Donald Trump accused opponent Biden of inaction in the face of the pro-Palestinian college protests

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Joe Biden said Thursday that “order must prevail” in the face of a wave of demonstrations in American universities in support of the Palestinians in Gaza, which puts him in a politically delicate position six months before the presidential election. “Anti-Semitism and threats against Jewish students have no place on campus or in America,” the American president said.

“We are not an authoritarian country that silences people,” Joe Biden nevertheless assured during a short speech. “As president, I will always defend freedom of expression and I will defend the law just as forcefully,” he said.

“Vandalism, forceful intrusion, breaking windows, blocking campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes or graduation ceremonies, none of this falls within the scope of peaceful demonstration,” however listed the Democrat 81 years old. “It’s against the law.”

Accused of inaction

In the morning, his opponent and Republican predecessor Donald Trump accused him of inaction in the face of the pro-Palestinian college protests. “They are radical left-wing weirdos and we must stop them now because it will last and get worse,” he said upon his arrival at the New York court where he is being tried in an unprecedented trial for a former American president.

Joe Biden also said that he was not in favor of sending the National Guard, an army corps that depends on the states on the front line, to campuses.

A delicate political position vs presidential election

The American president, who will seek a second term against Republican Donald Trump in November, has until now remained silent in the face of the wave of mobilization and the police interventions to dislodge demonstrators, at Columbia University in New York or at the University of California (UCLA) for example.

Six months before the presidential election, in a polarized United States, the Democratic president finally committed to this issue likely to undermine his campaign.

This mobilization places the democrat in an extremely delicate political position. His policy of support for Israel has earned him strong criticism from young, progressive voters of Arab-American origin, while Republicans accuse him of allowing anti-Semitism to flourish on campuses. Joe Biden also assured that “no”, this protest movement would not change his strategy in the Middle East.

Popflex Skirt - What is the “Stormy Daniels” case in which Donald Trump was indicted? (I)

The former president was indicted Thursday evening by the courts of the State of New York, notably due to a financial agreement made with a former porn actress so that she would not reveal their affair, which he disputes. existence.

Historical. Donald Trump became the first former American president to be criminally indicted on Thursday, March 30, by a citizen grand jury in Manhattan. If the precise indictment will remain secret until next Tuesday, the day of Trump's appearance in New York, the case concerns a financial agreement with an actress and director of pornographic films, "Stormy Daniels", with whom the real estate mogul allegedly had an affair in 2006.

What is the Stormy Daniels affair?

The affair was made public in 2018 by revelations from the Wall Street Journal on a possible $130,000 non-disclosure agreement between Donald Trump and Stephanie Clifford, actress and director of pornographic films known under the stage name Stormy Daniels. She allegedly had a sexual relationship with him in 2006, on the sidelines of a golf tournament which they both attended. Trump had then been married for a year to his third wife, Melania.

The actress first mentioned this affair in 2011 in an interview with In Touch magazine, which canceled publication after threats of prosecution from Michael Cohen, Trump's lawyer. The interview would not be made public until seven years later, the day after the Wall Street Journal revelations. Meanwhile, in the middle of the 2016 presidential campaign, the actress would have sought to monetize her story to the media. Alerted by an official from the National Enquirer tabloid – which had shortly before purchased the story of a similar adventure with the model Karen McDougal, to better bury it – Michael Cohen contacted Stephanie Clifford and concluded an agreement with her, just ten days before Election Day.

What can Trump be accused of?

If such an agreement is not illicit in itself, Trump and his company (the Trump Organization) are suspected of having falsified the documentation of the reimbursement of the sums incurred to his lawyer, in order to pass them off as simple legal expenses. A maneuver which would then amount to a disguised donation to an electoral campaign – much higher than the authorized legal ceiling – since the challenge was then to prevent the predictable scandal from damaging the chances of candidate Trump.

The content of the proceedings brought against the ex-president, as well as their classification as an offense or crime, cannot however be precisely determined until they have been formalized by the Manhattan prosecutor, Alvin Bragg. It was the latter who reactivated this case at the beginning of this year by convening a grand jury, while the investigations by the New York justice system had long remained in limbo. If the indictment were to lead to a trial – probably not for several months, or even a year – Donald Trump could face up to four years in prison for illegal campaign financing.

The former head of state denies any affair with Stephanie Clifford and her involvement in the transaction concluded to stifle what he describes as an “extortion” campaign. Denials contradicted for years by Michael Cohen, who broke with his former boss in 2018 to become one of his most virulent critics. He himself pleaded guilty to violations of electoral law, bank and tax fraud, and perjury, which earned him a three-year prison sentence at the end of 2018. He then notably revealed a recording of a conversation with Trump in the middle of the 2016 campaign, attesting to his involvement in paying Karen McDougal to buy her silence.

(to be continued)

Earth Day Bluey Surprise: Donald Trump accused of “criminal conspiracy” on the first day of his criminal trial

The first day, Monday April 22, of debates and testimonies of the historic trial of the former American president in New York draws a duel between accusations of "pure and simple electoral fraud" and a "witch hunt" denounced by the former president.

The image becomes almost routine. Donald Trump comes out of his New York Tower, waves to the few onlookers, then gets into his black car, surrounded by a convoy worthy of a president still in office. Head to the court, located a stone's throw from his ivory tower, for his criminal trial which is only just beginning. 

After a laborious week choosing the twelve jurors and their six alternates, the debates of this moment in history – never before has a former American president appeared before a criminal court – were finally able to begin on Monday April 22. 

The crazy politician faces 34 charges, notably accused of having falsified his accounts to hide, just before his election in 2016, a total payment of $130,000 to Stephanie Clifford, actress and director of pornographic films better known under her pseudonym “Stormy Daniels”. 

A sum which would have been used to buy his silence on their affair maintained in 2006, when Melania Trump, the wife of Donald Trump, had just given birth to their first child.