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REMINDER: June meeting is tonight!

  • Jun 4, 2024
  • 1 min read

We will discuss the May Runoff election results, Trump trial, and general election updates.


Our June meeting for Calhoun County Democratic Club will be held Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at the Calhoun County Library, in the community room, 200 W Mahan St., Port Lavaca.


Social/potluck is at 5.30pm and the meeting starts at 6pm.


Got questions? Concerned about democracy? Come and join us.


You can RSVP for out monthly meetings here:


The July Monthly meeting will be on July 2, 2024.


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Trump Trial Week 7 - Verdict

  • Jun 4, 2024
  • 11 min read

Updated: Jun 4, 2024

A Masterlist to track to the trial.


Trump Trial Week 7 - Verdict Guilty on ALL 34 Charges


 

 

Day 21 - Tuesday May 28, 2024 – Summations (Defense and Prosecutor)

 

The Trump trial could end this week. Catch up on key evidence and testimony from 6 weeks

 

Historic Trump hush money trial reaches critical day: lawyers to give closing arguments

 

Historic Trump trial comes to a dramatic close, jury deliberations begin Wednesday: recap

 

Here’s what every key witness said at Donald Trump’s hush money trial

 

Highlights from closing arguments in Donald Trump’s hush money trial

 

Cohen’s credibility, campaigning at court and other takeaways from Trump trial’s closing arguments

 

Prosecutor says Trump tried ‘to hoodwink voters’ while defense attacks key witness in last arguments

 

Closing arguments wrap in Trump hush money trial

 

Takeaways from closing arguments in the Donald Trump hush money trial

 

After 20 days in court for Trump's hush money trial, here's what you missed

 

Trump's lawyers and prosecutors make final pleas to jury in hush money trial

 

Highlights: Closing arguments wrap in Trump hush money trial

 

Takeaways from Trump trial closing arguments: Jurors get dueling portraits of Michael Cohen

 

‘Heads, we win; tails, you lose’: how rightwing hush-money trial coverage boosts Trump

 

Donald Trump sells private jet to Republican donor amid cash squeeze

 

‘A coward’s violence’: Robert De Niro trolls Trump outside hush-money trial

 

Prosecutors detail Donald Trump’s ‘corrupt bargain’ in closing arguments

 

Trump lawyer gives jurors reasons to acquit – key takeaways from the closing arguments

 

Trump on trial: to the jury

 

Prosecution concludes closing argument with plea to find Trump guilty in hush-money trial – as it happened

 

Defense attacks Cohen, prosecution attacks Trump in hush money trial closing

 

Highlights of closing arguments in Trump’s N.Y. trial

 

Closing arguments end in Trump hush money trial

 

Biden heading back to Pa. this week; Trump trial nears end

 

Was D.A. Bragg Right to Bring the New York Charges Against Trump?

 

What was said during closing arguments in Trump’s hush money trial

 

WATCH: Trump’s adult children speak out during hush money closing arguments

 

WATCH: Robert De Niro and Jan. 6 first responders speak outside Trump’s hush money trial

 

Trump’s defense lawyers, prosecutors will make their final pitches to the hush money jury

 

Live updates: Closing arguments in Trump’s hush money trial

 

Trump’s Case Heads to the Jury: 5 Takeaways From Closing Arguments

 

Transcript of Trump Manhattan Trial, May 28, 2024

 

 

 

Day 22 - Wednesday May 29, 2024 – Jury Instructions from Judge Merchan & Jury Deliberations

 

Read the jury instructions in Donald Trump's New York criminal hush money trial

 

Trump jury requests on trial transcript and instructions offer clues on deliberations

 

Judge Merchan's instructions to the Trump jury have angered the MAGA crowd. Here's why

 

Trump hush money trial moves into second day of jury deliberations: recap

 

When will the Trump trial reach a verdict? 'Anybody's guess' once jury deliberation begins

 

Donald Trump’s hush money trial: Highlights from first day of jury deliberations

 

Jurors in Trump hush money trial end 1st day of deliberations after asking to rehear testimony

 

First day of jury deliberations in Trump New York hush money trial

 

What to know about the first day of jury deliberations in the Trump hush money trial

 

Highlights: Trump trial jury goes home without a verdict after first day of deliberations

 

Explained: The most misunderstood twist in the charges against Donald Trump

 

Trump awaits his fate as jury deliberations begin: What you missed on Day 22 of the hush money trial

 

As jury begins deliberations in Trump’s hush-money trial, here’s what happened in the case

 

Trump hush-money trial: jury begins deliberations on 34 counts of falsifying business records – as it happened

 

A ‘catch-and-kill’ scheme and Trump’s pyjamas: key moments from the hush-money trial

 

Trump likens himself to Mother Teresa as jury weighs fate in hush-money case

 

Could Trump go to prison and can he still run for president? What happens next after guilty verdict

 

Trump jury ends 1st day of deliberations eyeing Trump talks with Cohen, Pecker

 

The Trump Trials Sidebar: Verdict Incoming

 

Trump jury ends 1st day of deliberations eyeing Trump talks with Cohen, Pecker

 

What have jurors asked? How long will it take? What to know about deliberations.

