Trump Hush-Money TrialAdvertisementThe reimbursement to Michael D. Cohen, the former Trump fixer who paid $130,000 in hush money to Stormy Daniels, is at the center of the criminal case against the former president.By Matthew HaagJeffrey S. McConney worked as the corporate controller at the Trump Organization and, prosecutors say, helped arrange the reimbursement for a…
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Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore ShowsAs former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York begins another week of proceedings, The New York Times reports that Trump has been venting behind the scenes that his lead lawyer, Todd Blanche, “has not been following his instructions closely.” More specifically, Trump believes Blanche is not being aggressive…
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Former President Trump will make his first visit of the 2024 campaign to Minnesota later this month to speak at a major dinner hosted by the state GOP as his campaign weighs trying to flip the state red in November.The Minnesota GOP announced Monday that Trump will address the party’s Lincoln Reagan Dinner. KNSI radio…
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AdvertisementBy Katherine MillerOpinion Writer and EditorEvery Monday morning on The Point, we kick off the week with a tipsheet on the latest in the presidential campaign. Here’s what we’re looking at this week:This week, in Manhattan, Donald Trump’s trial will continue. He will also be campaigning, a little unusually, in New Jersey on Saturday, near…
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Watch CBS News By Graham Kates, Taurean Small Updated on: May 6, 2024 / 4:35 PM EDT / CBS News Jurors in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York heard testimony Monday about how the business records at the center of the case were crafted, with attorneys questioning two Trump Organization employees about…
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These Handwritten Notes on Michael Cohen Payments Could Doom Trump Yahoo! Voicessource
Trump’s porn star hush money trial enters week four: Here’s what’s happened so far CNBCsource
Former President Donald Trump at a rally in Freeland, Michigan. | Kyle DavidsonCalling the Republican Party the “party of fertilization,” former President Trump continues to make false claims in a recent interview with a Detroit TV station, while simultaneously taking credit for the overturning of Roe vs. Wade.In an interview last week with FOX-2 Detroit…
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Trump “Gestapo” remarks: White House says Trump echoes fascists Axiossource
Help keep Salon independentDonald Trump's lawyers famously spend a lot of their time placating their client's narcissistic delusions, even at the expense of their purported priority of keeping him out of prison. It's not just the over-the-top belligerence that Trump demands from his lawyers, which runs the risk of angering both the judge and the…
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) lonely effort to boot Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from power is emblematic of a larger trend that’s followed the Georgia firebrand throughout her time on Capitol Hill: She might be the face of the MAGA movement in Congress, but she’s alienated a long list of fellow conservatives in getting there.…
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Paul Manafort’s Life Was in Shambles. Then Donald Trump Came Along Vanity Fairsource
Social media posts were filled with encouragement for the former president to continue his defiance of the judge in hopes he’ll actually get put behind bars.
Judge holds Trump in criminal contempt for the 10th time in response to former president’s comments on the juryThe judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial on Monday held him in criminal contempt for the 10th time and warned he could face jail for continued violations of a gag order.Juan Merchan’s admonition to Trump came…
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Former President Trump faced a new threat in his New York criminal trial on Monday. Judge Juan Merchan raised the possibility that he could send Trump to jail if he continues to violate a gag order. Merchan warned about that possibility after fining Trump for the 10th time for breaking the order, which bars the…
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Former President Trump on Monday suggested he would be willing to go to jail over repeated violations of his gag order imposed by a New York judge. “This judge has given me a gag order and said you’ll go to jail if you violate it,” Trump told reporters after court adjourned for the day in…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping was warmly welcomed when he visited Europe in March 2019. The Chinese leader began that trip in Rome, where he was feted as Italy became the first member of the G-7 to sign on to China’s trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In France, President Emmanuel Macron arranged for a mini-summit…
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In a bizarre interview, the Republican presidential hopeful also said that “every” legal scholar “all over the world” supported overturning Roe v. Wade.
Former Trump attorney William Brennan said Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the New York hush money case involving former President Trump, is a “pro” and “a pleasure” to work with. Trump has frequently targeted Merchan before and during the hush money trial, lashing out and saying he is running an unfair proceeding. But Brennan…
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Election 2024 latest news: After big weekend in Palm Beach, Trump returning to N.Y. courtroom The Washington Postsource
“Weirdest moment”: Experts call out Trump lawyers’ “planted evidence” defense over damning recording Yahoo! Voicessource
Former President Donald Trump at a Republican retreat compared President Joe Biden’s administration to the Nazi secret police, according to multiple outlets that obtained audio recordings of his comments.“These people are running a Gestapo administration,” Trump said on Saturday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.“And it’s the only thing they have. And it’s…
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Former Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan (R) revealed Monday he would be backing President Biden in November’s election and criticized other Republicans who “fall in line” with former President Trump. In an op-ed published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday, Duncan wrote that it is “disappointing to watch an increasing number of Republicans fall in…
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President Biden is leading former President Trump in polls for the first time since October, according to The Hill/ Decision Desk HQ’s (DDHQ) latest average of polls. Biden is ahead of Trump by 0.1 percentage points. The president is polling at 45 percent support to Trump’s 44.9 percent, based on DDHQ’s average of 685 polls pitting…
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