CNN reporter Alex Marquardt took the stand on Monday, marking the <a href="https://x.com/NickFondacaro/status/1878829916864893255" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sixth day</a> of the network&#8217;s Florida defamation trial, brought by U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young over a report about his efforts to aid in the evacuation of Afghan citizens.
Marquardt <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/01/13/marquardt-refuses-apologize-alleged-defamation-doubles-down" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated on the stand</a> that he had pitched a story to the network about desperate Afghans fleeing the Taliban — which resulted in a piece that went to air with claims that Young had &#8220;preyed&#8221; on the people and &#8220;exploited&#8221; their desperation to make a quick buck.
During Young&#8217;s testimony late last week, the Navy veteran explained that he had only worked with Afghans who had corporate sponsors who were able to pay the costs associated with the evacuations — which were often complicated and dangerous — but Marquardt still went ahead with a story that suggested he was essentially extorting individual citizens.
Despite Young&#8217;s insistence that he only did corporate-sponsored evacuations, Marquardt testified that &#8220;the story was not about Bloomberg and Audible. The corporate evacuations were not something I was interested in.&#8221;
Marquardt made Young the face of the story after getting the go-ahead from &#8220;top brass&#8221; within the network. Young&#8217;s attorney, Devin Freedman, shared internal messages from CNN, including one from Marquardt stating, &#8220;We gonna nail this Zachary Young mf**ker.&#8221;
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Marquardt is confronted fronted with his message about how he was going to &quot;mail this Zachary Young mfucker.&quot; Marquardt doubles down. <a href="https://t.co/XeSGakfTRZ">pic.twitter.com/XeSGakfTRZ</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1878838317170741516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Marquardt also admitted during testimony that he had found reports of Afghans being scammed as they attempted to flee the country but that he had not included them in the story about Young. He also admitted that he did not have direct evidence of Young exploiting any Afghan citizen.
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Marquardt admits he had &quot;no evidence&quot; of Mr. Young taking advantage of an Afghan.
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1878829916864893255?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Judge William Scott Henry, who has already ruled that Young did not exploit any Afghan citizens during his time working to coordinate evacuations, read one of the juror&#8217;s questions aloud to Marquardt to clarify some of his comments.
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&#8220;Why, after several examples of Mr. Young cut off communication with people without [corporate] funds, did you still feel as if he was still exploiting Afghans? … Do you and your colleagues believe that Mr. Young should have evacuated anyone who requested help without charging? … How do you feel knowing that Mr. Young can no longer work in the space that he is trained in as a result of your piece?&#8221;
Throughout his testimony, Marquardt repeated that he was &#8220;proud&#8221; of his story and said he did not believe CNN should apologize to Young.

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President-elect Donald Trump unloaded on Judge Juan Merchan, criticizing the presiding judge in his New York-based hush money trial after he refused to toss the conviction in the light of the Supreme Court&#8217;s recent decision on presidential immunity.
Trump shared his thoughts in two lengthy posts on his <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113668931932678096" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Truth Social</a> platform, saying that the judge&#8217;s decision amounted to a violation of the U.S. Constitution and hinting that the intent of the accompanying gag order had been to protect the judge and his family from scrutiny.
The Trump War Room account shared both posts side by side on X: &#8220;Statement from President Donald J. Trump on the illegal, psychotic order from the deeply conflicted, corrupt, biased, and incompetent Acting Justice Juan Merchan.&#8221;
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Statement from President Donald J. Trump on the illegal, psychotic order from the deeply conflicted, corrupt, biased, and incompetent Acting Justice Juan Merchan <a href="https://t.co/ljTuy6B5Cd">pic.twitter.com/ljTuy6B5Cd</a>
&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1869048143687663964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;BREAKING: In a completely illegal, psychotic order, the deeply conflicted, corrupt, biased, and incompetent Acting Justice Juan Merchan has completely disrespected the United States Supreme Court, and its Historic Decision on Immunity,&#8221; Trump began. &#8220;But even without Immunity, this illegitimate case is nothing but a Rigged Hoax.&#8221;
&#8220;Merchan, who is a radical partisan, wrote an opinion that is knowingly unlawful, goes against our Constitution, and, if allowed to stand, would be the end of the Presidency as we know it,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Merchan has so little respect for the Constitution that he is keeping in place an illegal gag order on me, your President and President-Elect, just so I cannot expose his and his family’s disqualifying and illegal conflicts …&#8221;
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Trump kept going in the same vein in a second post, picking up where he left off: &#8220;… I am the only Political Opponent in American History not allowed to defend myself — A despicable First Amendment Violation!&#8221;
He went on to argue that the case Merchan brought had not even been a legitimate case to begin with and listed a number of legal experts — &#8220;including Jonathan Turley, Elie Honig, Andy McCarthy, Alan Dershowitz, Gregg Jarrett, David Rivkin, Elizabeth Price Foley, Katie and Andy Cherkasky, Paul Ingrassia&#8221; — who had argued just that.
