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    Can Trump Be Elected President From a Prison Cell?

    A Manhattan jury found former President Donald Trump guilty Thursday on 34 counts related to falsifying business records supposedly to cover up “hush money” payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. Now, Trump could face prison time. Judge Juan Merchan will issue Trump’s sentence on July 11. So, what happens between now and the sentencing? And…
    Virginia Allen
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    Did Judge in Trump Case Violate Constitution With His Jury Instructions? These Attorneys Think So

    Defense attorney Randy Zelin and former Trump attorney Tim Parlatore said on Friday that Judge Juan Merchan violated the U.S. Constitution with his instructions to the jury in former President Donald Trump’s trial. Merchan instructed the jury that it is not a requirement for them to be in unanimous agreement about what “other crime” Trump committed, instead…
    Jason Cohen
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    Trump Campaign Gets Immediate Avalanche of Cash After Guilty Verdict

    Former President Donald Trump’s campaign donation page crashed Thursday within minutes of the jury returning a guilty verdict. Shortly after the verdict, the page displayed a 500 error stating “something went wrong.” Trump also received massive influxes of cash from major donors after the verdict, including $300,000 from Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire. “The timing isn’t a coincidence,” Maguire…
    Katelynn Richardson
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    Political World Erupts After Jury Declares Trump Guilty on All 34 Counts

    A Manhattan jury found former President Donald Trump guilty Thursday on all 34 charges of falsifying business records to hide “hush money” payments in 2016 to former pornographic movie actress Stormy Daniels. Upon leaving the courthouse, Trump called the trial a disgrace and said, “This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who is…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Former Prosecutor Weighs in on Jury Deliberations in Trump’s Criminal Case

    The jury in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan began deliberations Wednesday after closing arguments. The 12-member jury is tasked with determining whether to convict or acquit Trump on the 34 charges he faces. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged Trump with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in relation to an…
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump Vows: I Will Rip Up, Throw Away WHO Pandemic Agreement

    Former President Donald Trump has put the issue of world government at the forefront of the 2024 presidential race, vowing to “protect American sovereignty” and the U.S. Constitution from the designs of unelected global bureaucrats. Trump took aim at global governance institutions in general, and the World Health Organization specifically, on Saturday, promising to shred…
    Ben Johnson
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    Trump, Biden, and CNN: What to Know About the First Presidential Debate

    President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are scheduled to debate on June 27, but the debate will be unlike those held between presidential candidates in the recent past.  Trump told Biden he would debate him “Anytime. Anywhere. Anyplace,” and Biden accepted, but with stipulations. The Biden campaign said it would only agree to…
    Virginia Allen
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    Carter Page Finds Trump Trial Eerily Familiar

    Déjà vu. That phrase captures Carter Page’s reaction as he walks through lower Manhattan. The Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, the Jacob Javits Federal Building, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office all remind the former Trump campaign adviser of various moments in his career—from intern for New York’s now-deceased Democratic U.S. senator to foreign-intelligence source to…
    Deroy Murdock
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    ‘A Travesty of Justice’: House Speaker Dissects the Left’s ‘Lawfare’ Campaign Against Trump

    The top House Republican is warning that the Democratic Party is trying to jail its chief political rival before November’s election. Appearing with Family Research Council President Tony Perkins on Saturday morning’s episode of “This Week on the Hill,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., declared, “Donald Trump is being targeted because of who he is….
    S.A. McCarthy
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    Will Democrats Pay a Price for Their Crumbling Lawfare Strategy Against Trump?

