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'Body blow': Expert disturbed by 'really shocking evidence' against Trump in Jan. 6 case
2 months, 3 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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Ex-FBI counsel rips immunity ruling as 'terrible decision made up of whole cloth'
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Ex-FBI counsel rips immunity ruling as 'terrible decision made up of whole cloth'

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Concluding a complex discussion of the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling that handed Donald Trump limited immunity from being prosecuted, former FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann called out the court's conservative justices for making up the law as they go along. "I think there's a big picture and a small picture," he explained. "So there is this ability to have White …

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'Getting brutal': Trump's lawyer accused of firing 'totally misleading' questions at Cohen
7 months, 1 week ago

'Getting brutal': Trump's lawyer accused of firing 'totally misleading' questions at Cohen

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Legal analyst Andrew Weissmann was bothered by one line of questioning of Michael Cohen he said Donald Trump's lawyer was twisting out of context as cross-examination started in the hush money trial Tuesday. MSNBC co-host Chris Jansing hushed the debating panel as they heard reports coming from the courtroom, saying, "It's getting a little brutal." Inside the court, Jansing said …

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Legal expert trashes Trump lawyer's first question for Michael Cohen
7 months, 1 week ago

Legal expert trashes Trump lawyer's first question for Michael Cohen

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Donald Trump's Manhattan hush money trial began the afternoon session on Tuesday with cross-examination of Michael Cohen — and, right out of the gate, the defense lawyer wanted to ask about insults. Todd Blanche, who has taken a back seat to Trump's other lawyer, Susan Necheles in recent days, began his questions by asking, "Mr. Cohen, my name is Todd …

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Damning evidence in Trump trial could be gleaned from previous Stormy Daniels lawsuit: report
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Damning evidence in Trump trial could be gleaned from previous Stormy Daniels lawsuit: report

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Former top prosecutor and law school professor Andrew Weissmann pointed to another case in which Donald Trump gave a deposition confessing to reimbursing hush money payments paid to cover up an affair — and argued it could be damning evidence in his latest trial. Trump sat in a New York courtroom for the 13th day of trial Tuesday, accused of …

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Trump lawyers scramble as trial witnesses blow up Michael Cohen strategy: expert
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump lawyers scramble as trial witnesses blow up Michael Cohen strategy: expert

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Former top Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann claimed Tuesday that the witnesses being called in the Donald Trump hush money trial are confirming every detail of Michael Cohen's story — with bombshell accuracy. Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace, Weissmann said testimony from David Pecker, the ex-publisher of the National Enquirer, was "so powerful I think we have to recalibrate the …

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Trump criminal trial: How the former president’s tendency to act like a mob boss is being revealed.
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump criminal trial: How the former president’s tendency to act like a mob boss is being revealed.

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Read our ongoing coverage of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial here. In previous testimony in Trump’s civil fraud trial, Cohen described Trump as directing his minions much like a “mob boss.” Daniels has asserted that she and her daughter were threatened to keep quiet about her affair with Trump as far back in 2011, by someone she said she assumed …

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Judge must punish Trump 'like a child' to prevent 'mistrial by antics': expert
8 months ago

Judge must punish Trump 'like a child' to prevent 'mistrial by antics': expert

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Donald Trump repeatedly violated the gag order in his criminal trial just hours ahead of a contempt of court hearing, and a legal expert called on the judge to put him in "time out." It’s a very unfair situation, that I can tell you.” Former federal prosecutor and MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann told The Daily Beast that Trump was …

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Ex-Prosecutor Spots A Big 'Oops' In Trump's Likely Legal Defense
8 months ago

Ex-Prosecutor Spots A Big 'Oops' In Trump's Likely Legal Defense

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on Sunday suggested Donald Trump will contradict himself with a defense in his hush money trial. “Oops,” Weissmann wrote on X of what he predicted would be a faux pas from the presumptive GOP nominee’s legal team. He said: “Trump’s latest defense, which we will see at trial I’m sure, that 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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Trump has run out of trial delays because 'Judge Merchan has had it': former prosecutor
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump has run out of trial delays because 'Judge Merchan has had it': former prosecutor

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Appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" On Thursday, former Department of Justice prosecutor Andrew Weissmann put Donald Trump on notice that jury selection in his Manhattan hush money trial will likely remain as scheduled despite all of the former president's attempts to delay the proceedings. Speaking with the co-host, Weissmann was asked if jury selection would commence on April 15th as …

