Legal experts spent the day pointing out how devastating witness testimony was Thursday against Trump in his first criminal trial, but at night the former president suggested the case "completely faller apart."Trump said he had a "BIG DAY IN COURT(S) TODAY," likely referencing the hush-money cover up trial as well as the Supreme Court oral arguments regarding his claim of complete immunity for presidents. The Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared to most experts as open to giving Trump...
Seven men and five women chosen to decide Trump's guilt or innocence. Six alternate jurors still have to be picked when the court returns on Friday.
First thing Thursday morning, a woman identified only as Juror No. 2 told Judge Juan Merchan that, upon reflection, she feared she could no longer be an impartial participant in Donald Trump’s historic hush money jury. Her change of heart came after Fox News host Jesse Watters devoted a significant amount of airtime to discussing biographical details about her and why they might make her a problem for Trump. Her identity was as good as public, the juror told Merchan. (He eventually excused her.)...
Republican National Committee co-Chairwoman Lara Trump suggested the criminal trial against former President Donald Trump “is not working” as his fundraising continues to rise. Lara Trump appeared Wednesday on Fox News’s Hannity to discuss the latest fundraising numbers on her father-in-law’s campaign. Her report comes after the campaign already raised $1.5 million after the trial’s first […]
As the first day of testimony wrapped up in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial, new polling showed that a majority of New Yorkers consider the prosecution warranted. A Siena College Research Institute poll released Monday, April 22, showed that 54 percent of respondents said the trial is “legitimate,” while 30 percent saw the prosecution as a meritless “witch hunt.” Broken down by party, 77 percent of Democrats and 44 percent of independents called the proceedings a “legitimate...
Ex-president ‘orchestrated a criminal scheme’ to corrupt 2016 election, prosecution says in opening statementKey takeaways from opening statementsDonald Trump “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election” in his efforts to cover up an alleged affair with the adult film star Stormy Daniels, the prosecution said on Monday in its opening statement in the former president’s criminal trial, with the defense countering that “there’s nothing wrong with trying to influence...
(The Center Square) – As former President Donald Trump's defense team works to pick a jury in his New York hush money case, his attorneys are asking a judge in Florida for more time to prepare. Trump's legal team has asked Judge Aileen Cannon to push back deadlines in the Florida classified documents case. Specifically, Trump has asked that the May 9 deadline for expert disclosures and Classified Information Procedures Act notice be postponed until three weeks after the...
Donald Trump is charged with falsifying business records in a scheme to silence porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election.
E. Jean Carroll beat Donald Trump. Twice. And she is confident that the jury empaneled in his criminal hush money trial is going to meet the moment. "I think that it’s a New York jury, they’re the smartest in the world, with all political backgrounds," she told TIME while appearing at the 2024 TIME100 in the city. "They will make the right decision."ALSO READ: ‘Fraudulent’: Trump tormentor Lincoln Project loses big money in cybertheft schemeThe jurors are tasked with a historic verdict to...
The New York City court where former President Donald Trump stands accused of falsifying business records to cover up payments to an adult film star has published the transcripts from the first day of his trial. It can read here. The 120-page document details the dialogue of Trump's first day in the Manhattan criminal courtroom where he and his attorneys face off against District Attorney Alvin Bragg and his legal team. "Good morning, your Honor, counsel, members of the jury," begins Matthew...
New York prosecutors said on the first day of Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial that the former president broke the law and corrupted the 2016 election by trying to cover up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model, while his defense lawyer said he committed no
Opening statements began today in the first ever criminal trial of a former US president.