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Former FBI Director James Comey explained how easily doable it would be to lock up Donald Trump if he were sentenced to jail time. Video of Comey: James Comey says that it is doable to put Trump in jail. They would put him in a double wide out near the fence, out in the grass, […]

Trump claimed in an interview on Fox that locking him up, even with house arrest, would be a breaking point for the American people. Trump said on Fox and Friends Weekend when asked about being sentenced to house arrest, “So, that could happen. I don’t know that the public would stand it, you know, I’m […]

Meet The Press asked Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) if he would vote to certify the election results, and his answer spoke volumes about GOP election denialism. Video of Jeffries: Leader Hakeem Jeffries gave the perfect answer when asked by #MTP if he would vote to certify the election results, “Certainly. That has always […]

Special Counsel Jack Smith has tried again to get Trump to stop endangering the lives of law enforcement officers. The Special Counsel wrote in a new motion related to the classified documents case: The Government moves to modify defendant Donald J. Trump’s conditions of release, to make clear that he may not make statements that […]

The Biden campaign responded to Trump’s rambling lie-filled speech by offering one reality check for each of the ex-president’s felony convictions. How Did Biden Respond To Trump’s Post-Conviction Press Conference? Here is the Biden campaign response to Trump’s speech as provided to PoliticusUSA: “If they can do this to me they can do this to […]

Authorities in Scotland are being urged to open a criminal investigation into Donald Trump for his properties in Scotland. The Scotsman reported: Scotland’s most senior law officer has been urged to heed long-standing calls to investigate the source of the funds underpinning Donald Trump’s purchase of his flagship international resort after he became the first […]

A new Morning Consult poll found that 54% of voters agree with the jury’s decision to convict Donald Trump. Morning Consult provided their survey results to PoliticusUSA, and here are a few highlights: -53% of registered voters have seen, read or heard “a lot” about the New York jury’s decision to convict former President Donald […]

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) has embarrassed himself by trying to get Alvin Bragg to testify before his Weaponization of Government Committee. Here is the letter that Jordan sent to Bragg: pic.twitter.com/DqSo96X9S0 — Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) May 31, 2024 Jordan asked Bragg to testify before his committee. Jim Jordan doesn’t have any […]

Eight Republican Senators, including J.D. Vance, Mike Lee, and Tommy Tuberville, vowed not to cooperate with Democrats on anything not related to national security or safety. Here is the statement from the senators: Strongly worded statements are not enough. Those who turned our judicial system into a political cudgel must be held accountable. We are […]

Trump looked rough as a picture from Trump Tower captured what he really looked like during his post-conviction press conference. This is a picture that was sent to Molly Jong Fast by someone she described as a friend who was at the event: A friend sent me this from the presser. pic.twitter.com/CASpjZ1wxI — Molly Jong-Fast […]

The gaslighting continues because Donald J. Trump is not handling the aftermath of his 34 felony convictions very well. In the atrium of Trump Tower, the ex-president ranted and raved and blamed and whined in Vintage Trump style, to the point that CNN cut him off. He wove in his usual hits of false claims […]

Trump was so guilty that even the one juror who got all of his news from Truth Social voted to convict him. Here is the juror questionnaire: One of the 12 jurors in the New York case said his only sources of news were Trump’s social network, Truth Social, and X. And he still found […]

CNN anchors referred to Trump’s press conference as rant without a teleprompter and referred to its “disjointed” presentation. Video: CNN cuts off its live coverage of Trump’s press conference and calls it a “rant.” CNN also pointed out that without his teleprompter Trump’s presentation was “disjointed.” pic.twitter.com/QjfixM103u — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) May 31, 2024 […]

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) reacted to Trump’s conviction by calling on red state district attorneys to indict President Joe Biden. Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) posted: Time for Red State AGs and DAs to get busy. — Rep. Mike Collins (@RepMikeCollins) May 30, 2024 The problem that Republicans need a crime that President Biden committed in […]

The Trump campaign is trying to raise money by suggesting that the ex-president’s conviction is the darkest day in American history. Aaron Rupar posted this alert from the Trump campaign: move over Pearl Harbor and 9/11 … pic.twitter.com/rUdvy2Op0J — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 31, 2024 Move over 9/11. Step aside Pearl Harbor. The real darkest […]

Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, said that the ex-president was involved in all of the decisions about his defense and wanted to be the litigator. Jesse Watters asked on Fox News how involved Trump was in his own defense. Blanche answered: What do you think? Very involved. He’s a smart guy, he knows what he’s doing. […]

Rachel Maddow suggested on MSNBC that Republicans still have time to dump Donald Trump and choose and different nominee. Maddow said: He’s been convicted of 34 felonies, and he is not just a former president, he is the Republican party’s nominee for president. I will go back to the point I made earlier, which is […]

After Thursday’s surprise late afternoon GUILTY on all counts verdict for ex-president and current front-runner for Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, the Biden campaign warned that the threat Trump poses to our democracy has never been greater, and the ballot box is the only way to way to keep Trump out of the Oval […]