California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he's worried about the "overindulgence" of former President Trump's hush money trial and suggests that focusing on the former president could give him an electoral advantage. MSNBC host Jen Psaki asked the Democrat governor about a "chorus" of people who think the hush money trial is only helping Trump politically, which she said was driving her "crazy." She questioned what Newsom might tell an undecided voter about why the case should matter to them. Newsom...
Fmr. Sr. Member of Mueller Probe Andrew Weissmann and MSNBC Legal Analyst Mary McCord join The Weekend to discuss what to expect during opening statements of Trump’s hush-money trial and who the key witnesses may be.
A New York appeals court judge on Friday rejected a last-minute bid by Donald Trump to halt his hush money criminal trial over defense complaints that jury selection was unfairly rushed.
Before Donald Trump's hush-money trial in New York got underway, pundits predicted that the proceedings could be a media bonanza for the former president. During this year’s Republican primaries, they noted, Trump’s popularity rose every time he was indicted. But so far, the trial, on charges that Trump covered up illicit payments to an adult filmmaker and actor to influence the 2016 election, hasn’t made him look like much of a hero. He’s appeared to fall asleep in the courtroom more than once....
The trial judge said he would enter a show cause order as to why Trump should not be held in contempt and set arguments on the matter for April 23.
The trial of former President Donald Trump got underway on Monday and, as befitting all political trials, the defendant is being tried for something entirely different than what the indictment said he did wrong.
The first six jurors were selected in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial on Tuesday afternoon, after a two-day process, whittled down from a potential 96 potential candidates.
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...
Erica Orden, Politico reporter, talks about the media diets of the jurors on the Trump "hush money" trial. Plus, she recaps the testimony of David Pecker, the former publisher for the National Enquirer, who talked about that publication's "catch and kill" strategy, which suppressed negative stories about people like Donald Trump.
After a weeklong jury selection process, 12 jurors and six alternates have been seated in Donald Trump's New York hush money trial. The difficulty of selecting a group of impartial jurors in the criminal trial of a former president was on full display. Media reporting on the jurors’ personal details — including one plainly critical segment from Fox News' Jesse Watters — sparked criticism from Judge Juan Merchan, who ordered journalists not to report on many specifics about their backgrounds. ...
The BBC's Nada Tawfik on what the court heard from close Donald Trump allies, including his former assistant.
The jury for Trump's criminal case has been decided after a lengthy screening process for potential bias either for or against Trump.