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Donald Trump Trial LIVE: Former President Warns of ‘Radical Left Revolution’ as He Faces More Contempt Fines

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Donald Trump Trial LIVE: Former President Warns of 'Radical Left Revolution' as He Faces More Contempt Fines

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Donald Trump faces more contempt fines for violating a gag order in his hush money trial when he returns to court on Thursday.

Prosecutors are seeking fines of $1,000 each for four comments by the former president that attacked witnesses, jurors and others closely associated with the case.

The 77-year-old will also hear further testimony from Keith Davidson, the lawyer who represented both Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.

He is one of multiple key players expected to be called to the stand ahead of prosecutors’ star witness, Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and personal intermediary.

Follow DailyMail.com’s live coverage of our reporters in the courtroom.

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donald trump faces more contempt fines for violating a gag order in his hush money trial when he returns to court Thursday.

Prosecutors are seeking a fine of $1,000 each for four comments by the former president that attacked witnesses, jurors and others closely associated with the case.

The 77-year-old will also hear further testimony from Keith Davidson, the lawyer who represented the pair. Stormy Daniel and Karen McDougal.

He is one of multiple key players expected to be called to the stand ahead of prosecutors’ star witness, Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and personal intermediary.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 30: Former US President Donald Trump returns to the courtroom after a break during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments in Manhattan Criminal Court on April 30, 2024 in New York City. Former US President Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Justin Lane-Pool/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Tuesday Recap: The Fake Names Keith Davidson Used for Stormy Daniels and Trump While Discussing Hush Money Deal

Keith Davidson detailed the intricate plot that led to Michael Cohen finally paying Stormy Daniels’ silence deal.

He told the court that National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard and Gina Rodriguez, Daniels’ public relations officer, negotiated a deal for $120,000.

But then Howard backed out and refused to close.

The jury heard that Howard asked Rodriguez to call Cohen to pay, but she refused to talk to him.

Davidson told the jury that Rodriguez asked him to call Cohen and close the deal.

According to Davidson, Rodriguez told him, “It will be the easiest deal you’ve ever made in your entire life.” All you need to do is pay and talk to that asshole Cohen.

The agreement had initially been for $120,000.

But after Davidson got involved, he asked for another $10,000 to pay for his time.

Davidson said he used false names for the deal, or what he called “code words” that were meant to ensure “greater confidentiality in case the contract was lost or stolen.”

Daniels was called ‘Peggy Peterson’, while Trump was called ‘David De’.

TOPSHOT - Former US President Donald Trump looks on in the courtroom during his trial for allegedly covering up hush payments related to extramarital affairs, in New York City, April 30, 2024. Trump, 77 years, is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse his lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 hush payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels just days before the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton. (Photo by Seth Wenig/POOL/AFP) (Photo by SETH WENIG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump warns of ‘radical left revolution’ as violence unfolds at UCLA

Donald Trump woke up fired up after back-to-back rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday.

The former president prepared for day 10 of his hush money trial by warning that a “radical left revolution” was underway in the United States over the violence at UCLA.

He wrote: ‘THIS IS A RADICAL LEFT REVOLUTION THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN OUR COUNTRY. WHERE IS CROOKED JOE BIDEN? WHERE IS GOVERNOR NEWSCUM? THE DANGER TO OUR COUNTRY IS FROM THE LEFT, NOT FROM THE RIGHT!!!’

‘WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS CORRUPT AND HIGHLY CONFLICTED RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATIC JUDGE FROM NEW YORK TO INTERFERE WITH THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. THE UNITED STATES IS TRULY A DECLINING NATION! WITHDRAW THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL GAG ORDER.’

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Donald Trump has revealed what he will do in November if he loses the 2024 presidential election and concerns about the integrity of the election persist.

His comments came after a rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The Midwestern state will be key to the presidential election and will host the 2024 Republican National Convention, where Trump is expected to be formally nominated as the party’s candidate to face Democrat Joe Biden.

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Donald Trump threatened to put a celebrity publicist out of business if she helped Stormy Daniels sell her story in 2012, according to messages presented in court evidence this week.

The explosive claims appear in instant messages between Gina Rodriguez and National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard.

At the time of their exchange, interest in Trump had reached a fever pitch.

He was the clear favorite for the 2016 Republican nomination, and Howard’s then-boss explained last week how he had agreed to pursue negative stories in what prosecutors claim was a “catch-and-kill” deal to help his campaign.

“I also had Donald Trump call my office 4 years ago when Stormy Daniels was going to do the Trump mistress story,” Rodriguez wrote in April 2016.

“He threatened me that I would never do business in entertainment again.”

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Former President Donald Trump criticized the criminal and civil cases against him and criticized the chief justices and President Biden at a spirited rally in Michigan while taking a day off from court.

The former president’s trip to Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday were the first campaign rallies Trump has held since the hush money trial against him began in New York nearly three weeks ago.

Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records for covering up money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.

Over the past two weeks, several witnesses have taken the stand to give salacious details of his alleged affairs and his efforts to conceal them before the 2016 election.

It is the first of four criminal cases against Trump that go to trial.

“Every one of these false cases is nonsense,” the former president told a boisterous crowd outside an airplane hangar. ‘Each one of them.’

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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives at a campaign event at the Waukesha County Expo Center in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on May 1, 2024. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski/AFP) (Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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