Trump goes after prosecutors following not guilty plea: April 5 rundown

KARAH RUCKER: FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS BACK IN FLORIDA AFTER PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO 34 FELONY COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS.

WHAT’S NEXT IN THE UNPRECEDENTED CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST HIM. AND – NASHVILLE POLICE EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT THE HOME OF THE SCHOOL SHOOTER WHO KILLED SIX PEOPLE AT A CHRISTIAN PRIVATE SCHOOL.

WHAT BELONGINGS POLICE RECOVERED AND ADDED INTO EVIDENCE. THE DAILY RUNDOWN STARTS NOW. THIS IS STRAIGHT-ARROW NEWS. BRINGING YOU UNBIASED, STRAIGHT FACTS. I’M KARAH RUCKER.

TRUMP GIVES SPEECH FOLLOWING ARRAIGNMENT

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAS ARRAIGNED IN A MANHATTAN COURTHOUSE ON TUESDAY. AFTER PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO ALL 34 FELONY COUNTS RELATED TO FALSIFYING RECORDS LAID OUT IN A 16 PAGE INDICTMENT – TRUMP ATTORNEYS SAID THEY WILL FILE A MOTION TO DISMISS IN THE COMING MONTHS.

THE NEXT HEARING IN THE CASE ISN’T UNTIL DECEMBER FOURTH – WHERE TRUMP WILL BE EXPECTED TO APPEAR. TRUMP IS NOW BACK IN FLORIDA WHERE HE ADDRESSED THE INDICTMENT BROUGHT FORTH BY MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALVIN BRAGG. CALLING IT A POLITICAL STUNT AND FOCUSED ON HIS PRESIDENTIAL RUN FOR 2024.

DONALD TRUMP: “We are a nation in decline. And now these radical left lunatics want to interfere with our elections by using law enforcement. We can’t let that happen. With all of this being said and with a very dark cloud over our beloved country. I have no doubt, nevertheless, that we will make America great again.”

ON THE SAME DAY OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S INDICTMENT…A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT ORDERED STORMY DANIELS TO PAY TRUMP’S LEGAL FEES IN A SEPARATE CASE. DANIELS HAD SUED TRUMP FOR DEFAMATION IN 2018 OVER A TWITTER POST…BUT LOST. THE ADULT FILM STAR WILL NOW HAVE TO PAY MORE THAN 121-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COVER TRUMP’S DEFENSE.

NASHVILLE SHOOTER’S HOME SEARCHED

WE’RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS IN THE NASHVILLE SCHOOL SHOOTING THAT KILLED THREE STUDENTS AND THREE STAFFERS AT A CHRISTIAN COVENANT SCHOOL LAST WEEK. INVESTIGATORS HAVE REVEALED WHAT THEY FOUND AND CONFISCATED DURING A SEARCH WARRANT OF THE SHOOTER’S HOME. POLICE RECOVERED 47 ITEMS FROM THE HOUSE AND LOGGED THEM INTO EVIDENCE.

THE SHOOTER — 28 YEAR OLD AUDREY HALE — HAD LEFT BEHIND AN APPARENT SUICIDE NOTE. THERE WERE NINETEEN JOURNALS AND COVENANT SCHOOL YEARBOOKS. READINGS ON SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND FIREARMS COURSES.

TWO SHOTGUNS WERE RECOVERED FROM THE HOUSE ALONG WITH MORE AMMUNITION. POLICE HAVE NOT YET RELEASED A MOTIVE IN THE CASE AS THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

J&J PROPOSES SETTLEMENT OVER TALC

JOHNSON & JOHNSON IS OFFERING NEARLY NINE-BILLION DOLLARS TO SETTLE TALCUM POWDER LAWSUITS. THE HEALTH AND CONSUMER GOODS COMPANY SAYS THE PROPOSAL IS BEING BACKED BY MORE THAN 60-THOUSAND PARTIES THAT HAVE FILED LAWSUITS – CLAIMING THE TALC USED IN ITS PRODUCTS WAS CONTAMINATED WITH ASBESTOS AND GAVE THEM ILLNESS, INCLUDING CANCER.

