Trump found guilty but, facing Biden, could still win back the White House
When a Manhattan jury convicted Donald Trump of all 34 felony counts yesterday in the hush money case, it was of course a history-making moment involving a former President of the United States. And yet he also may be the next President of the United States. There is nothing to stop Trump from running–and winning–even if he’s in jail. MANHATTAN DA, WHO BROUGHT TRUMP CASE, TAKES VICTORY LAP AFTER VERDICT: ‘I DID MY JOB’ Another way to look at it is that President Biden may still fail to beat a man convicted of criminal charges–which explains why leading Democrats are privately freaking out, as Politico put it, at the prospect that their leader can’t win another term. Trump looked genuinely upset at the conviction when he spoke to reporters outside the courthouse, calling the verdict a disgrace, repeating his attacks on Judge Juan Merchan and saying the real test would come in November. Trump’s base may be largely unmovable at this point. He has constantly hammered home that this case, centered on the $130,000 that Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels, and the other three indictments, stem from the Biden administration’s weaponization of the law enforcement system. The vast majority will stand by their man, even though it took the jury only 11 hours to convict the ex-president on every count. The judge will sentence Trump on July 11, just days before the Republican convention that will nominate him for a third time. The Biden campaign rushed out a statement saying “no one is above the law. TRUMP SAYS THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS GREETED HIM ‘GOING CRAZY’ AFTER VERDICT ANNOUNCED “Donald Trump has always mistakenly believed he would never face consequences for breaking the law for his own personal gain. But today’s verdict does not change the fact that the American people face a simple reality. There is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: at the ballot box. Convicted felon or not, Trump will be the Republican nominee for president.” On that, both sides agree. There was some pretrial polling suggesting that nearly a third of Republicans would be less likely to support Trump if he was found guilty of criminal charges. But now that it’s happened, will that still be true? Given the tightness of the race in the battleground states, even if 2 percent of Republicans change their minds about Trump, it could affect the outcome. BIDEN CAMPAIGN REACTS TO TRUMP’S GUILTY CRIMINAL TRIAL VERDICT And yet a majority of Democrats seem to have concluded that Biden, at 81, doesn’t have the mental acuity or stamina to serve another four years. Trump’s conviction doesn’t do anything to ease such Democratic liabilities as inflation and the porous border. Despite eight hours of closing arguments and confusing and overlapping jury instructions by Merchan, the jurors chose to believe the rather thin case assembled by D.A. Alvin Bragg. The judge said they could not convict the defendant based on Michael Cohen’s testimony unless they could find corroborating evidence. The jurors obviously concluded that the testimony of such witnesses as David Pecker and Hope Hicks, along with a stack of emails, texts and banking records, provided such corroboration. The Trump defense never took on the paper trail – including the 11 reimbursement checks signed by the president – because they could not offer an alternative version of events. So the country remains as divided as ever. This was either the most blatantly political persecution in American history or an unprecedented attempt at holding a former leader accountable. Trump will obviously appeal, and history will judge.
In pics: PM Modi performs ‘Surya Arghya’ at Vivekananda Rock Memorial ahead of Lok Sabha Election Results 2024
The BJP also posted photographs of the Prime Minister, clad in a saffron shirt, shawl, and dhoti, engrossed in meditation at the Dhyan Mandapam, where incense sticks, in front of him, could be spotted burning slowly.
