What's next for convicted felon Donald Trump?

Plus, predatory home liens and OPSEU's missing millions [Get This Offer]( [The Star] First Up [By Kevin Jiang] By Kevin Jiang Good morning. Here’s the latest on Donald Trump’s felony conviction, homeowners exposed to predatory home liens and OPSEU’s attempt to recoup $3.7 million in missing funds. DON’T MISS Mike Segar/AP Photo united states [Donald Trump closed his eyes in court, but he couldn’t make the guilty verdict go away]( For six weeks Donald Trump closed his eyes, but in the end he couldn’t make it all go away, Richard Warnica reports. For neither the first nor the last time, the 45th president of the United States made history of the ugly kind — found guilty, guilty, guilty on 34 felony counts yesterday. Within minutes, he was already raising money off his defeat. “I was just convicted in a RIGGED political Witch Hunt trial,” his email to supporters read an hour after the verdict. On his way out the courtroom, Trump the convict wagged a finger at the cameras: “This is long from over,” he said. On that point, he can be believed. [What happens now?]( - Miss something? Trump was convicted of 34 counts of falsification of business records Thursday evening and now potentially faces years in prison. He will be sentenced on July 11. [Despite this, Trump could still be elected and serve as president — even from prison](. - On the home front: As a convicted felon, lawyers say Trump is technically barred from crossing the border into Canada as a civilian — [although he could still be let in for diplomatic reasons](. Toronto Star Photo Illustration the third act [Ontario promised to protect consumers from predatory liens on their houses — then homeowners like the Bartons got sued]( In early May, Paul Barton opened his inbox to find an email from a sender he didn’t recognize. His concern grew as he read the message, which claimed to be from a debt litigation company — threatening to sue him and his wife Debra for almost $24,000, Maria Iqbal reports. Then he recalled lawyers generally don’t tell people before serving them. “To me, it was all just plain scare tactics,” said Barton, who, three weeks later, still hasn’t been served in person. The Bartons were among the nearly 100 Ontarians sued by the Canadian Home Improvement Credit Corporation (CHICC) since late March — [what’s going on?]( - More: CHICC’s lawsuits targeted customers who allegedly defaulted on their contracts to rent or lease household appliances. These allowed the company to put a Notice of Security Interest (NOSI) against the customer’s property, sometimes without their knowledge. - Even more: Ontario is actively trying to ban NOSIs as the liens may be used by “bad actors” to “extort exorbitant payments from consumers, particularly seniors.” - Word from CHICC: A spokesperson for the company said CHICC is acting no differently than a credit card company that’s owed money and that the lawsuits have nothing to do with Ontario’s coming ban. He warned the Star to stop its reporting. Andrew Francis Wallace/The Star star exclusive [A former OPSEU lawyer has been arrested after refusing to turn over documents explaining $3.7 million in missing funds]( A former lawyer for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) has been arrested after refusing a court order to turn over records showing what happened to the $3.7 million in union funds he is accused of misappropriating, Emily Fagan reports. Mark Mendl, OPSEU’s external legal counsel from 2017 to 2022, allegedly received the funds from the union leading up to a union election. On further investigation, the payments were reportedly transferred to former OPSEU executives and employees and a joint account Mendl owns with his spouse. “Most of the transfers were made without proper documentation or justification,” court documents read. [Here’s what you need to know](. - What we know: OPSEU, which represents more than 180,000 public sector employees across Ontario, is suing Mendl to recover the funds, plus another $3.7 million in damages and $500,000 for aggravated and punitive damages. - Meanwhile: The union has also undertaken separate legal action against three former union leaders, including its former president, [seeking more than $6 million in damages for allegedly misappropriating funds](. WHAT ELSE [Doug Ford is being slammed for his “racist” remarks]( suggesting immigrants are to blame for a shooting at a Toronto Jewish school. “A bunch of wolves on top of a piece of meat.” [A guilty plea made in the swarming death of Kenneth Lee reveals new details](. Toronto police say they [will not clear the U of T encampment without a court order](. Immigration detainees in federal prisons [will be separated from other inmates](. “I don’t even know what their issue is.” [Dental groups’ opposition to Ottawa’s plan has Trudeau’s health minister frustrated]( Canada’s Big Six banks are putting millions more aside for defaults [as mortgage “payment shocks” ripple through the industry](. “If it’s not required, why even ask for it?” [First Nations are slamming Ottawa for requesting confidentiality agreements in child welfare negotiations](. [Nearly a third of Canadians think world war is likely and many even more believe Canada is not ready]( according to a new survey. Ontario high school students will soon [need to pass a financial literacy assessment to graduate](. Patrick Brown is still carrying significant [debt from his failed Conservative leadership bid](. Edward Rogers argued against a Toronto WNBA franchise — [but Larry Tanenbaum went ahead and got one. Who was right?]( [The Blue Jays have revealed their City Connect look]( — confirming the leaks. POV Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick [How did Justin Trudeau screw up so badly? Maybe the answer was hiding in plain sight.]( CLOSE-UP Eyad Baba/AFP Photo RAFAH: An unexploded shell is seen near a young boy at a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians near the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Deadly Israeli airstrikes in the area have drawn international condemnation as [defence experts question why Israel did not use smaller, more precise weapons when so many civilians were nearby](. Thank you for reading. 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