 Million for Tax Evasion Scheme
Though the fine amounts to pocket change for the company, the reputational hit from the 17 felonies could be ruinous.
![Former President Donald Trump greets people as he arrives for an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on December 31, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0113-donald-trump-p-400x300.jpg)
Watchdog Calls for Investigation Into IRS Over Repeated Failure to Audit Trump
The House recently revealed the IRS didn’t finish a single mandatory presidential audit of Trump while he was in office.
![Then-President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the beginning of a meeting with then-Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and other government cyber security experts in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on January 31, 2017, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0112-donald-trump-john-kelly-400x300.jpg)
Trump Discussed Nuking North Korea and Blaming Other Countries, Book Alleges
Trump “cavalierly discussed the idea of using a nuclear weapon against North Korea,” the book says.
![Then-President Donald Trump speaks during the first presidential debate with former Vice President Joe Biden at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 29, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0112-donald-trump--400x300.jpg)
Judge: Trump’s “Stand Back and Stand By” Order Can Be Used in Proud Boys Trial
Trump made the comment during a presidential debate against now-President Joe Biden in the fall of 2020.