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☆ Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first woman president, promises to govern for all. Here are the top challenges she’ll face
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Complicating her administration’s debut, Sheinbaum will also have to contend with the shadow of her polarizing mentor, the outgoing President Andres Manuel López Obrador, from the same Morena party. In a speech following the election, Sheinbaum promised to govern for all and to be an investor-friendly president. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador raises Sheinbaum's hand after she was sworn in as Mexico City's mayor on December 5, 2018. Sheinbaum condemned the violence following Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel and has previously called for a Palestinian state. Still, under López Obrador, the Mexican government has accepted US deportations of tens of thousands of non-Mexican citizens under a 2023 Biden administration rule.

Persons: Claudia Sheinbaum, Sheinbaum, Andres Manuel López Obrador, “, ”, Carin Zissis, López Obrador, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Alfredo Estrella, ” Zissis, ” López Obrador, Jorge Zepeda, ” Stephanie Brewer, Jose Luis Gonzalez, Will Freeman, ” Freeman, López, coy, Freeman, Herika Martinez, ’, Joe Biden, Donald Trump –, Zissis, Brewer, Will Sheinbaum, Mau Torres, Ivonne Valdés Organizations: CNN, Bank of, Americas Society, Mexico City's, Getty, Washington Office, Latin, Mexican Army, National Guard, Reuters, Mexico City, Council, Foreign Relations, Crisis Group, Defense, “, US Border Patrol, AFP, American, Israel, Biden, United Locations: Mexico, Mexico City, Morena, Bank of Mexico, ”, AFP, Sheinbaum, Latin America, WOLA, Operation, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico’s, Morelos, Cuautla, Washington, States, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Gaza, Ukraine, El Paso , Texas, Chihuahua State, Israel, Palestinian, La Jornada, United States

☆ Bitcoin billionaire Michael Saylor settles DC tax fraud case for $40 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Billionaire bitcoin investor Michael Saylor and the company he founded, MicroStrategy , will pay $40 million to settle a tax fraud lawsuit brought by the Washington D.C. Attorney General, the AG's office announced Monday. The D.C. attorney general charged both Saylor and MicroStrategy with tax evasion, claiming that the company helped its founder disguise his D.C. residency so that he could avoid paying higher income taxes. MicroStrategy also allegedly failed to pay the corporate taxes required for a company employing D.C. residents, of which Saylor was only one of several. The original suit against Saylor was brought in 2022 by former D.C. attorney general Karl Racine. From 2006 to 2008, Saylor bought three luxury D.C. condos that he later renovated into a single complex that he called the "Trigate."

Persons: Michael Saylor, Saylor, Brian Schwalb, MicroStrategy, Karl Racine, Adams Morgan, James, Tony Stark Organizations: Washington D.C, Nasdaq, Forbes, District of Columbia Locations: District, Columbia, Florida, Virginia, Washington, Georgetown, Potomac, Saylor, Georgetown's, Adams

☆ Prosecutor Drops Murder Charges Against Minnesota Trooper Amid Pushback
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Ernesto Londoño | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The top prosecutor in Minneapolis has dropped murder charges against a state trooper who fatally shot a motorist last year after a traffic stop, her office said on Sunday, a stunning turnaround in a case that ignited a political firestorm. The trooper, Ryan Londregan, had been charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Ricky Cobb II. But the prosecutor, Mary Moriarty, a longtime public defender who was elected Hennepin County attorney in 2022, said she concluded that the evidence was too weak to take to trial. For months, Ms. Moriarty defended the murder charges amid criticism from both Democratic and Republican officials, as well as law enforcement officials. Mr. Cobb, 33, was Black; Trooper Londregan, 27, is white.

