Lady Michelle Obama's Mom Passed Away "Peacefully" at 86.

Lady Michelle Obama's Mom Passed Away at 86

Marian Robinson, the mother of former United States First Lady Michelle Obama, died at the age of 86. Robinson's family announced in a statement that she died "peacefully" on Friday morning. Robinson was a familiar face at the White House during Barack Obama's eight-year presidency, from 2009 to 2017. She spent a significant amount of time caring for her two granddaughters, Michelle and Barack Obama's daughters, Malia and Sasha. 

Mrs. Obama referred to Robinson as her "rock, always there for whatever I needed" in a statement posted on X, the site that replaced Twitter. "She was the same steady backstop for our entire family, and we are heartbroken to share she passed away today," she concluded. 

In a separate tweet, President Obama stated that "there was and will be only one Marian Robinson". "In our sadness, we are lifted up by the extraordinary gift of her life," he said. "And we will spend the rest of ours trying to live up to her example." 

There were no further details provided about the cause of death. Robinson, born in 1937, grew up as one of seven children in Chicago, where she lived for much of her life before consenting to move to Washington, DC following Mr Obama's election triumph. 

She began her career as a secretary after studying to become a teacher. She reared Michelle and her other child, Craig, on Chicago's South Side with her husband, Frasier Robinson. "At every step, as our families went down paths none of us could have predicted, she remained our refuge from the storm," said the statement issued by Obama. 

"On Election Night in 2008, when the news broke that Barack would soon shoulder the weight of the world, she was there, holding his hand." 

TRUMP GUILTY - 34 Counts! Jail TIME?

The presumed Republican presidential nominee is now a convicted felon!

Trump's face turned red as the guilty verdict on all 32 counts against him in court. He said to the media:

"This is a disgrace! this was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt"

On Thursday, May 30th 2024, the jury in former President Donald Trump's "hush money" trial in New York found him guilty of 34 felonies, making him the first former president in the United States to be convicted of a felony. The jury of 12 New Yorkers determined that Trump violated the law by falsifying corporate documents to conceal a $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 presidential election. 

After the second day of deliberations, they found him guilty on all counts. The verdict was issued in the same Manhattan courtroom where Trump has been on trial for six weeks. Trump glanced at each juror as they confirmed their decision to convict. He passionately condemned the ruling in the hallway outside the courtroom, pledging to appeal the conviction. Jurors agreed with prosecutors who claimed Trump authorized the plot to fake checks and other records to keep voters from learning about an alleged sexual encounter with Daniels. 

Prosecutors for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg claimed the conspiracy began during his 2016 campaign and persisted deep into his first year in the White House. Trump denied having sex with Daniels and has pleaded not guilty. Justice Juan Merchan set a July 11 sentencing date. 

Trump faces up to four years in prison and a $5,000 fine for each count, but Merchan has broad discretion in imposing a sentence and may restrict the punishment to a fine, probation, or home confinement.