A dozen jurors were chosen for Trump’s hush-money trial in April 2024.
The gag order against former President Donald Trump is the "biggest assault" on the First Amendment in at least 50 years, Trump lawyer Jesse Binnall said.
The first day of testimony wrapped up Donald Trump’s history in New York’s hush money criminal trial. This is the first time a former President has been tried in criminal court, so here’s what you need to know. Open statements were laid out. Prosecutors said this case is about a “criminal conspiracy and a cover-up.” […] The post First Day of Testimony in Trump Criminal Trial Ends After Opening Statements and First Witness first appeared on The Source.
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. ...
Friday, during an appearance on FNC's "Hannity," Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, criticized the political motivations behind the Trump trials underway in New York State. | Clips
NEW YORK >> Donald Trump’s defense team attacked the credibility today of the prosecution’s first witness in his hush money case, seeking to discredit testimony detailing a scheme between Trump and a tabloid to bury negative stories to protect the Republican’s 2016 presidential campaign.
Donald Trump’s trial began in earnest Monday with opening statements and the first witness.
David Pecker, the former chairman of the National Enquirer's parent company, is expected to be called as the first witness when evidence begins in Donald Trump's hush-money trial on Monday.Pecker was allegedly present at a meeting with Trump in 2015 about how the National Enquirer could help him get elected in the 2016 presidential election.That allegedly led to the Enquirer being used as a front by Trump while he was trying to silence women with whom he had allegedly had affairs.According to...
Based upon the opinion of two prospective jurors who did not make the cut to participate in the historic criminal trial of Donald Trump, the former president's defense may be hampered by the attorney he hand-selected to oversee the case.With opening statements scheduled to begin Monday morning in the so-called hush money case where the former president is looking at the possibility of jail time after being charged with 34 felonies, the last thing Trump needs is a lawyer whose courtroom demeanor...
On Tuesday, Judge Juan Merchan ruled that Donald Trump had repeatedly violated the gag order in his trial for 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal payments made as part of a “catch-and-kill” scheme during the 2016 presidential election. Merchan found Trump in contempt for nine social media posts that prosecutors identified and fined Trump $1,000 for each violation. He also warned that since he was unable to levy fines high enough to be significant to Trump, incarceration is a...
David Pecker has been called as the first witness in Donald Trump's hush money trial following opening statements Monday.
When prosecutors present their case to a jury, one thing they have to figure out is the order in which to present witnesses. In Donald Trump’s first criminal trial, in Manhattan, that first witness was David Pecker, for good reason. While Pecker may be less familiar than some other potential witnesses, such as former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen or adult film star Stormy Daniels, he’s a crucial one — and it makes perfect sense to have him set the stage for the state’s case. After opening...