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Live Updates: Trump Guilty on All Counts in Hush-Money Case — Donald J. Trump, the former president and presumptive 2024 Republican nominee, was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a case stemming from a payment that silenced a porn star.
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Is Trump going to prison? What to know about the possible sentence after his conviction — Washington — Former President Donald Trump has now been convicted in the New York “hush money” criminal trial, immediately raising a lot of questions and launching the case into uncharted territory …
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Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Donald Trump Should Drop Out — Convicted felon Donald Trump's first words after the historic jury verdict were predictably defiant: “The real verdict is going to be November 5 by the people.” — The Biden-Harris campaign's communication director issued a statement (perhaps written …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Wrong Case, Right Verdict — The wrong case for the wrong offense just reached the right verdict. — Donald Trump will not be held accountable before the 2024 presidential election for his violent attempt to overturn the previous election. He will not be held accountable before the election …
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Renato Mariotti / New York Times:
How Trump's Team Blew It — The criminal trial of Donald Trump didn't have to end this way. — The prosecution's case had flaws that couldn't be wallpapered over even with weeks of testimony, over 200 exhibits and a polished and persuasive presentation by Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, and his team.
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Trump Loses a Big Battle in His Lifelong War Against Accountability — His 34 guilty convictions turn this escape artist into a felon. — Donald Trump has been in a war with accountability his entire adult life, and accountability has usually lost. In a New York City courtroom on Thursday …
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CNN:
Donald Trump found guilty of all 34 charges in hush money trial — What we covered here … Here's what happens now that Trump has been convicted in his hush money criminal case — From CNN's Devan Cole — A New York jury convicting Donald Trump on 34 felony counts …
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Elon Musk Is Absolutely Raging About the Trump Verdict — TOTAL CONVICTION — The tech mogul vented that “anyone is at risk” if a former president can be convicted over “such a trivial matter.” — Elon Musk criticized the verdict that made Donald Trump the first former American president …
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Associated Press:
Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes
Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
TRUMP FOUND GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES
TRUMP FOUND GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump guilty on all counts in New York criminal trial
Trump guilty on all counts in New York criminal trial
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Get Ready for Trump to Use Guilty Verdict to Win Votes
Get Ready for Trump to Use Guilty Verdict to Win Votes
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Trump aide declares Larry Hogan's campaign dead … - Hogan's call to respect the rule of law seems to have incensed at least one top Trump advisor. — “You just ended your campaign,” said Chris LaCivita, a senior Trump advisor, on X in response to Hogan's comments.
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Axios:
America's seething right … - To Democrats, the unanimous conviction by a jury of Trump's peers is a stamp of accountability they've been pursuing for years — the ultimate proof that no one is above the law. — To Republicans, it's a mockery of the justice system engineered for one purpose …
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emptywheel:
Trump Convicted of Fraud to Cover-up Fucking a Sex Worker — The first five verdicts were guilty. Updates as they come. — Update: All 34 counts came back guilty. — Update: Sentencing will be July 11, the week before the GOP Convention. — Update: The Biden campaign has issued this statement.
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Politico:
Trump tries to spin guilty into gold
Trump tries to spin guilty into gold
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden and the Trump Trial Verdict
Biden and the Trump Trial Verdict
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Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Biden, Democrats react to Trump's guilty verdict: ‘No one is above the law’
Biden, Democrats react to Trump's guilty verdict: ‘No one is above the law’
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Politico:
Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with US weapons — It's a major reversal that will help Ukraine to better defend its second-largest city. — The Biden administration has quietly given Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia — solely near the area of Kharkiv …
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Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
The Federalist CEO Calls For Republicans to Draw Up Lists of Democrats to ‘Put in Prison’ After Trump Verdict — Sean Davis, the CEO and co-founder of the the right-wing website The Federalist, called on Republicans to draw up lists of Democrats to “put in prison” in a social media post reacting …
Bill Pruitt / Slate:
For 20 Years, I Couldn't Say What Donald Trump Did on the Set of The Apprentice. Now I Can. — For 20 years, I couldn't say what I watched the former president do on the set of the show that changed everything. Now I can. — On Jan. 8, 2004, just more than 20 years ago, the first episode of The Apprentice aired.
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Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
John Cuneo's “A Man of Conviction” — The former President is found guilty on all thirty-four counts. — It's not the first time that news of a verdict against Donald J. Trump has been eagerly awaited by cartoonists, commentators, and the general public.
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
U.S. Department of the Treasury, IRS Announce Direct File as Permanent Free Tax Filing Option, All 50 States and D.C. Invited to Join in Filing Season 2025 — New Free Tool Made Possible by Resources from President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act — WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
False right-wing reports about Trump trial jury instructions fuel threats against judge — False reporting and social media commentary about the jury instructions in Trump's hush money trial has spurred calls for the assassination of the judge overseeing the case.
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Aysha Bagchi / USA Today:
Why Donald Trump supporters are complaining about jury instructions in his criminal trial
Why Donald Trump supporters are complaining about jury instructions in his criminal trial
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