May 29, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

 

How the judge instructed jurors as they started deliberations in Trump’s hush money trial

 

Jury in historic Trump hush money trial to begin deliberations

 

Live updates: Judge excuses jurors, ending 1st day of deliberations in Trump’s hush money trial

 

Jury Wraps First Day of Deliberations in Trump Hush-Money Trial

 

Transcript of Trump Manhattan Trial, May 29, 2024

 

 

 

 

Day 23 - Thursday May 30, 2024 – Verdict – Guilty on All 34 Charges

 

Donald Trump found guilty on all counts in historic NY hush money trial: Recap

 

Trump found guilty: Catch up on the trial's sex stories, secret tapes and court drama

 

Donald Trump found guilty: Will he go to prison? What to know ahead of sentencing

 

 

As it happened: Trump found guilty on all hush money charges

 

 

Guilty: Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes

 

 

 

Here’s what you should know about Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money trial

 

 

Donald Trump found guilty of all 34 charges in hush money trial

 

See the jury’s verdict on each of the 34 counts against Trump in hush money trial

 

Trump is now a convicted felon. He can still run for president

 

Trump found guilty in hush money trial

 

 

 

What happens now that Trump has been convicted in his hush money criminal case

 

 

Donald Trump found guilty on all 34 felony counts in hush money trial: Highlights

 

 

 

As Trump awaits sentencing in his hush money trial, more cases loom

 

‘It’s bullshit’: voters on what Trump’s hush-money case means to them

 

Trump with little room to extricate himself from mass of evidence in hush-money case

 

Trump trial jury continues deliberations in New York hush-money case

 

Trump is now a convicted felon. He could still win re-election

 

Trump’s conviction on all 34 counts is a full-blown victory for DA Alvin Bragg

 

Trump was convicted of 34 felonies. What is Biden’s next move?

 

Cheers and groans at Manhattan courthouse after Trump verdict: ‘We got him’

 

DA says prosecutors followed facts ‘without fear or favour’ after Trump found guilty – video

 

'It's a rigged trial, a disgrace': Trump denounces hush-money trial guilty verdict – video

 

 

Donald Trump found guilty of hush-money plot to influence 2016 election

 

Inside Donald Trump’s hush-money trial: three key testimonies – video

 

Michael Cohen ‘relieved’ after Trump verdict – as it happened

 

Donald Trump found guilty on all counts in N.Y. hush money trial

 

Donald Trump found guilty on all counts in New York hush money trial

 

Can Trump pardon himself? Not for state hush money crimes.

 

Will Trump go to jail? Can he be president? What’s next after guilty verdict?

 

A ‘very innocent man’ stares down being convicted and becoming a felon

 

Even as Trump is found guilty, his attacks take toll on judicial system

 

Biden, Trump remain in tight race nationally, latest poll finds

 

Trump blasts ‘rigged, disgraceful’ trial after jury finds him guilty

 

Trump is a felon. Here’s why that could matter in the 2024 race.

 

Guilty or not guilty, Trump verdict won’t sway most voters, poll shows

 

 

WATCH: Manhattan DA Bragg speaks after Trump found guilty in hush money trial

 

Republican lawmakers rally to Trump’s defense after guilty verdict

 

Trump convicted on all 34 criminal charges in New York hush money trial

 

Trump, now a convicted felon, could still vote in November if he’s not in prison on Election Day

 

How the Biden campaign and Republicans are reacting to Trump’s guilty verdict

 

WATCH: Trump says he’s a ‘very innocent man’ after guilty verdict in hush money trial

 

WATCH: Trump found guilty in New York hush money trial — PBS NewsHour Special Report

 

Deliberations in Trump hush money trial set to resume after judge rereads jury instructions

 

The Trump Manhattan Criminal Verdict, Count By Count

 

Trump Convicted on All Counts to Become America’s First Felon President

 

Ex-President, Felon and Candidate: 5 Takeaways From Trump’s Conviction

 

Will It Matter? Searching for Clues in the Polls About a Trump Conviction.

