Witness credibility is crucial at any trial. Donald Trump’s criminal case in New York is no exception. But Tuesday’s court proceedings remind us that some of the most important evidence doesn’t always come from witness testimony alone but also from documentary evidence that can’t lie or be cross-examined, like text messages. Consider the testimony of Keith Davidson, whom Manhattan prosecutors called to the stand Tuesday. The lawyer represented Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels, two women who...
Jimmy Kimmel mentioned the former president's supposed flatulence on his late-night show.
If a former president nods off in a courtroom and no cameras are around to see it, did it really happen? The case of the People of the State of New York vs. Donald J. Trump got underway Monday, and while the fate of the forthcoming election — and perhaps democracy itself — may teeter on the outcome, the public is locked out of witnessing a seismic moment in American history. Video and audio feeds are banned from the courtroom, leaving folks to rely on the written and spoken word of reporters...
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....
In bombshell testimony Friday, Hope Hicks relayed cascading concerns inside Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign as a lewd tape and allegations that he had had affairs with a Playboy model and a porn star emerged in the waning days of the election. A close aide to Trump who spoke daily with him, Hicks said Trump’s campaign feared the potential ramifications of the Hollywood Access tape on the pending election. She also testified that Trump did not want the newspaper delivered to his home on...
Audio recording played in court appeared to show former president discussing catch-and-kill payment with fixer Michael Cohen
Donald Trump trial LIVE: Former president returns to hush money trial as Supreme Court considers whether he is immune from prosecution - When Trump appeared in court, he told reporters about the poor economic numbers, specifically referring to GDP, gas prices and the U.S. dollar. "This is Bidenomics, it's catching up with himit's destroyed our country at the border, destroyed our country with other countries, they don't respect the United States anymore," he said. “This is very bad news,” he...
Erica Orden, Politico reporter, talks about the media diets of the jurors on the Trump "hush money" trial. Plus, she recaps the testimony of David Pecker, the former publisher for the National Enquirer, who talked about that publication's "catch and kill" strategy, which suppressed negative stories about people like Donald Trump.
After a weeklong jury selection process, 12 jurors and six alternates have been seated in Donald Trump's New York hush money trial. The difficulty of selecting a group of impartial jurors in the criminal trial of a former president was on full display. Media reporting on the jurors’ personal details — including one plainly critical segment from Fox News' Jesse Watters — sparked criticism from Judge Juan Merchan, who ordered journalists not to report on many specifics about their backgrounds. ...
The BBC's Nada Tawfik on what the court heard from close Donald Trump allies, including his former assistant.
Danny Cevallos, criminal defense attorney and MSNBC legal analyst, explains what the prosecution hopes to gain from the testimony of Hope Hicks, former White House communications director for Trump. “They have some witnesses that are really interesting, flashy witnesses, but they may have some credibility problems By calling a witness like Hope Hicks, you tie all that together.”
Former President Donald Trump's hush money trial continues in New York.