By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump has been inside a half-dozen courthouses over the past year, but he had a new experience walking into a downtown Manhattan courtroom Monday morning: a half-empty room. The former president slowly walked through the cavernous and dingy courtroom, past six empty rows of benches – set aside for prospective jurors
Former president complains of ‘political persecution’ as jury selection gets under way in criminal trial involving 34 countsThe first day of Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush-money trial came to a close on Monday afternoon with jury selection under way, marking a notable moment in American history: the first criminal trial of a current or former president.Throughout the day, Trump appeared at Manhattan supreme court court in New York City flanked by his lawyers to face 34 felony counts involving a...
New York prosecutors said on the first day of Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial that the former president broke the law and corrupted the 2016 election by trying to cover up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model, while his defense lawyer said he committed no
Prosecutors portrayed the payment as a criminal effort to deceive voters at a time when Trump was facing other accusations of crude sexual behavior.
Former president’s historic ‘hush money’ election interference trial is underway in Manhattan
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is expected to blame his wife during his federal corruption trial as part of a defense strategy, newly-unsealed court documents reveal. In court documents obtained by Fox News Digital, attorneys for Sen. Menendez argued for his case to be severed because of his intention to introduce evidence that would imply his wife, Nadine, is guilty. Severing a case means that the co-defendants would be tried separately in two trials, rather than in one as a couple. The couple have...
The first day ended with no one yet chosen to be on the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates.
The first day ended with no one yet chosen to be on the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates.
The first day ended with no one yet chosen to be on the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates.
The first day ended with no one yet chosen to be on the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates.
The first day ended with no one yet chosen to be on the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates.
The first day ended with no one yet chosen to be on the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates.