Hush money bombshell: Trump's ex-assistant may confirm motive to silence porn star, Playboy model
The Trump hush money agreement was not standard procedure because it was to benefit a campaign, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker has testified.
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It’s all sooo sleazy. The whole nation is going to need a shower. 🚿
And need a scrub with steel wool
And some bleach.
Get rid of this guy already,we’re all sick of him!!!!
Turns out it's extremely difficult to flush an orange turd.
Agreed 💯
Convincing 12 New Yorkers that Trump is sleazy shouldn't be too difficult.
@@nankerphelge3771- unfortunately Trump just needs one to disagree
No you're not😂😂
So tired of the sleaze. Many wrongs need to be made right. This is like chopping down a tree with a screwdriver.
That would get done sooner than him being held accountable, even if it were a redwood.
😂
Haven't you figured it out yet? Dumpster Donald is a tool of the REAL people who run the world - the New World Order. The dismantling of USA's government is being carried out by both sides playing their parts. Nobody's touching dumpster mouth until Putin and the rest of the dictators that he sold USA to, are ready to move in and set up the new government. There has to be a tear down job first. That comes after Donnie is arrested.
Lolol 😂😂😂
And the supreme Sleaze court will jerk the screwdriver out of your hand.
Trump having to sit still and be respectful is sheer tourtures, I hope the trial runs eight or ten weeks
lol...no Fidel. Enough election interference. It will end in a few more weeks.
😅😅😅😅😅
Seeing Trump having to sit 4 days a week in a dingy courtroom is delightful. I predict a complete mental meltdown before it is over.
I think they are sedating him .
He's looking worse and more worn out everyday. I would not be surprised if something medical will happen.
Thank you, Lisa. Much respect.
She's as good as Karen on Meidas
Lisa knows her way around facts. Donny is so guilty.
Did they convict him yet ?
@@davidwelsh8026he still on trial which come after trial.
Jail time is on the horizon
Its getting worse for Drumph each day.
LOL!! its getting worse for you @philthai99 each day
@@user-ut8ls7qp1j Lol Ivan little Ivan go play in Ukraine 😂
frank with your little "lol's" you come across as a 13 year old girl trying to sound smart and grown up! Yet you only have a 9 months old troll account, you're part of the kremlin payroll trolls! @@user-ut8ls7qp1j
@@user-ut8ls7qp1j ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!
@@user-ut8ls7qp1j Hehehehehe. I am making too much money to even entertain such thought. Vote Blue always. Next week is going to be even worse for Drumph and their is nothing you can do about it.
I wonder when the Russian p-p- tape is going to be released.
Er, that all turned out to be fascist lies from TDS lefties...how did youi miss that? l ol
Pee pee peeps = incontinent of ! ????
@@annebiggins7180no. There’s a rumor that Russia is in possession of a video of Trump engaging in, to put delicately, “water sports”. You’ll have to look that up yourself
When he has no possibility at all of being elected president. Release it now please Putin, you little blackmailer.
That'll be released as soon as the Russians can no longer as a bargaining chip, that's right after the election. Stay tuned...
I’m predicting that he’s gonna fall asleep in court one of these days and not wake up. The pressure is killing him 😂😂😂f
Please, sweet Jesus, please.
Let's hope So !!!
Oh please please please 🙏🏼
🤞🤞🤞
From your lips to God's ears
Has anything in the Nat. Enquirer ever been true? Vote for Sanity VOTE BLUE
Yes Trump's affairs
JOY ROCKS!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ever been to court before? As a lawyer , first rule is tell your client. Don't talk about the case.......TO ANYONE.
Well it seems the prosecution didn't tell their lawyers or their witnesses that
True, if it was just about the case itself. But Trump's talking is for the campaign, not for the trial. It's a trade-off he's more than willing to make.
Did Trump play that silent, invisible accordion, before and after court today...
He does that every day.
Yep
Silent?
Moves hands and arms like he's playing an invisible accordion
Why would an innocent man beg for immunity. Unless he knows he is guilty
OH SO YOU ADMIT TRUMP IS INNOCENT? SO IS HE GUILTY OR INNOCENT? FROM WHAT IVE SEEN AN HEARD THE LIBERALS HAVE HIM GUILTY ALREADY BEFORE HE CAN DEFEND HIS INNOCENCES... THE DECK IS DEFINITELY STACKED AGAINST HIM!! PLUS THE IMMUNITY THING COULD/WOULD BE A FACTOR IN THE FUTURE... BUT LIBERALS REFUSE TO LOOK AHEAD ONLY CAN LOOK FORWARD WITH BLINDERS ON
Joy said McDougal is the most sad character in this story. Agreed.