&#8220;[It] is a nonexistent case, barred by the Statute of Limitations, and should have never been brought and, through his fraud and misconduct, [Merchan] gave it a semblance of &#8216;life.&#8217; While Deranged Jack Smith was sent packing back to The Hague after losing all of his politically manufactured cases against me, Merchan, who is far worse and even more corrupt than Smith in his fight for my hopeless political opponents, just cannot let go of this charade,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;Is it because of his conflicts and relations that he keeps breaking the Law? This has to stop! It is time to end the Lawfare once and for all, so we can come together as one Nation and, Make America Great Again.&#8221;
Merchan, in his <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/nyregion/trump-immunity-criminal-case.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">41-page decision</a>, agreed with prosecutors who argued that the evidence presented against Trump in that case was strictly related to his personal conduct rather than any official acts.
&#8220;The People’s use of these acts as evidence of the decidedly personal acts of falsifying business records poses no danger of intrusion on the authority and function of the executive branch,&#8221; Merchan wrote.
Trump spokesman Stephen Cheung also responded to the decision, saying that it was &#8220;a direct violation of the Supreme Court’s decision on immunity.&#8221;

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Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) told the liberal hosts of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; that he believed a pardon was called for in &#8220;the trial in New York&#8221; for President-elect Donald Trump, saying that it was a clear example of a politically motivated prosecution.
Fetterman joined the cohosts of the midday talk show on Thursday, and the discussion turned to President Joe Biden&#8217;s Thanksgiving weekend pardon of his embattled son, Hunter Biden. Fetterman also claimed that the case against Hunter Biden — which was brought by a special prosecutor and President Biden&#8217;s Justice Department — was politically motivated, arguing that pardons would be reasonable in both cases.
&#8220;So, Senator, President Biden&#8217;s decision to pardon his son Hunter is facing bipartisan backlash. Even the Democrats are all over it. But what do you think?&#8221; host Joy Behar asked, attempting to downplay the pardon. &#8220;Is this much ado about nothing? It is his son, after all, and people do have sympathy for that, but a lot of people are angry with him about that. What do you say?&#8221;
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s undeniable that the case against Hunter Biden was really politically motivated but I also think it&#8217;s true that the trial in New York for Trump, that was political as well too,&#8221; Fetterman replied. &#8220;In both cases, I think a pardon is appropriate. And I really think collectively America&#8217;s confidence in these kinds of institutions have been damaged by these kinds of cases.&#8221;
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Fetterman calls out Democratic Party hypocrisy on criminal justice reform and second chances while saying Trump shouldn&#39;t be president because he&#39;s a convicted felon. Adding: &quot;&#8230;charges would have never been brought unless one side could realize they could weaponize that.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/hnECB6Qg6a">pic.twitter.com/hnECB6Qg6a</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1864715031595622619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Behar jumped back into the conversation, fretting that the same argument could be made about the people facing charges and prison time for crimes related to January 6th.
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&#8220;They&#8217;ll say that about the J-6 people too though, right? That&#8217;s what they&#8217;re going to say on the other side,&#8221; she complained. &#8220;That that is weaponized also.&#8221;
Fetterman pushed back, saying he wasn&#8217;t going that far with the argument: &#8220;I&#8217;m not referring to that. I&#8217;m talking about the New York trial and now — the Democrats, on our side, there were some that were gleeful calling it — well, &#8216;now he&#8217;s a convicted felon,'&#8221; Fetterman continued, arguing that it made Democrats look dishonest when they claimed to be in favor of things like criminal justice reform and second chances while celebrating Trump&#8217;s conviction and arguing that he did not deserve a moment&#8217;s grace for anything.
The cohosts of &#8220;The View,&#8221; whether Fetterman realized it or not, were among those Democrats who gleefully crowed about the fact that Trump had been convicted in the New York case, and went out of their way to refer to him as a &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-felt-like-i-won-the-view-hosts-are-absolutely-giddy-as-they-celebrate-trump-verdict" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convicted felon</a>&#8221; as often as possible.
&#8220;I felt like America won! I felt like I won!&#8221; cohost Sunny Hostin said after the verdict was announced.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alec-baldwin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alec Baldwin’s</a> involuntary manslaughter trial in connection to the 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins got underway on Tuesday.
The 66-year-old actor appeared in the New Mexico courtroom for the start of jury selection to find people who will determine the actor’s verdict after he pleaded not guilty to the charge, according <a href="https://pagesix.com/2024/07/09/entertainment/alec-baldwins-trial-begins-with-jury-selection/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to the Associated Press</a> (AP).
