Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Donald Trump has once again gone after his former personal attorney Michael Cohen despite a court order not to discuss witnesses in his criminal hush money trial. The gag-order was created to prevent Trump from discussing court figures, and the judge has already been considering if Trump broke the order within his social media posts […]
Day two of Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York wrapped up Tuesday afternoon with the former president once again railing against the gag order that he's already been accused of violating multiple times.
On Monday, the first criminal trial of Donald Trump began with both prosecution and defense delivering their opening statements, followed by the first witness in the case, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, taking the stand. Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo gave the opening statement for prosecution. "This case is about a criminal conspiracy,” said Colangelo. “Trump orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election. Then he covered up that criminal conspiracy...
On Thursday, the prosecution's third witness, finance executive Gary Farro, returned to provide his testimony in the New York criminal case brought against Donald Trump.Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) charged Trump with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an alleged attempt to cover up so-called "hush money" payments made to Stormy Daniels, a porn actress, to keep quiet about an alleged extramarital affair. Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney, claimed that he made a...
Testimony in Donald Trump’s historic hush money case resumed Tuesday, with prosecutors urging the court to hold the former president in contempt for attacking witnesses and others, and former tabloid impresario David Pecker returning to the stand with details that linked Trump’s circle to a slew of salacious stories. Earlier, as Trump awaited the hearing over the gag order in the case, his fundraising appeals took on a frantic tone. Deliberations stretched on for more than an hour, but the...
“The last thing I want to do is put you in jail,” Justice Juan Merchan said. “You are the former president of the United States and possibly the next president as well.”
The New York criminal trial of former president Donald Trump resumes Tuesday.
Former president Donald Trump will likely face additional sanctions for violating the gag order in his criminal case in New York City after a brutal contempt hearing Thursday morning. He had already been fined $9,000 on Tuesday for nine violations. Trump is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for his role in a […]
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Former President Trump has been found in contempt of court for violating the gag order in his hush-money criminal case. New York Judge Juan Merchan had barred Trump from talking about
Before jurors took their seats for the day, the judge heard arguments concerning four more instances of Trump publicly commenting on witnesses and jurors in the case.
Before jurors took their seats for the day, the judge heard arguments concerning four more instances of Trump publicly commenting on witnesses and jurors in the case.
April 30 (UPI) — Donald Trump on Tuesday was held in criminal contempt and slapped with a $9,000 fine by Judge Juan Merchan for nine gag order violations as his hush-money trial resumed in the morning hours. “Defendant violated the Order by making social media posts about known witnesses pertaining to their participation in this criminal proceeding and […] The post Hush-money trial: Trump fined $9K for gag order violations first appeared on Gephardt Daily.