Manhattan prosecutors oppose Trump request to lift gag order, urge court to ‘protect the integrity’ of case
Manhattan prosecutors are opposing former President Trump’s request to have the gag order imposed against him lifted now that his criminal trial is complete, saying the court “has an obligation to protect the integrity” of the proceedings. The former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree last week. The six-week-long trial stemmed from charges brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. TRUMP ATTORNEYS REQUEST MERCHAN LIFT GAG ORDER AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, FOLLOWING END OF TRIAL Judge Juan Merchan imposed a gag order on Trump before the trial began, barring Trump from making or directing others to make public statements about witnesses with regard to their potential participation or about counsel in the case — other than Bragg — or about court staff, DA staff or family members of staff. Trump’s team repeatedly appealed the order and have been denied. Trump defense attorney Todd Blanche wrote a letter to Merchan on Tuesday afternoon requesting, yet again, that the order be lifted, citing the 2024 presidential election and the first debate against President Biden on June 27, as well as the First Amendment rights of the former president and his supporters. However, Manhattan prosecutor Matthew Colangelo, on behalf of Bragg, sent a letter to Merchan arguing against Trump’s requests. TRUMP SAYS GUILTY VERDICT IS A ‘SCAR’ ON NEW YORK JUSTICE SYSTEM, VOWS TO ‘KEEP FIGHTING’ “The People oppose any immediate termination of the Orders and agree with defendant’s proposal for further briefing. We request that the Court adopt the same briefing schedule that the Court set for all other posttrial motions, with defendant’s motion due on June 13 and the People’s response due by June 27,” he wrote. Colangelo said Trump’s request “asserts that the stated bases for the Court’s Orders no longer exist ‘because the trial has concluded.’” “The Court’s Orders, however, were based not only on the need to avoid threats to the fairness of the trial itself, see March 26 Order at 3, but also on the Court’s broader ‘obligation to prevent actual harm to the integrity of the proceedings’; to protect ‘the orderly administration of this Court’; and to avoid ‘risk[s] to the administration of justice.’” TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS IN NEW YORK CRIMINAL TRIAL Colangelo said that their interests “have not abated, and the Court has an obligation to protect the integrity of these proceedings and the fair administration of justice at least through the sentencing hearing and the resolution of any post-trial motions. “The People’s opposition will address whether, if at all, it would be appropriate to tailor aspects of the Court’s Orders given the conclusion of the trial,” he wrote. Trump was fined $10,000 for violating the gag order during the trial. Merchan also threatened Trump with jail time for further alleged violations. “The last thing I want to consider is jail,” Merchan said. “You are [the] former president and possibly the next president.” “The magnitude of that decision is not lost on me,” Merchan said. “Your continued willful violation of the court’s order…constitutes a direct attack…and will not be allowed to continue…It is not allowed to continue.” Trump and his defense attorneys have maintained that the former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee should not be bound by the gag order, saying it violates his First Amendment rights as well as the First Amendment rights of his supporters. Trump’s sentencing date is set for July 11, just four days before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where he is expected to be formally nominated as the 2024 Republican presidential nominee. Fox News’ Maria Paronich contributed to this report.
‘Too much at stake’: Rep Mace confronts GOP lawmaker who endorsed her opponent
Rep. Nancy Mace shared some sharp words with fellow South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson on the House floor Tuesday after he endorsed her primary opponent. Fox News Digital spotted Mace and Wilson having what appeared to be a brief but tense exchange during House votes late Tuesday afternoon, hours after Wilson released a statement backing Catherine Templeton to unseat her. Mace told Fox News Digital that she told Wilson she “would never do to him what he has done to me,” and “we needed to stop the infighting and unify so we can win it all in November.” ROSENDALE SUSPENDS HOUSE RACE, WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION IN MONTANA: ‘TAKEN A SERIOUS TOLL ON ME’ “Too much at stake,” Mace added. “And that there is a place in the party for people like me, people like him, Trump, MAGA, independents, women, everyone. Oh, and that I was working hard to crush it Tuesday.” Mace is facing two Republican primary challengers on June 11, Templeton, a former South Carolina state official, and Marine veteran Bill Young. Wilson, the longest-serving South Carolina Republican, released a statement on Tuesday hailing Templeton as “smart, honest, and dedicated to President Trump’s agenda to Make America Great Again.” JOHNSON FLOATS DEFUNDING SPECIAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE AMID JACK SMITH’S TRUMP PROBE “As we face the peril of the Biden agenda — never ending inflation, taxes, crime, and illegal immigration, we need reinforcements in Congress who will always stand with conservatives, President Trump, and our beloved Lowcountry — we need Catherine Templeton in Congress,” Wilson’s statement said. Fox News Digital reached out to Wilson’s office for comment on his exchange with Mace. Mace was one of eight House Republicans who voted to successfully oust ex-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in October, invoking the ire of the former leader’s allies and other mainstream Republicans. JACK SMITH ASKS JUDGE TO RESTRICT TRUMP STATEMENTS AFTER ‘INFLAMMATORY’ REMARKS ABOUT FBI RAID The South Carolina congresswoman secured Trump’s endorsement in March after she already endorsed his bid for president. Wilson and Trump also support each other, with Wilson being named to the former president’s re-election leadership team in South Carolina. A recent Emerson College/The Hill poll also shows her leading her two primary opponents by double digits. The mid-May survey shows Mace with 47% support, while Templeton and Young trail with 22% and 7% respectively.