Persons: Ryan Londregan, Ricky Cobb, Mary Moriarty, Moriarty, ”, George Floyd, Cobb, Londregan Organizations: Hennepin, Democratic, Republican Locations: Minneapolis, Hennepin County

☆ Here’s what to expect as the Supreme Court enters the final stretch
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —The Supreme Court is turning toward the final, frenzied weeks of its term, readying potential blockbuster decisions on abortion, guns and former President Donald Trump’s claims of absolute immunity. Trump claims ‘absolute’ immunityTrump’s appeal for immunity from special counsel Jack Smith’s election subversion charges landed at the Supreme Court late in the term and instantly overshadowed most of the docket. The Supreme Court then put that ruling on hold last year, maintaining the status quo while it decided the case. Government regulation of FacebookThe Supreme Court is confronting a series of cases at the intersection of the First Amendment and social media. The Republican governors who signed the laws said they were needed to keep the social media platforms from discriminating against conservatives.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, –, Roe, Samuel Alito, Trump, Jack Smith’s, Biden, Wade, Matthew Kacsmaryk, Kacsmaryk, Joseph Fischer, ”, Joe Biden’s, Zackey Rahimi, Bruen, Moody, Washington, Raimondo Organizations: CNN, Wade, Conservative, Supreme, White, Trump ., Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Alliance for Hippocratic, US, Pennsylvania, Capitol, Trump, Prosecutors, New York, Rahimi, Facebook, Florida, Biden, Republican, Atlantic, of Commerce, Chevron, Natural Resources Defense, Conservatives, Bright Enterprises, . Department of Commerce Locations: Virginia, New Jersey, Washington, Idaho, Moyle v, Amarillo , Texas, ”, Texas, New, Louisiana, Florida, Atlanta, New Orleans, Paxton, – Missouri, . Missouri

☆ Retired U.S. Navy admiral charged in bribery scheme with tech CEOs for $500,000 salary
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A retired four-star U.S. Navy admiral, who was once the military branch's second-highest-ranking officer, was arrested on Friday for a bribery scheme with two tech CEOs, the Department of Justice announced. In 2021, Burke allegedly told his staff to award Kim and Messenger a $355,000 military contract. In exchange, Kim and Messenger allegedly promised Burke employment at their company in the future. According to Parlatore, Burke only worked at Next Jump for a couple of months and left the organization in part due to "personality conflicts." Though the Fat Leonard scheme is not directly connected to Burke's case, Parlatore side-eyed the DOJ's timing in bringing Burke's bribery charges.

Persons: Robert Burke, Charlie, Kim, Meghan Messenger, Burke, Messenger, Admiral Burke, Timothy Parlatore, Parlatore, Leonard Francis, Leonard, Francis Organizations: U.S, Navy, Department of Justice, New, DOJ, CNBC, Messenger Locations: Coconut, Fla, New York, Washington, U.S, Kobe

☆ Recapping the Trump hush money charges, trial, verdict and questions
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Dan Berman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The indictment alleged that Trump was a part of an illegal conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election. While hush money payments are not illegal in themselves, each charge was tied to a specific allegedly false entry among the financial records of the Trump Organization. Trump has argued that the payments to Michael Cohen, his former fixer who paid Daniels, were correctly labeled as legal expenses. Trump railed against the gag order every day during the trial and again on May 31 when he spoke at Trump Tower the day after the verdict. And the Georgia election interference case is in legal limbo while Trump and several of his co-defendants try to disqualify the Atlanta-area prosecutor who brought the charges.

Persons: Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels, Trump, what’s, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Michael Cohen, Daniels, Cohen, David Pecker, Karen, Pecker, perjurer, Cohen couldn’t, Juan Merchan, Merchan, Trump’s, CNN’s Zachary B, Wolf, Devan Cole, CNN’s Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle, Jeremy Herb, Zachary B Organizations: CNN, Trump, White, Manhattan, Attorney, Trump Organization, fixer, Prosecutors, National Enquirer, Trump Tower, Division, Department, New, US Locations: New York, Washington ,, Florida, Georgia, Atlanta

