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
Donald Trump's attorneys want his jury to get a disclaimer when they hear Michael Cohen's upcoming testimony in the election interference case involving an alleged hush money scheme. Lawfare managing editor Tyler McBrien revealed a filing from Trump's team that involves his former lawyer's 2018 guilty plea and imprisonment for campaign finance violations and other charges. Cohen had said he'd made hush money payments to adult movie star Stormy Daniels at Trump's direction to avoid her damaging...
Former President Donald Trump has attacked Judge Juan Merchan, the jurist presiding over his criminal hush money case in Manhattan, with one particular line: that he didn't immediately grant the former president time off to attend his fifth child Barron's high school graduation.Trump's one-time attorney Michael Cohen discussed Trump's complaint on the "Political Beatdown" podcast with Ben Meiselas on Tuesday during a heated conversation about the former president. "I wasn't aware that he went to...
Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday, though they didn’t have much of an impact: Defense systems thwarted the attack, and no one was killed. Nevertheless, Donald Trump did what he always does: He blamed his own country, while claiming the violence wouldn’t have occurred if he were in the White House. The Hill reported: Oddly enough, during the event, Trump tried to say that the United States shows “great weakness,” but he ended up saying “great weaknicks.” In any...
By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — The Republican National Committee last week sent out a scripted call to voters’ phones on behalf of new co-chair Lara Trump saying Democrats committed “massive fraud” in the 2020 election. It’s the latest example of how the RNC under the former president’s daughter-in-law is perpetuating lies
By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — The Republican National Committee last week sent out a scripted call to voters’ phones on behalf of new co-chair Lara Trump saying Democrats committed “massive fraud” in the 2020 election. It’s the latest example of how the RNC under the former president’s daughter-in-law is perpetuating lies
CNN By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — The Republican National Committee last week sent out a scripted call to voters’ phones on behalf of new co-chair Lara Trump saying Democrats committed “massive fraud” in the 2020 election. It’s the latest example of how the RNC under the former president’s daughter-in-law is perpetuating
CNN By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — The Republican National Committee last week sent out a scripted call to voters’ phones on behalf of new co-chair Lara Trump saying Democrats committed “massive fraud” in the 2020 election. It’s the latest example of how the RNC under the former president’s daughter-in-law is perpetuating
The Republican National Committee last week sent out a scripted call to voters’ phones on behalf of new co-chair Lara Trump saying Democrats committed “massive fraud” in the 2020 election. It’s the latest example of how the RNC under the former president’s daughter-in-law is perpetuating lies about the 2020 election, even as prominent Republicans say the party needs to look forward to win in 2024. “We all know the problems. No photo IDs, unsecured ballot drop boxes, mass mailing of ballots, and...
Voting technology company Smartmatic and the far-right network One America News said Tuesday that they had settled a defamation lawsuit stemming from the outlet’s lies about the 2020 election. “The case has been resolved pursuant to a confidential agreement,” OAN attorney Chip Babcock told CNN. Both parties declined to share details about the settlement. The case against OAN was one of a spate of lawsuits filed against right-wing outlets in the aftermath of the election. In the wake of the 2020...
Twelve media outlets claim that the only way they can display Trump's dystopian vision for America is by being complicit in it, by giving him a platform to stoke violence and frame his opponent.
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...