In New York, the first groundbreaking decision was made in the criminal proceedings against Donald Trump over the payment of alleged secret funds.
Update from February 15, 6:25 p.m.: Donald Trump is once again upset by the criminal trial in New York and is now calling the charges “Biden election interference.” He added: „Because this is the only way he can think of to get elected because he has not achieved anything.” CNN Republican of the Court in Manhattan. A few minutes later, the former president apparently found himself on his smartphone because he had also made similar comments on his Truth Social platform.
“I just left the courtroom in Manhattan. Biden's Justice Department personnel [Justizministerium, Anm. d. Red.] They took control of the case. “There was no crime and almost all legal scholars say so.”
Trump's legal team wants his political views to be examined by a jury
Update from February 15, 5:04 p.m.: Donald Trump's trial is now about jury selection. The former president's legal team is making a loud claim CNN– Information indicating the need to verify the political opinions of the arbitration committee. “This case should not be about politics,” Assistant District Attorney Josh Steinglass said. Trump's defense attorney Todd Blanche responded: „It's what we all do.” [von den Geschworenen] Do you want to know: Do you like Donald Trump?” „We're not interested in whether anyone likes or hates President Trump,” Steinglass replied.
Update from February 15, 4:10 p.m.: Donald Trump's next court date has been set. Judge Juan Merchan set March 25, 2024 as the date for the former president’s trial in New York. He will then have to face the indictment accusing him of 34 crimes, including concealing criminal offenses and forging business documents. This is what the news channel reported CNN From New York.
In the presence of Donald Trump, his legal team failed in its attempt to postpone the start of the trial in New York. Trump presented himself as innocent to reporters present before the trial began. The former president himself described the accusations as an attempt to harm him in the American election campaign. His attorney, Todd Blanche, called the deadline “a gross injustice” and “unconstitutional.”
Donald Trump is threatened by a historic ruling
First report for February 15: NEW YORK – Former US President Donald Trump will attend a hearing on Thursday (February 15 local time) to determine the trial schedule in the New York financial case against him. His lawyer announced this on Tuesday. “President Trump will appear in court in New York on Thursday,” Steve Sadow said in his statement.
The hearing, presided over by Judge Juan Merchan, will also address Trump's motions to dismiss the case. Last year, a judge ruled that the trial would begin on March 25, although that date is on hold due to charges against Trump in the federal election interference case.
Trump has been accused of paying hush money to a former porn actress
In New York, Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with secret payments to former porn star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential run. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg accused Trump last year of falsifying internal records for his company, the Trump Organization. This was done with the aim of concealing the true nature of the payments to his then-lawyer Michael Cohen, who helped him hide stories of extramarital sexual relations.
The case includes payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels, former Playboy model Karen McDougal, and Dino Sagodin, a former guard at Trump Tower who claimed to know a story about Trump fathering a child out of wedlock. Trump repeatedly claims that he did not have any of the alleged sexual encounters.
Prosecution against Trump: 34 counts of forging commercial documents
In total, Trump faces 34 counts of forging commercial documents. The charge is a class E felony in New York, the lowest level of felony in the state. It is punishable by up to four years in prison, although there is no guarantee that a conviction will result in a prison sentence.
Since it is a state process, Trump will not be able to pardon himself if he becomes president again. The odds of achieving this are not that bad. Trump is clearly ahead in the polls for the Republican primary in the 2024 US election.
However, a presidential pardon only applies to federal crimes. Prosecutors said the payments to Daniels and McDougal violated federal restrictions on campaign contributions from corporations and individuals and served to „hide harmful information from the electorate.”
What does the New York indictment mean for Trump?
The indictment, filed in New York on March 30, 2023, made the Republican the first former US president ever to face criminal charges. As a result, Trump was also charged in Georgia and Washington, D.C., with conspiring to thwart his election, and in Florida with hoarding classified documents.
Despite the damage to Trump's reputation and the public backlash, the New York case is arguably the least serious of the four prosecutions brought by Trump. While a guilty verdict would give him another historic title as the first former president to be convicted of a crime, Trump is unlikely to receive a long prison sentence.
In Georgia, Donald Trump is threatened with imprisonment
New York court records and newspaper archives show that defendants convicted of falsifying business records are rarely sentenced to prison for this crime alone. The charge is often associated with more serious crimes such as grand larceny.
By contrast, the more serious charges in Trump's election cases in Washington, D.C., and Georgia carry a maximum sentence of 20 years. Each of the more than 30 counts of intentionally withholding confidential information in Florida carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.
$83.3 million to Donald Trump in the E. Jean Carroll case
Trump was recently fined heavily. The 77-year-old was ordered to pay $83.3 million (76.7 million euros) in the libel trial of columnist E. Jan Carroll.
The jury in the New York civil trial awarded Carroll much more than the $10 million in damages the author originally sought for the „defamatory statements.”
Donald Trump sued in New York for alleged fraud
There is also another ruling pending in New York. New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Trump and the family company that bears his name, the Trump Organization, for fraud in September 2022. Democrat's accusation: The company's value was said to have been manipulated between 2011 and 2021. Trump is said to have inflated his assets in order to obtain loans at a lower cost. James wants payments of about $370 million.