☆ Trump must 'immediately' schedule a pre-sentence interview with NYC probation. Playing hooky may add to his legal woes.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Advertisement"The clerk of the court will give you instructions on how to go about scheduling that probation interview and getting that probation report," the judge said. But Trump won't do a penitent probation interview — or any at all, Kuby predicted. Advertisement"If he wants to show remorse, then certainly the probation report is a good place to start doing that," he added. During the first part of the interview, Trump would be asked for standard, so-called "pedigree" information — name, aliases, address, profession, marital status, that kind of thing. During the rest of the interview, Trump would be offered the chance to speak about his conviction and make a plea for leniency.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Juan Merchan, Blanche, Trump, Todd Blanche, Susan Necheles, Emil Bove, Diana Florence, I've, Ron Kuby, Kuby, Merchan, Angel Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Christine Cornell, …, Arnold Levine, He'd, Levine, Florence Organizations: Service, New York City Department, Investigation, Business, Unit, Trump, Attorney's, BI, Avenues, Justice, Legal Aid Society, New, Defense Task Force Locations: New, Merchan's, Manhattan, Florence

☆ I dodged a 15% rent increase because of a new NYC housing protection law. Here's how to know if it could save you money.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

They said my building was covered under the new Good Cause Eviction law, and my rent increase would instead be 8%. AdvertisementWhat is Good Cause Eviction? Good Cause also has what's called the reasonable rent increase measure: Buildings covered under Good Cause have limits on how much landlords can raise rent. I was under the impression that this building falls under the good cause eviction umbrella. Will Good Cause Eviction change or impact your life?

Persons: Weaver, —, Ellen Davidson, Davidson, Allia Mohamed, it's, Mohamed, that's Organizations: Service, Business, New, New York, Housing Justice, —, Legal Aid Society Locations: New York City, Central Park, New, New York, Bronx, Brooklyn

☆ D.C. ethics board recommends Rudy Giuliani be disbarred
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Alexandra Marquez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani departs the U.S. District Courthouse after he was ordered to pay $148 million in his defamation case in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2023. The D.C. Bar's Board on Professional Responsibility on Friday recommended that Rudy Giuliani be barred from practicing law in the nation's capital. This report follows one from last year in which a disciplinary board for the D.C. Bar also recommended disbarment for Giuliani. Now, the case heads to the D.C. Court of Appeals, which will decide whether Giuliani, who formerly served as the mayor of New York City, will be disbarred. Giuliani has already had his law license suspended in New York, where a New York court ruled that he made "demonstrably false and misleading statements" following the 2020 presidential election.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, Bar, disbarment, Giuliani, Ted Goodman, President Trump, Goodman, Jenna Ellis Organizations: New York, U.S, Bar's, Giuliani, of Appeals, NBC News, Trump, Bar Association Locations: Washington , U.S, Pennsylvania, New York City, American, New York, Colorado

☆ A retired US Navy 4-star admiral arrested in connection with an alleged bribery scheme
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA retired four-star US Navy admiral was arrested Friday in connection with an alleged bribery scheme that involved a government contract. The two are charged with bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery and each face up to 20 years in prison, Said the DOJ release. The alleged scheme involved Burke accepting future employment at the executives' company in exchange for awarding them a government contract, said the DOJ release. It is alleged, Burke later ordered his staff to award Messenger and Kim's company a contract to train naval personnel in Italy and Spain. In a statement, the US Navy told USNI News the service "cooperated with this investigation from the onset.

