Trump News for Thursday, April 25, 2024
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U.S. Supreme Court justices in Trump trial signal some support for criminal immunity
The Globe and Mail
The court’s six-to-three conservative majority seemed disinclined to fully grant Donald Trump’s request, but several justices showed interest in a narrower form of immunity
Apr 25, 2024, 11:59 PM
In Trump immunity case, divided Supreme Court seems open to some protection
CBS News
The Supreme Court convened to consider whether former President Donald Trump is entitled to broad immunity from criminal charges in the 2020 election case.
Apr 25, 2024, 11:50 PM
David Pecker describes 'catch and kill' stories at Trump trial
New York Post
David Pecker described his ‘catch and kill’ operations for Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiger Woods and Mark Wahlberg at Donald Trump’s hush money trial Thursday.
Apr 25, 2024, 11:48 PM
Trump’s New York trial is a political spectacle unseen in America since Watergate
The Globe and Mail
With his many legal entanglements, Donald Trump has transformed legal peril into political gold, and a presidential election may hang in the balance
Apr 25, 2024, 11:41 PM
NYC construction worker's scathing message for Biden goes viral after Trump visit
New York Post
An NYC construction worker delivered a piercing message to President Biden Thursday morning after his predecessor — and 2024 rival Donald Trump — made a surprise visit to a Manhattan work site.
Apr 25, 2024, 11:36 PM
Nine key exchanges from the Supreme Court hearing about Trump's immunity claim
New York Post
The Supreme Court's decision in Donald Trump's immunity case could alter the fundamental understanding of a president's constitutional power for generations to come and the weight of that was front and center.
Apr 25, 2024, 11:30 PM
'Are you missing my point?' Trump lawyer 'tests the judge's patience' at end of hearing
Raw Story
Donald Trump's attorneys keep getting on the bad side of the New York judge presiding over former president's criminal hush money trial. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan nearly browbeat Trump's attorney Emil Bove over what prosecutors alleged was a "totally improper line of questioning" ...
Apr 25, 2024, 11:28 PM
Top US judges sympathetic to Trump in historic immunity case
The Australian Financial Review
Conservative Supreme Court judges signalled support for the former president on his claims of protection from prosecution in a case likely to impact the US election.
Apr 25, 2024, 11:27 PM
Ex-official told investigators Trump had 'no standing declassification order'
KABC-TV
A former administration official told investigators that President Trump had "no standing declassification order" regarding documents in his posses...
Apr 25, 2024, 11:15 PM
5 Takeaways From David Pecker’s Testimony in Trump’s Criminal Trial
The New York Times
David Pecker told jurors of a universe in which favors for celebrities were demanded and dispensed. His cross-examination will continue Friday.
Apr 25, 2024, 11:05 PM
Takeaways from the Trump hush money trial: Ex-publisher details tabloid tactics
Cable News Network
Former American Media Inc. chairman David Pecker took jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money case inside how he paid for Karen McDougal’s story to keep her quiet about her alleged affair with Trump – and how his decision not to pay for Stormy Daniels’ story led to Michael Cohen ultimately paying for it.
Apr 25, 2024, 11:00 PM
Donald Trump’s lawyers seek to discredit evidence of prosecution’s first witness
BreakingNews.ie
David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, returned to the witness box for a fourth day.
Apr 25, 2024, 11:00 PM
Trump hush money trial to resume with cross-examination of ex-tabloid publisher
BreakingNews.ie
The cross-examination will cap a week in criminal cases the former president is facing as he vies to reclaim the White House in November
Apr 25, 2024, 11:00 PM
Trump downplays deadly Charlottesville rally by comparing it to campus protests over Gaza war
WDIV ClickOnDetroit
Donald Trump on Thursday claimed a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia was “nothing” compared to the college campus protests that have sparked around the country over the Israel-Hamas war.
Apr 25, 2024, 10:50 PM
Trump held his tongue on Ukraine aid. McConnell says it may have made the difference.
KABC-TV
The Senate Republican leader told ABC News he'll keep fighting GOP isolationism.
Apr 25, 2024, 10:45 PM
The court just showed how and why it will let Donald Trump get away with it.
Slate
There will be no more self-soothing after this.
Apr 25, 2024, 10:40 PM
Trump Defense Secretary describes when he rejected then-president's unlawful order
Raw Story
Donald Trump's former defense secretary, Mark Esper, rejects the idea of absolute immunity for a president, which was the argument before the Supreme Court on Thursday. But it certainly wasn't the first time he broke with Trump. Speaking to CNN's Jake Tapper, Esper said he hates it when examples are...
Apr 25, 2024, 10:40 PM
The past 24 hours of Trump legal news, explained
Vox.com
Trump allies newly indicted in Arizona, testimony continuing in New York, and the Supreme Court hearing arguments in DC.
Apr 25, 2024, 10:25 PM
Conversations and insights about the moment.
The New York Times
He grew wary of his role suppressing bad stories about Trump.
Apr 25, 2024, 10:22 PM
Peter Schey, Tenacious Lawyer Who Defended Migrant Rights, Dies at 77
The New York Times
He won the right to services like school and health care for people illegally crossing the border into the U.S. He also fought the Trump administration’s family separation policy.
Apr 25, 2024, 10:15 PM
"Trump is likely to get what he wants": Experts say Supreme Court poised to delay Jan. 6 trial
Salon
Court seems unlikely to accept Trump's "extreme" immunity claim — but appears poised to drag case out longer.
Apr 25, 2024, 10:11 PM
Tabloid publisher says he wrangled with Donald Trump over who should buy sex stories
ABC News
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testifies at Donald Trump's criminal trial that he wrangled with Mr Trump and his former lawyer ahead of the 2016 election over who should buy the silence of women who said they had sexual encounters with him.
Apr 25, 2024, 10:10 PM
'A woman was murdered there': CNN fact-checker grills Trump's 'peanut' protest comparison
Raw Story
Another day in the books for Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, and it ended with the former president speaking to reporters in the corridor talking about how "breathtaking" Thursday was and then tangentially editorializing on some current events — from the price of gas and pro-Palestinian ...
Apr 25, 2024, 10:03 PM
Tulsi Gabbard stresses voters not to be manipulated ahead of 2024 election
Washington Examiner
Gabbard is among the rumored candidates that former President Donald Trump is considering as his 2024 vice president.
Apr 25, 2024, 10:00 PM
A race against time for Donald Trump as America seeks the whole truth - and nothing but the truth
Sky News
Trump's lawyers argued he should be shielded by immunity from prosecution for what he did while acting as president.
Apr 25, 2024, 9:58 PM