• CNN

    Ex-Trump White House lawyer says Trump’s post violated judge’s gag order

    Former Trump White House attorney Jim Schultz says that Trump's post about

  • Ex-judge puts Trump on notice that he violated gag order by attacking Michael Cohen

    Donald Trump recently violated his criminal gag order when he attacked Michael Cohen on social media, according to a former prosecutor and judge.Carol Lam, a former U.S. attorney who also served as a judge in California, on Sunday appeared on MSNBC, where she was asked about the witnesses in Trump's upcoming hush money trial.One of those witnesses is Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney and "fixer" who is now testifying against the former president.ALSO READ: Revealed: What government...

  • 'I'm out': Former Trump campaign staffer says ex-president has 'lost her vote'

    "I'm out," said Donald Trump's former campaign staffer on Wednesday.Lizzie Marbach, a former director of communications at Ohio Right to Life who also worked for the Ohio GOP and Trump's 2020 campaign, said the former president recently took things a step too far and failed to earn her vote.Marbach specifically pointed to a CSPAN video showing Trump suggesting Arizona went "too far" in enacting a law that essentially outlaws abortion.ALSO READ: A criminologist explains why keeping Trump from the...

  • Trump's Complaining More Than Campaigning in Court: Ex-Aide

    Former President Donald Trump seems unable to prevent his campaign from struggling as he instead focuses on "playing the victim" in the throes of his hush-money criminal trial in New York, according to former Trump aide Alyssa Farah Griffin.Trump's trial on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, which began in Manhattan this week with jury selection, is expected to continue into June. The former president and presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee has pleaded not guilty to all...

  • Former Trump Campaign Staffer Says He Lost Her Vote: 'I'm Out'

    An ex-member of former President Donald Trump's campaign staff says that she will no longer support Trump due to his recent remarks on abortion rights.Trump, despite having repeatedly celebrated his role in dismantling federal abortion rights by appointing Supreme Court justices who later overturned Roe v. Wade, announced this week that he would be adopting a more moderate position as the November presidential election approaches.The former president and presumptive GOP presidential nominee said...

  • 'I don't understand': Expert baffled by lack of action on Trump gag order violations

    A former Manhattan prosecutor is baffled that Donald Trump didn't get a talking-to by the New York judge presiding over his falsification of business records criminal case over his social media activities that experts roundly say violated a tightened gag order. Catherine Christian appearing on MSNBC's "The Beat" with Ari Melber was at a loss why the former president is being given a pass on his conduct by Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan. "I don't quite frankly understand why Judge Merchan has...

    • Axios

    Prosecutors: Trump violated gag order in hush money trial seven more times

    The judge has already scheduled a hearing for next Tuesday to weigh

  • 'Itching to check out Rikers': Internet erupts after Trump appears to violate gag order

    Donald Trump on Wednesday struck out at jurors in his criminal case over alleged hush money payments and falsification of business records, leaving the internet to speculate about what will happen next.Trump earlier in the day quoted Fox News host Jesse Watters' apparent attack against "lying" jurors. Legal professionals suggested it was a clear violation of the gag order, and speculated that the judge will likely agree with the prosecutors' perspective on that topic.Social media users also...

  • Trump may face 'amplified' contempt charges by violating gag order while seated in court

    Did Donald Trump violate his gag order while he was seated in court while the trial was underway?Former federal prosecutor Ryan Goodman raised the specter of former President Donald Trump not only testing the limits of a gag order imposed on him by New York Judge Juan Merchan in his criminal falsifying business records trial — but going about it during the actual trial. "To make these statements or have these statements made from within the courthouse would be to amplify the 'contempt' of and...

  • Court orders ex-head of illegal manga site to pay ¥1.7 bil

    The Tokyo District Court ruled Thursday that the former operator of a now-defunct website allowing users free access to pirated manga must pay a total of around 1.7 billion yen in damages to three major Japanese publishers. The compensation over the website Manga-Mura is the largest ever levied in similar

    • MSNBC

    Prosecutors say Trump has violated gag order seven more times in hush money case

    Prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney's office say that former President Trump has violated the gag order in the hush money trial seven more times with social media posts.

  • Trump's latest social media slip is a 'very very clear violation' of his gag order: expert

    Donald Trump may have violated his gag order set by the New York judge in his criminal hush money trial by parroting a Fox New host's attack against potential jurors being seated in the case, according to a legal expert. On Wednesday, during a pause in proceedings where Trump is defending himself against a 34-count indictment that he falsified business records to bury alleged sexual affairs weeks before the 2016 election, the former president quoted Fox News host Jesse Watters stating: “They...