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Trump draws outrage with pardons for DC officers convicted in death and coverup of Black motorist

Advocates are slamming President Donald Trump‘s decision to issue pardons for two D.C. police officers who were convicted in the death and subsequent coverup of a Black motorist. “President Trump’s first-week pardons make it clear he has no respect for democracy or the rule of law in D.C. or anywhere else,” said Markus Batchelor, a former D.C. Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) commissioner and national political director at People For the American Way. Andrew Zabavsky and Terence Sutton received “full and […]

todayJanuary 24, 2025 1

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Trump would’ve been convicted if he lost 2024 election, says special counsel in new report

Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, writing in a much-anticipated report released Tuesday that he stands fully behind his decision to bring criminal charges he believes would have resulted in a conviction had voters not returned Trump to the White House. “The throughline of all of Mr. Trump’s criminal efforts was deceit — knowingly false claims of election fraud — […]

todayJanuary 14, 2025 1

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Donald Trump is convicted of a felony. Here’s how that affects the 2024 presidential race

NEW YORK (AP) — Having been convicted of 34 felonies, Donald Trump cannot own a gun, hold public office or even vote in many states. But in 158 days, voters across America will decide whether he will return to the White House to serve another four years as the nation’s president. Trump’s conviction in his New York hush money trial on Thursday is a stunning development in an already unorthodox presidential election with profound implications for the justice system and […]

todayJune 1, 2024

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It makes me so happy to write ‘convicted felon Donald Trump’

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money trial has made me indescribably happy. Ever since the news broke, I’ve had a Kool-Aid smile. It really did make my day. I truly felt a sense of joy as if I had gotten a special gift. What am I so happy about? I’m happy to see something bad happen to Trump. He’s such a […]

todayMay 31, 2024

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Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes

Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex. The verdict is a stunning legal reckoning for Trump and exposes him to potential prison time in the city where his manipulations of the tabloid press helped catapult him from a real […]

todayMay 31, 2024 1

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Everything you wanted to know about the convicted felon ex-president 

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. On Thursday, a New York jury found former President Donald Trump guilty of criminal charges related to the former president’s alleged coverup of hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. After two days of deliberation, the jury returned guilty verdicts on 34 of 34 criminal charges, officially surpassing Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert as the GOP’s top crime […]

todayMay 30, 2024

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Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a full pardon Thursday for a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. Abbott announced the pardon shortly after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles announced a unanimous recommendation that Daniel Perry be pardoned and have his firearms rights restored. Perry had been in state prison on a 25-year sentence since his 2023 […]

todayMay 17, 2024

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Nebraska bill gives voting rights back to people convicted of felonies once released from prison

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to restore the voting rights of those convicted of felonies upon the completion of their sentences, including prison and parole time. The bill, introduced for years by Omaha state Sen. Justin Wayne, passed by a wide margin in the last year of Wayne’s second term. He is barred by term limits from running this year for a third term. Currently, a person who has been convicted of a felony must […]

todayApril 12, 2024