 

If Trump’s Conviction Lands Him in Prison, the Secret Service Goes, Too

 

Trump Has Been Convicted. Here’s What Happens Next.

 

Trump Cites Litany of Misleading Claims After the Verdict

 

Ex-President, Felon and Candidate: 5 Takeaways From Trump’s Conviction

 

Transcript of Trump Manhattan Trial, May 30, 2024

 

 

 

After Conviction – Friday May 31, 2024

 

Trump delivers remarks on his guilty verdict: Key moments and analysis

 

Inside the courtroom as Donald Trump learned he had been convicted

 

Answers to your questions about Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial conviction

 

Donald Trump’s attorney was ‘shocked’ the former president took the verdict with ‘solemnness’

 

Is Trump still under a gag order after his conviction? He thinks so, but the answer isn’t clear

 

Who is Alvin Bragg? District attorney who prosecuted Trump says he was just doing his job

 

 

 

Whispers, tension, suspense: What happened in court as Donald Trump heard guilty verdict

 

Donald Trump was convicted, but Stormy Daniels owes him more than half a million dollars

 

Trump vows to appeal felony conviction

 

Here’s how the Trump hush money trial unfolded, from jury selection to conviction

 

Fact check: Trump’s post-conviction monologue was filled with false claims

 

Biden says Trump verdict shows no one is above the law

 

6 weeks of Trump's trial in 62 photos

 

Verdict takeaways: Jury convicts Trump on all 34 felony counts in hush money case

 

Trump trial: After guilty verdict, former president makes statement at Trump Tower in New York

 

'These are bad people': Trump unloads after his historic guilty verdict

 

Trump supporters try to dox jurors and post violent threats after his conviction

 

Mother of Jan. 6 officer Michael Fanone swatted after he called Trump 'authoritarian'

 

Michael Cohen's family doxxed after Trump guilty verdict in porn star hush money case

 

RNC co-chair Lara Trump blasts Maryland GOP Senate candidate Larry Hogan for urging the public to respect hush money verdict

 

Trump suggests there could be a 'breaking point' for the public if he is imprisoned after hush money conviction

 

Biden calls Trump a 'Convicted Felon' who 'snapped' after the 2020 election

 

Former Trump lawyer says it's 'ridiculous' to say Biden was involved in hush money prosecution

 

What the first polls after Trump's conviction show — and don't show

 

How the Trump verdict is playing down the ballot: From the Politics Desk

 

If Trump wins, he could weaponize U.S. spy services against his domestic political enemies, former intel officers warn

 

Biden campaign accuses Trump of calling for violence in new comments

 

Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict

 

MAGA Extremists Heed Trump’s Call and Threaten Violence After Verdict

 

22 Experts Predict What the Trump Conviction Will Mean for 2024 and Beyond

 

Stormy Daniels breaks silence on Donald Trump's guilty verdict and says 'jail him now'

 

Trump guilty on all counts – so what happens next?

 

Donald Trump: the day a former US president was convicted – in pictures

 

‘Karma always get you’: New Yorkers react to verdict in Trump criminal trial

 

Trump guilty on all counts – so what happens next? – Full Story podcast

 

Will Trump, a felon, be able to vote for himself in November?

 

At long last, ‘Teflon Don’ Trump couldn’t unstick himself from the legal system

 

With conviction in hush-money case, good fortune runs out for ‘Teflon Don’

 

So Trump moves closer to jail and nearer to the White House. This is our world in 2024

 

‘I’d enjoy seeing him go to prison’: voters react to guilty verdict in Trump trial

 

Biden says Trump’s claim of rigged trial is ‘dangerous’ and ‘reckless’ in White House speech – as it happened

 

Trump trial judge faces new threats after false reports on jury instructions spread

 

Trump trial judge faces new threats after false reports on jury instructions spread

 

Trump is guilty on all counts. So what happens next?

 

‘No one can be above the law’: US politicians react to Trump guilty verdict

 

Angry Trump revisits escalator where it all began – but this time as a felon

 

With conviction in hush-money case, good fortune runs out for ‘Teflon Don’

 

Trump’s verdict speech fact-checked: what he said and whether it’s true

 

Biden hits back at Trump’s ‘dangerous’ claim hush-money trial was rigged

'No one is above the law,' Biden says of Trump guilty verdict – video

 

Robert De Niro denied leadership award after speaking out against Trump

 

The view from inside Trump Tower

 

The Observer view on Donald Trump: utterly unfit for office, he should quit the race for the White House

 

Lawless and disorderly: Republicans line up behind Trump after conviction

 

Donald Trump had lots of negative opinions about felons. Now he is one

 

‘No way out without bloodshed’: the right believe the US is under threat and are mobilizing

 

Revenge: analysis of Trump posts shows relentless focus on punishing enemies

 

Trump hails Republicans for defending him and calls conviction ‘a scam’

 

Hogan provokes ire within Trumpworld: ‘You just ended your campaign’

 

Trump calls trial a ‘scam,’ vows to appeal historic guilty verdict

 

With Trump convicted, his case turns toward sentencing and appeals

 

Would Trump’s conviction affect any future security clearance? We answered your questions.

