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Porn Star at Center of Trump Arraignment Gloats Over Charges With Disgusting Tweet

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Adult film actress Stormy Daniels reacted to former President Donald Trump’s arraignment in a Manhattan court on Tuesday with a vulgar tweet that gloated over not being “under arrest.”

“Y’all keep saying ‘c– dumpster’ like it’s a bad thing,” Daniels tweeted. “It’s definitely more fun being under my sexy man instead of under arrest.”

It’s unclear to whom she was directing the tweet. (Read more from “Porn Star at Center of Trump Arraignment Gloats Over Charges With Disgusting Tweet” HERE)

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What You Should Know About the New York Judge Assigned to Trump Case

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Acting New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan will preside over the hush money prosecution of former President Donald Trump despite his history of rulings against the businessman-turned-politician’s associates. . .

Trump contended last week that Merchan was “hand picked” by Bragg to preside over the case and said that Merchan “hates” him in a post to his social media platform Truth Social. Another all-caps post to Truth Social on Tuesday morning asserted that Merchan is “highly partisan” and contended that his family is composed of “well known Trump haters.”

Merchan, a Colombian-born immigrant who moved to the United States as a 6-year-old, earned a law degree from Hofstra University in 1994, according to a report from the Associated Press. He served in the state attorney general’s office before his 2006 appointment by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as a family court judge. Merchan has worked as an acting justice on the New York Supreme Court since 2009.

Merchan ruled against the Trump Organization earlier this year, finding the real estate conglomerate guilty of 17 charges related to a years-long tax evasion scheme under which the firm distributed various gifts and perks to executives. He imposed a $1.6 million fine, the legal maximum, against the company. (Read more from “What You Should Know About the New York Judge Assigned to Trump Case” HERE)

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Donald Trump Pleads Not Guilty to 34 Counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree; Former President Addresses the Nation From Mar-a-Lago

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By Breitbart. Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree Tuesday afternoon during his historic arraignment.

Trump was arrested around 1:35 p.m. and appeared before the judge, who charged him with 34 counts of falsifying business records, at 2:45 p.m.

Trump pleaded not guilty to indictment No. 71543-23.

Per the judge’s orders, the media was not allowed to live stream the court proceedings. Photographers, however, were allowed to enter the courtroom to take photos before the proceedings began. The photographers captured images for a few minutes before they were seen leaving the courtroom. (Read more from “Donald Trump Pleads Not Guilty to 34 Counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree” HERE)

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Former President Addresses the Nation From Mar-a-Lago After Pleading Not Guilty

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WATCH: Former DA Who Declined to Charge Trump Raises Critical Question About Alvin Bragg’s Case: ‘Never Been Done’

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Former Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. provided insight into the criminal case against Donald Trump on Sunday, declining to say it is “airtight.” . . .

Last Thursday, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg confirmed that a grand jury indicted Trump. . .

Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Vance admitted he is unsure whether the case is “airtight,” and he explained why declined to pursue the case several years ago.

At first, Vance reiterated that federal attorneys in the Southern District of New York had asked his office to “stand down.” Then he implied that his office did not pursue a felony case against Trump because such a case is unprecedented — not just against a former president, but against anyone.

“I don’t want to get into our deliberations. But we have historically filed cases of false documentation, elevating them to felonies, when federal statutes were involved,” Vance began. (Read more from “Former DA Who Declined to Charge Trump Raises Critical Question About Alvin Bragg’s Case: ‘Never Been Done’”” HERE)

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Trump Campaign Raised ‘Record’ $7M in Three Days Since Indictment: Adviser

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Former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign raised a “record” $7 million in the three days following his indictment, according to a campaign adviser.

Jason Miller, who serves as a senior adviser to Trump’s campaign, announced the apparent record shortly after Trump left for New York City. He will be arraigned in the city on Tuesday.

(Read more from “Trump Campaign Raised ‘Record’ $7M in Three Days Since Indictment: Adviser” HERE)

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WATCH: Trump Lawyer Claims There Would Be No Indictment if Former President Wasn’t Running in 2024

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Donald Trump’s attorney claimed that there would be no indictment against his client in the Stormy Daniels “hush money” case if the former president wasn’t seeking a return to the White House in 2024.

Joe Tacopina, who is representing Trump, 76, in the case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, said Americans should be concerned about the indictment filed against the former president.

