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Ex-tabloid publisher David Pecker and Donald Trump's former assistant Rhona Graff testifed Friday in the hush money trial. Follow here for the latest live news updates, analysis and more.
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NBC NewsAs the Supreme Court weighs whether Donald Trump is shielded from prosecution for acts committed while president, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he opposes Trump's view of absolute immunity.
McConnell spoke with Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker Thursday for a pre-recorded interview set to air Sunday.
During their talk, Welker inquired whether McConnell stood by his February 2021 comment—made just after he voted to acquit "shameful" Trump during his Jan. 6-related impeachment trial—that former presidents are not immune from criminal prosecution.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Reuters/Brendan McDermidA federal judge in New York upheld a defamation verdict against Donald Trump, keeping him on the hook for the $83 million he owes E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused him of sexual assault.
Trump had motioned to receive a new trial, but Judge Lewis Kaplan rebuffed that effort, determining nothing was wrong with the first one that ruled against him.
The decision affirms that Carroll suffered harm from Trump publicly railing against her in 2019, as she went public with her more than decade-old sexual assault allegations against Trump.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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