UPDATE: CNN cut away from Donald Trump’s post-arraignment at Mar-a-Lago shortly before it ended, with anchor Anderson Cooper calling it a “reprise of every grievance” by the former president.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that a grand jury heard the recording between Trump and the late Georgia House Speaker David Ralston. In the recording, Trump pushed for the speaker to call a special session to overturn President Joe Biden’s win in Georgia.This revelation of a third audio recording wrote the jokes themselves for Kimmel’s monologue.“Basically, Trump tried to order the presidency over the phone like it was a stuffed crust pizza,” Kimmel said.Kimmel mentioned this might be the last week of Trump being an “un-indicted man,” as the former president is facing legal challenges in New York, as well. The Manhattan district attorney’s office is investigating hush-money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels.“We have prosecutors in New York indicating that criminal charges are likely for Trump in the Stormy Daniels hush money case,” Kimmel said.
“Trump, and you’re not gonna believe this, swears he did nothing wrong there either.Kimmel continued, “He says he didn’t have an affair with Stormy Daniels, and his former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, says there’s nothing to see here at all.”Kimmel played an interview clip of Giuliani on Newsmax saying Trump didn’t commit a crime. The anchor responded, “I don’t think you have to be a lawyer to understand this, it’s a free country. If you want to write a check for $130,000 and give it to somebody, you can.”“Right.
Right,” Kimmel said while laughing, adding that “there’s nothing weird about having your lawyer write a check for $130,000” to an adult film star. “Presidents do that all the time,” he said. “Hoover did it.
Reagan did it. Roosevelt did it. Why do you think they called him ‘Chester’ Arthur?”To see more of Kimmel’s jokes about Trump and the entire monologue,
.UPDATE: CNN cut away from Donald Trump’s post-arraignment at Mar-a-Lago shortly before it ended, with anchor Anderson Cooper calling it a “reprise of every grievance” by the former president.
Alyssa Farah Griffin noted “I’m talking to just some people who are still semi-close to Trump, who say he’s very nervous over this. He does think an arrest is coming.”And yet, to Seth Meyers’ eyes, Trump was one of the many Republican figures who were “caught off guard” when the news came down.“In fact, he was apparently so unprepared, he didn’t have a social media post ready to go, as evidenced by the fact that his first comment about the news had a typo in what I would call a pretty important word,” Meyers said.That word, of course, was “indictment” itself.
Sarah Beth Liebe shocked American Idol viewers and the judges Sunday when she announced she was exiting the reality competition during the first episode of Hollywood week.
Sara Beth Liebe has walked away from American Idol.
contestant Sara Beth Liebe. The 25-year-old musician made headlines following her March audition episode when she called out Katy Perry for some«mom shaming» comments the judge made about her being a young mother of three.On Sunday's episode, Sara Beth fought to work on her confidence during the show's Hollywood Week and even received some one-on-one help from former runner-up, Clay Aiken.The performer was clearly nervous, admitting, «I don't think I realized quite how hard it would be to be away from my kids. They're all still really young.
Lisa Barlow is crunching down on trollish accusations that she supports Donald Trump.
Rupert Murdoch was eager to make a call and effectively — and emphatically — declare Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential race as vote counting continued three days after election day, internal Fox News emails show.The Fox News Decision Desk played a pivotal role in the turn of events that was 2020 Election Night, calling the state of Arizona for Biden many hours before any other media outlet.But it was Murdoch who encouraged Fox News leadership to pull the cattle brand from the fire and call things for Biden on Nov. 6, with several states still counting votes, emails made public Friday by Dominion Voting Systems in its $1.6 billion defamation case against the network show.“It would be great if we call it for Biden as soon as he gets over, say, 35,000 ahead in Pennsylvania,” Murdoch wrote.
Ellise Shafer A New York grand jury has voted to indict former president Donald Trump over an alleged 2016 hush money scheme, the New York Times reports. The Associated Press also confirmed the news with Trump’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina. Four people with knowledge of the matter told the New York Times on Thursday that the felony indictment “will likely be announced in the coming days.” As the indictment is sealed, the exact charges are unknown for now, but they have to do with his role in allegedly paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, the Times reports. According to the AP, Trump is expected to surrender to authorities next week. The indictment makes Trump the United States’ first president to be criminally charged, and certainly puts a damper on his upcoming try for a second term in the 2024 election.
A New York grand jury today indicted Donald Trump on charges related to hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 campaign, according to multiple media outlets. It’s a development that the former president has seized upon to rally his supporters against prosecutors.
Kamala Harris has released a Spotify playlist to document her travels across Africa.The playlist, My Travels: Ghana, Tanzania, & Zambia was released in tandem of Harris’ tour around the continent. She included some of the biggest musical names in the diaspora – including Ghana’s Amaarae, Tanzania’s Harmonize, and Zambia’s Chef 187.The 25-track-long playlist comes simultaneously with the announcement of Harris pledging to support “African Innovation” in Ghana.She said: “Together, we will address the challenges we face, and the opportunities ahead. America will be guided not by what we can do for our African partners, but what we can do with our African partners.”The playlist is available on Spotify now.
