Former President Donald Trump being found guilty of 34 counts will not stop him from being able to run for election in November -- and the case is not over yet.
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Trump tries to move past his guilty verdict by attacking the criminal justice system
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump sought to move past his historic criminal conviction on Friday and build momentum for his bid to return to the White House with fierce attacks on the judge who oversaw the case, the prosecution’s star witness and the criminal justice system as a whole.Speaking from his namesake tower in Manhattan in a symbolic return to the campaign trail, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee delivered a message aimed squarely at his most loyal supporters. Defiant as ever, he insisted without evidence that the verdict was “rigged” and driven by politics.
Trump’s NY case was the first of four to go to trial. It could be the last one for a while
The hush money case that culminated in a conviction of Donald Trump this week was the first of four criminal prosecutions brought against the former president — and likely the only one to reach trial before the November elections.
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What world's media made of Trump's guilty verdict
A White House run derailed or a crooked jury? From Buenos Aires to Beijing, this is how the verdict was reported.
www.bbc.comCongressional leaders invite Israel's Netanyahu to deliver an address at the Capitol
Congressional leaders have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address a the U.S. Capitol.
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Trump supporters try to doxx jurors and post violent threats after his conviction
On social media and web forums, users called for jurors, judges and prosecutors to be killed after the former president was found guilty on 34 felony counts.
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What's next after Trump's verdict: From the Politics Desk
Yes, it's a big moment. But it's not even close to the last big moment on tap in 2024.
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Biden reacts to Trump's conviction for the 1st time, calls attacks on judicial system 'reckless'
President Joe Biden reacted to Donald Trump's conviction for the first time on Friday, criticizing those calling the trial "rigged."
GOP senators vow roadblocks for Biden after Trump verdict - Washington Examiner
The vow came in response to Trump’s felony conviction, which the GOP senators claimed was a result of White House meddling in the 2024 election.
www.washingtonexaminer.comBiden calls Trump's claims on hush money conviction 'reckless' as campaign grapples with verdict
President Joe Biden says Donald Trump was found guilty by a unanimous jury and “it’s reckless, it’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible for anyone to say this is rigged just because they don’t like the verdict.”
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Biden slams Trump and his allies for calling the hush money verdict 'rigged'
The president's comments came hours after Trump blamed him for his legal woes in remarks to the press and supporters, saying, “This is all done by Biden and his people.
www.nbcnews.comHow Trump and his allies are spinning his historic guilty verdict
Former President Donald Trump and his allies immediately tried to flip the script after a New York jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records Thursday.
Biden says it’s ‘time for this war to end’ as he lays out Israeli ceasefire proposal | CNN Politics
President Joe Biden asserted Friday that Hamas has been degraded to a point where it can no longer carry out the type of attack that launched the current 8-month conflict in Gaza, laying out a three-phase proposal Israel has submitted to wind down the grinding crisis as he declared, “It’s time...
www.cnn.comTrump's case casts a spotlight on movement to restore voting rights to those convicted of felonies
Former President Donald Trump is likely to remain eligible to vote in Florida despite his conviction for 34 felonies in his New York hush money trial.
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'These are bad people': Trump unloads after his historic guilty verdict
In his first extended remarks since the New York jury found him guilty on all 34 counts in his hush money trial, Trump delivered rambling comments on his frustration with the verdict.
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Trump guilty verdict reveals split among former GOP presidential primary opponents
Former President Donald Trump's Republican primary opponents offered varying reactions to the guilty verdict in his New York City trial.
How long will Trump go to prison for? Not 187 years like he claims | Fact check
Each of Trump's 34 convictions has a maximum of four years imprisonment individually, but New York caps Class E felony sentences at 20 years.
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Israel-Gaza war: Biden unveils Israeli proposal to end conflict
It would begin with a six-week ceasefire and the withdrawal of IDF forces from populated areas.
www.bbc.comBiden details a 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down the Israel-Hamas war
President Joe Biden has detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the end of the Mideast war.
apnews.comBiden Declares Trump Verdict a Victory for the Rule of Law
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden declared Friday that a New York jury’s guilty verdict against former President Donald Trump should be respected and denounced Republican efforts to undermine the justice system as “reckless,” “dangerous” and “irresponsible.” Breaking his long silence over Trump’s...
