Trump slammed the hush money trial as "rigged" after the jury found him guilty of 34 felony charges of falsifying business records to influence the 2016 elections by paying hush money to an adult film actor. While he is likely to appeal the verdict, it is unlikely to impact his presidential bid.
This report comes as Musk has increasingly embraced the Republican Party and criticised Biden's policies on immigration, electric vehicles and tariffs. While he says he won't donate money to either Trump or Biden, Musk has promised to galvanise support from powerful business leaders to defeat Biden.
Prosecutors and defence lawyers in Donald Trump's hush money trial are set to deliver closing arguments to the jury Tuesday, each side looking to score final points with the panel before it starts deliberating the fate of the first former American president to be charged with felony crimes.
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while addressing the Libertarian Party National Convention on Saturday night, with many in the crowd shouting insults and decrying him for things like his COVID-19 policies, running up towering federal deficits and lying about his political record.
Haley had levelled harsh criticisms of her Republican rival Trump during the campaign trail, speaking on his age and accusing him of creating chaos. She dropped her presidential bid in March, but still routinely wins over 10 per cent in state-run primaries where she is no longer campaigning.
Biden called on his opponent to join him for two televised presidential debates in June and September, an offer Trump accepted via a post on his Truth Social platform. Trump recommended more than two debates - and a very large venue "for excitement purposes."
Harris said: "We have to know that sometimes people will open the door for you and leave it open. Sometimes they won’t. And then you need to kick that f——— door down." The audience clapped and hollered. Laughing herself, Harris said, “Excuse my language.”
Biden took a jab at Trump for suggesting that "injecting" bleach inside the body protects against the COVID-19 virus in the early days of the pandemic. Both are locked in a close contest ahead of their presidential rematch in the November elections.
During a trial in the Manhattan Court, Daniels told a New York jury she grew up as the daughter of a low-income single mother who was gone for days at a time and began working in strip clubs and in pornography before she met Trump at a Lake Tahoe golf tournament.
Stormy Daniels testified that she ended up having sex with Donald Trump on the bed of his hotel suite. Asked if Trump used a condom during the encounter, Daniels said, “No.” Daniels said the encounter was “brief” and when it ended she was shaking.
Biden’s speech, which lasted around 10 minutes, made no mention of the ongoing war or the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza despite widespread protests across the US universities but he quipped at Trump during the event.
Summer Lee has defeated Bhavini Patel in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District. It was one of the most contentious races on Tuesday's ballot, featuring the incumbent Lee against Patel.
The seven jurors selected included a man originally from Ireland who enjoys doing "anything outdoorsy" and watches both MSNBC and Fox News, a woman who works as an oncology nurse and enjoys taking her dog to the park, and a corporate lawyer who said he does not follow the news that closely.
Trump originally needed to post a bond for $454 million, but an appeals court on March 25 stayed enforcement of Justice Arthur Engoron's judgment on condition that Trump pay the smaller sum within 10 days.
Prosecutors had asked for the gag order citing what they called his “long history of making public and inflammatory remarks” about people involved in his legal cases. The order also bars Donald Trump from making or directing others to make public statements about people involved in the trial.
Both candidates have become their parties' presumptive nominees after securing enough delegates on Super Tuesday held on March 5. Biden and Trump's campaigns are firing up their bases by tearing into each other as many Americans are unwilling to witness the presidential rematch.
The digs against Republican Donald Trump kept coming from the president at the annual Gridiron Club and Foundation Dinner, as Biden deflected ongoing criticism that his memory is hazy and he appears confused, instead highlighting moments when the 77-year-old Trump has slipped up, too.
Biden won the last time while competing against Trump in 2020, but majority of polls show Trump leading the current US president in the upcoming elections. Trump and Biden will officially become their respective party candidates by July and August during the nominating convention.
Biden won enough delegates in Georgia, pushing his count past the required 1,968 needed to secure the presidential nomination. His troubled campaign against rival Donald Trump did not face any serious Democratic challengers despite low approval and concerns over his old age.
Robert Hur, who had been appointed to investigate whether Biden mishandled classified documents said it was a shocking contention about a keystone event in Biden’s life, and it fed into questions about whether the 81-year-old president is fit to serve another term.
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