» Trump Defense Secretary describes when he rejected then-president's unlawful order
04/25/24 22:40 from Raw Story
Donald Trump's former defense secretary, Mark Esper, rejects the idea of absolute immunity for a president, which was the argument before the Supreme Court on Thursday. But it certainly wasn't the first time he broke with Trump. Speaking...
» Trump about to be hit with 'significant tactical disadvantage' for defying judge: expert
04/25/24 22:14 from Raw Story
Former President Donald Trump has boxed himself into a serious disadvantage in his Manhattan criminal trial with his constant violations of Judge Juan Merchan's orders, former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori told CNN's Jake Tapper on ...
» 'A woman was murdered there': CNN fact-checker grills Trump's 'peanut' protest comparison
04/25/24 22:03 from Raw Story
Another day in the books for Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, and it ended with the former president speaking to reporters in the corridor talking about how "breathtaking" Thursday was and then tangentially editorializing on som...
» Trump's gag order violations could come back to haunt him at sentencing: law professor
04/25/24 21:48 from Raw Story
Donald Trump has so far not even been fined for his purported gag order violations in connection with his criminal hush money cover-up case, but the judge may be planning something worse than a monetary penalty, according to a law profes...
» Pro-Trump super PAC fined for election law violation
04/25/24 21:32 from Raw Story
A Donald Trump-connected super PAC has been fined by the Federal Election Commission for failing to disclose $150,600 of in-kind donations in a 2022 public financial report, according to a review of federal records by Raw Story . Make Am...
» 'Very low energy': Onlookers say Trump's courthouse rant made him 'sound 150 years old'
04/25/24 21:29 from Raw Story
Donald Trump left the Manhattan courthouse on Thursday slowly walking toward the press cameras and thanked them for being there. He then went off on a rambling rant that leap-frogged from one issue to the other. "The U.S. Supreme Court h...
» Ronna McDaniel was able to squeeze more than $100K from the RNC before she was forced out
04/25/24 20:59 from Raw Story
Even as former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Ronna McDaniel fights to receive a full payout from the six-figure NBC contract she signed before she was let go, she still enjoys a comfortable severance package from her time at ...
» FBI concealed that one of Trump's foes was being stalked: report
04/25/24 20:51 from Raw Story
Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page was reportedly being stalked by a "troubled" Marine, who has since been discharged for confessing he was obsessed with her and mass shootings. The military shared the information with the FBI, but no one told ...
» Conservative judge scolds SCOTUS for missing the 'only question' on Trump that matters
04/25/24 20:28 from Raw Story
The Supreme Court missed the boat entirely when it heard oral arguments in the case reviewing whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution in the federal election conspiracy case, retired appellate judge Michael Lu...
» 'Whoa!' Prosecution shouts over defense during Trump's hush money trial
04/25/24 19:40 from Raw Story
Shouting erupted during court proceedings for Donald Trump's New York hush money criminal trial Tuesday, according to a journalist who was present in the courtroom. The heightened tensions began when Trump's lawyer Matthew Russell mentio...
» 'Very aggravated': Jury hears of Trump's fury at Playboy model's Anderson Cooper interview
04/25/24 19:24 from Raw Story
Then-President Donald Trump became "very aggravated" after learning that a former Playboy model had been permitted to give an interview to CNN about her alleged affair with him, a witness told a jury Thursday. In testimony for Trump's hu...
» 'This is unseen': Ex-prosecutor stunned by Trump's disrespect for judge
04/25/24 19:16 from Raw Story
Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig was flabbergasted by the sheer number of times former President Donald Trump appears to have violated Judge Juan Merchan's gag order in his Manhattan criminal trial — and emphasized on a CNN panel on ...
» Trump 'cracks a smile' as witness recalls joke at high-profile national security meeting
04/25/24 18:41 from Raw Story
Former President Donald Trump cracked a smile Thursday as his old friend and now witness for the prosecution, ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, regaled jury with tales of past exploits. According to CNN , Pecker described a me...
» How National Enquirer witness just revealed Trump’s felony crime: legal analyst
04/25/24 18:19 from Raw Story
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker shared the information that elevates Donald Trump's criminal charges from misdemeanors to felonies on Thursday, ex -Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann revealed. Speaking to MSNB...
» 'Everyone should celebrate': FCC restores net neutrality rules
04/25/24 18:18 from Raw Story
Open internet advocates on Thursday applauded the Federal Communications Commission's long-anticipated vote to revive net neutrality rules and reestablish FCC oversight of broadband. The 3-2 vote along party lines to reclassify broadband...
» SCOTUS seems set to 'narrow the scope' of criminal case against Trump: N.Y. Times
04/25/24 18:12 from Raw Story
The conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court seems set to "narrow the scope" of the criminal case against Donald Trump which alleges that he conspired to subvert the 2020 election, according to a new report. If Trump’s argument th...
» Trump's complaints about being unable to campaign fall apart as trial resumes
04/25/24 18:01 from Raw Story
Donald Trump frequently complains that his New York hush money trial is keeping him off the campaign trail, but he used this week's day off to hit the links instead of meet voters. Justice Juan Merchan ordered the former president to att...
» 'It was for the campaign': David Pecker blows a hole in Trump's hush money defense
04/25/24 17:45 from Raw Story
David Pecker, former publisher of the National Enquirer, poked a hole in Donald Trump's defense in his hush money case Thursday by testifying that the former president made the payments to benefit his 2016 presidential campaign. At a Man...
» Netanyahu demands harsher crackdown on U.S. students as campus protests spread
04/25/24 17:36 from Raw Story
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Wednesday that he was dissatisfied with the arrests of hundreds of U.S. college students—some of whom were violently detained by large groups of police officers—in the last week at a gr...
» 'Cynical, hypocritical and wrong': Alito buried for blowing off 'facts of this case'
04/25/24 17:26 from Raw Story
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's extended grilling of attorney Michael Dreeben , who is representing special counsel Jack Smith in Donald Trump's presidential immunity case, hit a sour note when he blew off an answer from the lawyer ...