Persons: —, Robert P, Burke, Charlie, Kim, Meghan Messenger, Said, Messenger, Matthew M, Graves, Timothy Parlatore, Paralotre Organizations: Service, Department of Justice, Business, US Naval Institute, DOJ, New York, US Navy, The Navy, USNI Locations: Europe, Russia, Africa, Washington , DC, Italy, Spain, Florida, Washington ,

☆ A 9/11 Charity Provides a Financial Safety Net to a Giuliani Firm
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( David A. Fahrenthold | Eileen Sullivan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, Rudolph W. Giuliani has been indicted in two states and hit with a $148 million defamation judgment that forced him to seek bankruptcy protection. Through all of that, he has kept a reliable financial ally: a charity founded to honor the memory of a firefighter killed on Sept. 11, 2001. The problem, according to his creditors’ lawyers, is that he has withheld that detail throughout his first five months of bankruptcy proceedings. The revelation of the revenue stream comes after months of deeply contentious arguments from creditors about the state of Mr. Giuliani’s personal finances, with complaints that much of it remains deliberately incomplete and opaque. Only recently did creditors learn, through social media, that Mr. Giuliani had a contract to earn money from a new branded coffee line.

Persons: Rudolph W, Giuliani, Mr, Stephen Siller Organizations: New, Giuliani Communications, Towers Foundation Locations: New York City

☆ Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs: What we know and where it goes from here
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Lisa Respers France | Josh Campbell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Months after singer Cassie Ventura filed suit against her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs, his life looks very different. But the video could become evidence in an ongoing federal investigation related to Combs and allegations of sex trafficking. Members of law enforcement are seen outside of Sean "Diddy" Combs' home in Los Angeles on March 25, 2024. Sean "Diddy" Combs with Cassie Ventura attend the premiere of 'The Perfect Match' at the Arclight Theatre in Los Angeles in 2016. An aerial image of Sean "Diddy" Combs' home in Los Angeles on March 25, 2024.

Persons: Cassie Ventura, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Ventura, Combs, “, Here’s, HSI, Sean, Diddy, ” Aaron Dyer, Justin, Misa Hylton, Christian, ”, Hylton, Kim Porter, Sean Combs, Jessie, Rodney “, Rod ” Jones, Jones, ” Jones, Chris Delmas, ” Ben Brafman, Shawn Holley, they’ve, Department’s, Kelly, –, Elie Honig, CNN’s Sandra Gonzalez, John Miller, Elizabeth Wolfe, Eric Levenson, Denise Royal, Holmes Lybrand, Carlos Suarez Organizations: CNN, Bad Boy Records, Los Angeles County, Attorney’s, US Justice Department, Authorities, Federal, Homeland Security Investigations, US Department of Homeland Security, KCBS, Arclight Theatre, Getty Locations: New York, Miami, Los Angeles, “, AFP

☆ Election Updates: Trump goes from court to Trump Tower to the octagon for a U.F.C. fight.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Its unfounded allegations became an article of faith for an untold number of Americans convinced that the election had been stolen. Mr. Andrews sued Mr. D’Souza, along with Salem and two individuals associated with the right-wing election-monitoring group True the Vote, for defamation in October 2022. “It was never our intent that the publication of the ‘2,000 Mules’ film and book would harm Mr. Andrews,” Salem said in a statement on Friday. In February, a lawyer for True the Vote told a Georgia court that it had no evidence to support its allegations of election fraud in the state. Mr. D’Souza did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Persons: Dinesh D’Souza, Biden, Salem, Mark Andrews, D’Souza, Andrews’s, Tucker Carlson’s, Charlie Kirk, Andrews, Mr, ” Salem, “, Donald J, Trump, ”, Rudolph W, Giuliani, Trump’s, Catherine Engelbrecht Organizations: Salem Media, Fox News, Mr, CNN, Internal Revenue Service Locations: Georgia, ”, Salem, Atlanta, ” Salem, Palm Beach, Fla, Arizona

☆ Trump and his allies braced for a guilty verdict. Then the bombshell arrived
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The next time former President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally will be his first as a convicted felon. The 34-count guilty verdict reached Thursday by a Manhattan jury – the first criminal conviction of a former president – landed like a bomb on the American political landscape. Trump’s campaign had long braced for this outcome, readying their candidate and his supporters for an unfavorable conclusion by casting the case as a political spectacle. But now that a verdict has arrived, uncertainty lurks behind every decision. Trump and his lawyer, Todd Blanche, have indicated they will appeal, a process that could outlast the campaign itself.

