Judge Juan Merchan made a last-minute ruling Friday that denied Donald Trump's attempt to stop his New York hush money trial, claiming pretrial publicity made it impossible for him to get a fair trial.The first of the former president's criminal cases to go before a jury is now almost certain to start Monday.In just four pages, Merchan shot down the argument that the publicity meant it would be impossible to find impartial jurors in Manhattan.Experts have pointed out that Trump himself has spent...
Former President Donald Trump couldn't convince a judge to push back his criminal hush money trial set to begin on April 15 in New York City, according to new reports. Judge Lizbeth Gonzalez denied the former president's request to move the venue out of New York City without explanation in a one-sentence order, according to multiple reports. "Defendant's application for a stay of trial pending the determination of defendant's motion for change of venue, is denied," reads the ruling...
Trump says he is ready to sing again under oath. "Yeah, I would testify," Trump said earlier Friday during a presser with Speaker Mike Johnson, who made a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago. "That's not a trial, that's a scam." It sounds like a declaration of strength to flex his truth-telling. ALSO READ: 15 worthless things Trump will give you for your money But former federal prosecutor Ankush Khadori wonders if former President Donald Trump remembers how the other times went. "It's generally...
ABC News reports that a judge has denied former President Donald Trump’s last-minute attempt Monday to delay his criminal trial in New York and move the case out of Manhattan. The decision comes just one week before
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg separately urged Judge Juan Merchan to reject Donald Trump's latest attempt to remove the judge from the case.
Former President Trump has said he will testify at his upcoming hush money trial in New York City, the same day the judge overseeing the case rejected a last-ditch attempt from Trump's legal team to delay the trial, which begins Monday. "I'm testifying. I tell the truth. I mean, all I can do is tell the truth," Trump told reporters at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago Friday. "And the truth is, that there's no case." His trial related to accusations he falsified business records to cover up a...
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MSNBC’s Ari Melber is joined by Joy Reid, Lawrence O’Donnell, Jen Psaki, and Chris Hayes to discuss day one of his criminal trial in New York. (Bookmark The Beat’s YouTube playlist, updated daily: https://msnbc.com/ari. Connect with Ari on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AriMelber IG: https://www.instagram.com/arimelber Merch: msnbc.com/beat5)
CNN’s Brynn Gingras gets an exclusive look at security measures in place ahead of Trump’s hush money trial.
Attorney Alina Habba said Tuesday former President Trump was likely seen dozing during the first day of his hush money trial because court proceedings are so boring it's "painful."Habba made two television appearances during which she defended Trump's right to snooze — much mocked on social media — the first of which was with Fox News' Martha MacCallum."If anything he's probably brutally bored," Habba said. "It's painful. They make him sit there through jury selection, the first day was...
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...
Donald Trump's first criminal trial is getting underway, and on the first day of court proceedings -- he was reportedly dozing off now, a new nickname is among us. The ex-Prez showed up in court Monday in NYC, where his hush-money case kicked…