Trump’s busy week in court goes well beyond the hush money fight


by TheHill

TheHill— Former President Trump's legal travails will take center stage this week during a busy and important week for the presumptive GOP nominee's court battles. The showcase attracting attention is the New York hush money trial after a jury was selected for the battle last week. But it is just one front for the former president,

Reading Eagle—Key players: Who’s who at Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial. The witnesses include a porn actress, a former tabloid publisher and Trump’s former fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen.

The Guardian—Trump’s hush-money trial: Pecker’s second day of testimony at a glance. A jury will weigh the allegation that Trump falsified business records to cover a $130,000 payment to the adult film star Stormy Daniels. Here’s what you need to know Continue reading

WTOP—Trump’s lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution’s first witness in hush money trial. After prosecutors’ lead witness painted a tawdry portrait of “catch and kill” tabloid schemes, defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are poised Friday to dig into an account of the former publisher of the National Enquirer and his efforts to protect Trump from negative stories during the 2016 election.