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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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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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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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.
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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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 …
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 …
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
RFK Jr. slams Trump verdict: ‘Profoundly undemocratic’ — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. slammed the jury's verdict in former President Trump's New York hush money case Thursday, calling it “profoundly undemocratic” and warning it will “backfire” against Democrats in November.
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Bloomberg:
Wall Street Billionaires Are Rushing to Back Trump, Verdict Be Damned — A growing number of financial elites are throwing their weight behind Trump, who was found guilty in the first criminal trial of a former US president. — Before 12 New Yorkers branded Donald Trump a felon …
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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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Reuters:
Trump says he will appeal historic conviction
Trump says he will appeal historic conviction
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump Guilty on All Counts in Hush-Money Case
Live Updates: Trump Guilty on All Counts in Hush-Money Case
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Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Trump's appeal of hush money verdict to focus on Stormy Daniels testimony
Trump's appeal of hush money verdict to focus on Stormy Daniels testimony
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Is Trump going to prison? What to know about the possible sentence after his conviction
Is Trump going to prison? What to know about the possible sentence after his conviction
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Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Donald Trump Should Drop Out
Donald Trump Should Drop Out
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden and the Trump Trial Verdict
Biden and the Trump Trial Verdict
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emptywheel:
Trump Convicted of Fraud to Cover-up Fucking a Sex Worker
Trump Convicted of Fraud to Cover-up Fucking a Sex Worker
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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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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Wrong Case, Right Verdict
Wrong Case, Right Verdict
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Trump Loses a Big Battle in His Lifelong War Against Accountability
Trump Loses a Big Battle in His Lifelong War Against Accountability
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Politico:
Trump tries to spin guilty into gold
Trump tries to spin guilty into gold
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Financial Times:
Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman likely to back Donald Trump
Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman likely to back Donald Trump
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David Axelrod / CNN:
How Robert De Niro's advocacy for Biden backfired
How Robert De Niro's advocacy for Biden backfired
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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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Renato Mariotti / New York Times:
How Trump's Team Blew It
How Trump's Team Blew It
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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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Erin Doherty / Axios:
TRUMP FOUND GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES
TRUMP FOUND GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES
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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.
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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.
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