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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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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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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Sometimes, the system works — Trump finally meets a consequence for his criming. … It's almost impossible to overstate how weird it is to write about the former president of the United States being convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
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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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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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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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Šejla Ahmatović / Politico:
Trump's European allies leap to his defense after guilty verdict — Nothing can separate Donald Trump from the love of Viktor Orbán. — The Hungarian prime minister backed Trump on Friday morning after the former U.S. president was found guilty on 34 counts in a criminal trial held in New York City.
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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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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Associated Press:
Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes
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emptywheel:
Trump Convicted of Fraud to Cover-up Fucking a Sex Worker
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Wrong Case, Right Verdict
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
TRUMP FOUND GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES
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Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Trump's appeal of hush money verdict to focus on Stormy Daniels testimony
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Renato Mariotti / New York Times:
How Trump's Team Blew It
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Politico:
Trump tries to spin guilty into gold
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden and the Trump Trial Verdict
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David Axelrod / CNN:
How Robert De Niro's advocacy for Biden backfired
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CNN:
Donald Trump found guilty of all 34 charges in hush money trial
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Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Biden, Democrats react to Trump's guilty verdict: ‘No one is above the law’
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
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
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Financial Times:
Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman likely to back Donald Trump
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
False right-wing reports about Trump trial jury instructions fuel threats against judge
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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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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.
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 …
New York Times:
Under Pressure, Biden Allows Ukraine to Use U.S. Weapons to Strike Inside Russia — White House officials said the president's major policy shift extended only to what they characterized as acts of self-defense so that Ukraine could protect Kharkiv, its second-largest city.
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U.S. Department of Defense:
Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Meeting With People's Republic of China (PRC) Minister of National Defense Admiral Dong Jun — Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following readout: — Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Admiral Dong Jun …
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Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
Karl Rove Warns That a Guilty Verdict Could Cost Trump Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania — Fox News contributor and veteran political strategist Karl Rove said that a guilty verdict in presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's hush money trial could cost him the key swing states of Wisconsin …
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