'No hell to speak of': columnist says MAGA is already bored with Trump's hush money case


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Raw Story— Donald Trump's campaign avowal that his hush money trial would mean "all hell breaks loose" failed to pass as news spread of the former president's sleepy demeanor inside the courtroom, a new analysis notes. Molly Jong-Fast Monday published for Vanity Fair an essay on the lack of MAGA fury on the steps of 100 Centre Street courthouse hosting the historic criminal trial of a former U.S. President. "There was no hell to speak of," she writes. "Trump supporters didn’t storm the courthouse like...

Raw Story—E. Jean Carroll says how she feels about the jury in Trump's hush money criminal case. E. Jean Carroll beat Donald Trump. Twice. And she is confident that the jury empaneled in his criminal hush money trial is going to meet the moment. "I think that it’s a New York jury, they’re the smartest in the world, with all political backgrounds," she told TIME while appearing at the 2024 TIME100 in the city. "They will make the right decision."ALSO READ: ‘Fraudulent’: Trump tormentor Lincoln Project loses big money in cybertheft schemeThe jurors are tasked with a historic verdict to...

The Guardian—Trump’s hush-money case might finally show him what accountability feels like. A conviction would prove, once and for all, that Trump is not the normal politician that many in the media act like he isGet Margaret Sullivan’s latest columns delivered straight to your inboxDonald Trump, who once bragged that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any voters, has gotten away for years with unimaginable amounts of malfeasance.He grifted and insulted and lied his way into the White House, embarrassed the nation while president, refused to accept his defeat to Joe...

Raw Story—Trump says criminal hush money case 'faller apart' in typo-ridden post after trial. Legal experts spent the day pointing out how devastating witness testimony was Thursday against Trump in his first criminal trial, but at night the former president suggested the case "completely faller apart."Trump said he had a "BIG DAY IN COURT(S) TODAY," likely referencing the hush-money cover up trial as well as the Supreme Court oral arguments regarding his claim of complete immunity for presidents. The Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared to most experts as open to giving Trump...