As noted by the news outlet, the trial is being held roughly 18 miles from the set of the western film “Rust,” at Bonanza Creek Ranch, where a gun Baldwin was holding discharged a bullet and hit Hutchins during rehearsals.
Baldwin has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alec-baldwins-attorneys-try-getting-rust-involuntary-manslaughter-case-dismissed-due-to-gun-destruction-claim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">maintained</a> that there was “no trigger pull.”
The AP report said dozens of possible jurors will be brought into the courtroom to be questioned. However, cameras in court for the rest of the proceedings will be turned off to protect their privacy. The trial is expected to last nine days.
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Alec Baldwin enters the courthouse ahead of his involuntary manslaughter trial. He is flanked by his attorneys, wife and several of his children. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AlecBaldwin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AlecBaldwin</a> <a href="https://t.co/I5wUmwKu6f">pic.twitter.com/I5wUmwKu6f</a>
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The defense can dismiss up to five jurors without a reason under state law while the prosecution gets three, the outlet noted.
Judge Marlowe Sommer said on Monday that she was not “worried about being able to pick a jury in one day” because of the Hollywood star, and that she thought they would be able to “pick a jury by the afternoon.”
However, special prosecutor Kari Morrissey suggested that with Baldwin’s “group of defense attorneys, that’s not gonna happen,” per AP.
Baldwin attorney Alex Spiro replied, “I’ve never not picked a jury in one day. I can’t imagine that this would be the first time.”
On Monday, Judge Sommer also gave the defense a win when she ruled in a pre-trial hearing that Baldwin’s <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/10/05/alec-baldwin-settles-with-halyna-hutchins-family/">role as a co-producer on “Rust”</a> is not relevant to the trial, something prosecutors had hoped to use as proof of Baldwin’s “total disregard or indifference for the safety of others” under the involuntary manslaughter law, AP&#8217;s report said.
Prosecutors also scored a victory when Sommer decided to exclude a summary of findings from a state investigation that placed most of the blame on the “Rust” film’s assistant director, the outlet noted.
In April, the film’s weapons supervisor, 26-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woman-involved-in-alec-baldwin-rust-shooting-sentenced">Hannah Gutierrez-Reed</a>, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after she was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Hutchins.
If convicted, Baldwin faces up to 18 months in prison.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alec-baldwins-attorneys-try-getting-rust-involuntary-manslaughter-case-dismissed-due-to-gun-destruction-claim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alec Baldwin’s Attorneys Try Getting ‘Rust’ Involuntary Manslaughter Case Dismissed Due To Gun Destruction Claim</a>

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Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Involuntary Manslaughter Trial Begins

Alec Baldwin's ‘Rust’ Involuntary Manslaughter Trial Begins

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In a new court filing, prosecutors have revealed some of the allegations against actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alec-baldwin">Alec Baldwin</a> that will be presented in his upcoming trial.
The 66-year-old will stand trial in conjunction with the death of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">cinematographer</a> Halyna Hutchins, who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/murder">shot and killed</a> in 2021 by a firearm Baldwin was holding while filming the Western film, “Rust.” The actor maintains that the gun misfired, and he never pulled the trigger. But now reps for Hutchins claim Baldwin engaged in unsafe behaviors on the set. 
New court documents claim Baldwin asked for the “biggest” gun available and proceeded to mishandle it during filming.
The documents prepared by prosecutors state that the “30 Rock” star “used his gun as a pointer directing crew members” and “discharged the revolver after the filming was over and ‘cut’ was called.”
In the <a href="https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/June-17-2024-States-Notice-to-Introduce-Other-Acts-Evidence-839p.pdf">court filing</a>, prosecutors <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/19/entertainment/rust-prosecutors-alec-baldwin-reckless-handling-firearm/index.html">claim</a> Baldwin “engaged in horseplay with the revolver while making videos.” Baldwin stands accused of pointing the gun at a crew member and firing a blank round “while using that crew member as a line of site (sic) as his perceived target,” according to the documents. They say he also “shot several scenes wherein he placed his finger on the trigger of the revolver where the scene did not require any shooting of the firearm.” 
Baldwin pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter charges. He has attempted to have charges dismissed and rejected a plea deal.
The team also claims that the actor “was insistent that he not be required to follow safety recommendations made by film set safety experts” when filming resumed in Montana a year after Hutchins’ death. 
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Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, set armorer for “Rust,” was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter charges earlier this year. 
Baldwin also recently announced that he will star in a reality show about his life along with his wife, Hilaria, and their seven children. The news was met with skepticism, including from celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred. 
“This appears to me to be a calculated and cynical public relations move to try to influence the jury pool in New Mexico to think of him as a sympathetic family man rather than as the killer of Halyna Hutchins,” she told <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2024/06/05/halyna-hutchins-family-attorney-gloria-allred-slam-alec-baldwin-reality-tv-show/">TMZ</a> of the series.

