Donald Trump trial LIVE: Ex-president warns of ‘radical left revolution’ as he faces new contempt fines

Donald Trump woke up feeling refreshed Thursday after back-to-back rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan.

The former president prepared for the tenth day of his secret trial by warning that a “radical left revolution” was underway in the United States following the violence at UCLA.

The 77-year-old also spoke out against the “unconstitutional silence order” as he prepared to be fined up to $4,000 for contempt of court for violating the silence order.

He wrote: “THIS IS A RADICAL LEFT REVOLUTION UNDERWAY IN OUR COUNTRY. WHERE IS THE TWISTED JOE BIDEN? WHERE IS GOVERNOR NEWSCUM? THE DANGER FOR OUR COUNTRY COMES FROM THE LEFT, NOT THE RIGHT!!!’

“WE CANNOT LET THIS RADICAL LEFT-LEFT, CORRUPT AND HIGHLY CONFLICT DEMOCRATIC JUDGE FROM NEW YORK INTERFERE WITH THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION – THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION IN OUR COUNTRY’S HISTORY.” THE USA IS TRULY A NATION IN DECLINE! REMOVE THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL SLAPP ORDER.’

Donald Trump faces new contempt fines for violating the silence order during his secret trial when he returns to court on Thursday.

Prosecutors are seeking a fine of $1,000 each for four comments by the ex-president that attacked witnesses, jurors and others closely connected to the case.

The 77-year-old will also hear further testimony from Keith Davidson, the lawyer who represented Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.

He is one of several key players expected to be called to the stand before prosecutors’ star witness, Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and personal fixer.

Top aide Margo Martin posted video of the former president’s motorcade returning to New York at 9:17 p.m. ET on Wednesday.

The trial takes place every Wednesday due to a scheduling conflict with Judge Merchan.

It begins with a one-line instant message from a lawyer to an editor: “I have a success story about Trump. »

What follows is a detailed account of how a Playboy model sold her story to the National Enquirer, shedding light not only on checkbook journalism and supermarket tabloids, but also on the trial against Donald Trump as he stands takes place in a cold and dark New York. courtroom.

The details are laid out in a document presented last week during Trump’s secret trial, titled People’s Exhibit 176A.

This only deserves a brief mention since “tabloid king” David Pecker, then publisher of the National Enquirer, explained how he agreed to help the Trump campaign in 2015 by buying negative stories about the then-candidate .

It was back before the jury Tuesday when Karen McDougal’s Hollywood lawyer appeared as a witness, describing how he negotiated a salary with National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard.

Keith Davidson has detailed the convoluted plot that led to Stormy Daniels’ hush money deal ultimately being paid for by Michael Cohen.

He told the court that National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard and Gina Rodriguez, Daniels’ PR, negotiated a $120,000 settlement.

But Howard then backtracked and refused to close.

The jury heard that Howard asked Rodriguez to call Cohen to make him pay, but she refused to speak to him.

Davidson told the jury that Rodriguez then asked him to call Cohen and make the deal.

According to Davidson, Rodriguez told him, “This will be the easiest deal you’ve ever made in your entire life.” All you have to do is pay and talk to that asshole Cohen.

The deal was initially worth $120,000.

But after Davidson got involved, he asked for an additional $10,000 to pay for his time.

Davidson said he used false names for the deal, or what he called “code words” that were meant to ensure “greater confidentiality in the event the contract was lost or stolen.”

Daniels was nicknamed “Peggy Peterson” while Trump was “David De.”

Donald Trump revealed what he would do in November if he lost the 2024 presidential election and concerns about the integrity of the election persist.

His comments came after a rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The Midwestern state will be key to the presidential election and host the 2024 Republican National Convention, during which Trump is expected to be formally named the party’s nominee to take on Democrat Joe Biden.

Donald Trump threatened to bankrupt a famous journalist if she helped Stormy Daniels sell her story in 2012, according to messages entered into court records this week.

The explosive claims come from instant messages between Gina Rodriguez and National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard.

At the time of their exchange, interest in Trump had reached a fever pitch.

He was the clear favorite for the 2016 Republican nomination and Howard’s then-boss explained last week how he agreed to hunt down negative stories in what prosecutors claim was a “catch and kill” deal. to help his campaign.

“Donald Trump also called my office 4 years ago when Stormy Daniels was going to do the Trump mistress story,” Rodriguez wrote in April 2016.

“He threatened that I would never do business in entertainment again.”

Former President Donald Trump blasted criminal and civil charges against him and denounced presiding judges and President Biden at a forceful rally in Michigan as he took a day off from the court.

The ex-president’s trips to Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday were the first campaign rallies held by Trump since the secret trial against him began in New York nearly three weeks ago.

Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records for concealing secret money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.

Over the past two weeks, numerous witnesses have taken the stand to give salacious details about his alleged affairs and his efforts to hide them before the 2016 election.

This is the first of four criminal cases against Trump to go to trial.

“Every one of these fake deals is bullshit,” the ex-president told a noisy crowd outside an airplane hangar. ‘Each of them.’