From someone who is not really deeply familiar with US constitutional law, what does this mean for the coming election and Donald's ability to be President?
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so, what is the plan for Donald H. Trump now. Instead of working on a defence plan for the future trials will he spend his time master planing to get even about the conviction?
More than likely, he'll do/say something to get himself into more trouble, he'll whine about this, he'll milk his followers for all they have and his bootlickers in Congress will fight against this because somehow it's not fair.
I see a report that old Donnie is playing dumb about the charges he has just been convicted of. One would think that the 6 weeks he was in court would have clued him in, but maybe he was a sleep too much, or maybe he is a slow learner. In stead of putting him in jail, maybe they should send him to SCHOOL for like 5 year, use the sentence as a rehabilitation too, set up a class room on Rikers island, for the safety of the past-president . No phone, no internet, no days off, if he is not rehabilitated in 5 years, extend his stay.
Can Trump come to Canada now that he’s a convicted felon?
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Laura Osman
Published May 30, 2024 • 3 minute read
OTTAWA — A Canadian immigration lawyer says Donald Trump is technically barred from crossing into Canada now that he is a convicted felon.
The former U.S. president was found guilty Thursday on all 34 counts in his criminal hush money trial, punishable by up to four years in prison.
“Technically, upon him being convicted, he is now inadmissible to Canada,” said Mario Bellissimo, a Toronto-based immigration lawyer and policy analyst.
Given the number of convictions, Trump is likely to remain barred from crossing the Canadian border as a civilian until at least five years after he has served his sentence, Bellissimo said.
After that, he can apply for a “certificate of rehabilitation.”
Alternatively, Trump could apply for a visa if he had an especially compelling reason to come to Canada, the lawyer said, but it would be very difficult for most people to get one in the same circumstances.
However, Trump is anything but a conventional case.
The verdict makes Trump the first former American president to be found guilty of felony crimes, and comes just six months before the presidential election in which Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee.
Trump’s ability to travel north may well depend on his political fortunes and whether is elected to the Oval Office once again. Canada’s government has the discretion to allow people in, especially for diplomatic reasons, said immigration lawyer Nathan McQuarrie.
“In practice, the Canadian government would likely weigh the diplomatic consequences and might still find a way to facilitate the visit, possibly under special permissions or conditions,” said McQuarrie, who is based in British Columbia and specializes in cross-border cases with the U.S.
“While convictions could theoretically affect the admissibility of a U.S. president to Canada, the reality is that diplomatic considerations and special permits … are likely to facilitate their entry, especially for official duties.”
But the more serious the crime, the more significant the issue, said McQuarrie, and fraud convictions would fall into the “serious” category.
Spokespeople for the public safety and immigration ministers said they would not discuss individual cases, even ones as high-profile as Trump’s.
The Canada Border Services Agency said decisions about who is allowed into Canada are made on a “case-by-case basis.”
“Several factors are used in determining if an individual is admissible to Canada, including involvement in criminal activity, human rights violations, organized crime, security, health or financial reasons,” the agency said in a statement.
Trump repeatedly professed his love for Canada during his time in the Oval Office, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Canada is top of his list of travel destinations.
His only visit to Canada as president was a raucous affair that ended in a major spat between him and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The 2018 G7 summit in La Malbaie, Que., included closed-door conversations among leaders and negotiations to replace the continental trade agreement, NAFTA.
After a press conference to wrap up the summit, Trump lashed out on social media to call the prime minister “weak” and “dishonest,” based on statements Trudeau made at a press conference as the summit wrapped up.
Following the spat, his trade adviser Peter Navarro accused Trudeau of stabbing Trump “in the back on his way out the door.”
Trump’s sentencing is set for July 11, just days before the Republican National Convention.
The irony, said Bellissimo, is that if Trump committed the same crimes as a Canadian, travelling south of the border would probably be off the table.
“It is a crime of moral turpitude,” Bellissimo said.
“Even after potentially being cleared of the time, and finishing a sentence, it would be very difficult to get into the United States. But that’s a whole other story.”
— With files from Dylan Robertson and The Associated Press
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Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Laura Osman
Published May 30, 2024 • 3 minute read
OTTAWA — A Canadian immigration lawyer says Donald Trump is technically barred from crossing into Canada now that he is a convicted felon.
The former U.S. president was found guilty Thursday on all 34 counts in his criminal hush money trial, punishable by up to four years in prison.
“Technically, upon him being convicted, he is now inadmissible to Canada,” said Mario Bellissimo, a Toronto-based immigration lawyer and policy analyst.
Given the number of convictions, Trump is likely to remain barred from crossing the Canadian border as a civilian until at least five years after he has served his sentence, Bellissimo said.
After that, he can apply for a “certificate of rehabilitation.”
Alternatively, Trump could apply for a visa if he had an especially compelling reason to come to Canada, the lawyer said, but it would be very difficult for most people to get one in the same circumstances.
However, Trump is anything but a conventional case.
The verdict makes Trump the first former American president to be found guilty of felony crimes, and comes just six months before the presidential election in which Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee.
Trump’s ability to travel north may well depend on his political fortunes and whether is elected to the Oval Office once again. Canada’s government has the discretion to allow people in, especially for diplomatic reasons, said immigration lawyer Nathan McQuarrie.
