Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen took the witness stand on Monday. He said Trump signed off on a scheme to repay him for hush money payments. And he laid out the front companies and secret deals that killed negative stories
Rachel Maddow devoted the entirety of her MSNBC show Monday night to former Trump Organization “fixer” Michael Cohen’s “smoking gun” testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Comparing Cohen’s appearance in the Manhattan courtroom to the “Aha!” moment of an Agatha Christie mystery, where a character connects all of the dots for the reader, Maddow explained why Monday was so damning for Trump’s defense in the criminal case. "It's okay you haven't been paying close attention all along,”...
Former President Donald Trump's onetime press secretary appears unfazed by his former colleague Hope Hicks' tearful trial testimony in which she claimed he was responsible for a public statement denying money was paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Hogan Gidley appeared on CNN Monday afternoon to discuss with Jake Tapper a blockbuster moment in the Manhattan criminal court where Trump stands accused of falsifying business records to cover up hush money paid ahead of the 2016 presidential...
Two new witnesses took the stand Monday on the 12th day of Donald Trump’s hush money trial, shortly after the judge overseeing the case again cited the former president for violating the gag order he imposed last month. Ahead of trial testimony, New York state Judge Juan Merchan found that Trump ran afoul of the order prohibiting him from attacking witnesses and others involved in the case. Trump was fined $1,000 and warned that he could face jail time “if necessary” for any further violations....
Former Trump fixer Michael Cohen testified about his fury when he got a smaller bonus than expected, hours after describing how he paid vendors 20% of what they were owed by Trump.
Longtime Trump Organization employees testified Monday in hush money case. Jeff McConney and Deborah Tarasoff walk jury through how invoices were submitted and Michael Cohen was paid. READ MORE
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With Trump’s former fixer testifying Monday, let’s recall what’s missing from all the media portrayals of him as a liar and terrible witness: the real reason for his convictions.
With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine. DRIVING THE DAY.
On the heels of a discovery that satellite-based texting will soon be available for T-Mobile customers, another carrier is taking advantage of space-based mobile communication.AT&T has announced a deal with AST SpaceMobile to bring satellite calling and texting to subscribers. Once this feature is available, customers will be able to communicate from areas where they don't have a mobile connection -- and with no special equipment or modifications to their phone. If the company follows the usual...
We can’t have a country where politically ambitious scum buckets like Michael Cohen who register zero on the morality Richter scale are able to drag people they detest into court and run sham trials aimed at cowing them into silence and destroying their lives, and the lives of their families. That’s what communist countries do.
The case against Donald Trump has already suffered multiple setbacks, yet the hits keep on coming.