On Tuesday’s “The Late Show,” host Stephen Colbert unsurprisingly took a moment to lay into Donald Trump’s Monday night Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, playing clips of the former president’s “rambling” answers and his refusal to play along with some of Hannity’s soft-ball questions. When it came to answering to the photo he posted to Truth Social depicting himself holding a baseball bat over Manhattan DA Alvin Brigg’s head, Trump’s response didn’t satisfy Colbert.
Over the weekend, Donald Trump hit the campaign trail to give a headline-making speech in Waco, Texas — picked, apparently, because it’s currently the 30-year anniversary of the standoff between federal law enforcement and the Branch Davidian cultists that ultimately ended with the deaths of 86 members of the cult.Jimmy Kimmel noticed the significance of the date, not only by snarking that Trump is signaling “he’s going down in flames and he’s taking his cult followers with him,” but also bestowing Trump with a new nickname: Kanye West Wing. Get it?“The other Kanye — Kanye West Wing — had a rally this weekend,” Kimmel said during his monologue. “In Waco, on the 30th anniversary of the siege that claimed the lives of 86 people there.”“You know if it happened now, he would side with the Branch Davidians.
K-pop girl group BLACKPINK and Lady Gaga have been invited to perform for US president Joe Biden and South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol at an upcoming state dinner.According to a report by South Korean news outlet Korea JoongAng Daily, the pop stars have been invited to perform at an upcoming US state dinner between US president Biden and South Korean president Yoon.Yoon is set to make a state visit to the US on April 26, which will feature a joint cultural event at a state dinner with the US president. The dinner will reportedly begin with an opening ceremony, at which BLACKPINK and Lady Gaga have been invited to perform at.YG Entertainment has since confirmed that the girl group have received an invitation.
Officials in New York are reportedly considering indicting Trump, which Kimmel said has him screaming in all caps on Truth Social.“Today, he demanded the removal of every top official investigating him. The special council Jackson Smith, the Atlanta district attorney, the Attorney General Letitia James.
whether he will potentially be indicted and arrested for a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, called on his supporters to protest on Tuesday and “take our nation back.” But police estimated that between three and six people ended up showing up.Klepper noted that, while the number of attendees were low, the “arguments over some basic facts were refreshingly familiar.”After asking one supporter if it’s fair that Trump may be indicted this week, the supporter replied: “I don’t know all the specific facts, but I do know he’s my president.” They added that Joe Biden is a “scam” and is “allegedly there” as president. When Klepper pressed the supporter to admit that Biden is indeed the current president and Trump is a former president, he replied “that’s what some say.”Another supporter said they “don’t feel Trump should be in trouble.” “That’s unconstitutional, I feel, to indict our president.” they added.
passionately,” Tucker Carlson remains, publicly, one of Trump’s biggest media allies. So it comes as no surprise that the star of Fox News’ primetime lineup is very, very opposed to the idea of Donald Trump being arrested.But on Tuesday Carlson had a highly idiosyncratic hope for how Trump might be saved from legal accountability: Help from President Joe Biden. Now as a reminder, on Saturday, as part of a larger ALL CAPS rant on his Twitter clone, Truth Social, about various things that make him angry, Trump claimed that we would likely be arrested on Tuesday (today).
Paddy McGuinnes caused a stir when he appeared to undergo a major makeover. The Top Gear and A Question of Sport presenter shared a snap of himself on Instagram looking very different, and followers did a double take as they thought he was a ringer for another celeb.
the former president said over the weekend that he expected to be arrested on Tuesday.“You know it’s bad when a former president announces that he’s going to be arrested and the general response is: For which crime?,” Corden joked.Trump’s prediction comes as a Manhattan grand jury is expected to indict him for hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. “So if you’re keeping track, that’s two times Stormy Daniels has screwed Donald Trump,” Corden teased.New York City has been bracing for unrest after Trump told his supporters to protest and “take our nation back.”“Of course Trump is going to urge his supporters to protest in New York.
Brent Lang Executive Editor Rupert Murdoch just can’t stay single. Less than a year after divorcing Jerry Hall, the 92-year-old Fox mogul is hearing wedding bells again. He’s engaged to Ann Lesley Smith, a 66-year-old San Francisco police chaplain. According to gossip columnist Cindy Adams, who broke the story in the New York Post, Murdoch’s future wife was married to Chester Smith, a country-western singer, as well as a radio and TV executive who died in 2008. Adams reports that the two bonded over their shared knowledge of the media business as well as the fact that she once owned a vineyard and he still does. If they tie the knot, it will be Murdoch’s fifth marriage. Hall, a model and actress, was married to Murdoch for six years. In addition to Hall, Murdoch was previously married to Wendi Deng from 1999 to 2013; Anna Maria Torv from 1967 to 1999; and Patricia Booker, from 1956 to 1967.
Joe Biden’s first White House press secretary Jen Psaki began her new MSNBC program on Sunday by telling the audience, “It’s a hell of a week of launch a new show.”