“In practice, the Canadian government would likely weigh the diplomatic consequences and might still find a way to facilitate the visit, possibly under special permissions or conditions,” said McQuarrie, who is based in British Columbia and specializes in cross-border cases with the U.S.
“While convictions could theoretically affect the admissibility of a U.S. president to Canada, the reality is that diplomatic considerations and special permits … are likely to facilitate their entry, especially for official duties.”
But the more serious the crime, the more significant the issue, said McQuarrie, and fraud convictions would fall into the “serious” category.
Spokespeople for the public safety and immigration ministers said they would not discuss individual cases, even ones as high-profile as Trump’s.
The Canada Border Services Agency said decisions about who is allowed into Canada are made on a “case-by-case basis.”
“Several factors are used in determining if an individual is admissible to Canada, including involvement in criminal activity, human rights violations, organized crime, security, health or financial reasons,” the agency said in a statement.
Trump repeatedly professed his love for Canada during his time in the Oval Office, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Canada is top of his list of travel destinations.
His only visit to Canada as president was a raucous affair that ended in a major spat between him and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The 2018 G7 summit in La Malbaie, Que., included closed-door conversations among leaders and negotiations to replace the continental trade agreement, NAFTA.
After a press conference to wrap up the summit, Trump lashed out on social media to call the prime minister “weak” and “dishonest,” based on statements Trudeau made at a press conference as the summit wrapped up.
Following the spat, his trade adviser Peter Navarro accused Trudeau of stabbing Trump “in the back on his way out the door.”
Trump’s sentencing is set for July 11, just days before the Republican National Convention.
The irony, said Bellissimo, is that if Trump committed the same crimes as a Canadian, travelling south of the border would probably be off the table.
“It is a crime of moral turpitude,” Bellissimo said.
“Even after potentially being cleared of the time, and finishing a sentence, it would be very difficult to get into the United States. But that’s a whole other story.”
— With files from Dylan Robertson and The Associated Press
Can Trump come to Canada now that he’s a convicted felon?
A Canadian immigration lawyer says Donald Trump is technically barred from crossing into Canada now that he is a convicted felon.
This can be overriden by a order by the immigration minister or one of his/her chief bureaucrats. If Trump was the President, I am sure it would be. The real question is can he be President?
Can Trump come to Canada now that he’s a convicted felon?
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Laura Osman
Published May 30, 2024 • 3 minute read
OTTAWA — A Canadian immigration lawyer says Donald Trump is technically barred from crossing into Canada now that he is a convicted felon.
The former U.S. president was found guilty Thursday on all 34 counts in his criminal hush money trial, punishable by up to four years in prison.
“Technically, upon him being convicted, he is now inadmissible to Canada,” said Mario Bellissimo, a Toronto-based immigration lawyer and policy analyst.
Given the number of convictions, Trump is likely to remain barred from crossing the Canadian border as a civilian until at least five years after he has served his sentence, Bellissimo said.
After that, he can apply for a “certificate of rehabilitation.”
Alternatively, Trump could apply for a visa if he had an especially compelling reason to come to Canada, the lawyer said, but it would be very difficult for most people to get one in the same circumstances.
However, Trump is anything but a conventional case.
The verdict makes Trump the first former American president to be found guilty of felony crimes, and comes just six months before the presidential election in which Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee.
Trump’s ability to travel north may well depend on his political fortunes and whether is elected to the Oval Office once again. Canada’s government has the discretion to allow people in, especially for diplomatic reasons, said immigration lawyer Nathan McQuarrie.
“In practice, the Canadian government would likely weigh the diplomatic consequences and might still find a way to facilitate the visit, possibly under special permissions or conditions,” said McQuarrie, who is based in British Columbia and specializes in cross-border cases with the U.S.
“While convictions could theoretically affect the admissibility of a U.S. president to Canada, the reality is that diplomatic considerations and special permits … are likely to facilitate their entry, especially for official duties.”
But the more serious the crime, the more significant the issue, said McQuarrie, and fraud convictions would fall into the “serious” category.
Spokespeople for the public safety and immigration ministers said they would not discuss individual cases, even ones as high-profile as Trump’s.
The Canada Border Services Agency said decisions about who is allowed into Canada are made on a “case-by-case basis.”
“Several factors are used in determining if an individual is admissible to Canada, including involvement in criminal activity, human rights violations, organized crime, security, health or financial reasons,” the agency said in a statement.
Trump repeatedly professed his love for Canada during his time in the Oval Office, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Canada is top of his list of travel destinations.
His only visit to Canada as president was a raucous affair that ended in a major spat between him and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The 2018 G7 summit in La Malbaie, Que., included closed-door conversations among leaders and negotiations to replace the continental trade agreement, NAFTA.
After a press conference to wrap up the summit, Trump lashed out on social media to call the prime minister “weak” and “dishonest,” based on statements Trudeau made at a press conference as the summit wrapped up.
Following the spat, his trade adviser Peter Navarro accused Trudeau of stabbing Trump “in the back on his way out the door.”
Trump’s sentencing is set for July 11, just days before the Republican National Convention.
The irony, said Bellissimo, is that if Trump committed the same crimes as a Canadian, travelling south of the border would probably be off the table.
“It is a crime of moral turpitude,” Bellissimo said.
“Even after potentially being cleared of the time, and finishing a sentence, it would be very difficult to get into the United States. But that’s a whole other story.”
