Karen McDougal hush money a component that kills Trump's defense: legal expert
1 year, 8 months ago

Karen McDougal hush money a component that kills Trump's defense: legal expert

Raw Story  

For those watching the New York grand jury dealing with the hush money payments to Stormy Daniels, the revelations that more hush money payments are being explored in the case isn't new information. During the 2016 campaign, Trump allegedly got his close friend David Pecker at the National Enquirer to run a scheme to buy Playboy model Karen McDougal's story and hire her to write fitness articles. "One of those here: 'In or about Aug. 2015, David Pecker, the chairman is CEO of AMI, met with Michael Cohen, an attorney for a presidential candidate and at least one other member of the campaign that is Donald Trump's campaign. "If prosecutors in Manhattan District Attorney's office are trying to get to the point of making the case of an election law violation here, the parent company of the National Enquirer, which bought Karen McDougal's story at the behest of Michael Cohen, and as federal prosecutors have alleged, Donald Trump's directive, then, therefore, this particular company has already admitted they did it for the purpose of influencing the 2016 presidential election," he explained. "The reason, as Vaughn laid out, this is important is for two reasons: one, because you have David Pecker saying that Donald Trump was in on the scheme to do a catch and kill and that there were direct conversations with David Pecker, Michael Cohen, and the former president," Weissmann said.

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Trump tries to strike another hush money deal with Stormy Daniels ahead of election, says report
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump tries to strike another hush money deal with Stormy Daniels ahead of election, says report

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump has tried to strike yet another hush money …

Donald Trump’s conviction in New York’s hush money trial and its ramifications | Explained
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump’s conviction in New York’s hush money trial and its ramifications | Explained

The Hindu  

In an unprecedented verdict, a New York jury on May 30 unanimously convicted Donald J. Trump of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal that threatened to derail his 2016 presidential campaign. The $130,000 payment was made by Mr. Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen to buy Ms. Daniel’s silence during the final weeks of the 2016 presidential …

Donald Trump found guilty in criminal 'hush money' trial
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump found guilty in criminal 'hush money' trial

ABC  

Donald Trump has been found guilty of falsifying business records, a felony that could result in prison time. A spokesperson for Mr Biden's campaign said the verdict proved "no-one is above the law": "Donald Trump has always mistakenly believed he would never face consequences for breaking the law for his own personal gain. Cohen, whose work for Trump included being …

What we’ve learned so far in the Trump hush money trial and what to watch for as it wraps up
7 months ago

What we’ve learned so far in the Trump hush money trial and what to watch for as it wraps up

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Testimony in the hush money trial of Donald Trump is set to conclude in the coming days, putting the landmark case on track for jury deliberations that will determine whether it ends in a mistrial, an acquittal — or the first-ever felony conviction of a former American president. THE PROSECUTION’S CASE Through witnesses including a porn actor, …

Did Republicans pre-plan their dress code to attend Donald Trump's hush money trial in NY? Netizens think so
7 months, 1 week ago

Did Republicans pre-plan their dress code to attend Donald Trump's hush money trial in NY? Netizens think so

Hindustan Times  

Day 17 of Donald Trump's hush money trial was a display of solidarity, with key Republican leaders and possible vice presidential candidates rallying around the former president. Doug Burgum, Florida Reps. Cory Mills and Byron Donalds, and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy were pictured together at Trump's hush money trial in New York. Former US Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks …

Trump hush-money trial | Michael Cohen says former U.S. president was intimately involved in scheme
7 months, 1 week ago

Trump hush-money trial | Michael Cohen says former U.S. president was intimately involved in scheme

The Hindu  

Former U.S. President Donald Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stories about sex that threatened to torpedo his 2016 campaign, his former lawyer said Monday in matter-of-fact testimony that went to the heart of the former president’s hush money trial. “Everything required Mr. Trump’s sign-off,” said Michael Cohen, Mr. Trump's fixer-turned-foe and the prosecution's …

Donald Trump's former fixer Cohen resumes testifying about Stormy Daniels hush money payment
7 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump's former fixer Cohen resumes testifying about Stormy Daniels hush money payment

India TV News  

Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen resumed testifying on Tuesday at the Republican presidential candidate's criminal trial, a day after telling jurors that Trump personally authorized him to make a hush money payment to a porn star weeks before the 2016 election. Cohen's $130,000 payment in October 2016 is at the heart of Trump's trial, the first for a former …

