Month: May 2024

Trump suggests he won’t accept 2024 election results in Wisconsin  POLITICOsource

By Sean Piccoli UPDATE: Jurors today heard a recording in which Donald Trump and his then-lawyer and “fixer,” Michael Cohen, discuss payments to Karen McDougal, the former Playboy model who claimed to have had an affair with The Apprentice host. The recording was made by Cohen in September of 2016 — and first reported on…
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Former President Trump’s trial in New York entered its 10th day on Thursday, with Keith Davidson on the witness stand.Davidson is a Los Angeles lawyer who represented adult film actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, both of whom claim they had sexual encounters with Trump roughly a decade before he was elected…
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Associated Press Associated Press Leave your feedbackNEW YORK (AP) — Lawyer Keith Davidson returned to the witness stand in Donald Trump’s hush money trial on Thursday following a contempt hearing over whether the former president violated a gag order again.Judge Juan M. Merchan heard from both prosecutors and one of Trump’s defense attorneys about four…
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AdvertisementSubscriber-only NewsletterBy David FrenchOpinion ColumnistMy originalist heart is troubled.In the opening moments of Donald Trump’s argument for presidential immunity, Justice Clarence Thomas pressed Trump’s lawyer, John Sauer, to state the “source” for his sweeping argument that presidents are absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for official acts in office. Sauer’s response virtually ends his argument (or…
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(1) Trump attorney now conducting cross-examination of digital evidence analyst  CNNsource

Court hears that Keith Davidson texted National Enquirer editor on night of Trump’s 2016 victory to say ‘What have we done?’Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial enters its 11th day following raucous testimony about his increasingly unhinged underling and the tawdry business of celebrity sex scandals.Keith Davidson, the attorney representing Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, returned…
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Stormy Daniels’ former lawyer testifies in Trump’s hush money trial  CNNsource

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“I’m tired of calling him names,” said the Hollywood icon, who gave an (almost) curse-word-free interview about the threats posed by a possible second Trump presidency.

Trump defense begins its attacks on his one-time lawyer, political fixer  Voice of America – VOA Newssource

The Fox News host was unimpressed after CNN’s Jake Tapper told viewers about the moniker, which entered the court record Thursday.

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Sarah Matthews “really wouldn’t imagine” one person in particular coming to court as she explained why the former president is in a “bad mood” and “lashing out at aides.”

Trump Hush-Money TrialAdvertisementSupported byThe tape, played at the former president’s criminal trial, captured Michael Cohen telling Donald Trump about a payment to a former Playboy model.By Jonah E. Bromwich and Jesse McKinleyTwo voices reverberated in the courtroom. The first was loud, deep and unctuous, the second was casual — until money came up. They were…
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NEW YORK — The 10th day of Donald Trump‘s hush money trial saw testimony from a pivotal attorney and an analyst as the former president continues to face sweeping criminal charges in New York.The day began with a hearing over whether Trump has again violated a gag order, followed by more testimony on porn star Stormy…
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The former president’s niece described a “split screen” effect that she believes could be damaging to the case against her uncle.

Trump Hush-Money TrialAdvertisementDonald J. Trump’s lawyers tried to paint Keith Davidson, the man who helped broker a hush-money payment for Stormy Daniels, as a specialist in extracting money from the famous.By Alan Feuer and Jonah E. BromwichAn attempt to shake down the actor Charlie Sheen. Rumors that the Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan was in rehab.…
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Gag order hearing in Trump’s hush money case: What to know  CNNsource

Trump trial live: Trump ‘hates’ that hush-money deal was made, Cohen claims in recording  BBC.comsource

In a recording played at former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial over alleged hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels on Thursday, Trumps’ former attorney Michael Cohen said Trump “hate(d) the fact that we did it,” referring to the $130,000 Cohen paid the actress.“I can’t even tell you how many times he…
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His return to the trail offered Trump a chance, if only for a day, to escape the cold realities of the courtroom and bask in the strength he projects for his supporters.WAUKESHA, Wis. — Donald Trump’s words were almost exactly the same, but the change of scenery made all the difference.On Tuesday, he spoke as…
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Young Democratic voters are sounding the alarm and warning President Biden that his reelection bid could be in jeopardy if he doesn’t change course on the issues that matter most to them, including the war in Gaza.  While they have soured on Biden on a range of issues from cost of living to climate issues, the…
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Democratic lawmakers are sounding the alarm over what they see as conservative justices and judges tipping the scales in favor of former President Trump in two federal cases. The two cases accuse the former president of attempting to subvert the 2020 election and obstructing justice related to his handling of classified documents. Some Democratic senators…
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The Biden administration’s pause on natural gas exports is putting the president in a tricky political spot in Pennsylvania, one of the key swing states in November. Pennsylvania has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the last decade’s natural gas boom in the U.S. The state’s production hit 7.5 trillion cubic feet in 2022, the…
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