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'Beyond question': Expert says latest filing shows Cannon must be taken off Trump case
9 months ago

'Beyond question': Expert says latest filing shows Cannon must be taken off Trump case

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Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday asked both parties in Donald Trump's classified documents case to weigh in on jury instructions — a move that was roundly criticized as "legally insane" and "utterly nuts." Cannon asked lawyers to file jury instructions on two topics — having jurors review a record kept by Trump and decide if "it is personal or presidential …

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Cannon put a 'blocker' to limit Trump's other criminal cases from going to trial: expert
10 months ago

Cannon put a 'blocker' to limit Trump's other criminal cases from going to trial: expert

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Nobody believes Trump's classified documents case is going to see a trial on May 20 where it's currently penciled in. Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on MSNBC's "Alex Wagner Tonight" said he believes that date set by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon might as well be written in crayon because he doesn't think it's happening and suspects any other prosecutors …

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Melania will be Trump's key defense in Stormy Daniels case: legal expert
10 months, 1 week ago

Melania will be Trump's key defense in Stormy Daniels case: legal expert

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Donald Trump is expected to argue in his hush money payment trial that he ordered adult movie star Stormy Daniels be given money to keep quiet about their affair in an effort not to upset his wife, a legal expert told Newsweek. New York prosecutors say Trump sent hush money payments to two women, Daniels and former Playboy model Karen …

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Expert predicts Donald Trump's D.C. criminal trial could start as early as May
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Expert predicts Donald Trump's D.C. criminal trial could start as early as May

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Former FBI general counsel and assistant U.S. attorney Andrew Weissmann thinks Donald Trump's case over the 2020 election and Jan. 6 could unfold in late May or early June if the Supreme Court refuses to hear the case. Circuit Court of Appeals, Weissmann explained that there was never any question about whether the court would block Trump's claims of absolute …

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'Cash crunch': Trump may be forced to endure something worse than selling his assets
11 months, 1 week ago

'Cash crunch': Trump may be forced to endure something worse than selling his assets

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There's something worse than being forced to sell off assets to pay a fine. Longtime investigative reporter Susanne Craig noticed a key moment in the final arguments in the New York fraud trial against Donald Trump. What the prosecutors said is that Trump was in a "cash crunch," and that is why he needed to inflate his wealth, which would …

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Trump may quickly regret his decision to deliver closing statement at fraud trial: expert
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump may quickly regret his decision to deliver closing statement at fraud trial: expert

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If Trump decides to speak up on Thursday for the closing arguments of his $350 million civil fraud case in New York City, he could be grilled by Attorney General Letitia James' prosecutors. Appearing on MSNBC's "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell Tuesday night, former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann explained the potentially catastrophic wrinkle in the 45th president's plan to …

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Ex-Prosecutor Spots ‘Softball’ Trial Question That Donald Trump Completely Flubbed
1 year, 1 month ago

Ex-Prosecutor Spots ‘Softball’ Trial Question That Donald Trump Completely Flubbed

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann said on Tuesday that Donald Trump did himself absolutely no favors with his botched answer to what should have been a “softball” question in his civil fraud trial. When Trump was asked if he could say if all his financial statements were true and accurate, Weissmann said the former president basically replied: …

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Trump Org’s Monday criminal trial expected to be ‘quite the chess game’: analysis
2 years, 2 months ago

Trump Org’s Monday criminal trial expected to be ‘quite the chess game’: analysis

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution of the Trump Organization for fraud is set to go to trial on Monday. The Trump Organization is unlikely to plead guilty as Weisselberg did, a source "familiar with the inner workings of the Trump Organization" told Time magazine. RELATED: ‘Search all his hideouts’: George Conway drops a dime on Trump to the FBI …

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Mueller prosecutor explains why Trump probably shouldn't have suggested the FBI search was about Russiagate
2 years, 4 months ago

Mueller prosecutor explains why Trump probably shouldn't have suggested the FBI search was about Russiagate

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Former Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann responded Thursday after former President Donald Trump highlighted a "memorandum on declassification." On Truth Social, Trump posted a link to his archived White House news site saying in a memo that he declassified a lot of material related to the Russia investigation, which was code named Crossfire Hurricane. "Two, it's highly unlikely that all of …

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