Former President Donald Trump has asked the judge presiding over his mishandled classified documents case in Florida to delay court proceedings while he's on trial in New York in a case involving hush money payments made to an adult film actress.In Thursday's filing, Trump showed his support for his lawyer's motion asking U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over the documents case, to delay some pre-trial deadlines so they have "adequate time to prepare the defense."Trump's...
Former President Donald Trump appears to be curating his own version of "fake news" for social media followers by sharing news articles that have been carefully edited to remove any unfavorable passages.Trump, who frequently rails against the press as "the enemy of the people" and often claims to be the victim of unfair reporting, has this year shared to his Truth Social account dozens of screenshots from articles altered to appear more favorable towards him.In the latest example, Trump shared...
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday mused about why Europe hasn’t offered more assistance to Ukraine, as he weighed into the fight in Congress over a new aid bill for Ukraine’s war against Russian invaders.
Donald Trump’s hush money trial ended its second day of jury selection on Tuesday. Seven jurors have been selected so far. Opening arguments for this historic first criminal trial of a former president could start as soon as Monday legal experts tell Joy Reid.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis asked the court to toss Donald Trump's application to appeal a ruling that allowed her to stay on the former president's election subversion case in Georgia.Judge Scott McAfee last month ruled Willis could continue as lead prosecutor after questions swirled over Willis' personal relationship with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade, an outside attorney hired by Willis to assist with the Trump investigation. The case moved forward with Willis after Wade...
Donald Trump condemned his criminal trial on Tuesday, citing fresh polling that supports his premise of the political nature of the case.
Fox News host Howard Kurtz corrected a spokesperson for Donald Trump on Sunday about the terms of his gag order in his Manhattan "hush money" case.Trump, the presumed 2024 GOP presidential nominee, is currently under a gag order in his Manhattan criminal case, blocking him from making public statements about prosecutors, witnesses, or jurors, as well as their family members. The order was later expanded on Monday to apply to Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the case, Manhattan District...
A "confused" former President Donald Trump directed House Republicans to "kill" a legislative effort Wednesday he mistook for another statute, according to Fox News' White House correspondent. Jacqui Heinrich made this disturbing point about Trump's messaging to Republicans roughly two hours after NBC reported a "conservative revolt" blocked reauthorization of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. "Trump confused FISA Section 702 with FISA Title 1 when he directed House Republicans to tank...
Just over one-third, 35 percent, of individuals believe former President Donald Trump did something overtly "illegal."
Donald Trump is accused in the case of falsifying business records related to a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
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...
If the judge did exit, it would throw the trial schedule into disarray, giving Trump a long-sought postponement while a new judge gets up to speed.