It was a shocking claim: Donald Trump was recorded making a public threat against his long-time friend, publisher David Pecker, before the former National Enquirer publisher took the stand again in the Hush Trump New York trial. The media reported that “Trump said” those words. The claim was stunning. And it was shocking. And then came the […]
The New York City trial of former President Donald Trump has ended its second week in a heap of confusion. The question is the same now as when the charges were announced years after the alleged “criminal” bookkeeping acts occurred: Dude, where’s the case? This week, the prosecutors, a former Biden Department of Justice 7th floor suit, […]
District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against Donald Trump was always weak if not meritless. But that didn’t stop him from pursuing a felony case for a low-level misdemeanor that normally would have resulted in a fine that was also past the statute of limitations. Be that as it may, […]
Before he went into court in New York City on Thursday morning, Donald Trump stopped by to talk to some construction workers, shake some hands, sign some hats, and make some news. As I pointed out, Trump said after shaking hands and signing hats that Biden is so bad […]
I can’t tell you how many people I know who do not like former President Donald Trump yet nonetheless smell prosecutorial overreach in Manhattan. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has charged the former president with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump has pleaded not guilty. The case began with Michael Cohen, Trump’s onetime […]
Former President Trump wanted to be there during oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court on presidential immunity. The former president, facing unprecedented legal lawfare, wanted to see the justices contend with the question: to what extent does a president get a legal pass for alleged criminal conduct during his presidency? Matt writes about […]
I’m old enough to remember the hubbub over JournoList, a listserv of leftist reporters from different news outlets who convened regularly in a chatroom to strategize how to spin stories and set narratives, such as how to torpedo Gov.Sarah Palin to get Barack Obama elected president. From 2007 to 2010, JournoList was its own echo chamber, as Politico put it at the […]
As the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump enters its second week, the prosecution’s first witness is drawing criticism. Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying documents. If convicted, he faces four years in prison. On Monday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg called former CEO American Media Inc David Pecker to the […]
With jury selection having been wrapped up last week, the first criminal trial of a former president of the United States got underway Monday morning at just about 9:30, when Judge Juan Merchan took the bench. Opening statements in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan were expected to take a little over an hour, with […]
Like reading a news story about a person getting scurvy, hearing about a modern metropolis getting beset by rat-borne illnesses almost seems like getting thrown back in time to the Dark Ages. But, no, this time it was not a problem afflicting an impoverished medieval village, but rather one of the largest cities in the […]
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