Trump vows to appeal felony conviction | CNN Politics
Donald Trump on Friday railed against his historic guilty verdict in the New York criminal hush money trial and again vowed to appeal his conviction in remarks that were filled with false claims.
www.cnn.comUpside-down American flag reappears as a right-wing protest symbol after Trump's guilty verdict
Right-wing commentators and supporters of former President Donald Trump have flooded social media with images of upside-down American flags in protest of his historic guilty verdict.
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Rubio gets blowback for comparing Trump trial to Cuban 'show trials,' executions
An expert on political rhetoric and a former Republican congressman whose father was a victim of a Cuban trial warn that delegitimizing the justice system is itself authoritarian.
www.nbcnews.comTrump carries the stain of conviction like a crown. Will the verdict matter to voters?
Back in 2016, Donald Trump famously said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any voters because of it.
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Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump's sons react to guilty verdict in hush money trial
Former President Donald Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush money trial on Thursday.
Publisher of '2000 Mules' apologizes to Georgia man falsely accused of ballot fraud in the film
The publisher of “2000 Mules” has issued a statement apologizing to a Georgia man who was shown in the film and falsely accused of ballot fraud during the 2020 election.
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Fact checking Trump's remarks after historic conviction in "hush money" trial
Former President Donald Trump's Manhattan criminal trial concluded Thursday with a historic conviction, and in remarks in New York Friday morning, Trump continued to repeat false or misleading claims that framed the legal verdict as a partisan political attack.
CBS News fact checked four of Trump's claims about his trial on Friday morning.
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed President Biden was behind the criminal trial in Manhattan: "They are in total conjunction with the White House and the DOJ, just so you understand," Trump...
Continue reading...CBS News fact checked four of Trump's claims about his trial on Friday morning.
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed President Biden was behind the criminal trial in Manhattan: "They are in total conjunction with the White House and the DOJ, just so you understand," Trump...
Biden hams it up with Super Bowl champs, Kansas City Chiefs at White House
President Joe Biden had some fun with the returning Super Bowl champs outside the White House on Friday.
Continue reading...Ex-U.S. official casts Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain at bribery trial
A former top U.S. agricultural official cast Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain at his bribery trial Friday, saying he tried to stop him from disrupting an unusual sudden monopoly that developed five years ago over the certification of meat exported to Egypt.
A Manhattan federal court jury heard the official, Ted McKinney, recount a brief phone call he received from the Democrat in 2019 soon after New Jersey businessman Wael Hana was granted the sole right to certify that meat exported to Egypt from the United States conformed to Islamic dietary...
Continue reading...A Manhattan federal court jury heard the official, Ted McKinney, recount a brief phone call he received from the Democrat in 2019 soon after New Jersey businessman Wael Hana was granted the sole right to certify that meat exported to Egypt from the United States conformed to Islamic dietary...
GOP's Murkowski laments Trump's 'baggage' following guilty verdict
A moderate Republican senator finally broke her silence on former President Trump's conviction on Friday, lamenting the focus "Trump’s legal drama" takes away from President Biden's "indefensible record."
"These distractions have given the Biden campaign a free pass as the focus has shifted from Biden’s indefensible record and the damage his policies have done to Alaska and our nation’s economy, to Trump’s legal drama," wrote Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on X. "A Republican nominee without this baggage would have a clear path to victory."
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Continue reading..."These distractions have given the Biden campaign a free pass as the focus has shifted from Biden’s indefensible record and the damage his policies have done to Alaska and our nation’s economy, to Trump’s legal drama," wrote Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on X. "A Republican nominee without this baggage would have a clear path to victory."
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'Twice I backed Trump but no more' - voters split on verdict
We asked independent voters and Republicans who have doubts about Trump if conviction changes anything.
Continue reading...Ex-US admiral charged with bribery for Navy contract
Robert Burke is alleged to have awarded a Navy contract to a firm in exchange for a future job there.
Continue reading...France mourns nurse known as Angel of Dien Bien Phu
The French president said she showed "exemplary courage and devotion" amid suffering.
