New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan could fine former President Donald Trump up to $11,000 for violating a gag order that his legal team argues prevents him from defending himself publicly in a case where a Democrat district attorney is seeking to put him in jail.
Criminal defense attorney Stacey Schneider says that former President Donald Trump was “rattled” following a Sandoval hearing in the New York hush money trial where he heard a recounting of his criminal history.
Former Trump White House attorney Jim Schultz says that Trump's post about
Former President Donald Trump's trial antics are already starting to hurt him, former federal prosecutor Harry Litman explained to MSNBC's Joy Reid on Friday — and make life hell for his attorneys.The problem is, he explained, Trump's repeated penchant for attacking witnesses and violating gag orders has led to prosecutors keeping a witness who will testify at trial secret, and the judge allowing that would effectively be a "serious sanction" against Trump's behavior that will make preparing his...
CNN’s Laura Coates discusses the possibility of an unfair “sleeper” juror making their way into the Trump jury selection and attempt a mistrial later on.
Judge Juan Merchan should get a move on and quickly rule on whether Trump was in contempt of court for violating a gag order in the Manhattan hush money trial, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig told CNN's Jake Tapper on Wednesday — because it's clear that Trump is in fact in violation.The former president is forbidden, under the gag order, from attacking expected witnesses in the case, which charges him with business fraud associated with buying the silence of adult film star Stormy Daniels —...
Though most Americans expect our judges to be neutral arbiters of the law, Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the New York trial against President Trump, is anything but.
President Donald Trump shouldn’t be prevented from speaking about witnesses such as his former attorney Michael Cohen who publicly criticize him on a regular basis, Read More
Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker tells Dana Bash that President Biden is handling Trump’s legal issues “perfectly”: “He is talking about Trump. He’s just talking about all of the other things about Donald Trump.”
Former Trump attorney Tim Parlatore explains what he thinks could happen if prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial bring up Trump’s other legal problems. He also shares whether he thinks the former president should testify.
During the second day of trial this week, Donald Trump’s attorney and the judge had a somewhat heated exchange over the gag order placed against the former president, according to reports.Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecutors have accused Trump of violating acting Justice Juan Merchan’s gag order, which prohibits him from making public statements about anyone involved in the trial and their family members.On Tuesday, the trial began with a hearing on the alleged violations....
By KAREN MATTHEWS (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York rejected Donald Trump’s request for a new trial on Thursday after a jury awarded $83.3 million in damages to a longtime magazine columnist who sued the former president for defamation for calling her claim that he had sexually assaulted her […]