Trump News for Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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'Great job': Legal expert says hush money prosecutor just made a smart tactical move
Raw Story
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg made a smart tactical move by choosing David Pecker as his first witness in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, according to former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance.Vance appeared on MSNBC Tuesday to explain to Katie Phang why she felt the...
Apr 23, 2024, 11:36 PM
Trump meets Japan’s former prime minister Aso
The Straits Times
Mr Aso met the former US president for about an hour. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Apr 23, 2024, 11:27 PM
FBI Code Name for Trump Documents Probe Was a Doozy
Newser
It's no secret that law enforcement agencies often assign code names to various cases to keep them as hush-hush as possible, but one used for the investigation into Donald...
Apr 23, 2024, 11:11 PM
Trump's second-term agenda: revenge, trade wars, mass deportations
BreakingNews.ie
Trump's second-term agenda: revenge, trade wars, mass deportations
Apr 23, 2024, 11:00 PM
'Such a joke': Trump trial reporter shares what made her 'laugh out loud' in court
Raw Story
Legal analyst Lisa Rubin Tuesday said testimony presented in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial made her "laugh out loud."Rubin shared this moment of levity with MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace during a panel discussion of former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker's testimony...
Apr 23, 2024, 10:51 PM
Tabloid publisher says he sought to shield Trump from sex scandals
The Australian Financial Review
The effort to suppress unflattering information was designed to illegally influence the election, prosecutors have alleged.
Apr 23, 2024, 10:47 PM
Abortion-rights group knocks possible Trump VP picks’ ‘extremism’
The Hill
EMILY’s List — which works to elect female candidates who support abortion rights — is targeting 14 “extremist” Republicans rumored to be on the shortlist of potential candidates to serve as former President Trump’s 2024 running mate, according to a press release from the group Tuesday. In the statement, EMILY’s List said it was officially putting…
Apr 23, 2024, 10:46 PM
FBI director rejects Trump's vow to investigate political rivals
NBC News
In an interview with NBC News, Christopher Wray said that, as long as he is FBI director, he is “going to make sure … we do the right thing in the right way."
Apr 23, 2024, 10:30 PM
Key moments from Donald Trump's 'hush money' trial as a 'tabloid king' testifies about burying stories
ABC News
A former newspaper publisher outlines how he bought and buried negative stories about Donald Trump, and the former president's lawyer is chastised by a judge, as the "hush money" criminal trial continues in New York.
Apr 23, 2024, 10:01 PM
What you missed on Day 6 of Trump’s trial: A witness details salacious stories and the judge bristles at gag order arguments
NBC News
Testimony in Donald Trump’s historic hush money case resumed Tuesday, with prosecutors urging the court to hold the former president in contempt for attacking witnesses and others, and former tabloid impresario David Pecker returning to the stand with details that linked Trump’s circle to a slew of salacious stories.
Apr 23, 2024, 9:19 PM
How Trump's immunity case got to the Supreme Court: A full timeline
CBS News
Trump's bid for sweeping immunity lands before the Supreme Court, which will hear a case Thursday over whether he can face federal charges related to an alleged effort to overturn the 2020 election.
Apr 23, 2024, 9:08 PM
Top anti-Trump legal pundits quietly meet for private weekly call
New York Post
The weekly meetings are scheduled for Fridays and are hosted by Norman Eisen, a CNN legal analyst and former Obama official, Politico Magazine reported Tuesday.
Apr 23, 2024, 8:56 PM
Trump Endures a Rugged Day in Court as Witness Details ‘Catch and Kill’
The New York Times
The judge questioned the credibility of Donald J. Trump’s defense lawyer, and a key witness told of a plan to buy and bury stories that might have harmed the candidate.
Apr 23, 2024, 8:31 PM
Trump sounds alarm on strong dollar boomeranging over Asia
The Hill
The power of the dollar over weaker Asian currencies is attracting attention as the prospect of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve recedes over the horizon. Former President Trump is the latest voice to weigh in on the economic consequences of the strong dollar, which can slash demand for U.S. exports and make goods…
Apr 23, 2024, 8:27 PM
Donald Trump is about to become $1.2 billion richer. Here's why.
CBS News
Former President Donald Trump could receive a large windfall from his newly public media company, Trump Media & Technology Group.
Apr 23, 2024, 8:20 PM
Takeaways from Day 6 of the Donald Trump criminal hush money trial
Cable News Network
Judge Juan Merchan appeared poised on Tuesday to sanction Donald Trump for violating the gag order in his criminal hush money case after peppering the former president’s lawyers with questions about why Trump’s social media posts were acceptable.
Apr 23, 2024, 8:12 PM
Donald Trump nabs additional $1.1 billion 'earnout' bonus from DJT stock
Yahoo Finance
Trump is entitled to an additional 36 million shares if the company's share price trades above $17.50 "for twenty out of any thirty trading days" over the next three years.
Apr 23, 2024, 8:12 PM
Trump to blame for abortion 'nightmare,' Biden says in Florida
Devdiscourse
It's about women's rights." Abortion is a top issue in the 2024 election, and Democrats believe harsh restrictions like in Florida and Arizona, which earlier this month upheld a 160-year-old abortion ban, will push voters to back Biden.
Apr 23, 2024, 8:11 PM
EXPLAINER-What you need to know about the 2024 US presidential election
Devdiscourse
Many Democrats, in particular, are unhappy with the Biden administration's steadfast support of Israel in its conflict with Hamas in Gaza. Trump faces indictments in four cases in federal and state courts for his efforts to undermine the 2020 election, his mishandling of classified documents and his involvement in a “hush money” scheme involving a porn star.
Apr 23, 2024, 7:59 PM
Biden condemns Florida’s 6-week abortion ban, blames Trump
The Hill
President Biden on Tuesday condemned a six-week abortion ban in Florida that will take effect in a little over a week, placing the blame squarely on former President Trump. In a brief campaign speech in Tampa, Biden blasted the presumptive GOP nominee for appointing the justices who ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional…
Apr 23, 2024, 7:55 PM
Trump trial updates: Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker details efforts to help Trump's 2016 campaign
Yahoo News
In what amounted to incredibly damning testimony, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker laid out the 2015 deal he reached with Donald Trump “to help the campaign.”
Apr 23, 2024, 7:50 PM
Biden: I almost wanted to buy Trump Bible ‘just to see what the hell’s in it’
The Hill
President Biden mocked former President Trump on Tuesday for hawking Bibles last month and eviscerated the presumptive GOP nominee over his abortion record. Biden, visiting Trump’s home state of Florida, delivered remarks in which he squarely blamed Trump for the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the subsequent state-level abortion restrictions put…
Apr 23, 2024, 7:46 PM
Newspaper chief was Donald Trump's 'eyes and ears' and 'killed unfavourable stories about him', court hears
Sky News
Donald Trump is the first former US president to face a criminal trial, accused of falsifying business records to pay hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up their alleged affair in the run-up to the 2016 election.
Apr 23, 2024, 7:41 PM