Former President Donald Trump’s chances of winning the 2024 election do not appear to have been significantly affected by the guilty verdict in his hush money trial, according to polls. A New York City jury on May 30 found Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an attempt to conceal hush […]
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After conviction Trump hauls in $50m in 1 day
Eric Trump, adult son of now-convicted former President Trump, highlighted his father’s campaign fundraising numbers in the immediate aftermath of the conviction. “What’s really amazing, go back to 2016 for a second, the largest fundraising haul in history to that point, we did in one day, you know, $16 million,” Trump told Fox News’s Jesse […]
Trump Guilty on all 32 counts; What’s next?
Former President Trump’s guilty verdict in his New York City hush money trial is throwing the presidential election into uncertain territory as Republicans and Democrats grapple with how to move forward in the wake of the historic development. Reactions to the verdict from both sides of the aisle poured in Thursday, with Trump immediately fundraising […]
Trump ‘Hush Money’ jury to begin deliberations
Jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are expected to begin deliberations Wednesday after receiving instructions from the judge on the law and the factors they may consider as they strive to reach a verdict in the first criminal case against a former American president. The deliberations follow a marathon day of closing arguments in […]
Closing arguments begin in NY vs Trump trial
Judge Juan Merchan is expected to bring jurors back into court Tuesday morning to hear closing arguments in New York v. Trump from Manhattan prosecutors and defense attorneys for former President Trump in his unprecedented criminal trial. The jury has been away from the courtroom for a week, after the evidentiary portion of the trial […]
Trump rally in Bronx draws 25,000 supporters
Former President Trump has broken political norms by visiting one of the most deep-blue areas in New York City, a town not necessarily known for its kindness to Republicans. Trump rallied a crowd of what his campaign estimated to be 25,000 supporters at Crotona Park in the Bronx on Thursday, far more than the initial […]
Trump to hold rally in Dem stronghold The Bronx
Former President Donald Trump will campaign in one of the most Democratic counties in the nation Thursday, holding a rally in the South Bronx to woo minority voters days before a Manhattan jury will begin deliberations on whether to convict him of felony charges in his criminal hush money trial. Trump will address supporters in […]
Trump demands Biden drug test before debate
Donald Trump has repeated his demand that Joe Biden take a drug test before the United States presidential candidates debate on live television, saying the president was “high as a kite” when he made a State of the Union speech in March. This week, Mr Biden agreed to debate Mr Trump on June 27 and […]
Cohen stumbles in court during Trump trial
Michael Cohen endured his roughest hours on the witness stand to date on Thursday as former President Trump’s hush money trial reached its 18th day. This week has been dominated by testimony from Cohen, Trump’s erstwhile attorney turned enemy. Thursday saw the most sustained attack on his credibility from the former president’s legal team. The […]
Biden wants to debate Trump twice before Nov.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to agree on a timetable to participate in two debates before the November general election, as the Democrat announced that he will not participate in fall presidential debates sponsored by the nonpartisan commission that has organized them for more than three decades. Biden’s campaign […]
Biden Ad Message: “Trump hates Mothers!”
President Joe Biden’s campaign dropped a brutal Mother’s Day ad on Sunday attacking Donald Trump’s past and proposed policies regarding mothers and women. It’s six months until the presidential election and Biden has ramped up insults about his political rival Trump, who has relentlessly attacked Biden since his 2020 campaign. With Biden as the Democratic […]
Serial Liar Cohen takes the stand in Trump trial
The prosecution’s star witness in Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial also could be its biggest liability. Michael Cohen, Mr Trump’s former personal attorney, is expected to take the stand on Monday to testify against the man he once reverently referred to as “The Boss.” Cohen made the hush money payment at the centre of the […]