All posts tagged "Conviction"

Donald Trump recently secured a delay in his sentencing so he could argue in court that his New York conviction should be voided based on the Supreme Court's recent immunity ruling, but one former prosecutor says Trump will not win that particular fight.

Former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade appeared on MSNBC on Wednesday to discuss the former president and his ongoing efforts to undo a conviction by a jury of his peers in his own home state. The host asked her how Trump will fare in his efforts to undo his guilty verdicts.

"I don't think there is anything in this case, the payment of hush money to a porn star, the falsification of business records to conceal that, I don't think there is any way to characterize any of that as an official act that would be immune from prosecution," she said....

Former President Donald Trump's criminal conviction in Manhattan has already shown signs of impact among voters, with a focus group from The New York Times revealing swing voters' discomfort at the prospect of backing a convicted felon.

Now, another focus group by longtime GOP strategist Sarah Longwell is showing some similar results, according to The Atlantic.

"Many of the voters in this group had familiar stories: They supported Trump in the past as 'the lesser evil.' They couldn’t stomach Hillary Clinton in 2016. They were lifelong Republicans who couldn’t imagine voting for a Democrat. Some of them remember watching The Apprentice and admiring Trump for his perceived business savvy," wrote Longwell. "But the events of January 6 and general fatigue with Trump’s antics have made these voters 'not very likely' or 'not at all likely' to vote for him again in 2024."...

Donald Trump's first criminal conviction is likely to enable a snowball effect when it comes to guilty verdicts in future trials, according to a legal analyst.

Legal expert Norm Eisen, who worked in the White House as special counsel and special assistant to the president for ethics and government reform, was featured in an interview on No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen, published on Sunday.

The host asked Eisen if the first jury, which voted unanimously to hold Trump accountable on business records fraud charges, created a "permission structure" for future criminal juries. Trump faces at least three other criminal charges, with others potentially on the horizon....

Republicans Voters Against Trump director Sarah Longwell said that a focus group with prospective voters held one day after Donald Trump was minted a felon — is enough for most to not punch a vote for him come November 5.

"I was listening to a focus group that we’re convening right now, as we speak, of two-time Trump voters who rate Trump as doing a very bad job," she said during an interview with Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC. "They view him unfavorably. And those are the people who we are trying to persuade to not vote for Trump in the 2024 election."

The results favored a bitter taste when it comes to casting their vote for Trump. ...

Donald Trump is deploying a strategy in the event that he is found guilty in his criminal hush money case.

As his fate lies in the hands of a jury of his peers, the former president is readying the hatches for the scenario that he's found culpable of committing the crimes of falsifying business records in order to influence the 2016 election.

"Listen, I think Trump world is really bracing for the impact of a conviction," ex-White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffin said while appearing on CNN's "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer. "There's clearly already a bit of a strategy underway."...

Donald Trump's legal team may have scored a few points on witness Michael Cohen, but the former president is still barreling toward a conviction in the New York hush money cover-up case, a Florida prosecutor said Sunday.

State Attorney for Palm Beach County Dave Aronberg appeared on MSNBC over the weekend, where he was asked about the case in which the ex-president stands accused of disguising business records to hide payments to an adult film star with whom he had a brief affair.

The host asked Aronberg, in the "big picture" perspective, whether Trump is likely to be a convicted felon or a "newly acquitted man."...