Alina Habba may have broken the gag order in former President Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial by disparaging adult film star Stormy Daniels on air.The trial centers on allegations that Trump falsified records at his company to hide the nature of payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to his then-lawyer Michael Cohen to bury allegations of extramarital sexual encounters. Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of...
Adult film actress concludes testimony after firmly refuting inconsistencies in her account of the alleged sexual encounter between her and the former president in 2006
Defendant Trump’s allies can attack witnesses and jurors on his behalf while staring them down inside the courtroom at his hush money trial in Manhattan
Alina Habba, Donald Trump's attorney, may have violated a judge's limited gag order preventing her client and his attorneys from speaking about witnesses in a hush money trial.During an interview on Fox News, Habba brought up witness Michael Cohen without prompting by the hosts."The indictment [of Trump] goes to a books and records crime, a book and record crime that was done at Trump Tower by an accountant that booked a legal fee as a legal fee," Habba said of the charges against Trump. "As...
Judge Merchan also denies another mistrial motion after prosecutors argue the adult film star’s ‘messy details’ are crucial to the motive behind the hush money scheme
Donald Trump asks New York’s high court to intervene in fight over gag order in hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is seeking to have New York’s highest court intervene in his fight over a gag order that has seen him fined $10,000 and threatened with jail for violating a ban on commenting about witnesses, jurors and others connected to his hush money criminal trial. The former president’s lawyers filed […]
Former United States President Donald Trump asked New York's highest court, the Court of Appeals, to remove the gag order imposed on him during his ongoing hush money trial. Judge Juan Merchan, wh
Former President Donald Trump will remain gagged during his criminal trial in Manhattan, a New York appeals court ruled Tuesday.
Reporters this week have asked former President Donald Trump questions about the jury and witnesses in the business records trial in Manhattan that, if he answered, would be a violation of Judge Juan Merchan's restrictive gag order and possibly land him in jail.
Despite New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan explicitly warning Donald Trump last week that any future violations of his gag order could result in jail time, the ex-president appears to have done so directly on Thursday."A lead person from the DOJ is running the trial," Trump claimed, obviously referring to prosecutor Matthew Colangelo, as Law & Crime reports."So Biden's office is running this trial. This trial is a scam and it's a sham and it shouldn't happen," Trump told reporters...
Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama is urging fellow Republicans to help former President Donald Trump "overcome" the gag order in his New York criminal trial.Trump, who has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges of falsifying business records to conceal the payment of hush money, was ordered by New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan to refrain from making public statements about jurors, witnesses, court staff and family members of the judge and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin...