Former Trump White House attorney Jim Schultz says that Trump's post about
Juan Merchan reserves judgment on prosecutors' request for maximum fine but
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money election interference case appears poised to rule that the former president repeatedly violated his gag order. But what’s much less clear is how he chooses a punishment that preserves judicial integrity and avoids political theater.It won’t be easy. After an hour-long hearing, which concluded with Judge Juan Merchan warning Trump’s attorney that he is “losing all credibility with this court,” an angry Trump stormed out of the courtroom, refusing to...
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Former President Donald Trump's trial antics are already starting to hurt him, former federal prosecutor Harry Litman explained to MSNBC's Joy Reid on Friday — and make life hell for his attorneys.The problem is, he explained, Trump's repeated penchant for attacking witnesses and violating gag orders has led to prosecutors keeping a witness who will testify at trial secret, and the judge allowing that would effectively be a "serious sanction" against Trump's behavior that will make preparing his...
A lawyer’s credibility is all they have with a judge. Donald Trump’s criminal defense lawyer in Manhattan may be losing that valuable currency in the early days of the hush money trial. The judge himself said so. At a hearing over whether Trump violated a gag order in his first criminal trial, Judge Juan Merchan voiced disbelief when attorney Todd Blanche said that Trump was attempting to comply with the judge's order. “Mr. Blanche, you’re losing all credibility” with the court, NBC News...
Judge Juan Merchan said he would make a decision on potential gag order violations at a later date
Two lead attorneys for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the case against crypto firm Debt Box have reportedly resigned. This followed a federal judge sanctioning the SEC for its “gross abuse of power” after the agency made “materially false and misleading representations” in its lawsuit against the cryptocurrency firm. Lead Attorneys in […]
New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan could fine former President Donald Trump up to $11,000 for violating a gag order that his legal team argues prevents him from defending himself publicly in a case where a Democrat district attorney is seeking to put him in jail.
Former White House ethics lawyer Jim Schultz said that he thinks the New York judge in former President Trump’s hush money case will still find his social media posts quoting others as violating the gag order in the case. “He's referencing the jurors, he's, he's pushing out something that someone else said, yes,” Schultz, who
As Trump looked on prosecutor Christopher Conroy handed the court copies of 10 statements on Trump's Truth Social platform or campaign website that he said violated the gag order.
If anybody has any doubt about the extreme liberal bias of Politico, an article they published on Friday should resolve that matter. Their legal editor, James Romoser, attempted to portray the legal system as being too nice to Donald Trump. The diatribe was headlined: "How Donald Trump Gets Special Treatment in the Legal System." He lies about his cases. He vilifies the judges overseeing them — and then vilifies their wives and daughters, too. As Trump prepares to begin his first criminal...