• New York Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Threats to State Attorney General and Trump Civil Case Judge

    NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man has pleaded guilty to sending death threats to the state attorney general and the Manhattan judge who presided over former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case, prosecutors said Thursday. Tyler Vogel, 26, of Lancaster, admitted to one felony count of making a terroristic threat and one misdemeanor […]

  • Exclusive – Trump Lawyer: 'Extremely Improper' that Judge in Trump Criminal Case Is a Biden Donor

    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.

  • Tanya Chutkan, Trump election-interference case judge, rejects calling Jan. 6 defendants 'hostages'

    The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s election interference case rejected the notion Wednesday that jailed defendants charged with some of the most violent crimes of the U.S. Capitol riot are “hostages” - a label Trump and his allies have frequently used to describe the prisoners.

  • Trump's lawyers send subpoena to the WRONG person in hunt for evidence in former President's hush money case prompting Brooklyn man to toy with dumbfounded attorneys

    Attorney Todd Blanche, representing the ex-president in this case, sent a subpoena to a man they thought was Manhattan investigator Jeremy Rosenberg. Rosenberg used to investigate financial crimes for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. However, the Trump defense team appears to have sent the subpoena to Brooklyn man Jeremy Rosenberg, a different person

    • MSNBC

    After targeting judges, Trump condemns criticisms of docs case judge

    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...

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    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

    • CNN

    Retired judge says statute cited in Trump’s motion raises concerns on judge in hush money case

    Retired US district court judge for the Southern District of New York Shira Scheindlin says there are parts of former President Donald Trump’s legal team’s motion asking Judge Juan Merchan to recuse himself from the New York hush money case that concern her.

  • Trump lawyer slapped down after complaining to judge about deadline

    Donald Trump's lawyers have just 24 hours to hand over evidence to prosecutors or risk seeing it banned from the former president's criminal hush money trial, according to a reporter inside the courtroom. New York City Judge Juan Merchan set the deadline Monday after Assistant District Attorney Josh Steinglass said Trump's attorneys had failed to turn over any of the exhibits they plan to use in the former president's defense, according to Law 360 reporter Stewart Bishop. Trump's legal team was...

  • Trump sues judge in hush money case

    (The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday against the state judge overseeing his hush-money case in New York less than a week before jury selection is to begin. A state appellate court docket indicated the former president filed suit against New York Justice Juan Merchan. The documents remained under seal. Jury selection in the hush money case in New York could begin April 15, setting the stage for the first of Trump's four...

  • Trump wants judge off hush money case

    Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump wants judge off hush money case Former President Trump is mounting a new push to have Justice Juan Merchan recuse himself from the hush money trial that is set to pick up later this month.

  • Judge agrees to redact witness names in Trump case

    WASHINGTON >> The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump granted a request by prosecutors on Tuesday aimed at protecting the identities of potential government witnesses.

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    Trump requests Judge Merchan's recusal from hush money case (again)

    Just days before his hush money trial is set to begin, former President Donald Trump is seeking Judge Juan Merchan’s recusal from the case once again. In a motion filed Wednesday, Trump’s attorneys attempted a similar line of argument as in their first request for Merchan’s recusal last May. This time, they suggest that because Trump is now the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, he is sure to be a “political target” in Merchan’s daughter’s work. “President Trump is now the presumptive...