Palestinian immigrant ban led by GOP House maverick: ‘Too dangerous’
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is introducing legislation that would prevent Palestinian nationals from being resettled in the United States for two years, calling it a “common-sense” measure to make sure Americans are safe. The “Guarding American Zones Against Palestinian Immigration Act” (GAZA Act) places a two-year moratorium on immigration from the Palestinian Authority to the United States. It would prevent Palestinian Authority passport holders from being given a visa or other documents to enter the U.S. The bill is being co-sponsored by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., and Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz. WHITE HOUSE CONSIDERS ACCEPTING SOME PALESTINIANS FROM GAZA AS REFUGEES AMID ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR In light of the Oct. 7, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, there has been renewed interest in whether the U.S. will accept Palestinians as part of its refugee resettlement commitments. In a statement, Gaetz highlighted that other countries in the region do not typically take Palestianian refugees and the U.S. has existing national security concerns related to the crisis at the southern border. “If Palestinian refugees are too dangerous for our allies in the region, they are certainly too dangerous for the United States. The Biden administration’s border policies have already exacerbated national security concerns across our country,” he said. HAMAS SYMPATHIZERS COULD BE ADDED TO LIST THAT INCLUDES TERRORIST SUSPECTS IF GOP BILL BECOMES LAW “A two-year moratorium on all immigration from Palestine is a common-sense measure to ensure the safety and security of the American people. We must prioritize the protection of our nation and its citizens above all else,” he said. Presidential candidates and GOP lawmakers have called for the U.S. to no longer accept refugees from Gaza, with former President Trump promising last year that “we aren’t bringing anyone in from Gaza.” In fiscal year 2023, the U.S. accepted 56 Palestinian refugees out of the more than 60,000 refugees resettled during that 12-month span, according to data from the State Department. But Gaetz’s bill would go further and prevent Palestinian nationals from being accepted via any visa program, or admitted at the border. WHY MIDEAST NEIGHBORS WON’T OFFER REFUGE TO PALESTINIANS STUCK IN GAZA WAR ZONE CBS News reported that there have been discussions about accepting Palestinians from Gaza who have immediate family members who are U.S. citizens or residents. One proposal involves using the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program to bring Palestinians with U.S. connections who have escaped Gaza and entered neighboring Egypt, the documents reveal. “Since the beginning of the conflict, the United States has helped more than 1,800 American citizens and their families leave Gaza, many of whom have come to the United States,” a White House spokesperson told Fox News Digital last month. “At President Biden’s direction, we have also helped, and will continue to help, some particularly vulnerable individuals, such as children with serious health problems and children who were receiving treatment for cancer, get out of harm’s way and receive care at nearby hospitals in the region.” Fox News’ Landon Mion contributed to this report.
