Donald Trump's legal team has been working overtime to force Special Counsel Jack Smith to make public his prosecution team's evidence against the former president in the criminal documents case, and they just had a victory sort of.Recently, Judge Aileen Cannon unsealed several documents in the Florida criminal case, resulting in a trove of new revelations. One of those newly disclosed details was that Walt Nauta, Trump's valet and co-defendant in the case, previously told a grand jury that his...
New York Attorney General Letitia James is urging state Judge Arthur Engoron to reject the $175 million bond former President Donald Trump is posting in his civil fraud case.According to MSNBC legal analyst Adam Klasfeld, James' filing says that Trump's bond fails to meet "requirements of trustworthiness and competence" and should therefore be held "without effect."Trump was found liable for over $450 million in the case earlier this year, after James demonstrated the former president and his...
Donald Trump's last-minute filing Monday night states that the bond he's offered up in his civil fraud case now has "substantial financial credibility" — but experts aren't so sure.Trump's $175 million bond, which would allow him to put seizures of his property on hold while he appeals the verdict that hit him with $454.2 million in damages earlier this year, was initially knocked by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who claimed its source — Knight Specialty Insurance Company — was not...
Letitia James contended the former president failed to demonstrate that the company behind his bond had the resources to pay it if his appeal failed.
By Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s obstruction case in the classified documents prosecution survived an early test, with a federal judge on Thursday denying several bids by Donald Trump’s co-defendants to dismiss charges against them. Judge Aileen Cannon rejected efforts by Trump’s co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De
AG's office says Knight Specialty Insurance Company failed to assure it could back the $175 million bond. James' office asks Trump put up replacement bond within seven days of ruling
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
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Judge Engoron closed the loopholes and removed opportunities that Donald Trump's folks built to disappear the collateral and approved the $175 million bond. The $175 million bond that Trump and his friend, Don Hankey, posted to stave off collections in his civil fraud judgment is good enough for Judge Engoron. — Read the rest
THIS WEEK’S OTHER TRUMP LEGAL STORY. The trial of former President Donald Trump, the paperwork case over the nondisclosure agreement he had with a porn star, continues with jury selection in Manhattan. It’s been extensively covered; this newsletter wrote not one but two previews last week, plus more discussion yesterday. So enough about that for a […]
The former president said one of the prospective jurors was "a 5 or a 6 at best," according to an article.