Individual Democrat is in court after tip from Trump (8)
I believe the answer is:
distinct
'individual' is the definition.
'democrat is in court after tip from trump' is the wordplay.
'democrat' becomes 'd'.
'court' becomes 'ct'.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'tip from' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'trump' is 't'.
'in'+'ct'='inct'
'inct' put after 't' is 'tinct'.
'd'+'is'+'tinct'='DISTINCT'
(Other definitions for distinct that I've seen before include "easily recognisable" , "Definite or different in kind" , "Definite and unmistakable" , "Separate and clear-cut" , "Individual, separate" .)