The second day of jury selection in former President Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial is expected to begin Tuesday after half of prospective jurors were excused Monday for saying they could not be impartial toward the presumptive Republican nominee. Court is expected to begin again for the second day of Trump’s trial at 9:30 a.m. and will resume with jury selection. …
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NPR reporter claims conservative activist Chris Rufo is 'targeting' NPR CEO with her old pro-Democrat posts
An NPR reporter claimed on Tuesday that conservative activist Christopher Rufo was “targeting” the outlet’s CEO Katherine Maher because he shared her old social media posts, reflecting pro-Democrat and progressive ideals. Rufo, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, highlighted several of Maher’s posts from her account on X, formerly Twitter. Maher, who served as CEO for Web Summit and …
Read More »Trump trial: Why can't Americans see or hear what is going on inside the courtroom?
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a moment in history — the first U.S. president facing criminal charges in an American courtroom. Yet only a handful of observers are able to see or even hear what is going on. Instead, most of the nation is getting news of former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial secondhand. Starting with preliminary motions and …
Read More »Supreme Court wary of obstruction charge used against some Jan 6 riot defendants
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority expressed concern Tuesday over the federal government’s use of an obstruction law to prosecute a Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendant, which could have major implications for President Trump’s separate election interference case. Joseph Fischer, a onetime police patrolman, is one ofabout 350 people charged by the Justice Department with “obstruction of an official proceeding” in …
Read More »Trump calls hush money trial 'assault on America' as case officially kicks off
Former President Trump arrived at a Manhattan court Monday as the hush money case officially kicks off, where he will face trial over 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. “Nothing like this has ever happened before,” Trump said at the courthouse Monday. “This is political persecution … it’s a case that should have never been brought.” …
Read More »Israel, Iran and the dangerous fecklessness of an American Model UN national security team
“I don’t like you because you’re gonna get me killed.”Zeus’ (Samuel Jackson) summation to John McClane (Bruce Willis) in 1995’s “Die Hard With A Vengeance” is the essence of the “Trump Doctrine” critique of the “Biden Doctrine.”The former holds “Strike atAmerica and America will hit you twice as hard; strike at our allies and we will support them in as …
Read More »Nine questions about the Trump trial, answered
Former President Donald Trump’s hush money court case will kick off on Monday, marking the first time a former president will stand trial over criminal charges. The historic trial will require Trump, the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for the 2024 election, to defend himself from the Manhattan courtroom while simultaneously campaigning as the election season heats up. Fox News Digital …
Read More »ABC, NBC, CBS newscasts fail to identify Trump prosecutors as ‘Democrats’ at least 90% of time, study finds
FIRST ON FOX — Americans who rely on evening newscasts from ABC, CBS or NBC for information are likely unaware that elected officials going after former President Trump are Democrats, according to a new study from the Media Research Center. “The network coverage of the Trump prosecutions routinely and fraudulently implies that they are nonpartisan public officials. It’s Trump versus …
Read More »Hush money trial judge doubles down on not showing Trump 'Access Hollywood' tape to jurors
The judge presiding over former President Trump’s hush money trial doubled down on his decision that footage of the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape would not be shown to jurors. “I remain convinced at this moment … that the tape should not come in,” Judge Juan Merchan told the court on Monday. The 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape came to light ahead …
Read More »Five most dramatic moments from first day of Trump's hush money trial
Former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial kicked off Monday, where he faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. The historical trial began with jury selection, where a pool of more than 500 potential jurors will be peppered with questions to determine if they can fairly weigh in on the charges. The case revolves around payments …
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