#THERE IS A VERDICT

[destielmemenews]

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[ceeejus]

break in the case

[mysteryspotcast]

well the day has come

[golden-lovers]

[forecast0ctopus]

NOT GUILTY

[verdictafterward]

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[reasonsforhope]

Former President Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felonies by the jury in his "hush money" trial in New York on Thursday, making him the first former president in U.S. history to be convicted of a crime.

The jury, composed of 12 Manhattan residents, found that Trump illegally falsified business records to cover up a $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. They found him guilty on all counts on their second day of deliberations.

The presumptive Republican nominee for president is now also a convicted felon, a label that could reverberate across the electorate in the months between now and Election Day in November.

The verdict was handed down in the same Manhattan courtroom where Trump has been on trial for the past six weeks. Trump stared at each juror as they confirmed their vote to convict and angrily denounced the decision in the hallway outside the courtroom, vowing to fight the conviction.

Jurors sided with prosecutors who said that Trump authorized the plan to falsify checks and related records in an effort to prevent voters from learning of an alleged sexual encounter with Daniels. Prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office said the conspiracy spanned his 2016 campaign and continued well into his first year in the White House. Trump denied having sex with Daniels and pleaded not guilty.

Justice Juan Merchan set a sentencing date of July 11, just four days before the start of the Republican National Convention, where Trump will be formally nominated as the party's standard-bearer. He could face up to four years in prison and a $5,000 fine for each count, but Merchan has broad discretion when imposing a sentence, and could limit the punishment to a fine, probation, home confinement or other options...

The Biden campaign warned that former Trump's conviction doesn't prevent him from winning another term in the White House from a legal standpoint. 

"There is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: at the ballot box. Convicted felon or not, Trump will be the Republican nominee for president," the campaign's communications director Michael Tyler said in a statement.

-via CBS News, May 30, 2024. Live updates: 7:36 pm, 7:23 pm Eastern Time

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Note: Even if Trump gets reelected, he cannot pardon himself in this case, because this is a state-level conviction. The president can only pardon people convicted of federal crimes, not people convicted by the states. (x, x)

[flyer9550]

So in the United States a convicted felon is NOT allowed to vote, but IS allowed to run for President

EXPLAIN THE LOGIC

[rad-roche]

Date Night

[poobit]

you think anyone out there could like me when theres nothing to hide?

[samijey]

sami and jey clearly arriving together and jey giving him the "play nice we talked about this" look oh they are SHAMELESSLY MARRIED

[kingkatsuki]

Just sitting here thinking about going on a night out with your girl friends when your man is working late so you send him a cute selfie or mirror pic of your outfit before you leave. And he immediately texts you back and tells you to be safe and have fun (and maybe finishes off with a “behave” because he knows you far too well)

But then a few hours later when he’s finished with work he’s coming to the bar/pub/club you’re at with your friends to pick you up and take you home because he couldn’t stop thinking about you in that pretty dress ever since you sent him the photo — and when he sees you he has to stop for a second to catch his breath because you look at him with this surprised glint in your eyes that just has him falling even more in love with you.

[baldwinheights]

wow. "chiquita" and "death squads" are not things i expected to see in the same sentence.

[keeps-ache]

overgrowth and languor

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[jarwithdragonteeth]

Im not good at editing and style replication but i tried my best...These are based on my ideas and headcanons.

[thedubiousdallon]

If Rain was trans, I think she'd get outed via the dream room long before she worked up the courage to tell anyone irl. Love Lost would muster the effort to call her a faggot and Colt would be like "Mom stop she's a girl now you have to call her a dyke :(". Rain would start transitioning the next day because if she's gonna put up with "his pronouns are she/her" from Colt every night she's at least gonna be on estrogen about it.