• MSNBC Interviews Michael Avenatti From Prison About Supposed Political Prosecution

    It was only two weeks ago that MSNBC hosts were consumed with righteous outrage that a “liar” and “election denier” like Ronna McDaniel would be permitted to sully their “sacred airwaves.” This was not, they assured us, because of her politics, but rather an issue of propriety. If that’s true though, then it’s odd that these paragons of journalistic integrity had no such reservations about last night’s The Beat with Ari Melber, which featured an interview with disgraced attorney (and convicted...

  • MSNBC Interviews Michael Avenatti From Prison About Supposed Political Prosecution

    It was only two weeks ago that MSNBC hosts were consumed with righteous outrage that a “liar” and “election denier” like Ronna McDaniel would be permitted to sully their “sacred airwaves.” This was not, they assured us, because of her politics, but rather an issue of propriety. If that’s true though, then it’s odd that these paragons of journalistic integrity had no such reservations about last night’s The Beat with Ari Melber, which featured an interview with disgraced attorney (and convicted...

  • Trump lawyers seek Stormy Daniels communications with Michael Cohen

    Former President Trump's legal team on Monday asked the judge in his hush money case to subpoena adult film actress Stormy Daniels' communications with Michael Cohen, the former president's ex-fixer, other witnesses and any material related to NBC’s documentary on the actress. In a letter to Justice Juan Merchan, Trump's attorneys asked the judge to

  • Oscar Pistorius Reportedly Struggling Since Prison Release: 'He's Too Toxic'

    Former South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is reportedly struggling with being ostracized since he was released from prison. Once a darling of the sports world, Oscar Pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide in the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. Pistorius claimed that he thought the 29-year-old model and paralegal was […]

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    Alabama Lawmakers Want Prison for False Reporting Charges. That Could Have Serious Consequences.

    A new charge could mean 10 years in prison. But the outsized attention on false reports obscures the fact that they’re relatively rare. Alabama Lawmakers Want Prison for False Reporting Charges. That Could Have Serious Consequences. is a story from Reveal. Reveal is a registered trademark of The Center for Investigative Reporting and is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.

  • Alabama lawmakers want prison for false reporting charges. That could have serious consequences.

    Last year, 25-year-old Carlee Russell called 911 in Hoover, Alabama, reporting that there was a child on the interstate. Then Russell vanished, and no child was found. A massive search effort followed, along with a national media frenzy. Two days later, she returned home, seemingly unharmed but claiming that she had escaped a kidnapping. After […]

  • Trump attacks Michael Cohen days before hush money trial is set to begin

    Two days before the start of Donald Trump's New York criminal trial, the former president attacked his former attorney Michael Cohen, who is expected to be a key witness in the case. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, "Has disgraced attorney and felon Michael Cohen been prosecuted for LYING? Only TRUMP people get prosecuted by this Judge and these thugs! A dark day for our Country." Cohen's allegations that Trump directed him to facilitate hush money payments to adult film actor Stormy...

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    Michael Cohen: There will be ‘a few surprises’ in Trump’s hush-money trial on Monday

    Donald Trump's first criminal trial will start on Monday. His former personal attorney and one of the potential star witnesses in the case, Michael Cohen joins The Weekend for an exclusive conversation -- his only interview before history is made.

  • Ex-judge puts Trump on notice that he violated gag order by attacking Michael Cohen

    Donald Trump recently violated his criminal gag order when he attacked Michael Cohen on social media, according to a former prosecutor and judge.Carol Lam, a former U.S. attorney who also served as a judge in California, on Sunday appeared on MSNBC, where she was asked about the witnesses in Trump's upcoming hush money trial.One of those witnesses is Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney and "fixer" who is now testifying against the former president.ALSO READ: Revealed: What government...

  • 'I look horrible': Michael Cohen says trial stress has him at solitary confinement weight

    Michael Cohen says he has dropped more than 20 pounds coping with the stress of former President Donald Trump's looming hush money trial, returning him to the weight he was when he left solitary confinement. "I can tell you from a physical and a health standpoint, since this all started, I’m down 22 pounds," Cohen told Politico Friday. "I look horrible."Cohen's interview comes just three days before the hush money trial — in which Trump stands accused of falsifying business records to silence...

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    Stormy Daniels’ former lawyer Michael Avenatti talks Trump in his first interview from prison

    Michael Avenatti, the onetime lawyer for Stormy Daniels, was once seen as a hero of the anti-Trump resistance. His on-camera braggadocio and his insistence that his client’s hush money arrangement could spell danger for Donald Trump’s public perception — if not his freedom — made him into a celebrity of sorts on the left. But then a federal indictment in 2019 changed everything for Avenatti. He ultimately was convicted and sentenced to 30 months in prison over a wild scheme that involved his...

  • Michael Flynn-linked anti-vaxxers try to seize control of Florida hospital: report

    A group of conspiracy theorists associated with former President Donald Trump's one-time national security adviser Michael Flynn is trying to seize control of a renowned public hospital in Sarasota, Florida through a local election.According to The Daily Beast, the group involved in the scheme "includes Mary Flynn O’Neill, who directs her brother’s nonprofit and routinely appears on right-wing shows with QAnon conspiracy theorists; Tanya Parus, the president of Moms For America’s Sarasota...