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'Body blow': Expert disturbed by 'really shocking evidence' against Trump in Jan. 6 case
2 months, 2 weeks ago

'Body blow': Expert disturbed by 'really shocking evidence' against Trump in Jan. 6 case

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The narrative laid out in special counsel Jack Smith's latest filing in the Jan. 6 case should disqualify Donald Trump from holding elected office ever again, according to a former federal prosecutor. U.S. District judge Tanya Chutkan unsealed the 165-page filing in which Smith's office describes the former president's pressure campaign on then-vice president Mike Pence and other Republicans around …

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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

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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 …

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Ex-prosecutor highlights Trump's odd reaction to witness hanging him out to dry
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Ex-prosecutor highlights Trump's odd reaction to witness hanging him out to dry

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Donald Trump has spent the past several years lashing out at his former lawyer. The first two days of the trial, former AMI chief David Pecker revealed details about the so-called "catch and kill" operations that he and Trump cooked up as early as the fall of 2015 to help aid him in the run for president. There's also the …

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Here's the moment when Judge Juan Merchan 'lost confidence' in Trump lawyer: ex-prosecutor
8 months ago

Here's the moment when Judge Juan Merchan 'lost confidence' in Trump lawyer: ex-prosecutor

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Three days into Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial and one of his attorneys has lost the judge's trust, according to Andrew Weissmann, former senior prosecutor on Robert Mueller's special counsel team. During an appearance on MSNBC, Weissmann said it was astonishing that prosecutors convinced Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan to box out former President Donald Trump's attorney Todd …

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Prosecutors have 'key piece of evidence' to refute Trump's Melania-based defense: expert
8 months ago

Prosecutors have 'key piece of evidence' to refute Trump's Melania-based defense: expert

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One of Donald Trump's big defenses in the hush money criminal case is the claim that he wanted to pay women off to keep it from his wife, Melania. One legal expert said that the claim won't stand up in court because Trump was trying to wriggle out of the hush money. Speaking on an MSNBC panel, former top Justice …

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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

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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 …

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