• A family member finally shows up to Donald Trump's hush-money trial

    The first criminal trial of a former US president is underway, with Donald Trump facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments allegedly made in 2016 to cover up an affair he had with adult film star Stormy Daniels. Here’s the latest—the key updates and absurd moments—from the historic trial. Threats of jail […]

  • Final jurors seated for Trump’s hush money case, with opening statements set for Monday

    NEW YORK (AP) — The final jurors were seated Friday in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, and an appellate judge rejected the former president’s latest bid to halt the case as a hectic day in court set the stage for opening statements to begin Monday. The panel of New Yorkers who will decide the first []

    • WTOP

    Final jurors seated for Trump’s hush money case, with opening statements set for Monday

    A third panel of potential jurors will be questioned Friday in Donald Trump’s hush money case, drawing jury selection a step closer to completion in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.

  • 2019 protests: 9 jurors to chosen serve in Hong Kong’s first trial under UN anti-terrorism ordinance

    Nine jurors have been selected for Hong Kong’s first-ever trial under a United Nations anti-terrorism ordinance over an alleged conspiracy to commit bombings and shoot police officers to death in December 2019. The High Court on Monday completed the selection of a jury consisting of three men and six women, who will hear a 60-day […]

  • First Day of Testimony in Trump Criminal Trial Ends After Opening Statements and First Witness

    The first day of testimony wrapped up Donald Trump’s history in New York’s hush money criminal trial. This is the first time a former President has been tried in criminal court, so here’s what you need to know. Open statements were laid out. Prosecutors said this case is about a “criminal conspiracy and a cover-up.” […] The post First Day of Testimony in Trump Criminal Trial Ends After Opening Statements and First Witness first appeared on The Source.

    • MSNBC

    These are all the jurors in Trump's hush money trial

    After a weeklong jury selection process, 12 jurors and six alternates have been seated in Donald Trump's New York hush money trial. The difficulty of selecting a group of impartial jurors in the criminal trial of a former president was on full display. Media reporting on the jurors’ personal details — including one plainly critical segment from Fox News' Jesse Watters — sparked criticism from Judge Juan Merchan, who ordered journalists not to report on many specifics about their backgrounds. ...

  • 'Keep Biden in the Basement and Trump on Trial': Jim Jordan Says Trump Trial 'Driven by Politics'

    Friday, during an appearance on FNC's "Hannity," Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, criticized the political motivations behind the Trump trials underway in New York State. | Clips

  • Trump Trial: Defense grills first witness

    NEW YORK >> Donald Trump’s defense team attacked the credibility today of the prosecution’s first witness in his hush money case, seeking to discredit testimony detailing a scheme between Trump and a tabloid to bury negative stories to protect the Republican’s 2016 presidential campaign.

  • First witness called in Trump hush money trial

    Donald Trump’s trial began in earnest Monday with opening statements and the first witness.

  • Why Donald Trump Trial's First Witness Could Destroy His Defense

    David Pecker, the former chairman of the National Enquirer's parent company, is expected to be called as the first witness when evidence begins in Donald Trump's hush-money trial on Monday.Pecker was allegedly present at a meeting with Trump in 2015 about how the National Enquirer could help him get elected in the 2016 presidential election.That allegedly led to the Enquirer being used as a front by Trump while he was trying to silence women with whom he had allegedly had affairs.According to...

  • Live coverage: Testimony resumes in Trump's first criminal trial

    On Tuesday, Judge Juan Merchan ruled that Donald Trump had repeatedly violated the gag order in his trial for 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal payments made as part of a “catch-and-kill” scheme during the 2016 presidential election. Merchan found Trump in contempt for nine social media posts that prosecutors identified and fined Trump $1,000 for each violation. He also warned that since he was unable to levy fines high enough to be significant to Trump, incarceration is a...

  • Trump trial: Highlights from opening statements and first witness testimony

    David Pecker has been called as the first witness in Donald Trump's hush money trial following opening statements Monday.