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Donald Trump’s team launch mugshot-inspired merchandise | Entertainment
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Donald Trump’s team launch mugshot-inspired merchandise | Entertainment

Donald Trump's campaign team have started selling merchandise that features his mugshot.The historic mugshot was released by authorities in Georgia after the former US President - who has been accused of trying to overturn his electoral defeat in 2020 - turned himself in at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta.Trump, 77, subsequently posted his own mugshot on X, which was formerly known as Twitter.The post was Trump's first message on X since January 2021 and the message also featured a link to his official website.The mugshot has already been attached to various bits of merchandise by Trump's team, including T-shirts, coffee mugs and bumper stickers. ...
DOJ had video of boxes being moved at Mar-a-Lago before FBI search
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DOJ had video of boxes being moved at Mar-a-Lago before FBI search

Washington CNN  —  The Justice Department has made public more about the significant photographic and video evidence they collected last summer from Mar-a-Lago after the Trump presidency, in a newly released version of the investigative record that supported the FBI search of the resort. While the details match much of what was included in last month’s indictment of Donald Trump and his co-defendant Walt Nauta, the less-redacted search warrant affidavit reveals the extent of what prosecutors knew before asking to search the Florida property for documents or other evidence last summer. The search affidavit, which still has several pages of redactions, describes with more public detail what prosecu...
Trump’s indictment divides 2024 Republican hopefuls
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Trump’s indictment divides 2024 Republican hopefuls

CNN  —  Republican presidential candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa Hutchinson Sunday articulated vastly different plans for how they’d approach the federal indictment against former President Donald Trump should either capture the White House in 2024. Contenders for the GOP nomination are grappling with how to strike the right tone on Trump, seen as the GOP front-runner to take on President Joe Biden next year, as they look to build their support among Republican primary voters. Trump is facing his first federal indictment for retention of classified documents and conspiracy with a top aide to hide them from the government and his own attorneys – a total of 37 counts. He’s expected to appear in cour...
Takeaways and key lines from the indictment against Donald Trump
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Takeaways and key lines from the indictment against Donald Trump

CNN  —  The historic indictment and related court documents against former President Donald Trump have been unsealed. The criminal charges stem from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into hush money payments, made during the 2016 presidential campaign, to women who claimed they had extramarital affairs with Trump, which he denies. Trump “repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election,” according to the charging documents. Each criminal charge Trump is facing relates to a specific entry among the business records of the Trump...
Proud Boys member in Jan. 6 video: ‘Victory smoke in the Capitol, boys’
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Proud Boys member in Jan. 6 video: ‘Victory smoke in the Capitol, boys’

CNN  —  Dozens of messages, social media posts and videos show that leaders of the far-right Proud Boys not only planned for the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack but recruited others to help stop Joe Biden from becoming president, federal prosecutors said Thursday during opening statements in the seditious conspiracy trial. “Let’s bring this new year with one word in mind…revolt,” defendant and then-Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio wrote to others in the group on January 1, 2021, according to prosecutors. “New year’s revolution.” Prosecutor Jason McCullough told the jury that Proud Boys leaders were afraid a Biden presidency would mean the end of the organization and that, after President Donald ...
Todd and Julie Chrisley sentenced for fraud and tax crimes convictions
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Todd and Julie Chrisley sentenced for fraud and tax crimes convictions

CNN  —  Reality TV Stars Julie and Todd Chrisley were sentenced to prison in federal court Monday. The “Chrisley Knows Best” couple were found guilty in June of conspiracy to defraud banks out of more than $30 million in fraudulent loans, CNN previously reported. In addition, they were found guilty of several tax crimes, including attempting to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. 'Chrisley Knows Best' stars charged with tax evasion (2019) Judge Eleanor L. Ross sentenced Todd Chrisley to 12 years in prison with three years of supervised release. His wife Julie Chrisley was sentenced to seven...
Former business partner will seek new trial in $2.5 million defamation suit against Sugar Shack founder | Crime News
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Former business partner will seek new trial in $2.5 million defamation suit against Sugar Shack founder | Crime News

Founded in 2015, Pello Bikes makes high-quality bikes for kids that are fit for all types of riding in Richmond and beyond. From 8@4 presented by Massey Cancer Center from the Virginia Wayside Furniture studio. A former business partner of Sugar Shack founder and CEO Ian Kelley says he plans to seek a new trial in his $2.5 million malicious prosecution and defamation lawsuit against Kelley, after the first trial ended with a hung jury.Dustin Smith, an investor and former board member of Sugar Shack Donuts, said this week that he and his attorney will try once again to convince a jury of the merits of his complaint.The judge in the first proceeding declared a mistrial after jurors could not reach a una...