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Paul Pelosi Attacker David DePape Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

The man who attacked former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) husband was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Friday.

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The End Is Near: Trump Trial Heads Toward Finish

Former President Donald Trump's business records trial is drawing to an end, with closing arguments possible on Tuesday.

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Dem Rep. Goldman: There's Nothing New in the Hur Recordings Biden's Blocking the Release of

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s β€œAll In,” Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) argued that the recordings from Special Counsel Robert Hur’s investigation that President Joe Biden asserted executive privilege over to prevent their release have no new information because the transcripts

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PBS's Nawaz: Biden Is Blocking Hur Audio That He Claims Would Vindicate His Attacks on Hur

On Thursday’s β€œPBS NewsHour,” co-host Amna Nawaz reacted to President Joe Biden invoking executive privilege to block the release of audio recordings from Special Counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into the President by noting that Biden β€œinsisted that Hur had mischaracterized

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White House Defends Biden Blocking Release Special Counsel Recordings: Law Enforcement Files 'Need to Be Protected'

The Biden White House is defending President Biden's decision to assert executive privilege over his interview with special counsel Robert Hur -- preventing Congress from obtaining his audio recordings -- asserting that Biden made the decision "at the request of the attorney general."

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Democrat Judge Dismissed Charges Against Arizona State Pro-Hamas Protesters

In a packed courtroom on Tuesday, a judge dismissed charges filed against 71 protesters arrested in late April at the Arizona State University Campus. The judge dismissed the cases without prejudice at the University Lakes Justice Court in Chandler, Arizona.

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Alvin Bragg Offers Plea Deals to Migrants Accused of Attacking NYC Cops as He Prosecutes Trump

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D), the prosecutor linked to billionaire George Soros who is currently prosecuting former President Donald Trump on 34 felony counts, has offered plea deals to six of the nine migrants accused of attacking two New York Police Department (NYPD) officers in January.

The post Alvin Bragg Offers Plea Deals to Migrants Accused of Attacking NYC Cops as He Prosecutes Trump appeared first on Breitbart.

Rep. Dan Goldman, Client of Judge Merchan's Daughter, Says He Prepped Michael Cohen Testimony

Democrat Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), client of Justice Juan Merchan's daughter's consulting firm, said Tuesday he prepared Michael Cohen for his testimony in the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump.

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Massive Manhunt in France Underway After Deadly Prison Break

A massive manhunt was underway in France on Wednesday for an armed gang that killed two prison officers to spring an inmate.

The post Massive Manhunt in France Underway After Deadly Prison Break appeared first on Breitbart.

Bookies Open Odds on Which Political Celebrities Will Join Trump at Courthouse

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Republican House Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and Dr. Ben Carson are among the prominent figures with the highest chances of making an appearance in court with former President Donald Trump.

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β€˜SHAM’: House Speaker Johnson Condemns Trial of Trump as β€˜Politically Motivated’

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in New York on Tuesday, condemned the so-called hush-money criminal trial of former President Donald Trump.

Johnson blasted the trial as a β€œsham” and said that it’s being used to manipulate the 2024 presidential election.

I’m disgusted by what’s happening in the sham trial against President Trump.

The American people can see it’s politically motivated.

Their star witness, Michael Cohen, is a known liar who is clearly on a mission for personal revenge. pic.twitter.com/dub4dyu91s

β€” Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) May 14, 2024

β€œI’m an attorney. I’m a former litigator myself. I’m disgusted by what is happening here,” the Louisiana lawmaker said. β€œWhat is being done here is being done to our entire system of justice overall.”

Johnson said the American people are β€œlosing faith” in the U.S. justice system and our institutions because they see them being β€œabused.”

The House speaker said the facts in Trump’s case are important, as they always are in a trial. The former president’s actions were β€œpreviously reviewed, and no charges were filed. Why is that?” Johnson asked rhetorically.

β€œBecause there’s no crime here,” he said, answering his own question.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg started up this case eight years after the crime was allegedly committed, Johnson said, because β€œit’s painfully obvious, we’re six months out from an election day, and that’s the reason they brought these charges here and across the country.”

Johnson noted that the legal officials in this case are all partisan Democrats.

