Mid-Day Update： May 20th, 2024
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Summary
Alvin Bragg star witness Michael Cohen back on the stand today in the New York Trump trial. Cohen admitted stealing from President Trump at least $30,000 and lying to CEO Allen Weisselberg while doing it. Cohen also admitted to making over $4 million last year off of two books and two podcasts both of which attack President Trump. An Iranian president and foreign minister was declared dead in a helicopter crash over the weekend. The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders for war crimes.
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Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett sitting in for Lou Dobbs on this midday update from Monday, May 20th.
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Alvin Bragg star witness Michael Cohen back on the stand today in the New York Trump trial.
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If last week wasn't bad enough for him, this morning it got worse.
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Cohen admitted on the stand that he stole from President Donald Trump at least $30,000
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and lied to CEO Allen Weisselberg while doing it.
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Cohen also admitted to making over $4 million last year off of two books and two podcasts,
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Cohen said he also makes money off of his merchandise, which is called Convict 45.
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Cohen clearly suffering from a terrible case of Trump derangement syndrome.
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An Iranian president and foreign minister declared dead in that helicopter crash over the weekend.
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Iran has offered no cause for the crash, nor have they suggested sabotage brought down the helicopter.
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President Raisi was proclaimed as one of the most radical Islamists to ever serve as president of Iran.
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The Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has named the vice president as acting president
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and insists the government is very under control.
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And the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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The charges against Hamas terror chiefs include extermination, murder, torture, rape, and taking hostages,
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Israel is accused of willful killing, starvation of civilians as a method of warfare,
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The International Criminal Court must have missed the October 7th surprise on Israel.
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It's worth noting that the ICC has no power to enforce warrants
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and instead relies on the cooperation of 124 member countries,
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which happen to not include Israel or the United States,
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to make arrests, transfer prisoners, freeze assets, and force sentences.
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Be sure to join Lou on today's episode of The Great America Show.
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Carson says there is a push in this country to move us to a one-world government.
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Lou also gets his take on the potential opportunity to be tapped as vice president.
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Be sure to join us for that today on The Great America Show.
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I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update.