• Trump's Complaining More Than Campaigning in Court: Ex-Aide

    Former President Donald Trump seems unable to prevent his campaign from struggling as he instead focuses on "playing the victim" in the throes of his hush-money criminal trial in New York, according to former Trump aide Alyssa Farah Griffin.Trump's trial on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, which began in Manhattan this week with jury selection, is expected to continue into June. The former president and presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee has pleaded not guilty to all...

  • Other democracies prosecute their ex-leaders. Trump should be no exception

    Donald Trump believes he shouldn’t be held accountable for any crimes he’s been accused of before, during, or after his presidency. But on Monday, he found himself sitting in a courtroom as the first former U.S. president ever to go on trial for criminal charges. It’s the case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg accusing Trump of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.   But while this might be...

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    Ex-Trump aide on how Melania could react to the hush money trial

    Stephanie Grisham, former Trump White House Press Secretary and former chief of staff to Melania Trump, joins CNN’s Erin Burnett to discuss how Melania could react to the latest details of her husband’s hush money trial.

  • Trump lawyer no longer representing ex-president's aide after clients became 'adversarial'

    A key member of Donald Trump's legal defense team has reportedly dropped one of the former president's associates, Boris Epshteyn, as a client as it became clear that the two were considered adversarial to each other due to a recent Arizona criminal indictment.Hugo Lowell, political investigations reporter for The Guardian, reported after Epshteyn was indicted in Arizona that "Trump lawyer Todd Blanche may soon have to choose whether loyalty is [with] Trump or Boris Epshteyn — clients who are...

  • 'Trump is lying': Analyst claims ex-president exhibited 'contempt' in press conference

    On Thursday, former President Donald Trump approached a gaggle of reporters with a wad of news clippings and proceeded to thumb through them to suggest they prove he's being persecuted (not prosecuted) in his historic criminal hush money trial. A body language and emotional intelligence expert noted the unspoken things Trump is expressing while going on a rambling speech about his purported unfair treatment. "These are all stories from legal experts saying how this is not a case," Trump said,...

  • 'Attention deficit': Ex-aide Omarosa spills about how she kept Trump from 'falling asleep'

    Former President Donald Trump is likely to be held in contempt of court soon, former Apprentice contestant and White House adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman told MSNBC's Jason Johnson on Thursday evening — if not for what he has already done, then because he will be incapable of behaving himself in a courtroom setting for very long.This comes after a contentious few days of jury selection during which prosecutors argued to Judge Juan Merchan that the former president has already violated his gag...

  • 'This is hard for him': Trump aide says ex-president is 'uncomfortable' not in control

    Former President Donald Trump feels uniquely powerless and helpless in the New York hush money trial, with no ability to control the situation or command the narrative, former GOP White House official Alyssa Farah Griffin told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Thursday.This came after the former president gave a disgruntled and disorganized rant just outside the Manhattan courthouse, where he complained about the temperature of the courtroom, reiterated that he was being persecuted, and waved around...

  • Iran: Biden an ’embarrassment’ to US for urging Israel not to retaliate – ex-Trump aide

    National Security Adviser, under President Donald Trump, John Bolton says the "wide range" of possible deterrents he believes Israel has to attack Iran, and why he says he would call the President an embarrassment to the US.

  • 'Extremely concerned': Ex-Melania aide dishes on how Trump handled adultery allegations

    A White House aide to Melania Trump Sunday recalled on MSNBC how Donald Trump once called from Air Force One to find out how angry his wife was about allegations of adultery.Stephanie Grisham appeared on MSNBC's Alex Witt Reports, where the host noted that Grisham was working for the White House when the allegations by adult film star Stormy Daniels went public. "What was that like inside the White House? What was the behavior of everybody and how concerned were they?" Witt asked.ALSO READ:...

  • 2 jurors dismissed from Trump hush money trial as prosecutors seek to hold ex-president in contempt

    The dismissals reduced to five the number of jurors who have been seated for the first-ever criminal trial of a former president.

  • Trump Trial Day 5: Matthew Colangelo, Ex-Biden Admin Official, Gives Prosecution's Opening Statement

    Matthew Colangelo, a former Biden DOJ official, delivered the prosecution's opening statement on Monday in the Trump criminal trial.