Jury selection began Monday in the first of former President Donald Trump’s criminal cases to go to trial, a case legal experts say is the Read More
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)
In one of the latest signs that Donald Trump’s hush money trial will actually happen, Judge Juan Merchan wrote to the parties regarding jury selection. Included in the judge’s Monday letter to lawyers for the former president and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is the jury questionnaire. Jury selection is set to begin next Monday in New York. The judge noted that the questionnaire is “broad and exhaustive” and is the product of proposals by both parties, some of which the judge modified...
We’re a week out from jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York. So expect this week to include rejections of desperate defense attempts to further delay the criminal case. One of those rejections will likely include Trump’s request that Judge Juan Merchan recuse himself. A clue that Trump will lose his recusal motion is that he has already lost it before. Merchan rejected a recusal attempt last summer that cited the judge’s daughter’s work for a digital marketing agency that...
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — There are two Donald Trump criminal trials now taking place. There’s the one in a Manhattan courtroom, where a judge, attorneys for both sides and prospective jurors are making strenuous efforts to lay the foundation of the fair trial to which the ex-president and every other citizen is
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — There are two Donald Trump criminal trials now taking place. There’s the one in a Manhattan courtroom, where a judge, attorneys for both sides and prospective jurors are making strenuous efforts to lay the foundation of the fair trial to which the ex-president and every other citizen is
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — There are two Donald Trump criminal trials now taking place. There’s the one in a Manhattan courtroom, where a judge, attorneys for both sides and prospective jurors are making strenuous efforts to lay the foundation of the fair trial to which the ex-president and every other citizen is
We’ve seen impeachment trials a lot on Capitol Hill in recent years. The Senate conducted two impeachment trials of former President Trump in early 2020 and early 2021. But no living American has ever witnessed the impeachment trial which is about to begin in the United States Senate. Blink and you might miss it. The House impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in February. The House accuses Mayorkas of not following the law when it comes to securing the border and lying to...
Former Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham explains how she believes Donald and Melania Trump feel after a New York appellate judge denied an attempt to delay his hush money trial.
In a singular moment for American history, the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump begins Monday with jury selection.
Late-night hosts discuss the first day of Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York, for alleged hush-money payments to porn star Stormy DanielsLate-night hosts discussed Donald Trump apparently falling asleep and more during the first day of his criminal hush-money trial in New York. Continue reading
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.