Of every question asked during the trial of former President Donald J. Trump, few have so precisely reflected the proceeding’s universe as the one a defense lawyer asked a witness, Keith Davidson, in early May: “Do you know who Tila Tequila is?” Mr. Davidson, a Los Angeles lawyer with a niche specialty of extracting financial […]
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Michael D. Cohen, once one of Donald J. Trump’s closest confidantes and his loyal protector, offered an account Monday that could ultimately convict the man he used to refer to as “boss” and now calls an enemy. Testifying in the first criminal trial of an American president, Mr. Cohen said that he had made a […]
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Donald J. Trump is on trial for 34 felony counts of what could be the dullest sounding crime in New York’s penal code: falsifying business records. Yet, across nine witnesses and two weeks of testimony, jurors have been treated to hours of mesmerizing courtroom theater. There was talk of a sex scandal with a porn […]
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Donald J. Trump’s defense team in his criminal trial spent Thursday on the attack. They portrayed him as an unwitting victim, suggesting that his campaign had been extorted by an unethical Hollywood lawyer who shook him down for hush-money deals. But prosecutors followed up by playing audio for the jury that had been surreptitiously recorded […]
Read MoreTwo voices reverberated in the courtroom. The first was loud, deep and unctuous, the second was casual — until money came up. They were discussing a deal made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence a woman who claimed to have had an extramarital affair with the Republican candidate. The first voice on the recording […]
Read MoreKeith Davidson, the former lawyer for the porn star Stormy Daniels, faced a blistering cross-examination on Thursday in the criminal trial of Donald J. Trump, with defense lawyers casting him as a serial extortionist of celebrities. The judge, Juan M. Merchan, also heard arguments about additional violations of a gag order by Mr. Trump, just […]
Read MorePayments from the actor Charlie Sheen to keep women silent. Rumors that the Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan was in rehab. A lawsuit by Hulk Hogan, the former pro wrestler, against the gossip website Gawker for publishing a tape of him having sex. Testimony on Thursday at former President Donald J. Trump’s trial in Manhattan dove […]
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The tantalizing text message was sent by a lawyer for a former Playboy model to the editor of The National Enquirer. “I have blockbuster Trump story,” read the message sent in 2016 by the Los Angeles lawyer, Keith Davidson, who was on the witness stand as prosecutors posted it Tuesday morning for jurors at Donald […]
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