Trump to fight court order preventing him from abusing wide range of people connected to trial; former CEO of National Enquirer returnsDonald Trump has walked into judge Juan Merchan’s courtroom; he sported a navy suit, white shirt, and red tie, and carried himself with an air of fatigue.Merchan will soon weigh whether to hold the ex-president in contempt over his apparent repeated violations of a gag order that bars him from publicly trashing witnesses in his hush-money trial.When are they going to look at all the lies that Cohen did in the last trial. He got caught lying. Pure lying. And when are they going to look at that.You will hear during this trial President Trump fought back – like he always does – like he’s entitled to do to protect his family, his reputation, and his brand – that is not a crime.It doesn’t matter. What I mean by that is, I expect you will learn that Ms Daniels doesn’t have any idea. She doesn’t know anything about the charge, 34 counts in this case. She has no idea what Michael Cohen wrote on the invoice … her testimony, while salacious, does not matter. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/apr/23/trump-hush-money-trial-new-york-updates
Author : Léonie Chao-Fong (now) and Chris Michael (earlier)
Publish date : 2024-04-23 15:41:44
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