— With files from Dylan Robertson and The Associated Press
Can Trump come to Canada now that he’s a convicted felon?
A Canadian immigration lawyer says Donald Trump is technically barred from crossing into Canada now that he is a convicted felon.
I'm doubtful of all this; I knew someone who was charged for a felony act, plead guilty and still got into Canada so... there are ways to get in.
Mother of Jan. 6 officer 'swatted' at home hours after he criticized Trump
Author of the article:Washington Post
Washington Post
Peter Hermann, Victoria Bisset
Published May 30, 2024 • 3 minute read
Michael Fanone, a former D.C. police officer who was violently assaulted during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, criticized former president Donald Trump on Tuesday outside the courthouse hosting the hush money trial. Hours later, he said his mother was “swatted” at her Virginia home.
Fanone said that his 75-year-old mother, in her nightgown, opened the door to officers at her home in Fairfax County. “She was scared,” Fanone told The Washington Post in an interview Thursday morning.
A fake note — purporting to be from Fanone — had been emailed to a number of people, claiming the writer killed their mother and planned to go to the recipient’s school to shoot others. It provided the home address of Fanone’s mother. NBC News first reported the incident.
Fanone said the swatting — a form of online harassment involving the reporting of fake crimes to draw an emergency law enforcement response to target a victim — is frightening.
The swatting email “is sending law enforcement officers into a situation where they are acting under the assumption there is an active shooter in progress,” Fanone said. “It’s inherently dangerous. All it takes is one misinterpretation of someone’s actions — my mother in this case — and it could go catastrophically wrong.”
Fanone, who has been subject to threats since he became the face of the law enforcement response to the attack on the Capitol, and called out lawmakers who played down the attack, said the majority of his interactions with the public are now negative. “My mere presence puts people in an absolute rage,” he said.
Fanone attributed the swatting incident to anger over his criticism of Trump and what happened on Jan. 6.
The Fairfax County Police Department said in a statement that they were alerted to a suspicious email by the Montgomery County Police Department. Officers responded to a block in Alexandria around 7:40 p.m., though a spokeswoman for the county police declined to confirm the target of the swatting incident, citing a policy of not identifying victims of crimes.
The response was for a welfare check and officers “made contact with the resident, who was confirmed to be okay,” the statement said. “Detectives from our Threat Assessment Management (TAM) Unit are investigating the circumstances of this case and the swatting nature of the initial email.”
The email, which was reviewed by The Post, identifies the author as Fanone and says “I have killed my … mom.” The person then threatens to go to shoot people at a school.
Fanone described the police response to his mother’s home as aggressive, and said they asked her where her son was. Fanone said his mother showed the officers pictures of him and told them of his background with police. He also said his mother described the officers as wearing tactical gear. A police official, speaking under condition of anonymity due to an ongoing investigation, said officers responded in patrol clothes.
Fanone said that on Wednesday, someone also sent an unsolicited pizza to his mother’s home.
Earlier on Tuesday, Fanone had joined a campaign event for President Biden outside of the New York courthouse where attorneys presented their closing arguments in the case against Trump over charges he falsified business records to cover up hush money payments to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels.
Fanone, who voted for Trump in 2016, said that the former president would govern as an “authoritarian who answers to and serves only himself.”
Fanone said supporters of Trump who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 “were fueled by Trump’s lies and the lies of his surrogates, lies that the 2020 election was stolen.”
“Those same lies have been spewed by Donald Trump and his surrogates about what happened to me and so many other police officers on Jan. 6, 2021. That day I was brutally assaulted.”
During the attack, Fanone and another officer were attacked by rioters, who struck them with metal pipes and stun guns. Fanone suffered a mild heart attack and drifted in and out of consciousness, and said he heard attackers shouting to “Kill him with his own gun,” The Washington Post reported days after the insurrection.
He resigned from the force 11 months later.
nbcnews.com
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Washington Post
Washington Post
Peter Hermann, Victoria Bisset
Published May 30, 2024 • 3 minute read
Michael Fanone, a former D.C. police officer who was violently assaulted during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, criticized former president Donald Trump on Tuesday outside the courthouse hosting the hush money trial. Hours later, he said his mother was “swatted” at her Virginia home.
Fanone said that his 75-year-old mother, in her nightgown, opened the door to officers at her home in Fairfax County. “She was scared,” Fanone told The Washington Post in an interview Thursday morning.
A fake note — purporting to be from Fanone — had been emailed to a number of people, claiming the writer killed their mother and planned to go to the recipient’s school to shoot others. It provided the home address of Fanone’s mother. NBC News first reported the incident.
Fanone said the swatting — a form of online harassment involving the reporting of fake crimes to draw an emergency law enforcement response to target a victim — is frightening.
The swatting email “is sending law enforcement officers into a situation where they are acting under the assumption there is an active shooter in progress,” Fanone said. “It’s inherently dangerous. All it takes is one misinterpretation of someone’s actions — my mother in this case — and it could go catastrophically wrong.”
Fanone, who has been subject to threats since he became the face of the law enforcement response to the attack on the Capitol, and called out lawmakers who played down the attack, said the majority of his interactions with the public are now negative. “My mere presence puts people in an absolute rage,” he said.
Fanone attributed the swatting incident to anger over his criticism of Trump and what happened on Jan. 6.
