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Fraud trial | Michael Cohen testifies against Trump, who calls him ‘proven liar’

October 25, 2023 admin

In a courtroom showdown five years in the making, Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen testified Tuesday that he worked to boost the supposed value of the former U.S. president’s assets to “whatever number Trump told us to.” Mr. Trump’s lawyers — and outside court, Mr. Trump himself — by turn sought to portray Mr. Cohen…

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Donald Trump attends court, calls New York fraud trial a ‘scam’

October 2, 2023 admin

The fraud lawsuit that could cost former U.S. President Donald Trump control of some of his most prized properties went to trial on Monday, with New York State lawyers vowing to hold him accountable while he denounced the case as a politically motivated “scam.” The civil case, brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James,…

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Putin says Trump prosecution shows ‘rottenness’ of U.S. politics

September 12, 2023 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the idea that Donald Trump had special ties with Russia was “complete nonsense”. | Photo Credit: AP Russian President Vladimir Putin said on September 12 that the prosecution of former U.S. President Donald Trump was politically motivated and demonstrated the “rottenness” of the U.S. political system. Mr. Trump, the front-runner…

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Trump lawyers seek recusal of judge in D.C. presiding over federal election subversion case

September 12, 2023 admin

Former U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday asked the federal judge presiding over his election subversion case in Washington to recuse herself, saying her past public statements about the former president and his connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol call into…

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