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2:30 PM ET, May 31, 2024

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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Visibly Distressed Putin Pals Shaken Up by Trump Verdict  —  ‘THEY WRONGED OUR DONALD’  —  Kremlin state TV propagandists couldn't hide dismay over Trump's conviction but they confirmed that Russia is still desperate for him to win back the White House.  —  Russian state-controlled media …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Johnson urges Supreme Court to “step in” on Trump verdict … - Trump's legal team has said they plan to appeal, though they would first have to go through New York appellate courts before reaching the U.S. Supreme Court. … - “I think that the Justices on the court - I know many of them personally …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 and The Nation
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 …
John F. Harris / Politico:
Guilt Complex: Trump's Felony Convictions Are a Big Political Problem  —  Even for a politician who skates away from scandal, this week complicates Trump's path to election.  —  Yes, it's obviously true that a 34-count felony conviction would be enough to demolish the career of any normal politician.
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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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Stunning Guilty Verdict Shatters His Aura of Invincibility  —  One of the most bizarre things about the Donald Trump era has been the persistence of his aura of invincibility.  Trump, who never reads books but somehow harbors deep knowledge of what history tells us about how autocrats succeed, cultivates this aura relentlessly.
Discussion: The Message Box
Elie Honig / New York Magazine:
Prosecutors Got Trump — But They Contorted the Law
Bloomberg:
Wall Street Billionaires Are Rushing to Back Trump, Verdict Be Damned
Discussion: Business Insider
New York Times:
Donald Trump, Felon
David Jackson / USA Today:
Despite conviction, Donald Trump vows to fight on
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Donald Trump Should Drop Out
Reuters:
Trump says he will appeal historic conviction
Wall Street Journal:
Biden and the Trump Trial Verdict
emptywheel:
Trump Convicted of Fraud to Cover-up Fucking a Sex Worker
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Is Trump going to prison? What to know about the possible sentence after his conviction
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.
Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion laws  —  The court ruled against 20 women who said they were denied medically necessary abortions, saying the medical exceptions in the law were broad enough.  —  The Texas Supreme Court has unanimously rejected the most significant challenge …
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: New Republic, The Daily Caller and IJR
 
 
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Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Guilty verdict will likely not affect plans for intel briefings for Trump
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
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Jamie Joseph / Fox News:
California progressive chides fellow Democrats before voting to make child solicitation a felony: 'I'm done'
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Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
Karl Rove Warns That a Guilty Verdict Could Cost Trump Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania
Discussion: New York Post and Breitbart
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