Sen. Vance clashes with CNN’s Blitzer over Trump conviction: ‘End of the country as we know it’
Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio clashed with CNN host Wolf Blitzer on Friday over whether former President Trump was fairly convicted in his New York hush money trial. Vance, who was on Trump’s shortlist of potential vice presidential candidates, defended the former president, saying a conviction was an unfair political verdict designed to boost […]
Pence weighs in: Trump conviction 'only further divides us'
Former Vice President Mike Pence called his former boss Trump’s conviction in a New York hush-money case an “outrage” that “deepens our division,” and defended the president after he declined to endorse him in this year’s presidential election. “The conviction of former President Trump on a politically motivated crime is an outrage and a disservice […]
What awaits Trump if he appeals New York conviction
Former President Trump is widely expected to appeal his New York criminal conviction later this week, taking the case to the New York Court of Appeals and possibly beyond. Trump’s appeal would send the case to the New York Appellate Division, First Judicial Division, a 21-judge panel led by Chief Justice Diane Renwick, who was […]
Trump Campaign Says Nearly $53 Million Raised After Trump Conviction
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said Friday that it had raised about $53 million in the 24 hours after Trump was convicted by a New York jury. Jurors in Trump’s business records trial found the former president guilty of all 34 charges related to payments made to adult entertainment star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 […]
Frost on Trump conviction: Most Americans ready to move past 'global embarrassment'
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) commented on former President Trump’s recent conviction in a New York hush money case: Most Americans He said he was ready to move beyond “the global embarrassment that is Donald Trump.” “It’s a sad day for our country,” Frost said in a post on social platform X on Friday. “Our former […]
Stormy Daniels' lawyer says Trump's conviction in hush money case 'hit her hard'
An attorney for Stormy Daniels, the adult film star at the center of former President Trump’s hush-money trial, said Friday that Trump’s recent conviction was a “huge blow to her.” “We received a report from the court right away,” attorney Clark Brewster said. Said “So when I told her, it hadn’t even been in the […]
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 […]