But will they tolerate Trump deducting the payoff, shortchanging contractors, and a lifetime of ripping off others because he’s not actually that rich?
Michael Cohen
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Day Eleven of the Trump Hush Money Trial: Hope Hicks Takes the Stand
Her tears watermarked a devastating account of Trump’s lies.
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Day Ten of the Trump Hush Money Trial: Louche Tabloid World Hurts Prosecution
Keith Davidson Gets Blisters on Cross-Examination
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Day Six of the Trump Trial: A Bench Slap and Pecker on the Stand
The court hears the first details of the Trump Tower Conspiracy
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Trump and His Lawyers Sweat Smart, No-Nonsense Judge Merchan in Hush Money Trial
Jury selection begins in two weeks as Merchan scuttles Trump’s final bid for delay in the Stormy Daniels payoff trial. A report from inside the courtroom where the ex-president is visibly feeling the heat.
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Stormy Weather Ahead for Trump
Rulings by the New York State judge in the Stormy Daniels hush money trial increase the odds of a Trump conviction.
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Trump Indictment: “The Blows Are Coming from Everywhere, and He Is up Against Many Better Boxers”
Jennifer Taub, one of the nation’s top experts on white-collar financial crimes, offers her take on the former president’s imminent arrest, his chances in court, and why she’s celebrating.
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The Curse of The Trump Moneymen
Donald Trump chose a rogue’s gallery to raise money for the Republican National Committee including Michael Cohen, Louis DeJoy, and Elliott Broidy. Hush money. Overseas clients. Delaying the mail. What could go wrong?
Posted inPolitical Animal
A Bipartisan Rebuke of Barr’s Attack on the Trump-Russia Investigation
The Senate Intelligence Committee found a pattern of contacts between the 2016 campaign and Russia.
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When Trump Told Us to Follow the Money
The president once said there was a way to expose Clinton’s corruption. It turns out to be true of his own administration.
