Trump News for Friday, April 26, 2024
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Trump prosecutor says 'surprise witness' is ex-president's human 'paper trail'
Raw Story
For a quarter of a century Rhona Graff ran point at Trump Tower and was his trusted gatekeeper. So when she took the stand under subpoena on Friday in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial — it was significant. Tristan Snell, who was a former assistant attorney general for ...
Apr 26, 2024, 11:54 PM
U.S. chip bans not meant to hobble China's growth, Blinken says
Devdiscourse
We're not focused on cutting off trade, or for that matter containing or holding back China." Intel and Qualcomm's licenses to sell to Huawei were granted during President Donald Trump's administration and have remained in place under President Joe Biden.
Apr 26, 2024, 11:39 PM
Anticipation builds about upcoming witness whose relationship with Trump turned 'rocky'
Raw Story
Donald Trump's long-time friend David Pecker, the former chief of AMI/National Enquirer, detailed their relationship and efforts to work together to help Trump get elected in 2016. The defense team never went after him nor questioned whether he was lying. There's another witness who will likely be s...
Apr 26, 2024, 11:29 PM
Michael Cohen tried to organize Mark Cuban photoshoot to make Trump jealous, ex-National Enquirer honcho David Pecker claims
New York Post
Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen once tried to organize a photoshoot with Mark Cuban to make his boss jealous.
Apr 26, 2024, 11:09 PM
Former GOP rep who voted to impeach Trump drops Michigan Senate bid
The Hill
Former Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.) has dropped his bid for Senate, according to a statement posted to the social platform X Friday. “After prayerful consideration, today I withdrew my name from the primary ballot,” Meiijer said in the statement. “Without a strong pathway to victory, continuing this campaign only increases the likelihood of a divisive…
Apr 26, 2024, 11:03 PM
Quiz: Trump's road to a criminal trial
BreakingNews.ie
Test your knowledge on the historic case as Donald Trump becomes the first former US president to stand trial
Apr 26, 2024, 11:00 PM
Donald Trump trial tests his campaign strategy of embracing bad publicity
BreakingNews.ie
Trump faces criminal charges in New York of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels
Apr 26, 2024, 11:00 PM
Judge upholds disqualification in Trump election case
The Associated Press
A judge upheld the disqualification of a candidate who had had planned to run against the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s 2020 Georgia election interference case.
Apr 26, 2024, 10:43 PM
Karl Rove: Biden-Trump debate would be ‘most important’ one since 1980
The Hill
Republican strategist Karl Rove said Friday that a debate between former President Trump and President Biden would be the most significant one in recent decades. “This will be the most important presidential debate, if it happens, since at least the 1980 presidential debate,” Rove said on Fox News to anchor Martha MacCallum. Biden indicated in…
Apr 26, 2024, 10:40 PM
'Sir': Trump supporter goes silent when confronted by CNN about 'God' in the Constitution
Raw Story
CNN's Donie O'Sullivan clashed with Julian Lightfoot, a Donald Trump supporter who was stunned to learn that "God" does not appear anywhere in the Constitution.The interaction was part of an advance excerpt from "Misinformation: The Trump Faithful," scheduled to air on Sunday, and follows up on a nu...
Apr 26, 2024, 10:37 PM
Joe Biden 'happy to debate' Donald Trump - as former president responds
Sky News
The US president has so far not entertained the prospect of a debate with Mr Trump, saying it would depend "on his behaviour".
Apr 26, 2024, 10:03 PM
'Little evidence' to confirm Melania Trump's longtime claim about herself: investigation
Raw Story
Former First Lady Melania Trump has boasted being multilingual but for years there hasn't been indisputable proof. The speculation was stirred back up by former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Monica Crowley, who while appearing on Fox News "The Ingraham Angle" this week showered praise on M...
Apr 26, 2024, 9:57 PM
Donald Trump's Birthday Message for Melania Backfires
Newsweek
Trump is on trial in New York on charges of attempting to falsify business records to cover-up his alleged extramarital affairs.
Apr 26, 2024, 9:39 PM
John Dean: Trump’s offer to testify in hush money trial just ‘bravado for his base’
The Hill
John Dean, former White House counsel for the Nixon administration, said Friday that former President Trump’s offer to testify in his New York hush money trial is just “bravado for his base.” Dean told CNN anchor Boris Sanchez he suspected Trump’s legal team was trying to dissuade the former president from testifying, when Sanchez asked.…
Apr 26, 2024, 9:37 PM
Takeaways from Day 8 of the Donald Trump hush money trial
Cable News Network
Jurors will now have a three-day weekend to think about what they heard during the first full week of testimony in the historic Donald Trump hush money trial.
Apr 26, 2024, 9:37 PM
GOP's 2024 'ground game' in limbo after Trump's MAGA coup: report
Raw Story
The Republican National Committee was all set to open 40 field offices in key states for the 2024 presidential election — then former President Donald Trump ousted longtime party chair Ronna McDaniel and replaced her leadership team with a group of loyalists, including his own daughter-in-law Lara T...
Apr 26, 2024, 9:35 PM
Trump trial updates: Focus shifts to $130,000 payment made to Stormy Daniels
Yahoo News
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker concluded his testimony about a deal to kill negative stories about former President Trump during the 2016 campaign, and two more witnesses were called.
Apr 26, 2024, 9:22 PM
Trump Hush-Money Trial: Takeaways From the 2nd Week in Court
The New York Times
A tabloid publisher’s testimony dominated a week that began with opening statements setting the stage for the first prosecution of a president.
Apr 26, 2024, 9:18 PM
Trump on Trial: What we learned from David Pecker’s testimony
The Guardian
We’ve now finished our first week of testimony in former president Donald Trump’s criminal trial – and have one witness in the books.
Apr 26, 2024, 8:58 PM
Let's do it in NYC tonight after hush money trial wraps
New York Daily News
After months of deflection, Biden told the Sirius XM radio host he was ready to debate Trump “somewhere. I don’t know when” in a sit-down interview.
Apr 26, 2024, 8:25 PM
Attorney Challenges Enquirer Publisher On "Catch And Kill"
Deadline
David Pecker was on the witness stand for the fourth day in the Trump hush money trial.
Apr 26, 2024, 8:07 PM
Social Media Reacts To Donald Trump's Courthouse Birthday Greeting To His Wife
Yahoo Singapore News
"It would be nice to be with her, but I’m at a courthouse for a rigged trial," the former president said of Melania Trump.
Apr 26, 2024, 8:02 PM
Biden campaign invokes Taylor Swift to knock Trump: ‘The smallest man who ever lived’
The Hill
President Biden’s reelection campaign invoked megastar Taylor Swift to knock former President Trump on Friday, saying he had a tortured week. The campaign used lyrics from her new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” to set a split screen between the president’s and Trump’s week. “Another tortured week for the smallest man who ever lived, Donald…
Apr 26, 2024, 7:43 PM
Donald Trump Tries to Shake Witness's Hand
Newsweek
Trump approached Rhona Graff as she was leaving the courtroom following her testimony.
Apr 26, 2024, 7:40 PM
Trump hush money trial latest: Former assistant recalls seeing Stormy Daniels in Trump Tower
Sky News
Donald Trump is back in court for his hush money trial, the first criminal case against a former US president. It is one of multiple legal issues for Trump, who also found himself at the centre of a Supreme Court hearing yesterday.
Apr 26, 2024, 7:24 PM