Karen McDougal Appears To Address Trump Trial With Not-So-Subtle Book Choice
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Karen McDougal Appears To Address Trump Trial With Not-So-Subtle Book Choice

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former Playboy model Karen McDougal appeared to comment on Donald Trump’s ongoing hush money trial with a post on X, formerly Twitter. Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Trump is currently on trial in New York for allegedly falsifying business documents to cover up a payment made to porn actor Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election. But the National …

Trump’s hush money trial week in review: hurricanes, Hulk Hogan and a blockbuster recording
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s hush money trial week in review: hurricanes, Hulk Hogan and a blockbuster recording

LA Times  

Former President Trump, center, talks with defense attorney Emil Bove, left, before the start of trial at Manhattan criminal court Friday. and an actual one Hope Hicks, a onetime Trump confidant who for years was central in his orbit, described in detail a seminal moment of the 2016 campaign: The Washington Post’s disclosure of a 2005 “Access Hollywood” recording in …

'What have we done?' Hush money lawyer explains apparent horror at helping Trump 2016 win
7 months, 3 weeks ago

'What have we done?' Hush money lawyer explains apparent horror at helping Trump 2016 win

Raw Story  

Keith Davidson, the attorney who worked with Michael Cohen to arrange hush-money payments to one-time Donald Trump mistresses Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, testified on Thursday about his seemingly horrified realization that he may have helped the now-former president get elected in 2016. Davidson said that "there was an understanding" between the two men that their efforts to keep Daniels …

Trump lawyers tried to discredit witness who represented 2 women in hush money trial
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump lawyers tried to discredit witness who represented 2 women in hush money trial

NPR  

Trump lawyers tried to discredit witness who represented 2 women in hush money trial Testimony continued in Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Stormy Daniels' former attorney, Keith Davidson, wrapped up his testimony today in the criminal trial of Donald Trump. BERNSTEIN: Davidson really went over the tick tock of the deal with Stormy Daniels today, …

The 2nd week of testimony is about to begin in Trump's N.Y. hush money trial
7 months, 3 weeks ago

The 2nd week of testimony is about to begin in Trump's N.Y. hush money trial

NPR  

The 2nd week of testimony is about to begin in Trump's N.Y. hush money trial Prosecutors say former President Donald Trump conspired to alter the outcome of the 2016 election by paying hush money to bury negative stories, and then covered it up by falsifying business records. BERNSTEIN: Last week, prosecutors introduced a photograph of Pecker and Trump at the …

'A criminal enterprise': Former David Pecker exec blows whistle on covering up for Trump
7 months, 3 weeks ago

'A criminal enterprise': Former David Pecker exec blows whistle on covering up for Trump

Raw Story  

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Weekend," the former executive editor of the National Enquirer admitted that during his tenure his boss was running the organization like a 'criminal enterprise" while working hand-in-hand with Donald Trump. Speaking with the hosts on Sunday morning, Lachlan Cartwright claimed he was not privy to all the details of publisher David Pecker's behind-the-scenes plotting …

Hush money trial: Trump's lawyers will grill tabloid publisher David Pecker
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Hush money trial: Trump's lawyers will grill tabloid publisher David Pecker

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s defense team attacked the credibility of prosecutors’ first witness in his hush money case on Friday, seeking to discredit testimony detailing a scheme to bury negative stories to protect the Republican’s 2016 presidential campaign. AP AUDIO: Trump’s lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution’s first witness in hush money trial. Under questioning by Trump lawyer …

Key takeaways from fourth day of testimony in Trump’s hush money trial
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Key takeaways from fourth day of testimony in Trump’s hush money trial

Al Jazeera  

Former National Enquirer publisher faces more grilling from Trump defence team as first full week of testimony wraps up. The fourth day of testimony in former United States President Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial has concluded, with former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker facing several hours of cross-examination by Trump’s legal team. Pecker grilled on editorial process, 2015 …

How National Enquirer witness just revealed Trump’s felony crime: legal analyst
7 months, 4 weeks ago

