Trump news – live: Trump ‘shocked’ by Tucker Carlson’s exit as E Jean Carroll rape trial gets underway

Former president Donald Trump said the US is in the most dangerous place it has ever been because of the leadership.

“We are at, in my opinion, because of the power of weaponry, mostly nuclear but other things also, we are in the most dangerous position that we have ever been in as a nation,” he told Fox News.

He continued: “We have a leader that doesn’t know what is going on. This country might not exist, we may not exist anymore. … it is a very scary time for the country because of the leadership.”

Donald Trump has said he is “shocked” by the sudden ouster of Tucker Carlson from Fox News. Trump, who gave an interview to Carlson earlier this month, told Newsmax that he was “a very good person, a very good man and very talented”.

“I don’t know if it was voluntary or was it somebody fired, but I think Tucker has been terrific. Especially over the last year or so he’s terrific to me,” he said.

Trump’s spokesperson reacted on Twitter hinting at a conspiracy behind his ouster.

“Fox News is controlled opposition,” she wrote.

“Those justices delivered a landmark victory for protecting innocent life. Nobody thought it was going to happen,” Mr Trump said, appearing via video to a gathering of the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition.

“They thought it would be another 50 years. Because Republicans had been trying to do it for exactly that period of time, 50 years.”

Mr Trump won applause noting he was the first president to attend the annual March for Life abortion opposition rally.

Thomas Beaumont and Michelle L. Price report:

Donald Trump is publishing a book of his private correspondence on Tuesday that will include his letters with King Charles.

Letters To Trump features Mr Trump’s conversation with several notable figures including former presidents and world leaders.

But according to The Daily Telegraph, Buckingham Palace did not give consent to Mr Trump to publish his private letters with the King.

Fani Willis, the Fulton County District Attorney, revealed that she will announce this summer whether former president Donald Trump and his allies will be charged with crimes related to election interference.

In a letter to local law enforcement, obtained by the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Ms Willis said she could announce possible criminal indictments between 11 July and 1 September.

She requested law enforcement be prepared for “heightened security and preparedness” as the announcement “may provoke a significant public reaction.”

Mr Trump and his allies like Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell are being investigated by Ms Willis for election interference in Georgia in 2020.

ICYMI: Tucker Carlson has parted ways with Fox News, the network that hosted his widely popular and controversial show Tucker Carlson Tonight.

The announcement comes as a surprise for many as Fox News recently settled a multi-million dollar defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems.

Carlson, a known supporter and advocate of Mr Trump, had been enthralled in controversy after several of his communications in the aftermath of the 2020 election were revealed during discovery in the lawsuit.

In his communications, Carlson questioned statements and facts made on Fox News about the former president’s call for election fraud.

It seems every week another individual is throwing their hat into the ring of candidates running for president in 2024.

On Monday, Corey Stapleton, former Secretary of State of Montana, announced he was making a bid for the GOP nomination for president.

Mr Stapleton is the fifth Republican candidate to announce their intent to run for president. Others include former president Donald Trump, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.

Here’s what else you need to know about the people running for president this year.

More from The Independent:

Ms Willis’s pre-announcement came on Monday afternoon, along with a request for law enforcement agencies in the state and elsewhere to take extra steps to prepare for the risk of violence. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution first reported the news, which came in the form of a notification from Ms Willis’s office to the county sheriff.

The decision will drop between 11 July and 1 September, according to the DA. And while she officially gave no indication of which way her office was leaning, Ms Willis asked that local law enforcement practice “heightened security and preparedness” as the announcement “may provoke a significant public reaction”.

“Please accept this correspondence as notice to allow you sufficient time to prepare the Sheriff’s Office and coordinate with local, state and federal agencies to ensure that our law enforcement community is ready to protect the public,” she wrote.

John Bowden has the all the details in his full story.

Abbe Lowell, the lawyer for President Joe Biden’s son, sent a letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics asking for an investigation.

“Representative Greene’s unethical conduct arises from her continuous verbal attacks, defamatory statements, publication of personal photos and data, and promotion of conspiracy theories about and against Robert Hunter Biden,” the letter said. “None of these could possibly be deemed to be part of any legitimate legislative activity, as is clear from both the content of her statements and actions, and the forums she uses to spew her often unhinged rhetoric.”

Tomorrow, jury selection begins in E Jean Carroll’s civil suit against former president Donald Trump.

Ms Carroll, a former columnist for Elle magazine, author and journalist, is suing Mr Trump for battery and one count of defamation.

She alleges that the former president sexually assaulted her in the dressing room of a department store in the mid-1990s. Mr Trump denies the claim.

But before the trial between Mr Trump and Ms Carroll begins, it’s important to know who Ms Carroll is and what she is alleging.