The Fairfax County Police Department said in a statement that they were alerted to a suspicious email by the Montgomery County Police Department. Officers responded to a block in Alexandria around 7:40 p.m., though a spokeswoman for the county police declined to confirm the target of the swatting incident, citing a policy of not identifying victims of crimes.
The response was for a welfare check and officers “made contact with the resident, who was confirmed to be okay,” the statement said. “Detectives from our Threat Assessment Management (TAM) Unit are investigating the circumstances of this case and the swatting nature of the initial email.”
The email, which was reviewed by The Post, identifies the author as Fanone and says “I have killed my … mom.” The person then threatens to go to shoot people at a school.
Fanone described the police response to his mother’s home as aggressive, and said they asked her where her son was. Fanone said his mother showed the officers pictures of him and told them of his background with police. He also said his mother described the officers as wearing tactical gear. A police official, speaking under condition of anonymity due to an ongoing investigation, said officers responded in patrol clothes.
Fanone said that on Wednesday, someone also sent an unsolicited pizza to his mother’s home.
Earlier on Tuesday, Fanone had joined a campaign event for President Biden outside of the New York courthouse where attorneys presented their closing arguments in the case against Trump over charges he falsified business records to cover up hush money payments to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels.
Fanone, who voted for Trump in 2016, said that the former president would govern as an “authoritarian who answers to and serves only himself.”
Fanone said supporters of Trump who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 “were fueled by Trump’s lies and the lies of his surrogates, lies that the 2020 election was stolen.”
“Those same lies have been spewed by Donald Trump and his surrogates about what happened to me and so many other police officers on Jan. 6, 2021. That day I was brutally assaulted.”
During the attack, Fanone and another officer were attacked by rioters, who struck them with metal pipes and stun guns. Fanone suffered a mild heart attack and drifted in and out of consciousness, and said he heard attackers shouting to “Kill him with his own gun,” The Washington Post reported days after the insurrection.
He resigned from the force 11 months later.
Mother of Jan. 6 officer Michael Fanone swatted after he called Trump 'authoritarian'
Fanone was abducted by the mob on Jan. 6 and nearly killed when a MAGA-hatted rioter who believed Trump's lies about the 2020 election drove a stun gun into his neck.
nbcnews.com
Mother of Jan. 6 officer 'swatted' at home hours after he criticized Trump
Michael Fanone, violently assaulted during Jan. 6, 2021 attack on U.S. Capitol, says his mom was "swatted" after he criticized Donald Trump.
Shares in Trump Media slump after former president convicted in hush money trial
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Michelle Chapman
Published May 30, 2024 • 2 minute read
Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, slumped Thursday after former President Donald Trump was convicted in his hush money trial.
A New York jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
Trump Media’s stock was down about 9% in after-hours trading Thursday as news of the verdict emerged.
The stock, which trades under the ticket symbol “DJT,” has been extraordinarily volatile since its debut in late March, joining the group of meme stocks that are prone to ricochet from highs to lows as small-pocketed investors attempt to catch an upward momentum swing at the right time.
The stock has tripled this year, in the process frequently making double-digit percentage moves either higher or lower on a single day. It peaked at nearly $80 in intraday trading on March 26. For context, the S&P 500 is up almost 10% year to date.
Earlier this month, Trump Media reported that it lost more than $300 million last quarter, according to its first earnings report as a publicly traded company.
For the three-month period that ended March 31, the company posted a loss of $327.6 million, which it said included $311 million in non-cash expenses related to its merger with a company called Digital World Acquisition Corp. DWAC was an example of what’s known as a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, which can give young companies quicker and easier routes to getting their shares trading publicly, but with much less scrutiny.
Trump Media & Technology fired an auditor this month that federal regulators recently charged with “massive fraud.” The media company dismissed BF Borgers as its independent public accounting firm on May 3, delaying the filing of its quarterly earnings report.
Trump Media had previously cycled through at least two other auditors — one that resigned in July 2023, and another that was terminated by its board in March, just as it was rehiring BF Borgers.
Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records at his company in connection with an alleged scheme to hide potentially embarrassing stories about him during his 2016 Republican presidential election campaign.
The charge, a felony, arose from reimbursements paid to then-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen after he made a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels to silence her claims of an extramarital sexual encounter with Trump in 2006. Trump was accused of misrepresenting Cohen’s reimbursements as legal expenses to hide that they were tied to a hush money payment.
Trump’s defense contended that the Cohen payments were for legitimate legal services.
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Michelle Chapman
Published May 30, 2024 • 2 minute read
Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, slumped Thursday after former President Donald Trump was convicted in his hush money trial.
A New York jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
Trump Media’s stock was down about 9% in after-hours trading Thursday as news of the verdict emerged.
The stock, which trades under the ticket symbol “DJT,” has been extraordinarily volatile since its debut in late March, joining the group of meme stocks that are prone to ricochet from highs to lows as small-pocketed investors attempt to catch an upward momentum swing at the right time.
The stock has tripled this year, in the process frequently making double-digit percentage moves either higher or lower on a single day. It peaked at nearly $80 in intraday trading on March 26. For context, the S&P 500 is up almost 10% year to date.
Earlier this month, Trump Media reported that it lost more than $300 million last quarter, according to its first earnings report as a publicly traded company.
For the three-month period that ended March 31, the company posted a loss of $327.6 million, which it said included $311 million in non-cash expenses related to its merger with a company called Digital World Acquisition Corp. DWAC was an example of what’s known as a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, which can give young companies quicker and easier routes to getting their shares trading publicly, but with much less scrutiny.
