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Michael Cohen
May 31, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Convicted Felon Trump’s Idiot Lawyer Doubles Down on Absurd Defense
Todd Blanche claimed he wouldn’t change anything about their legal defense strategy.
May 30, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Convicted Felon Trump Forced to Beg Most Embarrassing Ally for Help
The former president will have to ask Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for the right to vote.
May 30, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
It’s Official: Donald Trump Is a Convicted Felon
And so concludes the former president’s first criminal trial.
May 29, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Panicking Trump Hilariously Melts Down as Hush-Money Jury Convenes
The former president’s latest rant hints at bigger fears.
May 28, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
In Major Defection, Former Trump Ally Predicts Guilty Verdict
Trump’s former attorney Ty Cobb had some choice words.
May 28, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Blasts “Human Scum” Before Hush-Money Closing Arguments
The former president took aim at all of his trial judges.
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
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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 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
Is Donald Trump Afraid to Testify?
He won’t say.
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
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
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
Podcast
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
Michael Cohen’s Testimony Exposes the Ugly Lunacy of the Trump “Cult”
A former federal prosecutor explains how Donald Trump’s lawyers are committing serious mistakes—and why Trump’s demand for cultlike devotion may be what’s driving them.
May 14, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Idiot Lawyers Blew a Major Chance to Question Michael Cohen
It’s unclear if they achieved anything while cross-examining the star hush-money trial witness.
May 14, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Lawyer Tries to Trip Up Michael Cohen but Ends Up Owning Himself
Todd Blanche read out some choice insults from Cohen’s TikTok.
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