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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 …

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2024 Showdown: Trump and Biden quickly cash in on former president's guilty verdicts

Former President Trump headlined a campaign fundraiser just a couple of hours after being found guilty of all 34 felony counts in his New York City criminal trial. With the verdict in and the trial over, Trump on Thursday evening quickly got back to focusing on his 2024 election rematch with President Biden. “We’ll be fighting hard,” Trump told Fox …

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Foreign officials largely restrained following Trump verdict, some say: 'Keep fighting'

World leaders have largely remained quiet following former President Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 criminal charges in New York City this week, but those who have spoken out have expressed shock at the verdict and support for Trump. “I’ve known President [Donald Trump] to be a man of honor,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a close ally to Trump during …

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Trump turns conviction into cash, spotlights record fundraising in wake of guilty verdict

Donald Trump is touting “record shattering” fundraising fueled by his convictions in the first trial of a former or current president in the nation’s history. The former president’s campaign announced on Friday morning that it had hauled in $34.8 million in fundraising from 6 p.m. ET to midnight on Thursday, immediately after Trump was found guilty of all 34 felony …

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CNN host suggests Trump conviction not mentioned prominently enough on former president's Wikipedia page

CNN anchor John Berman suggested Friday that former President Trump’s conviction in his New York trial should be more prominent on his Wikipedia page. At the outset of an interview with Biden campaign national co-chair Mitch Landrieu, Berman described Trump’s Wikipedia page following his unprecedented conviction and wondered why the jury decision wasn’t mentioned at the top of the entry. …

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'It's a majestic day:' MSNBC guest gushes over Trump guilty verdict, calls it 'a day for celebration'

An MSNBC guest could not contain his excitement Thursday reacting to former President Trump being found guilty on all counts in his New York criminal trial. “We’ve been holding our breath as a country for a long time waiting for the cavalry to arrive in the form of the rule of law, and it did arrive today and it’s a …

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Trump guilty verdict reveals a Democrat Party that will do almost anything to win

Smiling prosecutors and giddy media got what they wanted this week as former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 counts in a patently obvious show trial overseen by an overtly conflicted corrupt judge. But as predicted, the verdict is not just lighting a fire but spreading one – not just with the base.Among independents and moderates whose faith in …

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Senate Dems in battleground races careful to weigh in on Trump verdict

Democrats facing the most competitive Senate elections heading into November were among the last to weigh in on the guilty verdict handed to former President Trump on Thursday as they fight off the potential for Republicans to flip their seats. Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Bob Casey, D-Penn., didn’t respond to …

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Trump campaign warns Biden to 'buckle up' after he's released from 'freezing' court to hit campaign trail

Even with his guilty verdict, former President Trump is now free from a “freezing” New York City courtroom after a six-week trial and is ready to hit the campaign trail once again. His campaign is warning President Biden’s team to “buckle up.” Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree in New …

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'The View' celebrates Trump's conviction: 'I got so excited, I started leaking'

“The View” was unsurprisingly jubilant on Friday over the conviction of former President Trump in his historic criminal trial, celebrating the news as a triumph for the country and the hosts themselves. “I felt like America won,” co-host Sunny Hostin said. “I felt like New York won. I felt like the Manhattan DA’s office won. I felt like I won.” …

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