New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman claimed that Donald Trump appeared to "doze off" during his hush money criminal trial.
The judge overseeing Mr Trump’s case ran the trial which convicted the Trump Organization last year
By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz and Jennifer Peltz | Associated Press NEW YORK — A New York appeals court judge on Monday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his
In the hush-money criminal case, he is accused of falsifying his company's records to hide the nature of payments to his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who helped him bury negative stories during his 2016 campaign. Cohen's activities included paying porn actor Stormy Daniels $130,000 to suppress her claims of an extramarital sexual encounter with Trump years earlier.
Donald Trump pursued the reversal of a gag order issued by Judge Juan Merchan ahead of a hush money trial. On Monday, Trump's legal team appealed the gag order issued by Merchan and a decision not to move the trial from Manhattan, the Washington Post reported. Initially set for March 25, the trial was postponed to April 15 after the defense received about 100,000 pages of records from federal prosecutors. ALSO READ: No, Donald Trump, fraud is not protected by the First Amendment Merchan's...
On the second day of jury selection for Trump’s hush money trial, the judge admonished the former president, saying, "I will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom. I want to make this crystal clear." Lisa Rubin and Catherine Christian join to discuss.
Much of the commentary on the case has consisted of accusations against Alvin Bragg and Judge Merchan, but Trump has a strong defense on the merits — and his supporters should use it.
Lawyers had argued trial should be postponed while they seek a change of venue to move it out of heavily Democratic ManhattanSign up for Trump on Trial: a free newsletter on all the latest court developmentsA New York appeals court judge has rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to delay his 15 April hush-money criminal trial while he fights to move the case out of Manhattan.The decision came Monday, a week before jury selection was set to start. Continue reading
As the time for jury selection in Donald Trump's New York criminal trial approaches, Judge Merchan included in his gag order the one threat, short of jail time, that could make Trump and his legal team pay attention. Kristy Greenberg, former federal prosecutor, talks with Alex Wagner about the complicated process of choosing jurors for a high profile case like the first ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president.
New York Judge 'Mistakenly' Describes Trump Jan. 6 Case As "Federal Insurrection Matter" Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times, On April 3, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan denied a defense motion to adjourn the upcoming trial scheduled for April 15, and in his order, referred to former President Donald Trump’s case before the Supreme Court as the “Federal Insurrection Matter.” “Defendant fully briefed the issue of presidential immunity in his motion to...
Former President Donald Trump railed against Judge Juan Merchan for not approving him to skip trial proceedings on May 17 for his son Barron’s high school graduation, with Merchan punting on whether Trump will be allowed to have the day off. Merchan reportedly said he “cannot rule on those dates at this time,” noting it […]
A New York appeals court judge on Wednesday denied a third effort in three days by Donald Trump's attorneys to put on hold the former president’s impending criminal trial. Associate Justice Ellen Gesmer for the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York denied Trump's third legal challenge to delay the trial after a pair of state appeals court judges rejected similar efforts by Trump on Monday and Tuesday to pause the hush money trial, which is set to begin April 15 with jury selection....