Donald Trump did not lose on Thursday. Our once venerated legal system did. And, by extension, all Americans lost something precious. Because the failure of justice is a failure of the people. The conviction of the former president in a Manhattan courtroom was preordained. With the inexorable verdict, the ideals of a fair trial and an impartial jury faded into …
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NEW YORK – Protests grew heated Thursday outside the New York City courtroom where former President Trump’s trial is taking place. A group of protesters gathered in support of Trump appeared to surround protesters backing his possible conviction in the case, forcing police to intervene and separate the two groups, video footage shot by Fox News Digital shows. “We ran …
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A New York jury will continue deliberations for a second day Thursday in the historic and unprecedented criminal trial of former President Trump. Judge Juan Merchan delivered jurors instructions to consider charges brought against the former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Merchan on Wednesday afternoon instructed the jury not to discuss or research the case. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin …
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Former President Trump can still run for the White House despite facing a potential – albeit unlikely – prison sentence after he was found guilty in the NY v. Trump case. The jury found Trump guilty on all counts late Thursday afternoon. The sentencing hearing is set for July 11, four days before the beginning of the Republican National Convention. …
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No matter what the verdict in the Trump hush money trial is, the political consequencesforDemocratswill be painful.Theyarein a lose-lose scenario of their own making. Quick:what did Donald Trump do in New York to warrant a jury trial?Almost nobody can articulate it, but somehow this is worthy of prosecuting a former president in an electionyear? Regardless of the verdict, Democrats will …
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Former President Trump was found guilty on all counts in his historic and unprecedented criminal trial, making him the first former president of the United States to be convicted of a crime. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged former President Donald Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Trump pleaded not guilty to all counts. …
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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 …
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A man was rushed to the hospital Thursday afternoon after he was stabbed in the legs with a machete in New York’s Times Square, police said. The NYPD said the stabbing occurred at West 45th and Broadway around 1 p.m. The victim, an unidentified man, was stabbed in both legs and taken to Bellevue Hospital. The victim was said to …
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Former President Trump vowed to continue fighting for the Constitution after he was found guilty on all counts in the unprecedented NY v. Trump case, adding the “real verdict” will be read on Election Day. “This was a rigged, disgraceful trial. The real verdict is going to be Nov. 5 by the people,” Trump said outside the court Thursday. “This …
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NEW YORK – Bystanders gathered outside the New York City courthouse where former President Trump is facing criminal charges gave their predictions on the trial’s outcome as the jury continued its second day of deliberations. “Trump is 100% not guilty,” said one woman who traveled from Delaware to support Trump, saying it was “so sad” the country had to endure …
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