Month: April 2024

‘Biting his lower lip’: CNN reporter describes Trump’s demeanor in court  CNNsource

Former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori said he is “worried” about the safety of the jurors who will be seated in former President Trump’s hush money trial. Khardori told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that some of the jurors may be concerned about the amount of personal information being made public about them. The first seven jurors were picked…
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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Donald Trump has returned to a New York courtroom as jury selection in his historic hush money trial enters a second day.In this courtroom sketch, former President Donald Trump turns to face the audience at the beginning of his trial over…
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Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin suggested former President Trump’s remarks after the second day of the hush money trial — centered on the falsification of business records — could possibly hurt him. Toobin implied to CNN’s Anderson Cooper Tuesday night that the comments, which “could be played before the jury,” may come back to haunt the…
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Christine Cornell detailed the former president’s comportment in court.

Republican Couple Absolutely Trashes Donald Trump Before Performing A Stunning 180  Yahoo! Voicessource

Watch CBS News By Graham Kates, Katrina Kaufman, Stefan Becket Updated on: April 16, 2024 / 7:45 PM EDT / CBS News Seven Manhattan residents were selected to serve on the jury in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Tuesday, as lawyers for both sides clashed over which potential jurors should be seated and…
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Dozens indicated they could not be fair and impartial to the ex-president in his home town – others were even more expressiveAs jury selection in Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money case started this week, it seemed like the former president would face a tough crowd. When Judge Juan Merchan asked the first group of 96 prospective…
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What Donald Trump said about abortion last week has many Republicans pulling their hair out. “My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint,” he said. “The states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land. In this…
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Deprived of His 12 Daily Diet Cokes, Trump Falls Asleep (Again) at Hush Money Trial  Vanity Fairsource

Trump Media Technology Group says it embraces “a culture of diversity and inclusion” for “gender identity and expression” and race.

First jurors selected to serve in Trump hush money trial  NBC Newssource

The stock has declined 68% since late March.Shares of Truth Social soared after the company’s market debut last month — but the stock price has plummeted since then.After vaulting from an initial offering price of about $50 to a peak of nearly $80 in late March, the share price has dropped a staggering 68%. In…
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Donald Trump has visited New York’s Harlem neighborhood after spending his second day in a lower Manhattan courtroom as a criminal defendant.

Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore ShowsThis has to be a tough start to the week for Donald Trump. After a flurry of Hail Marys failed to delay District Attorney Alvin Bragg‘s case, the former president now sits in a New York City courtroom as his hush money/election interference trial gets underway. To make matters worse, his…
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WASHINGTON ― With Donald Trump stuck in a New York courtroom, President Joe Biden took his campaign Tuesday to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he hammered the former president over his tax policies in an appeal to working-class voters.Biden began a three-day swing through Pennsylvania, the biggest battleground of the 2024 election, blasting Trump’s…
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Because it’s “not a case that keeps him up at night,” claimed Alyssa Farah Griffin.

Watch CBS News By Laura Doan, Rhona Tarrant April 16, 2024 / 7:57 PM EDT / CBS News As former President Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial gets underway in New York this week, the CBS News Confirmed team has been tracking potentially misleading narratives that have gained some traction on social media. Here are three…
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Trump Media shares close down more than 14%, company says Truth Social to launch TV streaming  CNBCsource

Trump’s pugilistic defense strategy will be tested in hush money trial  The Washington Postsource

When President Biden visited a Mexican restaurant in Phoenix, Ariz., last month, he begged the crowd for their support in his bid for reelection.  “I need you badly,” Biden told the restaurant’s patrons. “I need the help. You’re the reason why, in large part, I beat Donald Trump.” The reason behind the president’s solicitation was…
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Democrats are hopeful that President Biden’s freedom to hit the campaign trail while former President Trump is stuck in a New York courtroom for weeks, maybe months, gives his reelection campaign a jolt. The president is spending several days this week covering crucial ground in Pennsylvania, including a visit to his hometown, while Trump sits…
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Spotted: NYC mayor Eric Adams chats with reporters outside Trump trial courthouse  POLITICOsource

Trump Federal Election CaseAdvertisementSupported bynews analysisThe federal indictment of Donald Trump for plotting to overturn the 2020 election relies in part on the law that the Supreme Court weighed on Tuesday, but was built to survive without it.By Alan FeuerEven though Donald J. Trump was never mentioned during the Supreme Court’s hearing on Tuesday about…
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