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brooklynite's JournalThe defense began cross-examination of Pecker. Here's a recap of some of the top lines
Source: CNN
The defense started its cross-examination of David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer.
Trump attorney Emil Bove tried to argue that Pecker’s work helping Donald Trump during the 2016 election was nothing new or out of the ordinary.
Bove’s cross-examination lasted just over an hour before court ended for the day. The defense will continue its questioning with Pecker on Friday.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-25-24/h_f410a3dbc5ba468f910998358eaaf01c
Choices, choices...
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Trump downplays deadly Charlottesville rally as a 'peanut' compared to Israel-Gaza protests
Source: CNN
In August 2017, White nationalists, neo-Nazis and other right-wing groups descended on Charlottesville to protest the city’s decision to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, with some gathered chanting, “Jews will not replace us.” One of the attendees rammed his car into a crowd, killing a 32-yeard-old paralegal and injuring several others.
There have been no reports of any comparable violence occurring during the pro-Palestinian demonstrations taking place across the country, which have centered largely on college campuses. Public officials have condemned incidents of antisemitism that have occurred amid the protests and raised concerns over the safety of Jewish students.
Trump’s comments are his latest attempt to minimize the Charlottesville incident. He was widely condemned in 2017 for declaring there were “very fine people” on both sides of the demonstrations. Joe Biden invoked those comments when he announced his 2020 president campaign against Trump.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/politics/donald-trump-charlottesville-palestine-protests/index.html
NY v Trump: transcript for Tuesday, April 23
https://pdfs.nycourts.gov/PeopleVs.DTrump-71543/transcripts/4-23-2024/Trump is unindicted co-conspirator in 2020 Michigan fake electors probe, investigator testifie
Source: CNN
(CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is an unindicted co-conspirator in the Michigan attorney general’s probe into the attempts to overturn the 2020 election in that state, an investigator testified Wednesday.
The investigator also said the list of unindicted co-conspirators includes ex-Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, and former Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis.
The revelations came at a pretrial hearing in Lansing for some of Michigan’s fake electors, who have been charged by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel in her investigation into the attempts to subvert the 2020 election.
Nessel, a Democrat, charged 16 fake Republican electors from Michigan last summer. CNN reported in December that the investigation was ongoing and appeared to be expanding. One of those charged already agreed to cooperate with Nessel’s prosecutors, in exchange for the charges being dropped. The remaining 15 defendants have all pleaded not guilty.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/24/politics/trump-michigan-fake-electors-probe/index.html
Pennsylvania Primary: Attorney General (60% reported)
Eugene DePasquale
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Jack Stollsteimer
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Joe Khan
100,644 +15.7%
BREAKING: NY v Trump transcript for Monday, April 22nd
https://pdfs.nycourts.gov/PeopleVs.DTrump-71543/transcripts/P.v%20Trump%20Transcript%20042244.pdfTrump Says Roe's Demise 'Working Out Very Well'
Los Angeles MagazineAppearing remotely before going into court for his election interference trial, Trump told Philadelphia's ABC6 that his administration "terminated Roe v. Wade."
"When you look at it and you look at what's happening all over the country now, states are voting," Trump said. "Ohio just voted. All different by the way. It's tailor made, and it's really working out well for people and they're very, very happy."
Ohio voters voted last November to amend the state constitution to protect abortion rights with about 57 percent support. Similar efforts have also passed in red states like Kansas and Kentucky and appear headed for the ballot in Florida and Arizona this November.
BREAKING: Senate invokes Cloture on Ukraine aid
https://twitter.com/craigcaplan/status/1782844851916013836Testimony of David Pecker in the Trump Trial
Source: Meidas Touch
Pecker resumed his testimony on Tuesday morning after Trump's gag order hearing. He said that he has known Trump since the 1980s and they had a "great relationship." He said that when Trump was doing The Apprentice, he would let him know ahead of time who was about to be fired so he could have the story first. He said they typically spoke about once a month, but that changed in 2015 and he spoke to him more often when Trump ran for president.
Pecker said that he visited Trump at Trump Tower on multiple occasions, and that he observed him at work reviewing invoices and signing checks. He said he was "detail oriented ... almost a micro-manager" about his business affairs. Pecker said he first met Michael Cohen at bar mitzvah.
He said that Trump introduced him to Cohen in 2007 and told him in 2015 that if anything came across his desk that pertained to him including any rumors about him that he should call Michael Cohen and let him know about it. He said that is when things started to get busy on the Trump front and he was contacted Cohen "almost daily" during the 2016 campaign.
Pecker said he was invited by Trump to his campaign announcement in June 2015 where he came down the golden escalator. In an email to Pecker, Michael Cohen wrote, "No one deserves to be there more than you."
Read more: https://www.meidastouch.com/news/testimony-of-david-pecker-in-the-trump-trial
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