Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is in an "uncomfortable" position in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial, a former federal prosecutor said this week.On Monday, former federal prosecutor Brett Tolman appeared on Fox News' Fox & Friends to speak about the start of Trump's criminal trial for alleged hush money payments made to former adult film star Stormy Daniels and suggested that Bragg was "bullied" by New York attorney Mark Pomerantz into bringing the case against the former...
Former Trump attorney Tim Parlatore explains what he thinks could happen if prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial bring up Trump’s other legal problems. He also shares whether he thinks the former president should testify.
Judge Juan Merchan issued a stern warning to Donald Trump for his reaction to a potential juror in the courtroom. Former Trump Payroll Corp. attorney William Brennan reacts.
Donald Trump has been forced to spend three days in court, listening to multiple Americans describe what they don't like him — and he doesn't seem happy.On day three of jury selection in the New York hush money trial, the pool of prospective jurors got specific about their issues with Trump.Lawfare's Tyler McBrien posted some of the quotes given as the various lawyers asked questions. Trump's lawyer told potential jurors that some of the witnesses that will be called during the trial have...
Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner was struck by the "unusual" rapidity and method with which Judge Juan Merchan built out a jury in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush payment case in Manhattan — and in a newly released video, outlined what he believed it meant."We are knee-deep in jury selection in that New York courtroom in which Donald Trump is being tried in the first of his four criminal cases," he opened on his "Justice Matters" series.So far, a number of jurors have...
Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said on Saturday that potential jurors' politics will not be disqualifying in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.On Monday, jury selection will begin in the Manhattan criminal case against Trump, who is the presumed GOP presidential nominee. Following an investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office, Trump was indicted in March 2023 on charges of falsifying business records relating to hush money payments made to adult...
Judge Aileen Cannon appears to "resent" having to take steps to protect witnesses against former President Donald Trump from threats in his Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance told MSNBC's Joy Reid on Tuesday.This comes after Cannon, a South Florida judge appointed by Trump himself, agreed to protect the names of certain government witnesses against Trump — after special counsel Jack Smith demanding protection for several witnesses he warned would be...
The jury selection process in former President Donald Trump's New York criminal trial has featured moments that are "unprecedented," according to former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner.Trump's hush-money trial began with jury selection in Manhattan on Monday, with seven of 18 total required jurors and alternates having been selected by the end of the day on Tuesday. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a 2016 payment to adult-film actress...
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...
During an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday morning, former federal prosecutor Paul Butler bluntly stated that the moment Donald Trump steps into a Manhattan courtroom on Monday, it will commence the "worst day of his life" as he faces 34 felony counts that could lead to four years in jail.Speaking with fill-in host Charles Coleman Jr., Butler explained that for the first time in his life, the former president's actions have led to a moment in life where he faces very real consequences that could...
Weisselberg pleaded guilty to lying under oath while testifying about his knowledge of the size of the Trump Tower triplex.
On Wednesday, Jontay Porter joined the unenviable ranks of professional athletes who’ve received a lifetime ban over a betting scandal, but he could be facing even more trouble moving forward based on information the NBA has shared with federal prosecutors. At the end of March, the NBA announced it had launched an investigation into Jontay […]