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Trump super PAC touts massive May fundraising, plans major ad blitz in battlegrounds
Make America Great Again Inc., a leading super PAC supporting former President Trump’s 2024 White House campaign, says it raked in nearly $70 million in fundraising in May. In a memo to its donors, MAGA Inc. pledged to spend $100 million on a major ad blitz this summer in support of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee in the key battleground states that will likely decide Trump’s election rematch with President Biden. The announcement from MAGA Inc. comes two days after the Trump campaign said that they and the Republican National Committee, fueled in part by the former president’s guilty verdicts in his criminal trial, hauled in a stunning $141 million in fundraising in May. Trump was found guilty of all 34 felony counts in the first trial of a former or current president in the nation’s history. TRUMP LAUNCHES EARLY VOTING PUSH, IN MAJOR REVERSAL FROM 2020 STANCE The former president’s campaign highlighted that in the first 24 hours following Thursday evening’s verdict, they and the RNC brought in nearly $53 million in fundraising, which counted toward May’s total. MAGA Inc. did not provide a breakdown of how much of their May haul was collected after Trump’s verdict, but by comparison, their May fundraising is dramatically up from the $12.7 million they raised in April. TRUMP GUILTY VERDICT IN CRIMINAL TRIAL FIRES UP HIS FUNDRAISING Trump has been aiming to close his fundraising gap with Biden. In April, his campaign and the RNC for the first time out-raised the Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee. The former president continues to hold the edge over Biden in public opinion polling in the six key battlegrounds where Trump was narrowly defeated four years ago. In his memo, former Trump aide and MAGA Inc. CEO Taylor Budowich argued that the former president’s guilty verdicts have not changed the trajectory of the White House showdown. “Joe Biden and the Democrats wanted a conviction, and they got it, for now. However, the fundamental political realities driving voter motivation remain unchanged,” Budowich wrote. The memo spotlights the super PAC’s strategy to help Trump capture the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House. TRUMP CAMPAIGN HEADS TO BLUE BASTION TO OPEN FIRST OFFICE IN KEY BATTLEGROUND Budowich said the Biden campaign needs “to both solidify the Blue Wall states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, while keeping President Trump defensive in the Sun Belt states of Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina, and Nevada. That only happens if they can keep their coalition together.” Additionally, he argued that “Biden and the Democrats’ cash advantage is baked—they have spent more than $135 million to-date on television with almost no movement to show for it.” The memo notes that since March, the Biden campaign has outspent MAGA Inc., which currently is the only pro-Trump super PAC running ads on TV, by a three to one margin. However, the spending is nearly equal between the Biden campaign and MAGA Inc. in Pennsylvania, which Budowich describes as the “ballgame” in deciding the presidential election outcome. He also pointed to Georgia, calling it “the best gateway to the White House for President Trump — delivering the targeted 270 electoral votes.” While MAGA Inc. has been the top super PAC supporting Trump this cycle and has the former president’s blessing, it has competition. The Right for America super PAC is being steered by Trump ally Sergio Gor. Additionally, last week, Fox News confirmed that GOP megadonor and casino-owning billionaire Miriam Adelson plans to bankroll another pro-Trump super PAC, Preserve America. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
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Trump endorsement takes center stage in brutal swing state primary as accusations of ‘disloyalty’ fly
FIRST ON FOX: A battle is raging among those close to former President Trump over who he should endorse in Nevada’s brutal Republican Senate primary, which has turned heads in recent months. Accusations of “disloyalty” have taken center stage in the fight, with multiple sources close to Trump and his campaign telling Fox News Digital about an ongoing effort to sway the former president as he considers swooping in to back either Army veteran Sam Brown or former U.S. Ambassador to Iceland Jeff Gunter ahead of Tuesday’s primary. A vocal group of Trump insiders in favor of Gunter becoming the Republican nominee to face incumbent Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen has sought to highlight Brown’s hesitancy to back Trump in the early months of the Republican presidential race, something he did only days ahead of the Iowa caucuses in January when victory for Trump was all but guaranteed. HALEY, CHRISTIE STAY SILENT ON TRUMP GUILTY VERDICT AS GOP OUTRAGE GROWS OVER ‘UN-AMERICAN’ SILENCE A separate group of Trump insiders backing Brown is challenging that notion, telling Fox the pro-Gunter faction is “lying” about Brown’s perceived “disloyalty” and that the former president will “likely” back him ahead of the primary, potentially at his Las Vegas rally on Sunday. “Sam Brown is not seen as a loyal America First fighter,” one source close to Trump’s family and his campaign told Fox. “He’s not seen as a loyal ally to President Trump. That’s something I’ve definitely heard multiple times. I wouldn’t go so far as to say there is any fierce