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New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers have reportedly endured a 63-percent rise in assaults over the past six years. A New York Post article published on Saturday reported the alarming numbers of assaults on cops and numerous instances of the Big Apple’s officers being injured. The outlet continued: There have been 970 assaults on uniformed police officers in the city so far this year, up from the 595 officers attacked at the same point in pre-pandemic 2019, NYPD data show. The number of assaulted cops, which includes all city law enforcement officers, is up 57% so far this year...

O'Reilly then went on to predict that California Gov. Gavin Newsom would be "next" on the list of officials being sued. “The big power is Newsom in California. Newsom’s next. Hey, Gavin, they’re coming for you!” O’Reilly said. That appears a completely logical conclusion based on the DOJ's actions so far and Newsom's recalcitrance on the issue of illegal immigration in his state. O'Reilly also predicted that in all this, "Pritzker is going to get destroyed" and Trump would "bring down" James and Bragg.

Bill O’Reilly made a stunning prediction Wednesday night on NewsNation’s Cuomo: Donald Trump is going to destroy NY Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. And Trump may just have an unlikely ally to make that goal a reality. O’Reilly claimed that New York Mayor Adams “knows where the bodies are buried” when it comes to James and Bragg, the two figures who aggressively pursued Trump in court. What he means by this is Adams may hold damaging information that could help Trump turn the tables on the prosecutors who have relentlessly targeted him. “I’m going to predict...

Ahead of a January 10 sentencing in Donald Trump’s New York hush money case, the president-elect made a shocking claim: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “never wanted to bring” the case against him. He also slammed the “broken” legal system in a scathing statement. “D.A. Alvin Bragg never wanted to bring this lawless case against me. He was furious at the way it was handled, and especially angry at MARK POMERANTZ for his behavior, and what he did. Ultimately, the Biden/Harris DOJ forced Bragg to concoct anything to embarrass TRUMP. But it was even more so what the CORRUPT and...

President-elect Donald Trump requested a delay on Monday of Friday's sentencing in his hush money case while they appeal the previous ruling that upheld the guilty verdict. Trump’s legal team is asking the state appeals court to reverse Judge Juan M. Merchan’s decision to proceed with the sentencing on Friday. Merchan has rejected Trump's attempt to dismiss the verdict and the indictment based on presidential immunity grounds. Merchan said he doesn't intend to sentence to Trump to jail time.

President Trump went off on far-left judge Juan Merchan on Sunday night ahead of his sentencing in Alvin Bragg’s lawfare ‘hush money’ case. Trump will be sentenced in Alvin Bragg’s lawfare hush money case on January 10 before his inauguration. “This court finds that neither the vacatur of the jury’s verdicts nor dismissal of the indictment are required by the Presidential immunity doctrine, the Presidential Transition Act or the Supremacy Clause,” Judge Juan Merchan wrote last Friday. ..... Snip..... President Trump blasted Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, Judge Merchan and Biden’s DOJ ahead of his sentencing. “D.A. Alvin Bragg never wanted...

BREAKING - The suspects in yesterday’s attacks on Bourbon Street in New Orleans and Trump Tower in Las Vegas both served at Fort Bragg, the same military base Ryan Routh visited over 100 times before attempting to take Donald Trump’s life.

For someone who has so strongly objected in recent weeks to the idea that he’s an authoritarian or a threat to democracy, Donald Trump has a funny way of showing it. At a rally Monday in Pennsylvania, the former president said for at least the fourth time that criticizing judges and justices either is or should be illegal. And for what may be the first time, he directly said people who do so should go to jail. This was not only a stunning comment about restricting free speech, but it suggests a standard that most likely would have landed Trump...

Lawsuit would target DA Alvin Bragg and the medical examiner's office.. Marine veteran Daniel Penny's defense team is eyeing a malicious prosecution lawsuit against District Attorney Alvin Bragg and others behind the charges, turning the tables after the lengthy high-profile case concluded with an acquittal. "Just like Danny said in his interview, it was like they wanted to try and get him on something," Penny's defense attorney Steven Raiser said Wednesday, reacting to the acquittal on "Fox & Friends." "They knew they weren't going to be able to get him, so they had to get rid of that top count...

In an 82-page court filing made public Tuesday, Manhattan prosecutors say Donald Trump's "history of malicious conduct" is too serious for his hush-money case to be dismissed. The filing, signed by DA Alvin Bragg, also fights Trump's claim that he enjoys something called presidential-elect immunity — above and beyond the presidential immunity bestowed on him by the US Supreme Court in June. "There are no grounds for such relief now, prior to inauguration," Bragg wrote in opposing Trump's 11th-hour motion to dismiss, "because President-elect immunity does not exist." With just six weeks left before his January 20 inauguration — and...

