Donald Trump's current defense to allegations in the criminal business records falsification case he's facing undermines his original arguments, a legal expert said on Sunday.Trump is set to begin his trial in the case, in which the former president has been charged with more than 30 felonies in connection with purported "hush money" payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels and then allegedly covered up. Trump's first argument was that the $130,000 paid to his former attorney and fixer,...
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Decision on immunity question could impact what charges Trump faces, and whether they go to trial before November presidential election
Former Trump attorney Tim Parlatore explains what he thinks could happen if prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial bring up Trump’s other legal problems. He also shares whether he thinks the former president should testify.
Former Trump White House attorney Jim Schultz says that Trump's post about
Opinion by Joey Jackson, CNN (CNN) — It was a little more than a year ago, on April 3, 2023, that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg announced a 34-count criminal indictment against former President Donald J. Trump. Now the trial against Trump is set to begin, with opening statements scheduled to get underway Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday took up Donald Trump’s bid to avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump’s lawyers
The prosecution team may need to be wary of Juror No. 2. Described as a married investment banker with a Master's degree is one thing. But the fact that he's read Trump’s bestselling book, "The Art of the Deal," and claims to track Trump's Truth Social posts — is another, according to one expert. Elliot Williams, a former deputy assistant attorney general at the DOJ, flagged this particular juror as a potential concern for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to prove his case to a jury...
The US Supreme Court last week heard Donald Trump's argument that he should immune from federal prosecution — particularly in reference to special counsel Jack Smith's January 6 election interference case against the ex-president.During the oral arguments on April 25, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh made a claim that The Washington Post's Aaron Blake challenges in a Monday, April 29 analysis."Kavanaugh invoked President Gerald Ford’s 50-year-old pardon of Richard Nixon, while suggesting that perhaps...
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By Gregory Krieg, Kristen Holmes, Kate Sullivan and Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN New York City (CNN) — Donald Trump is trying to turn the tables on Alvin Bragg. The former president ended the second day of his hush money trial in Manhattan by visiting a Harlem bodega where, in 2022, store clerk Jose Alba stabbed an
By Gregory Krieg, Kristen Holmes, Kate Sullivan and Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN New York City (CNN) — Donald Trump is trying to turn the tables on Alvin Bragg. The former president ended the second day of his hush money trial in Manhattan by visiting a Harlem bodega where, in 2022, store clerk Jose Alba stabbed an