But not before another high profile witness, former trump fixer, Michael Cohen. We saw dramatic Witness Testimony from Stormy Daniels who would not be intimidated by lawyers out of telling her account of the allegedly counter encounter with trump. Todays testimony did not include any star witnesses, but it was important in setting the stage for next week. The trump lawyer turned enemy, Michael Cohen, will take the witness stand monday. He was the fixer of the 130,000 cash money payment to Stormy Daniels before the president ial election of 2016. We began the trial today and continued testimony from trumps former director of oval office operations. She remains loyal to trump despite being fired in 2019 after she reportedly told reporters she did not want to be photographed with trumps daughter, tiffany, because of her weight and used her testimony to paint donald trump as a hardworking, family man. A picture that was unrecognizable to pretty much anyone else who has ever heard of donald
It’s among the world’s oldest forms of government, but it’s increasingly under threat. These books consider the sources and effects of an alarming global trend.
It’s among the world’s oldest forms of government, but it’s increasingly under threat. These books consider the sources and effects of an alarming global trend.
about fascism in the context of american politics and the rise of trump and the authoritarian tendencies of the modern republican party. but tonight we need to recognize that over in eastern europe we are facing a fascism of a much worse, much more violent and much more brazen kind, in russia. a fascism that is embodied by vladimir putin, and which is inspired and informed every step of the way as tim snyder points out by one ivan ilyin. quoting snyder, putin has used ilyin s ideas about geopolitics to portray ukraine, europe and the united states as existential dangers to russia. joining me now is yale historian tim snyder who drew attention to ilyin s role in the rise of fascism or putinism in the road to unfreedom. tim, thanks for coming back on the show. first off, thank you for your