Persons: Donald Trump, –, Joe Biden, Trump, Juan Merchan, Michael Cohen, ” Trump, Biden, Todd Blanche, Merchan, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, ”, Jim Jordan, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Matthew Colangelo, Marco Rubio, JD Vance, Ohio –, Vance, “, subpoenaing Merchan, ” Vance, Larry Hogan, Chris LaCivita, ” LaCivita, ” CNN’s Kristen Holmes Organizations: CNN, Trump Tower, Trump, Republican, White, Florida Gov, South Carolina Gov, Libertarian, Ohio, Attorney, Fox News, Democratic, Republican Senate, College Republicans, Committee Locations: Manhattan, York, Bedminster , New Jersey, Coast, California, Nevada, Milwaukee, New York, Trump’s, Georgia, Throughout Washington, Marco Rubio of Florida, Maryland

☆ Swing-district Republicans in New York decried Trump's conviction. It could cost them politically.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewFor GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill, former President Donald Trump continues to wield immense power over their political futures. AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump at his criminal hush-money trial in New York. But in a decidedly Democratic state like New York, Biden is likely to gain some ground ahead of the election. AdvertisementAcross the country, suburban voters were already turning away from Trump even before his conviction — as former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has continued to win significant blocs of GOP voters even after suspending her presidential campaign in March.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Marc Molinaro, Anthony D'Esposito, Biden, Steven Hirsch, Mike Lawler, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Letitia James, Kathy Hochul, hyperpartisan, Nick LaLota, Hochul, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, it's, Nikki Haley Organizations: Service, Capitol, Business, Republicans, New York Police Department, Attorney, hyperpartisan New York Democrats, GOP, New York State, Emerson, Trump, Republican, New York House Republicans Locations: New York, New York City, Hudson, Manhattan, D'Esposito's, Democratic, Long, Trump

☆ Live updates: Trump found guilty in hush money trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Deva Lee | Leinz Vales | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Here’s what to know about the case following Trump’s conviction:When will Trump be sentenced? Judge Juan Merchan has set Trump’s sentencing for 10 a.m. Shortly after Trump was convicted, his attorney Todd Blanche asked Merchan for an acquittal of the charges notwithstanding the guilty verdict. However, if a Floridian’s conviction is out of state, Florida defers to that state’s laws for how felon can regain their voting rights. Read more on the aftermath of Trump's guilty verdict.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, –, Juan Merchan, Todd Blanche, Merchan, Richard L, Hasen, ” Hasen, Read, Trump's Organizations: Trump, University of California Locations: York, Los Angeles, U.S, Florida, Manhattan

☆ Trump rants against key trial witness in off-the-rails post-conviction speech
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump launched into a free-wheeling speech on Friday, insulting President Joe Biden and spreading conspiracy theories about terrorists crossing the US border. But most notably, Trump ranted against key prosecution witness and his former lawyer Michael Cohen, risking another violation of the judge's orders in his hush-money case. Trump then accused Cohen of throwing him under the bus in a plea deal so Cohen could "get off" himself. "And who would have a certain person — again, gag order — who would have a certain person like this ever testify?" AdvertisementTrump's attacks on Cohen could amount to another violation of his gag order, which Judge Juan Merchan hasn't lifted yet.

