The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York City warned the former president's lawyer Tuesday that he would not tolerate his client’s “cursing audibly” during Stormy Daniels' testimony, saying it could be intimidating to the witness. The exchange between state Judge Juan Merchan and Trump attorney Todd Blanche occurred during a sidebar, according to the official court transcript that was released Tuesday evening. It added to an already surreal day in court in which...
Alex Wagner reports breaking news that Trump-appointed judge, Aileen Cannon, has postponed Trump's classified documents case "indefinitely" citing "substantive pretrial motions" and "critical classified documents issues." Neal Katyal, former U.S. acting solicitor general, discusses how the delay contributes to the sense that Cannon is slow-walking the trial and explains how it could actually help Jack Smith's election subversion case by freeing up space in the legal calendar.
Donald Trump’s trial over falsifying documents to cover up his relationship with adult film actress Stormy Daniels in advance of the 2016 election continued Thursday. But before the trial resumed, Judge Juan Merchan convened a second hearing on possible violations of a gag order designed to protect witnesses and jurors. Trump was held in contempt of court on Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating that order. Thursday’s hearing focused on four additional social media posts that...
Aileen Cannon, the Florida judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's classified documents case, "represents a special kind of governmental insanity," attorney and legal analyst Glenn Kirschner said on Saturday.Trump is facing dozens of felony counts accusing him of illegally keeping classified documents that he took with him after he left the White House in 2021 at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and then obstructing the government's efforts to get them back. He has pleaded...
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has been on the federal bench for less than four years, and yet is likely already in the midst of the most consequential case of her legal career. Yet Cannon consistently has shown little urgency to match the import of special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case against former President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, Cannon announced that the trial for the man who appointed her will be postponed indefinitely due to the large number of pretrial issues that...
As Donald Trump confronts dozens of felony counts across multiple jurisdictions, the classified-documents case stands out for a reason: It’s the toughest to defend. Last summer, even a Senate Republican was willing to concede the case looked like a “slam dunk” for prosecutors. With this in mind, the former president and his defense attorneys, desperate to avoid a conviction, have pushed one priority above all others: Team Trump, from the outset, has tried to delay the proceedings to prevent a...
The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely. The order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had been expected in light of still-unresolved issues in the case and because Trump is currently on trial in a separate case in Manhattan charging him in connection with hush money payments during the 2016 presidential election. The New York case involves several of the...
NEW YORK (AP) — Virtually every day of his hush money criminal trial, former President Donald Trump talks about how he can’t talk about the case. A gag order bars Trump from commenting publicly on witnesses, jurors and some others connected to the matter. The New York judge already has found that Trump, the presumptive […]
This live blog is now closed. For the latest on the trial, read our full report:Trump appears frustrated in court while possible Cohen testimony loomsDonald Trump’s motorcade has arrived at the Manhattan courthouse.Court proceedings are scheduled to begin at about 9.30am ET. Continue reading
New York Judge Arthur Engoron, who presided over Donald Trump's business fraud case, is facing questions after an attorney claimed that he provided unsolicited advice to the judge before a ruling was issued in the former president's suit.The attorney, Adam Leitman Bailey, is a real estate lawyer based in Manhattan who had his law license revoked for four months in 2019 for inappropriate behavior. WNBC reported Wednesday that Bailey alleged during a previous interview with the network that he...
The "Donald Trump, This Is Your Life!" trial, as commentator and lawyer Mark Levin has called it, continued Thursday in a New York courtroom where former President Trump is being tried on what are basically bookkeeping charges. On this day, a woman who acts in dirty movies was on the witness stand to explain why she has it out for Donald Trump, what she was doing to trade on the relationship for a buck, and what she has to do with how accountants marked down lawyers payments to her (spoiler...
The New York judge who ordered Donald Trump to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in a civil fraud case is now under investigation, according to a report.Justice Arthur Engoron's decisions are under a microscope after a local attorney said he had a conversation with the jurist about issues related to the former president's recent legal matter."A high-profile New York real estate lawyer, whose law license was once suspended, said he approached the judge presiding over Donald Trump’s civil fraud...