Lanny Davis, legal advisor for Trump trial witness Michael Cohen, joins Jen Psaki to discuss the start of Donald Trump's first criminal trial.
Donald Trump 's historic hush money trial in Manhattan kicks off on Monday with opening statements and could end with testimony from the first witness, Trump's longtime friend Pecker.
Attorneys for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said the former president should be punished for sharing articles on social media.
CNN’s Tom Foreman breaks down the evolution of the relationship between former President Donald Trump and his one-time fixer Michael Cohen, and how it fell apart.
Former President Donald Trump has some concerns about being sent to jail amid his criminal trial in New York, according to lawyer Alina Habba, his "legal adviser."Trump is on trial in Manhattan, facing 34 felony charges accusing him of falsifying business records to conceal payment of hush money to former adult-film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, during his 2016 presidential campaign. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.In addition to a possible prison sentence if...
Michael Cohen trolled Donald Trump Monday after he was badmouthed by the former president outside the New York City courtroom where Trump faces an ongoing hush money trial."Your attacks of me stink of desperation," Cohen told Trump, using his lewd nickname for the former president. "We are all hoping that you take the stand in your defense."Trump has pleaded not guilty 34 felony counts of falsifying business records linked to hush money payments Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg contends...
Former President Donald Trump's partnership with the mob in his early days of business were legion, said biographer Tim O'Brien on MSNBC's "Deadline: White House" — but deep down, even as Trump looked up to crime bosses, he was very scared of them.This conversation came during an analysis of the former president's hush money trial in Manhattan, where a full jury has been selected as of Thursday evening."Donald Trump's first partners in Atlantic City, Ken Shapiro, a bag man for the Philadelphia...
Donald Trump's attorneys want his jury to get a disclaimer when they hear Michael Cohen's upcoming testimony in the election interference case involving an alleged hush money scheme. Lawfare managing editor Tyler McBrien revealed a filing from Trump's team that involves his former lawyer's 2018 guilty plea and imprisonment for campaign finance violations and other charges. Cohen had said he'd made hush money payments to adult movie star Stormy Daniels at Trump's direction to avoid her damaging...
Former President Donald Trump has attacked Judge Juan Merchan, the jurist presiding over his criminal hush money case in Manhattan, with one particular line: that he didn't immediately grant the former president time off to attend his fifth child Barron's high school graduation.Trump's one-time attorney Michael Cohen discussed Trump's complaint on the "Political Beatdown" podcast with Ben Meiselas on Tuesday during a heated conversation about the former president. "I wasn't aware that he went to...
Like all things Donald Trump, the first day of his hush money criminal trial in New York started like a brewing storm. Not only did Judge Juan Merchan have to once again shut down Trump's attempt to have the judge removed, the fed-up Merchan then warned Trump to behave — or go to jail. — Read the rest
Former President Donald Trump's erstwhile attorney and fixer Michael Cohen is making a promise to his former boss: He'll stop talking about the Manhattan criminal trial in public until he takes the witness stand to take down the ex-president.Cohen made the mocking promise in a post to X on Wednesday."Despite not being the gagged defendant, out of respect for Judge Merchan and the prosecutors, I will cease posting anything about Donald on my X (formerly Twitter) account or on the Mea Culpa...
The former president did not hold back in airing his grievances over one of the key witnesses in the case, despite a gag order that requires him not to.