From the perspective of Bragg and Democrats, to accurately describe what they’ve alleged would be to see it laughed out of any court that isn’t a kangaroo court.
The hush money case against former President Donald Trump got underway with opening statements on Monday and the first witness in the case.
“THEY WANT TO SILENCE ME!”
First thing Thursday morning, a woman identified only as Juror No. 2 told Judge Juan Merchan that, upon reflection, she feared she could no longer be an impartial participant in Donald Trump’s historic hush money jury. Her change of heart came after Fox News host Jesse Watters devoted a significant amount of airtime to discussing biographical details about her and why they might make her a problem for Trump. Her identity was as good as public, the juror told Merchan. (He eventually excused her.)...
NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in history, prosecutors will present a criminal case against a former American president to a jury MondayRead More
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in history, prosecutors will present a criminal case against a former American president to a jury Monday as they accuse Donald Trump of a hush money scheme aimed at preventing damaging stories about his
For the first time in history, prosecutors are presenting a criminal case against a former American president to a jury as they accuse Donald Trump of a hush money scheme aimed at preventing damaging stories about his personal life from being public
Prosecutors to make history with opening statements in hush money case against Trump
Donald Trump just got held in contempt of court for violating a gag order in his criminal hush money case -- and while he only has to pay fines for now the judge is threatening jail. The ex-Prez got slapped with some sanctions Tuesday in NYC,…
Donald Trump is on trial in Manhattan facing 34 counts of falsifying business records as part of another crime: conspiring to influence the 2016 election. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg argues that, to squelch negative publicity that might hurt Trump’s 2016 campaign, Trump directed the creation of fake records to hide hush-money payments to women […]
Manhattan prosecutors finally revealed the specific crime that Donald Trump allegedly attempted to conceal by falsifying business records related to hush money payments to Stormy Daniels.Defense attorneys had objected to questions to former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker about his discussions with Steve Bannon, and prosecutor Joshua Steinglass revealed that those discussions were relevant to the “primary” underlying crime that kicks the charges Trump faces up from a misdemeanor to a...
As the first day of testimony wrapped up in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial, new polling showed that a majority of New Yorkers consider the prosecution warranted. A Siena College Research Institute poll released Monday, April 22, showed that 54 percent of respondents said the trial is “legitimate,” while 30 percent saw the prosecution as a meritless “witch hunt.” Broken down by party, 77 percent of Democrats and 44 percent of independents called the proceedings a “legitimate...