Among all the legal charges facing former President Donald Trump, the criminal case out of New York City that begins Monday “is the most bogus,” Read More
Former President Donald Trump already understands the legal threat posed by the criminal hush money trial set to begin in Manhattan next week, said former January 6 investigator Temidayo Aganga-Williams on CNN Friday evening.The trial centers on the allegation that the former president effectively interfered in the 2016 election by using a secret hush payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels to conceal their former affair from voters. Trump's lawyers are reportedly resigned to the fact that...
Donald Trump's usual "bluster" will backfire once he's in his first criminal trial starting Monday, according to the Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life at Albany Law School and the author of Lawyer Nation: The Past, Present, and Future of the American Legal Profession.Ray Brescia, an expert on legal ethics and civil procedure, wrote for The Daily Beast that "Trump is actually on a legal losing streak" in the case. "And despite his outrageous public posturing and boastful claims in...
Uniswap, the pioneering decentralized exchange (DEX), finds itself at the center of a legal maelstrom as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sets its sights on the platform. The unexpected developments echo throughout the bitcoin space, igniting a fresh discussion about governmental overreach and its possible to inhibit innovation. Related Reading: Thailand Throws Jab […]
Days away before his hush money criminal case is set to start, defendant Donald Trump's reportedly in panic mode. Former federal prosecutor Norm Eisen sees former President Donald Trump's last-ditch efforts to stall the case as acting out in "extraordinary desperation." Three days in a row, Trump's tried to sway a New York appeals court to put the brakes on his criminal trial, which has already been delayed before. And so far, the attempts haven't worked, setting the stage for the...
Donald Trump filed a motion for Judge Juan Merchan to recuse himself from the trial last year, but it was only after the judge requested a ruling about the matter from an ethics board. MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin pointed to the timeline of the motion, explaining that on May 4, 2023, the New York State Judicial Ethics Advisory Board reviewed Merchan for possible conflicts and determined there were none. "We see nothing in the inquiry to suggest that the outcome of the case could have any...
Amidst a growing dialogue among legal scholars, there’s an emerging sense that companies might soon face increased legal scrutiny for the actions and statements of their artificial intelligence systems. As lawsuits mount around the fair use of AI, the legal community is navigating the complex terrain of AI liability. With opinions diverging on the extent to which […]
CNN’s Laura Coates discusses the possibility of an unfair “sleeper” juror making their way into the Trump jury selection and attempt a mistrial later on.
MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin Monday revealed one major reason that Donald Trump's lawyers are fighting so hard to keep certain tweets he sent as president out of his criminal hush money trial.Rubin stood outside the Manhattan court where Trump stands accused of covering up money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels through his then-attorney Michael Cohen. She discussed one of many legal battles the former president will face in the weeks ahead. "Trump himself has tweeted that he repaid...
Donald Trump's legal team was expecting around just 40 percent of jurors to be dismissed from his New York hush money criminal case over the question of whether they can be impartial, but more than half of the 96 jurors were dismissed en masse due to their admitted inability to be unbiased.While at least 50 of the potential jurors were let go over their inability to be impartial, others bowed out over potential conflicts.Also read: Trump 'glares' at NYT's Maggie Haberman in courtroom after she...
Former president Donald Trump is scheduled to appear at a Manhattan courthouse on Monday as the trial over payments sent from the Trump Organization to porn star Stormy Daniels gets underway. The case will center on Trump’s culpability for the alleged falsification of Trump Organization business records, but legal experts are voicing skepticism over the […]
Donald Trump will not really be able to dispute the basic facts in the New York hush money case being brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, argued former federal prosecutor Elie Honig on CNN Thursday.Rather, he argued, it's all going to be about trying to convince the jury to make sense of the facts in a way that benefits the former president."In a piece you have publishing tomorrow in New York Magazine and the Cafe Law blog, you're going to argue that this case is a Rorschach...