With prolonged Gaza war, Israel’s Netanyahu may outlast Biden: Analysts
Washington, DC – The Israeli army will be fighting in Gaza for the next seven months at least, Israel’s National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said earlier this week. The prediction drew concern over the fate of the Palestinian territory, which is already facing famine, mass displacement and daily Israeli violence that has killed more than 36,000 people since October 7. A prolonged war also would harm Joe Biden’s re-election campaign in November, experts say, as the United States president already faces plummeting public support for his unequivocal backing of Israel. Khalil Jahshan, executive director of the Arab Center Washington DC think tank, said an Israeli offensive in Gaza that stretches beyond the US election on November 5 could mean Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlasts Biden. “I would love to say that scenario is unrealistic, but I can’t. That scenario is real. And it could happen on November 5,” Jahshan told Al Jazeera. For months, advocates have warned that Netanyahu has a personal political interest in prolonging the war to boost his political standing at home. The reverse is true for Biden. Several public opinion polls in the US currently favour former Republican President Donald Trump to beat Biden in November — albeit by relatively a small margin. Recent surveys in Israel also show Netanyahu recovering popularity and edging out his main rival, war cabinet minister Benny Gantz. Gaza war hurting Biden Josh Ruebner, a lecturer at Georgetown University’s Justice and Peace programme, said there is no doubt that the war on Gaza will diminish Biden’s re-election chances. “The signs are clear. The writing is on the wall,” Ruebner told Al Jazeera. “And should Biden decide to continue this lockstep support for Israel for another seven months, it’s not only going to kill tens of thousands more Palestinians, but it’s also going to lose him the election.” On Wednesday, a poll by the Arab American Institute (AAI) showed that Arab American support for Biden in key swing states is at 18 percent, down from 60 percent in 2020, largely because of his Gaza policies. James Zogby, AAI’s president, said it would be politically “dangerous” for Biden and the Democratic Party if the war continued through the US election in November. “It means that, if there is not something very dramatic the president does, then this is not going to be an easy election for him,” he told reporters during a virtual news briefing. Zogby added that Biden does not only risk losing the support of Arab voters. “Young people, Black people, Asian people are following this on a daily basis, seeing a genocide unfolding. They’re not insensitive to what they’re seeing,” he said. “They’re horrified. And then the president says, ‘No red line was crossed. Let’s just continue doing what we’re doing.’ It is infuriating and hurtful.” BREAKING- AAI 2024 election poll of #ArabAmericans in key states: Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, + Virginia. KEY FINDINGS:– Support for Biden at 18%– 88% disapprove of Biden’s handling of Gaza– 80% view Gaza as important in determining their vote –>https://t.co/1IIdSHOMnF pic.twitter.com/Sqtsvs39fZ — Arab American Institute (@AAIUSA) May 30, 2024 Still, Biden is not showing any signs of changing course in his pro-Israel policies, even as Netanyahu openly defies the White House’s calls to avoid civilian casualties and not invade Rafah, a city in southern Gaza. The US president, for instance, signed off on an additional $14bn in aid to Israel last month. And this May, after threatening to withhold weapons shipments if Israel launched a major offensive in Rafah, media reports emerged that the Biden administration planned to nevertheless go through with a $1bn arms sale. Ruebner said the Biden campaign is in denial about the impact of the president’s foreign policy on the elections. “There’s a lot of fantasy and make-believe going on in Biden’s world that this is not impacting his chances to be re-elected,” he said. “But it clearly is. And if he allows Israel to continue this course of action through the end of the year, I think it’s going to play a huge role in him being defeated.” A survey by the think tank Data for Progress, in collaboration with news website Zeteo, showed earlier this month that 56 percent of Democratic respondents believed that Israel was committing “genocide” in Gaza. But several US media reports have suggested that Biden and many of his Democratic allies have doubts about the polls showing him trailing Trump. Would Israel prefer Trump? Biden has been an uncompromising supporter of Israel since before his time in the White House. But despite that stance, the Arab Center’s Jahshan said Netanyahu and his right-wing allies would rather deal with Trump. “They would love to see Trump come back. They feel that they will get their way with him,” he said. Jahshan added that, while Biden’s backing of Israel is ironclad, the US president’s calls for more aid and protecting civilians in Gaza are seen as a “nuisance” by Netanyahu’s camp. Although Biden often publicly expresses his “love” for Netanyahu, experts say the two leaders appear to have a tense relationship, particularly in recent months. The US president repeatedly warned Netanyahu against invading Rafah, but Israel ignored that red line and launched a deadly assault on the southern Gaza city last month. In televised remarks, Netanyahu also appeared to dismiss Biden’s threats to halt weapons shipments, saying: “If we have to stand alone, we will stand alone. If we need to, we will fight with our fingernails.” Israel also continues to impose a suffocating siege on Gaza, despite US demands that more humanitarian assistance be allowed into the territory. Washington also favours a two-state solution to the broader conflict, while Netanyahu vehemently opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state. Biden’s support for Israel has remained unshaken despite having his pleas about Gaza ignored. Still, with Trump, Israel is unlikely to even get these verbal warnings, Jahshan said. The former president, bogged down with legal issues, has not commented regularly on the war in Gaza. Trump recently promised
