Former President Donald Trump's team sent out a rambling social media post demanding Judge Juan Merchan lift the gag order in his criminal trial. Friday morning, Trump complained to the media that his trial would prevent him from spending the day with his wife for her birthday. Yet, when Trump returned from the lunch break, he entered the courthouse without a word to the press. His campaign then issued the statement in a post on Truth Social, claiming Trump was barred from discussing the trial...
Former White House ethics lawyer Jim Schultz said that he thinks the New York judge in former President Trump’s hush money case will still find his social media posts quoting others as violating the gag order in the case. “He's referencing the jurors, he's, he's pushing out something that someone else said, yes,” Schultz, who
Former Trump White House attorney Jim Schultz says that Trump's post about
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. It’s day two of Donald Trump’s hush-money trial marking the first time a U.S. president has ever faced criminal charges. Veteran tabloid publisher David Pecker returned to the witness stand and detailed his efforts to help Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign. Earlier today, there was a heated exchange over whether the former […]
Juan Merchan reserves judgment on prosecutors' request for maximum fine but
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money election interference case appears poised to rule that the former president repeatedly violated his gag order. But what’s much less clear is how he chooses a punishment that preserves judicial integrity and avoids political theater.It won’t be easy. After an hour-long hearing, which concluded with Judge Juan Merchan warning Trump’s attorney that he is “losing all credibility with this court,” an angry Trump stormed out of the courtroom, refusing to...
Donald Trump’s criminal court appearance has so far consisted mostly of pretrial legal discussions before getting to jury selection. Among the issues raised Monday by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office was Trump’s alleged violation of the gag order before jury selection even started. The prosecution asked Judge Juan Merchan for sanctions of $1,000 each for three Trump social media posts allegedly attacking Michael Cohen and others; for him to tell Trump to take down the posts in...
Donald Trump went after Judge Merchan on social media moments after the gag order hearing during his hush money election interference trial. Yet, Trump looked “small, tired and alone” in the courtroom experts in attendance observed.
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.
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President Trump could go to jail if Judge Juan Merchan rules him in contempt of court in his New York City bookkeeping trial.
A lawyer’s credibility is all they have with a judge. Donald Trump’s criminal defense lawyer in Manhattan may be losing that valuable currency in the early days of the hush money trial. The judge himself said so. At a hearing over whether Trump violated a gag order in his first criminal trial, Judge Juan Merchan voiced disbelief when attorney Todd Blanche said that Trump was attempting to comply with the judge's order. “Mr. Blanche, you’re losing all credibility” with the court, NBC News...