How National Enquirer witness just revealed Trump’s felony crime: legal analyst

Raw Story  

Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker shared the information that elevates Donald Trump's criminal charges from misdemeanors to felonies on Thursday, ex -Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann revealed. Speaking to MSNBC after Pecker broke from testifying, Weissmann noted that violation of campaign finance laws elevates the falsification of business records charges from misdemeanors to felonies. Though the charges are usually …

'It was for the campaign': David Pecker blows a hole in Trump's hush money defense
7 months, 4 weeks ago

'It was for the campaign': David Pecker blows a hole in Trump's hush money defense

Raw Story  

David Pecker, former publisher of the National Enquirer, poked a hole in Donald Trump's defense in his hush money case Thursday by testifying that the former president made the payments to benefit his 2016 presidential campaign. At a Manhattan court hearing, Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass asked Pecker about a practice called "catch and kill," in which the magazine would …

Ex-tabloid publisher testifies he scooped up possibly damaging tales to shield his old friend Trump
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Ex-tabloid publisher testifies he scooped up possibly damaging tales to shield his old friend Trump

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — As Donald Trump was running for president in 2016, his old friend at the National Enquirer was scooping up potentially damaging stories about the candidate and paying out tens of thousands of dollars to keep them from the public eye. “I am not paying for this story,” he told jurors Thursday at Trump’s hush money trial, recounting …

Who is Karen McDougal? Key witness in Trump's hush money trial
8 months ago

Who is Karen McDougal? Key witness in Trump's hush money trial

Hindustan Times  

As Donald Trump's hush money trial enters week two lawyers are gearing up to interrogate witnesses, and on top of the list is former Playboy model, Karen McDougal. Donald Trump was secretly taped by his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, discussing payments to Playboy model Karen McDougal, with whom he allegedly had an affair, and the recording is in FBI hands. …

Key moments from Donald Trump's 'hush money' trial as a 'tabloid king' testifies about burying stories
8 months ago

Key moments from Donald Trump's 'hush money' trial as a 'tabloid king' testifies about burying stories

ABC  

A former newspaper publisher has told a New York court he bought and buried negative stories about Donald Trump as part of a deal to help him become president. David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, has been giving evidence at Mr Trump's "hush money" trial. The court on Tuesday heard more evidence about a "catch and kill" …

Trump kept eyes closed during potentially embarrassing testimony: reports
8 months ago

Trump kept eyes closed during potentially embarrassing testimony: reports

Raw Story  

Donald Trump closed his eyes during two potentially embarrassing portions of testimony from former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, according to onlookers in his hush money trial Tuesday. "Dino was in the market selling a story that Donald Trump fathered an illegitimate girl with a maid in — at — at Trump Tower," Pecker said, adding that he learned about …

Text messages reveal previously unknown details in Trump trial: report
8 months ago

Text messages reveal previously unknown details in Trump trial: report

Raw Story  

Details never before made public are expected to be admissible in Donald Trump's latest New York trial — and onlookers are expecting them to be revealing. New York Times investigative reporter Sue Craig said she was "struck" by the "new information" revealed in Monday's opening statements, which includes a series of text messages from National Enquirer reporters involved in investigating …

'More devastating than Michael Cohen': First Trump witness takes stand
8 months ago

'More devastating than Michael Cohen': First Trump witness takes stand

Raw Story  

The former chairman of the National Enquirer’s parent company took the stand Monday as the first witness called in Donald Trump's New York hush money criminal trial, and he's expected to confirm Trump's motivation and intent when it came to his alleged attempt to buy the silence of an adult film star he's accused of sleeping with. “And given how …

UPDATE 7-Trump did not commit any crimes, defense says in hush money case
8 months ago

UPDATE 7-Trump did not commit any crimes, defense says in hush money case

Hindustan Times  

By Jack Queen, Luc Cohen and Andy Sullivan UPDATE 7-Trump did not commit any crimes, defense says in hush money case NEW YORK, - Donald Trump did not commit a crime by paying his former lawyer in 2017, the former U.S. president's defense lawyer said on Monday, dismissing prosecutors' assertion Trump sought to cover-up the lawyer's hush money payment to …

Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial, Week 2: Live Updates
8 months ago

Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial, Week 2: Live Updates

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial has wrapped up its second week. Trump, the first former president to be tried on criminal charges, is facing 34 counts connected to his alleged attempts to hide $130,000 in hush money payments made in 2016 to conceal claims of an extramarital affair with adult film actor Stormy Daniels. Follow along …

