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Sep 25, 2020 · The most audacious block of a president’s ability to name a justice came in 1866, when new president Andrew Johnson tried to fill a Supreme Court seat left vacant for months, and Congress...
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May 31, 2024 · Donald Trump has become the first former president to be convicted of a felony, found guilty of 34 counts in a Manhattan court on May 30. The verdict is a historic moment. Not long ago, the...
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July: According to an interview Daniels would give to "60 Minutes"in 2018, Daniels meets Trump, the star of NBC's hit show "The Apprentice," at a celebrity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe in Nevada. She says he invited her to dinner, and she met him at his hotel suite, where they had sex. He later invites her to a Trump Vodka launch party in Californ...
July: A year after their first interaction, Trump asks Daniels to meet at his bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles to discuss a possible appearance on the spin-off "Celebrity Apprentice." The two spend four hours together but don't have sex, Daniels says later, and she leaves after Trump says he is still working on securing her a spot...
May: Daniels gives an interview to the magazine In Touchdescribing her encounters with Trump in exchange for $15,000. Two employees later tell CBS News that the interview never ran because Michael Cohen, Trump's attorney, threatened to sue when the publication asked Trump for comment. Daniels says she was never paid. A few weeks later, Daniels says...
June: Karen McDougal, an actress and former Playboy model, begins trying to sell her story of an alleged affair she had with Trump in 2006 and 2007. She retains attorney Keith Davidson, who approaches the National Enquirer about a possible deal. July 19: Trump secures the Republican Party's nomination for president. Aug. 5: The National Enquirer se...
January: Cohen seeks reimbursement from the Trump Organization for $180,035 — $130,000 for the payment to Daniels, plus a wiring fee and an extra $50,000. Trump Organization executives double the reimbursement to $360,000 and add another $60,000, for a total of $420,000 to be paid in monthly installments for 12 months. Cohen sends invoices for $35,...
Jan. 12: The Wall Street Journal publishes an articledetailing the $130,000 payment to Daniels, the first public acknowledgment of the scheme. Cohen says Trump "vehemently denies" having an affair but does not address the payment. Cohen also sends a statement he claims is from "Stormy Daniels," saying the stories of an affair are false. Feb. 13: Co...
May 6: Cohen reportsto federal prison in upstate New York. July 18: Documents from the now-concluded federal probe into the payments suggestTrump was aware of efforts to buy the silence of both women in the days leading up to the election. The documents showedrepeated communication between Cohen and Trump, as well as one phone call that included Da...
May 12: The Supreme Court hears argumentsin two cases involving Trump's tax records. Conservative and liberal justices alike question the president's claim of "absolute immunity" from state investigations, seemingly skeptical of a blanket ruling shielding the president in non-federal cases. "You're asking for broader immunity than anyone else gets,...
Feb. 3: Vance's office brings in Mark Pomerantz, a former federal prosecutor with deep experience in complex financial and organized crime cases, as a special assistant district attorney. Pomerantz is working solely on the Trump case. Feb. 25: Vance's office obtains Trump's tax returns, three days after the Supreme Court rejecteda last-ditch attemp...
March 23: The New York Times reveals that Pomerantz, who stepped down the month before, wrote in his resignation letterto Bragg that he believes Trump is "guilty of numerous felony violations." Pomerantz expressed frustration with the new district attorney's handling of the case, writing: "I believe that your decision not to prosecute Donald Trump ...
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Jan 6, 2021 · On Monday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by voters in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Arizona that argued state legislatures should have met after the election to certify...
On June 30, 1980, the United States Supreme Court ruled in an 8–1 majority to uphold the United States Court of Claims' initial ruling, awarding the Sioux nation $106 million, which resulted in the largest sum ever given to an Indian tribe for illegally seized territory.
In late 1990, Trump was sued for $2 million by a business analyst for defamation, and Trump settled out of court. Shortly before Trump Taj Mahal opened in April 1990, the analyst had said that the project would fail by the end of that year.
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Oct 25, 2023 · Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer and recent foe, returned to the stand today for the second day of testimony in the $250 million civil fraud trial brought by New York Attorney General...
