Stormy Daniels, an adult film star and an upcoming witness in Donald Trump's ongoing hush money cover-up case in New York, is defending the trial as witnesses build a story to show the former president committed criminal acts. Daniels, who is alleged to have received a payment to be quiet about her purported affair with Trump in the lead-up to the 2016 election, is at the center of the case involving multiple so-called "catch-and-kill" schemes. It's her hush-money payment that was alleged to...
Former federal prosecutor and legal analyst Glenn Kirschner warned that if Judge Juan Merchan decides Donald Trump violated his gag order, it could have knock-on consequences in all of his criminal cases.Speaking to MSNBC on Monday, Kirschner said the conditions of Trump's bail in every indictment he faces are that he will not commit any other crimes. If Trump is held in contempt of court, he has done exactly that."Let's face it," Kirschner began, "we have a contempt hearing coming up where it...
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...
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...
Fox News host Eric Shawn argued that Michael Cohen's claim that Donald Trump made hush money payments to influence the 2016 election was more believable because he had a tape recording of the former president. During an interview on Sunday, former federal prosecutor Katie Cherkasky asserted that prosecutors in the case had an uphill battle because their star witnesses were former attorney Michael Cohen and adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Trump is accused of falsifying business records...
President Joe Biden's announcement Friday that he's willing to debate Donald Trump spurred Fox News host Emily Compagno to claim he'd orchestrate a “Nancy Kerrigan situation” to stop the debate from going forward, video shows. Compagno made the comparison during a segment on the Fox News show "Outnumbered," drawing comparisons to the notorious attack on the Olympic figure skater orchestrated by competitor Tonya Harding's ex-husband and bodyguard. “It will probably be a Nancy Kerrigan...
Legal experts spent the day pointing out how devastating witness testimony was Thursday against Trump in his first criminal trial, but at night the former president suggested the case "completely faller apart."Trump said he had a "BIG DAY IN COURT(S) TODAY," likely referencing the hush-money cover up trial as well as the Supreme Court oral arguments regarding his claim of complete immunity for presidents. The Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared to most experts as open to giving Trump...
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,...
In what MSNBC Legal Analyst Andrew Weissmann called a clear violation of his criminal case gag order, Donald Trump posted a claim by a Fox host about the jury pool in his New York criminal trial. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell is joined by Weissmann and Adam Pollock, former Assistant Attorney General for New York State.
Fox News legal analyst Andy McCarthy told host Howard Kurtz that he found legal developments in Donald Trump's hush money trial "very disturbing" for the former president. On the Fox News Media Buzz program Sunday, Kurtz asked McCarthy about defense attorney Emil Bove's strategy of cross-examining former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker in the Manhattan trial. Pecker testified that he ran a so-called "catch-and-kill" scheme to scuttle negative stories about Trump. "In the hush...
The former president’s return would cement a shift in the United States as a fact that can no longer be ignored.
President Donald Trump made history this week as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges. But he’s not only facing 34 felony charges, he now has a new problem to contend with too. This week the prosecution asked Judge Juan Merchan to sanction Trump for posts they said violated a gag order barring Trump from publicly attacking witnesses. The judge said he would hear arguments on the subject on April 23rd. MSNBC's Brian Tyler Cohen takes a closer look at what this could mean...