Smith makes new plea for gag order in classified docs case day after Trump conviction
Special Prosecutor Jack Smith A new claim was filed On Friday, they asked the judge over former President Trump’s classified documents case to block him from making any public statements that could put law enforcement at risk. His latest request is similar to an initial one filed last week, pressuring Judge Eileen Cannon to issue […]
Trump turns conviction into cash, spotlights record fundraising in wake of guilty verdict
Donald Trump has boasted about his “record-breaking” fundraising success as the first former or current president in U.S. history to be convicted at trial. The former president’s campaign announced Friday morning that it had raised $34.8 million between 6pm ET and midnight Thursday, shortly after Trump was found guilty of all 34 felony counts in […]
Asa Hutchinson urges GOP colleagues to not take Trump conviction 'lightly'
Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) urged his fellow Republican lawmakers to take former President Trump’s recent conviction in the New York hush-payment case seriously and consider what it means for the next election. “In this case, 12 jurors appeared to be serious about seeking the truth, and all 12 of them unanimously found Donald […]
Megyn Kelly and Dan Abrams brawl over Trump conviction
Dan Abrams invited Megyn Kelly onto his NewsNation show on Thursday to discuss the conviction of former President Donald Trump in a Manhattan courtroom just hours earlier, which led to a heated debate over whether the conviction was legitimate. When Abrams said Trump was violating campaign finance laws, Kelly fired back, “No! You don’t know […]
Vulnerable Republicans stay silent on Trump conviction
Vulnerable House Republicans are treading carefully over former President Trump’s shocking conviction, wary of wending their way into thorny debates about hush money, porn stars and the integrity of a once-cherished criminal justice system that Trump has criticized. While Republican leaders and many Republicans, including some on the front lines, rushed to Trump’s defense after […]
Mary Trump weighs in on uncle's hush money conviction: 'Finally'
Former President Donald Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, on Friday spoke out about her uncle’s recent conviction in a New York hush-money case. “I think you have to take into account that Donald never in a million years thought this would happen,” Mary Trump said on CNN’s “The Situation Room” with host Wolf Blitzer, when asked […]
Trump conviction could help Fani Willis with ‘aura of invincibility’ shattered
Donald Trump’s criminal conviction by a New York jury could aid Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s election interference case against the former president. “When we think about the conviction of President Donald Trump, it doesn’t have a direct effect on the president’s trial in Georgia,” legal expert John Acevedo said in a statement to […]
Trump’s ‘banana republic’ conviction won’t be Democrats’ last — unless there is ‘retaliation in kind’: UC Berkeley law prof
John Yoo, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, made it clear this week that the conviction of President Donald Trump before a Democratic judge with a Democratic base on charges brought by Democratic prosecutors has effectively erased any remaining pretense that the justice system is an avenue for resolution and reparations. The […]
Trump’s conviction, stocks May rally, oil merger mania, Costco’s update
Kenny Polcari, chief market strategist at SlateStone Wealth, joins “Varney & Co.” to discuss whether a guilty verdict for President Trump would have a long-term impact on the markets. – Former President Trump’s historic conviction -Stock prices end May on a positive note -The Fed’s favorite inflation indicator is released -Oil industry merger boom accelerates […]
Why Trump’s Fiercest Critics Say His Conviction Is a Sham
Former President Donald Trump’s closest aides weren’t the only ones to defend him after he was convicted by a New York jury on Thursday on 34 criminal counts related to alleged hush money payments. Many of the former president’s harshest critics said the charges were a sham. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who voted to convict […]