Tom Howell Jr.
Articles by Tom Howell Jr.
Trump attends son’s graduation in Florida, plans to campaign in Minnesota on trial off day
Former President Donald Trump is making the most of Friday's rare day off from his hush money trial in New York, attending his son's high school graduation in Florida before jetting to Minnesota for a GOP dinner. Published May 17, 2024
Trump: My only crime was beating Hillary Clinton
Former President Donald Trump relished a "very interesting day" after his defense team roughed up Michael Cohen, the star witness in the hush money case against the presumptive GOP nominee. Published May 16, 2024
Trump team wears down Michael Cohen’s credibility in front of jury
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump, using cross-examination to portray Michael Cohen on Thursday as a man who lies about anything and everything, sought to eviscerate the credibility of the prosecution's main witness to a 2016 hush payment and alleged crimes to cover it up. Published May 16, 2024
Defense confronts Michael Cohen with his anti-Trump tirades, thirst for revenge
Lawyers for ex-President Donald Trump are spotlighting Michael Cohen's podcasts and media comments to paint him as so hellbent on taking down Mr. Trump that his animus reached biblical proportions. Published May 16, 2024
GOP firebrands Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert back Trump at New York trial
Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Lauren Boebert of Colorado attended former President Donald Trump's criminal trial Thursday, making them the latest Republican allies to show support for the presumptive GOP nominee as he campaigns from the courthouse. Published May 16, 2024
Trump’s team hits Michael Cohen as foul-mouthed schemer
Donald Trump's attorneys went for the jugular Tuesday in cross-examination of Michael Cohen, casting the prosecution's star witness as a shady character with an intense hatred of the former president and with financial motivation to lie about the hush money scheme at the heart of the trial. Published May 14, 2024
Michael Cohen describes FBI raids, leaving Trump’s fold and pleading guilty
Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump's onetime fixer and lawyer, testified Tuesday his world "turned upside down" when the FBI raided his hotel room and his under-construction apartment in April 2018, triggering a breakup with his famous boss. Published May 14, 2024
Michael Cohen outlines ‘false’ records at heart of Trump hush money case
Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump's one-time fixer and lawyer, told jurors Tuesday he submitted false invoices to the Trump Organization and its revocable trust to conceal a hush payment he made to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. Published May 14, 2024
‘The Apprentice: VP Edition’: Potential running mates flock to Trump’s hush money trial in N.Y.
Former President Donald Trump's hush money trial is turning into an audition hall of sorts, as potential running to the presumptive Republican nominee show up each day. Published May 14, 2024
Michael Cohen on hush money scheme: ‘Everything required Mr. Trump’s sign-off’
Former President Donald Trump's onetime fixer and attorney Michael Cohen testified Monday that "the boss" played a hands-on role in paying adult film star Stormy Daniels to quash her story about a sexual encounter with Mr. Trump and to conceal the nature of the payments. Published May 13, 2024
Michael Cohen says Trump warned him in 2015 to prepare for bad stories from women
Donald Trump, fresh off launching his presidential bid at Trump Tower, allegedly told his lawyer Michael Cohen to be ready, that negative stories from women were about to pour in. Published May 13, 2024
Michael Cohen, Trump’s lawyer-turned-accuser, testifies against his former boss
Michael Cohen took the witness stand Monday to provide a firsthand account of hush payments made near the 2016 election as the trial against former President Donald Trump reaches its climax. Published May 13, 2024
GOP lawmakers Tuberville, Vance, Malliotakis attend court to support Trump
Republican Sens. J.D. Vance of Ohio and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York attended former President Donald Trump's hush money trial on Monday, making them the latest high-profile supporters to show up. Published May 13, 2024
Prosecutors set to call Michael Cohen as make-or-break witness in Trump trial
Prosecutors will call their star witness, Michael Cohen, when former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial resumes on Monday, bringing the state's case to a climax and setting the stage for a bruising cross-examination. Published May 10, 2024
Judge Merchan won’t let prosecutors play 1999 Larry King clip at Trump trial
A New York judge on Friday rejected prosecutors' attempts to enter a 1999 interview between Donald Trump and Larry King into evidence in the ex-president's hush money trial. Published May 10, 2024
N.Y. judge says photographer broke rule, will not allow Trump pictures in court
New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan is forbidding photographs of former President Donald Trump in his trial because a pool journalist took a picture from the aisle instead of the front of the courtroom, as required, according to court officers. Published May 10, 2024
N.Y. judge again refuses to grant mistrial for Trump or alter gag order related to Stormy Daniels
NEW YORK -- A New York judge on Thursday rejected a second request by former President Donald Trump to declare a mistrial over the testimony of porn actress Stormy Daniels. Published May 9, 2024
Defense portrays Stormy Daniels as a money-hungry author of sex stories at Trump trial
Donald Trump's lawyers on Thursday tore into Stormy Daniels as a creative profit seeker who used the former president's 2016 candidacy and legal troubles to extort money from him, sell merchandise and launch a "Make America Horny Again" tour. Published May 9, 2024
Trump lawyers: Stormy Daniels is adept at making up sex stories
Former President Donald Trump's lawyers on Thursday argued that Stormy Daniels' experience in the porn industry made her an expert at fabricating stories about sexual encounters. Published May 9, 2024
Defense portrays Stormy Daniels as money hungry as Trump trial resumes
Former President Donald Trump's lawyers on Thursday painted Stormy Daniels as a profit seeker who tried to extort him ahead of the 2016 election, as the porn star returned to the witness stand in Manhattan. Published May 9, 2024