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 826
As the war enters its 826th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Friday, May 31, 2024. Fighting At least three people were killed and 16 injured after Russia struck three sites, including a five-storey apartment building, in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, at about midnight local time (21:00 GMT). Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said at least two children were among the injured. Earlier in the day, at least four people were injured in Russian shelling of the city. Ukraine’s top military commander Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskii said Russia was continuing to send additional regiments and brigades from other areas and training grounds to boost its forces along two main lines of attack in the north of the Kharkiv region, where Moscow launched an offensive earlier this month. United States officials, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the issues, told multiple media outlets that President Joe Biden had decided to allow Kyiv to use US-supplied weapons at targets inside Russia but only on the border with the northeastern Kharkiv region. Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence service said its forces destroyed two Russian patrol boats using naval drones off Crimea, which Russia occupied and annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Moscow said earlier it had destroyed two naval drones “heading for Crimea”. Russia fired a total of 51 missiles and drones at “military facilities and critical infrastructure”, across Ukraine, the air force said. Air defences destroyed seven missiles and 32 drones, it added. Politics and diplomacy The 27 members of the European Union agreed to impose “prohibitive” tariffs on grain imports from Russia and Belarus in a bid to cut off Moscow’s funding for its war on Ukraine. Grain in transit to other parts of the world through Europe will not be affected by the tariffs. Ukrainian lawmakers and journalists called for an investigation into political pressure on the country’s state news agency Ukrinform. Oleksiy Matsuka, the agency’s head, stepped down this week after being accused of leading an editorial policy exclusively backing the presidential administration. He was replaced by a former army spokesman, Serhiy Cherevaty, deepening concerns about official censorship. Tharaka Balasuriya, Sri Lanka’s junior foreign minister, said Colombo would start talks with Moscow to secure the release of hundreds of citizens, mostly former soldiers, who it believes were duped into joining Russian forces in Ukraine. It is also seeking the release of about a dozen men being held as prisoners of war in Ukraine. At least 16 men have been killed in the fighting. Russia’s FSB security service said it detained four people in Crimea who were allegedly involved in a series of sabotage attacks planned by Ukrainian special services to destroy railway lines in the occupied peninsula. A fifth man, reported to be the group’s leader by Russian news agencies, was killed when the FSB tried to capture him. Weapons German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius made an unannounced visit to Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa where he held talks with Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov and promised Ukraine a new package of military aid worth 500 million euros ($540m), a spokesperson for the ministry told the AFP news agency. The package includes “artillery, air defence [and] drones”, he added. A Czech official said Ukraine would receive between 50,000 and 100,000 shells in June under a Czech-led ammunition supply initiative. Adblock test (Why?)
At least three killed in multiple Russian attacks on Kharkiv
An apartment building was among sites hit in Ukraine’s second-biggest city with at least 16 people reported injured. At least three people have been killed and 16 injured after Russian missiles hit at least three sites including a five-storey apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-biggest city. Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said the missiles, all thought to be S-300s, also hit a shop in a three-storey building and a garment factory in the city’s Novobazarskyi district. Syniehubov said the attacks were “double tap” style, with a second strike hitting a site soon after the first at a time when emergency teams are usually at work. The attack took place at about midnight local time (21:00 GMT). Syniehubov said at least two children were among those injured, as well as an emergency medic, and warned that residents could be trapped beneath the rubble of the building. “The third, fourth and fifth floors are destroyed, stairwells were destroyed, facades were destroyed,” Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov told public broadcaster Suspilne, describing the damage. Kharkiv Police Chief Volodymyr Tymoshko told Suspilne that he expected the death toll to rise given the scale of the destruction and the likelihood of shrapnel injuries. Kharkiv, which lies not far from the border with Russia’s Belgorod region, has come under renewed attack in recent weeks. Some 17 people were killed last weekend when Russia, which began an offensive in the region earlier this month, bombed a hardware superstore in the city. Kharkiv, which had a population of about 1.5 million people before the war, withstood Russian advances in the early weeks of its February 2022 invasion. Moscow claims it does not deliberately target civilians. Officials revealed on Thursday in the United States that President Joe Biden had lifted restrictions on Ukraine using US-supplied weapons against targets on Russian territory, saying they could be used on Russian troops and military sites in areas bordering the Kharkiv region. Adblock test (Why?)
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Fox News Politics: Trump Guilty!