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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to comment on Wednesday as to whether President Joe Biden would consider commuting the sentence of his son Hunter Biden, who was recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-guilty-on-all-counts-in-gun-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convicted</a> on three felony gun charges in a Wilmington, Delaware court.
Jean-Pierre deflected when she was asked about a possible commutation during a press gaggle aboard Air Force One. Biden has previously addressed the possibility that he could pardon his son, and he has said that he would not do so.
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Karine Jean-Pierre refuses to say if Biden will commute Hunter&#8217;s forthcoming sentence following his felony convictions on gun crimes.
Biden has previously claimed he wouldn&#8217;t *pardon* him. <a href="https://t.co/ujTjMXGnAm">pic.twitter.com/ujTjMXGnAm</a>
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One reporter began the exchange by asking Jean-Pierre whether a commutation would be &#8220;on the table.&#8221;
&#8220;So, look, as I stated at the top, I don’t have anything to say beyond to your first question, beyond what the president’s statement was yesterday. He’s been very clear. We’ve been very clear, you know, he loves his son. And he and the first lady love their son and they support their son. I just don’t have anything, certainly anything beyond that.&#8221;
&#8220;What I will say is look, I haven’t spoken to the president about this since the verdict came out and as we all know the sentencing hasn’t even been scheduled yet,&#8221; Jean-Pierre added, noting that the sentencing in Hunter&#8217;s case was scheduled for later in the summer. &#8220;But you saw the president do an interview just last week when he was in Normandy and he was asked a question, several questions, a couple questions about this and he very clear, very up front, obviously very definitive and I just don’t have anything he, you have his own words. I just don’t have anything beyond that.&#8221;
Another reporter pressed again: &#8220;So you’re not ruling out that he would commute the sentence?&#8221;
Jean-Pierre responded in the same fashion, repeating, &#8220;What I’m saying is that the president, I have not spoken to the president about this and what I’m saying is he was asked about a pardon, he was asked about, he was asked about the trial specifically and he answered it very clearly, very forthright. As we know the sentencing hasn’t even been scheduled yet, I don’t have anything beyond what the president said. He’s been very clear about this.&#8221;
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Biden has been clear in stating that he would not pardon his son, but within minutes of reporting Hunter Biden&#8217;s guilty verdict, CNN was already speculating that a commutation could be in the offing.
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WATCH: IMMEDIATELY after a jury in Delaware finds Hunter Biden guilty on all counts in his gun case, CNN starts speculating that President Joe Biden may commute Hunter&#8217;s sentence. <a href="https://t.co/CNeTwcDrSH">pic.twitter.com/CNeTwcDrSH</a>
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Alec and wife Hilaria Baldwin are getting their own reality show, even as the actor awaits his involuntary manslaughter trial in the 2021 “Rust” shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
On Wednesday on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C7zLlVbOKuO/">Instagram</a>, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alec-baldwin">66-year-old actor</a> and his wife announced a new reality show on TLC will center around their family of seven young children all under the age of 10 with a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/alec-baldwin-hilaria-reality-series-7030421c7119463f4d911d1e3c8020b7">working show</a> title called “The Baldwins.”
They captioned the post, “We’ve got an exciting announcement to share! Coming in 2025 …”
“We’re inviting you into our home, to experience the ups and downs, the good and the bad, the wild and the crazy,” the “Saturday Night Live” star said with Hilaria by his side, as clips played showing their children running around screaming and playing.
“Home is the place we love to be most,” Baldwin added, as he and his wife tried to get their kids to all together coordinate and say, “We are the Baldwins.” The Hollywood star closed out the announcement by adding, “and we’re coming to TLC.”
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Before making the announcement, Alec joked with his wife that she wasn’t about to announce she was pregnant again and she confirmed they were done making kids.
Alec and Hilaria tied the knot in 2012 and welcomed their first child, a daughter together a year later. Baldwin also shares an older daughter with ex-wife Kim Basinger.
The reality show news comes as the actor awaits trial after being charged with involuntary manslaughter in Hutchins&#8217; death and pleading <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alec-baldwin-enters-plea-in-rust-shooting-case">not guilty</a> to the charge, as previously reported. 
In October 2021, the “30 Rock” star was involved in the shooting of Hutchins on the New Mexico film set. The firearm Baldwin was holding discharged a bullet. Baldwin has repeatedly maintained that there was “no trigger pull.”
The actor’s attorney Luke Nikas has maintained that Baldwin “had no reason to believe there was a live bullet in the gun – or anywhere on the movie set,” <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alec-baldwin-charged-rust-shooting-fight-manslaughter-charges/">CBS News</a> previously noted.
