Trump Denies the Affairs at the Heart of the Hush-Money Case. Almost No One Believes Him.

16 hours 55 minutes ago
Donald Trump is on trial in Manhattan facing 34 counts of falsifying business records as part of another crime: conspiring to influence the 2016 election. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg argues that, to squelch negative publicity that might hurt Trump’s 2016 campaign, Trump directed the creation of fake records to hide hush-money payments to women […]
Dan Friedman

Samuel Alito Has a Very Strange Theory for How to Protect Democracy

17 hours 29 minutes ago
On Thursday, the Supreme Court held oral arguments over former President Donald Trump’s claims that he enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for engaging in what he contends were his official duties while in office. And one justice, Samuel Alito, offered a particularly wild theory about how to preserve American democracy and the rule of […]
Pema Levy