But she has a great body
@@beecnul8rshe is fine. Not gonna lie.
"Intent is everything"
Interesting the dude offering testimony is named after what Trump lacks.
You're killing me! 🤣
🤭
Interesting take, LOL.
Haha 😂
😂😂😂
The more I hear about trump and his seedy little life the more appalling it becomes that a large part of the US thinks he's suitable presidential material. They have a sick mentality
He uses people and preys on making them think he really cares about them
they are fearful, racist and extremely ignorant.
Greed!!! Look at all the people who are in jail because of him. Lol. He stiffed them too, didn’t pay them. 😂
Yes they do. The very people that pay money for the National Inquirer. The trashiest magazine ever.
@@carolynnabours7530 they can read ???
Love how this is all coming together. They are sewing this case up beautifully, like building a house. Start with the foundation and build UP. When they finish he will have no place left to go (except down)
If the maid came forward with a child, who looks exactly like Baron, I would fall down laughing.😂😂😂😂😂
No matter how hard I try I cannot understand why people would support Trump for president. They are going to be so disillusioned. I can’t think of a good thing he did in 4 years!!!I’m baffled???blue wave 2024.
I have twin sisters at age 67. They worship the Rump no matter wbat they see and hear. It is pointless to try and use logic or facts. They have been brainwashed.
They are already disillusioned. Literally nothing matters to them as far as their mango Mussolini is concerned. He can do no wrong.😢
Weak minds - Just like the ones who followed Jim Jones into the jungles of Guyana
it's part brainwashing by toxic right-wing propaganda masquerading as news (i.e. FOX, newsmax etc.) and a social-acceptance thing. People want to belong to something larger than themselves, whether it's a sports team or a religion or even a hate-filled ideology. That's the jist of it and I'm oversimplifying it.
No matter how hard I try I can't understand why people would support Biden for president They are going to be so disillusioned I can't think of a good thing he has done in the LAST 4 years!!!
The word Bombshell is so over used that people have become desensitize to it and wouldn't notice a Bombshell if one landed in their lap ..
Like the word patriot.
I want to know what he was laughing about in the end. I played it a few times and couldn’t catch it. 😂
Yes it's a desperation laugh he just didn't have the bottle of ketchup
I don't know for sure, but I think he was laughing because of how obvious it will be to everyone that Trump did have relationships with these women.
@WattWireNet no one cares about the relationships. This is an election interference case
As WattWireNet responded it's because it's so obvious that Trump had the affairs in question.
It's hard to argue there's no damning relationship THERE, when so many actions were taken to obscure the fact that there might be something THERE!! Snell laughs because the trail of evidence shows just how important it was to coverup these (alleged) relationships. Honest relationships don't require payments or coverups...
That Doesn't Make Trump Look, Any BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No I agree because Donald trump was keeping his lies
nothing Ms Reid is hyperventilating about is a violation of law
@@markphillips898tell that to Michael Cohen who served 3 years (51 in solitary confinement thanks to corrupt Barr & chump) & former CFO Alan Weisselberg who at the ripe old age of 76 served 5 months at Rikers for this SAME CRIME & neither got laid or ended up as US President. People cannot be this dumb when this video literally lays out the crime the sleazy pos is on criminal trial for…
@@markphillips898🎯
@markphillips898 trumpsters love to deny, deny, deny... why do yall bow down to the orangeman? I guess yall drink the orange juice everyday!!
I love it. tRump's attorneys are bringing limp noodles to a knife fight. Completely out-matched!
Fame and power always save Trump , hopefully this time justice will come out!
Can’t the jury just find Trump guilty now and jail him? It would save time.
He could plead guilty and get a lesser sentence.
NO Fidel, we dont jail our political oppositino in Amrerica...that would be fascist.
@@donkey3187 Where is Amrerica? I thought Donald wanted immunity to assassinate his opponents. You are a donkey.
😂😂
He plead not guilty. All we have to do is wait for the jury's decision.
Go Lisa! Every day you get better at bringing the orange Rump down! I love it!
Enquiring minds want to know. Put Trump on the stand to explain the nature of his relationships with Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.
Interesting point, right? There are certain items that will be brought up by Trump staffers that only The Orange One himself can refute. But since his defense team are (correctly) afraid to put him on the stand, their testimony will have to go unchallenged. Which is worse, letting Trump defend himself, or not letting him defend himself?
The infidelity is NOT the issue here. Illegal concealment of monies used to influence a federal election IS.