“He relied on the professionals with whom he worked, who assured him the gun did not have live rounds,” he added. “We will fight these charges, and we will win.”
In April, the 26-year-old film’s weapons supervisor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woman-involved-in-alec-baldwin-rust-shooting-sentenced" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hannah Gutierrez-Reed</a>, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after she was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Hutchins
After the verdict was read, defense attorney Jason Bowles said they would appeal the decision, <a href="https://people.com/rust-armorer-hannah-gutierrez-reed-guilty-halyna-hutchins-shooting-death-involuntary-manslaughter-8597605?hid=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc&amp;did=12201163-20240306&amp;utm_campaign=ppl-breakingnews_relationship-builder&amp;utm_source=ppl&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=030624&amp;lctg=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc">People magazine</a> reported.
Baldwin&#8217;s trial is set to take place in July.

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Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated unequivocally that the verdict in former President Trump’s New York hush money trial would strengthen him, saying, “The more lawfare they wage against him, the stronger he is.”
“And that’s the case; these Democrat, liberal, legal opponents forget that in trying to snare him with vexatious legal proceedings and keep him off the ballot, they’re doing exactly the kind of thing that we condemn when it’s done by the autocracies and tyrannies of the world.”
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Boris Johnson says Donald Trump will be STRENGTHENED by receiving guilty verdicts and becoming the first US President to be convicted of a felony. <a href="https://t.co/D3yUSS9uMn">pic.twitter.com/D3yUSS9uMn</a>
&mdash; Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) <a href="https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1797588109812543851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Writing in <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-13480329/BORIS-JOHNSON-liberal-hit-job-political-Trump-victory-likely.html">The Daily Mail</a>, Johnson started, “Whaaat??? How can anyone survive that? By all the laws of politics the Trump campaign should today be a smoking ruin. He&#8217;s a felon. He&#8217;s a criminal – and he is the first president in US history to be convicted of such ostensibly serious offences. Every time that jury foreman pronounced the word &#8216;Guilty&#8217; in the Manhattan court on Thursday, he should by all normal logic have been dealing a death-blow to Donald Trump’s hopes of regaining the White House.”
“This was no ordinary political assassination. This was a machine-gun mob-style hit-job on Trump,” he continued.
“When the news flashed up on the world&#8217;s screens, there were commentators in studios everywhere whose voices audibly trembled with excitement,” he declared. “For a brief intoxicating moment it was as if they truly believed they had got him. It looked as though the great global coalition of fastidious anti-Trumpies had finally found the bazooka big enough to penetrate the pachydermous Presidential front-runner.”
“As Trump left the courtroom, we were invited to contemplate a parade of delirious images: Trump in handcuffs, Trump doing the perp walk to the cells; Trump in an orange jump suit; Trump meeting retribution in the showers of some appalling penitentiary,” he wrote. “My Oh My, they hugged themselves. It was all too magnificent. You could tell by the sheer size of the GUILTY headlines in the Left-liberal media – the breathless awe of the TV reporters – that they viewed this as a truly seismic moment, a once-in-a-generation political event. It was HISTORIC, they all said. HISTORIC. Because there was now a real chance that Trump could actually be incarcerated – at the crucial moment in the Presidential election, when he is nailed on as the Republican candidate.”
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“Surely no one would vote for a convicted felon – let alone one who might actually begin his term of office in the New York correctional facility in Sing Sing. Surely this was the end of his poll lead, they said.”
“The vast mass of American voters could see what I believe was really happening: that the liberal elites were just appalled at Trump&#8217;s continuing popularity and his ability to connect with voters – and they were using anything they could find to derail his campaign,” he stated. “That is why the anti-Trump lawfare is backfiring, and I believe Senator Lindsey Graham is right when he says it will do more to strengthen Trump than to harm him.”
“When we see this happening in Africa, or in Russia, we denounce it as authoritarian and corrupt. Well, the American people have looked at it, and decided that the methods and the motives are fundamentally the same. &#8230; By pursuing these cases, they have helped to make his victory more likely, not less.”
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On Sunday night, former President Donald Trump, who a New York jury found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in a trial that was seen by many as an American legal travesty, demanded that the Supreme Court review the conviction.
Author and TV host Mark Levin broached the idea of going straight to America’s highest court almost immediately after the verdict was announced on Thursday. Judge Juan Merchan said Trump would be sentenced four days before the Republican National Convention, which is set to begin on July 15.
Trump wrote on <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112549472991766790" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Truth Social</a> Sunday night: “The ‘Sentencing’ for not having done anything wrong will be, conveniently for the Fascists, 4 days before the Republican National Convention. A Radical Left Soros backed D.A., who ran on a platform of ‘I will get Trump,’ reporting to an ‘Acting’ Local Judge, appointed by the Democrats, who is HIGHLY CONFLICTED, will make a decision which will determine the future of our Nation? The United States Supreme Court MUST DECIDE!”