Persons: —, Donald Trump's, Joe Biden, Trump, Michael Cohen, Cohen, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Bragg, Juan Merchan hasn't, Merchan, It's, Forbes, Stormy Daniels, Biden Organizations: Service, Trump, Business, Manhattan, Attorney, NBC Locations: York

☆ Opinion | I Was Skeptical of the ‘Zombie’ Trump Case. I Stand Corrected.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Randall D. Eliason | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When it came to the New York prosecution of Donald Trump, I was skeptical. I was among the commentators who criticized the case. It was old, the so-called zombie case that had been kicking around for years. Over the course of this trial, they convinced me — as they clearly and overwhelmingly convinced the jury. There will be an appeal, of course, and Mr. Trump may have some persuasive legal arguments.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, Trump Locations: York, Manhattan

☆ Fact check: Trump’s post-conviction monologue was filled with false claims
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Instead, Trump delivered a rambling monologue that was filled with false claims on subjects ranging from the Manhattan trial to immigration to tax policy. He said this time that “you have violent crime all over this city at levels that nobody’s ever seen before.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is not even close to true. Michael Cohen’s crimesCriticizing key prosecution witness Michael Cohen, Trump repeated a claim he made during the trial in April. Facts First: There is no basis for Trump’s claim. It was dead.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is false.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, New York City Trump, Michael Cohen’s, Michael Cohen, Cohen, “, Robert Mueller, Trump’s, ” Cohen, ”, ” Trump, Biden, Joe Biden, Alvin Bragg’s, –, Bragg, Matthew Colangelo, Colangelo, Judge Juan Merchan, Merchan, Bradley Smith, Rather, Smith, Congo ’ Trump, Africa –, Patrick Muyaya Katembwe, ” Serge Mombouli Organizations: Washington CNN, New York City, New, Trump, Republican, Intelligence, Biden, DOJ, of Justice, federal, Department, Democrat, Justice Department, Congo, Democratic, CNN, PAC, Nord Locations: Manhattan, New York, , New York City, New York City, –, Russia, Moscow, York’s, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Africa, United States of America, Republic of, Germany, Russian, Trump’s, Ukraine

☆ Roger Fortson: Florida deputy who fatally shot a Black man in his home has been fired, sheriff says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Kaila Nichols | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The Florida sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a Black man in his home has been fired, the sheriff’s office announced Friday. The decision followed an internal investigation into the former deputy, Eddie Duran. A separate criminal investigation into the deputy’s actions is ongoing with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Mr. Fortson did not commit any crime. He joined the sheriff’s office again in June 2023.

Persons: Eddie Duran, Eric Aden, “, Roger Fortson, Fortson, Duran, ” Aden, ” Duran, Christina Maxouris, Shawn Nottingham, Melissa Alonso, Dakin Andone Organizations: CNN, Florida Department of Law, Sheriff’s, Okaloosa Locations: Florida, Okaloosa

☆ Sen. Joe Manchin leaves the Democratic Party and registers as independent
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Scott Wong | Kate Santaliz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, speaks during an interview at an Economic Club of Washington event in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. Manchin's move was first reported by longtime West Virginia radio host Hoppy Kercheval. The deadline for an independent to register to run for office in West Virginia this year is Aug. 1, according to the secretary of state's office. Manchin won a full Senate term in 2012 and a second term in 2018. In 2020, Trump captured nearly 70% of the vote in West Virginia.

Persons: Joe Manchin, West Virginia Sen, Manchin, Manchin's, Robert Byrd, Patrick Morrisey, Donald Trump's, Trump, Jim Justice, —, Morrisey, Huntington Mayor Steve Williams Organizations: Democrat, Economic, of Washington, Washington , D.C, West, longtime West, Republican, Trump, Senate, GOP, Democratic, Huntington Mayor Locations: West Virginia, Washington ,, longtime West Virginia

