Former President Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony charges related to a hush-money case, making him the first former U.S. president to be found guilty of a felony. This historic conviction has injected uncertainty into the 2024 presidential election, with Democrats debating how central Trump's felonies should be to President Joe Biden's reelection campaign. Despite the sweeping and unequivocal nature of the verdict, its electoral impact remains unclear, particularly in key swing states. Trump's conviction is also affecting other races, including those for key Senate seats. Trump has requested the termination of a gag order that restricts him from commenting on witnesses and other trial-related individuals, arguing that the trial's conclusion renders the order unnecessary. However, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg contends that the gag order should remain in effect through sentencing and post-trial motions. Trump is also returning to Arizona for a town hall in Phoenix, where his campaign style will be contrasted with Biden's.
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Trump needs to weaponize the justice system and imprison all the DA’s and judges that went after him Its sad America has came to this but I don't see any other alternative They need to be made an example of so future DA’s wont use the criminal justice system to go after… https://t.co/UrRrvFP2yY
Manhattan DA blasts Trump effort to remove gag order just because hush-money trial is over, suggests long-term speech restrictions covering ‘resolution of any post-trial motions’ https://t.co/rycTobV419
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Trump floats putting his opponents and Hillary in JAIL if he wins in 2024 as MAGA plots retribution for the hush money guilty verdicts https://t.co/08GvTu1qCE https://t.co/c3kwLRJWYf
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NEW: "Trump and Biden have different campaign styles in Arizona. Which one will carry the state?" (via @lauragersony) https://t.co/NXT8wDZkFY
Trump argued the trial's conclusion meant the gag order was no longer needed but prosecutors disagreed. https://t.co/lWdNWOeRZT
“The Republican attorneys general in Georgia and Florida and the county attorney in Maricopa County, Ariz., need to open investigations” into the prosecutors and investigators pursuing the indictments of Mr. Trump and his allies, Mr. Davis said. https://t.co/Am6PysQE1O
.@BUExperts are watching to see whether the outcome of #Trump’s hush-money trial—which cemented him as the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes—will influence that tiny sliver of undecided voters come November. Read on ➡️https://t.co/tYrw2cd9Md https://t.co/IESP3xTltw
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Donald Trump's name will appear on the ballot Tuesday for the first time since his historic conviction on felony crimes as a handful of states hold the last Republican presidential primary contests of 2024. https://t.co/Aq1C4O7poY
JUST IN: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg argued in a letter made public today that former President Trump's gag order in his New York criminal case should stay in effect at least through sentencing and the completion of post-trial motions. https://t.co/OJ7L2p96zB
Donald Trump asked a judge to terminate gag orders restricting him from making out-of-court statements during his criminal trial, arguing that the "restrictions" on his First Amendment rights are no longer warranted now that the trial has come to an end. https://t.co/2XxdZZG18o
NEW: If Trump wins, MAGA supporters will push him to investigate, prosecute — even try to imprison — Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. "Of course [Bragg] should be — and will be — jailed," Steve Bannon told Axios. https://t.co/V4bycPscs0
Former President Donald Trump has requested that the judge in his New York criminal trial terminate the limited gag order that restricts him from commenting on witnesses, prosecutors, jurors, court staff and their relatives. https://t.co/iRgRAwGyZq
New: Trump seeks to "terminate the gag order restricting President Trump's extrajudicial statements." With the trial over, "the stated bases for the gag order no longer exist," Trump's attys say. https://t.co/xccadZKBGI
Constitutional lawyers ask Judge Cannon to let them back special counsel Jack Smith’s authority to prosecute Trump at upcoming hearing https://t.co/uJRqDmmP68
If these voters are any indication, the guilty verdict will complicate Trump’s bid for the White House. Character and integrity mattered for the presidency, and disgust with Trump could tip the scales for some of them in the end. https://t.co/zaHkSI3OBx
In @nytopinion Will Donald Trump’s verdict influence the 2024 election? New York Times Opinion spoke with 11 undecided voters to see how the trial results would shape their decision making. https://t.co/QaadYn7njG
Donald Trump’s name will appear on the ballot Tuesday for the first time since his historic conviction on felony crimes as a handful of states hold the last Republican presidential primary contests of 2024. https://t.co/x0PpMDRvwn
Trump in Arizona: What to know about former president's town hall in Phoenix https://t.co/j848RReoxe
While the verdict in the Trump hush-money case was sweeping and unequivocal, the electoral impact of the former president’s 34 felony convictions is far less clear… @jheil explores. https://t.co/oH3uuoTK0l
While former Pres. Donald Trump's conviction is injecting new uncertainty into this year's White House race, the verdict is also starting to roil potentially equally consequential races: those for key Senate seats. https://t.co/4Nk9s8w25m
The 2024 presidential election is in unknown territory with Donald Trump now the first former U.S. president and first major-party presumptive nominee found guilty of a felony. @LisaDNews reports. https://t.co/7odxxqH3gH
NEW: "Trump in Arizona: What to know about former president's town hall in Phoenix." (via @lauragersony) https://t.co/NFRovWYri8
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