    President Joe Biden, who wears bespoke sneakers to prevent embarrassing collapses and whose command of the English language rivals that of most kindergartners, is in bad political shape.  It is unsurprising that Democrats have resorted to some of the slimiest tactics imaginable to derail President Donald Trump’s comeback bid and push their senile octogenarian across…
    Josh Hammer
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    Faith and Politics: An Insider’s View From Former Trump Aide Cliff Sims

    Cliff Sims had a front-row seat in the White House to some of President Donald Trump’s biggest decisions and helped craft the administration’s message to the American people. As a special assistant to the president, Sims served as a key staffer in the White House communications office before later moving to a different role as…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Veteran Prosecutor Testifies Michael Cohen Admitted He Had ‘Nothing Truthful’ Implicating Trump

    Former federal prosecutor Robert Costello testified Wednesday before Congress that disgraced lawyer Michael Cohen—the star witness in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against former President Donald Trump—told him he had “nothing truthful” implicating Trump in a crime. Costello, who advised Cohen when he became the subject of an investigation by federal prosecutors in the…
    Katelynn Richardson
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    ‘SHAM’: House Speaker Johnson Condemns Trial of Trump as ‘Politically Motivated’

    House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in New York on Tuesday, condemned the so-called hush-money criminal trial of former President Donald Trump. Johnson blasted the trial as a “sham” and said that it’s being used to manipulate the 2024 presidential election. “I’m an attorney. I’m a former litigator myself. I’m disgusted by what is happening here,”…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Could a Manhattan Jury Acquit Trump?

    Having served on three Manhattan juries, I would not be surprised if the 12 men and women hearing New York v. Donald J. Trump acquit him of all charges. During two civil actions and one criminal case, my fellow jurors were serious, professional, and movingly civic-minded. A quiet, solemn patriotism infused our deliberations. Several jurors said that we…
    Deroy Murdock
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    ‘Day One’: Trump Vows to ‘End’ Biden’s Title IX Rewrite of Protections for Girls

    Former President Donald Trump vowed Friday to end President Joe Biden’s rewrite of Title IX “on Day One” if he should win the presidential election in November. “We’re going to end it on Day One,” the former president promised during a Friday interview with the conservative Philadelphia-based radio show “Kayal and Company.” “Don’t forget,” he…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Stormy Daniels’ Admission on Witness Stand Sheds Light on Why Alvin Bragg Had Her Testify Against Trump

    NEW YORK—Stormy Daniels testified Thursday that she had no direct knowledge of former President Donald Trump’s involvement in the $130,000 payment made to keep her quiet about claims of an alleged affair in 2016, which is at the center of the case against him. Daniels’ detailed testimony about her alleged affair with Trump in 2006 prompted the…
    Katelynn Richardson
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    How the Left Tried to Use Stormy Daniels to Impeach Trump

    Years before the prosecution called the former porn star to testify Tuesday in Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial in Manhattan, Democrats viewed Stormy Daniels as an avenue for impeaching Trump when he was president.  My 2020 book “Abuse of Power” details the origins of Left’s lawfare against Trump, which began immediately after his 2016 election to…
    Fred Lucas
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    Former Biden DOJ Official Prosecuting Trump Received Thousands of Dollars From DNC

    The lead prosecutor for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s “hush money” case against former President Donald Trump received thousands of dollars from the Democratic National Committee in 2018, Federal Election Commission records show. Matthew Colangelo, who was President Joe Biden’s acting associate attorney general and spent two years in the current president’s Justice Department, joined the Manhattan…
    Jason Cohen
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    Do Trump’s Words on These Contenders Hint at His VP Pick?

    As the veepstakes speculation grows, Donald Trump—Republicans’ presumptive nominee for president for the third straight time—has had plenty to say about the group of contenders for the second spot on the ticket. Axios reported over the weekend on an audio recording obtained from a gathering at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in which the former president comments…
    Fred Lucas
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    Alvin Bragg’s Case Against Trump Suffers More Setbacks as Another Witness Deflates His Narrative—and the Media’s

    NEW YORK—Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case suffered more setbacks Thursday as the prosecution’s sixth witness wrapped up his testimony with significant hits to his credibility. During a heated cross-examination, defense attorney Emil Bove managed to cast Keith Davidson, former attorney for Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels, as a shady lawyer who gets as close…
    Katelynn Richardson
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