If you aren’t stunned by the $70 million+ in “small dollar” campaign contributions to the campaign of former President Donald Trump that were made in the first 72 hours after the verdicts in his Manhattan trial, then you don’t know much about politics, because nothing like this sort of fundraising weekend has ever happened before. Skeptical about the relative scale …
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Rep Jordan urges Congress to 'defund lawfare activities' of Trump prosecutors
EXCLUSIVE: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital he is proposing an appropriations package that would “defund the lawfare activities” of state and federal prosecutors leading “politically sensitive investigations,” pointing specifically to Special Counsel Jack Smith, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. The proposal comes just days after former President …
Read More »Presidential historian warns second Trump term would lead to ‘dictatorship and anarchy’
An MSNBC presidential historian warned on Saturday if former President Trump were to win back the White House that the United States would devolve into “dictatorship and anarchy.” “He is saying, I will dismantle our rule of law, which is the glory of America, keeps the peace, assures fairness when it works for all Americans. You’ve got dictatorship and anarchy …
Read More »Some former 'Never Trump' voters now say they're backing GOP nominee after his conviction
A group of what’s been described as “Never Trump” voters are suddenly backing the former president following last week’s historic conviction. The Free Press spoke with several voters from across the country whose opinions were significantly impacted by the guilty verdict in the New York trial against former President Trump. Shaun Maguire, a Los Angeles-based venture capitalist and a former …
Read More »Trump verdict fires up the donor class leading to massive May fundraising haul
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign on Monday announced that they and the Republican National Committee, fueled in part by the former president’s guilty verdicts in his criminal trial, hauled in a stunning $141 million in fundraising in May. That’s up from the $76 million they raked in back in April when they topped President Biden and the Democratic National Committee …
Read More »Conservative firebrand spotlights Trump conviction in attack ad on vulnerable Dem senator
Republicans are capitalizing on the polarizing conviction of former President Trump in his criminal trial. As they aim to win back the Senate majority in November’s elections, the GOP is going on offense in reliably red state Montana, where Democratic Sen. Jon Tester is fighting for his political life. Tim Sheehy, the overwhelming frontrunner for the Republican nomination in Tuesday’s …
Read More »Netanyahu and Trump face similar 'politicized prosecutions,' legal expert says
JERUSALEM – After a Manhattan jury on Thursday convicted former President Trump of falsifying business records, legal experts have commented on the similarities between his case and the ongoing prosecution of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel’s then-attorney general, Avichai Mandelblit, charged Netanyahu with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in a legal saga that started four years ago …
Read More »Democrats, progressives cheering Trump verdict should be mourning this loss instead
A Manhattan jury rendered its verdict on Donald Trump last week. The flimsy prosecution by District Attorney Alvin Bragg may have succeeded in harming Trump’s legal and political fortunes, especially in a close race. But it will come at the cost of unpredictable damage to our constitutional order. Once again, Democrats have sacrificed the institutions and norms that have buttressed …
Read More »SEAN HANNITY: No American should have to face a partisan witch hunt
Fox News host Sean Hannity shreds politically motivated trials following the conviction of former President Trump on “Hannity.” SEAN HANNITY: No American, whether your name is Biden or Trump, should have to face a partisan witch hunt and, of course, no one in the Biden White House has the decency to call out the lawfare against Trump. Quite the contrary. …
Read More »Trump verdict has started 'war of weaponization of the criminal justice system,' legal experts warn
The unprecedented criminal conviction of former President Trump has opened a dark chapter in the history of America’s criminal justice system, according to several legal experts. A New York jury on Thursday pronounced Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in what prosecutors called a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election. Trump is now the first …
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