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Trump hush money trial
May 21, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s MAGA Allies Offer Their Most Deranged Defense Yet
Outside the Manhattan courthouse where the former president’s hush-money trial is coming to an end, loyalists claim that he’s just a regular guy.
May 21, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Key Trump Witness Confirms Damning Hush-Money Emails
One of the former president’s only witnesses just destroyed his entire defense. Whoops!
May 21, 2024
Talia Jane
Pathetic Trump Chickens Out of Testifying in Hush-Money Trial
Donald Trump won’t testify in his first criminal trial. What’s he so scared of?
May 21, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
Why Trump Is “Very Close” to a Conviction, Per This Former Prosecutor
A former Manhattan assistant district attorney who has tried such cases explains why Donald Trump is close to getting convicted in the hush-money trial—and how it could still go wrong.
May 20, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump’s Newest Stooge Is an Ex-Leader of This Crime Syndicate
Donald Trump’s entourage at his hush-money trial keeps getting more unbelievable by the day.
May 20, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Makes Big Slip-Up in Rambling Rant Outside of Hush-Money Trial
Was Donald Trump as ignorant about the payments to Stormy Daniels as he claims?
May 20, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
The Bizarre Way Trump’s Allies Are Showing Loyalty to Him
The bold combo isn’t so much a statement as a courthouse faux pas.
May 20, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Is Donald Trump Afraid to Testify?
He won’t say.
May 20, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
MAGA Rage at Trump’s Trial Has Grown “Dangerous,” Like a “Cult”
A prominent “Never Trump” conservative talks about why the GOP’s embrace of Trump’s authoritarianism and contempt for the rule of law has him so alarmed and dismayed.
May 17, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Another Trump Stooge Admits Exactly Why He Was at Hush-Money Trial
Representative Bob Good revealed the truth about why Republicans are descending on the Trump trial en masse.
May 17, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republican Rep. Moves to Undermine Judicial System on Trump’s Behalf
Representative Andy Ogles has filed a bill to lift the gag order in Trump’s hush-money trial.
May 17, 2024
Greg Sargent
MAGA Rage at Trump’s Trial Just Got Darker and More Dangerous
Republicans aren’t just showing “loyalty to Trump.” They’re saying that Trump is more important than the rule of law.
May 17, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Idiot Trump Wrecks Hush-Money Defense in Just Six Words
The former president accidentally admitted the NDA he had with Stormy Daniels was “illegal.”
May 16, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Michael Cohen Buries Trump in One Exchange on Hush-Money Trial
Cohen said he always sought Trump’s sign-off, even if it upset the 2016 campaign team.
May 16, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Michael Cohen Schools Trump’s Dumb Lawyer
The key witness in the hush-money trial was forced to remind Donald Trump’s attorney how the law works.
May 16, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert Brutally Roasted Outside Trump Trial
The Republican representatives at Trump’s hush-money trial tried to hold a press conference. It did not go to plan.
May 16, 2024
Talia Jane
Lauren Boebert Admits Exactly Why Trump Stooges Descended on Trial
They’re not even trying to hide it anymore.
May 16, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Lauren Boebert and Company Move Crucial Meeting to Attend Trump Trial
The House Oversight Committee rescheduled a meeting on holding Merrick Garland in contempt.
May 16, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump’s Idiot Lawyer Admits His Client Did Something Suspicious
Donald Trump’s attorney Will Scharf was trapped in questioning on that shady Michael Cohen payment.
May 15, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Watch: Trump Just Made the Cringiest Campaign Ad Ever
The Republicans who showed up to support Trump at his hush-money trial joined in.
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