Michael Cohen Takes The Stand In Donald Trump Hush Money Trial

Happy post-conviction day? Yesterday, Donald Trump became the first former American President to be convicted of felony crimes as a jury found him guilty on all 34 charges in his scheme to influence the 2016 election with his hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels who said the two engaged in sex while he was married to his current wife (oh, and he has three more criminal cases to deal with too). Trump has also been in the news for the film, “The Apprentice,” starring Sebastian Stan, which premiered at the recent Cannes Film Festival to solid reviews.

Well… damn. We honestly did not expect that! In his unprecedented criminal trial, Donald Trump has been found guilty on all counts!

Donald Trump has been found guilty.

Donald Trump maintained his innocence after being found guilty of 34 charges in his hush money trial.

X turned into a celebratory water cooler for the likes of Lynda Carter, Rob Reiner, Mark Hamill, Michael Rapaport, Henry Winkler and more Thursday after a New York City found former President Donald Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records.

The verdict is in for Donald Trump and he’s been found guilty on 34 of 34 state felony counts of falsifying records, making him the first former U.S. President to be found guilty of a crime. The verdict follows nine hours and 44 minutes of deliberations, per MSNBC.

UPDATED, 2:10 PM: Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial.

A jury in New York City today found former president Donald Trump guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records as part of a conspiracy to keep a potential sex scandal from derailing his first presidential campaign. 

William Earl Former President Donald Trump was convicted in a Manhattan courthouse on Thursday of all 34 charges of falsifying business records in connection with a payout to porn actress Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, is now the first former president ever convicted of a crime. He could face up to four years in prison, though probation is also a possible sentence.

After a marathon day of closing arguments in Donald Trump’s New York hush-money trial, jurors are poised to begin deliberating the former president’s fate today on 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records — the last phase of an unprecedented case pitting Trump against the city and state where he made his name.

Robert De Niro was the surprise guest of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign for a press conference outside the Manhattan courthouse where closing arguments are taking place in Donald Trump‘s hush money trial.

UPDATE: The testimony is done in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, and the jurors are off until next Tuesday, but Judge Juan Merchan still found cause this afternoon to call out one of Trump’s lawyers. 

Jon Stewart was back on The Daily Show and compared Donald Trump to Mr. Magoo as the hush money trial continues.

UPDATE: Prosecutors have rested their case in the Trump hush money trial in New York after its star witness, Michael Cohen, ended his testimony.

Barron Trump is a high school graduate! Former President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump’s 18-year-old son graduated from Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach on Friday, May 17.What Barron Trump revealed about his dad Donald Trump during a dinner at Mar-a-LagoThe former first couple looked like any other proud mom and dad at the graduation ceremony, where they were joined by Melania’s father, Viktor Knavs. Barron was photographed walking on stage, collecting his diploma, while his parents sat in the stands with other attendees.

As Michael Cohen returned to the stand for cross-examination this morning, Donald Trump‘s attorney loudly accused him of lying about the nature of a phone call eight years ago, which Cohen said was to discuss with then-candidate Trump a payoff to the porn star Stormy Daniels.

UPDATE: Michael Cohen took the stand for the second day in Donald Trump‘s hush money trial, and recounted an Oval Office meeting with the then-president in April 2018.

Donald Trump’s hush money trial resumed today with testimony from a former White House aide who was fired for talking with reporters about what she saw around the Oval Office. 

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UPDATE: Stormy Daniels is scheduled to testify today in Donald Trump‘s hush money trial in New York.