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Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and now convicted felon, has said the guilty verdict against him at his New York hush money trial is “tougher” for his wife Melania Trump to accept that it is for him.
Speaking to Fox News on Sunday, Trump also said that while he personally would be “OK” with a jail sentence, his supporters might not accept it.
“I don’t know that the public would stand it,” he warned.
“You know, I don’t... I’m not sure the public would stand for it. I think it would be tough for the public to take. You know, at a certain point, there’s a breaking point.”
The 45th president was convicted on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records by a Manhattan jury on Thursday over his part an election conspiracy that involved covering up a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels, the adult film star whose story of an affair threatened to derail his 2016 presidential campaign.
Trump will be sentenced on 11 July, just four days before the Republican National Convention, where he will be formally be invited to accept the nomination to take on Joe Biden in November.
Key Points
- Trump says conviction in hush money trial ‘tougher’ for wife Melania
- Felon claims Americans couldn’t ‘stand’ to see him in prison
- Stormy Daniels says Trump should be jailed or used as ‘punching bag at women’s shelter’
- Trump joins TikTok and gains 3m followers in two days
- Former Manhattan DA does not think Trump will serve jail time
Elvis, Churchill and Jesus: The people Trump compares himself to
“Not even Mother Teresa could beat these charges,” Trump wailed outside court last week.
Quite why a nun would need to silence Stormy Daniels is beyond me but here’s a list of all the other famous figures from world history to whom the convicted felon has compared himself, not always entirely plausibly.
Mother Teresa, Al Capone, Elvis: The surprising people Trump has compared himself to
Mother Teresa joins a long list of historical figures that the former president has improbably claimed kinship with, writes Joe Sommerlad
Joe Sommerlad3 June 2024 14:45 1717420514Ex-Trump lawyer attacks Tim Scott for falsely claiming Biden behind hush money trial
Welcome to the resistance Joe Tacopina.
Joe Sommerlad3 June 2024 14:15 1717418714Former Manhattan DA does not think Trump will serve jail time
Cyrus Vance Jr, who served in the office from 2010 to 2022, expressed that opinion on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday morning.
“The president has made this a little more complicated by having been found in contempt 10 times during the court,” Vance said.
“But I think that with the proximity of the Republican Convention four days after his sentencing, and then, if he is the candidate for the Republican Party, the proximity of the election, I would be surprised that he would be sentenced to any imprisonment.”
Michelle Del Rey reports.
Former Manhattan DA does not think Trump will serve jail time
The former president was convicted on felony charges of falsifying business records last week
Joe Sommerlad3 June 2024 13:45 1717416914Trump now banned from Canada and UK as convicted felon
Now that the Republican presidential candidate is a convicted felon, the list of countries he can no longer visit has just gotten longer.
Here’s Graig Graziosi to take a look.
Donald Trump now banned from countries including Canada and UK as convicted felon
There are 37 countries that bar felons from entering, even to visit.
Joe Sommerlad3 June 2024 13:15 1717415114
Trump ridiculed for greeting non-existent crowd at Trump Tower
Just imagine the furore across conservative media if Joe Biden did this.
And, incredibly, he did the same thing last weekend too!
Joe Sommerlad3 June 2024 12:45 1717414214Truth Social: Trump calls on Supreme Court to intervene in his sentencing
Here’s the latest raving from Trump on social media:
“The ‘Sentencing’ for not having done anything wrong will be, conveniently for the Fascists, 4 days before the Republican National Convention. A Radical Left Soros backed D.A., who ran on a platform of ‘I will get Trump,’ reporting to an ‘Acting’ Local Judge, appointed by the Democrats, who is HIGHLY CONFLICTED, will make a decision which will determine the future of our Nation? The United States Supreme Court MUST DECIDE!”
“Fascists” seems to be a new favourite word from a man repeatedly accused of parroting Hitler and expressing admiration for dictators.
Meanwhile, here’s Speaker Johnson making the same appeal on Fox and Friends on Friday.
Speaker Johnson calls for Supreme Court to ‘step in’ over Trump’s historic conviction
House speaker claims Trump verdict is ‘dangerous to our system’ and risks undermining public confidence
Joe Sommerlad3 June 2024 12:30 1717413314Sunday shows: Trump apologists out in force after guilty conviction
Here are a few highlights from the Sunday morning politics shows, featuring Republican House speaker Mike Johnson, his predecessor Kevin McCarthy, RNC co-chair and professional daughter-in-law Lara Trump.
Here’s the inimitable Democratic congressman Jamie Raskin for balance.
Joe Sommerlad3 June 2024 12:15 1717411514Truth Social: Trump thanks Boris Johnson for defending him after hush money conviction
Trump has thanked the shameless former British prime minister for defending him/parrotting his talking points in the wake of his hush money conviction.
The former president shared a Daily Mail column by Johnson in which the latter called the trial “a machine-gun mob-style hit-job”, presumably in the interest of advancing his career in North America, a move also recently attempted by his short-lived successor Liz Truss.
“Thank you Boris Johnson!” a beaming Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Here’s more from Archie Mitchell.
Donald Trump thanks Boris Johnson for defending him after hush money conviction
The former president, who last week became the first to be convicted of felony crimes, shared a column by the ex-prime minister calling the trial ‘a machine-gun mob-style hit-job on Trump’
Joe Sommerlad3 June 2024 11:45 1717410614Stormy Daniels offers word of advice to Melania Trump after hush money trial verdict
Here’s more from Stormy, stirring the pot at Mar-a-Lago.
Stormy Daniels offers word of advice to Melania Trump after hush money trial verdict
Adult film star says former first lady should leave her husband following his criminal conviction
Joe Sommerlad3 June 2024 11:30 1717409744Trump sits ringside at UFC 302 after guilty verdict
Here’s more on Trump’s big night out at the fights from Alex Pattle.
Donald Trump sits ringside at UFC 302 after being found guilty on 34 felony counts
Trump became the first US president to be criminally convicted on Thursday, but said he would ‘continue to fight’ the decision
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