According to former prosecutor and current MSNBC host Katie Phang, a confession by former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker under oath in Donald Trump's hush money trial made the case for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office to prosecute the former president.Opening her show on Saturday, Phang noted that a central part of the 34 felony count prosecution has hinged on whether the payments were being made and stories being buried, were in the best interest of the tabloid or...
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg made a sharp move by putting former National Enquirer chief David Pecker on the stand first to testify at former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, former court staffer and Lawfare correspondent Anna Bower explained on MSNBC Friday.The reason for that, she said, is that unlike a witness like Michael Cohen, Pecker remains friendly with the former president, and so it is much harder to spin his claims about Trump's alleged "catch and kill"...
Donald Trump is likely going to be convicted in the hush money cover-up case he's currently facing, but the real punishment is being forced to be a criminal defendant, a former prosecutor said Sunday. Legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti appeared on MSNBC's Alex Witt Reports, where he was asked about whether or not Trump will be held accountable for any potential wrongdoing. "Big picture, Renato, do you think some sense of accountability is near for Donald Trump,...
Longtime Donald Trump strategist Boris Epshteyn's presence at the former president's criminal trial in Manhattan is a bizarre development, former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance told MSNBC's Ari Melber on "The Beat" Friday — and it's worth keeping an eye on.This comes after Epshteyn, who also spent a while performing right-wing content to send to Sinclair Broadcast Group news affiliates, was implicated in the plot to declare fake electors in battleground states to overturn the results of the 2020...
The dismissals reduced to five the number of jurors who have been seated for the first-ever criminal trial of a former president.
Former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Toobin Tuesday took a harsh view of the contempt order handed down by Manhattan criminal court judge Juan Merchan to former President Donald Trump. "I think it is historic and I think we need to pause and recognize what a big deal this," Toobin told a CNN panel Tuesday night. "This is a finding of criminal contempt that had to be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, and that's what the judge did."Trump has not been convicted in his criminal hush money case and...
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Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump will make his most concentrated effort yet to turn his criminal trial into a political asset in the next two days, heading from the courtroom to the campaign trail and back again. The former president’s hush money trial resumes in New York on Tuesday as prosecutors
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump will make his most concentrated effort yet to turn his criminal trial into a political asset in the next two days, heading from the courtroom to the campaign trail and back again. The former president’s hush money trial resumes in New York on Tuesday as prosecutors
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump will make his most concentrated effort yet to turn his criminal trial into a political asset in the next two days, heading from the courtroom to the campaign trail and back again. The former president’s hush money trial resumes in New York on Tuesday as prosecutors
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
by WorldTribune Staff, April 23, 2024 Legal observers who weren’t following the narrative established by legacy media outlets were quick to point out how little, if anything, the prosecution in Donald Trump’s hush money case has and how terribly they presented how little they had as the first witnesses took the stand on Monday and […]