@@jackstrubbe7608very true, however I'm thinking that people don't quite grasp that, but scandal is more... fun... understandable... Hopefully people find it a bit too disgusting for them to vote for... 😔
It's not the relationships. This is an election interference case.
@@apt1smith51 convincing the jury a law or laws were broken here is important for conviction. Tawdryness certainly will be entertaining and disgusting, and WILL be motivators in the election, but the jury must be convinced laws were broken in the process.
Lisa Rubin is top notch!
Guilty as charged!
Stop using the word "Bombshell" - the next line contains the words "may confirm". So... it hasn't happened, so it's not a bombshell.
Tough day for defense team, CRAP day for Trump, GREAT day for FACTS and TRUTH.
Trump is, by far, the most pusillanimous, and pestilent man in America!!! VOTE BLUE
HIS EFFORTS ARE ALL FAILING. ONLY THE STUPID. BELIEVE HIS LIES AND DROPPING AND CHANGING TO DEMOCRAT.
America's biggest threat is Joe Biden's open border crisis. You're supporting fentanyl deaths, and the next 911 in America.
Not true - in the world.
He gives the "nattering nabobs of negativity" a lot to natter about.
She won’t say anything of significance. We all know this.
I would Lovett know what that attorney was laughing about. You hardly ever see people convulsed with laughter that way.
They all cover each other... The real swamp
Remember how his children doesn't seem to remembered nothing... They're allergic to truth
Joy is looking so professional in her black outfit today. Smart-looking style.
HELLO JOY GOD BLESS YOU!! MILLIONS PERHAPS BILLIONS OF PEOPLE HEAR YOU AND YOUR COMMON SENSE , YOU HAVE BROUGHT BACK COMMON SENSE!!!!!! KEEP ON KEEPING ON!!!!!!
4:13 why not Monday?
This is clearly a complex case, but Joy and Lisa cut through the fog and show us the importance _to the jurors_ of what's been presented. Keep up the great work, ladies 👍🏼
These artists are fantastic! The pics look exactly like the people they portray THANK YOU ALL ARTIISTS
Such a BS headline. Where's the "bombshell?"
The Proseecution Provin the Motive behind the Hushnoney Payments.
The defense arguments are so stupid. Saying he paid the doorman off so they wouldn’t lose it to a competitor but then he himself didn’t print it and make millions off it? Like how freaking stupid do they think people are?
Yes, the 'National Enquirer gold' phrase stands out in that testimony. If they were knowingly throwing away 'gold' there must've been a very good reason for it.
The door man's story is true. The child's name is George Santos.
Lisa's explanation of the trial testimony was amazing, but I wonder how much of the testimony will be remembered and understood by the jury weeks from now when the gather to decide if Trump is guilty of 34 felonies. This is a tough case to really understand in legal terms.
The DA will remind the jury during closing arguments!
Tough? What billionaire can't get 139k in cash in a day. He is on audio with Cohen yelling him that I have talked to your accountant and he will set up a company to hide the payment. Then I saw a Rudy interview with him saying the money wasn't fron champaign fund. It was setup in a law firm company. And he paid it back? Paid what back? He has a paper trail that shows he wrote it off as a tax break. That's what a cheat he is. This is him not able to use Presidential immunity. It was 8 months before he took office. Same with New York fraud case. That's the one o want to get him on.
There are 2 attorneys in the jury. They will iron out any uncertainties that the other jurors might have.
Please! Please! Stop the insanity!! I didn't mean to call her I only....... Judge: to late. And it's way past your pamper change. Who's in charge of the changes??
DIAPER CHANGE IS DONE BY BIDEN'S CAREGIVER, SHE DOES BIDEN'S 1ST HIM BEING OLDER AND HAVING LESS ABILITY TO HOLD IT IN LONGER THEN TRUMP'S
@@jma7617Tuff talk. You think all caps make you look smart and dangerous? Looks stupid and weak. Why don't you put your real name on it? Looks weak. Cupcake. Veteran
Guilty as sin and then some. 😂
And u call this government ?
Please put him in jail!
YAY JOY!
Great!!!😅
Tristan Snell’s book, Taking Down Trump, was a great read! He goes back and forth from the Trump U. Case, which he prosecuted (and won!), to current events.
Why is court dark on Monday?
Trump needs a nap.
The court has more holidays and "time outs" than any group in America. They seem obsessed with not doing any work!
@@beecnul8r Incorrect. Judges have to render decisions on motions and make rulings on other cases they have heard. You think this is the only legal case the Court is dealing with?