Trump Media & Technology fired an auditor this month that federal regulators recently charged with “massive fraud.” The media company dismissed BF Borgers as its independent public accounting firm on May 3, delaying the filing of its quarterly earnings report.
Trump Media had previously cycled through at least two other auditors — one that resigned in July 2023, and another that was terminated by its board in March, just as it was rehiring BF Borgers.
Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records at his company in connection with an alleged scheme to hide potentially embarrassing stories about him during his 2016 Republican presidential election campaign.
The charge, a felony, arose from reimbursements paid to then-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen after he made a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels to silence her claims of an extramarital sexual encounter with Trump in 2006. Trump was accused of misrepresenting Cohen’s reimbursements as legal expenses to hide that they were tied to a hush money payment.
Trump’s defense contended that the Cohen payments were for legitimate legal services.
Shares in Trump Media slump after former president convicted in hush money trial
Trump Media's stock was down about 9% in after-hours trading Thursday as news of the verdict emerged.
Will Trump go to jail? Can he be president? What’s next after guilty verdict?
Author of the article:Washington Post
Washington Post
David Nakamura, Aaron Blake, The Washington Post
Published May 31, 2024 • 3 minute read
Donald Trump was convicted Thursday on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his New York state hush money case, becoming the first former U.S. president to be tried and found guilty of a crime.
The 12-person jury unanimously agreed on the verdict after deliberating for two days, finding that Trump falsified records to cover up a $130,000 payment before the 2016 election to an adult-film actress to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with him years earlier.
Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee in this year’s presidential race.
What happens next?
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan scheduled Trump’s sentencing for July 11. Trump is required to report to the New York City Department of Probation for an interview about his background, his mental health and the circumstances of his case that will be used to help compile a presentencing report.
Will Trump go to jail?
The charges against Trump are nonviolent Class E felonies, the lowest level in New York, and they are punishable by 16 months to four years in state prison. Legal experts said it is unlikely that Trump, 77, would be incarcerated, given that he had not previously been convicted of a crime.
Other options for Merchan include sentencing Trump to probation, which would mean he would need approval from a parole officer to travel outside the state. Trump also could be fined or granted a conditional discharge pegged to the requirement that he stay out of further legal trouble, legal experts said.
Can Trump still become president after being convicted?
Trump remains eligible to campaign for the presidency and serve if elected. The U.S. Constitution requires that presidential candidates be at least 35 years old, a natural-born U.S. citizen and a resident in the country for at least 14 years. The 14th Amendment, passed by Congress after the Civil War, bars anyone who participated in an insurrection from running for the presidency, but Trump has not been charged with insurrection in the three other criminal prosecutions that remain active against him.
Can Trump appeal?
Trump’s legal team will have 30 days from the New York verdict to file notice of appeal and six months to file the full appeal. Any appeals process would probably extend beyond the Nov. 5 presidential election. Legal experts said it is plausible that an appeals court would agree to stay Trump’s sentence until after the appeal is adjudicated.
How does this verdict impact his candidacy?
Polls before the guilty verdict Thursday had shown an often small but potentially decisive drop in Trump’s support if he were to be convicted of a crime. As of late 2023, polls showed that a conviction would shift the margins by between five and 14 points in President Biden’s favor. A recent Reuters-Ipsos poll last month showed just a two-point shift toward Biden if Trump is convicted, with a larger six-point shift if Trump is incarcerated as a result.
These polls tested Trump’s conviction for any crime. Americans have long viewed the Manhattan charges as less serious. As for a conviction in that trial, specifically? An ABC News-Ipsos poll last month showed that a conviction in the New York case would cause 20 percent of Trump supporters to at least “reconsider” voting for him. Four percent say they would abandon him.
Can Trump pardon himself?
If Trump became president again, his federal authority to issue pardons would not apply to his New York state conviction on 34 counts in the hush money trial.
Whether a sitting president could pardon himself for federal offenses is less clear. It is an untested area of federal law. Trump is charged in federal court in Florida with mishandling classified documents and trying to obstruct government efforts to retrieve them; he is charged in federal court in D.C. with conspiring to obstruct the results of the 2020 election he lost. He has pleaded not guilty in both cases.
What does this mean for Trump’s other criminal cases?
Trump is facing three other active criminal prosecutions. He faces federal charges in Washington for allegedly trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election and in Florida for allegedly hoarding classified documents from his presidency and conspiring with aides to cover up his actions. State prosecutors in Georgia have charged him with election interference.
Trump has pleaded not guilty in each case. His New York conviction has no legal bearing on the other three cases, which appear unlikely to go to trial before the November election.
Trump and his supporters have sought to paint all the cases as politically motivated.
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Washington Post
Washington Post
David Nakamura, Aaron Blake, The Washington Post
Published May 31, 2024 • 3 minute read
Donald Trump was convicted Thursday on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his New York state hush money case, becoming the first former U.S. president to be tried and found guilty of a crime.
The 12-person jury unanimously agreed on the verdict after deliberating for two days, finding that Trump falsified records to cover up a $130,000 payment before the 2016 election to an adult-film actress to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with him years earlier.
Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee in this year’s presidential race.
What happens next?
