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Jury hears taped recording of Cohen, Trump about buying Playboy model's story

Michael Cohen is now describing what was discussed on a recorded conversation between him and Donald Trump.

The jury just heard a snippet from the recording as a transcript is displaced on monitors inside the courtroom.

The recording, from September 6, 2016 was first introduced earlier in the trial under the testimony of Douglas Daus, a tech expert.

Cohen testified it was the only time he recorded a call in 10 years working for Trump.

"It was so I could show it to David Pecker and that way he would hear the conversation, that he would know that we’re going to be paid, Mr. Trump is going to be paying him back," Cohen testified.

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Trump perks up before his voice is heard on secret recording about hush money made by Cohen

Trump perked up, opened his eyes and appeared to say something to his lawyer Todd Blanche right before his own voice was heard on a recording secretly made by Cohen discussing setting up a "company for the transfer of all of that info about our friend David."

"David" was David Pecker, and the conversation was about a $150,000 payoff to Karen McDougal, Cohen testified.

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Trump is either sleeping or showing a lot of discipline in keeping his eyes closed for full half hour

At this point, here's what I can say: Trump is either sleeping or staying very disciplined to his plan of keeping his eyes closed during Cohen's testimony.

He's now been sitting slumped in his chair with his eyes closed for at least 30 minutes.

He has jerked his head forward slightly at least twice. Besides that, he's been completely still

Blinken Trashed Israel on the Eve of Memorial Day
Karen Townsend
4–5 minutes

It's a tough call to determine who is worse about stabbing Israel in the back. Is it President Biden or is it Secretary of State Antony Blinken?

I think it's a toss-up. Both are the kind of two-faced friends that are detrimental to Israel's war to survive - they say one thing in public and another in private. Recently, Biden has become more bold in his bare-knuckle attack on America's only loyal ally in the region. As warped as Biden's rhetoric has become, Blinken is not any better.

Biden cut off a congressionally approved shipment of munitions to Israel because he didn't want Israel to launch an attack on Rafah. He waited until after his speech during a Holocaust Remembrance ceremony last week for the announcement to become public. Biden is desperate about his chances of winning re-election. All of this is political maneuvering by Biden.

Biden has chosen the Hamas caucus of the Democrat Party over Israel, all the while insisting his support is "ironclad." Blinken says that, too.

May 13 is Israel's Memorial Day. It is often described as the most painful day of the year in Israel. With the usual lack of awareness displayed by the Biden administration, Winken Blinken took a shot at Israel for not acting "in a manner that’s consistent with international humanitarian law".

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