Closing arguments in the criminal case against former President Donald Trump are scheduled to begin May 28 in New York.
Trump’s support has never depended on his adherence to conventional conduct. And with polls showing that a big majority of voters see Biden as a failing president, a Trump conviction in a sham case will not determine the November outcome.
The jury was sent home until 28 May, when closing arguments are expected.
The jury was sent home until May 28, when closing arguments are expected.
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's hush money trial moved into a new phase Tuesday, drawing closer to the moment when the jury will begin deciding his fate after testimony concluded without the former president taking the stand in his own defense. “Your honor, the defense rests,” Trump lawyer Todd Blanche told the judge. Trump's []
May 20 (UPI) — Donald Trump‘s former attorney Michael Cohen admitted to stealing about $30,000 from the Trump Organization during his testimony in Manhattan on Monday. Cohen testified that he hired a tech firm RedFinch in 2014 and 2015 for $50,000. The firm was hired to rig online polls in favor of the former president. Cohen paid them about $20,000 cash, saying […] The post Trump hush-money trial: Michael Cohen admits to stealing from Trump Org. first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
The prosecution rested its case on Monday in former President Donald Trump ‘hush money’ trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. The
Previewing the upcoming closing arguments, former prosecutor Elie Honig posits, “Michael Cohen’s not even the star witness in this case. The star witness in this case are the documents.” But Defense Attorney William J. Brennan counters, “You have two lawyers on that jury. They’re not going to just do a knee-jerk. So I think there’s a strong likelihood of a of a mistrial through a hung jury.”
Donald Trump's lawyers have rested their defense without the ex-president taking the witness stand in his New York hush money trial.
Donald Trump's lawyers have rested their defense without the ex-president taking the witness stand in his New York hush money trial.
The judge ordered reporters out of the courtroom before lashing out at a defense witness he said was not behaving on the stand.
NEW YORK >> Former President Donald Trump opted not to testify in his criminal hush money trial today, bringing his defense to a quick conclusion and clearing the way for jurors to begin deliberations next week.