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan scheduled Trump’s sentencing for July 11. Trump is required to report to the New York City Department of Probation for an interview about his background, his mental health and the circumstances of his case that will be used to help compile a presentencing report.
Will Trump go to jail?
The charges against Trump are nonviolent Class E felonies, the lowest level in New York, and they are punishable by 16 months to four years in state prison. Legal experts said it is unlikely that Trump, 77, would be incarcerated, given that he had not previously been convicted of a crime.
Other options for Merchan include sentencing Trump to probation, which would mean he would need approval from a parole officer to travel outside the state. Trump also could be fined or granted a conditional discharge pegged to the requirement that he stay out of further legal trouble, legal experts said.
Can Trump still become president after being convicted?
Trump remains eligible to campaign for the presidency and serve if elected. The U.S. Constitution requires that presidential candidates be at least 35 years old, a natural-born U.S. citizen and a resident in the country for at least 14 years. The 14th Amendment, passed by Congress after the Civil War, bars anyone who participated in an insurrection from running for the presidency, but Trump has not been charged with insurrection in the three other criminal prosecutions that remain active against him.
Can Trump appeal?
Trump’s legal team will have 30 days from the New York verdict to file notice of appeal and six months to file the full appeal. Any appeals process would probably extend beyond the Nov. 5 presidential election. Legal experts said it is plausible that an appeals court would agree to stay Trump’s sentence until after the appeal is adjudicated.
How does this verdict impact his candidacy?
Polls before the guilty verdict Thursday had shown an often small but potentially decisive drop in Trump’s support if he were to be convicted of a crime. As of late 2023, polls showed that a conviction would shift the margins by between five and 14 points in President Biden’s favor. A recent Reuters-Ipsos poll last month showed just a two-point shift toward Biden if Trump is convicted, with a larger six-point shift if Trump is incarcerated as a result.
These polls tested Trump’s conviction for any crime. Americans have long viewed the Manhattan charges as less serious. As for a conviction in that trial, specifically? An ABC News-Ipsos poll last month showed that a conviction in the New York case would cause 20 percent of Trump supporters to at least “reconsider” voting for him. Four percent say they would abandon him.
Can Trump pardon himself?
If Trump became president again, his federal authority to issue pardons would not apply to his New York state conviction on 34 counts in the hush money trial.
Whether a sitting president could pardon himself for federal offenses is less clear. It is an untested area of federal law. Trump is charged in federal court in Florida with mishandling classified documents and trying to obstruct government efforts to retrieve them; he is charged in federal court in D.C. with conspiring to obstruct the results of the 2020 election he lost. He has pleaded not guilty in both cases.
What does this mean for Trump’s other criminal cases?
Trump is facing three other active criminal prosecutions. He faces federal charges in Washington for allegedly trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election and in Florida for allegedly hoarding classified documents from his presidency and conspiring with aides to cover up his actions. State prosecutors in Georgia have charged him with election interference.
Trump has pleaded not guilty in each case. His New York conviction has no legal bearing on the other three cases, which appear unlikely to go to trial before the November election.
Trump and his supporters have sought to paint all the cases as politically motivated.
Will Trump go to jail? Can he be president? What’s next after guilty verdict?
Donald Trump was convicted Thursday on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his New York state hush money case
Trump tries to move past his guilty verdict by attacking the criminal justice system
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Michelle L. Price and Jill Colvin
Published May 31, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 6 minute read
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump sought to move past his historic criminal conviction on Friday and build momentum for his bid to return to the White House with fierce attacks on the judge who oversaw the case, the prosecution’s star witness and the criminal justice system as a whole.
Speaking from his namesake tower in Manhattan in a symbolic return to the campaign trail, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee delivered a message aimed squarely at his most loyal supporters. Defiant as ever, he insisted without evidence that the verdict was “rigged” and driven by politics.
“We’re going to fight,” Trump said from the atrium of Trump Tower, where he descended a golden escalator to announce his 2016 campaign nine years ago next month. The machinations during the final, dramatic weeks of that campaign ultimately led to the charges that made Trump the first former president and presumptive presidential nominee of a major party to be convicted of a crime, exposing him to potential prison time.
While the guilty verdict has energized Trump’s base, fueling millions of dollars in new campaign contributions, it’s unclear how the conviction and his rambling response will resonate with the kinds of voters who are likely to decide what is expected to be an extremely close November election. They include suburban women, independents, and voters turned off by both candidates.
Speaking before dozens of reporters and cameras that carried his remarks live, Trump cast himself as a martyr, suggesting that if this could happen to him, “They can do this to anyone.”
“I’m willing to do whatever I have to do to save our country and save our Constitution. I don’t mind,” he said, as he traded the aging lower Manhattan courthouse where he spent much of the last two months for a backdrop of American flags, rose marble and brass.
“It’s a very unpleasant thing, to be honest,” he added. “But it’s a great, great honor.”
President Joe Biden, responding to the verdict at the White House, said Trump “was given every opportunity to defend himself” and blasted his rhetoric.
“It’s reckless, it’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible for anyone to say this is rigged just because they don’t like the verdict,” Biden said.
Trump has made his legal woes the centerpiece of his campaign message as he has argued, without evidence, that Biden orchestrated the four indictments against him to hobble his campaign. The hush money case was filed by local prosecutors in Manhattan who don’t work for the Justice Department or any White House office.
