• Trump's ex-lawyer warns 'crucial' hush money witness could be legal minefield

    Donald Trump's attorneys in his Manhattan hush money trial are about to walk through a legal minefield as they cross examine a uniquely challenging witness, according to the former president's onetime lawyer. Trump's former impeachment defense lawyer Robert Ray appeared on CNN Tuesday to issue a stern warning on how to handle the questioning of Keith Davidson, the former attorney for adult film star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal.Anchor Erin Burnett prompted the discussion by...

  • Former Biden DOJ Lawyer Makes Opening Argument in Trump Trial on Stormy Daniels Hush Money

    A former lawyer in the Biden Justice Department delivered the prosecution’s opening argument Monday in a Manhattan courthouse as the first criminal trial of former Read More

  • 'Whoa!' Prosecution shouts over defense during Trump's hush money trial

    Shouting erupted during court proceedings for Donald Trump's New York hush money criminal trial Tuesday, according to a journalist who was present in the courtroom. The heightened tensions began when Trump's lawyer Matthew Russell mentioned text messages between former National Enquirer editor-in-chief Dylan Howard and an unknown relative, Inner City Press reporter Matthew Russell Lee said in a post to X, pointing out that Judge Juan Merchan told the prosecution and defense some of the contents...

  • Judge tells Trump lawyer in hush money trial he is 'losing all credibility'

    The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial on Tuesday warned that Trump's lawyer was "losing all credibility" in his arguments that the former president should not be punished for violating a gag order in the case. Justice Juan Merchan said he would not immediately rule on prosecutors' request

  • Lawyers select 12 jurors to serve in Trump hush-money case

    Lawyers in Donald Trump's historic criminal trial on Thursday selected 12 jurors who will assess his guilt or innocence over the coming weeks in a case stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star. Lawyers for the defense and the prosecution still must select alternate jurors for the trial,

  • 'Terrible strategy': Ex-prosecutor says Trump's about to destroy his hush money defense

    Former President Donald Trump has already forced his attorneys to defend him in the least effective way possible in the Manhattan hush money case, former federal prosecutor Harry Litman argued on MSNBC Monday.This comes as the trial is set to resume this week, after several days in which Trump did not appear to be faring well."It does seem that [Trump attorney] Todd Blanche was kind of hamstrung by trying to please Donald Trump," said anchor Joy Reid. "I mean, all of the sort of weirdness of...

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    Takeaways from the Trump hush money trial: Ex-publisher details tabloid tactics

    CNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell, Nicki Brown and Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) — Former American Media Inc. chairman David Pecker took jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money case inside how he paid for Karen McDougal’s story to keep her quiet about her alleged affair with Trump – and how his decision

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    Takeaways from the Trump hush money trial: Ex-publisher details tabloid tactics

    CNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell, Nicki Brown and Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) — Former American Media Inc. chairman David Pecker took jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money case inside how he paid for Karen McDougal’s story to keep her quiet about her alleged affair with Trump – and how his decision

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    Takeaways from the Trump hush money trial: Ex-publisher details tabloid tactics

    CNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell, Nicki Brown and Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) — Former American Media Inc. chairman David Pecker took jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money case inside how he paid for Karen McDougal’s story to keep her quiet about her alleged affair with Trump – and how his decision

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    Takeaways from the Trump hush money trial: Ex-publisher details tabloid tactics

    CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — A wild day of often outlandish legal arguments and tabloid tales could not obscure the stakes for the country. Only Donald Trump could conjure a two-city legal spectacle that gave equal billing to the deepest thoughts of George Washington and a former National Enquirer publisher known for

  • Prosecutors, defense deliver opening statements in Trump’s hush-money trial

    April 22 (UPI) — The first day of Donald Trump‘s historic hush-money trial concluded Monday afternoon with opening statements from both sides and testimony from its first witness, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker. Following last week’s completion of jury selection, opening statements began in the morning with prosecutors painting the former president as the ringleader of […] The post Prosecutors, defense deliver opening statements in Trump’s hush-money trial first appeared on...

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    Lawyers in Trump hush money case paint competing portraits of him in opening statements

    The commencement of the proceedings set the stage for weeks of unsavory and salacious testimony about Trump's