In court documents made public on Wednesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicated that, if former President Trump chooses to take the stand in his ongoing "hush money" trial, Bragg would cross-examine him on
The Supreme Court conservatives seemed to solidify around a middle-ground position on Trump’s claims of absolute presidential immunity Thursday, a win by another name for the former president as it would add months of delay to the Jan. 6 case.
Former President Donald Trump's latest filing in the presidential immunity case that will be heard before the Supreme Court next week has shocked one legal expert for its "audacious" claims. Trump's attorneys Monday filed a 33-page response to special counsel Jack Smith's argument that the former president is not protected from prosecution by blanket immunity and therefore can be tried on election interference charges in Washington D.C. federal court. In this new filing, Trump's attorneys build...
Attorney Christian Wise Smith, a Democrat running against Fani Willis for Fulton County district attorney, said on Friday that his rival's focus on former President Donald Trump's election interference case leaves people "vulnerable" and "many priorities neglected" in Georgia's largest county.Willis, also a Democrat, has become a prominent national figure due to leading the investigation that led to indictments against Trump and 18 of his allies for allegedly attempting to overturn Georgia's...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday took up Donald Trump’s bid to avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump’s lawyers
For those rightly concerned about the timing of Donald Trump's federal Jan. 6 trial, Thursday's oral arguments before the Supreme Court gave plenty of reasons for worry. Moreover, the court’s conservative majority seemed inclined to define presidential immunity from prosecution in a way that could undermine some of the charges in special counsel Jack Smith's indictment. Much of the court’s questioning went well beyond the immediate issue of Trump’s immunity for the criminal acts alleged. The...
Former President Donald Trump's latest demand to put the Manhattan hush money trial on hold was just smacked down.According to the Associated Press, Trump was seeking to stay the trial, the first of his four criminal cases to go to court, while he tries to get the case moved out of Manhattan to another jurisdiction on the grounds that he can't get a fair jury pool there.However, according to the report, Justice Marsha Michael "has once again denied a request by Trump’s attorneys to halt his...
NEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money case are set to begin next week after a jury of 12 people and six alternates was seated Friday. The seating of the jury sets the stage for weeks of testimony in a case charging Trump with falsifying business records to suppress stories about []
As Trump looked on prosecutor Christopher Conroy handed the court copies of 10 statements on Trump's Truth Social platform or campaign website that he said violated the gag order.
Biden expressed openness to debate Trump during a wide-ranging interview on Friday with radio host Howard Stern. Trump soon responded via the far-right social network Truth Social
On Tuesday’s edition of The View, ABC’s staunchly racist and anti-Semitic co-host, Sunny Hostin (the descendant of slave owners) proved once again why she’s a former federal prosecutor. Speaking about the upcoming hush-money trial against former President Trump, Hostin proclaimed that she feared the impartial jury would be infiltrated by a Trump supporter who would “lie” by telling the court the contradictory statement: “I hate Trump. But I can be impartial.” Hostin admitted she was “excited”...
On Tuesday’s edition of The View, ABC’s staunchly racist and anti-Semitic co-host, Sunny Hostin (the descendant of slave owners) proved once again why she’s a former federal prosecutor. Speaking about the upcoming hush-money trial against former President Trump, Hostin proclaimed that she feared the impartial jury would be infiltrated by a Trump supporter who would “lie” by telling the court the contradictory statement: “I hate Trump. But I can be impartial.” Hostin admitted she was “excited”...