But in closing arguments, one of Mr. Bragg’s prosecutors said that Mr. Cohen had told his lies for Mr. Trump. After the election, Mr. Pecker testified, Mr. Trump summoned him to Trump Tower. The ShowdownEven that did not prove that Mr. Trump had falsified records to disguise his reimbursement of Mr. Cohen. Mr. Trump washed his hands of Mr. Cohen, who turned on the man he had once idolized. Mr. Blanche also argued that Mr. Cohen had profited from his hatred for Mr. Trump with two books and a lucrative podcast deal.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Juan M, Merchan, anoints, Alvin L, Bragg, Trump’s, Stormy Daniels, Michael D, Cohen, Eduardo Munoz, Daniels, Mr, Michael Cohen, ”, Joshua Steinglass, Cohen “, ” Mr, glowered, Mike Johnson, Biden, “, Donald Trump, Dave Sanders, Biden’s, Todd Blanche, Blanche, Todd Heisler, David Pecker, Pecker, nonchalantly, Hope Hicks, Hicks, Ms, The New York Times “, Justice Merchan, “ You’re, ” Ms, Allen H, Weisselberg, Susan Hoffinger, Cohen’s, Joe Piscopo, giddily, Hoffinger, Jean Carroll, Bragg’s, Wesley Parnell, Michael Rothfeld Organizations: White, Republican, Convention, Office, Reuters, Mr, Credit, The New York Times, Democratic, New York Times, National Enquirer, Trump, Playboy, Street Journal, New, Hells Angels Locations: American, Manhattan —, Lower Manhattan, —, Florida, Washington, Georgia, New York, Manhattan, Trump’s Midtown Manhattan, Tahoe, Nev, America

☆ After Trump’s guilty verdict, threats and attempts to dox Trump jurors proliferate online
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Donie O'Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —On online forums that have previously been linked to mass shootings, people are threatening violence and attempting to publicly identify the 12 New York jurors who on Thursday decided to convict former President Donald Trump. The calls for retribution began immediately after the verdict was announced. “Hope these jurors face some street justice,” one anonymous user on a pro-Trump forum wrote. The judge in the Trump New York trial issued an order in March agreeing with prosecutors that most information about the jurors would be sealed. Last summer, purported names, photographs and home addresses of grand jurors in Fulton County, Georgia, circulated on the far-right internet after the grand jury voted to indict Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump, suggestively, “, ” Ben Decker, Daniel Jones, Trump Organizations: New, New York CNN, Trump, Trump New, CNN, Advance Democracy Locations: New York, Trump New York, Fulton County , Georgia, Lago, Florida

☆ Opinion | ‘Trump Is Now a Felon, and That Will Matter’: 7 Writers on the Guilty Verdict
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( New York Times Opinion | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Welcome to Opinion’s coverage of the guilty verdict in the Manhattan trial of Donald Trump. It is hard to imagine that he was helped, in any way, by his constant attacks on judge, jury and the trial itself. voters to Trump, helping him win a third consecutive Republican nomination. And when Trump concealed the nature of the payments, the prosecution could easily make the case — at least to a jury — that he must have known that the payments were legally problematic. Trial outcomes are often dictated by the side that can create the most coherent narrative, and the prosecution’s theory of the case was easy for the jury to grasp.

Persons: Donald Trump, Donald Trump —, Matthew Continetti, Alvin Bragg, Trump, G.O.P, Bragg, David French, Daniels Organizations: Trump, Republican, Trumpism Locations: Manhattan

☆ Rudy Giuliani: DC attorney discipline board recommends disbarrment for bogus 2020 election fraud claim
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Tierney Sneed | Katelyn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani is one step closer to being disbarred. The professional responsibility board in Washington, DC, recommended Friday that the ex-New York mayor and federal prosecutor lose his law license because of his involvement in a bogus 2020 election fraud lawsuit. Giuliani’s law license had already been suspended due to his work boosting Trump’s false assertions about his electoral loss. It is up to the DC Court of Appeals to decide whether to permanently disbar Giuliani. Earlier this week, attorney Jenna Ellis saw her Colorado law license suspended for three years because of her guilty plea in the criminal 2020 election interference case brought in Georgia.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Rudy Giuliani, disbar Giuliani, “, Giuliani, Joe Biden, ’, ” Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman Organizations: CNN, New, DC, Appeals, California Bar Locations: Washington ,, New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Georgia, California

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