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$200,000
A Georgia judge set a $200,000 bond for Donald Trump on Monday in the Fulton County case that accuses the former president and 18 others of conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election, ABC News reports.The “consent bond order” bars Trump from intimidating witnesses or from communicating with any of his co-defendants about the case.
37%
Overall, 37 percent of registered voters say the United States’ problems are so bad that we are in danger of failing as a nation, according to the latest New York Times/Siena College poll, the New York Times reports.
3rd
A new Emerson College poll in New Hampshire finds Donald Trump leading the Republican primary with 49%, followed by Chris Christie at 9%, Ron DeSantis at 8%, Tim Scott at 6%, Doug Bergum at 4%, Nikki Haley at 4% and Vivek Ramaswamy at 3%.
91
Donald Trump is now facing 91 criminal charges in 4 criminal cases, CNN reports. Trump currently has five trials scheduled between now and May, with more trial dates to be determined.
>1¢
“The ruble hit a 17-month low against the dollar Monday, highlighting the growing squeeze on Russia’s economy from Western sanctions and a slump in export revenues,” CNN reports.
$95,000
“The DeSantis campaign, a super PAC linked to him and a nonprofit group supporting him together paid $95,000 in recent months to the Family Leader Foundation, an Iowa-based nonprofit led by evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats,” Reuters reports.
$13 million
Florida taxpayers have spent more than $13 million on travel and protective security for Gov. Ron DeSantis in the two years he has prepared and run a campaign to become the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, according to state records released this week, reports the Tampa Bay Times.
45%
A Media Matters analysis of Fox’s new prime-time lineup finds that ratings have fallen roughly 30% since Tucker Carlson’s firing, and over 45% in the key 25-54 year-old demographic.
$1.1 million
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor (D) was fishing off the Florida Keys and hauled in a package that turned out to be 70 pounds of cocaine with a street value worth $1.1 million, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
59%
The Morning Consult tracking poll after Donald Trump has been indicted three times shows the former president leading the GOP primary field nationally with 59%, followed by Ron DeSantis at 16%, Vivek Ramaswamy at 8%, Mike Pence at 6%, Nikki Haley at 3%, Tim Scott at 3% and Chris Christie at 3%.
