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"Just wait": Legal experts say pressure growing on jailed Allen Weisselberg to flip on Trump | Salon.com

“Just wait”: Legal experts say pressure growing on jailed Allen Weisselberg to flip on Trump | Salon.com

Catherine Christian, a former Manhattan special assistant district attorney, predicted that former Trump Organization financial chief Allen Weisselberg could still play a major role in former President Donald Trump’s prosecution. Weisselberg last month switched out his company-funded lawyer for another one. That doesn’t necessarily mean that Weisselberg will turn on Trump, she said, “but if it …

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Trump isn’t Republicans’ only headache

Trump isn’t Republicans’ only headache

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on . Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics and policy and a former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio and DePauw University. Republicans …

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Analyst confirms Bragg likely violated 6th Amendment with Trump indictment

Analyst confirms Bragg likely violated 6th Amendment with Trump indictment

Former President Donald Trump appears in court at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on Tuesday. (Steven Hirsch – Pool / AFP / Getty Images) As the media scrum fades and the facts start to emerge following Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s cryptic indictment of President Donald Trump on bookkeeping charges this week, analysts …

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Jack Nicklaus says he will vote for indicted former President Donald Trump again, Netflix star Brooks Koepka leads

Jack Nicklaus says he will vote for indicted former President Donald Trump again, Netflix star Brooks Koepka leads

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland each shot 7-under 65s at the first round of the Masters, but neither Rahm, a recent World No. 1 who four-putted the first hole for double bogey, nor Hovland, an ebullient, rising young star, made as much noise as LIV Golf ambassador Brooks Koepka. Koepka — a …

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Posts Distort Possible Sentencing for Trump in Manhattan Indictment

Posts Distort Possible Sentencing for Trump in Manhattan Indictment

Quick Take Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on April 4 to a 34-count indictment charging him with falsifying business records to conceal alleged hush money payments. Social media posts misleadingly claim Trump is “facing up to 30+ years” in prison if convicted. But legal experts said it is unlikely Trump would serve any …

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Tomi Lahren not worried about Trump: ‘I think he’s going to prevail’

Tomi Lahren not worried about Trump: ‘I think he’s going to prevail’

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree after becoming the first former president to face criminal charges. All of his felony charges are tied to his hush-money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. But Tomi Lahren, host of ‘Tomi Lahren …

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Even Romney Blasts Trump Indictment While McConnell Is MIA

Even Romney Blasts Trump Indictment While McConnell Is MIA

Former President Donald Trump drew defense from an unlikely source this week on the day of his arraignment. Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, the only Republican in the upper chamber to back Trump’s impeachment twice, condemned the indictment by a Manhattan prosecutor as an “overreach” that “sets a dangerous precedent for criminalizing political opponents.” “I believe …

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Poll: Plurality of Americans Says Trump Can't 'Get Fair Trial in New York'

Poll: Plurality of Americans Says Trump Can’t ‘Get Fair Trial in New York’

A plurality of Americans believes that former President Donald J. Trump would receive an unfair trial in New York following the grand jury indictment of the 45th president last week, according to a poll. The YouGov/Economist poll, published on Thursday, asked respondents, “Do you think Donald Trump can get a fair trial in New York?” …

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