A lower Manhattan courtroom just dealt a fatal blow to the Trump mystique

On opening night of the Republican National Convention in 2016, Donald Trump came out onstage like a pro wrestler, amid clouds from a smoke machine and dramatic shadows. It was the kind of image he likes to project of himself: grandiose and imposing, like the floating head of the Great and Powerful Oz ordering Dorothy … Read more

Key Witness Says Trump Knew About Every Single Hush Money Payment

During his testimony in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial on Thursday, former tabloid magnate David Pecker wasted no time in blaming Trump completely for the whole scheme. Pecker, ex-CEO of American Media Inc. and former publisher of the National Enquirer, is a key witness in the trial and returned to court in Manhattan for the third … Read more

8 years after the National Enquirer’s deal with Donald Trump, the iconic tabloid is limping badly

NEW YORK (AP) — Catch and kill. Checkbook journalism. Secret deals. Friends helping friends. Even by National Enquirer standards, testimony by its former publisher David Pecker at Donald Trump’s hush money trial this week has revealed an astonishing level of corruption at America’s best-known tabloid and may one day be seen as the moment it … Read more

Trump Attorney Alina Habba Makes Blunt Admission About Trial, But It’s No Surprise

Donald Trump attorney Alina Habba issued a downbeat assessment of the former president’s chances of swerving conviction in his hush money trial, which is currently ongoing in New York. “I don’t have hopes really that high at this moment that the New York courts will do the right thing, that the jury will do the … Read more

Trump Throws Absolute Fit In Late-Night Rant For The Strangest Possible Reason

It’s not often that candidates attack people who endorse them, but that happened on Wednesday night when Donald Trump fired off a rant aimed at Bill Barr. Trump noted that he’s said a lot of mean things about his former attorney general. After the endorsement, however, the former president took back exactly one of those insults. … Read more

Trump Media Goes to Congress With Claims That Its Stock Is Being Illegally Traded

Trump Media & Technology Group is doubling down on claims that its stock is being illegally traded — this time bringing its concerns to congressional leaders. The Best Things You Didn’t Know Your Switch Could Do Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes called on Congress to carry out a “thorough and expeditious investigation” into what the … Read more

Trump Picks Another Fight With Judge as He Waits for Contempt Ruling

Donald Trump just can’t help himself. Moments after a contentious hearing about whether Trump should be held in contempt for violating his narrowly worded gag order, the former president took to his favorite social media platform to trash the judge who holds his fate. “HIGHLY CONFLICTED, TO PUT IT MILDLY, JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN, HAS TAKEN … Read more

Trump Could Pocket Over $1 Billion in Trump Media Stock This Week

Photo: Eduardo Munoz (Reuters) Former President Donald Trump could pocket more than $1 billion in paper wealth by the end of the day Tuesday. Trump stands to earn 36 million earnout shares of Trump Media & Technology Group if its dollar volume-weighted average price (DVWAP) — the average share price for a period of time, … Read more

OOPS! Eric Trump Freaks Out Over Dad’s Trial But Gets 1 Very Awkward Thing Wrong

Eric Trump’s latest defense of his dad Donald Trump — who is currently on trial in his hush money case — went awry as he made one major mistake. The Trump scion on Monday told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that, “Every time I watch my father walk into that courtroom it breaks my heart because … Read more