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On Thursday, Levin wrote on X:
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The issue is how to get out of the New York system and bring the case to the Supreme Court, which may or may not take it up. That is why I look to Bush v Gore, where the S Ct decided to step in BECAUSE it was a presidential election. There was another court involved, the Florida Supreme Court. And it was that court that the Supreme Court believed was violating the Equal Protection Clause. That was the doctrine it settled on, given the unequal treatment of voters.
In New York, you would file the notice of appeal, ask for a stay of the trial court, and seek expedited review. You need to protect your ability to timely appeal and not abandon it. You might then file applications for common law writs with the US Supreme Court, where the S Ct can take action if it chooses, and legitimately claim the harm is immediate and ongoing not just to a presidential candidate, but to the federal electoral system, federal campaign jurisdiction (reverse federalism), and the precedent that might otherwise be set and spread throughout the country.
The denial of due process infected every aspect of the case. The S Ct has common law powers (common law writs &#8212; judicially created not statutorily created) it uses very sparingly, in extraordinary circumstances, to grant relief. Waiting would compound the problem.
We need to give the Supreme Court the opportunity to intervene. If it chooses not to, then it won&#8217;t. But between Jack Smith criminalizing election challenges to the point that we do not know what is or is not legal, and now Bragg and Merchan criminalizing events and activities that are not illegal, to the point we don&#8217;t now know what they are, the Supreme Court, in my view, must do something. In the end, the S Ct will not be able to avoid this forever. Better to deal with now than later, when it will get worse.
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The issue is how to get out of the New York system and bring the case to the Supreme Court, which may or may not take it up. That is why I look to Bush v Gore, where the S Ct decided to step in BECAUSE it was a presidential election. There was another…
&mdash; Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) <a href="https://twitter.com/marklevinshow/status/1796336250959380547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
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For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
June 2 marked the first full slate of Sunday shows following the verdict in former President Donald Trump&#8217;s hush-money trial – a Manhattan jury found him guilty on all 34 counts — and since that was likely the only one of Trump&#8217;s trial to be held prior to the 2024 presidential election, Democrats and media talking heads were out in full force ready to deliver the spin.
On ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile — best known for her efforts to hand off debate questions to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ahead of a debate — complained that it was the Republicans who were putting a &#8220;spin&#8221; on the Manhattan trial.
Brazile complained that &#8220;spin&#8221; from the GOP regarding Trump&#8217;s trial — which mirrors concerns raised by liberal law professor Jonathan Turley and CNN legal analyst Elie Honig, among others — was &#8220;getting quite old,&#8221; and argued that &#8220;to have the presumptive nominee of one major political party facing jail time or facing probation … it&#8217;s a huge deal and this is not the place for spin.&#8221;
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Former DNC chair <a href="https://twitter.com/donnabrazile?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DonnaBrazile</a> says the GOP “spin” on Trump’s conviction is “getting quite old.”
“To have the presumptive nominee of one major political party facing jail time or facing probation…it&#8217;s a huge deal and this is not the place for spin.” <a href="https://t.co/VQaG5qbcPM">https://t.co/VQaG5qbcPM</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ko6dAfBQ6J">pic.twitter.com/Ko6dAfBQ6J</a>
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1797323002096271857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Politico&#8217;s Jonathan Martin also weighed in, saying that Trump&#8217;s guilty verdict would hurt him in the &#8220;margins&#8221; — among the independents and those on the fence — and added that he believed the margins may very well be what decides the 2024 election. &#8220;This is definitely going to hurt Trump in those handful of states, especially with an important group of voters,&#8221; he said.
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Former Pres. Trump’s conviction “fires up his base, but it&#8217;s not growing his vote,” Politico’s <a href="https://twitter.com/jmart?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jmart</a> says.
“This is a margins election…This is definitely going to hurt Trump in those handful of states, especially with an important group of voters.” <a href="https://t.co/Ri8cCmIjJD">https://t.co/Ri8cCmIjJD</a> <a href="https://t.co/guK5erTqg9">pic.twitter.com/guK5erTqg9</a>
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1797315452546269229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Will Scharf, a member of Trump&#8217;s legal team, pushed back — and said that the case against Trump was &#8220;replete with reversible error,&#8221; suggesting the jury&#8217;s verdict and Judge Juan Merchan&#8217;s conduct might not withstand an appeal.
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“The president’s going to cooperate with the pre-sentence investigation and we’re going to speedily appeal this unjust verdict,” former Pres. Trump’s attorney Will Scharf tells <a href="https://twitter.com/GStephanopoulos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GStephanopoulos</a>.
