Donald Trump's attorneys can only do so much to keep their client off the witness stand, but in the end the former president will do what he wants, his former attorney said Monday. Jim Trusty, the attorney who bailed on Trump's classified documents, appeared on CNN to discuss the prospects of whether his ex-client should take the stand in his ongoing criminal hush money trial. "In terms of testifying on the witness stand — I'd say 'Look, let's make this about Michael Cohen and nothing...
The department announced the formation of the Airline Passenger Protection Partnership on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, during a ceremony at Denver International Airport (DEN). Partnership Opens Federal Data Books for States Investigating Airlines Under the new cooperative, the 18 states joining the partnership will get additional resources to investigate allegations of airline and […]
Donald Trump's legal team has been working overtime to force Special Counsel Jack Smith to make public his prosecution team's evidence against the former president in the criminal documents case, and they just had a victory sort of.Recently, Judge Aileen Cannon unsealed several documents in the Florida criminal case, resulting in a trove of new revelations. One of those newly disclosed details was that Walt Nauta, Trump's valet and co-defendant in the case, previously told a grand jury that his...
Former President Donald Trump's comments about his longtime ally and former National Enquirer head David Pecker are the most compelling case for witness intimidation, legal expert Lisa Rubin told MSNBC's Joy Reid on Friday's edition of "The ReidOut."Pecker, who helped Trump in a "catch and kill" scheme to bury stories about his alleged affair with Playboy model Karen McDougal, has been the prosecution's first witness in the criminal hush money trial against Trump in Manhattan. The former...
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker shared the information that elevates Donald Trump's criminal charges from misdemeanors to felonies on Thursday, ex -Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann revealed.Speaking to MSNBC after Pecker broke from testifying, Weissmann noted that violation of campaign finance laws elevates the falsification of business records charges from misdemeanors to felonies.Trump's is accused of falsifying records to hide hush money payments to adult movie...
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A banker took the witness stand in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial on Friday and for CNN's Elie Honig it was a critical moment. "So the banker, the third witness, is the least sensational witness that we've heard from, but also in my view, the most important," he said Friday night on the network. "Because when people ask, 'Well, where's the crime?' it's really important to remember because we've just spent a week immersed in hush money payments and porn stars and payouts — the crime...
Former Trump attorney Tim Parlatore explains what he thinks could happen if prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial bring up Trump’s other legal problems. He also shares whether he thinks the former president should testify.
As day two of former President Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial continued, attorneys for the former president had a potential juror dismissed after they found posts calling for Trump to be jailed.
During the second day of trial this week, Donald Trump’s attorney and the judge had a somewhat heated exchange over the gag order placed against the former president, according to reports.Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecutors have accused Trump of violating acting Justice Juan Merchan’s gag order, which prohibits him from making public statements about anyone involved in the trial and their family members.On Tuesday, the trial began with a hearing on the alleged violations....
Judge Juan Merchan issued a stern warning to Donald Trump for his reaction to a potential juror in the courtroom. Former Trump Payroll Corp. attorney William Brennan reacts.
Judge Juan Merchan told President Donald Trump’s defense team they were "losing all credibility" during a Tuesday hearing on whether the 45th president violated a gag order in the Manhattan criminal trial. "I have to tell you right now, you’re losing all credibility in the court," Merchan told Trump attorney Todd Blanche on Tuesday. Tuesday’s court proceedings began with Merchan hearing the prosecution's request that Trump be held in contempt for violating a gag order that bans him from...