New York’s Court of Appeals has declined to take up Donald Trump’s challenge to a gag order restricting him from attacking jurors, witnesses, and others involved in his felony conviction on charges of falsifying business records. In a Tuesday ruling, the court determined that despite Trump’s complaint, “no substantial constitutional …
Read More »MAGA 'Prophets': God Thinks Trump's Conviction Was Rigged
Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts has sent shockwaves across the nation, and — at least according to the religious “prophets” of the MAGA right — across the heavens as well. A trio of prominent, far-right Christians who purport to channel the word of God as it pertains to …
Read More »Trump Is Cashing in on His Criminal Conviction
Donald Trump has been cashing in on his new title of convicted felon. Rolling Stone reported earlier this week that the former president’s team expected a guilty verdict in the hush-money trial and were preparing a fundraising blitz as soon as the jury handed down a decision. The blitz came …
Read More »Donald Trump Is Now a Convicted Felon
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 »Closing Arguments in Trump's Hush-Money Trial Were All About Michael Cohen
New York prosecutors and Donald Trump’s defense team engaged in a verbal tug-of-war over Michael Cohen’s testimony during their closing arguments on Tuesday. The former president’s former fixer was the subject of the majority of both summations, with both sides freely taking jabs at the other as the defense attempted …
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 »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 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 …
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