In a session presided over by Judge P. Randall Knece at the Court of Common Pleas, several individuals faced charges ranging from theft to felony fleeing and eluding. Here are the details of the cases: All pretrial hearings are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. For individuals like Johnson and Turner, their fates have been sealed with […]
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. It’s day two of Donald Trump’s hush-money trial marking the first time a U.S. president has ever faced criminal charges. Veteran tabloid publisher David Pecker returned to the witness stand and detailed his efforts to help Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign. Earlier today, there was a heated exchange over whether the former […]
Juan Merchan admonishes ex-president for ‘gesturing and speaking in the direction of the juror’ as jury selection continuesDonald Trump met a stern rebuke on Tuesday from the jurist presiding over his criminal hush-money trial, with the judge warning: “I won’t have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom.”Trump’s apparent misbehavior did not derail the trial’s progress; seven jurors were picked by day’s end.A guide to Trump’s hush-money trial – so farThe key arguments prosecutors will use...
April 23 (UPI) — The judge in Donald Trump‘s hush-money trial on Tuesday delayed a decision on whether the former president should be held in contempt for multiple alleged breaches of a gag order imposed on him in the case. Judge Juan Merchan said he will “reserve a decision” on Trump’s alleged gag order violation after he heard from the prosecution […] The post Judge reserves decision on Trump gag order violations in hush-money trial first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
Attorneys for Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira asked a judge Friday to dismiss their charges in former President Trump's classified documents case.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday denied motions by two of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants to dismiss charges in the classified documents case. Trump aide Walt Nauta's lawyers asked this month for five charges against him to be dismissed, while lawyers for Carlos De Oliveira, who was the property manager at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida estate, requested that all charges against him be tossed out. In her filing in Florida, Cannon said De Oliveira "does not meaningfully...
By Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s obstruction case in the classified documents prosecution survived an early test, with a federal judge on Thursday denying several bids by Donald Trump’s co-defendants to dismiss charges against them. Judge Aileen Cannon rejected efforts by Trump’s co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De
Manhattan prosecutors have accused former President Donald Trump of violating a gag order multiple times. The judge is set to review the case. read more
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...
It's the latest in a string of delay denials that Trump has gotten from various courts this week as he fights to stave off the trial's start Monday with jury selection.