Trump’s trial gets heated, campus protests continue, the hottest April and more
The 7
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 3 May 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:15.0 | Donald Trump's criminal trial continues today. |
| 0:20.0 | Republicans are going after college protesters and will tell you about the best |
| 0:25.8 | picks in the Kentucky Derby. That's some of what we'll get to on the seven from |
| 0:30.0 | the Washington Post. I'm Hannah Jewel. It's Friday, May 3rd. Let's get you caught up with today's 7 stories. |
| 0:37.0 | Number 1. Donald Trump's New York criminal trial got heated yesterday. |
| 0:45.0 | Keith Davidson is a Los Angeles lawyer who represented the adult film actress Stormy Daniels. |
| 0:51.0 | He broke her deal in 2016 to keep her alleged affair with the former |
| 0:55.2 | president secret ahead of that election. And yesterday he was cross-examined by Trump's |
| 1:00.3 | attorneys. They characterized him as an unscrupulous lawyer whose actions |
| 1:04.4 | bordered on extortion. That made things a little contentious in the courtroom. |
| 1:08.7 | The defense's strategy is to try and cast Trump as a victim rather than a hush money schemer. |
| 1:15.0 | Also yesterday, the judge held another hearing about whether or not Trump has continued to |
| 1:20.0 | violate a court gag order. |
| 1:22.0 | Trump's lawyers asked what kind of things the president could post on social media |
| 1:26.2 | related to the case. |
| 1:27.9 | The judge replied that they should tell their client, |
| 1:30.2 | when in doubt, steer clear. |
| 1:32.4 | The trial continues this morning. |
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