Ukraine-bound ammo train robbed in Poland
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Authorities claim that all four crates and contents have been recovered and accounted for, according to local media
Western-provided ammunition destined for Ukraine fell prey to train thieves in Poland on Sunday. Local media reported that the now detained criminals had not targeted the military cargo intentionally, but rather chosen the crates by chance.
Police spokesperson Mariusz Ciarka told reporters that the train operated by US troops was traveling from Germany. According to the authorities, the thieves broke into the carriage under the cover of night in the town of Wegliniec. Lower Silesian Police representative, Przemyslaw Ratajcz...
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Authorities claim that all four crates and contents have been recovered and accounted for, according to local media
Western-provided ammunition destined for Ukraine fell prey to train thieves in Poland on Sunday. Local media reported that the now detained criminals had not targeted the military cargo intentionally, but rather chosen the crates by chance.
Police spokesperson Mariusz Ciarka told reporters that the train operated by US troops was traveling from Germany. According to the authorities, the thieves broke into the carriage under the cover of night in the town of Wegliniec. Lower Silesian Police representative, Przemyslaw Ratajcz...
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Next NATO leader could be British โ Biden
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The US-led military alliance will appoint a new head after Jens Stoltenbergโs term ends in October
The United Kingdomโs defense minister Ben Wallace would be a โvery qualifiedโ leader of NATO if he launches a bid to become the US-led military blocโs secretary general, US President Joe Biden said on Thursday.
Speaking following a summit with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the White House on Thursday, Biden said Wallace โ who has expressed an interest in pursuing the NATO leadership role later this year โ would be a fitting candidate. However, Biden stopped short of formally endorsing Wallace, saying that a โconsensus within NATOโ must...
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The US-led military alliance will appoint a new head after Jens Stoltenbergโs term ends in October
The United Kingdomโs defense minister Ben Wallace would be a โvery qualifiedโ leader of NATO if he launches a bid to become the US-led military blocโs secretary general, US President Joe Biden said on Thursday.
Speaking following a summit with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the White House on Thursday, Biden said Wallace โ who has expressed an interest in pursuing the NATO leadership role later this year โ would be a fitting candidate. However, Biden stopped short of formally endorsing Wallace, saying that a โconsensus within NATOโ must...
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Fyodor Lukyanov: Why Asia is much more interesting than Europe as a laboratory for the multipolar world
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Regional powers in the East are far less willing to trade their sovereignty compared to those on โthe old continentโ
Last week, Singapore hosted the annual Asian Shangri-La Dialogue security conference. It has been organized for over 20 years by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Itโs probably the most representative forum in the region, even though the agenda is set by Westerners. Itโs also arguably still the most accurate indicator of the general Asian mood and is now beginning to dictate the general global atmosphere.
There were a coup...
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Regional powers in the East are far less willing to trade their sovereignty compared to those on โthe old continentโ
Last week, Singapore hosted the annual Asian Shangri-La Dialogue security conference. It has been organized for over 20 years by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Itโs probably the most representative forum in the region, even though the agenda is set by Westerners. Itโs also arguably still the most accurate indicator of the general Asian mood and is now beginning to dictate the general global atmosphere.
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Top Dutch court rules on Crimean gold treasures
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The Supreme Court of the Netherlands has ordered a borrowed Scythian collection to be sent to Kiev
A collection of Scythian gold artifacts borrowed from Crimea in 2014 by the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam must be sent to Ukraine rather than being returned to Russia, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands has ruled.
On Friday, the court announced an end to the almost decade-long proceedings about the legal ownership of the collection, concluding that the artifacts belong to Kiev. Previously, lower Dutch courts argued that the Crimean treasures were โpart of the cultural heritageโ and should be handed over to Kiev becau...
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The Supreme Court of the Netherlands has ordered a borrowed Scythian collection to be sent to Kiev
A collection of Scythian gold artifacts borrowed from Crimea in 2014 by the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam must be sent to Ukraine rather than being returned to Russia, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands has ruled.
