in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee held a press conference Friday where he spoke publicly about the conviction and his White House bid.
Judge Juan M. Merchan scheduled Trump's sentencing for July 11. The charges are punishable by up to four years in prison, though the punishment would ultimately be up to Merchan. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg declined to say whether prosecutors would seek prison time. Donald Trump’s guilty verdict is prompting some of his supporters and pundits to compare the country’s current state to the fall of the Roman Empire.
Trump has claimed falsely the trial against him was rigged and connected to the Biden administration. From October 2022 to September 2023, the U.S. Border Patrol reported seeing 169, compared to 98 the previous year. Since October 2023, the Border Patrol has reported 80 encounters. Supporters and detractors of the former president waved flags, shouting and chanting against a backdrop of Fifth Avenue luxury stores including Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Armani and Prada.Even if Donald Trump’s sentence, scheduled to be delivered July 11, includes time behind bars, he wouldn’t even be the first candidate to run for U.S. president while imprisoned.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said that the House Select Committee on weaponization will host a hearing with the two witnesses on June 13. He also falsely claimed that tens of thousands of military-age Chinese men have recently come into the U.S., looking “like perfect soldiers.” He levelled specific critiques toward members of Congress who held committee meetings probing the Capitol assault. Trump also denied that he had tried to physically direct a Secret Service agent to drive him to the Capitol, which was part of testimony before the Select Committee.
Trump said he wanted to testify but claimed the judge wanted to go into every detail of the case and that he feared being prosecuted for perjury if he made a verbal misstep. But he also marked the moment by, as he has done repeatedly, blaming Judge Juan M. Merchan for “a nasty gag order” that prevented Trump from levying public criticism against witnesses and many others affiliated with his case. At the outset of a news conference held at Trump Tower on Friday morning, Donald Trump complained about his criminal trial and subsequent conviction.Trump media shares tumble