Five years ago, Stormy Daniels found herself in the bizarre position of being one of the most ostensibly powerful, yet simultaneously vulnerable, women in America. The former porn star found herself in a nationwide tabloid maelstrom when it was reported that she had had a very brief sexual relationship with …
Read More »Team Trump Begs Him to Keep His Mouth Shut at NYC Criminal Trial
Several lawyers and political advisers for Donald Trump tell Rolling Stone that they want him to keep his mouth shut during his upcoming criminal trial in Manhattan, and say they’ve made gentle internal pushes to try to persuade him to heed their pleas. It remains an open question, of course, …
Read More »Trump's Plan to Skirt Conviction in New York: Blame His Lawyers
If your lawyers advised you to commit a crime, does that exonerate you? Former President Donald Trump intends to argue this is what happened, and that he is indeed exonerated, in the case of hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels in 2016. In a court filing publicly released Tuesday, …
Read More »Stormy Daniels Is All 'Out of F-ks' in New Doc Trailer
Stormy Daniels is out of fucks to give and ready to discuss it all — Donald Trump, Michael Avenatti, the media, and much more — in the new trailer for Stormy, a documentary premiering March 18 on Peacock. Directed by Sarah Gibson, the film will examine Daniels’ personal and public …
Read More »Trump's NYC Criminal Trial Is His Final Showdown With Michael Cohen
Donald Trump’s first criminal trial is here — and both his attorneys and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office are girding themselves for the man who could be standing between Trump and the first-ever criminal conviction of an American president: Michael Cohen. The hush money case, which revolves around Trump’s …
Read More »High-Profile Attorney Withdraws From Trump's Defense Team
High profile — and deeply polarizing — attorney Joseph Tacopina is no longer representing Donald Trump in the ex-president’s cases in New York City. Tacopina had previously represented Trump in a criminal hush money case as well as in E. Jean Carroll‘s sexual abuse and defamation civil suit last year. …
Read More »Trump Loses Bid to Have Hush Money Trial Moved to Federal Court
It’s been a rough day for Donald Trump’s legal team. On Wednesday, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein slapped down a bid by the former president to have charges related to his 2016 hush money payment to adult actress Stormy Daniels moved from state to federal court. In his decision, Hellerstein wrote …
Read More »Donald Trump Did Not Have a Great Day in Court. Again
Donald Trump’s legal team and Manhattan state prosecutors squared off in a New York City courtroom Tuesday over the ex-president’s push to move his hush money criminal case into federal court. It didn’t go well for Trump. Both sides effectively wrangled over whether Trump’s alleged handling of an October 2016 …
Read More »Tasha Reign: I Was Assaulted on Stormy Daniels' Porn Set and Spoke Out
“This is Devon. Please call me.” I received semiregular texts like this that sent chills through my body. It either meant my agent had booked me for a photo or video shoot… or that he needed to discuss something he was upset with or confused about. Devon has lived here …
Read More »Bragg Seeks to Muffle, But Not Gag, Trump From Discussing Evidence
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office is seeking to bar former President Donald Trump from publicly distributing evidence submitted by prosecutors to his attorneys during the discovery phase of New York’s criminal case against him. While the request from Bragg’s office is not an explicit gag order, it lays bare …
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