Four ways Republicans are trying to punish Democrats for Trump conviction
Congressional Republicans furious about former President Donald Trump’s conviction by a Manhattan jury last week are preparing a series of counterpunches to hit back at Democrats. The historic trial caused an uproar among Republicans, and Trump’s allies have raced to his aid, condemning those who contributed to his conviction and putting forth actions to punish […]
‘Good Luck With That’: Defense Attorney Suggests Hunter Biden Taking Stand Would Lead To Conviction
Defense attorney Randy Zelin suggested that Hunter Biden taking the stand in his federal gun trial starting Monday could lead to a jury convicting him. Hunter Biden is confronting three federal gun charges brought by Special Counsel David Weiss in September, which consist of providing false statements and knowingly possessing the gun while being a […]
Despite Trump’s conviction, this election is all about the issues
Former president and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions are truly unprecedented, but when voters head to the ballot box in November, the question that will be asked will not be whether Trump falsified his business records. Rather, the key issues are inflation, the economy and immigration. In other words, that’s the […]
Statement on Trump’s “Conviction”
Editors’ Note: We share the view that this is now up to the American people. Trump’s fundraising is through the roof and the prosecution of Trump in this case was so outrageous it has united Republicans not all that friendly to Trump. However, it has done grave damage to the country. Already calls are out […]
Donald Trump says he’s ‘OK’ with jail time, house arrest after hush money conviction
Former President Trump said he would “don’t care” if he was sentenced to either house arrest or prison after being convicted of 34 felony counts in New York last week. Asked on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” how he would handle the possibility of house arrest or even prison, Trump said: “I’m OK with that.” […]
Trump says trial, conviction ‘very hard’ on wife Melania
Testifying Sunday about his alleged infidelity, former President Trump said the weeks-long hush-money criminal trial in New York City and Thursday’s guilty verdict had been “very painful” for his wife, Melania. Trump was convicted on Thursday of 34 felony counts of forgery of business documents, the first time a former president has been convicted of […]
Kevin McCarthy defends nominating Trump after conviction
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) defended the Republican effort to still nominate former President Donald Trump despite his conviction in last week’s hush-money trial. CNN’s Manu Raju pressed McCarthy on whether it was a good idea for Republicans to nominate Trump as their nominee after he was convicted last week on 34 counts of […]
‘Can’t Sleep With Underage Women And Think You Can Get Away With It’: McCarthy Rips Gaetz, Calls For Conviction
Former Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ripped GOP Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz during a Sunday interview with CNN as he called for Gaetz’ conviction in connection to a 2021 investigation. McCarthy appeared on “Inside Politics With Manu Raju” to discuss his public feud with Gaetz as the Florida representative led the push to oust McCarthy as […]
Stephanopoulos cuts off Trump lawyer after he suggests Biden was behind Trump conviction
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, in an interview on Sunday, confronted former President Trump’s lawyer, Will Scharf, over the former president’s baseless claim that President Biden played a role in filing a hush-money criminal lawsuit against Trump in New York. In an interview with “This Week,” Schaer repeated the former president’s arguments, claiming that the […]
If Necessary We Will Take Conviction Appeal to Supreme Court
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team will appeal the former president’s conviction in the New York business documents trial all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary, Donald Trump’s lawyer Will Scharf said on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. “I strongly disagree with the suggestion that the New York district attorney was not […]