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#Labour must stop cosying up to #Trump, #Starmer has been warned

It comes after PM said he understood what the president cares about and that they had bonded over shared family values

The party pointed towards Donald Trump’s hush money #conviction in 2023, as well as the US president’s policies on #healthcare and #immigration, as they urged the Prime Minister to instead stand for "the values of #democracy and #HumanRights"

thenational.scot/news/25292955

The National · Keir Starmer told to 'stop cosying up' to Donald TrumpBy Lucy Jackson

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#CharlesKushner, the father of #Trump's son-in-law #JaredKushner, told the US #Senate on Thurs he could be trusted to exercise good judgment if confirmed as US #ambassador to #France, despite his past #conviction for #TaxEvasion & #WitnessTampering & other federal charges.

"I made a very, very, very serious mistake & I paid a heavy price for that mistake," Kushner, a wealthy real estate developer, said during a hearing before the Senate #ForeignRelations Cmte.

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Until recently, #EmilBove was one of #Trump’s #defense lawyers, representing him in his NY criminal trial last year. The trial led to Trump’s #conviction on 34 #felony counts for falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal that had threatened to derail his 2016 campaign.

#SDNY has long been viewed as the nation’s most prestigious US atty’s office, & has a reputation for guarding its independence & fending off interference from DC, winning it the nickname “the Sovereign District.”
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In one memo, #PamBondi will establish a “Weaponization Working Group” to review #law enforcement actions enacted under the Biden admin for any examples of “politicized justice.”

That review will cover cases brought by fmr #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith over #Trump’s mishandling of #ClassifiedDocuments & 2020 #ElectionInterference, Manhattan DA #AlvinBragg’s hush-money case that led to a #conviction & a case from NYAG #LetitiaJames, in which she won a $454M civil #fraud judgment against Trump.

#Trump Is First #President to Be #Sentenced as a #Felon. No #Jail Time in #HushMoney Case, but Judge Formalizes #Criminal #Conviction. The sentencing in Manhattan on 34 counts formalizes President-elect Trump’s felon status, making him the first to carry that distinction to the White House. How #shameful for the nation, in a time where we need so much compassion and kindness rather than hatred and corruption. nytimes.com/live/2025/01/10/ny We must never be silent about or accepting of his #crimes

The New York Times · Trump Is Sentenced in N.Y. Hush-Money Case and Will Avoid Jail: Live UpdatesBy Ben Protess
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Though #Trump will soon begin the #appeal process, the case will be concluded after sentencing, meaning it will no longer hover over him. But he will also be the first convicted #felon to be sworn in as president.

This week, Trump filed a civil action against the judge overseeing the case, challenging a pair of recent rulings that upheld his #conviction. Both rulings rejected Trump’s argument that, as a former & future president, he is entitled to #immunity.