Column: The hush money trial has only just begun, but it’s not a good look for Candidate Trump
8 months, 1 week ago

Column: The hush money trial has only just begun, but it’s not a good look for Candidate Trump

LA Times  

Former President Trump addressed the media as he arrived for the second day of jury selection in his criminal trial in Manhattan. The first criminal trial of a former U.S. president hadn’t started this week, and already Donald Trump found himself behind bars. Opinion Calmes: Donald Trump inspires yet another profile in cowardice One after another, American institutions have spinelessly …

Trump’s trial is about more than sex and money. It’s about what presidents ‘can get away with’
8 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s trial is about more than sex and money. It’s about what presidents ‘can get away with’

LA Times  

The adult film star. His then-lawyer Michael Cohen — Trump has since called him a “rat” — said the former president directed him to make the payment that Trump then reimbursed, disguised as legal fees. “This gives President Trump a global platform,” Stephen K. Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist in 2016 who was later convicted of contempt of Congress, said in …

Stormy Daniels hush money case could be Trump's 'most damaging': op-ed
10 months, 1 week ago

Stormy Daniels hush money case could be Trump's 'most damaging': op-ed

Raw Story  

Of Donald Trump's multiple legal headaches, the Stormy Daniels hush money case might prove the most painful, Newsweek's Sean O'Driscoll writes. While Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's criminal case against Trump has garnered the least media attention of the former president's four criminal court cases, O'Driscoll notes it could result in jail time and create a major political embarrassment before …

Michael Cohen spotted entering the D.A.'s office as Stormy Daniels hush money trial nears
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Michael Cohen spotted entering the D.A.'s office as Stormy Daniels hush money trial nears

Raw Story  

Former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen was spotted walking into the offices of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg late last week, a source present there — who requested their name be withheld to speak freely about the scene — told Raw Story. And it further fuels speculation that the 34-count Stormy Daniels hush money case, in which Bragg alleges Trump …

At a glance: The three hush money cases in Trump indictment
1 year, 8 months ago

At a glance: The three hush money cases in Trump indictment

Associated Press  

The criminal charges that Donald Trump is now facing in New York stem from three separate instances in which the former president and his associates are accused of making hush money payments during his 2016 campaign: to two women to suppress information about extramarital sexual encounters they said they had with years earlier, and to a onetime Trump Tower doorman …

Trump in New York court: First pictures as he is charged in Stormy Daniels case
1 year, 8 months ago

Trump in New York court: First pictures as he is charged in Stormy Daniels case

Daily Mail  

Trump voluntarily surrendered to New York authorities in the Stormy Daniels probe in a historic moment Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 34 counts of falsifying business records as he faced a New York judge - and became the first President of the United States to be arraigned and charged with a crime. Donald Trump made history on …

Trump hush-money payoff to second woman could help prove key element in Stormy Daniels case
1 year, 8 months ago

Trump hush-money payoff to second woman could help prove key element in Stormy Daniels case

Raw Story  

Donald Trump will appear in court Tuesday on charges related to a hush money payoff to an alleged mistress, but a second similar arrangement could pose an even bigger threat to him. “The McDougal story would apply to Trump’s state of mind when they got to the next chapter, which is Stormy Daniels,” Eisen said. Prosecutors face some obstacles to …

Second hush money case related to Donald Trump being examined: Report
1 year, 8 months ago

Second hush money case related to Donald Trump being examined: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Manhattan grand jury is investigating a hush money payment made by Donald Trump to former Playboy model Karen McDougal, according to the Wall Street Journal. The office of the Manhattan district attorney has presented the grand jury with evidence involving Karen McDougal, who had earlier claimed to have had an extramarital affair with Donald Trump in 2006, the report …

Former National Enquirer publisher appears before N.Y. grand jury in Trump hush money case: report
1 year, 8 months ago

Former National Enquirer publisher appears before N.Y. grand jury in Trump hush money case: report

Raw Story  

The former publisher of the National Enquirer on Monday testified before a Manhattan grand jury in connection with alleged hush payments made by former President Donald Trump to Stormy Daniels, the New York Times reports. David Pecker, who formerly served as CEO of American Media, The Enquirer’s parent company, was seen at around 3:30 p.m. Monday leaving the building where …

