Hush money
The Fox News host was unimpressed after Jake Tapper told viewers about the moniker, which entered the court record Thursday.
A text message saw “the normal hush of the courtroom” suddenly “punctuated by the audible clattering" of journalists' keyboards, noted Norm Eisen.
The former president's attorney read aloud a bunch of social media posts ridiculing his client — in front of his client.
For the past three weeks, reporters attending the hush money trial have noted that Trump occasionally closes his eyes and appears to fall asleep.
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The former president will probably see red at the reaction his self-aggrandizing post garnered on social media.
The "Tonight Show" host had a jolting idea to keep the former president from snoozing through his hush money trial.
Former Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci, meanwhile, pointed out how the absence of family at the former president's trial is a big deal.
Even the former president's legal team was laughing, said the anchor.
It's good news for Trump in that he gets to attend his son's graduation, and bad news because he's now expected to attend his son's graduation.
The courthouse action involved more than half a dozen cases in four states and the nation’s capital.