A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
2 verified reports published on November 19, 2024.
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The through line here is simple: Trump’s return to power was already colliding with the legal and ethical messes he brought with him. One story showed the justice system refusing to blink; the other showed the next administration’s access problem wearing a rocket-launch smile.
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New York prosecutors said they will not agree to erase Donald Trump’s hush-money conviction, even as they opened the door to delaying sentencing until after his new term begins. That left Trump with the worst possible kind of legal news: not a clean escape, but a reminder that the case is still alive and still embarrassing.
Trump attended SpaceX’s Starship Flight 6 launch in South Texas on Nov. 19, 2024, where SpaceX aborted the booster catch attempt and sent the rocket to a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. The appearance also highlighted Elon Musk’s unusually close political access after AP reported earlier that month that his America PAC had spent around $200 million to help elect Trump.