On Friday, the court announced an end to the almost decade-long proceedings about the legal ownership of the collection, concluding that the artifacts belong to Kiev. Previously, lower Dutch courts argued that the Crimean treasures were โpart of the cultural heritageโ and should be handed over to Kiev becau...
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White House addresses Ukrainian casualties
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Washington has acknowledged the prospect of heavy losses as Kievโs forces mount their counteroffensive
President Joe Bidenโs administration has conceded that Ukrainian military units may be suffering heavy losses of troops and US-supplied weaponry as they ramp up attacks against Russian forces in the Donbass region.
Speaking in a CNN interview on Thursday evening, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said he was reluctant to discuss specifics on casualties amid increasingly fierce fighting near Artyomovsk (known as Bakhmut in Ukraine). Asked by host Wolf Blitzer about reports o...
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Washington has acknowledged the prospect of heavy losses as Kievโs forces mount their counteroffensive
President Joe Bidenโs administration has conceded that Ukrainian military units may be suffering heavy losses of troops and US-supplied weaponry as they ramp up attacks against Russian forces in the Donbass region.
Speaking in a CNN interview on Thursday evening, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said he was reluctant to discuss specifics on casualties amid increasingly fierce fighting near Artyomovsk (known as Bakhmut in Ukraine). Asked by host Wolf Blitzer about reports o...
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CIA slammed for โdystopianโ Pride tweet
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Some critics recalled a 1980 CIA memo advising agents on how to identify a homosexual person in public
The United Statesโ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was accused of turning โwokeโ after it published a celebration of what it referred to as the agencyโs โrich historyโ of supporting LGBTQ issues, in a social media post on Thursday.
โPride Month is an occasion for all of us at the Agency to pay tribute to the rich history, community, and mission contributions of our LGBTQ+ officers,โ a Thursday tweet from the US government agency reads. The social media post also included an image of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia overlaid with rainbow...
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Some critics recalled a 1980 CIA memo advising agents on how to identify a homosexual person in public
The United Statesโ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was accused of turning โwokeโ after it published a celebration of what it referred to as the agencyโs โrich historyโ of supporting LGBTQ issues, in a social media post on Thursday.
โPride Month is an occasion for all of us at the Agency to pay tribute to the rich history, community, and mission contributions of our LGBTQ+ officers,โ a Thursday tweet from the US government agency reads. The social media post also included an image of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia overlaid with rainbow...
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European state โsuspendsโ its Moscow embassy
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Iceland says the โcurrent situationโ means its continued diplomatic presence in Russia is not โviableโ
Iceland has announced that itโs suspending operations at its Moscow embassy, arguing that maintaining a diplomatic presence in Russia makes no sense given the current state of bilateral relations.
Reykjavik has said the move does not mean cutting ties completely, and expressed hope that relations could improve at some point down the road.
In a statement published by Icelandโs foreign ministry on Friday, diplomats said the embassy in the Russian capital would cease functioning on August 1.
Foreign Minister Thordis Kolbrun Reykfjord...
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Iceland says the โcurrent situationโ means its continued diplomatic presence in Russia is not โviableโ
Iceland has announced that itโs suspending operations at its Moscow embassy, arguing that maintaining a diplomatic presence in Russia makes no sense given the current state of bilateral relations.
Reykjavik has said the move does not mean cutting ties completely, and expressed hope that relations could improve at some point down the road.
In a statement published by Icelandโs foreign ministry on Friday, diplomats said the embassy in the Russian capital would cease functioning on August 1.
Foreign Minister Thordis Kolbrun Reykfjord...
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SAS soldier ordered killing of elderly Afghan โ media
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Ben Roberts-Smith was found in a recent civil defamation trial to have committed an array of war crimes
Australian SAS serviceman Ben Roberts-Smith, who was found in a recent civil trial to have been complicit in the commission of war crimes in Afghanistan, allegedly ordered a subordinate to kill an unarmed Afghan imam in 2012, ABC reported on Thursday.
