Newsweek - For the first time since Yahoo News/YouGov began polling about the
case, the majority of Americans, 52 percent, said in a May survey that
they believe Trump falsified business records to conceal a hush money
payment to a porn star—the crime of which he's accused in the New York
case. Trump is standing trial in Manhattan for the 34 felony counts related to a $130,000 payment made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. Less than a month before Election Day, former Trump fixer Michael Cohen
bought Daniels' life rights to her story alleging a sexual encounter
with Trump. The former president has pleaded not guilty and denied
Daniels' allegations. The new poll, which was conducted
May 10 to May 13 among 1,794 U.S. adults, found that just 22 percent of
Americans said they do not believe Trump falsified business records to
hide a hush money payment to a porn star. The survey has a margin of
error of +/-2.7 percentage point
Guardian, UK - A “deal” allegedly offered by Donald Trump to big-oil executives as he sought $1bn in campaign donations could save the industry $110bn in tax breaks if he returns to the White House, an analysis suggests. The fundraising dinner held last month at Mar-a-Lago with more than 20 executives, including from Chevron, Exxon and Occidental Petroleum, reportedly involved Trump asking for large campaign contributions and promising, if elected, to remove barriers to drilling, scrap a pause on gas exports, and reverse new rules aimed at cutting car pollution. Congressional Democrats have launched an investigation into the “ethical, campaign finance and legal issues” raised by what one Democratic senator called an “offer of a blatant quid pro quo”, while a prominent watchdog group is exploring whether the meeting warrants legal action.But the analysis shared with the Guardian shows that the biggest motivation for oil and gas companies to back Trump appears to be in the tax system, with about $110bn in tax breaks for the industry at stake should Joe Biden be re-elected in November’s election.
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Easy to see in this report which side of the bread has been buttered! Kinda makes one wonder why main stream media does not fully report both the quid and pro sides in plain English.
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