Month: May 2024

Overnight Editor, HuffPostDonald Trump biographer Tim O’Brien on Thursday warned the former president’s attorneys that the gig might not be as lucrative as they think. MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace pointed out that many of Trump’s past lawyers have ended up in trouble themselves. “You don’t have many people who have come out better for it,” she…
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Stormy Daniels’ ex-attorney clashed with the defense in Thursday’s proceedings.Attorneys for Donald Trump in his criminal hush money trial on Thursday attempted to frame Keith Davidson, a Los Angeles-based attorney who represented Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, as an unsavory figure who made a career of extorting wealthy celebrities for shady clients.Jurors also heard the…
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Trump trial invokes celebrity scandals as shadowy witness takes the stand  The Hillsource

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) poked back at Mick Jagger Thursday night after the Rolling Stones frontman knocked his policies during a performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Thursday. “We’re a welcoming crowd, aren’t we?” Jagger said to the crowd, per NBC’s local affiliate. “I hope Mr. Landry is enjoying the show.…
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Trump may be trying to wriggle his way out of testifying, which he’d previously pledged to do.

Prosecutors faced their first rough day in court on Thursday – but a bit of tape might have just turned everything around for themProsecutors faced their first rough day in court on Thursday – but a bit of tape might have just turned everything around for them.Late in the afternoon, prosecutors played an audio recording…
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Trump’s defense team pushes Stormy Daniels’ lawyer over his truthfulness : Trump’s Trials  NPRsource

Trump Hush-Money TrialAdvertisementStormy Daniels’s former lawyer faced a tough cross-examination as Donald J. Trump’s team tried to paint him as a shakedown artist.By Kate Christobek and Jesse McKinleyKeith Davidson, the former lawyer for the porn star Stormy Daniels, faced a blistering cross-examination on Thursday in the criminal trial of Donald J. Trump, with defense lawyers…
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American minds are not ready to think about how fast democracy could disintegrate.This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Updated at 9:47 p.m. ET on May 2,…
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National Reporter, HuffPostWhoops.A gag order hearing during Donald Trump’s first criminal trial in New York went a bit sideways Thursday morning, as Trump attorney Todd Blanche entered into the record a series of tweets mocking his client ― drawing laughs from the courtroom.Blanche was attempting to persuade Judge Juan Merchan that Trump should be able…
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(11) Trump’s voice can be heard in court as prosecutors play a recording  CNNsource

Thanks for contacting us. We've received your submission. Former President Donald Trump was greeted with cheers Thursday as he delivered pizzas to a Manhattan firehouse after spending the day in court. Trump, 77, arrived at FDNY’s Engine Co. 8, Ladder Co. 2 in Midtown with two Xeno’s Pizza boxes in hand at around 5:30 p.m. The…
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SEARCHAlready in hot water over his angry trial posts, Donald Trump tried to put the judge in the awkward position of pre-approving his public statements. Justice Merchan said no dice.Political Investigations ReporterDonald Trump tried—and failed—to lure the judge overseeing his New York criminal trial into the position of greenlighting his angry screeds to ensure they…
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Former President Trump on Friday claimed the judge handling his hush money case was trying to make the trial “as salacious as possible,” even as Trump’s own attorneys sought to undermine a witness by bringing up celebrity scandals. “This Corrupt and HIGHLY Conflicted New York Judge, Juan Merchan, is doing everything in his power to…
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LIVE UPDATESDonald Trump returns to court for Day 11 of his criminal trial in New York.Stormy Daniels’s former attorney takes stand in Trump trialFormer President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks…
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Democrats are in a bit of a panic over Donald Trump’s polling numbers against President Biden — the former president has led Biden in the RealClearPolitics ballot test for months and is consistently outpolling Biden in the battleground states.  They shouldn’t be panicking. They should be celebrating.  When you consider how atrocious Biden’s underlying numbers…
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During contentious questioning of Stormy Daniels lawyer Keith Davidson, Donald Trump’s lawyers portray their client as the victim in the case.Donald Trump’s defense team suggested Thursday that rather than orchestrating a hush money scheme, the former president was really the target of a shakedown attempt by unscrupulous entertainment figures who saw his 2016 presidential campaign…
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“It seems Donald Trump wasn’t really pleased to see me,” the MSNBC host told viewers.

The court heard a witness testify to secret recordings of Trump, in which he appears to negotiate the Daniels payment.Former United States President Donald Trump has returned to New York City after a day of campaigning, as court proceedings resumed in the historic criminal trial against him.On Thursday, the 10th day of the trial unfolded…
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The “Late Night” host skewered the former president for saying he’d accept the 2024 elections results on one condition.

Keith Davidson gives colorful testimony at former president’s hush-money trial about how agreements came together in 2016As Donald Trump’s presidential victory became clearer and clearer on election night in 2016, an attorney who brokered hush-money payments to bury the then candidate’s alleged sexual liaisons seemed shocked that his efforts had worked, texting his longtime confidant:…
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AdvertisementSupported byPaul KrugmanBy Paul KrugmanOpinion Columnist“Are you better off than you were four years ago?” Lately, I’ve been seeing people repeat Ronald Reagan’s famous question, many of them apparently believing that they’re making a slam-dunk case for returning Donald Trump to power.Yet if you take the question literally, the answer is almost ludicrously favorable to…
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