Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's evidence against former President Donald Trump in his criminal hush money trial is "truly insane," according to legal analyst Jonathan Turley on Saturday.Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, became the first former president in U.S. history to stand trial in a criminal case earlier this month. Following an investigation by Bragg's office, Trump was indicted in March 2023 on charges of falsifying business records relating to hush...
A law firm wants to withdraw from representing Donald Trump, citing a breakdown in relations, court documents show.In a filing to a Manhattan court, the law firm—LaRocca, Hornik, Greenberg, Rosen, Kittridge, Carlin and McPartland—said there had been an "irreparable breakdown in the attorney-client relationship."The firm, which has represented Trump and his election campaign for several years, had been defending the former president in a lawsuit filed by A.J. Delgado, Trump's former senior...
In her new book, Kristi Noem, the Republican Governor of South Dakota, who wants to become Donald Trump's running mate as Vice President, has revealed she once killed the family dog.
New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, presiding over Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, should impose a monitor for the ex-president's social media posts amid his gag order, legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann said.Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, last week became the first former president in U.S. history to stand trial in a criminal case. Following an investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office,...
While some people were focused on the lurid details of Donald Trump's criminal hush money cover-up case, one legal expert is more interested in an otherwise mundane witness.MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin highlighted the development on Thursday."I know many Trump trial watchers are still knee deep in the world of Keith Davidson, where lurid details about people like Hulk Hogan, Charlie Sheen & Lindsay Lohan are bought and sold like candy," according to the ex-trial attorney. "But the weirdest...
Former First Lady Melania Trump is unlikely to appear at her husband's side in his Manhattan hush money trial because she believes the allegations against him could be true and has her own reputation to defend, CNN's Kirsten Holmes suggested Tuesday.This comes after former President Donald Trump's son Eric became the first other Trump family member to attend the trial, raising natural speculation about whether Trump's wife might follow suit.Holmes' co-panelist Alyssa Farah Griffin, former White...
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified in Donald Trump's hush money trial this week about the tabloid's 'catch and kill' practices. Former staffers who worked at the tabloid for more than 20 years told DailyMail.com about the lengths the tabloid would go to for a story. '[Pecker] is the biggest star f er you've ever met,' one former employee said. 'Much like Trump, he's loyal to no one'
As pro-Biden media outlets argue that Donald Trump's criticism of his legal adversaries is endangering lives, Hillary Clinton claimed on a podcast that Trump would like to "kill his opposition," and the media find that's not dangerously suggestive. Democrats (like congressional candidate Nate McMurray in New York) tweeting "Die MAGA Die" shouldn't be questioned. On a podcast with her old lawyer Marc Elias, Hillary said "Trump was like, you know, just gaga over Putin because Putin does what...
As pro-Biden media outlets argue that Donald Trump's criticism of his legal adversaries is endangering lives, Hillary Clinton claimed on a podcast that Trump would like to "kill his opposition," and the media find that's not dangerously suggestive. Democrats (like congressional candidate Nate McMurray in New York) tweeting "Die MAGA Die" shouldn't be questioned. On a podcast with her old lawyer Marc Elias, Hillary said "Trump was like, you know, just gaga over Putin because Putin does what...
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Donald Trump's attorneys in his Manhattan hush money trial are about to walk through a legal minefield as they cross examine a uniquely challenging witness, according to the former president's onetime lawyer. Trump's former impeachment defense lawyer Robert Ray appeared on CNN Tuesday to issue a stern warning on how to handle the questioning of Keith Davidson, the former attorney for adult film star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal.Anchor Erin Burnett prompted the discussion by...
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