Welcome to Fox News’ Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail. The jury in New York v. Trump found former President Trump guilty of charges brought against him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged former President Donald Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Trump pleaded not guilty to all counts. Each count carries a maximum prison sentence of 4 years. Check the Fox News trial blog here for the latest updates Biden campaign immediately begins fundraising push… Trump to be sentenced days before GOP convention… Will Trump trial verdict make a difference to voters in his election rematch with Biden? Manhattan DA, who brought Trump case, takes victory lap after verdict: ‘I did my job’ What happens after former president’s NY conviction? Experts break it down ‘PLAYING POLITICS?’: Buttigieg’s latest climate change comments cause outcry …Read more SETTING THE BAR: Biden makes Supreme Court pledge to Black voters …Read more ‘DOESN’T WORK THIS TIME’: Biden’s past comes back to haunt him after FLOTUS praises his ‘calm’ demeanor …Read more STRZOK A DEAL: Former ‘FBI lovebirds’ reach settlement over disparaging anti-Trump texts …Read more SUPREME COURT SHAKEDOWN: Dem representative details ways to force SCOTUS recusal …Read more ISRAEL AT WAR: Israeli PM Netanyahu to address U.S. Congress in a matter of weeks …Read more ‘BEYOND ALARMING’: Jewish leaders demand House Dem fire top aide for praising ‘most vile’ antisemite …Read more ‘NOT AMBIGUITY’: Lawmaker shreds Biden’s lack of ‘moral clarity’ on Taiwan …Read more STAR POWER: Wary celebrities wonder if endorsing Biden ‘worth it’ in polarized climate …Read more NOT HAPPY: Biden aide scolds MSNBC, CNN for covering Trump trial over campaign rally …Read more ‘DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT’: ‘The View’ host dismisses possibility of Black men voting for Trump …Read more SUPPORTERS RALLY: Supporters rally around Trump outside NYC courthouse: Biden ‘ain’t for’ Black America …Read more BIDEN’S POLLING PROBLEMS: Biden’s support is faltering among this key voting bloc in the Democrat’s base …Read more ‘OUT OF CONTROL’: State punishes Christian foster parents over transgender issue …Read more HOT WAR: This is how a Chinese invasion of Taiwan could lead to US-Beijing war …Read more NRA AT COURT: Supreme Court rules in favor of NRA in key First Amendment case …Read more ‘UNCONSTITUTIONAL’: Texas Republican takes aim at Biden’s ‘attack’ on Americans’ gun rights …Read more NEW RULES: New Louisiana law criminalizes approaching police after being ordered to stay back …Read more 14 MONTHS: Imprisoned reporter Evan Gershkovich hits another grim milestone in Russia …Read more Subscribe now to get Fox News Politics newsletter in your inbox. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more on FoxNews.com.
Biden-Harris campaign immediately fundraises off Trump’s guilty verdict
The Biden-Harris campaign immediately began fundraising off the guilty verdict former President Trump, telling supporters that the legal setback for the presumptive GOP nominee is not enough to keep him out of the White House. In a text message sent to supporters Thursday, “Biden HQ” said that “despite a jury finding Donald Trump guilty today, there is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: At the ballot box.” “Convicted felon or not, Trump will be the Republican nominee for president. But there is one other certainty — as you read this, Donald Trump’s supporters are fired up and likely setting fundraising records for his campaign,” the campaign said. “That’s money he will use to try to get back into the White House to carry out his threats of revenge and retribution against his political opponents. So while the MAGA Right comes to the aid of Trump, Joe Biden — and those who care about democracy — need you.” TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS IN NEW YORK CRIMINAL TRIAL “If you have been waiting for the perfect time to make your first donation to Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, we’re here to tell you today is the day,” the campaign said, asking for donations of $20 or “whatever” supports can afford. Former President Donald Trump’s campaign website was updated Thursday after he was found guilty on all counts in his New York trial. Shared on the updated website was a message from Trump, saying he is a “political prisoner.” “I was just convicted in a RIGGED political Witch Hunt trial,” he continued. “I DID NOTHING WRONG! They’ve raided my home, arrested me, took my mugshot, AND NOW THEY’VE JUST CONVICTED ME!” CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TRUMP CRIMINAL TRAIL “Crooked Joe Biden needs to get the message – right here, right now – that his chances of a 2nd term END TODAY,” the former president added. Trump called on his supporters through the updated website to donate to his campaign with “massive” and “immediate” pushback. TRUMP FOUND GUILTY OF ALL 34 COUNTS IN HIS CRIMINAL CASE Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. A jury found him guilty on all counts. “This is a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt,” Trump said after the verdict.