Former President
Donald Trump caught a break on Monday when a
New York appeals court cut his bond to $175 million in the civil property fraud case and gave him 10 extra days to come up with the money. But there is one unlikely group that might be privately dismayed by the development, conservative commentator S.E. Cupp told CNN: pro-Trump political action committees. "Let's go to you first and talk about the politics of this," said anchor Jessica Dean. "Does this affect Trump politically?" ALSO READ: Here's why conservative elites are bailing on Trump now "I have to be honest, just based on the emails I've gotten today from Trump PACs and
Republican PACs, I think they were expecting these seizures to happen today and it seems like they might even be a little disappointed that they that they didn't," said Cupp. "Because the emails I'm getting from these PACs are, 'Trump Tower Seized!' 'Trump Tower about to be seized!' 'MAGA emergency, please donate!'" "Now, they really want to profit financially off of this for obvious reasons," Cupp continued. "But I think also, politically, they know that this is good for his base. He has conditioned his voters over eight years to believe him when he says these are all Biden trials to believe that everything around Trump is corrupt and he is the one with the integrity. He did this over time by calling the media the enemy of the people, oh, by talking about the Deep State, the intelligence officers, the generals, the
Democrats, everyone's in on it to get him and he's completely unimpeachable. They believe that." The upshot of all this, concluded Cupp, is that "Today, legally, he got to win with that ten extra day delay and that lowered bond, but politically ... he's kind of winning no matter what among his base." Watch the video below or click here . S.E. Cupp says Trump PACs are "disappointed" he got a break on bond www.youtube.com Former President Donald Trump's onetime
White House adviser Peter Navarro could remain in a federal lockup during the Republican National Convention,
prison records show. The Federal Bureau of Prison official listing on Monday showed Navarro is set to be released on July 17, according to its online inmate tracker . The date, first reported by CBS correspondent Scott MacFarlane, is an initial record of when he's set for release and it could change. The Republican Convention begins in Milwaukee on July 15. The Bureau of Prisons record shows Navarro's inmate number at a low-security federal correctional facility in Miami is 04370-510. ALSO READ: 11 ways Trump doesn’t become president Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison after he refused to comply with a subpoena from the House Select Jan. 6 Committee. The former trade adviser claimed then-President Donald Trump invoked executive privilege to prevent him from testifying. If Navarro is freed on the set date, he would miss most of the Republican convention, which begins on July 15. But he could attend the convention's final day on July 18. CONTINUE READING Show less An attorney charged in former President Donald Trump's Georgia
election racketeering case faces another court battle this week to keep his law license, according to a new report. Jeffrey Clark is the subject of a complaint filed by the watchdog group The 65 Project, which has filed numerous election-related complaints against lawyers across the country, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported Monday. In a statement, the group's managing director Michael Teter said their effort "is really to hold accountable those who fought to overturn the election." “But, more importantly, it will deter future abuse of the
American legal system to undermine
elections," Teter told the outlet. Also read: Trump slammed after claiming
FBI search of Mar-a-Lago was illegal The disciplinary trial will start this Tuesday in D.C., according to the report. John Malcolm, a former federal prosecutor now at the conservative Heritage Foundation, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that he thinks the accusations are politically motivated. “Everybody is entitled to zealous representation,” said Malcolm. “Anything that puts a chill on that is bad for lawyers and bad for anyone wrapped up in the legal system.” As the Georgia news outlet points out, Clark was a senior
Justice Department official during the final weeks of the former president's administration, and stands accused of trying to get the agency to intervene in the 2020 election on Trump's behalf. "The Office of Disciplinary Counsel for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in
Washington has accused him of dishonesty and conduct that would interfere in the administration of justice to keep Trump in power," AJC's report stated. "A trial is expected to take about nine days. If the panel removes his law license, it would bar him from practicing law in Washington D.C." CONTINUE READING Show less
United Nations — After more than five months of war, the UN Security Council for the first time Monday demanded an immediate ceasefire in
Gaza after the
United States, Israel's ally which vetoed previous drafts, abstained. Drawing applause in the normally staid Security Council, all 14 other members voted in favor of the resolution which "demands an immediate ceasefire" for the ongoing Islamic holy month of Ramadan. CONTINUE READING Show less