A jury in New York City found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from a payment to keep adult film actress Stormy Daniels quiet about an alleged affair out of fear that it would hurt his chances of winning the 2016 election. The jury …
Read More »Trump Has Been Convicted in His Hush-Money Case. Now What?
A jury on Thursday found Donald Trumpguilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from a payment to keep adult film actress Stormy Daniels quiet about an alleged affair before the 2016 election. Such a verdict is unprecedented, just as it was unprecedented when the former president first …
Read More »4 Ways Michael Cohen Threw Cold Water on Trump's Hush-Money Defense
Michael Cohen may have directly transferred the funds, but he says it was at the behest and benefit of Donald Trump that he made the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. After four days on the witness stand, the prosecution’s key witness stepped down on Monday following a barrage of …
Read More »Trump's Allies Didn't Want Him to Testify: 'The Jury Would Hate Him'
Donald Trump’s defense rested on Tuesday, which means the former president will not be testifying in his criminal hush-money trial. Few would have begrudged Trump for declining to testify, but he promised he would take the stand while suggesting the only thing that prevented him from doing so was his …
Read More »Stormy Daniels Defends Herself — and Clarifies 'Orange Turd' Post — in Tense Cross-Examination
Donald Trump’s hush money trial once again veered into uncharted waters on Thursday, this time in the form of a debate over who’s an “orange turd.” The answer, according to Stormy Daniels is Trump, which may partially explain why at the end of the day Trump’s team requested Judge Juan …
Read More »Trump Found in Contempt, Threatened With Jail for Violating Gag Order (Again)
“I find you in criminal contempt for the 10th time.” The fourth week of Trump’s hush-money trial kicked off on Monday with Judge Juan Merchan once again ruling that the former president violated his court-imposed gag order, fining him $1,000 and warning him that continued violations could result in jail …
Read More »Hope Hicks Testimony: Access Hollywood Tape Panic Led to Hush-Money Payments
Former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks took the stand in Manhattan court Friday to testify in the criminal trial of her ex-boss, Donald Trump. Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The case, brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg last year, revolves around …
Read More »'Election Fraud, Pure and Simple': Prosecutors Lay Out Criminal Case Against Trump
In October of 2016, Donald Trump’s fixer paid $130,000 to Stormy Daniels, a porn star who was shopping out claims of a scandalous affair between herself and Trump — who at the time was in the heat of his first campaign for president. The long tail of the scandal’s fallout …
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