Friday, during an appearance on FNC's "Hannity," Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, criticized the political motivations behind the Trump trials underway in New York State. | Clips
In late January 2019, Jennifer Ash Rudick, a documentary film producer, was granted an in-person meeting at the Manhattan offices of American Media Inc. with Dylan Howard, then editor-in-chief of the National Enquirer. Rudick had been following up on a monthslong email trail of requests seeking the participation of Howard’s boss, AMI CEO David Pecker, for a feature-length documentary on the origin, evolution and impact of his most infamous publication. The meeting was brief, and as Rudick would...
After four days of jury selection, Donald Trump has a full jury in his New York criminal hush money trial.
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s past personal foibles reemerged in the trial of former President Trump over allegations of a hush-money payment to a porn star in an attempt to cover up their sexual relationship. Former National Enquirer Publisher David Pecker testified Thursday that he was reluctant to pay off a Playboy model who claimed to have an extramarital affair with Trump because of his experience with Schwarzenegger during his 2003 gubernatorial campaign. “A number of...
Despite the sordid details, former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial has come as a welcome relief to Republicans, a new analysis contends. Political commentator S.E. Cupp Wednesday made this claim in a New York Daily News editorial Wednesday unpacking GOP responses to Trump's ongoing trial in Manhattan criminal court.Trump stands accused of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election, and...
The media's ability to shape public opinion is well-documented, and by the end of the second day of the first criminal trial in history of a former U.S. president critics are slamming the content, framing, and focus of mainstream media organizations. The biggest concerns: refusing to cover the former president's apparent inability to stay awake in court, too much identifying information of potential and chosen jurors, and even subtle descriptions that can be used to feed into false perceptions...
A humiliated Donald Trump cried into news cameras this morning to cover up the embarrassing fact that absolutely nobody — including family, "friends," and even protestors — has shown up to support him at his hush money criminal trial. "For Great Americans, people who want to come down and protest at the court — and they want to protest peacefully — we have more police presence here than anyone's ever seen. — Read the rest
The first witness scheduled to provide testimony in Donald Trump's historic criminal case in Manhattan will bring "dynamite evidence" that jumps to the heart of the case and shows Trump intended to conceal his affairs in order to win the presidency, a law professor said.Raw Story reported on Sunday that the New York Times had sources suggesting the first witness to be called in the falsification of business records case is National Enquirer publisher David Pecker. Pecker, a key figure in the...
The former president ‘did nothing wrong,’ the Trump attorney insists
Former President Donald Trump will have to miss a major Republican fundraiser because of his New York City hush money trial, according to a new report. Trump received an invitation to headline the Majority Gala, the National Republican Campaign Committee’s biggest fundraiser this season, on April 23, according to the Daily Beast.Three sources told the Daily Beast said GOP bigwigs hoped Trump would headline the Dallas event for House Republicans, but he was unable to appear because he has been...
Former President Donald Trump's former assistant Rhona Graff took the stand Friday in his criminal fraud trial to testify about her role as "keeper of the keys," according to experts watching the trial. Trump biographer Tim O'Brien discussed Graff's testimony on MSNBC Friday, saying the information she had to give involved many documents for the company. "There is a massive paper trail around Graff," O'Brien said. ALSO READ: A criminologist explains why Trump’s Manhattan trial is the biggest...
A key witness in Donald Trump's criminal trial testified Thursday about his role in hush money payments to a porn actress and a Playboy model the former president allegedly had affairs with — and Trump's plan to make sure other negative stories about him never saw the light of day. David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, said Trump at one point sought to buy the rights to Karen McDougal's allegations of a monthslong affair with him, as well as other information the Enquirer...