Dante
"The Libido for the Ugly"
They're here. Happening live as I post this. This is a criminal case of the century, and the century is in it's childhood stage. A former US President being held criminally liable.
WAPO:
“This case is about a criminal conspiracy and a coverup,” prosecutor Matthew Colangelo said. “The defendant Donald Trump orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election. Then he covered up that criminal conspiracy and lied in his New York business records over and over and over again.”
Trump is not looking at Colangelo; he is staring straight ahead.
NYT:
April 22, 2024, 10:39 a.m. ET2 minutes ago
2 minutes ago
Maggie Haberman
Reporting from the courthouse
Colangelo is now describing the practice of “catch and kill,” in which The National Enquirer bought stories that were problematic to Trump and then buried them. To be clear, this is not a normal journalistic practice.
April 22, 2024, 10:39 a.m. ET1 minute ago
1 minute ago
Jonah Bromwich
Reporting from the courthouse
I see one juror smiling slightly as Colangelo describes some of the National Enquirer headlines that helped Trump's campaign in 2016, embarrassing campaign opponents including Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. Prosecutors only won the right to talk about those headlines last week. We can see how important they are here today, as they go to what prosecutors say was Trump’s intent: seeking to assist his candidacy by promoting negative stories about others and suppressing those about himself.
April 22, 2024, 10:40 a.m. ETJust now
Just now
Maggie Haberman
Reporting from the courthouse
One of those catch-and-kill deals involved a story that turned out to be false about Trump fathering a child out of wedlock. A doorman at a Trump building was a key figure in it.
www.nytimes.com
WAPO:
“This case is about a criminal conspiracy and a coverup,” prosecutor Matthew Colangelo said. “The defendant Donald Trump orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election. Then he covered up that criminal conspiracy and lied in his New York business records over and over and over again.”
Trump is not looking at Colangelo; he is staring straight ahead.
NYT:
April 22, 2024, 10:39 a.m. ET2 minutes ago
2 minutes ago
Maggie Haberman
Reporting from the courthouse
Colangelo is now describing the practice of “catch and kill,” in which The National Enquirer bought stories that were problematic to Trump and then buried them. To be clear, this is not a normal journalistic practice.
April 22, 2024, 10:39 a.m. ET1 minute ago
1 minute ago
Jonah Bromwich
Reporting from the courthouse
I see one juror smiling slightly as Colangelo describes some of the National Enquirer headlines that helped Trump's campaign in 2016, embarrassing campaign opponents including Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. Prosecutors only won the right to talk about those headlines last week. We can see how important they are here today, as they go to what prosecutors say was Trump’s intent: seeking to assist his candidacy by promoting negative stories about others and suppressing those about himself.
April 22, 2024, 10:40 a.m. ETJust now
Just now
Maggie Haberman
Reporting from the courthouse
One of those catch-and-kill deals involved a story that turned out to be false about Trump fathering a child out of wedlock. A doorman at a Trump building was a key figure in it.
‘Criminal Conspiracy’ Alleged as Jury Starts Hearing Trump Trial (Published 2024)
Court adjourned for the day after opening statements from both sides and the start of testimony from the longtime publisher of The National Enquirer. A lawyer for Donald Trump told jurors the former president did nothing illegal.
Last edited:
