• Exclusive – Trump Lawyer: 'Extremely Improper' that Judge in Trump Criminal Case Is a Biden Donor

    The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's New York criminal case, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, is a Biden donor, Trump lawyer Jesse Binnall said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.

    • CNN

    Ex-Trump White House lawyer says Trump’s post violated judge’s gag order

    Former Trump White House attorney Jim Schultz says that Trump's post about

  • Judge reprimands Trump lawyer but holds off on gag order ruling

    Juan Merchan reserves judgment on prosecutors' request for maximum fine but

  • Judge: Trump Lawyer ‘Losing All Credibility’ During Gag Order Arguments

    The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money election interference case appears poised to rule that the former president repeatedly violated his gag order. But what’s much less clear is how he chooses a punishment that preserves judicial integrity and avoids political theater.It won’t be easy. After an hour-long hearing, which concluded with Judge Juan Merchan warning Trump’s attorney that he is “losing all credibility with this court,” an angry Trump stormed out of the courtroom, refusing to...

  • Judge tells Trump lawyer in hush money trial he is 'losing all credibility'

    The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial on Tuesday warned that Trump's lawyer was "losing all credibility" in his arguments that the former president should not be punished for violating a gag order in the case. Justice Juan Merchan said he would not immediately rule on prosecutors' request

  • Judge Merchan has a 'tool' to make Trump's lawyers 'rein in their client': ex-prosecutor

    Judge Juan Merchan, the jurist overseeing Donald Trump's criminal case in New York over an alleged hush-money cover up scheme, is hanging something over the head of the former president's attorneys, a former prosecutor said on Saturday. Legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti appeared on MSNBC, where he was asked why Merchan hasn't ruled on whether Trump has violated an expanded gag order imposed upon him in the case. The order limits Trump's attacks on potential witnesses...

  • Judge Says Trump Lawyer Is 'Losing Credibility' After Combative Gag Order Hearing

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  • Trump lawyers in for 'hellish weekend' after judge issues 'serious sanction': legal expert

    Former President Donald Trump's trial antics are already starting to hurt him, former federal prosecutor Harry Litman explained to MSNBC's Joy Reid on Friday — and make life hell for his attorneys.The problem is, he explained, Trump's repeated penchant for attacking witnesses and violating gag orders has led to prosecutors keeping a witness who will testify at trial secret, and the judge allowing that would effectively be a "serious sanction" against Trump's behavior that will make preparing his...

  • 'We can't go on like this': Judge chastises Trump lawyers for digging into jurors

    Donald Trump's lawyers returned from the lunch recess Tuesday to declare that they'd discovered a number of social media posts from potential jurors that contradicted answers given during questioning, and claimed that some showed "hostility" toward the ex-president. But Judge Juan Merchan hit back at Trump lawyer Todd Blanche."We can't go on like this," he said, talking about the nitpicking of potential jurors who disagree with Trump on policy issues. MSNBC host Katie Phang reported one...

  • 'Are you missing my point?' Trump lawyer 'tests the judge's patience' at end of hearing

    Donald Trump's attorneys keep getting on the bad side of the New York judge presiding over former president's criminal hush money trial. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan nearly browbeat Trump's attorney Emil Bove over what prosecutors alleged was a "totally improper line of questioning" regarding the cross-examination of former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker.Bove had been pricking Pecker, the 72-year-old who used to lord over The National Enquirer’s parent company, American...

    • MSNBC

    Judge Merchan challenges Trump lawyer credibility during hush money gag order hearing

    A lawyer’s credibility is all they have with a judge. Donald Trump’s criminal defense lawyer in Manhattan may be losing that valuable currency in the early days of the hush money trial. The judge himself said so. At a hearing over whether Trump violated a gag order in his first criminal trial, Judge Juan Merchan voiced disbelief when attorney Todd Blanche said that Trump was attempting to comply with the judge's order. “Mr. Blanche, you’re losing all credibility” with the court, NBC News...

  • OUTRAGEOUS: Judge in Trump Trial Refuses to Halt Trial for Passover to Accommodate Orthodox Lawyer

    NEW YORK (VINnews) — The judge in the criminal trial of President Trump has made a surprising decision, announcing that court will be in session during the Holiday of Passover, including on the days of Yom Tov which are Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, as well as Monday and Tuesday of the following week. […]