A Manhattan jury on Thursday found Trump guilty of 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
Despite the historic ruling, a convicted Trump sounded much the same as a pre-convicted Trump, as he delivered what amounted to a truncated version of his usual rally speech. He argued the verdict was illegitimate and driven by politics and sought to downplay the facts underlying the case. He said he would appeal.
“It’s not hush money. It’s a nondisclosure agreement,” he said. “Totally legal, totally common.”
When Trump emerged from the courtroom immediately after the verdict Thursday, he had appeared tense and deeply angry, his words pointed and clipped. But by Friday, he seemed more relaxed — if a little congested — especially as he moved on to other topics. He did not take questions from reporters, marching off as supporters assembled in the lobby cheered.
His lawyer, Todd Blanche, who was with him at Trump Tower but didn’t speak, said in an interview later Friday that he had been “shocked” by how well Trump took the verdict.
“He’s not happy about it, but there’s no defendant in the history of our justice system who’s happy about a conviction the day after,” he said. “But I think he knows there’s a lot of fight left and there’s a lot of opportunity to fix this and that’s what we’re going to try to do.”
Trump has portrayed himself as a passionate supporter of law enforcement and has even talked favorably of officers handling suspects roughly. But he has spent the last two years attacking parts of the criminal justice system as it applies to him and raising questions about the honesty and motives of agents and prosecutors.
In his disjointed remarks, Trump attacked Biden’s immigration and tax policies before pivoting to his case, growling that he was threatened with jail time if he violated a gag order. He cast intricate parts of the case and trial proceedings as unfair, making false statements and misrepresentations as he went.
Trump said he had wanted to testify in his trial, a right that he opted not to exercise. Doing so would have allowed prosecutors to cross-examine him under oath. He raised the specter on Friday of being charged with perjury for a verbal misstep, saying, “The theory is you never testify because as soon as you testify _ anybody, if it were George Washington — don’t testify because they’ll get you on something that you said slightly wrong.”
Testing the limits of the gag order that continues to prohibit him from publicly critiquing witnesses including Michael Cohen, Trump called his former fixer, the star prosecution witness in the case, “a sleazebag,” without referencing him by name.
He also blasted the judge in the case, saying his side’s chief witness had been “literally crucified by this man who looks like an angel, but he’s really a devil.”
He also circled back to some of the same authoritarian themes he has repeatedly focused on in speeches and rallies, painting the U.S. under Biden as a “corrupt” and “fascist” nation.
His son Eric Trump and daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, joined him, but his wife, Melania Trump, who has been publicly silent since the verdict, was not seen.
Outside, on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, supporters gathered across the street flew a giant red “TRUMP OR DEATH” sign that flapped in front of a high-end boutique. A small group of protesters held signs saying “Guilty” and “Justice matters.”
Trump’s campaign announced Friday evening it had raised $52.8 million in the 24 hours after the verdict. The campaign said one-third of those donors had not previously given to him.
Trump and his campaign had been preparing for a guilty verdict for days, even as they held out hope for a hung jury. On Tuesday, Trump railed that not even Mother Teresa, the nun and saint, could beat the charges, which he repeatedly labeled as “rigged.”
His top aides on Wednesday released a memo in which they insisted a verdict would have no impact on the election, whether Trump was convicted or acquitted.
The news nonetheless landed with a jolt. Trump listened as the jury delivered a guilty verdict on every count. Trump sat stone-faced while the verdict was read.
His campaign fired off a flurry of fundraising appeals, and GOP allies rallied to his side. One text message called him a “political prisoner,” even though he hasn’t yet found out if he will be sentenced to prison. The campaign also began selling black “Make America Great Again” caps, instead of the usual red, to reflect a “dark day in history.”
Aides reported an immediate rush of contributions so intense that WinRed, the platform the campaign uses for fundraising, crashed.
In the next two months, Trump is set to have his first debate with Biden, announce a running mate and formally accept his party’s nomination at the Republican National Convention. But before he goes to Milwaukee for the RNC, Trump will have to return to court on July 11 for sentencing. He could face penalties ranging from a fine or probation up to prison time.
— Associated Press writers Adriana Gomez Licon in Miami, Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, Gary Fields in Washington and Ali Swenson and Michael R. Sisak in New York contributed to this report.
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Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Michelle L. Price and Jill Colvin
Published May 31, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 6 minute read
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump sought to move past his historic criminal conviction on Friday and build momentum for his bid to return to the White House with fierce attacks on the judge who oversaw the case, the prosecution’s star witness and the criminal justice system as a whole.
Speaking from his namesake tower in Manhattan in a symbolic return to the campaign trail, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee delivered a message aimed squarely at his most loyal supporters. Defiant as ever, he insisted without evidence that the verdict was “rigged” and driven by politics.
“We’re going to fight,” Trump said from the atrium of Trump Tower, where he descended a golden escalator to announce his 2016 campaign nine years ago next month. The machinations during the final, dramatic weeks of that campaign ultimately led to the charges that made Trump the first former president and presumptive presidential nominee of a major party to be convicted of a crime, exposing him to potential prison time.
While the guilty verdict has energized Trump’s base, fueling millions of dollars in new campaign contributions, it’s unclear how the conviction and his rambling response will resonate with the kinds of voters who are likely to decide what is expected to be an extremely close November election. They include suburban women, independents, and voters turned off by both candidates.
