Donald Trump's "hush money" trial began Monday. It's unprecedented for a lot of reasons, mainly because it's the first time a former president has to stand trial for criminal charges but also because paying hush money isn't even illegal.
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
Experts are split over the strength of NY prosecutor Alvin Bragg's case, which relies on a novel legal strategy.
David Sherborne, lawyer for the Duke of Sussex, said his client faced an 'impossible' threat of high legal costs by continuing the case.
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...
Nearly a year ago, every tenant at the massive Westside apartment complex Barrington Plaza was served with an eviction notice by their landlord, who said the residents of nearly 600 units needed to move out so the company could install fire sprinklers following two major blazes. In the months since, most of the tenants have left. But more than 100 stayed behind, vowing to fight in court for the right to stay in their rent-controlled units, suspecting that the owner’s real intent was to upgrade...
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...
O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in a televised trial that gripped the nation, has died of cancer at age 76, according to his family. NBC News' Jay Gray reports on his life and controversial legal history.
CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen discusses the lawsuit filed by former President Donald Trump against Judge Juan Merchan, who is the judge presiding over Trump’s criminal hush-money trial in New York.
Democratic donors covered more than $1 million in legal fees racked up by attorneys representing President Joe Biden in a yearlong special counsel probe into his handling of classified documents. The use of party funds to cover Biden’s legal bills is not without precedent and falls within the bounds of campaign finance law, but it […]
Among those who will come forward to speak truthfully as witnesses for the prosecution in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, his former campaign press secretary and White House senior advisor Hope Hicks is perhaps most intriguing and also seasoned. Former litigator and MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin laid out a litany of insights into one of former President Donald Trump's most trusted confidantes and battle-tested loyalists. For Rubin, she has no doubts Hicks will be truthful and savvy...