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David Pecker described the “catch-and-kill” arrangement with Karen McDougal.Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker concluded his direct examination in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial after lifting the veil on his publication's "catch-and-kill" deal with Trump — after which an attorney for the former president began cross-examination by framing that same arrangement as…
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Cohen told Pecker that Trump had the attorney general ‘in his pocket,’ Pecker testified  POLITICOsource

Justices Seem Ready to Limit the 2020 Election Case Against Trump  The New York Timessource

Not all of the justices agreed, however — and a decision is expected by June.Donald Trump facing 4 concurrent legal battlesThe U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on whether former President Donald Trump can be criminally prosecuted over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.The justices grappled with the monumental question of if —…
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Trump has said a “standing order” declassified documents taken to his residence.Prosecutors in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case said in court filings that a former Trump administration official told investigators that Trump, as president, had "no standing declassification order" regarding documents in his possession.The filings, which are part of special counsel Jack Smith's…
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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.The Supreme Court seems highly skeptical of former President Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from prosecution.This artist sketch depicts, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan at…
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Donald Trump Hush Money Trial Updates: Trump Calls Pecker’s Testimony ‘Amazing’  Newsweeksource

Mostly amateur Wall Street investors have collectively made tens of millions of dollars by betting the stock price of his Truth Social will keep dropping.

Four years to the day before rioters loyal to Donald Trump stormed into the Capitol to keep Congress from finalizing his loss in the 2020 presidential election, Congress met in the Capitol to finalize his 2016 victory. But President-elect Trump wasn’t in D.C. on Jan. 6, 2017. He was in New York, at his home…
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Trump’s defense attorneys will try to poke holes in the testimony of Pecker, who has described helping bury embarrassing stories.

US supreme court hears three hours of oral arguments on whether ex-president has absolute immunity from criminal prosecutionThe US supreme court on Thursday heard roughly three hours of oral arguments about whether Donald Trump enjoyed absolute immunity from criminal prosecution because the acts included in the indictment alleging he plotted to subvert the 2020 election…
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Attorney Todd Blanche previewed former President Donald Trump’s defense in the New York hush money trial this week—and faced heat from the presiding judge for Trump’s comments about witnesses and potential jurors—putting the spotlight on an attorney who walked away from a prestigious law firm last year to join the former president’s legal team.Blanche worked…
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From the lofty chambers of the Supreme Court to the gutters of tabloid journalism, Thursday was, once again, a day all about Donald Trump. He was largely invisible, as he was sequestered in a courtroom in Manhattan. Nonetheless, he was ubiquitous. It is who he is.Throughout his life, whether as a flamboyant developer, a reality-TV…
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Laurence Tribe pulled no punches over what he described as a “shameful performance by the court.”

Kagan asks Trump lawyer if a president calling for a coup is an official act  NBC Newssource

Trump immunity hearing: Supreme Court pushes ex-president’s lawyer on limits of immunity  BBC.comsource

Most Americans aren’t happy with their choices for president, but Biden’s going to need to do more than just be the “I’m not as bad as the other guy” candidate.

The House Democrat named the “most astonishing” thing he heard from one justice after the court heard arguments on Donald Trump’s immunity claim.

Oral arguments over former president’s claim of immunity seem to have left Trump happier than the justice department“Well,” said one reporter to another as they left the supreme court chamber, sometime after noon on Thursday. “Looks like we’re getting a king.”Notwithstanding a certain mordant hyperbole on a momentous day in American history, the sentiment seemed…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeWelcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill.In today’s edition, senior national political reporter Jonathan Allen explains why it’s…
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When Melania Trump cast her ballot last month in the Florida primary alongside her husband, former President Trump, she was asked if she would return to the campaign trail this year.  “Stay tuned,” the former first lady replied with a smile.  But apart from a fundraiser earlier this month for Log Cabin Republicans at her…
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Reporter details moment that got a laugh from Trump in court  CNNsource

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.FILE – David Pecker, chairman and CEO of American Media, speaks at an event, Jan. 31, 2014 in New York. Testimony by the former National Enquirer publisher at Donald Trump’s hush money trial this week has revealed an astonishing level of corruption at America’s best-known tabloid and may…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeWelcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill.In today’s edition, reporters Lawrence Hurley and Ryan J. Reilly break down…
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