Former President Donald Trump has drawn a difficult jury to defend against, former prosecutor Kristy Greenberg argued to MSNBC's Chris Hayes on Friday evening. "Let's talk about the jury, because we now have 12 jurors and six alternates," said Hayes. "What is your impression — what are your thoughts on how this jury has come together, what the composition looks like?""Well, you have two lawyers on this jury," said Greenberg. "Then you have in addition, three individuals who say close family...
Donald Trump’s hush money trial ended its second day of jury selection on Tuesday. Seven jurors have been selected so far. Opening arguments for this historic first criminal trial of a former president could start as soon as Monday legal experts tell Joy Reid.
As Donald Trump sits in criminal court facing 34 felony charges for purported financial records violations stemming from an attempt to bury a story about an alleged affair with an adult film actress, he may also face a separate prosecutor seizing his real estate holdings, according to a legal expert. Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner published a "Justice Matters" video on Saturday in which he covers a recent filing by New York A.G. Letitia James, who sued Trump in a civil case for...
Donald Trump's repost of a Fox News host's hush money trial juror attack is pure juror intimidation, says CNN legal expert Jeffrey Toobin. "It's clearly, I think an attempt to intimidate jurors," he said while he appeared on CNN's "Anderson 360" Wednesday night. "And it is clearly barred by by the gag order in this case." The former president reposted on Truth Social a quote made by Fox News anchor Jesse Watters that reads: “They are catching undercover Liberal Activists lying to the Judge...
An indictment of Donald Trump's allies and associates in Arizona is one of the things that will make it easier for President Joe Biden to win that "battleground" state in the upcoming election, a former GOP strategist said on Saturday.Former Republican strategist Tara Setmayer appeared on MSNBC's Ayman, where she was asked about what the indictments "spell out for the broader Republican party in Arizona, and nationally, due to these cases they are facing.""Oh, it's a mess," she said. "I mean,...
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg made a smart tactical move by choosing David Pecker as his first witness in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, according to former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance.Vance appeared on MSNBC Tuesday to explain to Katie Phang why she felt the former head of the National Enquirer made a great "kick-off" witness in the first of Trump's four criminal trials. "Well, it was smart, Katie, and I am reminded that it was you who first said that...
Trump could seek to raise more money from donors, ask the Republican National Committee to cover the costs or pay for the fees from his own wealth.
Criminal defense attorney Stacey Schneider says that former President Donald Trump was “rattled” following a Sandoval hearing in the New York hush money trial where he heard a recounting of his criminal history.
A New York judge ruled on Monday that the $175 million bond judgment against former President Donald Trump will remain intact despite New York Attorney General Letitia James's efforts to challenge it.
Among all the legal charges facing former President Donald Trump, the criminal case out of New York City that begins Monday “is the most bogus,” Read More
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...