• Trump will be first ex-president on criminal trial. Here's what to know about the hush money case

    NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens Monday with jury selection. The case will force the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to juggle campaigning with sitting in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks to defend himself against charges involving a scheme to bury allegations of marital infidelity that arose during his first White House campaign in 2016. TRUMP REQUEST TO DELAY HUSH-MONEY...

  • Trump will be first ex-president on criminal trial. Here's what to know about the hush money case

    NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens Monday with jury selection. The case will force the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to juggle campaigning with sitting in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks to defend himself against charges […]

  • 'He knows he's going to lose': Experts explain Trump's 'fearful' moves in hush money case

    Days before the trial starts and Donald Trump sits front and center to defend against charges of falsifying business records to hide a hush money scheme, experts say his last-ditch stalling game in the form of filings are a sign that "he knows he's going to lose."The batting average for former President Donald Trump to push back the April 15 tax day start date of his first criminal case, and historically the first against a former president who is running for a second term, is 0 for three. All...

  • Donald Trump hush money case: More than 50 of the first 96 jurors are dismissed after admitting they CAN'T be impartial in the former president's criminal case

    The first batch of Manhattan residents were brought into the court and sworn in to begin the process of being picked for the first panel that will decide the fate of a former president in a criminal trial.

  • What you need to know about Trump's hush-money trial

    The presumptive Republican nominee for president will juggle a six-week trial in New York with campaigning.

  • Trump sues judge in hush money case

    (The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday against the state judge overseeing his hush-money case in New York less than a week before jury selection is to begin. A state appellate court docket indicated the former president filed suit against New York Justice Juan Merchan. The documents remained under seal. Jury selection in the hush money case in New York could begin April 15, setting the stage for the first of Trump's four...

  • Trump wants judge off hush money case

    Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump wants judge off hush money case Former President Trump is mounting a new push to have Justice Juan Merchan recuse himself from the hush money trial that is set to pick up later this month.

  • Trump's "hush money" trial gets underway today. Here's what to know.

    The historic criminal trial of former President Donald Trump is poised to kick off in a Manhattan courtroom Monday, when he will become the first former president in U.S. history to stand trial.The proceedings before Judge Juan Merchan are set to move forward after Trump made multiple attempts to delay them, resulting in a string of losses that failed to derail the trial's start.The prosecution by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg stems from allegations Trump made a "hush money" payment to...

  • Donald Trump’s hush-money trial: a timeline of the case

    From an encounter with an adult film star in 2006, to a $130000 payment in

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    Trump is about to face trial on criminal hush money charges. Here's what to know

    Donald Trump is accused in New York Supreme Court of falsifying business records in a scheme to conceal a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

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    Trump requests Judge Merchan's recusal from hush money case (again)

    Just days before his hush money trial is set to begin, former President Donald Trump is seeking Judge Juan Merchan’s recusal from the case once again. In a motion filed Wednesday, Trump’s attorneys attempted a similar line of argument as in their first request for Merchan’s recusal last May. This time, they suggest that because Trump is now the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, he is sure to be a “political target” in Merchan’s daughter’s work. “President Trump is now the presumptive...

  • Lawyers select 12 jurors to serve in Trump hush-money case

    Lawyers in Donald Trump's historic criminal trial on Thursday selected 12 jurors who will assess his guilt or innocence over the coming weeks in a case stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star. Lawyers for the defense and the prosecution still must select alternate jurors for the trial,