'A serious crime': Former DA slams pundits who argue Trump's hush money scheme isn't a big deal
1 year, 9 months ago

'A serious crime': Former DA slams pundits who argue Trump's hush money scheme isn't a big deal

Raw Story  

Conservative gadfly Bill Kristol dismissed the seriousness of the charges against Donald Trump for the hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Kristol compared Trump to former presidential candidate John Edwards, who engaged a third party to make the hush money payments. RELATED: 'The entire ball game': Former FBI counsel wonders if there's a national security issue driving …

Former U.S. President Donald Trump says he expects to be arrested, calls for protest
1 year, 9 months ago

Former U.S. President Donald Trump says he expects to be arrested, calls for protest

The Hindu  

Former U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post that he will be arrested March 21, 2023 as a New York prosecutor is eyeing charges in a case examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former President. Mr. Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network early on March 18 that …

Revealed: Trump lawyers' last-ditch effort to stop him from being prosecuted for Stormy payments
1 year, 9 months ago

Revealed: Trump lawyers' last-ditch effort to stop him from being prosecuted for Stormy payments

Raw Story  

The Guardian's Hugo Lowell is reporting that attorneys representing former President Donald Trump made a last-ditch effort to stop their client from being prosecuted by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office over hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. According to Lowell, the attorneys argued to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg that Trump would have made the hush-money payments to Daniels …

Stormy Daniels meets with prosecutors in Trump hush money investigation
1 year, 9 months ago

Stormy Daniels meets with prosecutors in Trump hush money investigation

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Adult film star Stormy Daniels confirmed on Wednesday that she …

Melania Trump's ex-friend says former first lady knew about Trump's affair with Stormy Daniels
1 year, 9 months ago

Melania Trump's ex-friend says former first lady knew about Trump's affair with Stormy Daniels

Raw Story  

A former friend of Melania Trump said this Tuesday that the former first lady was aware of Donald Trump's alleged 2006 sexual encounter with porn star Stormy Daniels before his then-personal lawyer Michael Cohen sent her a $130,000 hush money payment just before the 2016 election. According to the Marin Independent Journal, the claim could complicate things for Trump's lawyers …

Cohen to testify before grand jury in Trump hush money probe
1 year, 9 months ago

Cohen to testify before grand jury in Trump hush money probe

Firstpost  

A Trump loyalist turned adversary, Cohen is likely to provide critical details about whatever involvement the Republican presidential candidate may have had in the payments, made in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign, to two women who alleged affairs or sexual encounters with him. New York: Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is expected to testify Monday …

Reports: New grand jury in NY examining Trump hush money
1 year, 10 months ago

Reports: New grand jury in NY examining Trump hush money

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors investigating Donald Trump have convened a new grand jury to hear evidence in a years-old probe into payments made to keep the porn star Stormy Daniels quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with the former president, according to multiple news reports. The news outlets, citing unnamed sources, reported that witnesses started testifying before the grand …

Legal expert explains the specific crime under investigation in Manhattan Trump probe
1 year, 10 months ago

Legal expert explains the specific crime under investigation in Manhattan Trump probe

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump is facing renewed legal jeopardy in New York, as The New York Timesreports that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg convenes a grand jury related to the hush payments the former president arranged his one-time attorney and fixer Michael Cohen to transmit to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Speaking to MSNBC's Chris Jansing on Monday, former federal …

Michael Cohen claims Trump took Stormy Daniels hush-money payment as a tax deduction
2 years, 2 months ago

Michael Cohen claims Trump took Stormy Daniels hush-money payment as a tax deduction

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON, DC — Michael Cohen's new book Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics dropped this week and details some of the shocking ways that the former president used the government to try and silence people like Cohen. IN OTHER NEWS: Michael Cohen hands the DOJ some advice as they try to track down …

Stormy Daniels' $130k hush money probe DROPPED: Donald Trump praises FEC decision
3 years, 7 months ago

Stormy Daniels' $130k hush money probe DROPPED: Donald Trump praises FEC decision

Daily Mail  

Former President Donald Trump praised the Federal Election Commission on Friday for dropping its inquiry into whether he violated campaign finance laws over hush money payments worth $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels, and blasted the case as 'phony'. In a statement issued on Friday morning, Trump called the case 'phony' and blasted both Cohen and Michael Avenatti, a former …

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