Former President Trump's legal team on Monday asked the judge in his hush money case to subpoena adult film actress Stormy Daniels' communications with Michael Cohen, the former president's ex-fixer, other witnesses and any material related to NBC’s documentary on the actress. In a letter to Justice Juan Merchan, Trump's attorneys asked the judge to
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...
Multiple instances have been reported of Donald Trump falling asleep in court — or possibly "resting his eyes," as MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell put it on Tuesday. While it's understandable that the minutia of a courtroom can be dull, jury consultant David Henderson said that his sleepiness could really affect the individuals who will decide Trump's fate. "People who show up for jury duty and stay, who don't say 'I can't do this' and look for the first opportunity to get out, what I found is when...
Two days before the start of Donald Trump's New York criminal trial, the former president attacked his former attorney Michael Cohen, who is expected to be a key witness in the case. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, "Has disgraced attorney and felon Michael Cohen been prosecuted for LYING? Only TRUMP people get prosecuted by this Judge and these thugs! A dark day for our Country." Cohen's allegations that Trump directed him to facilitate hush money payments to adult film actor Stormy...
Donald Trump's first criminal trial will start on Monday. His former personal attorney and one of the potential star witnesses in the case, Michael Cohen joins The Weekend for an exclusive conversation -- his only interview before history is made.
Former first lady Melania Trump is likely to be "extremely excited" that former President Donald Trump may miss their son Barron's graduation ceremony, according to ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.The former president requested during the first day of his criminal trial in New York on Monday that he be allowed to skip the trial on May 17 to attend Barron's high school graduation. Followers of Trump's MAGA movement have expressed outrage over New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan not...
Donald Trump recently violated his criminal gag order when he attacked Michael Cohen on social media, according to a former prosecutor and judge.Carol Lam, a former U.S. attorney who also served as a judge in California, on Sunday appeared on MSNBC, where she was asked about the witnesses in Trump's upcoming hush money trial.One of those witnesses is Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney and "fixer" who is now testifying against the former president.ALSO READ: Revealed: What government...
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Hollywood star Michael Douglas has offered a less than glowing assessment of the past four years, saying he hopes the November election "turns the page onto a new chapter" for the U.S.
Fox News host Jesse Waters's attempt to put to rest the notion that Donald Trump might refuse to leave office should he be reelected was foiled Monday by an ominous choice of words.Watters drew inspiration from the solar eclipse to rebut the concerns raised by people such as historian Michael Beschloss that the former president would not relinquish the White House should he regain it, video shows. In Watters' segment, Beschloss is quoted as saying: "You hear Trump saying he's going to be a...
Jury questionairre will ask New Yorkers about their news diets and far-right movements