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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 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 10, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Stormy Daniels Just Hilariously Called Out Trump’s Biggest Insecurity
The adult film actress quipped that “real men” testify.
May 9, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Alina Habba Invents a New Constitutional Right at Hush-Money Trial
The Trump lawyer seems to think witness intimidation is in the Constitution.
May 9, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Demands Mistrial After Stormy Daniels Said He’s Bad at Sex
Trump’s lawyers moved to declare a mistrial over some of the details in Daniels’s testimony.
May 7, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Stormy Daniels Used This Classic Excuse to Get Out of Sex With Trump
The anecdote came out during Daniels’s hush-money trial testimony.
May 7, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
How Stormy Daniels Just Trapped Trump in Hush-Money Case
Trump could land himself in real trouble if he denies Daniels’s testimony.
May 3, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Hope Hicks Drops Major Bomb on Trump’s Main Hush-Money Defense
The key witness wrecked Trump’s main defense just minutes into her testimony.
April 30, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Judge Warns Trump May Soon Face Jail Time in Hush-Money Trial
The former president also has been fined $9,000 for violating his gag order.
April 22, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Witness: We Were Begging Trump’s Entire Family in Classified Docs Case
Newly unsealed documents show how Trump’s whole family got dragged into his alleged mishandling of classified documents.
April 22, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
This Damning Trump Tape Will Be Used Against Him in Hush-Money Trial
Prosecutors will play a recording of a phone call between Donald Trump and Michael Cohen.
April 19, 2024
Ben Metzner
If Trump’s Sitting in His Hush-Money Trial, Who the Heck Is Posting?
The former president did not have access to his phone in court.
April 19, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Finally Sees Consequences for his Big Mouth in Hush-Money Trial
Judge Juan Merchan penalized the former president and his legal team.
April 8, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Hush-Money Case Got Two New Witnesses—and It’s Not Looking Good
Trump’s former assistant and former director of Oval Office operations are expected to testify.
February 27, 2024
Tori Otten
Key Witness Against Fani Willis Completely Crumbles on the Stand
Terrence Bradley, a key witness for Donald Trump’s team, sounded more like an office gossip when he took the stand in the Georgia trial.
December 1, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
What We Still Don’t Know About Ferguson—and Probably Never Will
November 27, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
CHART: What the Ferguson Witnesses Said They Saw
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