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Nicholas Grossman / The Bulwark:
Trump's Conviction Clarifies Things — IT IS NOW A LEGAL FACT that Donald Trump criminally falsified business records 34 times to cover up his attempt to hide an extramarital sexual affair. He is a convicted felon. — On its own, this would be one of the biggest scandals in presidential history.
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Elie Honig / New York Magazine:
Prosecutors Got Trump — But They Contorted the Law — The first time I ever took a jury verdict, I almost passed out. I was a brand-new prosecutor, 29 years old, and had just given my first closing argument a few days earlier. Since then, the trial team and I had been whiling away our time …
New York Times:
Trump's Conviction Fuses the G.O.P. Even Closer to Him
Trump's Conviction Fuses the G.O.P. Even Closer to Him
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TIME, Boston Herald, Maryland Matters and HuffPost
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Visibly Distressed Putin Pals Shaken Up by Trump Verdict
Visibly Distressed Putin Pals Shaken Up by Trump Verdict
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Raw Story
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Denounces ‘Reckless’ G.O.P. Efforts to Discredit Trump Conviction
Biden Denounces ‘Reckless’ G.O.P. Efforts to Discredit Trump Conviction
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump Bungled the Trial
Trump Bungled the Trial
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New York Times, East Bay Times, The Daily Signal, Reason, Raw Story, Robert Reich, CBS News and Public Notice
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Trump will likely be allowed to vote, despite felony convictions
Trump will likely be allowed to vote, despite felony convictions
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Barack Obama:
Statement on the Passing of Mrs. Marian Robinson from Barack and Michelle Obama, Craig and Kelly Robinson, and their children — Marian Lois Shields Robinson — our mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother — had a way of summing up the truths about life in a word or two …
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NBC News:
Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama's mother, dies at 86 — Robinson became a fixture of the White House when she moved from her hometown of Chicago to help take care of her granddaughters during the Obama administration. — WASHINGTON — Former First Lady Michelle Obama's mother, Marian Robinson …
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Metro.co.uk, Reuters, Washington Post, Chicago Sun Times, Associated Press, New York Times, WTTG-TV, ABC News and Fox News
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump supporters try to doxx jurors and post violent threats after his conviction — On social media and web forums, users called for jurors, judges and prosecutors to be killed after the former president was found guilty on 34 felony counts. — WASHINGTON — The 34 felony guilty verdicts returned Thursday …
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Raw Story, The Daily Beast, Mock Paper Scissors and Mediaite
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Exclusive: One in 10 Republicans less likely to vote for Trump after guilty verdict, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds — Ten percent of Republican registered voters say they are less likely to vote for Donald Trump following his felony conviction for falsifying business records to cover …
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Los Angeles Times, Raw Story, Axios, USA Today, RedState, Washington Examiner and CNBC
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Joedy McCreary / USA Today:
Debunking misinformation about Donald Trump's conviction in hush money trial | Fact check — The first felony conviction of a former U.S. president has spawned a lot of discussion that strays from reality. — A jury found former President Donald Trump guilty of 34 charges …
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New York Times
Rob Crilly / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump gets a SIX-POINT bump in approval after being found guilty on 34 counts according to snap Daily Mail poll: ‘I think it was a waste of taxpayer money’
Donald Trump gets a SIX-POINT bump in approval after being found guilty on 34 counts according to snap Daily Mail poll: ‘I think it was a waste of taxpayer money’
John F. Harris / Politico:
Guilt Complex: Trump's Felony Convictions Are a Big Political Problem
Guilt Complex: Trump's Felony Convictions Are a Big Political Problem
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CNN, Mississippi Today, nationalinterest.org, Washington Examiner, Progress Pond and WXIA-TV
Andrew Gumbel / The Guardian:
Neighbors say Alitos used security detail car to intimidate them after sign dispute — Emily Baden says after a disagreement over political lawn signs with the US supreme court justice's wife, a black car began parking at her mother's home — Neighbors of Samuel Alito and his wife described …
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Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
8 GOP Senators Say They'll Slow Senate Even Further Because Of Trump Verdict — The threat could have an impact on the fall spending showdown and White House nominations ahead. — LOADING — Donald Trump's “guilty” verdict on 34 counts of falsifying business records in his hush money trial …
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Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Blaze Media, The Gateway Pundit and Florida Politics
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Democrats ding GOP's “blind loyalty” to Trump in new attacks
Scoop: Democrats ding GOP's “blind loyalty” to Trump in new attacks
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Breitbart and New York Post
Matthew Xiao / Washington Free Beacon:
Vulnerable Red State Dem Senators Mum on Trump Verdict
Vulnerable Red State Dem Senators Mum on Trump Verdict
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KULR-TV, Fox News, Washington Examiner and NRSC
HuffPost:
Why Democrats Are Keeping A Low Profile On Trump's Guilty Verdict
Why Democrats Are Keeping A Low Profile On Trump's Guilty Verdict
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USA Today, Politico, nationalinterest.org, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Fox News, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Sun-Sentinel, Blaze Media, The Colorado Sun, RedState, Axios and Variety
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Stunning Guilty Verdict Shatters His Aura of Invincibility
Trump's Stunning Guilty Verdict Shatters His Aura of Invincibility
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Off Message and Washington Monthly
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 …
Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
For Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels, a ‘vindicating’ moment at last — Trump's guilty verdict is welcomed by two unlikely star witnesses who faced years of doubt and derision. — The jury that found former president Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges delivered not only a historic verdict …
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CNBC:
Trump classified documents judge is target of more than 1,000 complaints, appeals court reveals … The Florida federal judge overseeing the criminal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump has been the target of more than 1,000 complaints in just one week …
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Raw Story
Associated Press:
Biden details a 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down the Israel-Hamas war — President Joe Biden on Friday detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding, nearly 8-month-old Mideast war.
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CNN:
Biden says it's ‘time for this war to end’ as he lays out Israeli ceasefire proposal
Biden says it's ‘time for this war to end’ as he lays out Israeli ceasefire proposal
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Townhall, The New Arab, The White House, Reuters, Breitbart, RTÉ, Axios, One America News Network, ABC News, Barack Obama, Task & Purpose, HuffPost, NPR, Washington Examiner, The Times of Israel, Al-Monitor, Middle East Monitor, Washington Free Beacon, CBS News, The Forward, Mother Jones and WHDH-TV
Slate:
King Alito's Arrogance Has Reached Frightening New Levels — As the Supreme Court careens toward the explosive end of its term, Justice Samuel Alito keeps digging himself deeper into an ethics scandal that is equal parts comical and execrable. Alito sent a letter to congressional Democrats …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump's post-conviction monologue was filled with false claims — Former President Donald Trump said he was going to hold a “press conference” on Friday in the wake of his Thursday conviction in Manhattan on felony charges of falsifying business records.
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New York Times, PolitiFact and Mediaite