hush money scheme. it may very well also be a court appearance that proceeds an indictment of a former president of these united states michael cohen, donald trump s former attorney and fixer went before a grand jury in manhattan today in what may be alvin bragg s end game a years-long investigation based on hush money payments made to porn star stormy daniels payments made nearly seven years ago. here s what cohen had to say earlier today before he went in for his grand jury testimony this is not revenge, right? what is this is about accountability i don t want to see anyone, including donald trump, indicted, prosecuted, convicted, incarcerated, simply because i fundamentally disagree with them this is all about accountability he needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds. new york times reports this, quote, the manhattan d.a. s office has already questioned at least seven other people before the grand jury, hearing evidence about the hush money deal that s accor
Thank you, as always. Thanks to all of you for getting up Way Too Early on this tuesday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Trumps lawyers, theyve been working to paint Michael Cohen as a sleazy liar who is hellbent on revenge, conveniently leaving out the fact trump used him as his own personal porno venmo. After calling 20 minutes over the past month, the prosecution rested their case. When he heard, trump was like, ive been resting the whole case. [ applause ] time to rest. Time to rest. Michael cohen admitted on the stand today he stole money from the Trump Organization. Only in a donald trump trial would the star witness be the one who ends up going to jail. How lucky is donald trump . Donald trump is like a corruption mr. Magoo. Hes just stumbling around, quid pro quoing, metal beams falling all around him, getting out unscathed. Well have more from Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial, including the Dramatic Exchange in court with a trump ally that led to the judge clearing the cou
hello, everyone, i am dana perino along with the crew, it is 5:00 o clock in new york city, and this is the five. when you re out from the 2024 election. joe biden is losing stunning poles, painting a catastrophic picture for the president and donald trump leading joe biden, crucial to winning the white house, the only claims a narrow advantage in wisconsin, but that is not all wis the damage the je biden is digging up, critical support from all aspects, including that voters under 30 favor mr. biden by only a single percentage point, lead among hispanic voters is down to single digits and while they preferred mr. trump and women preferred mr. biden.ent, in speaking of the former president, david axelrod is suggesting that joe biden should drop out. it s not just political but actuarial, and there s a lot of. concern about the age issue. and that is something that i think that he needs to ponder, just do a check and say okay, io this the right thing to do. t
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political narrative content with a flimsy investigation and we re back with fred and david. fred, this is the danger, right, of a party that is about nothing except getting a good block by tucker carlson s segment producers. i won t play it, but this culminated on desantis going on tucker carlson who gave him a big fat at a boy it is always the cover story that they are after but not the content. and when you look at the content, that is where you find the problems and again, i ll use the permitless carry bill as an example. because while he runs around his shiny objects and the cover story, part of this bill actually will roll back th