hatred of him, but he’s not seen as a strong America First fighter.” “The president has endorsed in all of these races, and in this one he hasn’t, so it’s not all that hard to read between the lines here,” the source said, pointing to the timing of Brown’s endorsement of Trump, as well as an interview with Punchbowl News published the day after Trump’s indictment in Fulton County, Georgia, last August in which Brown declined to say whether he was “comfortable” sharing the Republican ticket with the former president. Nevada’s Republican primary is the only battleground Senate race that the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), which is backing Brown, has weighed in on where Trump has so far declined to endorse a candidate. Trump endorsed Montana’s Tim Sheehy, Ohio’s Bernie Moreno and Michigan’s Mike Rogers all before their respective primaries. Trump endorsed Nevada Republican John Lee, a candidate for the U.S. House, on Monday. A day after the endorsement, he posted a video on Truth Social encouraging Nevadans to vote next week but notably made no mention of Brown or Gunter. RFK JR.’S PAST SUPPORT FOR HIGHER GAS PRICES AND ELECTRIC CARS SURFACES, OLD INTERVIEWS SHOW The reason for that, the source said, is twofold; Trump is reluctant to pick a fight with national, establishment Republicans and endorsing the NRSC-backed candidate would “undermine his message to the base” that he is fighting to bring to the table “loyal America First fighters.” “That’s probably the only part of this that’s really propping Sam up. He’s run multiple times and lost, he doesn’t have very much energy or enthusiasm, he does very little media … he’ll put out cookie-cutter tweets and do an interview every once in a while, but he’s not like on the front lines fighting for the president day in and day out.” Another like-minded source close to Trump conceded that Brown’s backing from the NRSC, what he called “Mitch McConnell money,” gave the candidate “leverage” for gaining Trump’s support but argued the real question was whether Republicans were willing to “nominate someone who is not going to support the president.” “In the past he’s been dismissive of Trump, and that’s the rub right now that Nevadans are trying to sift through,” the source said. “I don’t need another Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate. I need a candidate who’s going to win and represent Nevadans and the Republican movement, and I don’t know if that’s Sam Brown.” Both sources predicted Trump would remain neutral in the race and forego making an endorsement ahead of the primary, but also said the unpredictability of the former president could mean a last minute weigh-in. INSIDERS PREDICT THIS POSSIBLE TRUMP VP PICK POSES ‘EXISTENTIAL THREAT’ TO KEY AREA OF BIDEN SUPPORT “If he does endorse, I think he would endorse Jeff. I think, at this point, the NRSC has pushed so hard for him to endorse Sam, but he hasn’t done it, and there’s a reason for that,” one of them said. A source from the pro-Brown camp, who said they recently spoke with Trump, took a different view, telling Fox the claims made by the pro-Gunter sources were “simply just not accurate.” “[Trump] thinks Gunter is a weirdo, and served him poorly as ambassador,” the source said, adding that the reason Trump had yet to endorse Brown was not anything out of the ordinary. “He just is never quick to do these things unless he has a long-standing relationship. In all the conversations, especially given that Sam was literally the top door-knocker for Donald Trump in the 2016 race and was an original grassroots MAGA guy, that is just something that’s not factoring in any serious way. It’s what people who want him not to do it are trying to push,” they added. The source predicted with “a really high level of confidence” that Trump would ultimately endorse Brown ahead of the Tuesday primary, saying the Sunday Las Vegas rally was the “logical” place to do it, but, if not, then it would be shortly after. NIKKI HALEY SILENT ON TRUMP’S NYC CONVICTION AS OTHER PROMINENT REPUBLICANS SPRING TO HIS DEFENSE Another source who said they had spoken with Trump about the Nevada race on “three or four occasions” told Fox that Trump had a “productive” meeting with Brown when he visited Mar-a-Lago earlier this year and believed he would ultimately win the race. The source also pointed to the sparse polling
‘Thrilled to endorse’: Conservative super PAC unleashes 7-figure push for early voting in key Senate race
FIRST ON FOX: A conservative super PAC announced on Wednesday that it is endorsing GOP Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy while also rolling out a 7 figure investment into encouraging Montanans to vote early. “Today, the Sentinel Action Fund endorsed Tim Sheehy for U.S. Senate in Montana. Along with the endorsement, the Sentinel Action Fund announced a seven-figure investment and the launch of SkipTheLineMT.vote, a new initiative to educate Republican voters on how to request absentee ballots,” the group announced in a press release promoting the website SkipTheLineMT.vote. Sheehy, a Purple Heart recipient, was also endorsed by GOP presidential nominee and former President Trump, won the GOP primary in Montana on Tuesday night and will face incumbent Dem. Sen. John Tester in what many believe is a strong opportunity for Republicans to take back control of the Senate. “The Montana Senate race will be one of the most important elections for Republicans to retake the Senate majority in 2024,” Jessica Anderson, President of the Sentinel Action Fund, said in the