Trump supporters before the trial: "He didn't do it! He wouldn't do it!" After the evidence is presented: "It's not illegal! Everyone does it!" 🙄
Thats not a bombshell, that's the most obvious thing ever.
It's coming out in testimony in a court of law under oath... 😅
STAY AWAKE AMERICA....don't let Trump make you think you should just sleep through what we are afraid to face...like HE DOES IN COURT!
Good grief. The press is part of the problem with headlines like that. "Hush money case"... I thought it's an ELECTION INTERFERENCE case ...
This case is actually falsifying documents.
I don’t like the word ‘ may ’ in the tittle……. It’s always the same…. Could, might, should etc etc…..bla bla bla…….. and then nothing…….
It is all about selling papers, or hits. Itnis veey misleading...
Blackmail money
Who got blackmailed ?
Looks like the prosecution is doing a great job.
Of showing Michael Cohen's guilty
next djT $$$ seller, gold printed front page, nat'l enquirer, photo of djt in court, dressed in an orange jumpsuit, caption, "I Did Nothing Wrong"
I never met that woman. Obama
I love the gate keeper thing.. do you think she would go to jail for the yellow pumpkin.. doing time on the island with Allan
Discovering that Trump is innocent would have been the bombshell.
Please stop giving these people the 02 of coverage
Just another in a long line of reasons this guy never should have made it to the nomination
All this is going to have a devastating impact on all our children and grandchildren , that lying and abusing women is respectful and makes the criminals a winner in our nation
All this back and forth, prove this and prove that is nonsense because there is a system flaw that will ultimately not convict and jail this defendant, regardless of overwhelming or nonoverwhelming evidence.But the reports are having a field day with this soap opera performance.
Funny how the depths to cover up then apparently were wasted. It’s all out there now and no one seems to care at least in terms of him being a slimebucket disqualifying him from being electable.
Wow, is she going to confirm what everyone knows, what is more than obvious, what even Stevie wonder can see?
McDougal also loved Trump, so...
Can’t wait to see Cohen on the stand. ❤
Fun times
Do you think Hillary will swing in .... and wish him luck... ??? 😮
No. But she WILL wipe his hard drive, if you know what I mean.
She's drinking champagne with Liz Cheney. 🍾🍾
Hillary's beautiful smile and laughter always brightens up your day... !!!
"May" confirm. When it becomes "does" confirm, I'll watch.
One Big Fat Rabbit Hole 🐇🕳️
Serious question. Why couldnt the people paid off say they found a bag of money, report it to police, wait a year then collect it?
Too many ways that can go wrong. Lies are hard to keep straight....
@@mzche1999 Im saying for a trace-less windfall of money explained on a tax form. Isnt that whole reason they lied about the payments? Wouldnt that be a practical workaround?
Serious question. Why wouldn't the people, who got paid off, say they never got the money and sell their story to another rag publication?
@@danm3532 Because there are actual, binding, legal contracts involved in the 'story sales' and NDA's. It's been mentioned several times that 'Dino the Doorman' had a clause in his contract saying that he would owe the Enquirer (or AMI) a million dollars if he violated on his contract. Or did you just mean your question in response to the 'bag of cash' proposal?
@@user-hw8cw7qp2tI think at this point Cohen didn't trust trump and needed a paper trail. Trump is like that one buddy who always goes to the bathroom when it is his turn to buy the next round of drinks. Lock traitor trump up!
She provided her services to the publication 😂😂
Less impressed with Anthony S. here than usial. I usually love all the words out of his mouth, but this time it was different. And Steve Mnunxhin?? Seriously Anthony? Corrupt Steve Mnunchin?
The ex-assistant should consider herself lucky she wasn't "Trump's type".
I love Tristan Snell's reaction to when Lisa Rubin said "the prosecution has to prove that trump had relations with either woman" and then "on the other hand, to the extent..." the poor guy finally couldn't stop laughing. Lisa's reaction to his laughing is also great.
Uno Lots of Helmets have a Snell approval quality sticker inside them even Golden ones l guess 😮
I watched this for ten minutes before I realized that wasn't Trump speaking, that was Joy Reid. Where can I get a blonde Trump wig hat like that?
Arnold payoffs were years ago. Lower prices decent economy.. if you pay me to shut up, just put me on payroll lol😅
What was the payoff?
Right...gotta find some.dirt on someone. Clearly not illegal
The question is now is who is going to be called by the defense. Everyone that has any knowledge of this transaction is now state evidence. So get someone that on stand will lie.