An investigation undertaken by the Australian broadcaster, the findings of which were made public this week, detailed how Roberts-Smith โ who was previously considered to be his countryโs most decorated living war hero โ told an SAS colleague to shoot an elderly imam dead in 2012.
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Ben Roberts-Smith was found in a recent civil defamation trial to have committed an array of war crimes
Australian SAS serviceman Ben Roberts-Smith, who was found in a recent civil trial to have been complicit in the commission of war crimes in Afghanistan, allegedly ordered a subordinate to kill an unarmed Afghan imam in 2012, ABC reported on Thursday.
An investigation undertaken by the Australian broadcaster, the findings of which were made public this week, detailed how Roberts-Smith โ who was previously considered to be his countryโs most decorated living war hero โ told an SAS colleague to shoot an elderly imam dead in 2012.
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US canโt recruit enough Green Berets โ media
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Army special forces have reportedly failed to meet enlistment targets for years amid a shortage of qualified candidates
The US Army has reportedly failed to meet its enlistment quotas for special forces, known as the Green Berets, for four of the past five years, as recruiters struggle to find enough applicants who are qualified to join the elite unit.
The service recruited an average of 1,011 new Green Beret candidates from 2018 through 2020, falling 34% of its targets for those years, and it only managed to meet its quota in 2021 after the goal was lowered to 1,250 from 1,540,...
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Army special forces have reportedly failed to meet enlistment targets for years amid a shortage of qualified candidates
The US Army has reportedly failed to meet its enlistment quotas for special forces, known as the Green Berets, for four of the past five years, as recruiters struggle to find enough applicants who are qualified to join the elite unit.
The service recruited an average of 1,011 new Green Beret candidates from 2018 through 2020, falling 34% of its targets for those years, and it only managed to meet its quota in 2021 after the goal was lowered to 1,250 from 1,540,...
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Medical suicides surge in Canada โ activists
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The number of euthanasia deaths rose by 34% last year, critics told the Daily Mail
There were at least 13,500 cases of medically assisted suicide in Canada in 2022 fiscal year, up from just over 10,000 the year before, activists from the group Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) have revealed.
Euthanasia rates are โskyrocketing,โ the groupโs director Alex Schadenberg told the Daily Mail on Wednesday, because the procedure has been normalized by a...
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The number of euthanasia deaths rose by 34% last year, critics told the Daily Mail
There were at least 13,500 cases of medically assisted suicide in Canada in 2022 fiscal year, up from just over 10,000 the year before, activists from the group Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) have revealed.
Euthanasia rates are โskyrocketing,โ the groupโs director Alex Schadenberg told the Daily Mail on Wednesday, because the procedure has been normalized by a...
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Prosecutors unseal 37 charges against Trump
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The ex-president faces up to 20 years in prison on the most serious counts in an indictment over his handling of state secrets
Former US President Donald Trump has been hit with a 37-count criminal indictment alleging that he purposely retained classified documents after leaving office, conspired to prevent them from being returned to federal authorities and showed state secrets to other people.
The charges were unsealed on Friday, detailing the governmentโs allegations against the former commander-in-chief. CNN and other US med...
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The ex-president faces up to 20 years in prison on the most serious counts in an indictment over his handling of state secrets
Former US President Donald Trump has been hit with a 37-count criminal indictment alleging that he purposely retained classified documents after leaving office, conspired to prevent them from being returned to federal authorities and showed state secrets to other people.
The charges were unsealed on Friday, detailing the governmentโs allegations against the former commander-in-chief. CNN and other US med...
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NATO membership โunlikelyโ for Ukraine now โ US ambassador
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Washingtonโs representative in the military bloc said the alliance would still be backing Kiev for the long haul
Ukraine does not stand much of a chance of joining NATO anytime soon, Julianne Smith, the US envoy to the military bloc, has argued. She vowed, however, to offer Kiev some other โdeliverables,โ without specifying what these could be.
