Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) called on New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul to pardon former President Donald Trump following his conviction in the Manhattan hush-money trial. Phillips, who ran for president in the Democratic primary and was blown out by President Joe Biden, argued that Trump’s guilty verdict will only energize the Republican candidate’s base ahead of the 2024 election. Trump was convicted on Thursday of 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments sent to porn actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. While the Democratic congressman slammed Trump as “a serial liar, cheater, and philanderer, a six-time declarer of corporate bankruptcy, an instigator of insurrection, and a convicted felon,” he argued on Friday that Hochul should pardon the former president “for the good of the country.” After Phillips was blasted for calling on Hochul to pardon the convicted Republican candidate, he doubled down on his argument in a tweet on Saturday morning. “You think pardoning is stupid? Making him a martyr over a payment to a porn star is stupid. (Election charges are entirely different.),” he wrote. “It’s energizing his base, generating record sums of campaign cash, and will likely result in an electoral boost.” Hochul applauded the conviction of Trump, telling NPR, “Justice was served.” She added that she doesn’t believe the felony conviction “is going to be a factor in the election for our congressional candidates.” In the immediate aftermath of Trump’s conviction, donations poured into the Trump campaign as the former president raised over $50 million in the 24 hours after the jury’s verdict, his campaign said. The hush-money trial has been blasted by legal experts who worry that criminal prosecutions of political opponents will become the norm in the U.S. While a pardon of Trump from a Democratic governor is highly unlikely, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee has other avenues to challenge his conviction. Legal scholar and George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley explained in a blog post published on Friday that, eventually, Trump’s appeal of the verdict could reach the Supreme Court, adding that he believes “convictions will be overturned.” “Indeed, moments like this require us to take a leap of faith in a nation that remains committed to the rule of law. Manhattan is neither the entirety of the country nor the legal system. I believe that these convictions will be overturned, but it will take time,” Turley wrote. “Judge Merchan committed, in my view, layers of reversible error. Eventually, this case may reach the United States Supreme Court.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Attorney and Heritage fellow Roger Severino also told “Morning Wire” on Friday that Trump’s legal team could make “constitutional arguments that his right to a fair trial was violated.” “And the Constitution means something,” Severino added. “It means, if anything, you cannot jail political opponents because you don’t like what the American people are going to vote for.” Trump has already said he will appeal the guilty verdict, which according to New York state law, must come following the sentencing, CNN reported. Judge Juan Merchan scheduled Trump’s sentencing for July 11, just four days before the start of the Republican National Convention, where Trump is set to be nominated for president.

An early release clip of a synchronicity dance group on AGT has us and the judges floored—and Simon Cowell thinks they could win the whole season. The group called Sabrina took the stage for the upcoming audition episode, and their moves were so flawless that the series couldn’t wait to show them off on YouTube. In it, 19 young women effortlessly moved through a dance routine, perfectly in sync, with grace and power. As the women performed, judges Simon Cowell, Sofía Vergara, Heidi Klum, and Howie Mandel appeared absolutely shocked and nodded their heads with approval and excitement. “I’m speechless!” Sofia gushed when Sabrina finished. “It was so exciting. The choreography, the music was so dramatic, and I think people are gonna love you.” Simon Cowell followed Sofia’s praise by admitting he “knows nothing about dance.” But he does recognize originality and hard work. “God knows how many months you spent getting that together,” he said. “It was like a machine. You’ve got a real shot at winning after that.” Howie agreed with everything Sofia and Simon said before adding that the ladies were “amazing.” “You were able to stay in sync at such an amazing speed, and then you add the agility to that… I’ve never seen that kind of movement. You are so worthy of being on Season 19.” Sabrina unsurprisingly earned a resounding “yes” from the judges, which means they’re officially Season 19 competitors. The Japan-based dance group specializes in Synchronicity, which is a thousands-year-old dance style. Its expressive movements are perfectly timed to rhythms and beats and often include over a dozen performers. Sabrina’s audition, and several more auditions, will air during AGT’s Tuesday, June 4th installment on NBC at 8 pm ET. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post “AGT” Judges Floored By Flawless Synchronicity Dancers In Early Release Video, Watch appeared first on InspireMore.

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An English homeowner described his shock after watching a suspected meteorite burst through the sky and land near his property. Dan Charlton was standing in his back garden in the early hours of the morning when he saw a green light and heard a “whoosh” as the object plummeted to the ground in Wakefield, West […] The post Man Finds Meteorite After Seeing Green Light in the Sky: It was Warm and Burnt and ‘May Be From Halley’s Comet’ appeared first on Good News Network.

The race at the moment still remains close, with Biden leading Trump by just one point.

Mexico's election is now the bloodiest in its modern history after a candidate running for local office in central Puebla state was murdered on Friday at a political rally, taking the number of assassinated candidates to 37 ahead of Sunday's vote.

Microsoft is close to reaching a multimillion-euro deal with an Amazon-backed cloud lobby to get it to drop an antitrust complaint with the European Commission, Politico reported on Saturday.

A crew working in the basement area of an Ohio building intentionally cut a gas line not knowing it was pressurized before a deadly explosion this week, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday.

NEW YORK, NY — Following his felony conviction on 34 counts, former President Trump has officially been sentenced to four years of confinement in an oval-shaped cell in the heart of Washington, DC.