I've been wondering the same thing for quite a while. Who could actually be considered a 'defensive witness' at this point?
They have no defense. They are counting on a procedural error by the Judge. That is the reason why the judge is taking his time. Oliver North got off on appeal. Weinstein just got off on a procedural error. The judge is making sure. The other trump Florida case can basically be thrown out because she ruled on a motion without prejudice. None of trump's cases are being argued about his innocence. His lawyers are just trying to find some procedural error they can appeal on. It is utterly disgusting. They should open with. "My client is guilty but the judge will make a small error that will allow us to appeal it." This man and his family are disgusting
Keep reaching joi, there is no case. This will get thrown out or a hung jury. Without a doubt
The vulgarian Dozy Don will be convicted but he will never be jailed. 😅
He said he doesn't know Stormy, let alone an affair, but her contact information is in the computers at Trump Tower. Melania better file for a divorce.
He never said he doesnt know stormi😂😂😂
She will lose her secret service and government benefits if she divorces. As per the Former Presidents Act, Melania must wait until don is dead and she is at least 60 years old. So she has at least 6 more years of her nightmare. 😮😮
I think his ex-assistant is the one Melania has to worry about.
Do you think Taylor Swift will right another new song about this too... ???
Why not? When you're hot, you're hot.
not if you’re involved Write not right
I'd buy it 😅
I think she is vastly over rated. Can't sing, just wiggles around! Give me Sinatra any day!
Dang, a week already. Any clue about when Alvin Bragg plans to tell the world and the defense exactly "What the crime is"? Day after day goes by and still no crime. I mean seriously, he had to miss his wife's birthday for this? Dang, now I understand why everyone is turning on the state of NY. Smh. The blind leading the dei.
Did you really not read any of his indictments? You really sound ignorant asking that question. All of his 4 criminal indictments are public record. Only thing classified are the documents traitor trump tried to steal. Keep up and respect America. I'm a US Army veteran. Traitor trump needs to be locked up for betraying our country. He is a coward draft dodger who kneels to putin. You disgrace yourself, veterans, and active duty soldiers when you support that traitor trump
What is the crime he is accused of ? Am I missing something ?
Election interference
34 counts of committing business record fraud to cover up that Trump was reimbursing Cohen for payments made to Daniels to stop her from printing her story. That's a misdemeanor, but because it was done in order to conceal information from the voting public, which is election interference, those misdemeanours are made felonies. The payments also constitute campaign finance violations as an in-kind contribution.
Who ever taught the trolls that pretending you don't know what is going on is the way to make a point? I see this constantly, where the comment is just 'What is happening? I don't know anything!' Hey trolls, saying you're ignorant only does one thing: It makes you look ignorant. But if we've got to have trolls, I guess it's better to have stupid and easily recognizable ones.
@@typicalhguy9290 wouldn’t it have been easier to just answer the questions ? . . .no ?
Falsifying business documents. Read the indictment. Use Google. Basically equivalent of using company payroll to pay a prostitute and labeling it "Legal expense " It is legal personally. But 9 of the checks were signed using the business account. So trump was defrauding his investors. If I was only a 3% investor in trump company that $130,000 total payment to the escort would equal larceny. Trump is a disgusting human cheating on his pregnant wife with two different escorts. If you support that disgusting behavior you are just as bad.
And we can easily ascertain McDougal is the kind of woman who would have an affair with a very rich married man and then after realizing her treasure hunt was a failure, turn around and sell the story to a tabloid magazine for her real desire - money. Is there anyone involved in this story that isn't trash?
None of this matters
Today in get Trump news. "We've got him this time, i'm super sure of it".
Hey Donald you got peckered!!!
*Judge:* _"I hereby impose a Gag Order on Defendant Trump."_ *Donald:* _"Oh Yeah!? Well I'M imposing a Gag Odor on this court!!"_ 🍊💨💩
Having an Al Pacino 'And Justice For All' moment? 😃
😂😂😂 and he did too! Those poor people. Ugh, how disgusting for a former president. He's got to be a worldwide laughingstock by now. That definitely would have sealed it.
@@bpeters9466 If you were brave, and capable, you'd do a little research. The fact is that Biden is the laughing stock of the world. Many leaders are openly declaring for Trump. But, like I said, you have to be brave... and have a better than 3rd grade education. Which, sadly, likely rules you out.
This proves that infidelity is ok in our politics. My wife would not let me do that but it is ok for Trump
Trump the swamp monster
Is the best way to understand support for Don Trump to understand messianic cultures or is it simply explained by a belief in untethered self-interest?