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Victoria Bekiempis

Victoria Bekiempis is a freelance journalist

28 May 2024

  • Donald Trump leaves court on Tuesday

    Prosecutors detail Donald Trump’s ‘corrupt bargain’ in closing arguments

    Joshua Steinglass tells hush-money jurors that scheme to bury negative stories before 2016 election distorted democracy

21 May 2024

  • White man wearing black suit and yellow tie gestures with his hands as another man in a suit stands behinds him

    ‘Mr Trump, why won’t you testify?’: hush-money trial nears end with a fizzle, not a bang

    Defense rests after calling two witnesses, and Donald Trump Jr attacks a question about why his father didn’t take the stand
  • Donald Trump in court on Tuesday.

    Trump insists defense ‘had a great case’ as court resumes for jury instructions – as it happened

    Ex-president back in court with entourage as hush-money trial moves closer to conclusion
  • Donald Trump

    Defense rests without Donald Trump testifying in criminal hush-money trial

    Judge Juan Merchan adjourns trial until next Tuesday, when the court will reconvene to hear closing arguments

20 May 2024

  • Sketch of man in wearing suit and glasses glasses looking at another man wearing suit and tie

    ‘Don’t roll your eyes’ and an entourage: Trump trial takeaways, day 19

    The ex-president walked into the courtroom with a phalanx of supporters as the defense’s witness prompted near-chaos
  • Donald Trump appears in court on Monday.

    Lawyer: Michael Cohen said ‘numerous times’ Trump didn’t know about Stormy Daniels payments – as it happened

    Trump’s team indicates ex-president won’t testify and that they plan to rest today
  • Michael Cohen departs home to testify in hush-money trial on Monday.

    Trump trial: Cohen testifies that hush-money payment violated election law

    Prosecutors rest case after ex-fixer Michael Cohen says he knew paying Stormy Daniels violated the Federal Election Campaign Act

19 May 2024

  • Senators Meet For Their Policy Luncheons On Capitol Hill<br>WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 10: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) leaves the Senate Chamber following a vote at the U.S. Capitol on May 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders met with President Joe Biden at the White House yesterday to continue to negotiate how to raise the debt limit. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    Marco Rubio says he would not accept 2024 election results ‘if it’s unfair’

    Republican senator’s comments come as he is considered among Trump’s top candidates for vice-president
  • Joe Biden<br>President Joe Biden speaks to graduating students at the Morehouse College commencement Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

    Biden vows to fight ‘poison of white supremacy’ at Morehouse speech

    Speech warmly received at historically Black college despite backlash from students in weeks leading to address over war
  • man with arms outstretched speaking at a podium

    Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention

    During a bombastic speech in Dallas, GOP frontrunner asks: ‘Are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?’

16 May 2024

  • Michael Cohen departs his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court on 16 May.

    Michael Cohen tells trial he once thought Stormy Daniels was extorting Trump over her story – as it happened

    Former Trump lawyer once told the district attorney’s office about this assessment, hush-money trial hears

14 May 2024

  • Man in orange tie stands with lawyer and waves papers around

    Cohen declines to bite at combative questions from Trump’s man Todd

    Todd Blanche seemed to be looking for a ‘gotcha’ – instead there was laughter in the viewing room and one irked judge
  • Michael Cohen leaves his apartment to head to court in New York on 14 May 2024. Donald Trump outside court in New York on 13 May 2024.

    Michael Cohen admits he wants to see Trump convicted in hush-money cross-examination – as it happened

    Cohen also tells court he was ‘knee-deep into the cult’ of Trump; Cohen says he regrets lying for Trump
  • man in a suit and a pale blue tie

    Michael Cohen tells hush-money jury of phoney invoices to cover up payment

    Trump’s ex-lawyer testifies in Manhattan court that repayments began shortly after February 2017 meeting in Oval Office

13 May 2024

  • Man wearing suit and tie walks past people

    Michael Cohen gives wistful Trump trial testimony: ‘I would only answer to him’

    The prosecution witness testified about fronting hush-money payments, keeping the ex-president happy and feeling snubbed
  • Court sketch of Michael Cohen being questioned by prosecutor Susan Hoffinger as Donald Trump sits in courtroom.

    Michael Cohen: Stormy Daniels payment needed Trump sign off and he told me to ‘figure this whole thing out’ – as it happened

    Former Trump lawyer tells trial that ex-president said, ‘Just do it. Go meet up with Allen Weisselberg and figure this whole thing out’
  • Michael Cohen departs his Manhattan home to testify Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York.

    Michael Cohen says Trump told him to bury Stormy Daniels story: ‘Just take care of it’

    Former fixer tells hush-money trial Trump was ‘really angry’ after account of alleged sexual liaison with adult film star emerged

10 May 2024

  • Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at Manhattan criminal court in New York on Friday.

    Trump attorney asks judge for gag order on Michael Cohen – as it happened

  • Trump's criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records continues in New York.

    Trump appears frustrated in court while possible Cohen testimony looms

9 May 2024

  • Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside the courtroom on Thursday.

    Judge denies Trump team’s motions for mistrial and to modify gag order – as it happened

    Judge Juan Merchan denies the defense’s requests to both call a mistrial and to modify a court-imposed gag order to allow Donald Trump to respond to testimony by Stormy Daniels
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