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Former Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr does not think that Donald Trump will serve prison time after he was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
Mr Vance, who served in the office from 2010 to 2022, made the admission while appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday morning.
“The president has made this a little more complicated by having been found in contempt 10 times during the court,” he said.
“But I think that with the proximity of the Republican Convention four days after his sentencing, and then, if he is the candidate for the Republican Party, the proximity of the election, I would be surprised that he would be sentenced to any imprisonment.”
Trump will be sentenced on 11 July, just four days before the Republican National Convention, where he will be named the official GOP presidential nominee.
On Thursday, a jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records as part of an election conspiracy that involved covering up a $130,000 payment to Ms Daniels, an adult film star, whose story of an affair threatened to derail his 2016 presidential campaign.
Florida governor clarifies Trump can still vote in his state
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the former president will still be able to vote in his home state despite his felony conviction.
That’s because Florida law only prevents voters convicted of a felony from casting their ballot if the convicting state strips them of that right. Because he was convicted in New York, a state that allows voters convicted of felony crimes to vote, the former president will still be able to vote in New York.
But Mr DeSantis said that, even if that wasn’t the case, he would fight for Trump to have his voting rights restored.
“Former President Donald Trump hasn’t lost his voting rights in Florida,” the governor wrote on X. “Rights are not removed in Florida where they haven’t yet been stripped in the convicting jurisdiction.”
“That said, given the absurd nature of the New York prosecution of Trump, this would be an easy case to qualify for restoration of rights per the Florida Clemency Board, which I chair.”
Katie Hawkinson3 June 2024 03:00
ICYMI: Trump joins TikTok after trying to ban it as president
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has joined TikTok, the short video social media platform that is owned by China-based tech giant ByteDance and that he tried to ban as president, ahead of the US elections in November.
Politico, which first reported the news, said he posted a launch video on his account on Saturday night. The video showed Trump greeting fans at an Ultimate Fighting Championship fight in Newark, New Jersey.
The account, President Donald J. Trump with the address @realdonaldtrump, had more than 450,000 followers by 0800 GMT.
ByteDance is challenging in courts a US law that came into effect in April requiring it to sell TikTok by next January or face a ban. The White House says it wants to see Chinese-based ownership ended on national security grounds, but not a ban on TikTok.
TikTok has argued that it will not share US user data with the Chinese government and that it has taken substantial measures to protect the privacy of its users.
Trump’s attempt to ban TikTok in 2020 when he was president was blocked by the courts. He said in March that the platform was a national security threat but also that a ban on it would hurt some young people and only strengthen Meta Platforms’ Facebook, which he has strongly criticized.
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign joined the app in February.
Tom Watling3 June 2024 02:00
Trump promises to end Gaza war during UFC appearance in New Jersey
Trump got a standing ovation from the audience at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey at UFC 302 as fans waited for the match to begin with Dustin Poirier challenging Islam Makhachev for the UFC Lightweight Championship.
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Michelle Del Rey3 June 2024 01:00
ICYMI: MAGA faithful call for riots and lynchings after Trump’s guilty verdict
A New York jury found the former president guilty on 34 counts of falsifying records to cover up payments to porn star Stormy Daniels as part of a conspiracy to influence the outcome of the 2016 election.
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Io Dodds3 June 2024 00:00
Why does a former Manhattan DA say Trump won’t go to jail?
Mr Vance, who served in the office from 2010 to 2022, made the admission while appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday morning.
“The president has made this a little more complicated by having been found in contempt 10 times during the court,” he said during the interview. “But I think that with the proximity of the Republican Convention four days after his sentencing, and then, if he is the candidate for the Republican Party, the proximity of the election, I would be surprised that he would be sentenced to any imprisonment.” Vance Jr also said that the court could decide to postpone the sentencing hearing until after the general election and decide Trump’s fate then.
The former DA did not comment on whether he personally thought Trump should serve prison time in the case. “That’s for Mr Bragg to decide,” he said.
Michelle Del Rey2 June 2024 23:00
Trump allies signal they’re declaring war against Republican Senate candidate
Formerly the two-term governor of Maryland, a decidedly blue state, Hogan has never been an ally of Donald Trump. He supported both impeachment inquiries into the ex-president, distinguishing himself as a member of a small minority of his party’s elected officials. The ex-governor also issued a scathing condemnation of the Republican then-president after January 6, during which he sent Maryland police to aid law enforcement at the US Capitol.
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John Bowden2 June 2024 22:00
Former Manhattan DA does not think Trump will serve jail time
Cyrus Vance Jr, who served in the office from 2010 to 2022, made the admission while appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday morning.
“The president has made this a little more complicated by having been found in contempt 10 times during the court,” he said during the interview.
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Michelle Del Rey2 June 2024 21:00
Florida governor clarifies Trump can still vote in his state
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the former president will still be able to vote in his home state despite his felony conviction.
That’s because Florida law only prevents voters convicted of a felony from casting their ballot if the convicting state strips them of that right. Because he was convicted in New York, a state that allows voters convicted of felony crimes to vote, the former president will still be able to vote in New York.
But Mr DeSantis said that, even if that wasn’t the case, he would fight for Trump to have his voting rights restored.
“Former President Donald Trump hasn’t lost his voting rights in Florida,” the governor wrote on X. “Rights are not removed in Florida where they haven’t yet been stripped in the convicting jurisdiction.”
“That said, given the absurd nature of the New York prosecution of Trump, this would be an easy case to qualify for restoration of rights per the Florida Clemency Board, which I chair.”
Katie Hawkinson2 June 2024 20:00
Trump says Americans couldn’t ‘stand’ to see him in prison
Taking his first questions after a verdict was reached in his trial on Thursday, Trump spoke to three co-hosts of Fox & Friends Weekends as he turned to the relatively friendly territory of Fox News to give his reaction. The ex-president once again lashed out at prosecutors for bringing the case and wrongly accused President Joe Biden of orchestrating the various criminal prosecutions he continues to face.
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Katie Hawkinson2 June 2024 19:53
Judge gives Trump until 14 June to respond to gag order request
Judge Aileen Cannon has given Donald Trump until 14 June to respond to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s motion to modify the conditions of Trump’s release.
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Katie Hawkinson2 June 2024 18:00
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