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
Of the 1.4 million adults who live in Manhattan, it will be almost impossible to find one who doesn't already have an opinion of Donald Trump.
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While criminal trials often have dramatic moments, the process of selecting a jury isn’t exactly riveting. An NBC News report on the first day of Donald Trump’s criminal trial noted, “The quest to find a jury of 12 people and six alternates got off to a slow start Monday, as more than half of the 96 potential jurors summoned to the Manhattan courtroom said they couldn’t be ‘fair and impartial’" when it comes to the former president. But as the day got underway in New York, one of the presumptive...
Donald Trump lost it with his lawyers once the group returned from the lunch recess, according to a report.The lawyers were fighting over Trump's team's failure to produce documents under New York's reciprocal discovery laws. "Justice [Juan] Merchan tells Trump’s attorneys they have 24 hours to do so, or such evidence will be precluded from use," reported Law360's Stewart Bishop. "Trump counsel Todd Blanche complains, says that’s not enough time, what with jury selection and all."That is the...
It’s a day former President Trump hoped would never come. After a relentless pursuit for delay, Trump will make history Monday morning by taking his seat at the defense table in a Manhattan courtroom, where the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president will begin. For four days a week — for six or []
We’ve heard it said many times that the Democrats who are relying on lawfare to go after Donald Trump won’t stop with him. The conventional wisdom is that Trump is just the tip of the iceberg, and other conservatives are next in line.
Supreme Court Faces 'High Stakes' Decisions On Trump-Related Cases Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Joe Biden issued a rare primetime threat to the Supreme Court during his State of the Union address on March 7, warning the justices that they could cause political backlash for their 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. “With all due respect, justices, women are not without electoral or political power,” President Biden said. (Illustration by...
Former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money jury likely includes a person who arrived in "stealth" and has the potential to make or break the case against him, a legal expert said Thursday.Trial Behavior Consulting analyst Steve Duffy spoke with the Independent about the problematic "stealth juror" who appears impartial but harbors hidden biases."No doubt possible stealth jurors exist on ‘both sides’," Duffy told The Independent. “[They] really want to be on the jury [but] have a very...
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on Sunday was hit with a barrage of ridicule after she bragged about a Donald Trump "house party" where he says he raised $50 million in one night.Boebert, who has faced numerous scandals including being kicked out of a musical for inappropriate behavior that was caught on the security footage for the theater, took to social media on Sunday to make a claim about Trump's fundraising versus Joe Biden's numbers. It's worth noting that Biden and Democrats brought...
As Donald Trump begins the first of his felony trials, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu showed us what it means to remain a “viable” Republican this year. In a painful and humiliating interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, Sununu was repeatedly forced to describe exactly what he was willing to overlook with his endorsement of Trump. It was particularly noteworthy because Sununu, a popular four-term governor, has been a sharp critic of the former president, variously calling him “crazy”...