Bill Maher struggles whether Trump should go to jail following guilty verdict: ‘MAGA nation will go nuts’
“Real Time” host Bill Maher agonized over whether former President Trump should go to prison following his conviction this week. “The big question is: Will he go to prison? Will this judge dare to do that? And should he?” Maher asked during a panel discussion Friday night. “I mean, I’ve heard some people say that […]
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 […]
Trump campaign says Americans have donated $52.8 million over backlash to guilty verdict
The Trump campaign announced that it has raised an incredible amount of donations since Thursday’s guilty verdict. Former President Donald Trump was convicted Thursday of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush money allegedly paid to adult film actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. “More and more Americans are seeing […]
Suspect in Laken Riley murder pleads not guilty
The sole suspect in the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley pleaded not guilty Friday. Riley’s alleged murderer, Jose Ibarra, 26, is an illegal immigrant from Venezuela and had been arrested previously after crossing the border in 2022 on charges such as shoplifting. His illegal status was known to authorities before the murder, but he was not […]
‘Great damage’: Elon Musk set to host Trump town hall after ripping NYC guilty verdict
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is planning to hold a town hall meeting with former President Donald Trump, reports said shortly after the former president was sentenced to criminal convictions in New York City on Thursday. The New York Post reported on Friday that President Trump will answer questions alongside Musk during a livestream […]
GOP’s Murkowski laments Trump’s ‘baggage’ following guilty verdict
A moderate Republican senator finally broke his silence on former President Trump’s conviction on Friday, lamenting that the “Trump courtroom drama” is taking attention away from President Biden’s “indefensible record.” “These disruptions have allowed the Biden campaign to get away with it, shifting the focus from Biden’s inexcusable record and the damage his policies have […]
NJ dad accused of 6-year-old son’s treadmill death dodges murder charge, is found guilty of manslaughter
A New Jersey father accused of killing his 6-year-old son by running him at high speed on a treadmill was found guilty of manslaughter on Friday, avoiding a murder charge in the shocking 2021 case. Christopher Gregor reacts as the jury reads his guilty verdict for manslaughter. Thomas P. Costello/Asbury Park Press/USA TODAY Network Gregor […]
Trump Campaign Says It Raked In $34 Million After Guilty Verdict
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said Friday that it raised $34.8 million after he received a guilty verdict in a Manhattan court case. After about two days of deliberation, a 12 person jury in Manhattan convicted Trump in the case brought by Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg on all 34 counts of falsifying business records. […]
Trump could get community service sentence after guilty verdict: experts
If Donald Trump is required to do community service as part of his sentence for his felony conviction, he could be forced to pick up trash, remove graffiti and do other odd jobs, experts said. Trump, 77, is scheduled to be sentenced by Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Juan Marchan on July 11 after making history […]
Indiana man pleads guilty to all charges in elderly couple’s 2021 killings
A southwest Indiana man has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges after he shot and robbed an elderly couple in their home. Austin Kusturin, 30, of Mount Vernon, pleaded guilty to all 11 charges on Wednesday, the day after a jury was selected for his trial in the deaths of John Hall and Elizabeth […]