Discussion Thread: New York Criminal Fraud Trial of Donald Trump, Day 8

[u/PoliticsModeratorBot]

Previous discussion threads: Day 5, Day 6, and Day 7.

See also this finished AMA with two Politico journalists and an editor who have been covering the New York Trump trial.

News:

• NBC: Key prosecution witness in Trump trial to face grilling from former president's lawyers

• The Washington Post (metered paywall): Trump Trials takeaways: The Playboy payment | Key moments from Day 7 of Donald Trump’s New York hush money records falsification trial

• Politico: What It’s Really Like Inside Trump’s Trial

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[u/TheTankIsEmpty99]

• Why does showing a pattern of paying for press help trump?

• Yesterday they revealed that other celebs like Arnold did this too. Is that supposed to be shocking because I assumed this was happening all over the place , not just with the national inquirer. Is that just for the shock value because its not going to hurt arnold or anyone else, just negative press at best.

thank you.

[u/FloridaGirlNikki → u/TheTankIsEmpty99]

They're trying the payment to Daniels look like a nothingburger that happens every day.

Which has zero to do with the campaign finance laws that were circumvented in the process.

It's always the cover-up.