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
Seven jurors were sworn in on Tuesday, but with the excusal of two of them, lawyers now
Jury selection in Donald Trump ’s hush money case encountered new setbacks Thursday as two previously sworn-in jurors were excused.
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial fined the former U.S. president $9,000 for contempt of court today and said he would consider jailing him if he continued to violate a gag order.
Donald Trump took a swipe Wednesday at the judge overseeing his New York hush money trial, accusing him of thinking he is "above the Supreme Court." Speaking to Fox News, Trump slammed Judge Juan Merchan, accusing of "prohibiting" the former president from attending arguments Thursday on presidential immunity and calling it "the most important case in many years" before the high court. Trump had requested be he allowed to attend arguments at the Supreme Court about Trump's immunity on Thursday,...
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April 23 (UPI) — The judge in Donald Trump‘s hush-money trial on Tuesday delayed a decision on whether the former president should be held in contempt for multiple alleged breaches of a gag order imposed on him in the case. Judge Juan Merchan said he will “reserve a decision” on Trump’s alleged gag order violation after he heard from the prosecution […] The post Judge reserves decision on Trump gag order violations in hush-money trial first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial fined the former U.S. president $9,000 for contempt of court on Tuesday and said he would consider jailing him if he continued to violate a gag order. In a written order, Justice Juan Merchan said the fine may not be enough to
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial received a warning Tuesday centered on another high-profile New York City defendant: Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. The warning to Judge Juan Merchan issued by Brennan Institute analysts Brianna Seid and Lauren-Brooke Eisen of the New York Court of Appeals decision to overturn Weinstein’s sex-crimes conviction and what it might mean for Trump's trial. According to the legal analysts, both cases hinge on the...
The judge warned Trump that he could be jailed if he violates the gag order again.
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The ruling was a stinging rebuke for the Republican former president, who had insisted he was exercising