Donald Trump, who was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from a hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels, once again attempted to silence the adult film actress and suppress any unflattering remarks she might make before Election Day. On Wednesday, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow reported that …
Read More »Stormy Daniels Versus the World
T he only thing that has kept me alive is that I’m a petty bitch,” says Stormy Daniels. “There would be too many people happy if I died. I’m alive because of spite.” Daniels is sitting on the back porch of an undisclosed domicile, in an undisclosed city in an …
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 »Cohen Says Trump Told Him Not to Worry About FBI Raid Because 'I'm the President'
Michael Cohen is back in court Tuesday for a second day of testimony in Donald Trump’s criminal trial, detailing to the jury how he repeatedly lied about his role in orchestrating hush money payments to “protect” the former president. In 2018, when the public learned that Cohen had arranged a …
Read More »The Hottest Place to Pledge Allegiance to Trump Is Manhattan Criminal Court
If you’re a Republican politician looking to score points with Donald Trump, there’s a decent chance you’ve been spotted recently in or outside Manhattan Criminal Court. U.S. senators, House members, state attorneys general, and former GOP presidential primary opponents have all traveled to New York to support the former president …
Read More »Team Trump's Cross-Examination of Stormy Daniels Was Gross
“You’ve acted and had sex in over 200 porn movies, right?” “And there are naked men and naked women having sex in those movies?” “But according to you, seeing a man sitting on a bed in a T-shirt and boxers was so upsetting, you became light-headed and almost fainted?” In …
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 Posts — Then Deletes — Rant About Stormy Daniels Testifying
Stormy Daniels took the stand at Donald Trump’s ongoing criminal hush-money trial on Tuesday, and even the former president seemed caught off guard by the news. Trump posted — then quickly deleted — a furious rant about the prosecution’s plan to call Daniels shortly before The Associated Press reported on …
Read More »5 Key Takeaways From Tabloid Boss David Pecker's Trump Trial Testimony
Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial kicked off this week with witness testimony from media honcho David Pecker, who said that the former president was well aware of the catch-and-kill scheme and even thanked Pecker for his help in hiding two potentially “damaging” stories. The former American Media Inc. Chairman …
Read More »National Enquirer Boss Says Trump Knew Details of Stormy Daniels' Payoff
Donald Trump was back in court on Thursday for the seventh day of his criminal hush money trial. The court heard a third day of testimony from David Pecker — the former National Enquirer boss who used the publication to buoy Trump ahead of the 2016 election. While Pecker’s testimony …
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