“If you’re an American and you’re concerned about rule of law, there should be no scenario where you want this to happen,” Tacopina said Sunday on ABC News’ “This Week.”

“If you’re intellectually honest, we all know that had Donald Trump not been Donald Trump, and it was John Smith, this case would have never been brought.” he suggested.

“If he was not running for reelection, there is no way this case would have been brought.” (Read more from “Trump Lawyer Claims There Would Be No Indictment if Former President Wasn’t Running in 2024” HERE)

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Report: Judge to Put ‘Gag Order’ on Trump; ’Unprecedented Step’ to Silence ’Presidential Frontrunner’

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The legal team representing former President Donald Trump reportedly expects that the Manhattan judge will put a gag order on him as the case awaits trial.

A source close to the legal team told the Daily Mail the judge will take an “unprecedented step” to silence the 2024 presidential candidate. The gag order could potentially undercut his ability to campaign on the issue of legal corruption during the primary.

“The Trump legal team now thinks that the Manhattan judge will take the unprecedented step of silencing the presidential frontrunner with an unconstitutional gag order tomorrow,” the source said. “The Trump legal team is considering adding a First Amendment lawyer to the effort to combat this and will fight it all the way.”

Trump breaking the gag order could potentially see him slapped with a $1,000 fine and as many as 30 days in jail, per New York law. Despite the pending order, the former president still plans to make a speech at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday evening after peacefully submitting himself to the prosecution in New York. Per the Associated Press:

Trump will hold the event at his Mar-a-Lago club after returning from Manhattan, where he is expected to voluntarily turn himself in. He is expected to be joined in Florida by supporters as he tries to project an image of strength and defiance and turn the charges into a political asset to boost his 2024 presidential campaign.

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Trump to Deliver Mar-a-Lago Speech After Arraignment

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After he is arraigned in Manhattan on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump plans to deliver a public address that same day.

The remarks are scheduled for 8:15 p.m. EDT at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, his re-election campaign announced on Sunday.

No further details about the substance of Trump’s comments were immediately released.

(Read more from “Trump to Deliver Mar-A-Lago Speech After Arraignment” HERE)

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Manhattan Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump

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A Manhattan grand jury voted Thursday to indict Former President Donald Trump, according to The New York Post.

It is unclear when Trump will turn himself in for fingerprints and photographs, according to The New York Times. (Read more from “Manhattan Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump” HERE)

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Bragg’s Case Against Trump Has a U.S. Constitution Problem

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According to press reports, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is close to indicting Donald Trump, or at least wrestling with the decision. While Trump has predicted “death and destruction” if he is arrested, his defenders should focus instead on the prosecution’s legal flaws. In fact, at the heart of the case rests a critical — but so far unexplored — defect that should bring down Bragg’s house of cards.

According to leaks from the DA’s office, Bragg intends to seek a grand-jury indictment of Trump for a $130,000 hush-money alleged payoff to porn star Stephanie Clifford (a.k.a. Stormy Daniels). Nondisclosure deals do not by themselves violate criminal law. The DA’s star witness is Trump’s fixer, Michael Cohen, who was convicted of a federal felony for carrying out the scheme. (Cohen has proven such an unreliable witness that federal prosecutors decided to drop any further investigation into the payoff years ago.) The apparent claim here is that Trump violated the law by trying to account for the hush money as a payment to bagman Cohen for “legal services.”

But fiddling with the corporate books can only support a misdemeanor charge, one that has to be brought within two years of the act. As the payoff occurred in 2016, the Manhattan DA ran out of time years ago. So to elevate this minor infraction into a felony incurring significant jail time and subject to a longer statute of limitations, Bragg apparently plans to claim that Trump falsified his business records to conceal another crime. What crime? According to press reports, Bragg claims that Trump violated federal campaign-finance laws by concealing what was effectively a contribution to his own presidential efforts.

In other words, if he proceeds (which is not yet completely clear), Bragg would charge Trump because he did not pay Clifford out of campaign funds. It is not even clear that Bragg could prove that the payment had anything to do with the campaign, as Trump could claim that he would have paid the hush money anyway to spare his wife and family from humiliation. (Read more from “Bragg’s Case Against Trump Has a U.S. Constitution Problem” HERE)

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