Continue reading...We have no Plan B if Ukraine falls, says Estonia
Estonia is pouring money and weapons into Ukraine’s war effort to try to push back the Russians.
Continue reading...Deepfake of U.S. Official Appears After Shift on Ukraine Attacks in Russia
A day after U.S. officials said Ukraine could use American weapons in limited strikes inside Russia, a deepfake video of a U.S. spokesman discussing the policy appeared online.The fabricated video, which is drawn from actual footage, shows the State Department spokesman, Matthew Miller, seeming to suggest that the Russian city of Belgorod, just 25 miles north of Ukraine’s border with Russia, was a legitimate target for such strikes.
The 49-second video clip, which has an authentic feel despite telltale clues of manipulation, illustrates the growing...
Continue reading...The 49-second video clip, which has an authentic feel despite telltale clues of manipulation, illustrates the growing...
As Some Voters Celebrate Trump Conviction, Democrats Remain Cautious
Darren Van Dreel, a 58-year-old electrician from Oshkosh, Wis., has followed the twists and turns of the investigations into former President Donald Trump over the years: the Mueller report, two impeachments and a flurry of criminal cases, most of which have been mired in delays.
So on Thursday evening, while he and his wife, Misty McPhee, were on a long drive from Wisconsin to the Washington, D.C., area, there was only one thing to do when the verdict came in.
“I high-fived my wife,” said a grinning Van Dreel, as he waited for a sandwich on Friday...
Continue reading...So on Thursday evening, while he and his wife, Misty McPhee, were on a long drive from Wisconsin to the Washington, D.C., area, there was only one thing to do when the verdict came in.
“I high-fived my wife,” said a grinning Van Dreel, as he waited for a sandwich on Friday...
Prosecutors Try Again to Limit Trump’s Statements in Documents Case
Federal prosecutors tried for a second time on Friday to ask the judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case to bar him from making any statements that might endanger F.B.I. agents involved in the proceeding.
The move by the prosecutors came three days after the judge, Aileen M. Cannon, denied their initial request to keep Mr. Trump from attacking the agents on the procedural grounds that they had failed to properly inform Mr. Trump’s lawyers about their intentions.
The dispute, which has unfolded in back-and-forth...
Continue reading...The move by the prosecutors came three days after the judge, Aileen M. Cannon, denied their initial request to keep Mr. Trump from attacking the agents on the procedural grounds that they had failed to properly inform Mr. Trump’s lawyers about their intentions.
The dispute, which has unfolded in back-and-forth...
FactCheck: Q&A on Trump's criminal conviction
Donald Trump became the first U.S. president, current or former, to be convicted of a criminal offense when a 12-person jury in New York on May 30 found him guilty on 34 felony counts of business fraud as part of an illegal scheme to influence the 2016 election by making payments to suppress a sordid tale of sex with a porn star.
The unprecedented conviction raises questions about what’s next for the 77-year-old man who is in line to become the Republican Party’s nominee for president in 2024.
Sentencing and an appeal are up next in this case...
Continue reading...The unprecedented conviction raises questions about what’s next for the 77-year-old man who is in line to become the Republican Party’s nominee for president in 2024.
Sentencing and an appeal are up next in this case...
Trump may face travel restrictions in some countries after conviction
Former President Donald Trump, whose administration imposed multiple versions of a travel ban against people coming from Muslim-majority nations, may now face restrictions on his own international travel, following his felony conviction in New York Thursday.
At this point, Trump faces no specific travel restrictions from Justice Juan Merchan, who presided over the "hush money" criminal trial in New York, in which the former president was found guilty of 34 felony counts. His sentencing is scheduled to take place on July 11, four days before the...
Continue reading...At this point, Trump faces no specific travel restrictions from Justice Juan Merchan, who presided over the "hush money" criminal trial in New York, in which the former president was found guilty of 34 felony counts. His sentencing is scheduled to take place on July 11, four days before the...
Marian Robinson, President Barack Obama's mother-in-law, dies at 86
Marian Robinson, former President Barack Obama's mother-in-law, passed away Friday at the age of 86, according to the family.
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