April 15 (UPI) — Donald Trump arrived at the Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday for the start of the criminal trial against him over alleged hush money payments made to an adult film actress. The former president has pleaded not guilty to all charges as Jury selection began in the court of Judge Juan Merchan. Monday morning, Merchan denied a pair […] The post Trump hush-money trial: Judge declines to recuse himself, bars ‘Access Hollywood’ tape first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
Welcome back, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. A Manhattan jury was assembled this week for the first criminal trial against a former U.S. president. The selection process in People v. Donald Trump started off slow, then picked up quickly, then went backward somehow, but ultimately wrapped up with the 12 regular jurors picked Thursday and the alternates finalized Friday. Opening statements await. “We have our jury,” Judge Juan Merchan said at the end of a dramatic Thursday. By then, there...
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors said Thursday that Donald Trump again violated a gag order in his hush money trial, as the criminal case resumed on the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court weighed whet
The first batch of Manhattan residents were brought into the court and sworn in to begin the process of being picked for the first panel that will decide the fate of a former president in a criminal trial.
The witnesses include a porn actress, a former tabloid publisher and Trump’s former fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen.
It’s a moment in history — the first U.S. president facing criminal charges in an American courtroom. Yet only a handful of observers are able to see or even hear what is going on.
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial shifts to opening statements Monday, followed by the start of witness testimony. A jury of seven men and five women, plus six alternates, was picked last week. The trial centers on allegations the former president falsified his company’s internal records to obscure the true nature […]
Former President Trump’s legal troubles and his 2024 White House campaign are fully colliding this week, with Trump’s trial in New York City over an alleged hush money scheme set to begin Monday. While Trump is set to spend four days a week in court for the next several weeks, his campaign is planning to []
With the panel selected, Donald Trump’s trial can enter its next stage, with opening arguments expected on MondayDonald Trump’s hush-money trial gained momentum on Friday afternoon with the conclusion of jury selection.Five alternate jurors were chosen on Friday, following Thursday’s proceedings when the 12 jurors and one alternate juror were picked.A guide to Trump’s hush-money trial – so farThe key arguments prosecutors will use against TrumpHow will Trump’s trial work?From Michael Cohen to...
NEW YORK >> The first seven jurors for Donald Trump’s hush money trial were seated Tuesday after lawyers grilled the jury pool about their social media posts, political views and personal lives to decide who can sit in fair judgment of the former president.
Starting Monday, Trump becomes the first ex-US president to face a criminal
Former President Trump’s ex-personal attorney, Michael Cohen, said that the former commander-in-chief will not testify in the hush money case, arguing it is “not going to happen.” Cohen, a former ally of Trump who turned into a vocal critic of the former president, shut down the idea that he would testify in the New York