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Miami-Dade police say an investigation into dangerous intersection takeovers across the country has led to the arrest of 22-year-old Frederick Simon. He faces several charges including drag racing.
One more win. One win Saturday night at Amerant Bank Arena. That’s the Panthers’ sole focus in their quest to return to the Stanley Cup Final.
They would be the first team to go back to the final after losing the previous year since the 2009 Penguins. The Panthers responded with two big defensive efforts in games four and five after trailing the Rangers two games to one in the east final to put themselves in position to close out the series at home Saturday night.
Former President Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felonies by the jury in his "hush money" trial in New York on Thursday, making him the first former president in U.S. history to be convicted of a crime.
The jury, composed of 12 Manhattan residents, found that Trump illegally falsified business records to cover up a $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. They found him guilty on all counts on their second day of deliberations.
The presumptive Republican nominee for president is now also a convicted felon, a label that will reverberate across the electorate in the months between now and Election Day in November.
Trump spoke about the verdict at Trump Tower in New York on Friday, calling the trial "very unfair," a "scam" and "rigged."
The verdict was handed down in the same Manhattan courtroom where Trump has been on trial for the past six weeks. Trump stared at each juror as they confirmed their vote to convict and angrily denounced the decision in the hallway outside the courtroom, vowing to fight the conviction.
Jurors sided with prosecutors who said that Trump authorized the plan to falsify checks and related records in an effort to prevent voters from learning of an alleged sexual encounter with Daniels. Prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said the conspiracy spanned his 2016 campaign and continued well into his first year in the White House. Trump denied having sex with Daniels and pleaded not guilty.
Justice Juan Merchan set a sentencing date of July 11, just four days before the start of the Republican National Convention, where Trump will be formally nominated as the party’s standard-bearer. He could face up to four years in prison and a $5,000 fine for each count, but Merchan has broad discretion when imposing a sentence, and could limit the punishment to a fine, probation, home confinement or other options.
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