JOHNSON AND JOHNSON SAYS THE SETTLEMENT, WHICH STILL NEEDS APPROVAL BY A BANKRUPTCY COURT, DOES NOT MEAN AN ADMISSION OF WRONGDOING.

GM AVOIDS LAYOFFS AFTER BUYOUTS

ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND WHITE-COLLAR EMPLOYEES AT GENERAL MOTORS HAVE ACCEPTED BUYOUT OFFERS FROM THE COMPANY – HELPING GM TO SAVE ABOUT ONE BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR IN COSTS. THE MOVE HELPS OTHER EMPLOYEES KEEP THEIR JOBS – THE AUTOMAKER SAID THE SUCCESS OF BUYOUTS MEANS GM WON’T BE MAKING ANY LAYOFFS – AT LEAST AT THIS TIME..

THE MOVE COMES AS GENERAL MOTORS TRIES TO BRING DOWN COSTS AND MAKE THE TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

VIOLENCE AT HOLY TEMPLE AHEAD OF HOLIDAY

DURING A SENSITIVE HOLIDAY SEASON – VIOLENCE BROKE OUT BETWEEN ISRAELI POLICE AND PALESTINIAN YOUTH INSIDE OF THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE IN JERUSALEM —

KNOWN TO BE THE THIRD HOLIEST TEMPLE IN ISLAM AND THE HOLIEST SITE IN JUDAISM.

POLICE FIRED STUN GRENADES IN RESPONSE TO PALESTINIANS THROWING ROCKS AND FIRECRACKERS AT FORCES. 50 PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND 350 PEOPLE BARRICADED INSIDE THE CHURCH WERE ARRESTED.

THE OUTBURST THEN RESULTED IN PALESTINIAN MILITANTS FIRING OFF A ROCKET ON SOUTHERN ISRAEL – WHICH ISRAEL RESPONDED BY SENDING OVER ITS OWN AIRSTRIKES.

THE MOSQUE IS KNOWN TO BE USED BY BOTH JEWS AND MUSLIMS – MUSLIMS ARE PREPARING FOR RAMADAN WHILE JEWS PREPARE FOR PASSOVER.

CHICAGO’S NEW MAYOR ELECTED

WE REPORTED YESTERDAY TWO HIGHLY CONTESTED ELECTIONS HAPPENING IN THE U.S. – AND NOW RESULTS ARE IN. THERE IS NOW A NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR IN CHICAGO. AND WISCONSIN HAS VOTED IN IT’S LATEST STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.

COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRANDON JOHNSON HAS BEEN ELECTED CHICAGO MAYOR ON TUESDAY IN THE CITY’S RUN-OFF ELECTION. PAUL VALLAS CONCEDED TO JOHNSON BY NIGHT’S END. JOHNSON WILL REPLACE LORI LIGHTFOOT, WHOSE BID FOR A SECOND TERM WAS REJECTED BY CHICAGO VOTERS IN FEBRUARY.

MEANWHILE IN WISCONSIN – JUDGE JANET PROTASIEWICZ – A DEMOCRATIC-BACKED MILWAUKEE JUDGE – HAS WON A HIGH STAKES SUPREME COURT RACE – ENSURING LIBERALS WILL TAKE OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS. THE TIMING OF THE ELECTION COMES AS THE FATE OF THE STATE’S ABORTION BAN WILL BE ON THE LINE.

THANKS FOR WATCHING THE DAILY RUNDOWN. WE’RE ON A MISSION TO BRING BACK TRUSTWORTHY JOURNALISM BY SERVING ONLY YOU — NOT AN AGENDA. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MORE OF OUR WORK AT STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS DOT COM. WE’LL SEE YOU BACK HERE TOMORROW! UNTIL THEN I’M KARAH RUCKER. HAVE A GREAT DAY!