The first six jurors were selected in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial on Tuesday afternoon, after a two-day process, whittled down from a potential 96 potential candidates.
Friday, during an appearance on FNC's "Hannity," Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, criticized the political motivations behind the Trump trials underway in New York State. | Clips
While New York’s criminal case against former President Donald Trump with regard to the 2016 election is progressing, the federal case against him for trying to overturn the 2020 election remains in limbo. The reason for the stalled trial is that Trump claims he should enjoy absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for anything related to his presidency. The US Supreme Court, after refusing to hear the claim on an expedited basis, took up the case after a lower court tore Trump’s immunity...
Following the second week of Donald Trump's hush money trial in a Manhattan courtroom, MSNBC host Katie Phang noted that Donald Trump's primary lawyer, Todd Blanche, in the hush money trial seems to have withdrawn from scrutiny as the trial has progressed from jury selection to cross-examining the prosecution's witnesses.Phang, a former prosecutor herself, pressed the Guardian's Hugo Lowell, who has been present in the courtroom to explain what is going on with the former president's defense...
Donald Trump looked a bit unusual during the second day of his fraud trial, as his tousled 'do sparked speculation on social media.
Jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York is scheduled to continue Thursday. Five more jurors and six alternates need to be selected.
They are the first of the eventual the jury of 12 people, along with six alternates, who will decide whether to convict Trump of charges accusing him of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal.
By the end of day two of Trump's hush money trial, seven jurors were finalized. Dozens had asked to be excused because they could not be impartial in the case. They were whittled down to seven as defense and prosecution rejected others
There's something in the air in New York, and it's coming from Donald
Before Donald Trump's hush-money trial in New York got underway, pundits predicted that the proceedings could be a media bonanza for the former president. During this year’s Republican primaries, they noted, Trump’s popularity rose every time he was indicted. But so far, the trial, on charges that Trump covered up illicit payments to an adult filmmaker and actor to influence the 2016 election, hasn’t made him look like much of a hero. He’s appeared to fall asleep in the courtroom more than once....
The massive single-day haul supports Donald Trump's belief that his legal challenges might come back and haunt Democrats.
The trial judge said he would enter a show cause order as to why Trump should not be held in contempt and set arguments on the matter for April 23.