• The Mar-a-Lago judge is entertaining Trump’s most brazen defenses

    Trump and prosecutors in the classified documents case have been told to draft jury instructions that could result in ensuring acquittalThe federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s prosecution on charges of retaining classified documents appears to be entertaining his most brazen defenses that could ultimately result in ensuring the acquittal of the former president.The issue revolves around an order from the US district judge Aileen Cannon on Monday asking Trump and prosecutors in the office of...

    • Yahoo

    Mar-a-Lago Judge’s Stark Ruling: Jury Sees Secret Files or Trump Wins

    Jay Paul/ReutersThe MAGA-friendly federal judge who keeps siding with Donald Trump in his Mar-a-Lago classified records case has forced prosecutors to make a stark choice: allow jurors to see a huge trove of national secrets or let him go.U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s ultimatum Monday night came as a surprise twist in what could have been a simple order; one merely asking federal prosecutors and Trump’s lawyers for proposed jury instructions at the upcoming trial.But as she has done...

    • MSNBC

    'She’s green': How Judge Cannon’s inexperience is affecting Trump’s classified documents case

    Former U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg joins The Weekend to discuss how Judge Aileen Cannon's lack of experience is impacting Trump's classified documents case.

  • Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago among Donald Trump properties at risk in fraud case

    March 25 (UPI) — New York Attorney General Letitia James may soon seize the properties of Donald Trump if he does not pay a $454 judgment against him for civil fraud Monday. The former president’s prized Trump Tower, the Trump Building — both in New York — and more than a dozen golf and social clubs, including the Mar-a-Lago resort […] The post Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago among Donald Trump properties at risk in fraud case first appeared on Gephardt Daily.

    • MSNBC

    Judge Aileen Cannon’s jury instruction order could crush Trump’s classified documents case

    U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is at it again. Her latest weird move in Donald Trump’s classified documents case involves jury instructions. That may sound like a mundane subject but it’s quite important, because these instructions are what a jury will use to consider whether special counsel Jack Smith has proved his case beyond a reasonable doubt. (That is, if the Trump-appointed judge ever sets a trial date and a trial actually happens.) The problem is that Cannon is apparently...

  • Trump slammed after claiming FBI search of Mar-a-Lago was illegal

    Former President Donald Trump on Monday was slammed Monday after claiming the government search for top-secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort was illegal under the Fourth Amendment in the Bill of Rights.While talking with reporters shortly after appearing in court, Trump claimed, without citing evidence, that the multiple indictments he's facing across four jurisdictions were all orchestrated by President Joe Biden.Trump argued the 2022 FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago resort to retrieve...

  • Ollie Watkins told he’s playing his way out of being Harry Kane’s England back-up and it’s Ivan Toney’s time to shine

    Ollie Watkins’ chances of booking a plane ticket for Euro 2024 could be ended on Tuesday night. That’s according to Arsenal great Perry Groves, who expects Ivan Toney to play and shine agains

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    Asked about foreign bond money, Trump’s lawyer fails to reassure

    Donald Trump has faced financial difficulties throughout his adult life. In May 2019, The New York Times shined a light on the Republican’s finances from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, when the future president went from one failed venture to another, losing money at an extraordinary pace. At one point, the report noted, Trump “appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer.” That said, conditions now are significantly worse. In fact, in the wake of a $464...

    • Snopes

    Can Trump's Mar-a-Lago Be Seized If He Doesn't Pay Court-Imposed Fine?

    Here's what to know about allegations that New York Attorney General Letitia James was preparing to seize the Palm Beach property.

  • Murdoch’s journalists unlawfully targeted Meghan and Diana, court told

    Prince Harry’s lawyers claim he has experienced a lifetime of ‘overwhelming intrusion’ from newspapers owned by media mogulJournalists at Murdoch-owned newspapers “unlawfully targeted” the Duchess of Sussex more than two decades after accessing the private pager messages of Diana, Princess of Wales, the legal team for Prince Harry has told the high court in London.In the latest development in Harry’s war against the tabloid press, his lawyers argued he had experienced a lifetime of “overwhelming...

  • Trump’s hush money case set for critical hearing over document dump

    The judge overseeing former President Trump’s hush money case will hold a consequential hearing Monday to sort out who is to blame for a curveball that delayed the trial at the last minute. Trump’s trial had been widely expected to begin the same day as the hearing until federal prosecutors this month began turning over

  • Letitia James Can Target Any Donald Trump Assets 'Across the World': Lawyer

    New York Attorney General Letitia James can target any of former President Donald Trump's assets from "across the world" in order to pay the $454 million judgment he owes, according to lawyer Renee Zaytsev on Saturday.In February, Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump to pay $355 million, plus interest, and barred him from doing business in New York for three years after finding him liable for financial fraud in September 2023 in a lawsuit brought on by James' office. Trump, the presumed GOP...