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The witness list is winding down. Closing statements are expected early next week. Then a Manhattan jury will gather in the first criminal trial of a former president to determine whether Donald J. Trump will campaign this fall as a convicted felon.The political impact of one of the most consequential jury deliberations in the nation’s history is far from predictable.“Who knows?” said Mike Murphy, a Republican strategist who has been a longtime Trump critic. “The first casualty of the I’m-right-you’re-evil politics of today is institutional credibility. We’re not in the politics of accepting impartial facts anymore.”But whether the verdict becomes…
One-on-one with GOP-endorsed Senate candidate Royce WhiteRoyce White grew up in St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood and became a standout high school basketball player who went on to play college and professional basketball. Now he might have the most unusual resume of any statewide endorsed candidate in either the Republican or Democratic parties in Minnesota.“I talked about the obscenity of money in politics and just how corrupt our country has become systemically, institutionally, at a government level, but much broader as well,” White said in an interview with 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS, his first television interview since his endorsement on Saturday. He…
Spencer Platt/Getty Images/File Former President Donald Trump holds a rally in the historically Democratic district of the South Bronx on May 23, 2024 in New York City. CNN — Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys asked a federal judge Monday to reject special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order in the classified documents case and to find the federal prosecutors who wrote the request in contempt. Smith’s office has requested that the Florida judge overseeing the classified documents case, Aileen Cannon, place a gag order on the former president that would limit his ability to publicly talk about law enforcement that…
Editor’s Note: Joey Jackson is a criminal defense attorney and a legal analyst for CNN. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion on CNN. CNN — Closing arguments will get under way Tuesday at Manhattan Supreme Court in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial. After hearing from 22 witnesses — 20 from the prosecution and two from the defense — a 12-member jury is on the verge of deliberations. But not before both sides present their dueling narratives for the jury’s consideration. Jeremy Freeman/CNN Joey Jackson After hearing the closing arguments from both sides, the jury will decide…
When the US Supreme Court agreed to hear Donald Trump’s argument that he should enjoy absolute immunity from federal prosecution — specifically in special counsel Jack Smith’s January 6 election interference case against him — many legal experts slammed the court as biased towards the MAGA hopeful.After the high court heard oral arguments for Trump’s claim last month, NBC News’ Lawrence Hurley and Ryan J. Reilly wrote, “Although the court appears likely to reject Trump’s expansive claim of absolute immunity, it could remand the case for further proceedings, making it less likely that a trial would take place before the…
In early 2021, Representative Byron Donalds, Republican of Florida, and his wife, Erika, took the stage at an event hosted by the Truth & Liberty Coalition, a group that pushes to inject Christianity into public schools and other institutions and whose leader has described homosexuality as Satan’s work.The couple was warmly welcomed as allies in the cause. Ms. Donalds was singled out for opening a charter school in Florida. As a state legislator, Mr. Donalds had created a school voucher program that, in the words of one speaker, let children “get a biblical worldview education.”Mr. Donalds addressed the group with…
Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Trump speaking at Mar-a-Lago in March. Win McNamee/Getty Images As the 2024 race heats up, Trump is getting support from a variety of billionaires.Some are true believers, while others backed Trump’s GOP rivals before coming around to him.Here are some of the billionaires who are contributing to Trump this year. As former President Donald Trump seeks a second term in the White House, he’s increasingly turning to billionaires to power his campaign.Some of them are longtime associates and supporters — true believers who know the former president…
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate John Deaton seen as he filed election papers earlier this month. Deaton aims to “retire” U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren this fall. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) When forced to pick between the two, former military prosecutor and candidate for U.S. Senate John Deaton said he’s more of a Charlie Baker than a Donald Trump. According to the Republican candidate angling to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren as she seeks a third term representing the Bay State in Congress this fall, it would be more appropriate to say he’s a “John Deaton Republican, first and foremost,” but…
Sarah Matthews, an ex-spokesperson for former President Trump, criticized former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley for choosing to “bend the knee” and vote for her former boss. “She was building momentum, and she really could have been, maybe in a post-Trump Republican Party, been the leader, but instead, she chooses to bend the knee, kiss the ring, like every other Republican seems to do,” Matthews said Sunday in an interview with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki. “I mean, Donald Trump said it best, they always bend the knee and it’s just disappointing, but again, not surprising,” she added, referencing the former president’s comments…
Former President Trump was expected to rake in roughly $50 million at a Saturday night fundraiser, doubling what three Democratic presidents recently brought in for President Biden’s reelection campaign war chest, a campaign official confirmed to The Hill. The private fundraiser was hosted by hedge fund billionaire John Paulson in Palm Beach, Fla. The expected haul would double the amount Biden’s campaign raised at a New York City fundraiser last week. Biden’s star-studded event at Radio City Music Hall, which featured former Presidents Clinton and Obama, raised more than $25 million. Trump said that a wide variety of social classes…