Former President Donald Trump's team sent out a rambling social media post demanding Judge Juan Merchan lift the gag order in his criminal trial. Friday morning, Trump complained to the media that his trial would prevent him from spending the day with his wife for her birthday. Yet, when Trump returned from the lunch break, he entered the courthouse without a word to the press. His campaign then issued the statement in a post on Truth Social, claiming Trump was barred from discussing the trial...
The witnesses include a porn actress, a former tabloid publisher and Trump’s former fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen.
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial shifts to opening statements Monday, followed by the start of witness testimony. A jury of seven men and five women, plus six alternates, was picked last week. The trial centers on allegations the former president falsified his company’s internal records to obscure the true nature […]
Former Trump White House attorney Jim Schultz says that Trump's post about
Day two of Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York wrapped up Tuesday afternoon with the former president once again railing against the gag order that he's already been accused of violating multiple times.
A lawyer’s credibility is all they have with a judge. Donald Trump’s criminal defense lawyer in Manhattan may be losing that valuable currency in the early days of the hush money trial. The judge himself said so. At a hearing over whether Trump violated a gag order in his first criminal trial, Judge Juan Merchan voiced disbelief when attorney Todd Blanche said that Trump was attempting to comply with the judge's order. “Mr. Blanche, you’re losing all credibility” with the court, NBC News...
Donald Trump could be held in contempt of court and fined if the judge rules he violated a gag order. Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker is then expected to continue his testimony.
Two jurors selected earlier for the New York trial were dismissed, and Donald Trump’s lawyers could not convince the judge that they can keep the former president quiet.
Prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney's office say that former President Trump has violated the gag order in the hush money trial seven more times with social media posts.
DONALD Trump has fiercely labelled the hush money trial against him a “mess” after 12 jurors were selected to hear his case. The former president, 77, stared down sworn-in jurors as the
Yesterday, more than half of the first batch of 96 prospects were excused after signaling they could not be impartial.
Ex-president rails against ban on attacking key people connected to the trial; longtime Trump assistant asked whether boss distracted while signing checks. This blog is now closed.Trump assistant’s testimony focuses on Stormy Daniels relationshipTrump defense attorney Emil Bove has resumed his cross-examination of Pecker.“We were talking about Hope Hicks, right?” Bove asked, referring to the former campaign and White House aide to Trump. Pecker answered in the affirmative. Continue reading