House Republicans made public on Monday a document tracking Cassidy Hutchinson‘s changes to her testimony on the events of Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol as part of the GOP’s investigation into the Democratic-led select committee on the riots following the 2020 election. House Administration Committee’s oversight subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) released all […]
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The second day of former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan has officially wrapped, and Tuesday proved to have some better moments for Trump than the first.Trump on Monday became the first current or former president to stand trial on criminal charges. He faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the payment of hush money to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, accused of concealing information from voters ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Trump has pleaded...
Jury selection in the Manhattan criminal case against Donald Trump started off slowly, but has since picked up some steam, with multiple jurors seated after day 2 For some lawyers, the jury selection process is the most important stage of the trial. For others it’s a waste of time, an exercise in astrology, and they would take the first 12 people who walk through the door. But no matter how hard his lawyers try, Trump could lose this jury before they are even seated. Jury selection in...
President Donald Trump made history this week as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges. But he’s not only facing 34 felony charges, he now has a new problem to contend with too. This week the prosecution asked Judge Juan Merchan to sanction Trump for posts they said violated a gag order barring Trump from publicly attacking witnesses. The judge said he would hear arguments on the subject on April 23rd. MSNBC's Brian Tyler Cohen takes a closer look at what this could mean...
Let's be clear: If Donald Trump is talking about abortion, he's losing. He and his campaign would much rather be playing offense, slamming President Joe Biden on issues like immigration and the economy as the 2024 presidential race heats up. But when he's talking about abortion, Trump is playing defense. So at the outset of the week, Trump tried to put the issue to rest. Here's a very brief recap of how that worked out. Monday: After months of obfuscation, Trump finally stated his position on...
Donald Trump should really fear adult film star Stormy Daniels’ testimony in his upcoming hush money/election interference trial. Forget the legal analysis you’ll hear from MSNBC pundits. It’s Daniels’ expertise at trolling MAGA cultists combined with her fearlessness and refusal to be slut-shamed that could really get under Trump’s thin skin. Trump is now standing trial on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with hush money payments he made to Daniels through his...
Fervent Trump supporters from last elections air doubts over abortion and the man himself in state where turnout will be keyTerri Burl has come full circle.The local Republican party official was a founding member of Women for Trump in her corner of rural Wisconsin eight years ago when the then New York businessman’s run for president was little more than a joke to political pundits. Continue reading
Ajax’s horror season hit a new low point as the Amsterdam club slumped to a 6-0 defeat to rivals Feyenoord in Rotterdam. The defending champions dominated from the start, but Ajax held out until the 34th minute when Igor Paixão clipped in Yakuba Minteh’s through ball, after Ajax’s Ahmetcan Kaplan had surrendered possession cheaply. Two minutes later the outstanding Minteh added a second when Bart Nieuwkoop picked him out in the penalty area, after Calvin Stengs had profited from more
Kara McGee was dismissed from jury duty on the second day of jury selection in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial in New York City.
The United States will cross a historic threshold on Monday when for the first time a former president goes on criminal trial in a case laced with fateful significance because Donald Trump could be back in the Oval Office next year. When the presumptive GOP nominee walks into court for the start of jury selection, he and the country will enter a new state of reality as legal and political worlds collide in a trial almost guaranteed to deepen Americans’ bitter ideological estrangement. The trial,...