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May 2, 2024

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Trump lawyer suggests hush money payment was extortion

Donald Trump in New York State Supreme Court, May, 2, 2024. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS

A lawyer for Donald Trump sought on Thursday to portray the hush money payment at the center of his criminal trial as extortion, questioning a lawyer involved in the deal about his cash-for-dirt negotiations with other celebrities. Defense attorney Emil Bove‘s questioning of the lawyer Keith Davidson hinted at a strategy by Trump’s legal team to undermine the credibility of prosecution witnesses in the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president. Read more about today’s proceedings.

Earlier in the day, Justice Juan Merchan signaled he might fine Trump over allegations he again violated a gag order. Prosecutors are asking Merchan to fine Trump $4,000 for violating the gag order four times last week. In one instance, Trump, a Republican, said in a TV interview that “that jury was picked so fast – 95% Democrats. The area’s mostly all Democrat.” Trump’s lawyer argued this was not a violation. Any penalty would follow a $9,000 fine Merchan imposed on Tuesday.

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