press release. “The Sentinel Action Fund is thrilled to endorse Tim Sheehy for U.S. Senate in Montana, and we are committed to using our robust election infrastructure and SkipTheLineMT.vote to turn out voters for Sheehy through absentee vote-by-mail, ballot harvesting, and ballot chasing.” NEW ELECTION INTEGRITY GROUP WILL POUR MILLIONS INTO PAYING, PROTECTING WHISTLEBLOWERS ON ‘FRONT LINES’ Sentinel Action Fund, which bills itself as the “only conservative Super PAC with a year-round ground game committed to turning out absentee, early vote, and ‘day of’ voters,” is focused on competing with Democrats for the early vote in key swing states which typically has been something Republicans have been criticized for not focusing on in the past in large part due to concerns about voter integrity. “We also think that Montana has made some really great strides in election integrity over the last four years. That gives more security and comfort for voters to vote early and absentee,” Anderson told Fox News Digital. “I think the message is that reforms have been made that provide more security and comfort for Montana voters who vote early, to vote the absentee, and in particular, those low propensity voters that are not consistent habitual voters but will come out for Trump will come out for a big Senate race like this,” Anderson continued. CALIFORNIA SUES BEACH CITY OVER VOTER ID LAW BACKED BY MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS “The lowest barrier to entry for them to vote is to vote early or to vote absentee. So we’re excited about the make-up of the state, which is why the Skip The Line Montana site is kind of this catchall where all voters can go get information about how to vote early and see all the rules that govern how the election is run.” Sentinel Action Fund’s announcement comes a day after former President Trump Republican National Committee on Tuesday announced the launch of what they call their “Swamp The Vote USA” effort to promote early voting. It’s a major reversal from Trump’s stance four years ago, when he repeatedly condemned early-in-person voting and mail-in balloting and said they were to blame for what he argued was massive election fraud that led to his defeat at the hands of President Biden. “Republicans must win and we will use every appropriate tool to beat the Democrats because they are destroying our country,” Trump argued in his statement. Anderson told Fox News Digital that Trump’s quote is “fantastic.” “I thought it actually shows just how much he’s willing to embrace, legal ways to and tactics and methods to turn voters out,” Anderson said. “He is he’s not leaving any stone unturned. So our effort is completely complementary.” “I think the party has made a tremendous decision, and a very shrewd kind of investment that’s now following to embrace absentee ballots and early votes while also calling for election integrity. We can do two things at once.” Montana, a state Trump won by 16 points in 2020, is now the home of Senate race that the Cook Political Report ranks as a “toss up.” “Jon Tester has failed Montanans, consistently voting in line with Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden while pretending to be a so-called ‘moderate.,’” Anderson told Fox News Digital. “Montanans know Jon Tester does not represent them and their values, so they have taken the important step to nominate Republican Tim Sheehy,” Anderson continued. “Sheehy is a trusted conservative champion who will fight for Montanans in Washington and support President Trump’s efforts to restore integrity in the courts and curtail the overreach of the federal bureaucracy. We look forward to his victory this November.” Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report
Showdown in New Mexico Senate battle as Domenici, Heinrich, win primaries
A potentially competitive general election Senate battle is now officially underway in New Mexico, where it has been 22 years since a Republican has won in the one-time swing state that now leans blue. The last GOP politician to win was Sen. Pete Domenici, who in 2006 was re-elected to a sixth two-year term. Fast-forward 22 years later, and his daughter, businesswoman Nella Domenici, aims to end the losing streak. The Associated Press has projected that Domenici will win Tuesday’s Republican Senate primary in New Mexico. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS PRIMARY NIGHT ELECTION RESULTS Domenici, who has the backing of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which is the Senate GOP’s campaign arm, was the only major declared candidate in the primary. Domenici will use her powerful political brand and ample name recognition in New Mexico as she challenges Democrat Sen. Martin Heinrich, who is running in November for a third six-year term. Heinrich faced no serious primary challenge in Tuesday’s contests. DAUGHTER OF NEW MEXICO’S LAST REPUBLICAN SENATOR RUNNING FOR FATHER’S OLD SEAT Domenici is also showcasing her resume. She has decades of experience in the finance industry at Bridgewater Associates, where she served as chief financial officer, Credit Suisse and Citadel Investment group. In recent cycles, New Mexico, which was once a general election battleground, has shifted to the left and is no longer considered a crucial swing state. President Biden carried the state by 10 points in 2020. Additionally, Heinrich won re-election in 2018, which was a blue-wave cycle, by more than 30 points. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News.
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