The president broke his long silence over his predecessor’s legal troubles, calling the New York jury’s guilty verdict vindication for the idea that “no one is above the law.”
Donald J. Trump’s historic felony convictions may not alter the presidential race right now, but they have punctured his sense of invincibility in a courtroom, The New York Times’s Maggie Haberman explains.
Salem Media Group, which co-produced the 2022 film, issued the apology to a Georgia man who was falsely depicted as stuffing a ballot box near Atlanta.
The political fallout is far from certain, but the verdict will test America’s traditions, legal institutions and ability to hold an election under historic partisan tension.