Trump News for Monday, May 13, 2024
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Michael Cohen claims Trump told him to pay off Stormy Daniels in key testimony that hinges on ex-con's credibility
New York Post
Michael Cohen testified Monday that Donald Trump ordered him to pay off porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to silence a sex scandal.
May 13, 2024, 11:53 PM
TV talking heads need to take a look in the mirror before judging Donald Trump
New York Post
TV talking heads — reading word for word off their prompters — are dissecting, excoriating Donald: liar, narcissist, etc., etc., blah, blah.
May 13, 2024, 11:39 PM
Trump 'enjoys bending people to his will' - and he 'shredded' Michael Cohen: biographer
Raw Story
Donald Trump's biographer believes the former president's predilection for "bending people to his will" was made plain Monday when Michael Cohen testified in his criminal hush money trial. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts that he falsified business records to conceal hush money paid ...
May 13, 2024, 11:07 PM
Can This Never Trumper Find a Future in the Republican Party?
The New York Times
Hogan’s Senate run will test whether there is a path forward for a Trump critic in 2024.
May 13, 2024, 11:03 PM
Michael Cohen faces Trump loyalists at VIP club in NYC ahead of trial appearance: 'He's a rat'
Page Six
Michael Cohen faced MAGA loyalists at swanky members-only Casa Cipriani ahead of appearing at Donald Trump's hush money trial on Monday.
May 13, 2024, 11:01 PM
Michael Cohen gives more evidence in Donald Trump hush money trial
BreakingNews.ie
Donald Trump, the first former US president to go on trial, was joined at the courthouse by an entourage of legislators including the House Speaker.
May 13, 2024, 11:00 PM
Michael Cohen to face bruising cross-examination by Trump’s lawyers
BreakingNews.ie
Mr Cohen, who once boasted he would ‘take a bullet’ for the former US president, returns to the stand on Tuesday as the prosecution’s star witness.
May 13, 2024, 11:00 PM
Michael Cohen's damning hush money testimony about Trump's role in Stormy Daniels' payoff: top moments
New York Daily News
The former fixer paid off Stormy Daniels in October 2016 to buy her silence about her claim that she slept with Trump ten years prior. The D.A.’s lawyers charge that Trump then reimbursed Cohen for the $130,000 payment — in the process of falsifying business records — all to conceal a scheme to influence the results of the election.
May 13, 2024, 10:57 PM
Michael Cohen on the stand as testimony in Trump hush money case enters 4th week
Yahoo Canada Finance
The fourth week of witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial could be a doozy: Michael Cohen, the prosecution's star witness, has taken the stand. (AP video by Joe Frederick)(AP produced by Javier Arciga)
May 13, 2024, 10:55 PM
Trump nemesis Michael Cohen testifies: 5 takeaways
The Hill
Former President Trump’s nemesis in his New York trial took the stand Monday. Michael Cohen worked for more than 10 years as Trump’s attorney and fixer. At one time, Cohen famously said he would take a bullet for Trump. Cohen has become a staunch critic of the former president after he himself pleaded guilty to…
May 13, 2024, 10:51 PM
Donald Trump 'not thinking about Melania' when he paid off Stormy Daniels, says ex-lawyer Michael Cohen
Sky News
The court also hears a recording of Mr Trump and Mr Cohen discussing hush money said to have been paid to a former Playboy model.
May 13, 2024, 10:44 PM
Giuiliani fired from WABC over broken promise to keep stolen election claims off air: Catsimatidis
New York Daily News
John Catsimatidis, the CEO of WABC radio, offered a detailed explanation Monday for the station's decision to pull Rudy Giuliani from its airwaves, saying the former mayor repeatedly violated an agreement prohibiting him from spreading the claim that fraud caused Donald Trump to lose the 2020 presidential election.
May 13, 2024, 10:39 PM
Cohen Testimony Begins Climax of Case Against Trump: 5 Takeaways
The New York Times
In hotly anticipated testimony, Donald J. Trump’s former fixer discussed how he buried stories his boss didn’t want anyone to read.
May 13, 2024, 10:34 PM
Michael Cohen Testifies That Donald Trump Approved Of Reimbursement Plan For Hush Money Payment -- Update
Deadline
Trump's former attorney is a key witness for the prosecution.
May 13, 2024, 10:33 PM
Longtime Michael Cohen friend thinks he still has 'sick affection' for Trump
Raw Story
Michael Cohen has described his 15 years with Donald Trump as akin to being in a cult and, after conversations with him, longtime friend Donny Deutsch agrees — describing his relationship as being akin to Stockholm Syndrome.. Cohen took to the stand on the 15th day of Trump's hush money trial Monda...
May 13, 2024, 10:28 PM
Election deadline and ‘just do it’: Trump trial key takeaways, day 16
The Guardian
Michael Cohen testifies that Trump was intimately involved in hush-money deal and got real-time updates on Stormy Daniels
May 13, 2024, 10:24 PM
What to know about Michael Cohen’s testimony
NBC10 Boston
Michael Cohen's testimony pointed the finger at former President Donald Trump in the New York hush money trial.
May 13, 2024, 10:21 PM
Trump pledges to scrap offshore wind projects on ‘day one’ of presidency
The Guardian
The Republican frontrunner has vowed to put an end to ‘horrible’ wind turbines, pledging to undo yet another key US green policy
May 13, 2024, 10:19 PM
Michael Cohen ensnares Trump in Stormy Daniels scheme
The Hill
NEW YORK — The jury that will decide former President Trump’s fate in his hush money trial finally heard on Monday from Michael Cohen, who provided some of the strongest implications yet of his former client’s role in the scheme at the heart of the case. As he’s done many times before, Cohen recounted his…
May 13, 2024, 10:17 PM
Trump hush money trial: What to know about Michael Cohen's testimony
The Associated Press
The prosecution’s case in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is entering its final stretch with his former attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, on the witness stand.
May 13, 2024, 10:16 PM
Trump opens up lead over Biden in new poll of battleground states
New York Daily News
Donald Trump leads by healthy margins outside the margin of error in three Sun Belt swing states while President Biden is virtually tied in three Rust Belt states that are also up for grabs, according to the survey carried out by Siena College, the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
May 13, 2024, 10:16 PM
Tim Scott set to appear at event with major GOP donors
The Hill
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is expected to appear at a political event alongside several political mega-donors in June, as speculation swirls over whether he will be tapped as former President Trump’s running mate. Scott is a featured speaker at a Washington, D.C., event on June 19 that will raise money for Great Opportunity Policy Inc.,…
May 13, 2024, 10:09 PM
Trump Stays Calm in Court. His Emails Tell a Different Story.
The New York Times
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has sent supporters a steady stream of fund-raising solicitations featuring exaggerated portrayals of his days in court.
May 13, 2024, 10:09 PM
The Trump Trial on Cable TV: Play-by-Play and Drawings on an iPad
The New York Times
With no cameras recording Donald Trump’s criminal trial, anchors and producers are improvising to animate dramatic moments like Michael Cohen’s testimony.
May 13, 2024, 10:07 PM
Sen. Vance, on VP Shortlist, Joins Trump at Court
Newser
Memo to those in the race to be Donald Trump's running mate: A show of support in court might not hurt. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio turned up at the former president's hush-money...
May 13, 2024, 10:04 PM