According to research conducted by the news portal Daily Beast However, this penalty could increase to more than $500 million due to failure. James is also calling for an end to Trump's New York business: she wants the former president to receive a lifetime ban from the East Coast city's real estate market. (sugar)
Netanyahu must present a plan, otherwise Minister Gantz will threaten to withdraw from the government
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Massive protests against Netanyahu in Israel again
Massive demonstrations took place again against Prime Minister Netanyahu in Israel. The demonstrators accuse the government of abandoning Hamas hostages. Meanwhile, Benny Gantz, a minister in the Israeli war cabinet, threatened to resign from the government.
Benny Gantz called on Prime Minister Netanyahu to present a plan for the post-war order in the Gaza Strip by June 8. If Gantz carries out his threat, it could have far-reaching consequences for the Israeli government.
BEni Gantz, a minister in the Israeli war cabinet, threatened to resign from the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The politician said Saturday evening in Tel Aviv that if the prime minister does not present a plan for the post-war regime in the Gaza Strip by June 8, he and other members of the National Union Party will leave the government.
Among other things, Gantz called for the establishment of an alternative American-European-Arab-Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip, which under no circumstances could be Hamas or Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. In addition, hostages from Gaza must be returned and relations with Saudi Arabia must be normalized. Gantz also called for adopting the concept of military service for all Israelis. “Prime Minister Netanyahu, I look you in the eye this evening and say – the choice is in your hands.”
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The 64-year-old politician joined Netanyahu’s government as a minister without portfolio and a member of the war cabinet after the unprecedented attack by Hamas and other terrorist groups on October 7. In doing so, the participants wanted to send a signal of unity. The centrist party, the National Union, led by Gantz, stands in opposition. Opinion polls indicate that she is currently ahead by a large margin over the Likud Party led by Netanyahu.
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Netanyahu’s office said that Gantz’s demands would mean a defeat for Israel, the handover of the majority of hostages, Hamas remaining in power, and the establishment of a Palestinian state, according to media reports. Netanyahu believes that forming an emergency government is important to achieve all the goals of the war, including the return of all hostages.
Brexit could lead to a government crisis
Israel is under international criticism due to the large number of civilian casualties and the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. Many in the country complain that the war has not achieved a decisive victory, even after more than seven months. The fact that more than 100 hostages are still in the hands of Hamas also raises criticism of the government.
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Netanyahu has been in power since the end of 2022 alongside the far-right and extremist religious parties. He has so far refused to present a plan for the management and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip after the end of the war so as not to offend his partners in the far-right coalition.
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They are pursuing unrealistic goals such as building Jewish settlements in Gaza, but Netanyahu’s political survival depends on them. If Gantz carries out his threat and leaves the government, this could spark a government crisis.
The two alleged contenders for the position of US President agreed on a date for a television debate. Now Trump is making a new request.
Former US President Donald Trump called on current President Joe Biden to submit to a drug test before their duel on Monday in a television debate for the first time during the election campaign at the end of June. „I don’t want him to get there like he did in the State of the Union address,” Trump said during a Republican Party event in St. Paul, Minnesota. „He was as high as a kite.”
Trump has previously indicated several times in interviews that the US President was under the influence of substances on various occasions. He previously made similar accusations against his rival, Hillary Clinton, during the 2016 election campaign. Trump has not yet provided any evidence for his allegations. Biden has not yet commented on Trump’s allegations.
Ahead of the US presidential election in November, President Joe Biden and his rival Donald Trump want to compete against each other in two televised debates. Biden challenged Trump to two televised duels on Wednesday, and he immediately accepted the challenge. The American CNN network said that the first debate will take place on June 27 in Atlanta, Georgia. The two competitors also agreed on a second date on September 10.
Tucson (Arizona/USA) – In the American state Arizona It is a couple with two different people within a short period of time accidents He died. Their families are angry about the lack of security on the streets.
For two months, Mia Valenica mourned her fiancé, Xander Reeser, who died in a motorcycle accident last March. Now the 21-year-old’s family is grieving after Mia herself died in a motorcycle accident on May 10, according to reports. 13News.
„She’s in shock. It’s unbelievable,” said David Valencia, Mia’s father. “You hope you wake up the next day and it’s not true.”
The hope of the two affected families is that “they are together now.”
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According to police, Mia, who was a backseat passenger, and an unnamed driver were riding a motorcycle at high speed on the Catalina Highway in Pima County, southern Arizona.
They both left the road in a curve and collided with a guardrail. Both Mia and her companion were thrown off a bridge.
A witness to the incident said: “I looked down and there was a man sitting there crying.” “I saw that his knees were all scratched up. Next to him there was a motionless girl still wearing her motorcycle helmet.”
The driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries, while Mia Valencia died at the scene.
Investigations are still ongoing.
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David Valencia shared his love of motorcycles with his daughter. But after losing two loved ones in just a few months, he wants others to be careful.
“There are areas where you can drive fast,” he said. “But on some roads, you have to drive slowly,” he warned. Because sometimes you don’t get a second chance…