“I think this case is replete with reversible error.” <a href="https://t.co/JwY684N0mM">https://t.co/JwY684N0mM</a> <a href="https://t.co/EHVXMcaUZl">pic.twitter.com/EHVXMcaUZl</a>
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1797264579367408032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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CBS&#8217; Robert Costa was ready with his analysis on &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; warning that some Republicans might not have the stomach to vote for Trump following his guilty verdict. He argued that even though some of Trump&#8217;s supporters seemed more ready to vote for him than ever, the trial could hurt him among those who were less die-hard.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a real concern that some traditional Republican, suburban Republicans, might look at someone being called a convicted felon and say, &#8216;I really can&#8217;t go there,&#8217; even as it motivates so many of Trump&#8217;s core supporters,&#8221; he said.
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Some top Republicans across the country are privately saying &#8220;they&#8217;re not ruling out the possibility that Trump could be in prison when he accepts the nomination&#8221; from the party in July, <a href="https://twitter.com/costareports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CostaReports</a> says.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a real concern that some traditional Republican, suburban… <a href="https://t.co/8VVWATh2HU">pic.twitter.com/8VVWATh2HU</a>
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1797281851028935027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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But Governor Doug Burgum (R-N.D.) — who is reported to be among Trump&#8217;s top vice presidential prospects — pointed to recent polling and argued that a fair of those suburban voters were not even following the trial or its outcome because it didn&#8217;t have any real impact on their lives.
&#8220;Inflation affects them,&#8221; he said.
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&#8220;Americans are going to come back to the issues that affect them, because this trial outcome doesn&#8217;t affect them,&#8221; North Dakota&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/GovDougBurgum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovDougBurgum</a>, who is being considered as Donald Trump&#8217;s running mate, says about the Trump verdict&#8217;s potential impact on the election.
&#8220;Their… <a href="https://t.co/qGgmxqvHqq">pic.twitter.com/qGgmxqvHqq</a>
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1797283542092701989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) joined CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; to discuss the case and he smiled smugly as he chastised Trump: &#8220;If you don&#8217;t want to be tried in front of a New York jury, then maybe don&#8217;t commit so many crimes in New York City. It&#8217;s pretty simple.&#8221;
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SCHIFF: “If you don&#8217;t want to be tried in front of a New York jury, then maybe don&#8217;t commit so many crimes in New York City. It&#8217;s pretty simple.” <a href="https://t.co/TFfgRQooig">pic.twitter.com/TFfgRQooig</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1797282542397067315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Schiff, who failed to present adequate evidence that Trump &#8220;colluded with Russia&#8221; in 2016 and failed again to present adequate evidence that Trump instigated the January 6th riot, doubled down: &#8220;This is another dangerous appeal to violence,&#8221; Schiff said of Trump&#8217;s claim that it would be &#8220;tough for the public to take&#8221; if he were sentenced to jail time.
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“This is another dangerous appeal to violence.”<a href="https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepAdamSchiff</a> condemns Donald Trump’s recent comment that “it&#8217;d be tough for the public to take” if he’s sentenced to jail or house arrest, and “at a certain point, there&#8217;s a breaking point.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/RQHZ4RxWj9">pic.twitter.com/RQHZ4RxWj9</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1797282494577819989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Commentator Scott Jennings warned that Democrats were well on their way to getting out over their skis: &#8220;Democrats can overplay their hand on this.&#8221;
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How should Democrats respond to Trump&#8217;s felony convictions? 
One GOP pollster suggests caution: &#8220;Democrats can overplay their hand on this.&#8221;<a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottJenningsKY</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Bakari_Sellers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Bakari_Sellers</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/KSoltisAnderson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KSoltisAnderson</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAuchincloss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepAuchincloss</a> join CNN&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/kasie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Kasie</a> to discuss on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNSOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNSOTU</a>. <a href="https://t.co/Ox1CwJ6wl2">pic.twitter.com/Ox1CwJ6wl2</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1797292408587076074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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And since everyone else was playing her favorite song, of course former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was only too happy to sing along. On MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Inside with Jen Psaki,&#8221; she and former FBI Director James Comey talked about what it might look like if Trump actually did go to jail.
According to Comey, it &#8220;seems unlikely, but I&#8217;ve never seen a defendant beg for it more.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/jrpsaki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jrpsaki</a>: &#8220;Do you think Trump&#8217;s going to be wearing an ankle bracelet or be in jail after the sentencing?&#8221;<a href="https://twitter.com/Comey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Comey</a>: &#8220;Seems unlikely, but I&#8217;ve never seen a defendant beg for it more.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/hBX6cp0cAS">pic.twitter.com/hBX6cp0cAS</a>
— Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) <a href="https://twitter.com/InsideWithPsaki/status/1797311809818394978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Donald Trump Found Guilty In Historic New York Hush Money Case

Spin Cycle: The Verdict Is In, And The Verdict Is Spin

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Former President Donald Trump has reportedly raised more than $200 million since a Manhattan jury returned a guilty verdict against him in court last week.