β€œWhat we’ve got here is a partisan Democrat district attorney. We have a [President Joe] Biden donor judge, and we have an [assistant district attorney] who was recently a top official at the Department of Justice, Biden’s DOJ, and recently received over $10,000 in payments from the Democratic National Committee,” he said.

Bragg, who brought the charges against Trump, also is a Democrat.

Johnson said the β€œstar witness” in the Trump trial, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, is simply out for retribution.

Cohen is β€œclearly on a mission for personal revenge,” the Louisiana Republican said, adding that Cohen is known to be a witness who β€œhas had trouble with the truth.”

Cohen admitted to lying to Congress in 2017, which was among the crimes that led to his disbarment.

β€œThere’s nothing he presents here that should be given any weight at all by a jury and certainly not by this judge,” Johnson said.

The charge against Trump is falsification of business records, he said, β€œbut I think everyone knows that he is not the bookkeeper of his company.”

The House speaker said Trump is β€œinnocent” in the case and that β€œanyone with common sense can see what’s happening here.”

On top of everything else, Johnson said, the court has issued a gag order against Trump, which deprives the former president of his right to free speech during an election campaign. The whole trial represents a clear case where the judicial system has been weaponized against Trump, he said, and is punishing one presidential nominee while providing β€œcover” for another.

β€œThe American people are not going to let this stand,” Johnson said. β€œElection Day cannot get here soon enough, and we will continue to shine a light on all of this in Congress because we have that constitutional responsibility.”

The post β€˜SHAM’: House Speaker Johnson Condemns Trial of Trump as β€˜Politically Motivated’ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

After Democrats Save His Speakership, Mike Johnson Again Gloms onto Donald Trump

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) travelled to a New York courtroom today to appear by Donald Trump just days after ruling out using his power to aid Trump in the "politically motivated" battle to imprison the president.

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French Prison Guards Killed in Ambush, Convict Mohamed Amra Escapes With Gunmen

Gangster identified as Mohamed Amra snatched from prison convoy in "attack of incredible violence" by four gunmen, leaving two officers dead.

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Billboard collapses onto group of pedestrians, killing at least 14

A severe thunderstorm is believed to have caused a large billboard to collapse, killing at least 14 people and injuring 74 others, city officials said.

Video shows NYC man stab random woman near Times Square

A New York City man was seen on video stepping away from the walker he was sitting on, lunging at two women and stabbing one of them before returning to his seat near Times Square.

Could a Manhattan Jury Acquit Trump?

Having served on three Manhattan juries, I would not be surprised if the 12 men and women hearingΒ New York v. Donald J. TrumpΒ acquit him of all charges.

During two civil actions and one criminal case, my fellow jurorsΒ were serious, professional, and movingly civic-minded. A quiet, solemn patriotism infused our deliberations. Several jurors said that we should respect the justice system because, someday, we might needΒ it to respect us.

My first case was a medical-malpractice lawsuit involving a botched abortion. We empathized with a woman wounded by her doctors, but her lawyer did not prove negligence. So, we backed her physicians.

β€œBut we’ve got to give her something,” one juror insisted.

Others instantlyΒ rebuked him.

β€œThat’s not how it works!” one said. β€œI feel sorry for her, too,” another admitted. β€œBut her lawyerΒ neverΒ madeΒ her case.”

So,Β we sent the plaintiff home without a penny.

Next, we deliberated intensely for almost three days before concluding that a Harlem drug counselorΒ neverΒ demonstrated his defamation-of-character claim against his employers. MyΒ sympatheticΒ pleas went unheeded, and he leftΒ empty-handed.

Finally, in her closing argument,Β a criminal prosecutorΒ displayedΒ a CD-ROM of a police dispatcher’s β€œBe on the lookout” announcement after an armed robbery. When we asked the judge toΒ playΒ that recording, heΒ told us that it was not in evidence.Β 

Disgusted by this prosecutorial deception, we instantly and angrilyΒ acquitted the defendants. Minutes later, as foreman, I proudly announced our verdict in court.

These three cases confirm that Manhattan juries are sober and perfectly capable of fairness.

That is good news for Trump.