 

Trump’s post-conviction behavior could affect sentencing, and other takeaways

 

Trump verdict vindicates N.Y. prosecutor who quietly pursued a risky path

 

The Trump Trials: The Gravity of Laws

 

Trump’s New York trial is over. What’s next with his other criminal cases?

 

Republicans seek revenge for Trump conviction in hush money case

 

From Arguments to Instructions

 

“We, the jury, have a verdict”

 

The Final Day of Trump’s New York Trial: A Photo Essay

 

A day after his felony conviction, Trump remains defiant calling trial a ‘scam’

 

WATCH: Biden reacts to Trump guilty verdict, says it’s ‘dangerous’ for Trump to call trial rigged

 

Could Trump go to prison? 5 quick questions about his conviction

 

Former federal prosecutors break down Trump’s trial and historic conviction

 

 

WATCH: Trump found guilty in hush money trial. What happens now?

 

A day after being convicted of 34 felonies, Trump is campaigning off guilty verdict

 

Republicans join Trump’s attacks on justice system after guilty verdict in New York

 

 

How Trump and his allies are reacting to his felony conviction

 

Trump campaign raises $141 million in May, bolstered by guilty verdict

 

Seven Weeks, 22 Witnesses: Highlights From the Criminal Trial of Donald Trump

 

Trump Has Few Ways to Overturn His Conviction as a New York Felon

 

Trump Has Been Convicted. Can He Still Run for President?

Johnson Says Supreme Court Should Step In to Overturn Trump’s Conviction

 

How Trump’s Most Loyal Supporters Are Responding to the Verdict

 

The Trump Case May Come to Define Alvin Bragg. He Has Other Work to Do.

 

What Donald Trump Didn’t Say After His Trial

 

Extraordinary Circumstances, Ordinary Due Process

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






Other Sources

 

Here are the 22 witnesses who testified at Trump’s trial

 

The evidence that led to Trump’s hush money conviction

 

The Donald Trump Indictment, Annotated

 

Court Resources



Updated June 4, 2024

 

 
 
 

Trump Trial Week 6

  • Jun 4, 2024
  • 5 min read

A Masterlist to track to the trial.


Trump Trial Week 7 - Verdict Guilty on ALL 34 Charges



Week 6

 

Day 19 – Monday 20, 2024 (twentieth witness Michael Cohen cross continues, Prosecution Rests, Defense Witness 1 Daniel Sitko, Defense Witness 2 Robert Costello)

 

What you missed in Trump trial: A fiery clash of Judge Merchan and witness, prosecution rests

 

What we’ve learned so far in the Trump hush money trial and what to watch for as it wraps up

 

Highlights from Day 19 of Donald Trump's hush money trial: Prosecution rests

 

Prosecutors rest their case in Donald Trump’s hush money trial

 

Judge in Trump’s hush money trial threatened to remove witness from court for behavior on stand

 

AP Explains: The latest updates on Trump’s hush money trial          

 

Dramatic day in court as defense begins to present case in Trump trial

 

Prosecutors rest their case against Donald Trump in dramatic day of testimony

 

Highlights: Trump trial judge admonishes defense witness for 'side eye' and clears press from courtroom

 

'Don't roll your eyes': Trump defense witness gets judge's warning. What you missed on Day 19 of the hush money trial.

 

Trump on trial in 60 seconds — day 20

 

Prosecutors rest their case against Donald Trump in dramatic day of testimony

 

Trump turns trial into circus as Biden tries to focus minds on economy

 

‘The people rest’ – and no Trump testimony

 

Trump trial: Cohen testifies that hush-money payment violated election law

 

Lawyer: Michael Cohen said ‘numerous times’ Trump didn’t know about Stormy Daniels payments – as it happened

 

Trump trial: Cohen testifies that hush-money payment violated election law

 

‘Don’t roll your eyes’ and an entourage: Trump trial takeaways, day 19

 

Prosecutors rest in Trump trial, and Judge Merchan erupts at a witness

 

Prosecution rests in Trump hush money trial

 

Why Did Federal Prosecutors Drop Trump's Hush Money Case?

