In court documents made public on Wednesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicated that, if former President Trump chooses to take the stand in his ongoing "hush money" trial, Bragg would cross-examine him on
The lawyers tasked with swaying a jury in Donald Trump's favor during the second week of the historic criminal hush money trial in New York City are going down a "hard road." That's according to former federal prosecutor Harry Litman. He believes the defense is hamstrung because the 45th president won't let his reputation be tarnished. Even as sordid details of his conduct are slowly fogging the air in the trial that is expected to last six to eight weeks before a jury deliberates.ALSO...
Former President Donald Trump's trial antics are already starting to hurt him, former federal prosecutor Harry Litman explained to MSNBC's Joy Reid on Friday — and make life hell for his attorneys.The problem is, he explained, Trump's repeated penchant for attacking witnesses and violating gag orders has led to prosecutors keeping a witness who will testify at trial secret, and the judge allowing that would effectively be a "serious sanction" against Trump's behavior that will make preparing his...
Donald Trump's last-minute filing Monday night states that the bond he's offered up in his civil fraud case now has "substantial financial credibility" — but experts aren't so sure.Trump's $175 million bond, which would allow him to put seizures of his property on hold while he appeals the verdict that hit him with $454.2 million in damages earlier this year, was initially knocked by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who claimed its source — Knight Specialty Insurance Company — was not...
Donald Trump's usual "bluster" will backfire once he's in his first criminal trial starting Monday, according to the Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life at Albany Law School and the author of Lawyer Nation: The Past, Present, and Future of the American Legal Profession.Ray Brescia, an expert on legal ethics and civil procedure, wrote for The Daily Beast that "Trump is actually on a legal losing streak" in the case. "And despite his outrageous public posturing and boastful claims in...
Former President Donald Trump claims his gag order forcing him to stay mum on various individuals surrounding his historic criminal hush money trial is unprecedented.In a Truth Social post, Trump moaned about the gag order that Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan imposed and then strengthened barring him from criticizing witnesses, jurors, court staff, and the families of the prosecutor and judge. "The Gag Order imposed on me, a political candidate running for the highest office in the...
Judge Juan Merchan should get a move on and quickly rule on whether Trump was in contempt of court for violating a gag order in the Manhattan hush money trial, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig told CNN's Jake Tapper on Wednesday — because it's clear that Trump is in fact in violation.The former president is forbidden, under the gag order, from attacking expected witnesses in the case, which charges him with business fraud associated with buying the silence of adult film star Stormy Daniels —...
President Donald Trump shouldn’t be prevented from speaking about witnesses such as his former attorney Michael Cohen who publicly criticize him on a regular basis, Read More
If anybody has any doubt about the extreme liberal bias of Politico, an article they published on Friday should resolve that matter. Their legal editor, James Romoser, attempted to portray the legal system as being too nice to Donald Trump. The diatribe was headlined: "How Donald Trump Gets Special Treatment in the Legal System." He lies about his cases. He vilifies the judges overseeing them — and then vilifies their wives and daughters, too. As Trump prepares to begin his first criminal...
If anybody has any doubt about the extreme liberal bias of Politico, an article they published on Friday should resolve that matter. Their legal editor, James Romoser, attempted to portray the legal system as being too nice to Donald Trump. The diatribe was headlined: "How Donald Trump Gets Special Treatment in the Legal System." He lies about his cases. He vilifies the judges overseeing them — and then vilifies their wives and daughters, too. As Trump prepares to begin his first criminal...
Former President Donald Trump has boxed himself into a serious disadvantage in his Manhattan criminal trial with his constant violations of Judge Juan Merchan's orders, former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori told CNN's Jake Tapper on Thursday.This comes after Trump spoke about the first witness at trial, his former ally and National Enquirer boss David Pecker, who described how he orchestrated "catch and kill" schemes to protect Trump during the 2016 election, similar to the purpose of his...
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,...