• 'We'll see': Trump's ex-attorney doubts his legal team can stop him from testifying

    Donald Trump's attorneys can only do so much to keep their client off the witness stand, but in the end the former president will do what he wants, his former attorney said Monday. Jim Trusty, the attorney who bailed on Trump's classified documents, appeared on CNN to discuss the prospects of whether his ex-client should take the stand in his ongoing criminal hush money trial. "In terms of testifying on the witness stand — I'd say 'Look, let's make this about Michael Cohen and nothing...

  • Ty Cobb ‘almost certain’ Trump election interference case won’t be tried before election

    Former White House attorney Ty Cobb said he is “almost certain” that former President Trump’s federal election case won’t be tried before the November election after the Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday. “So, I think it benefits Trump in the sense that it’s almost certain that this case will not get tried before the election,

  • How do you describe the view to someone who can’t see? I couldn’t even do justice to a canal towpath

    A day with some blind and partially sighted walkers has shown me how much I barely notice – and how hard it is to find the right wordsHow many shades of green are there? Whatever the answer may be, I soon ran out of words to describe them. I was walking north along the Grand Union canal, trying and failing to adequately describe what I could see, to a friend who couldn’t. This was Dave Heeley, ultra-runner, who in 2008 became the first blind person to run seven marathons on seven continents in...

  • Lawfare crises: Impartial jury possible? How can Jack Smith nail Trump if he can’t leave NYC?

    by WorldTribune Staff, April 18, 2024 One of the dismissed jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York said it likely is not possible to seat an impartial jury. Reports from the fourth day of the proceedings noted that it may take at least two weeks to seat the full jury of 12 […]

    • CNN

    See what prosecutors have to prove to convict Trump

    CNN anchor and former prosecutor Laura Coates walks through an argument checklist to demonstrate what prosecutors need to prove in order to convict trump in the New York hush money criminal trial. Prosecutors have accused Trump of a criminal conspiracy in order to prevent damaging information from becoming public during the 2016 election.

    • TVLine

    We Don’t Want So You Think You Can Dance to End — But It Can’t Go On Like This

    There’s a dance-based competition show currently airing Mondays at 9 pm. New episodes land on Fox. Cat Deeley’s the host. And yet, despite those familiar trappings, or the title that runs across the screen at the start of each episode, I’m having trouble believing that the show in question is actually So You Think You […]

  • A Conviction Can Cost Trump His Own Vote, Republican Support: Analysis

    WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) – A conviction for former President Donald Trump on any of the 91 criminal charges he is facing across four separate cases will not prevent him from running for the White House, but it will cost him the support of a third […]

    • KEYT

    Trump can’t be in two places at once in double courtroom drama

    Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — For most people, sitting in court at their own criminal trial would represent a defining moment of their life. But Donald Trump’s return to his hush money trial Thursday does not even represent the most critical courtroom drama of his day. The ex-president’s attention is certain to stray

    • KIFI

    Trump can’t be in two places at once in double courtroom drama

    Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — For most people, sitting in court at their own criminal trial would represent a defining moment of their life. But Donald Trump’s return to his hush money trial Thursday does not even represent the most critical courtroom drama of his day. The ex-president’s attention is certain to stray

  • Eco-Collapse Hasn’t Happened Yet, But You Can See It Coming

    Something must be up. Otherwise, why would scientists keep sending us those scary warnings? There has been a steady stream of them in the past few years, including “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency” (signed by 15,000 of them), “Scientists’ Warning Against the Society of Waste,” “Scientists’ Warning of an Imperiled Ocean,” “Scientists’ Warning on Technology,” “Scientists’ More

  • 'Accountability is here': Ex-prosecutor predicts conviction after Trump hush money trial

    Donald Trump is likely going to be convicted in the hush money cover-up case he's currently facing, but the real punishment is being forced to be a criminal defendant, a former prosecutor said Sunday. Legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti appeared on MSNBC's Alex Witt Reports, where he was asked about whether or not Trump will be held accountable for any potential wrongdoing. "Big picture, Renato, do you think some sense of accountability is near for Donald Trump,...

  • Bill Barr Doubles Down on Supporting Trump in 2024, and CNN Can’t Even

    CNN anchor Kaitlin Collins got schooled by former Attorney General Bill Barr when she pressed him about his belief that Joe Biden is a greater "threat to democracy" than Donald Trump, and insisting that he thinks "the real threat to democracy is the progressive movement."