In an interview with Politico published on Friday, Smith said: โI think the allies now are in agreement that a proper invitation is unlikely while theyโre engaged in a full-scale war.โ
Nevertheless, the US-led military bloc wants to send a...
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Washingtonโs representative in the military bloc said the alliance would still be backing Kiev for the long haul
Ukraine does not stand much of a chance of joining NATO anytime soon, Julianne Smith, the US envoy to the military bloc, has argued. She vowed, however, to offer Kiev some other โdeliverables,โ without specifying what these could be.
In an interview with Politico published on Friday, Smith said: โI think the allies now are in agreement that a proper invitation is unlikely while theyโre engaged in a full-scale war.โ
Nevertheless, the US-led military bloc wants to send a...
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Boris Johnson resigns from UK Parliament
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The former prime minister has claimed that he was forced out as an MP over the โPartygateโ scandal
Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has resigned as a member of Parliament, saying political rivals forced him out of office by making disingenuous allegations over his handling of the โPartygateโ scandal, which involved lockdown-violating parties at 10 Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic.
โI am now being forced out of Parliament by a tiny handful of people with no evidence to back up their assertions โ and without the approval even of Conservative Party members, let alone the wider electorate,โ Johns...
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The former prime minister has claimed that he was forced out as an MP over the โPartygateโ scandal
Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has resigned as a member of Parliament, saying political rivals forced him out of office by making disingenuous allegations over his handling of the โPartygateโ scandal, which involved lockdown-violating parties at 10 Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic.
โI am now being forced out of Parliament by a tiny handful of people with no evidence to back up their assertions โ and without the approval even of Conservative Party members, let alone the wider electorate,โ Johns...
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El vuelo de los F-16 de Biden es un capricho que significa desesperaciรณn
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Biden estรก actuando duro y una vez mรกs incesantemente escalando la guerra con Rusia a travรฉs de su รบltima movida, el envรญo de cazas F-16, escribe Finian Cunningham.
No es ninguna coincidencia que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, realice un giro en U para enviar cazas F-16 a Ucrania justamente en el mismo fin de semana en que el rรฉgimen de Kiev, respaldado por la OTAN, perdiera la estratรฉgica batalla de Artyomovsk (Bajmut).
Recordemos que Biden enfรกticamente declarรณ que no enviarรญa aviones de guerra norteamericanos a Ucrania, en parte debido a la preocupaciรณn de no antagon...
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Biden estรก actuando duro y una vez mรกs incesantemente escalando la guerra con Rusia a travรฉs de su รบltima movida, el envรญo de cazas F-16, escribe Finian Cunningham.
No es ninguna coincidencia que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, realice un giro en U para enviar cazas F-16 a Ucrania justamente en el mismo fin de semana en que el rรฉgimen de Kiev, respaldado por la OTAN, perdiera la estratรฉgica batalla de Artyomovsk (Bajmut).
Recordemos que Biden enfรกticamente declarรณ que no enviarรญa aviones de guerra norteamericanos a Ucrania, en parte debido a la preocupaciรณn de no antagon...
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In the Name of the Father: Gonzalo Lira, Julian Assange, Gerry Conlon
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The fathers of Lira, Assange, an2d Conlon soldier on, armed with halos of dignity those who oppose them can never begin to comprehend
Former British MP George Galloway recently interviewed Gonzalo Lira Senior, the 80-year old father of American citizen Gonzalo Lira, who is currently being held in one of Clown Prince Zelenskyโs dungeons. With John Shipton, the 80-year old father of Australian citizen Julian Assange, who is currently being held in King Jug Earsโ darkest dungeon, and with Guiseppe Conlon, the father of Gerry Conlon, who died in...
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The fathers of Lira, Assange, an2d Conlon soldier on, armed with halos of dignity those who oppose them can never begin to comprehend
Former British MP George Galloway recently interviewed Gonzalo Lira Senior, the 80-year old father of American citizen Gonzalo Lira, who is currently being held in one of Clown Prince Zelenskyโs dungeons. With John Shipton, the 80-year old father of Australian citizen Julian Assange, who is currently being held in King Jug Earsโ darkest dungeon, and with Guiseppe Conlon, the father of Gerry Conlon, who died in...