Speaking before dozens of reporters and cameras that carried his remarks live, Trump cast himself as a martyr, suggesting that if this could happen to him, “They can do this to anyone.”
“I’m willing to do whatever I have to do to save our country and save our Constitution. I don’t mind,” he said, as he traded the aging lower Manhattan courthouse where he spent much of the last two months for a backdrop of American flags, rose marble and brass.
“It’s a very unpleasant thing, to be honest,” he added. “But it’s a great, great honor.”
President Joe Biden, responding to the verdict at the White House, said Trump “was given every opportunity to defend himself” and blasted his rhetoric.
“It’s reckless, it’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible for anyone to say this is rigged just because they don’t like the verdict,” Biden said.
Trump has made his legal woes the centerpiece of his campaign message as he has argued, without evidence, that Biden orchestrated the four indictments against him to hobble his campaign. The hush money case was filed by local prosecutors in Manhattan who don’t work for the Justice Department or any White House office.
A Manhattan jury on Thursday found Trump guilty of 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
Despite the historic ruling, a convicted Trump sounded much the same as a pre-convicted Trump, as he delivered what amounted to a truncated version of his usual rally speech. He argued the verdict was illegitimate and driven by politics and sought to downplay the facts underlying the case. He said he would appeal.
“It’s not hush money. It’s a nondisclosure agreement,” he said. “Totally legal, totally common.”
When Trump emerged from the courtroom immediately after the verdict Thursday, he had appeared tense and deeply angry, his words pointed and clipped. But by Friday, he seemed more relaxed — if a little congested — especially as he moved on to other topics. He did not take questions from reporters, marching off as supporters assembled in the lobby cheered.
His lawyer, Todd Blanche, who was with him at Trump Tower but didn’t speak, said in an interview later Friday that he had been “shocked” by how well Trump took the verdict.
“He’s not happy about it, but there’s no defendant in the history of our justice system who’s happy about a conviction the day after,” he said. “But I think he knows there’s a lot of fight left and there’s a lot of opportunity to fix this and that’s what we’re going to try to do.”
Trump has portrayed himself as a passionate supporter of law enforcement and has even talked favorably of officers handling suspects roughly. But he has spent the last two years attacking parts of the criminal justice system as it applies to him and raising questions about the honesty and motives of agents and prosecutors.
In his disjointed remarks, Trump attacked Biden’s immigration and tax policies before pivoting to his case, growling that he was threatened with jail time if he violated a gag order. He cast intricate parts of the case and trial proceedings as unfair, making false statements and misrepresentations as he went.
Trump said he had wanted to testify in his trial, a right that he opted not to exercise. Doing so would have allowed prosecutors to cross-examine him under oath. He raised the specter on Friday of being charged with perjury for a verbal misstep, saying, “The theory is you never testify because as soon as you testify _ anybody, if it were George Washington — don’t testify because they’ll get you on something that you said slightly wrong.”
Testing the limits of the gag order that continues to prohibit him from publicly critiquing witnesses including Michael Cohen, Trump called his former fixer, the star prosecution witness in the case, “a sleazebag,” without referencing him by name.
He also blasted the judge in the case, saying his side’s chief witness had been “literally crucified by this man who looks like an angel, but he’s really a devil.”
He also circled back to some of the same authoritarian themes he has repeatedly focused on in speeches and rallies, painting the U.S. under Biden as a “corrupt” and “fascist” nation.
His son Eric Trump and daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, joined him, but his wife, Melania Trump, who has been publicly silent since the verdict, was not seen.
Outside, on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, supporters gathered across the street flew a giant red “TRUMP OR DEATH” sign that flapped in front of a high-end boutique. A small group of protesters held signs saying “Guilty” and “Justice matters.”
Trump’s campaign announced Friday evening it had raised $52.8 million in the 24 hours after the verdict. The campaign said one-third of those donors had not previously given to him.
Trump and his campaign had been preparing for a guilty verdict for days, even as they held out hope for a hung jury. On Tuesday, Trump railed that not even Mother Teresa, the nun and saint, could beat the charges, which he repeatedly labeled as “rigged.”
His top aides on Wednesday released a memo in which they insisted a verdict would have no impact on the election, whether Trump was convicted or acquitted.
The news nonetheless landed with a jolt. Trump listened as the jury delivered a guilty verdict on every count. Trump sat stone-faced while the verdict was read.
His campaign fired off a flurry of fundraising appeals, and GOP allies rallied to his side. One text message called him a “political prisoner,” even though he hasn’t yet found out if he will be sentenced to prison. The campaign also began selling black “Make America Great Again” caps, instead of the usual red, to reflect a “dark day in history.”
Aides reported an immediate rush of contributions so intense that WinRed, the platform the campaign uses for fundraising, crashed.
In the next two months, Trump is set to have his first debate with Biden, announce a running mate and formally accept his party’s nomination at the Republican National Convention. But before he goes to Milwaukee for the RNC, Trump will have to return to court on July 11 for sentencing. He could face penalties ranging from a fine or probation up to prison time.
— Associated Press writers Adriana Gomez Licon in Miami, Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, Gary Fields in Washington and Ali Swenson and Michael R. Sisak in New York contributed to this report.
Trump tries to move past his guilty verdict by attacking the criminal justice system
Donald Trump launched into attacks on the judge in his criminal trial and continued to undermine New York's criminal justice system.