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Jeenah Moon/Pool via Reuters Donald Trump knows how to play to the audience, whether it's the deluded millions of his MAGA base or the jurors in the first criminal trial of a former president.
That was clear on Friday when Trump seized a moment in his criminal trial to seemingly comfort a witness—his still-loyal ex-assistant Rhona Graff.
The jury had just finished listening to supermarket tabloid sleaze David Pecker testify about what prosecutors say was a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election by paying hush money to kill potentially damaging stories about Trump.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Ex-tabloid publisher David Pecker and Donald Trump's former assistant Rhona Graff were among those who testifed Friday in the hush money trial.
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Mr. Meijer, a former House member, said he did not have a "strong pathway to victory" in the Michigan primary race.
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On Friday, ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker took the stand again in the former president's trial.
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Fox News Fox News contributor and Washington Times opinion editor Charlie Hurt was back on The Five Friday with another weird take: Showers "are terrible," and not even farmers have to take them.
The discussion was centered around a New York Post story published Thursday that called attention to how some experts consider daily showers more of a social construct rooted out of the opinions of others than a personal necessity for one's skin. One environmentalist, for instance, told the BBC this week that showers are more popular than ever "because we're afraid somebody else will tell us that we're smelling."
The Post also cited a Manhattan dermatologist who warned that prolonged, daily showers could damage the "skin's microbiome," which not only protects the skin but is "extremely important in overall health of the body."
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Pentagon Comptroller Elaine McCusker, who was reported to have questioned the suspension of U.S. military aid to Ukraine, a key element in the inquiry leading to President Donald Trump's impeachment, resigned on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said.
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