• Legal observers: Trial not going well for prosecutors; But then again this is NYC

    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 […]

  • Trump is about to adopt a 'risky defense' at criminal trial: former Manhattan prosecutor

    Former President Donald Trump is going to employ a new "risky" defense strategy at his Manhattan criminal hush money trial, former Manhattan prosecutor Rebecca Roiphe argued to MSNBC's Chris Hayes on Wednesday evening. Specifically, she argued, the former president is going to not deny the payment brokered by his former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen happened, but that there wasn't anything illegal about it in the first place. "We think we're going to get a few more witnesses this week,"...

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    Prosecutors: Trump violated gag order in hush money trial seven more times

    The judge has already scheduled a hearing for next Tuesday to weigh

  • Litman: How Trump's trial will go well beyond the charges to paint a damning portrait of him

    The scheme at the heart of the charges against Donald Trump in New York is well-known: To keep allegations of an affair with the adult-film actress Stormy Daniels from becoming public, Trump is accused of agreeing to pay her $130,000, camouflaged as payments to Michael Cohen for legal services. It’s in the camouflaging that Trump is charged with committing the 34 felonies at issue before a jury starting Monday. But the jury, and the country, are going to hear a lot of evidence of Trump’s other...

  • 'Didn't go well': George Conway says Trump's hush money prosecutors flubbed key question

    Prosecutors in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial were stymied Tuesday by a flurry of objections as they tried to wrap the day's proceedings on their own terms, according to legal analyst George Conway.Manhattan District Attorney's office prosecutors appeared to edge toward asking Keith Davidson, the attorney for Playboy model Karen McDougal who negotiated with the National Enquirer on her behalf, about the assumed source of the payments, Conway reported to MSNBC host...

  • New York prosecutors in Trump’s hush money trial say former president continues to violate gag order

    NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors said Thursday that Donald Trump again violated a gag order in his hush money trial, as the criminal case resumed on the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court weighed whet

  • Hush money jury composition shows things aren't 'going to go well for Trump': legal expert

    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...

  • 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

  • Donald Trump trial LIVE: Former president returns to hush money trial as Supreme Court considers whether he is immune from prosecution

    Donald Trump trial LIVE: Former president returns to hush money trial as Supreme Court considers whether he is immune from prosecution - When Trump appeared in court, he told reporters about the poor economic numbers, specifically referring to GDP, gas prices and the U.S. dollar. "This is Bidenomics, it's catching up with himit's destroyed our country at the border, destroyed our country with other countries, they don't respect the United States anymore," he said. “This is very bad news,” he...

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    Trump will go from the trial to the trail and back again

    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

    • KTVZ

    Trump will go from the trial to the trail and back again

    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

    • KIFI

    Trump will go from the trial to the trail and back again

    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