Since March, there have been more than 150 physical threats against judges in Trump cases, according to a Reuters special report filed Tuesday. “The rhetoric is inspiring widespread calls for violence. In a review of commenters’ posts on three pro-Trump websites, including the former president’s own Truth Social platform, Reuters documented more than 150 posts since March 1 that called for physical violence against the judges handling three of his highest-profile cases – two state judges in Manhattan and one in Georgia overseeing a criminal case in which Trump is accused of illegally seeking t ..read more

Texts introduced as evidence at Trump’s criminal trial show Maggie Haberman acting as Trump’s stenographer and media puppet. The texts: PEOPLE’S EXHIBIT 260 – TEXTS BETWEEN COHEN AND MAGGIE HABERMAN OF NYT (2/13/18) HOFFINGER: Who is Maggie Haberman? COHEN: She is a reporter for the New York Times. FROM MC TO MH: Big boss just approved me responding to complaint and statement. Please start writing and I will… — Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) May 14, 2024 The exchange: HOFFINGER: Who is Maggie Haberman? COHEN: She is a reporter for the New York Times. FROM MC TO MH: Big boss just approved me respo ..read more

Trump appeared to be in total panic mode as he read quotes and attacked the judge after the first day of Michael Cohen’s testimony. Trump ended up quoting Sen. J.D. Vance about how his trial is a threat to democracy, “They view this as a scam. I think it’s a terrible thing that’s happening to democracy in this country. And uh we have a lot of them that want to come and say, just stay back and pass lots of laws to stop things like this. Uh JD Vance, what’s going on in that courtroom is a threat to democracy and we cannot have a country where we get to prosecute your political opponent instead o ..read more

Prosecutors have a paper trial for Trump false business documents charges and Michael Cohen is walking the jury through it. Here is what happened in the courtroom: We are now, again, looking at Weisselberg’s handwritten notes on the reimbursement to Cohen. We have seen these at least once before, while Jeffrey McConney, an underling of Weisselberg’s, testified. But now, Cohen is testifying that he was in the room as Weisselberg made these notations on how to repay him for the hush money, as well as his shrunken bonus, and other things he was owed. This document, prosecutors say, leads straight ..read more

RFK Jr. is suing Meta the parent company of Facebook for election interference because he claims Meta is censoring one of his videos. According to the Kennedy campaign: Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and American Values 2024 (AV24), a political action committee supporting Kennedy’s candidacy, today filed a First Amendment and election interference lawsuit against Meta after a biographical film, “Who Is Bobby Kennedy?”, was censored on Facebook and Instagram. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Meta, related ..read more

Michael Cohen testified that Trump’s hush money payment to Stormy Daniels was all about the campaign and had nothing to do with his family. Cohen testified: (Trump) said to me, ‘This is a disaster, a total disaster, women are going to hate me. This is really a disaster. Women will hate me. Guys, they think it’s cool. But this is going to be a disaster for the campaign,’ I want you to just push it out as long as you can, just get past the election, because if I win it will have no relevance because I’m president, and if I lose, I don’t even care.” “He wasn’t even thinking about Melania, this wa ..read more

Michael Cohen testified at Trump’s criminal trial that it was the idea of Melania Trump to spin the Access Hollywood tape as locker room talk. CNN’s Kaitlin Collins is the court room and posted: "I immediately went to Mr. Trump’s office, knocked on the door. ‘Boss, I've got to speak to you.’ Cohen said he told Trump what he learned. “I told him that one of the things that we need to do is obviously take care of it. He said, 'Absolutely. Do it. Take care of it.’” — Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 13, 2024 Michael Cohen testifies that Donald Trump told him it was Melania’s idea to spin ..read more

Trump showed up in court on Monday with supporters like Sens. J.D. Vance and Tommy Tuberville with him, but his whole crew left and didn’t come back during a court break. CNN reported: The political entourage that came to support Donald Trump appears to have skipped out during the break. Before the brief pause, the politicians seated in the second row like Sen. Tommy Tuberville and Rep. Nicolle Malliotakis split their time between their phones and the testimony underway in the courtroom. The list of politicians included: N.Y. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis Ohio Sen. JD Vance Alabama Sen. Tommy Tube ..read more

The Biden campaign announced the launch of Health Care Providers For Biden-Harris. The healthcare providers will organize other healthcare professionals to inform voters about the stakes in the 2024 election. The Biden campaign described what’s on the line in terms of healthcare in the 2024 election, “This November, healthcare is on the ballot. Donald Trump has vowed to “terminate” the Affordable Care Act, threaten to boot tens of millions of Americans off their health care plans and jeopardize over 100 million Americans with preexisting conditions like asthma and pregnancy. Over 2.8 million A ..read more

Trump is reportedly considering Nikki Haley as his running mate if she will pay tens of millions of dollars in his legal bills. Axios reported: The GOP rivals’ relationship remains chilly, but Trump could pick Haley if he were convinced she’d help him win the presidency, avoid a potential prison sentence and cover tens of millions in legal bills if he loses.  Republicans close to both campaigns believe it’s in Haley and Trump’s mutual interests to reconcile, despite their bitter fight in the GOP primary and their divergent views on some big issues. Trump is scrambling to make up a fundrai ..read more