Trump lawyers in for 'hellish weekend' after judge issues 'serious sanction': legal expert
by Raw Story
Raw Story— 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...
Raw Story—Trump is keeping his lawyers from trying a strategy that will help his case: legal expert. The lawyers tasked with swaying a jury in Donald Trump's favor during the second week of the historic criminal hush money trial in New York City are going down a "hard road." That's according to former federal prosecutor Harry Litman. He believes the defense is hamstrung because the 45th president won't let his reputation be tarnished. Even as sordid details of his conduct are slowly fogging the air in the trial that is expected to last six to eight weeks before a jury deliberates.ALSO...
Raw Story—Trump team's latest defense dismantled by Stormy Daniels' lawyer's timeline: legal experts. Donald Trump's lawyers have spent the majority of his Manhattan hush money trial attempting to frame his former lawyer as acting without authorization. Trump faces 34 felony counts for falsifying business records to conceal a payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels for an alleged one-night stand. According to the arguments in court over the past few weeks, Trump's ex-lawyer, Michel Cohen, acted independently. However, on Thursday, testimony continued with Daniels' former attorney, Keith...
Raw Story—Legal expert begs judge to hold Trump in contempt for obvious gag order violations — fast. Judge Juan Merchan should get a move on and quickly rule on whether Trump was in contempt of court for violating a gag order in the Manhattan hush money trial, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig told CNN's Jake Tapper on Wednesday — because it's clear that Trump is in fact in violation.The former president is forbidden, under the gag order, from attacking expected witnesses in the case, which charges him with business fraud associated with buying the silence of adult film star Stormy Daniels —...