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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 04:52:17 pm »
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Cohen: Trump 'wasn't thinking about Melania,' only about the campaign

Michael Cohen testified that Donald Trump was so consumed with the suppression of Stormy Daniels' story that he wasn't focused on his relationship with wife Melania, but only his campaign.

“He wasn’t thinking about Melania. This was all about the campaign," Cohen testified.

Trump's head turned in the direction of Cohen, where he shook his head and had a sly smile on his face.

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Trump admitted 'women will hate me' if Stormy Daniels' story came out: Cohen

Trump told Cohen that Stormy Daniels' story about Trump cheating on his wife with her in 2006 would be a "total disaster" if it came out, Cohen testified.

"Women will hate me," Trump admitted, per Cohen.

"Guys may think this is cool, but this is going to be a disaster for the campaign," Trump added, according to Cohen.

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Trump told Cohen to 'take care' of Stormy Daniels story: testimony

Michael Cohen testified that when he first learned about Stormy Daniels' story in 2011, he knocked on Trump's door demanding to speak with the former president — who instructed him to "take care of it."

"After I received the information from Dylan Howard, I immediately went to Mr. Trump's office, knocked on the door. "Boss, I gotta speak to you," Cohen said.

Cohen said he learned about the story when he worked with Keith Davidson, Stormy's attorney, to get thedirty.com to remove a blog blog about the alleged affair.

According to Cohen: "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.'"
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Elections 2024 / Re: BREAKING: 80,000 in attendance at President Trump's rally in Wildwood, New Jersey!
« Last post by banddag on Today at 04:42:30 pm »
Quote from: GtHawk on Today at 04:02:14 pm
Did the economy tank after operation wetback?


76 million baby boomers were born taking care of our population growth and leading to a strong economy.  1-1.3 million Hispanics were deported, hardly a significant amount even back then.

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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 04:39:31 pm »
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'Access Hollywood' tape blows up while Cohen is on holiday in London

Cohen is describing a dramatic email chain when Trump's camp learned about the infamous 'Access Hollyood' tape. 'Deny, deny, deny,' campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks wrote him.

'Please call me,' Cohen wrote Steve Bannon, who he misidentified as Trump campaign manager.

'It’s all over the place. Whose doing damage control here?' Cohen asked.

Asked why he would make such an inquiry, he responded, 'In order to protect Mr. Trump.'

Asked if he was concerned about the impact on the campaign,' he responded in the affirmative.

It was another effort by prosecutors to fill out his role with respect to the 2016 campaign.



Donald Trump's Access Hollywood tape can be used at defamation trial
The notorious 2005 'Access Hollywood' video in which Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic speaking disparagingly about women can be shown to jurors, a judge ruled on Tuesday.
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 04:37:27 pm »
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Cohen asked Trump if he had sex with Stormy Daniels. His response? 'She's a beautiful woman'

Trump dodged the question when Cohen asked him in 2016 whether he had sex with Stormy Daniels, Cohen testified.

"No, ma’am," Cohen replied when a prosecutor asked him whether Trump answered.

"He turned around and said that she was a beautiful woman," Cohen recalled Trump telling him.

A "beautiful woman" is the same way that Trump described Karen McDougal, Cohen said.
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 04:32:33 pm »
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'Catastrophic': Cohen describes Stormy Daniels' story coming out after 'Access Hollywood' tape released
By Kyle Schnitzer

After the "Access Hollywood" tape was released, murmurs of Stormy Daniel's story reappearing was described as "catastrophic" for Trump's campaign by Michael Cohen.

“Catastrophic. That this is horrible for the campaign," Cohen testified about the porn star's story about allegedly having an affair with the former president.
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 04:31:43 pm »
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Chris Cuomo texted Cohen about 'Access Hollywood' tape: 'He's dying right now'
By Kyle Schnitzer

Former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo texted Michael Cohen while he was in London with family about how he was going to handle the "Access Hollywood" tape — with Cuomo claiming Trump was "dying right now."

Cohen testified that Cuomo texted him on October 8, 2016 asking if he was going to defend Trump.

"You going to defend him?" Cuomo asks, which Cohen responded by saying, "I'm in London."

Cohen went on, "I have been asked by everyone to do shows starting Tuesday," and then followed up with another text, saying, "Not sure what I will do."

Cuomo then texted Cohen insinuating it could kill Trump's campaign.

"Will be too late. He is dying right now," Cuomo said in the text.

When asked who Cuomo referred to as "dying," Cohen testified that he meant Trump.

"When he referred to he, he meant Mr. Trump. That he meant this is a tremendously negative story in regard to the Trump campaign," Cohen testified.

This was about a month before the election, Cohen testified, and that it would impact "especially with women votes."
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 04:24:58 pm »
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Trump claimed 'locker room talk' spin on 'damaging' Access Hollywood tape was Melania's idea, Cohen says

The plan to dismiss the "Access Hollywood" tape -- in which Trump brags on a hot mic about grabbing women by their genitals -- as "locker room talk" was Melania Trump's idea, Trump claimed in a conversation with Cohen, Cohen testified.

"We needed to put a spin on this, and the spin he wanted was that he was locker room talk," Cohen testified, glancing jury.

"He told me that that’s what Melania thought it was," Cohen added.

Cohen also admitted that "the sum and substance of the recording is quite damaging."
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 04:19:36 pm »
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Cohen tells the court he went to Allen Weisselberg to get funding to buy the Karen McDougal story

Michael Cohen told the court how he went to Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg to get the money for Karen McDougal’s ‘life rights’.

Weisselberg said it would ‘defeat the purpose’ if the money came from the business.

The point was not to have Trump’s name affiliated with the story at all.

Cohen therefore asked Weisselberg to come up with other ways to provide the cash.

One of the ideas was to ‘come up with a LLC’ or limited liability company to facilitate the payment.

This led to 10 or 12 conversations with Weisselberg about the McDougal transaction, Cohen told the court.
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 04:18:44 pm »
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Cohen testifies that Trump 'directed' Karen McDougal hush money payment

Cohen stressed just now that his role in the $150,000 payout to Trump's alleged ex-lover Karen McDougal was done at Trump's direction.

“What I was doing, I was doing at the direction and for the benefit of Mr. Trump,” he testified.

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Trump looking intently at stack of papers as Cohen testifies
By Ben Kochman

Donald Trump is leafing through a stack of papers in front of him at the defense table while Michael Cohen continues his testimony.

Trump's aides have been spotted handing him news clips to read at other points during the trial, but it's hard to make out in the room exactly what he's looking at.

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Cohen learned about 'Access Hollywood tape' from Hope Hicks: testimony

Michael Cohen testified that he was in London for his daughter's birthday and wedding anniversary when he became aware of Trump's infamous "Access Hollywood" tape.

Cohen said he received a call from Hicks, and then later from Steven Bannon, Trump's campaign manager.

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Cohen testifies that Trump 'directed' Karen McDougal hush money payment

Cohen stressed just now that his role in the $150,000 payout to Trump's alleged ex-lover Karen McDougal was done at Trump's direction.

“What I was doing, I was doing at the direction and for the benefit of Mr. Trump,” he testified.
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Pookie's Toons / Re: Today's Toons 5/13/24
« Last post by Cyber Liberty on Today at 04:14:12 pm »
My reason to survive Mondays!  Thanks for the Toons and Argus Extras, Pookie!!  They were delicious!
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