The guilty verdict in former President Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial shows how Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has helped warp New York City’s justice system. Bragg’s case against Trump was nothing more than a bookkeeping crime trumped up into a felony under the theory that Trump purposefully misclassified hush money payments to […]
Former President Donald Trump may have been found guilty of all 34 felony counts levied against him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, but the only real crime is not Trump’s supposed falsification of business records — it’s the rigged verdict resulting from a kangaroo court that ought to offend our sense of common decency. […]
Former President Donald Trump should withdraw from the presidential race. There is no other honorable option. This is simple: A unanimous jury has found Trump guilty on 34 felony counts. Our system of laws requires that we respect unanimous juries. The president is the chief executive of the laws of the United States. For the […]
The husband of adult film actress Stormy Daniels on Thursday said the guilty verdict in former President Trump's case is a "big weight off her shoulders." Asked on CNN for Daniels's reaction, husband Barrett Blade said she is still "processing" the news and feels a "little vindicated" over the outcome. "This wasn't her seeking justice...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) likened the FBI to the Nazi “Gestapo” during an interview with Steve Bannon, a former President Trump adviser. Bannon, who hosts the right-wing podcast “War Room,” compared the FBI to the Nazi Gestapo, a sentiment Paxton agreed with during his interview with the former White House chief strategist. "They've...
Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators on the controversy surrounding the flags outside Supreme Court Justice Alito's homes.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said his office did its "job" after a jury in the NY v. Trump case found former President Trump guilty on all counts.
Following the historic guilty verdict on all counts against former President Trump on Thursday, legal experts say the case will have "reversible problems" when appealed.