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Donald Trump had a bad morning in court as hearing over whether he will be held in contempt in the hush money trial turned ugly.
Judge Juan Merchan eviscerated the former president’s lead attorney Todd Blanche over 10 posts prosecutors say violate the gag order.
After the contempt hearing, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker returned to the stand to finish testimony on the ‘catch and kill’ plots coordinated between Trump and the tabloid.
Table of Contents
- 1 Trump laughed that his lovechild story would have made ‘biggest’ sale in for National Enquirer since Elvis Presley’s death
- 2 Cohen told Pecker that Trump would ‘take a DNA test’ to disprove doorman story and it would be ‘impossible’ that Irish-German Trump could father a Hispanic child
- 3 Pecker testifies on the ‘highly confidential’ nature of the Trump deal
- 4 Pecker reveals all about the story linking Ted Cruz’s father to the assassination of JFK
- 5 ‘Donald Trump: Healthiest individual ever elected!’ Prosecutors scroll through National Enquirer headlines – including the front page linking Ted Cruz’s dad to JFK’s assassination
- 6 Pecker says stories on the Clintons ‘pleased’ Trump and Michael Cohen
- 7 Pecker tells court he saw Trump more frequently when he was running for president
- 8 Trump whispers to attorney who grins in response after David Pecker says he always dated ‘the most beautiful women’
- 9 David Pecker says he would call Michael Cohen directly if there were negative stories about Trump circulating and that he expected ‘beautiful’ women would try to sell their stories when he ran
- 10 Republican demands records on Trump prosecutor Michael Colangelo – formerly AG Merrick Garland’s No. 3 at the Justice Department
- 11 Michael Cohen lashes out at Trump’s ‘incessant lying’ after contentious gag order hearing
- 12 David Pecker takes the stand and says he has known Trump since the 1980s when they met at Mar-a-Lago
- 13 Trump complains about ‘highly conflicted’ Judge Merchan’s ‘kangaroo court’ during break
- 14 Court resumes from break with David Pecker as witness
- 15 Judge returns to the bench after a short break ahead of David Pecker’s second round of testimony
- 16 Judge tears into Trump’s lawyer for claiming ex-president didn’t violate the gag order when he reshared stories on social media
- 17 Trump stony-faced as he storms out of court throwing one hand in the air: His morning got even WORSE as Judge Merchan’s frustration with his attorneys reached a boiling point
- 18 Judge Juan Merchan reserves making a decision on if Trump violated the gag order
- 19 The jury is not in court during the contempt hearing
- 20 Judge Merchan is noticeably irritated at Trump team trying to show witness attacks are justified
- 21 Trump attorney claims there is ‘absolutely no willful violation’ of the gag order and Trump was responding to witness statements
- 22 Prosecutors ask for a $1,000 fine for each gag order violation and for 10 Trump posts to be removed
- 23 Prosecutors say they are not seeking jail for Trump… after he warned supporters he could be thrown behind bars
- 24 Trump ‘added’ to Jesse Watters’ post about ‘undercover liberal activists’ on the jury
- 25 Trump under fire for calling Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels ‘sleazebags’
- 26 Prosecutors say Trump has ‘violated’ the gag order ‘repeatedly’ and ‘hasn’t stopped
- 27 Trump left to sit alone at the defense table as judge takes lawyers into a conference
- 28 Newt Gingrich compares Trump’s hush money trial to ‘some of the civil rights workers in Mississippi in the 1960s’
- 29 Trump aide Natalie Harp and press secretary Karoline Leavitt join ex-president on the way to court
- 30 Trump says ‘ALL HELL’ will break loose if gag order is enforced
- 31 Trump leaves Trump Tower in a windy Manhattan
- 32 Trump critic Michael Avenatti shockingly says the former president is a ‘victim’ in his criminal cases
- 33 Trump does a TV interview with a Pennsylvania station before heading to court
- 34 What to expect from the second day of former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker’s testimony
- 35 Trump shook his head in defiance while the jury locked eyes on the prosecutor: An inside court account of the first day of testimony
- 36 Donald Trump faces jail at contempt hearing
Trump laughed that his lovechild story would have made ‘biggest’ sale in for National Enquirer since Elvis Presley’s death
Cohen told Pecker that Trump would ‘take a DNA test’ to disprove doorman story and it would be ‘impossible’ that Irish-German Trump could father a Hispanic child
Pecker testifies on the ‘highly confidential’ nature of the Trump deal
Pecker reveals all about the story linking Ted Cruz’s father to the assassination of JFK
‘Donald Trump: Healthiest individual ever elected!’ Prosecutors scroll through National Enquirer headlines – including the front page linking Ted Cruz’s dad to JFK’s assassination
Pecker says stories on the Clintons ‘pleased’ Trump and Michael Cohen
Pecker tells court he saw Trump more frequently when he was running for president
Trump whispers to attorney who grins in response after David Pecker says he always dated ‘the most beautiful women’
David Pecker says he would call Michael Cohen directly if there were negative stories about Trump circulating and that he expected ‘beautiful’ women would try to sell their stories when he ran
Republican demands records on Trump prosecutor Michael Colangelo – formerly AG Merrick Garland’s No. 3 at the Justice Department
Michael Cohen lashes out at Trump’s ‘incessant lying’ after contentious gag order hearing
David Pecker takes the stand and says he has known Trump since the 1980s when they met at Mar-a-Lago
Trump complains about ‘highly conflicted’ Judge Merchan’s ‘kangaroo court’ during break
Court resumes from break with David Pecker as witness
Judge returns to the bench after a short break ahead of David Pecker’s second round of testimony
Trump stony-faced as he storms out of court throwing one hand in the air: His morning got even WORSE as Judge Merchan’s frustration with his attorneys reached a boiling point
Judge Juan Merchan reserves making a decision on if Trump violated the gag order
The jury is not in court during the contempt hearing
Judge Merchan is noticeably irritated at Trump team trying to show witness attacks are justified
Trump attorney claims there is ‘absolutely no willful violation’ of the gag order and Trump was responding to witness statements
Prosecutors ask for a $1,000 fine for each gag order violation and for 10 Trump posts to be removed
Prosecutors say they are not seeking jail for Trump… after he warned supporters he could be thrown behind bars
Trump ‘added’ to Jesse Watters’ post about ‘undercover liberal activists’ on the jury
Trump under fire for calling Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels ‘sleazebags’
Prosecutors say Trump has ‘violated’ the gag order ‘repeatedly’ and ‘hasn’t stopped
Trump left to sit alone at the defense table as judge takes lawyers into a conference
Newt Gingrich compares Trump’s hush money trial to ‘some of the civil rights workers in Mississippi in the 1960s’
Trump aide Natalie Harp and press secretary Karoline Leavitt join ex-president on the way to court
Trump says ‘ALL HELL’ will break loose if gag order is enforced
Trump leaves Trump Tower in a windy Manhattan
Trump critic Michael Avenatti shockingly says the former president is a ‘victim’ in his criminal cases
Trump does a TV interview with a Pennsylvania station before heading to court
What to expect from the second day of former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker’s testimony
Trump shook his head in defiance while the jury locked eyes on the prosecutor: An inside court account of the first day of testimony
Donald Trump faces jail at contempt hearing