On the first day of his criminal fraud trial in New York, former President Donald Trump requested that the judge not hold court proceedings on May 17 -- the day of his youngest son's high school graduation. The judge did not rule on the request, saying he preferred to wait to see how the trial unfolds.
Juan Merchan reserves judgment on prosecutors' request for maximum fine but
Judge Who Handed Down $454 Million Trump Penalty Set To Rule On Validity Of Reduced Bond Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times, After weeks of trying to secure a bond and arguing to an appeals court that a $454 million bond was “impossible,” former President Donald Trump secured a $175 million bond to stay judgment only to now have to make the case all over again why this should satisfy the New York Attorney General and stop her from seizing his properties. On April 22,...
Instead, the judge ordered Trump to begin describing the basis for his claim that he is immune from the lawsuits.
Former President Trump’s $175 million bond judgment stemming from his non-jury civil trial will stand, a New York judge ruled Monday after New York Attorney General Letitia James attempted to invalidate it. Lawyers for James on Monday argued that the court should void Trump’s slashed judgment of $175 million in his non-jury civil fraud trial. James questioned whether the company that posted the massive bond, Knight Specialty Insurance, could actually pay the bond if needed. The court, though,...
A judge ruled Monday that a $175 million bond that Donald Trump obtained from a California insurance company could stand. Trump lawyer Alina Habba blasted the move to challenge it.
Chief District Court Judge Elizabeth Trosch has been informed that the Chief Justice has appointed Judge Roy Wiggins as her successor effective May 1, 2024.
Over the course of the last couple of years, Donald Trump has shared a few unkind words about special counsel Jack Smith. The former president has, for example, referred to the prosecutor as a “thug” in a “mental state of derangement” who “may very well turn out to be a criminal.” Soon after, the Republican condemned the special counsel as a “mad dog psycho.” He’s also accused Smith of overseeing “a Gestapo type operation,” as well as being an “animal” and a “lunatic.” At one point, Trump...
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's New York criminal case, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, is a Biden donor, Trump lawyer Jesse Binnall said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.
Judge Juan Merchan told President Donald Trump’s defense team they were "losing all credibility" during a Tuesday hearing on whether the 45th president violated a gag order in the Manhattan criminal trial. "I have to tell you right now, you’re losing all credibility in the court," Merchan told Trump attorney Todd Blanche on Tuesday. Tuesday’s court proceedings began with Merchan hearing the prosecution's request that Trump be held in contempt for violating a gag order that bans him from...
In court documents made public on Wednesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicated that, if former President Trump chooses to take the stand in his ongoing "hush money" trial, Bragg would cross-examine him on
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s orders during the COVID-19 pandemic that directed standalone bars to remain shuttered for safety while restaurants that serve alcohol got to reopen were “illogical” and violated the state constitution, an appeals court ruled on Tuesday.