A jury ofΒ levelheadedΒ Manhattanites would appreciate these facts that verify the profound vacuity and fundamental unfairness of District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s β€œcase” against Trump:

  • An April 25, 2023, U.S. Justice Department Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Election Commission leaves BraggΒ powerlessΒ to prosecute thisΒ matter.Β β€œThe Department has exclusive jurisdiction over criminal enforcement of the federal campaign finance laws,” the memorandum states.

β€œThe Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over civil enforcement,” the memo says.

Nowhere does thisΒ federal ruleΒ grant local prosecutors authority to enforce federal election laws. Thus, Bragg’s case is a shack built atop a cloud of helium.Β 

  • Bragg skirted theΒ statute of limitationsΒ by claiming that Trump falsified business records to commit aΒ secondΒ violation. After two weeks of this trial, that second crime remains aΒ mystery.
  • ProsecutorsΒ describedΒ a β€œcatch-and-kill scheme” through which theΒ National EnquirerΒ bought the rights to stories that might embarrass Trump and then buried them. Rather than a plot to influence the 2020 election, theΒ EnquirerΒ routinely caught and killed stories about Trumpβ€”and other newsmakers. More important, β€œcatch and kill” might be dodgy, but it is not illegal.
  • Former nude thespian Stormy Daniels signed a nondisclosure agreement promising quietude about consensual sex that Trump and, at various times, Daniels herself deny ever sharing. NDAs are perfectly legal. I have signed at least three (while dressed), and nondisclosure language has appeared in numerous contracts I have endorsed. Confidential out-of-court settlements operate similarly and legally.
  • Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen paid Daniels to clam up about her alleged intimacy with Trump. Again, sex or no sex, it is legal to pay people to ignore journalists (although buying silence before law enforcement is obstruction of justice).Β 
  • Trump’s checks allegedly reimbursed Cohen for payments to Daniels. It is perfectly legal for a client to repay his attorney funds advanced in a lawful transaction.
  • Bragg claims that Trump should have paid for this private matter with campaign cash. That would have been illegal. Instead, Trump legally used his own money.
  • Trump faces 34 counts of alleged falsification of business records because his bookkeepers posted ledger entries for checks to Cohen as β€œlegal expenses.” Would Bragg prefer false descriptions like β€œplumbing supplies” or β€œmarble tiles”? Trump faces prison for reporting legal expenses as β€œlegal expenses,” which is legal.

With 48% of registered voters telling Reuters-Ipsos last month that Trump’s Kafkaesque cases are β€œexcessive and politically motivated” (41% disagree) even a Manhattan jury could scrap Bragg’s contraption.

My memories of jury duty, including within the Stalinesque building in which Trump is being persecuted, tell me that deliberating jurors could think, β€œI won’t vote for Trump. But I cannot convict him beyond a reasonable doubt in a shaky case about actions that areΒ lurid,Β but legal.”

If just one juror agrees, this case will end with a hung jury. A second trial would be unlikely before Election Day.

And if β€œlurid, but legal” reflects the opinions of 12 of my fellow Manhattanitesβ€”who tend to be tough, but fairβ€”then Trump will be acquitted on all charges and go back to where he belongs: The campaign trail.

The Daily Signal publishes a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Heritage Foundation.

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Bill Maher Trashes Stormy Daniels Testimony over Blatant Contradictions in Past Interview

By: Paul Bois Β·Β Paul Bois

Comedian Bill Maher trashed adult film actress Stormy Daniels' testimony against former President Donald Trump last week due to blatant contradictions from a past interview she gave with him.

The post Bill Maher Trashes Stormy Daniels Testimony over Blatant Contradictions in Past Interview appeared first on Breitbart.

Texas Democrat Judge Dismisses 211 Border Rioting Charges Filed Against Migrants

In a setback to the prosecution of migrants involved in a massive border breach in March, El Paso County Court at Law #7 Judge Ruben Morales dismissed 211 individual cases involving migrants charged with rioting at a border crossing. According to Morales, a procedural error transferring the cases from the local district court to his county court meant he lacked jurisdiction and was obligated to dismiss the charges.

The post Texas Democrat Judge Dismisses 211 Border Rioting Charges Filed Against Migrants appeared first on Breitbart.

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