The second day of former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan has officially wrapped, and Tuesday proved to have some better moments for Trump than the first.Trump on Monday became the first current or former president to stand trial on criminal charges. He faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the payment of hush money to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, accused of concealing information from voters ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Trump has pleaded...
CNN’s Brynn Gingras describes former President Donald Trump’s demeanor in court during former publisher of the National Enquirer David Pecker’s testimony as part of his criminal hush money trial.
WASHINGTON >> There was talk of drone strikes and presidential bribes, of a potential ruling “for the ages” and of the Founding Fathers, too. The presidential race went unmentioned but was not far from mind.
Kara McGee was dismissed from jury duty on the second day of jury selection in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial in New York City.
The United States will cross a historic threshold on Monday when for the first time a former president goes on criminal trial in a case laced with fateful significance because Donald Trump could be back in the Oval Office next year. When the presumptive GOP nominee walks into court for the start of jury selection, he and the country will enter a new state of reality as legal and political worlds collide in a trial almost guaranteed to deepen Americans’ bitter ideological estrangement. The trial,...
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The United States will cross a historic threshold on Monday when for the first time a former president goes on criminal trial in a case laced with fateful significance because Donald Trump could be back in the Oval Office next year. When the presumptive GOP nominee walks into
Donald Trump went after Judge Merchan on social media moments after the gag order hearing during his hush money election interference trial. Yet, Trump looked “small, tired and alone” in the courtroom experts in attendance observed.
Judge Juan Merchan said he would make a decision on potential gag order violations at a later date
Donald Trump hasn't listened to anyone telling him to sit down since he was sent to boarding school, but that streak ended with Judge Juan Merchan the other day, according to a man who was in the room at the time that it happened.During an appearance on MSNBC, columnist and longtime Washington insider Jonathan Alter set the scene for what happened when Merchan instructed Trump to have a seat. It has been reported that Trump was "fuming" after being made to sit like a dog would. The host asked...
Updates and latest news coverage on Trump's hush money case as trial enters
Steele criticized Trump for his lack of shame and embarrassment in his efforts to re-gain control the White House amid his legal woes.
Michael Steele, the former Chairman of the Republican National Committee, gave his one-time party a sarcastic congratulatory message as it watched its presumptive presidential nominee go on trial on multiple felony charges.Writing on Twitter, Steele said that Trump's trial related to allegedly falsifying business records to cover up hush-money payments was "such a proud moment" for the one-time "Party of Lincoln.""Our nominee for president is sitting in a courtroom on trial for 34 counts of...