Trump returning to Capitol after gifting Logan Paul mugshot T-shirt and boasting of ‘eclipsing’ Elvis: Live

Donald Trump is preparing for his first return to the US Capitol since his supporters laid siege to it on January 6 2021 in protest at his defeat by Joe Biden in the previous November’s election.

The Republican presidential candidate and convicted felon will meet with House and Senate GOP lawmakers in Washington DC behind closed doors on Thursday.

He has also recorded an appearance on social media star Logan Paul’s podcast that will drop later today and will address a gathering of CEOs in DC this evening.

Trailing his interview with Paul, Trump was seen in an X video presenting the host with a pair of MAGA caps and a T-shirt bearing his mugshot taken last summer in Fulton County, Georgia, declaring the image was so famous it had enabled him to “eclipse” Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra.

In another preview, Paul is seen discussing the possibility of getting President Biden to appear on his Impaulsive show, estimating his chances as “less than one per cent”.

Former Georgia special prosecutor Nathan Wade has meanwhile said he believes Trump will still face a trial in his state even if he returns to the White House.

Almost half of all Americans approve of Trump’s conviction at his New York hush money trial last month, a new AP-NORC poll shows.

Forty-eight percent approve of the verdict, according to the survey, while 29 per cent disapprove and 21 per cent say they have no opinion.

Gustaf Kilander takes a closer look.

Americans close to evenly divided on question of whether conviction was politically motivated

Nathan Wade gave an interview to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins last night in which he said of the prospect of a future President Trump facing justice in his state: “I don’t believe it looks good to the rest of the world. But I