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Jacob Kaye / Queens Daily Eagle:
Queens man convicted  —  Former Jamaica Estates resident Donald Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury on Thursday of 34 counts of falsifying business records in an effort to cover up a sex scandal he feared would ruin his chances of winning the 2016 presidential election.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
‘I Want To See Lists of Which Democrats Are Going to Prison’  —  It's a different world than the one we woke up in yesterday: Donald Trump has been convicted on all charges in his New York hush money/business records trial.  The rest of the cases against him might not be wrapped up before the November election—or ever, if he wins.
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump Bungled the Trial  —  A conviction wasn't inevitable.  —  It may not have been the trial that the country deserves, but it's the trial that we got.  —  On Thursday, Donald Trump became the first president in U.S. history to become a convicted felon thanks to a jury of 12 New Yorkers.
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Trump will likely be allowed to vote, despite felony convictions  —  The former president is expected to remain eligible because he was convicted in New York, where felon voting laws are more lenient than in Republican-dominated Florida.  —  Thousands of Florida residents lose their right …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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New York Times:
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.
Reuters:
Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict  —  Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury, flooded pro-Trump websites with calls for riots, revolution and violent retribution.
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 …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A possibility many Republicans won't consider: Trump did something wrong  —  What if the indictments and the investigations were not, as Trump insists, political attacks but, instead, a valid response to Trump's actions?  —  When Alvin Bragg first announced his candidacy to serve …
Discussion: MSNBC
Bloomberg:
Wall Street Billionaires Are Rushing to Back Trump, Verdict Be Damned
Discussion: Business Insider
Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Trump's appeal of hush money verdict to focus on Stormy Daniels testimony
Šejla Ahmatović / Politico:
Trump's European allies leap to his defense after guilty verdict
Discussion: Fox News and Semafor
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Is Trump going to prison? What to know about the possible sentence after his conviction
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Trump Loses a Big Battle in His Lifelong War Against Accountability
Discussion: Washington Post, WFLA-TV and Politico
Associated Press:
Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Trump aide declares Larry Hogan's campaign dead
Politico:
Trump tries to spin guilty into gold
Erin Doherty / Axios:
TRUMP FOUND GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES
CNN:
Donald Trump found guilty of all 34 charges in hush money trial
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Joe Manchin leaves the Democratic Party, files as independent  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) officially left the Democratic Party on Friday and registered as an independent.  —  Why it matters: Manchin, who flirted with an independent presidential bid earlier this year, has said he's not running for Senate re-election.
Politico:
Manchin registering as independent in West Virginia  —  A longtime Democrat, Manchin's decision comes ahead of a deadline for filing as an independent in West Virginia.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jamie Joseph / Fox News:
California progressive chides fellow Democrats before voting to make child solicitation a felony: 'I'm done'  —  'I'm done with us protecting people who would buy and abuse our children,' said California State Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman  —  California Democratic state Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman urged …
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Deadly End to Wild Knife Rampage Livestreamed on YouTube  —  CAMERAS ROLLING  —  Graphic video of the incident shared online shows police shooting at the suspect.  —  A man attacked several people with a knife in the city of Mannheim in southwestern Germany on Friday morning, police said …
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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Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
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