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Biden says Trump 'should' have opportunity to appeal conviction, grins and ignores questions
President Biden said Friday after former President Donald Trump was found guilty in his New York criminal trial “he’ll be given the opportunity, as he should, to appeal that decision, just like everyone else has that opportunity.” Biden added that it was “reckless, it’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don’t like the …
Read More »Campaigning from prison? It's been done. Meet 20th century socialist firebrand Eugene Debs
Following his unprecedented felony conviction, former president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has to wait to find out what his sentence will be. But even if it involves time behind bars, that doesn’t mean his campaign to return to the White House comes to an end. He wouldn’t even be the first candidate to run for that office while …
Read More »MSNBC hosts hail Alvin Bragg as 'the anointed one:' 'That's the right title, that's who this guy is'
The Manhattan district attorney who oversaw Trump’s hush money case was lavished with praise by hosts on MSNBC after the former president was found guilty Thursday. MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell recalled that Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg had been dubbed “the anointed one” by the Harvard Crimson when he graduated in 1995 and said, “That’s the right title. That’s who this …
Read More »What awaits Trump if he appeals New York conviction
Former President Trump is widely expected to appeal his conviction in his New York criminal trial after this week, launching the case to the New York appeals courts and potentially beyond. Trump’s appeal would send the case to the First Judicial Department of New York’s Appellate Division, a group of 21 justices. The presiding justice is Dianne Renwick, who was …
Read More »Anti-Trump attorney yells at CNN contributor in fierce argument over Trump conviction: 'You're lying!'
Anti-Trump attorney George Conway called CNN contributor Scott Jennings a “liar” in a heated debate Friday over former President Trump’s unprecedented conviction in New York. Conway was infuriated as Jennings argued that Trump’s conviction has united the GOP and will “backfire” on the Democrats. “Scott’s lying and that’s the problem with the Republican Party. It’s continually addicted to lies. It’s …
Read More »De Niro says Trump guilty verdict means 'justice was served'
Actor Robert De Niro weighed in Thursday on former President Trump being found guilty in his high-profile hush-money case. “I think justice was served,” the two-time Academy Award winner told reporters while on the red carpet in the Big Apple for his new movie “Ezra,” Variety reports. “This is just one part of the whole picture, so I want to …
Read More »From confusing instructions to misleading summations, the Trump trial now in jury’s hands
The sound of laughter was revealing. Inside the media room at the hush money trial, say those who were there, many of the reporters openly chuckled when the prosecutor took jabs at Donald Trump. They found that quite amusing. For all the craziness surrounding the first criminal trial of a former president, the closing arguments – and the judge’s confusing …
Read More »Biden-Harris campaign immediately fundraises off Trump's guilty verdict
The Biden-Harris campaign immediately began fundraising off the guilty verdict former President Trump, telling supporters that the legal setback for the presumptive GOP nominee is not enough to keep him out of the White House. In a text message sent to supporters Thursday, “Biden HQ” said that “despite a jury finding Donald Trump guilty today, there is still only one …
Read More »Morning Glory: Trump Derangement Syndrome and the Trump jury
The jury has the case and I’ve got a deadline. Not everyone who thinks former President Donald Trump should be convicted in the Manhattan trial brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has “Trump Derangement Syndrome” (“TDS.). But everyone with “TDS” thinks Trump should be convicted. Robert DeNiro admitted to TDS in his very weird meltdown outside the courthouse Tuesday …
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