 

How Trump’s legal team is trying to ruin Michael Cohen’s credibility in hush money trial

 

Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Republicans rallying around Trump at his trial

 

Michael Cohen faces more tough questions as Trump’s hush money trial nears end

 

Prosecution Rests Case in Trump Trial as Defense Targets Cohen Again

 

The Prosecution Rests: Five Takeaways From Trump’s Criminal Trial

 

Prosecution Rests Case in Trump Trial as Defense Targets Cohen Again

 

Transcript of Trump Manhattan Trial, May 20, 2024

 

 

 

 

Day 20 – Tuesday May 21, 2024 (Defense Witness 2 Robert Costello cross, Defense Rests)

 

Donald Trump hush money trial recap: Trump doesn't testify; defense rests its case

 

'This is not a conversation': Read heated exchange between Judge Merchan, Robert Costello

 

When will the Trump trial reach a verdict? 'Anybody's guess' once jury deliberation begins

 

Donald Trump’s hush money trial: Highlights from day 20

 

Defense rests without ex-President Trump taking the witness stand in his New York hush money trial

 

Defense rests its case without Trump testifying in his hush money trial. What’s next?

 

Donald Trump’s defense rests in the former president’s New York hush money trial

 

Trump hush money trial enters new phase after defense rests without testimony from former president

 

Manhattan DA’s office won’t be punished for document dump that delayed start of Trump criminal trial

 

Both sides rest cases without Trump testifying in hush money trial

 

Your latest questions about Trump’s trial, answered

 

The jury in the Trump trial faces a task unique in American history

 

Trump won't testify and emails remain the credibility crunch. What you missed on Day 20 of the hush money trial.

 

Trump increasingly relies on allies to deliver the attack lines the gag order bars him from uttering

 

Defense rests in Trump hush money trial without former president's testimony

 

Prosecutor blasts Trump co-defendant's 'garbage argument' at heated hearing in classified documents case

 

Jury in Trump trial leave for long weekend after Trump’s key defense witness implodes on stand

 

Highlights: Witness testimony finished in Trump hush money trial, setting up closing arguments

 

‘Mr Trump, why won’t you testify?’: hush-money trial nears end with a fizzle, not a bang

 

Trump insists defense ‘had a great case’ as court resumes for jury instructions – as it happened

 

Defense rests without Donald Trump testifying in criminal hush-money trial

 

Stephen Colbert on Trump’s refusal to testify in trial: ‘Did he write himself a check for $130,000?’

 

Michael Cohen learned that membership in Trump’s inner circle has a harsh cost

 

Trump’s hush-money trial: here’s what’s happened in the case so far

 

Trump insists defense ‘had a great case’ as court resumes for jury instructions – as it happened

 

Defense rests without Donald Trump testifying in criminal hush-money trial

 

Defense rests in Trump’s hush money trial

 

Did Trump’s lawyers do enough to damage Michael Cohen’s testimony?

 

Jurors to decide Trump hush money case after closing arguments next week

 

For Trump, two days filled with backpedaling and baseless attacks

 

Why Trump keeps reading printouts of news articles at his trial

 

How Trump’s alleged hush money payments led to his charges in New York

 

Defense rests in Trump’s New York hush money trial without the ex-president taking the stand

 

Trump’s campaign says it will begin accepting contributions through cryptocurrency

 

Trump’s social media account shares video referencing ‘unified Reich,’ then deletes it

 

On the week Trump’s Fla. trial was scheduled to start, uncertainty and a pretrial hearing

 

WATCH: Trump speaks at campaign rally in heavily Democratic, majority Hispanic area of the Bronx

 

What to watch for in Trump trial’s closing arguments, from a law school professor

 

Republican National Committee’s headquarters evacuated after receiving vials of blood addressed to Trump

 

Here’s what every key witness said at Trump’s hush money criminal trial

 

Trump met with repeated boos and jeers during Libertarian convention speech

 

Trump Trial Turns to Debate Over Jury Instructions After Defense Rests

 

A Swift Defense and a Decision Ahead: 5 Takeaways From Trump’s Trial

 

Trump Trial Turns to Debate Over Jury Instructions After Defense Rests

 

Transcript of Trump Manhattan Trial, May 21, 2024

 

 

 

 

 



Other Sources

 

Here are the 22 witnesses who testified at Trump’s trial

 

The evidence that led to Trump’s hush money conviction

 

The Donald Trump Indictment, Annotated

 

Court Resources


Updated June 4, 2024

 





 
 
 
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