• Stuck in court, Trump turns his criminal trial into his campaign

    Former president’s campaign of retribution slams into an exhausting trial he can’t get out of, Alex Woodward reports from New York

  • WFB Editor in Chief Analyzes How Criminal Trial Will Play for Trump Campaign

    Washington Free Beacon editor in chief Eliana Johnson appeared on NewsNation on Sunday with Chris Stirewalt, where she discussed whether former president Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York will benefit his campaign in the court of public opinion.

  • Column: Trump's hush-money criminal trial could be a cure for 'Trump amnesia'

    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....

  • Trump trial updates: Prosecutors say Trump engaged in criminal conspiracy and a cover-up. Defense lawyers call it 'democracy.'

    Criminal conspiracy and cover-up (First column, 4th story, link) Related stories:Silent and brooding, Trump endures courtroom ordealHas To Be 'Jolted Awake' AgainProsecutors make history with opening statementsTrial's First Witness Could Destroy Defense

  • 'Keep Biden in the Basement and Trump on Trial': Jim Jordan Says Trump Trial 'Driven by Politics'

    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

  • Key witness to testify in Trump criminal trial

    The New York criminal trial of former president Donald Trump resumes Tuesday.

    • CHCH

    Day 1 in Trump's historic criminal trial

    Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. In New York City, opening statements began today in former U.S. president Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial. He’s accused of falsifying business records in order to keep an alleged affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels out of the public eye ahead of the 2016 election. We were joined live by CNN’s Gloria Pazmino, who […]

  • Trump Criminal Trial: Day 8 Key Takeaways

    As the first full week of testimony wrapped up in the historic Donald Trump hush money trial, jurors were granted a three-day weekend to mull over what they had heard. After over 10 hours of detailed testimony across four days, David Pecker, the former chief of American Media Inc., concluded his time on the witness […] The post Trump Criminal Trial: Day 8 Key Takeaways first appeared on The Source.

    • MSNBC

    Trump searches in vain for a rescue as his criminal trial unfolds

    At around 2 a.m. local time, Donald Trump published another item about his ongoing criminal trial to his social media platform, and while most of it was conspiratorial nonsense, there was one small detail in the former president’s message that stood out. The conservative Washington Times reported: For the record, there’s literally no evidence of President Joe Biden being “crooked” or having anything whatsoever to do with his predecessor’s prosecutions. But of greater interest is Trump’s apparent...

  • Opening statements set to start in Trump criminal trial

    With the final members of the jury selected opening statements are set to start Monday in what is expected to be a six-week trial for the Donald Trump hush money case.

  • Trump's complaints about being unable to campaign fall apart as trial resumes

    Donald Trump frequently complains that his New York hush money trial is keeping him off the campaign trail, but he used this week's day off to hit the links instead of meet voters.Justice Juan Merchan ordered the former president to attend each day of his trial, but the judge does not hold court on Wednesdays. Trump spent the day golfing at his Bedminster, New Jersey, club instead of visiting battleground states or making his case for the 2024 election, sources told CNN.Trump has complained...

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    Why David Pecker was the perfect first witness in Trump's criminal trial

    When prosecutors present their case to a jury, one thing they have to figure out is the order in which to present witnesses. In Donald Trump’s first criminal trial, in Manhattan, that first witness was David Pecker, for good reason. While Pecker may be less familiar than some other potential witnesses, such as former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen or adult film star Stormy Daniels, he’s a crucial one — and it makes perfect sense to have him set the stage for the state’s case. After opening...