NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man has pleaded guilty to sending death threats to the state attorney general and the Manhattan judge who presided over former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case, prosecutors said Thursday. Tyler Vogel, 26, of Lancaster, admitted to one felony count of making a terroristic threat and one misdemeanor […]
AG's office says Knight Specialty Insurance Company failed to assure it could back the $175 million bond. James' office asks Trump put up replacement bond within seven days of ruling
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman claimed that Donald Trump appeared to "doze off" during his hush money criminal trial.
Welcome back, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. The hush money trial is upon us. Donald Trump launched a barrage of delay bids this week, but the state appeals court swatted them down. That means that jury selection is set for Monday in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. That jury selection will be crucial. Indeed, it’s where cases can be won or lost — before the first witness is even called to the stand. So expect a battle between prosecutors and defense lawyers over which...
The judge overseeing Mr Trump’s case ran the trial which convicted the Trump Organization last year
By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz and Jennifer Peltz | Associated Press NEW YORK — A New York appeals court judge on Monday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his
In the hush-money criminal case, he is accused of falsifying his company's records to hide the nature of payments to his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who helped him bury negative stories during his 2016 campaign. Cohen's activities included paying porn actor Stormy Daniels $130,000 to suppress her claims of an extramarital sexual encounter with Trump years earlier.
Donald Trump pursued the reversal of a gag order issued by Judge Juan Merchan ahead of a hush money trial. On Monday, Trump's legal team appealed the gag order issued by Merchan and a decision not to move the trial from Manhattan, the Washington Post reported. Initially set for March 25, the trial was postponed to April 15 after the defense received about 100,000 pages of records from federal prosecutors. ALSO READ: No, Donald Trump, fraud is not protected by the First Amendment Merchan's...
On the second day of jury selection for Trump’s hush money trial, the judge admonished the former president, saying, "I will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom. I want to make this crystal clear." Lisa Rubin and Catherine Christian join to discuss.
Much of the commentary on the case has consisted of accusations against Alvin Bragg and Judge Merchan, but Trump has a strong defense on the merits — and his supporters should use it.
The case was big news when it was filed last year, but it’s been overshadowed by a litany of other alleged crimes by the ex-presidentAs the criminal cases mounted against Donald Trump last year, one could be forgiven for not giving much thought to the New York case that charged him with 34 felony counts for falsifying business records.The episode was a bombshell when the Wall Street Journal first reported it in January 2018. Trump paid the adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 on the eve of...
Lawyers had argued trial should be postponed while they seek a change of venue to move it out of heavily Democratic ManhattanSign up for Trump on Trial: a free newsletter on all the latest court developmentsA New York appeals court judge has rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to delay his 15 April hush-money criminal trial while he fights to move the case out of Manhattan.The decision came Monday, a week before jury selection was set to start. Continue reading