• NY AG asks Trump civil fraud judge to declare $175M bond ‘without effect’

    The New York attorney general’s office has asked a judge to void the $175 million bond former President Trump secured to put off paying the larger monetary damage award in his civil fraud cas

  • NY AG Letitia James asks judge to void Trump's $175M bond in civil fraud case

    New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing the judge in former President Donald Trump's civil fraud case to void the $175 million bond that Trump previously posted to appeal his New York civil lawsuit. In her 26-page filing obtained by Fox News Digital, James questions whether the insurance company has sufficient funds to back it up. Trump’s bond was posted by California-based Knight Specialty Insurance Company (KSIC), but James argued that the insurer was "not authorized" to write...

  • NY AG's Office Asks Judge Engoron to Void Trump's $175M Bond in Civil Fraud Case

    It appeared in late March that the wrangling over former President Donald Trump's ability to pay the $454 million in damages ordered in the civil fraud case brought against him by New York state Attorney General Letitia James' office was sorted out. Sure, James also started to make noises that she would try to seize Trump's property--and Judge Arthur Engoron slapped on court supervision of the Trump Organization's finances for the next three years.But remember that in lieu of having to...

  • NY vs. Trump: Judge warns Trump team they're 'losing all credibility' in gag order hearing

    Judge Juan Merchan told President Donald Trump’s defense team they were "losing all credibility" during a Tuesday hearing on whether the 45th president violated a gag order in the Manhattan criminal trial.  "I have to tell you right now, you’re losing all credibility in the court," Merchan told Trump attorney Todd Blanche on Tuesday.  Tuesday’s court proceedings began with Merchan hearing the prosecution's request that Trump be held in contempt for violating a gag order that bans him from...

    • WCVB

    Judge declines to delay Trump’s NY hush money trial after Trump complains of pretrial publicity

    It's the latest in a string of delay denials that Trump has gotten from various courts this week as he fights to stave off the trial's start Monday with jury selection.

    • KSBW

    Judge declines to delay Trump’s NY hush money trial after Trump complains of pretrial publicity

    It's the latest in a string of delay denials that Trump has gotten from various courts this week as he fights to stave off the trial's start Monday with jury selection.

  • Judge declines to delay Trump’s NY hush money trial after Trump complains of pretrial publicity

    The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case has turned down the former president's request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case

  • Did Trump push the NY judge too far?

    Once again, former president Donald Trump is about to find out just how far he can push a judge. On Tuesday morning, Trump’s attorneys faced an angry barrage of questions from New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan, demanding they explain why Trump should not be fined for what prosecutors in his hush-money case say […]

  • Trump's civil fraud bond stands

    Judge Engoron closed the loopholes and removed opportunities that Donald Trump's folks built to disappear the collateral and approved the $175 million bond. The $175 million bond that Trump and his friend, Don Hankey, posted to stave off collections in his civil fraud judgment is good enough for Judge Engoron. — Read the rest

  • Opposition To Trump Is Rooted In Contempt For Ordinary Voters

    In Trump, his supporters hear a spirited defense of the hard-working despised and a fearless denouncing of the fashionable despisers.

    • CNN

    Why Trump is upset about what’s happening outside the NY courthouse

    While speaking to reporters before heading into court, former President Donald Trump said that the amount of security surrounding the courthouse, where his hush money trial is underway, is preventing his supporters from protesting. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins fact-checks those claims.

    • CNN

    Hear why Trump might no longer have power to save Johnson

    House members are lobbying Speaker Mike Johnson to raise the threshold to trigger the procedure to oust the speaker. However, Johnson announced he would not change the procedure for removing him from the speakership after Republican hardliners reacted with fury to the proposed change of rules. A single member can force a floor vote on the motion to vacate - part of the deal Kevin McCarthy made to become speaker last year. The move would have helped ensure the Louisiana Republican’s job without...