The far-right is rejoicing at Daniel Penny being found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the May 2023 New York City subway strangling death of Jordan Neely. Penny, who is white, put Neely, a Black man, in a chokehold for six minutes while other train passengers captured the incident on film. Penny’s lawyers argued that he believed Neely was a volatile, mentally ill man who posed a threat to the public. Neely was unarmed and had a muffin in his pocket, but Penny quickly became a hero to the right wing. Right-wing figures, including one Donald Trump staffer, immediately...

*The recent not-guilty verdict for Daniel Penny, who faced charges related to the death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway, has sparked a heated national debate. Following the jury’s decision, which found Penny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide, public figures across the political spectrum have voiced their opinions, revealing stark contrasts in perspectives. Kyle Rittenhouse, who gained notoriety for his acquittal in a high-profile shooting case, congratulated Penny, stating on social media platform X, “Congratulations on your NOT GUILTY Daniel Penny!!!!” Rittenhouse’s support underscores a growing sentiment among some conservatives who view Penny’s case as one...

New York City is often referred to as the greatest city in the world. I love the city, but the inmates have taken over the asylum there. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg taken selective prosecution to new heights and NYC has become a legal sh*thole. Bragg, who campaigned on getting Trump, ran roughshod over the law to do so. He circumvented the statute of limitations and managed to warp his case against Trump into a Federal felony over which he had no jurisdiction. He filed separate charges for each check written instead of collectively in order to elevate his chances of...

During Friday’s broadcast of FNC’s “Hannity,” Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz predicted the New York City jury hearing the Daniel Penny case would remain deadlocked, possibly resulting in a loss for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Dershowitz said such a loss, coupled with a loss in his prosecution against President-elect Donald Trump, would likely result in a lost reelection bid. According to Dershowitz, Bragg was the “worst district attorney” in modern New York history. “Professor Dershowitz, in this kind of a dynamic, when you’ve got even at one point, he told the jury that it would have to be...

It was a dramatic day in New York City on Friday as the jury in the Daniel Penny case came back deadlocked multiple times. While that would normally lead to a mistrial and Penny going free, the judge in the case decided to set what appears to be a new precedent, and it's rightfully leading to outrage. As RedState reported, at the prosecution's request, count one (second-degree manslaughter) was dismissed, with the judge ordering the jury to be sent back to deliberate on count two (negligent homicide). ... Yes, that is a judge saying he will "take a chance" with...

BREAKING: The Manhattan District Attorney has officially filed to dismiss Daniel Penny’s manslaughter charge

This week, Daniel Penny’s defense attorneys flagged Judge Maxwell Wiley to what they say are improper and misleading actions by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office working with the media. Penny, a 26-year-old Marine veteran, is on trial for the death of Jordan Neely, whom Penny restrained on the NYC subway last year after Neely allegedly threatened passengers. The defense says Bragg’s office has been aggressively pushing the media to add in their coverage that there’s no mandatory minimum sentence if Penny is convicted on the second-degree manslaughter charge. “The District Attorney’s efforts to have the jury speculate as to...

Maud Maron, a parent member of New York City’s Community Education Council in District 2 and a former Legal Aid Society attorney, is seeking to unseat Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in 2025. Maron, a mother of four public school kids, ran for Congress as a Democrat in 2022 but has since left the party, first changing her registration and then in 2023 re-enrolling as a Republican. Democrat Bragg was last elected in 2021, and his seat is up for reelection in 2025. Maron has vowed to repeal Bragg’s "Day One memo" which declared that he would not prosecute resisting...

The New York Post just reported the following:Venezuelan migrant with ties to Tren de Aragua grins after being arrested in lewd robbery of NYC prosecutorNovember 20, 2024A Venezuelan migrant with links to Tren de Aragua has been arrested for allegedly robbing one of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecutors in her apartment building after she busted him masturbating, police sources told The Post Wednesday.Brandon Simosa, 25, who has apparent ties to the vicious prison gang, was nabbed outside the Row Hotel migrant shelter in Midtown Manhattan Tuesday night over the sick ordeal, the sources said.He is accused of robbing the...

Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday said they will oppose President-elect Trump’s demand to dismiss his criminal hush money case following his White House victory, court documents show. But Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) in the new letter said he won’t resist adjourning Trump’s sentencing next week so the judge can receive further briefing on the issue. Bragg is firmly against tossing his historic case entirely, though his letter does leave the door open to “non-dismissal options” like halting the sentencing until Trump’s departure from office in 2029. “The People deeply respect Office of the President, are mindful of the demands...