The revelation was made by one of the president&#8217;s sons, Eric Trump, whose wife is Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump.
Eric Trump was asked by Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; about how much money the former president has raised since last Thursday&#8217;s verdict.
&#8220;This might be a little inside information, but as I was leaving my house about 37 seconds ago, I asked my wife, what are we up to now?&#8221; he said. &#8220;And [Lara] said, just in terms of small dollar, we&#8217;re well over $70 million. This is $21 donations, $43 donations, right, small dollar donations.&#8221;
&#8220;If you add the large dollar donations to it, you&#8217;re over $200 million,&#8221; he continued.
Eric Trump noted that &#8220;30 percent of those people have never been seen before by a political party&#8221; as they were first time political donors.
&#8220;I mean, these are Americans who are pissed off,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;They&#8217;re coming out of the woodwork and they want to support a guy that they just believe he&#8217;s getting bamboozled by a system.&#8221;
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Today exclusively on <a href="https://twitter.com/SundayFutures?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SundayFutures</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/MariaBartiromo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MariaBartiromo</a>, Trump Organization Executive Vice President <a href="https://twitter.com/EricTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EricTrump</a> spoke about the surge in donations to his father&#8217;s campaign following the verdict in New York.<a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/WTOMfqRMZm">pic.twitter.com/WTOMfqRMZm</a>
— SundayMorningFutures (@SundayFutures) <a href="https://twitter.com/SundayFutures/status/1797289223906627876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Trump Reportedly Raises $200+ Million Since Verdict

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) blasted the verdict in former President Donald Trump&#8217;s New York &#8220;hush money&#8221; trial, in which the former president was found guilty on all counts.
 Rubio <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou05wAG-wKc">appeared on Fox News</a> with host Sean Hannity on Thursday night.
“This is a quintessential show trial,” Rubio, whose parents left Cuba for the United States in 1956, roughly two years before Communist dictator Fidel Castro rose to power, began. “This is what you see in communist countries. This is what I grew up having people in the [Cuban exile] community tell me about. It happened in the days after the Castro revolution. Obviously, those led to executions. This, on the other hand, is an effort to interfere in an election.”
“Let&#8217;s all be clear about what&#8217;s happening here,” he continued. “Joe Biden is clearly senile and declining. He&#8217;s clearly weak, which is why the world is on fire. He&#8217;s incompetent, which is why we have runaway inflation and a border that is being invaded every single day. And then add to all of that, he likes to lie. He tells people lies all the time about how great the economy is doing, how there is no problem at the border. The guy’s behind in the polls. He can&#8217;t win. The only chance they have to win this election is to keep Donald Trump in a courtroom.”
“In this particular case, they found themselves a Democrat judge,” he explained. “This judge gave money to Joe Biden in 2020. His daughter is a campaign consultant for Democrats who&#8217;s actually out there marketing ‘Convict Trump’ stuff. Then you&#8217;ve got a DA who basically said, ‘I am going to go after Trump and put him away,’ when he was running for office to get elected. He didn&#8217;t know what he was going to put him away for, but he promised to put him away for something. Then you have a jury &#8230; that lives in Manhattan, which voted 85% for Joe Biden.”
“And then what did they charge him with?” he asked rhetorically. “Donald Trump signed checks. And when he labeled the checks, he labeled them as payments to his lawyer, who, by the way, is a serial liar and the key witness in this case. He put ‘legal expenses,’ and that is what they convicted him on. But that&#8217;s not the goal here. The goal here is to keep him tied up in court. You think this judge sets that day three days before the [Republican national] convention is a coincidence? He knows exactly what day he set, and he knew exactly why he was doing it.”
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“This is the most outrageous travesty I&#8217;ve ever seen,” he declared. “And the problem here is Democrats have crossed this line. They have crossed the line in which now the court system is a political weapon, and it&#8217;s going to be very hard for it not to come back the other way. I don&#8217;t want that &#8230; They&#8217;ve crossed the line now and let a genie out of a bottle that&#8217;s going to be hard to put back in place…”
“Down the road, we&#8217;re going to have to look at a way Democrats and Republicans, hopefully together, can prevent this kind of thing from happening again in the future. We cannot become one of those countries where people, once they leave office, are targeted through the court system by their political opponents. That&#8217;s what happens in Peru. That&#8217;s what&#8217;s happened in Brazil. That&#8217;s what&#8217;s happened in all these countries. It cannot happen here. And that is the direction we are headed right now with what&#8217;s happened here today,” he concluded.

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