POLITICO reporters take you inside the courtroom that could decide the 2024 election.
As a man police are linking to conspiracy theories set himself on fire in a park outside the courthouse where Donald Trump has been sitting all week, witnesses described the scene inside the trial.Reporters were just beginning to relay the information that a jury had been chosen when word came in of the fire. CNN quickly carried live footage of the flames.Speaking about the incident afterward, MSNBC's Lisa Rubin said that the "overflow" room, which is primarily made up of the press covering...
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump was once, and may soon be again, the most powerful man in the world. But on Monday, his diminished reality as a criminal defendant will become clear in humbling fashion during opening statements in his first criminal trial. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee has long chafed
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump was once, and may soon be again, the most powerful man in the world. But on Monday, his diminished reality as a criminal defendant will become clear in humbling fashion during opening statements in his first criminal trial. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee has long chafed
CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump was once, and may soon be again, the most powerful man in the world. But on Monday, his diminished reality as a criminal defendant will become clear in humbling fashion during opening statements in his first criminal trial. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee has long
CNN By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Opening statements in Donald Trump’s criminal New York hush money trial are set to begin Monday, more than a year after the former president was indicted in the case. The trial, which made its way swiftly through jury selection last week, is expected to feature several high-profile witnesses, including those who
CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump was once, and may soon be again, the most powerful man in the world. But on Monday, his diminished reality as a criminal defendant will become clear in humbling fashion during opening statements in his first criminal trial. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee has long
A man lighting himself on fire was captured on camera by CNN during the network’s live coverage of Donald Trump‘s trial in New York City on Friday. Though details are still emerging, the Associated Press reports that emergency crews rushed the individual away on a stretcher after extinguishing the blaze outside the court room where […]
DONALD Trump has fiercely labelled the hush money trial against him a “mess” after 12 jurors were selected to hear his case. The former president, 77, stared down sworn-in jurors as the
Max Azzarello, a 37-year-old from St. Augustine, Florida , is seen holding a sign a outside. 'Trump is with Biden and they're about to facist coup us,' Azzarello's sign reads. Now in critical condition, he's said to have made a series of social media posts before the display, said to be 'an
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The witnesses include a porn actress, a former tabloid publisher and Trump’s former fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen.