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Donald Trump's attorneys is resuming cross-examination of Michael Cohen on Monday in the former president's criminal hush money trial in New York. Follow here for the latest live news updates, analysis and more.
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Michael Cohen resumed testifying Monday in Donald Trump's trial on allegations of business fraud related to a hush money payment.
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 Andrea Renault/Star Max/GC Images/GettyMichael Cohen isn't just a convicted liar and disbarred attorney. He's also an admitted thief.
The testimony from the Manhattan district attorney's lead witness against Donald Trump took a dive Monday morning, when the ex-president's former consigliere got cornered during cross-examination and forced to acknowledge that he overbilled the Trump Organization by $30,000.
In a heated exchange, defense lawyer Todd Blanche flipped a switch and went back to his days as a federal prosecutor—grilling Cohen on the way he'd gotten away with a crime.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Addressing the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association, former President Donald J. Trump on Saturday promised to roll back the Biden administration's gun-control measures if elected.
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 Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesDonald Trump followed up his endorsement by the National Rifle Association on Saturday with a speech stoking fears of the government under Joe Biden "coming for your guns" and a bizarre monologue set to dramatic music resembling a song favored by QAnon.
Addressing thousands of members of the NRA at their annual meeting in Texas, the former president stuck to his usual talking points, hailing the reversal of Roe v. Wade as an "amazing thing," comparing himself to Al Capone, and insisting "genius" runs in his bloodline.
Then, as he wound down, in a disorienting shift, sentimental music began to play and Trump furrowed his brow and shook his head to deliver the grim message that America is "a failing nation."
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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