{"id":1911024,"date":"2023-04-06T23:55:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T03:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-says-trumps-case-did-not-come-up-in-talks-with-nato-allies\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T00:03:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T04:03:45","slug":"blinken-says-trumps-case-did-not-come-up-in-talks-with-nato-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-says-trumps-case-did-not-come-up-in-talks-with-nato-allies\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken Says Trump\u2019s Case \u2018Did Not Come Up\u2019 in Talks With NATO Allies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblinken-says-trumps-case-did-not-come-up-in-talks-with-nato-allies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1911024&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0406\/417f6601-f8dc-4f40-8838-5223a17b8bf9\/audio.mp3?length=2798829&#038;duration=233\"><\/div>\n<p>The question of whether former President Donald Trump would face criminal charges was never discussed during a meeting with NATO allies, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken was in Brussels on April 5 for a NATO foreign ministers\u2019 meeting where he discussed ways to support Ukraine and its potential accession to the NATO military alliance. Meanwhile, Trump was being arraigned in New York on April 4 on charges of falsifying business records related to payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether the NATO allies had asked about Trump\u2019s case, Blinken said they had not. He added that he did not receive any questions regarding the durability of the United States\u2019 approach, despite concerns over the country\u2019s long-term stability in the face of domestic political polarization.<\/p>\n<h2>Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>NATO allies discussed ways to help Ukraine during the meeting. Blinken noted that the group aimed to bring the country to NATO standards to better deter aggression, prevent aggression, and defeat potential future aggression. Trump had previously criticized President Joe Biden over his handling of the Ukraine war, arguing that it could lead to World War III. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador has spoken out against the charges levied against Trump, noting that he does not agree with using legal or judicial issues for political or electoral purposes. <\/p>\n<h2>Congress<\/h2>\n<p>Congress has provided a mixed reaction to Trump\u2019s arraignment. Some, like Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat who served as an impeachment manager during Trump\u2019s second impeachment trial, believes that Bragg has \u201cshown great courage in holding Donald Trump accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others, like Rep. Debbie Lesko, an Arizona Republican who sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee, argues that the case is a \u201cpolitical witch hunt to unjustly attack\u201d Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"morearticles\"><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"post_list\">\n<div class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/legal-experts-break-down-the-flaws-in-trumps-indictment_5175183.html\">Legal Experts Break Down Flaws in Trump Indictment<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trump-indictment-paving-the-way-for-his-comeback-to-oval-office-predicts-gingrich_5175542.html\">Trump Indictment Paving the Way for His Comeback to Oval Office, Predicts Gingrich<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on April 5 that the topic of former President Donald Trump facing criminal charges did not come up during a meeting with NATO allies. Blinken was in Brussels to take part in the NATO foreign ministers\u2019 meeting, as well as to attend a ceremony marking Finland\u2019s accession to the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":1911025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[6973,8066,4636,7624,3745,3794,7552],"class_list":["post-1911024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-did","tag-allies","tag-blinken","tag-nato","tag-talks","tag-trumps","tag-up"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1911024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1911025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1911024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1911024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1911024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}