As Donald Trump’s hush money trial gears up with jurors sworn in and preparations underway to question witnesses, former Playboy model Karen McDougal looms as a potential figure in the proceedings. While Trump faces 34 felony counts related to concealing hush money payments, McDougal’s involvement could shed light on the broader context of the case.…
On the first day of arguments in Donald Trump’s criminal trial, attorney Todd Blanche sparked objections and criticism with his opening statement, characterized by legal analysts as a strategic but controversial move. Blanche sought to plant seeds of doubt in jurors’ minds by portraying Stormy Daniels as a liar and Michael Cohen as a rogue,…
It was the kind of tawdry tale that Donald Trump might have relished before politics: a porn actor claiming they had had sex. But on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, Trump feared the story, which he says is false, would cost him votes. So, prosecutors say, he arranged to pay Stormy Daniels to…
In 2023, former Florida solicitor general Chris Kise emerged as the top-paid lawyer in Donald Trump’s legal team, raking in nearly $9 million through his firm, Chris Kise & Associates, and Continental PLLC. Kise played a crucial role as Trump’s lead lawyer in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud case, where the former president…
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