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The New York Times and the Use of Nazi Imagery by Ukrainian Troops
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By David NORTH
This article was originally posted as a thread on Twitter.
The New York Times palms off the deep historical and present-day links of Ukrainian nationalism to Nazism and genocide as merely โthorny issues,โ i.e., a public relations problem for media propagandists, who are trying to sell NATOโs proxy war as a struggle for democracy.
The Times references photographs showing Ukrainian soldiers who โwore patches featuring symbols that were made notorious by Nazi Germany and have since become part of the iconography of far...
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By David NORTH
This article was originally posted as a thread on Twitter.
The New York Times palms off the deep historical and present-day links of Ukrainian nationalism to Nazism and genocide as merely โthorny issues,โ i.e., a public relations problem for media propagandists, who are trying to sell NATOโs proxy war as a struggle for democracy.
The Times references photographs showing Ukrainian soldiers who โwore patches featuring symbols that were made notorious by Nazi Germany and have since become part of the iconography of far...
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Austrian Censorship of Peace Conference Is An Outrage
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By David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War; Kathy Kelly, President of World BEYOND War; John Reuwer, Board Member of World BEYOND War; Brad Wolf, Director of Peace Action, Lancaster, PA
Forty-eight hours before a global peace conference in Vienna, Austria, was to begin, the venue host abruptly cancelled. Peace, it seems, cannot be discussed, especially peace in Ukraine.
This news is a disturbing step in a growing trend.
Owners of the venue which was to host the Summit for Peace in Ukraine, anno...
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By David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War; Kathy Kelly, President of World BEYOND War; John Reuwer, Board Member of World BEYOND War; Brad Wolf, Director of Peace Action, Lancaster, PA
Forty-eight hours before a global peace conference in Vienna, Austria, was to begin, the venue host abruptly cancelled. Peace, it seems, cannot be discussed, especially peace in Ukraine.
This news is a disturbing step in a growing trend.
Owners of the venue which was to host the Summit for Peace in Ukraine, anno...
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Busted Big Timeโฆ U.S., NATO Ultimately Responsible for War Crime of Kakhovka Dam Destruction
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The blowing up of the Kakhovka dam is intended to bolster flagging public support for NATOโs geopolitical machinations in Ukraine. The fraud of โdemocraciesโ no longer holds any water.
The blowing up of the Kakhovka dam this week is a monumental war crime tantamount to using a weapon of mass destruction against a civilian population. The ultimate perpetrators are the United States and its NATO partners in crime.
An enormous facade has been breached. And weโre not primarily talking about a hydroelectric power plant โ gravely seriou...
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The blowing up of the Kakhovka dam is intended to bolster flagging public support for NATOโs geopolitical machinations in Ukraine. The fraud of โdemocraciesโ no longer holds any water.
The blowing up of the Kakhovka dam this week is a monumental war crime tantamount to using a weapon of mass destruction against a civilian population. The ultimate perpetrators are the United States and its NATO partners in crime.
An enormous facade has been breached. And weโre not primarily talking about a hydroelectric power plant โ gravely seriou...
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Amid ongoing legal scrutiny of Trump, Christina Bobb stated that she does not believe Trump will go to prison or be convicted.
"Donald Trump is not going to prison. I haven't done the math on that. I don't think he's going to be looking at jail time for any of this. I don't think he's going to get convicted."
Bobb confidently asserted, "Donald Trump's going to win the presidential election. He's going to be the next President of the United States unless Joe Biden gets impeached."
Amid ongoing legal scrutiny of Trump, Christina Bobb stated that she does not believe Trump will go to prison or be convicted.
"Donald Trump is not going to prison. I haven't done the math on that. I don't think he's going to be looking at jail time for any of this. I don't think he's going to get convicted."
Bobb confidently asserted, "Donald Trump's going to win the presidential election. He's going to be the next President of the United States unless Joe Biden gets impeached."