Live updates: Trump hush money trial opening statements

Opening statements will soon begin in the first criminal trial of the presumptive Republican nominee for president. Watch CNN and follow live updates.

           

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Gary Stark No one can argue with President Joe Biden’s job record—more than 9.5 million unemployed Americans found jobs over the past 18 months, and the unemployment rate fell from 6.4 to 3.5 percent.

Under Biden, Americans are better off in other ways, too. The Center on Poverty & Social Policy at Columbia University reports that the poverty rate, which reached 16.1 percent in December 2020, fell sharply under Biden to 14.1 percent by May 2022. It’s the same story on health care coverage: The Department of Health and Human Services reported that from late 2020 to early 2022, the percentage of uninsured Americans fell from 14.5 percent to 11.8 percent among adults (ages 18 to 64) and from 6.4 percent to 3.7 percent among children, both record lows.

The final piece of ugliness under Trump was the most brazen assault upon our constitutional order by a sitting president in our history. For more than two months, the president carefully crafted not only a lie, but a vast untruth surrounding election fraud. He spread this false narrative—the most perfect example of propaganda in American history — to tens of millions of his supporters. He personally created the ecosystem for a constitutional crisis. He then unleashed a physical assault upon our Congress to obstruct the Constitution.


Trump's only defense in all of his cases has finally come down to "it's the democrats doing this to me". All the other weird excuses have been shed after he present them to his loyal followers. This where Trump has created a big problem for himself. None of his lawyers can bring up this new excuse to a judge without having to prove it. Not a single one of his lawyers has brought up Trump's defense to the media of "the democrats are doing this" to a judge. A judge would ask them show that evidence to be able to dismiss the charges and the fact is..... it's just another Trump lie without any facts at all.


This is an orchestrated criminal proceeding to interfere with the American peoples chance to elect a President.
The judge’s daughter, Loren Merchan, is president of Authentic Campaigns, a Chicago-based progressive political consulting firm whose top clients include Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who was the lead prosecutor in Trump’s first impeachment trial, and the Senate Majority PAC, a major party fundraiser.
Constitutional and criminal law attorney Alan Dershowitz said if the judge’s daughter is involved in anti-Trump politics, “there seems to be a basis for recusal of the father.”
Loren Merchan — who worked for Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign as “director of digital persuasion” — has said her father detests politicians using Twitter, an apparent reference to Trump.


This is our former POTUS in a criminal court room on trial. Can someone please explain why the State of New York step up and make special provision to air to televise the entire trial. The American citizens should be able to witness this from beginning to end the world should see this take place. We are drastically missing the mark when it comes to showing off our democracy that we want other countries to follow. And to add insult to injury the United States Supreme Court will grant Donald J Trump totally immunity. My question is what happens when we have POTUS that goes rogue, with totally immunity the justice system can't touch them at least for 4 years a lot of catastrophic damage can done to our country within that time. What the United States Supreme Court hopefully rules is that no POTUS will have totally immunity and that every President Of The United States can be arrested charged and prosecuted while POTUS. Of course there should be some guidelines for national security but that's it.


Trump has many fascinating and great qualities. What I like most is his enormous talent for leading a country. He is very charismatic and incredibly clever. Of course, we also know how tough he is. But don't worry! He only uses it where it's appropriate: against arrogant and impudent Western politicians. Everything suits this great guy. Even a job as a leader in a dictatorship (but in a positive sense) would suit him like no other.

Not everything is bad about dictators. See XI, for example! His country has overtaken all others at lightning speed. Whether economically, technologically or militarily. Trump could do the same with ease. He should just be given more room to maneuver. The first thing he should do is take care of the left-wing lying media and re-educate them to be Trump-friendly. Let's trust Trump, he will know exactly how to make America the only superpower again.


Gary Stark Obama handed Trump the reins of an economy with a 4.7 percent unemployment rate; 75 consecutive months of job growth; rising stock prices, home values, corporate profits and consumer confidence; low inflation; and, following several years of sluggish income growth, a record spike in middle-class incomes.
President Donald Trump inherited the longest economic expansion in U.S. history from President
Barack Obama. His two signature economic policies—the 2017 tax cuts and the trade war with
China—hurt American workers and families. His rejection of expert scientific advice and his refusal to
use the power of the federal government to attempt to contain the coronavirus led to the sharpest and
one of the deepest economic declines in U.S. history.
As a result, Donald Trump has left President Joe
Biden an economy with fewer jobs, slower GDP growth, a higher unemployment rate, record
unemployment claims and a smaller labor force.


XGospel Ministry so Justice is when the judges daughter raises 1.5 million dollars for the Democrats. The judge donated to Joe biden's campaign. President Trump isn't allowed to make any comment about any of the witnesses. The p**** stars book comes out this week and Michael Cohen and her are on TV every other day trashing him. And you call this Justice? You call this election interference? But the hunter Biden laptop was fake right.. when President Trump called the president of Ukraine to ask what the business dealings were of Joe Biden they tried to impeach him. Coincidentally two years later we are now funding Ukraine one out of 195 countries at $195 billion dollars. Just coincidence right.. and you call this justice? I'm a black dude and I don't even understand how this isn't crooked. You ask anybody with some Street sense and they will tell you straight out bro this is crooked


Travis Williams …. You mean except for Corrupt Hillary Clinton who got off Scott free for all her malfeasance by an FBI that supported her Good Grief.
And Hunter & Joe Biden.
Biden yammers that the wealthy should pay their fair share of taxes & YET His Administration allowed the Statute of Limitations to run out on his son Hunter so his felonies could not be prosecuted.
AND turns a blind eye to his son Hunter Not paying Taxes on Millions of $ dollars while he lived an extravagant lifestyle. Apparently paying for prostitutes & drugs was more important.

Democrat mantra - The rules are for Thee but not for Me.
Look in the mirror at the Hypocrisy looking back at you before throwing stones.


Official Statement of Stormy Daniels
January 30, 2018
To Whom it May Concern:
Over the past few weeks I have been asked countless times to comment on reports of an allege
sexual relationship I had with Donald Trump many, many, many years ago.
The fact of the matter is that each party to this alleged affair denied its existence in 2006,
20011, 2016, 2017 and now again in 2018. I am not denying this affair because I was paid "hush money
as has been reported in overseas owned tabloids. I am denying this affair because it never happened.
I will have no further comment on this matter. Please feel free to check me out on Instagram at
@thestormydaniels.
Thank you,
Stormy Daniels


10ºMelissa Wethington with Trump we were still at war in Afghanistan, there were empty shelves at grocery stores, we were reliant on Chinese electronic components, people were dying and being stored in refrigerator trucks while he endorsed bleach and horse medicine, he pushed thru SC judges that have stripped rights from women. He then threw a pity party because he was too embarrassed to admit defeat and tried stealing the election causing an insurrection. He undermines public schools and health care to make a profit for himself and his friends. His former chiefs of staff and military generals call him an idiot and a danger to this country. You vote for him but the real people who care about this country would never.




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