The historic criminal trial of former President Donald Trump may see a historic prison sentence should the jury render a guilty verdict. That's the thinking by Tristan Snell, the former New York State assistant attorney general who took the real estate mogul to task before he became president and helped bring about the demise of Donald Trump’s Trump University. In an interview with Scott Dworkin in the Substack newsletter The Dworkin Report, Snell said he predicts some form of prison sentence is...
In Umberto Eco's classic novel "Foucault's Pendulum," a group of friends develop a ridiculous conspiracy theory as a game, only to start believing it themselves, with horrible consequences for everyone involved. Now, many Republicans have stumbled into the same trap, promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election that will make it harder for them to win in 2024. The latest example comes from Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde, the GOP’s likely nominee against Democratic Sen. Tammy...
The man who set himself on fire Friday outside the New York City courthouse where former President Trump is on trial was described by police as a "conspiracy theorist." Maxwell Azzarello, 37, of St. Augustine, Fla., arrived in New York this week, authorities said. On Friday, he joined other protesters, Trump supporters and media who have been stationed in Collect Pond Park outside the downtown Manhattan courthouse. A New York Times photographer took a picture of Azzarello holding a sign that...
After Donald Trump’s defeat in 2020, former Attorney General Bill Barr seemed eager to put some distance between himself and the president he went to radical lengths to serve. In early 2021, for example, the Republican lawyer accused Trump of “inexcusable” behavior on Jan. 6. “The president’s conduct yesterday was a betrayal of his office,” Barr said the day after the insurrectionist attack on the Capitol. A few months later, Barr sat down with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl and went a little further....
The jury selection process in former President Donald Trump's New York criminal trial has featured moments that are "unprecedented," according to former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner.Trump's hush-money trial began with jury selection in Manhattan on Monday, with seven of 18 total required jurors and alternates having been selected by the end of the day on Tuesday. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a 2016 payment to adult-film actress...
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the former president says he backs Israel ‘100 per cent’
Conspiracy theorists get a bad rap in popular culture, yet research has shown that most Americans believe conspiracy theories of some sort. Why then, if most of us believe conspiracies, do we generally think of conspiracy theorists as loony?
Harris traveled to Tucson on Friday just days after the AZ court's ruling. Donald Trump wrote Friday the state's Supreme Court 'went too far' with ruling but has praised the overturning of Roe and said issue should be left to states. READ MORE:
The prosecution team may need to be wary of Juror No. 2. Described as a married investment banker with a Master's degree is one thing. But the fact that he's read Trump’s bestselling book, "The Art of the Deal," and claims to track Trump's Truth Social posts — is another, according to one expert. Elliot Williams, a former deputy assistant attorney general at the DOJ, flagged this particular juror as a potential concern for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to prove his case to a jury...
Donald Trump is already sharing "fake allegations about jurors" in his criminal hush money case, a former federal prosecutor said on Wednesday.Trump made history this week when he became the first former president to face criminal trial after jury selection began in the case accusing the ex-president of falsifying business records to hide an affair from the public ahead of the election. Before the fog has even settled on the jury selection, the former president is now coming directly for those...
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said he supports former President Trump despite believing he “contributed” to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Sununu went back and forth with co-anchor George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday to explain why he is backing Trump despite condemning his actions leading up to Jan.
Authorities said Alexander Scott Mercurio adopted the Muslim faith against his Christian parents' wishes and was in contact with FBI informants posing as Islamic State group supporters.