Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, who admitted to testifying falsely during Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial, was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in jail on perjury charges. Weisselberg was charged with five counts of perjury, but under a deal with prosecutors, he agreed to plead guilty to two felony counts relating to testimony he gave during a 2020 deposition with the attorney general’s office. Weisselberg also admitted to testifying falsely at the civil fraud trial last...
"All I can do is tell the truth," said Trump, who is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
So, here we are. The first day of the first criminal trial of a former US president. Can it get more extraordinary than that? “He keeps setting new Guinness Records in terms of unprecedented history,” Mother Jones’ own David Corn explained in a new video outside a Manhattan courtroom where Donald Trump’s trial kicked off this […]
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former President Donald Trump told reporters Friday he would "absolutely" testify in his upcoming hush money trial that is set to begin on Monday. "Yeah, I would testify, absolutely," he said in response to a question from NBC News. Trump, who is charged with 34 counts of first-degree falsifying business records, repeatedly called the trial a "scam" during his press conference at Mar-a-Lago. Jury selection in the trial, which is expected to last six to eight weeks, begins...
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...
Donald Trump is used to getting away with rule violations, even in a court setting, but those days are over, according to a former prosecutor.Trump spent Thursday in court for jury selection in the former president's upcoming trial for allegations that he broke the law when he purportedly made hush money payments to hide an affair with an adult film star ahead of the 2016 election, and then covered it up by disguising the payment in his financial records. At the end of the day in court, there...
SCHNECKSVILLE, Pennsylvania — Former President Donald Trump arrived in northeastern Pennsylvania on Saturday evening for his latest campaign rally, the last before his first criminal trial is set to begin early next week. Trump will take the stage at the Schnecksville Fire Hall in Lehigh County Saturday evening to greet an energized crowd deep in […]
McMahon has been slowly exiting TKO after it emerged he would be facing a lawsuit for sex trafficking, with the 78-year-old now having no control in WWE, which is now led by Triple H.
New York state of mind Donald Trump’s historic New York hush money trial begins on Monday. He will be the first former president ever to stand trial in a criminal case. MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin breaks down what we can expect: What should we expect to see on Monday? After covering three Trump civil trials in the last year (the two E. Jean Carroll trials and the New York attorney general’s fraud trial), the one thing I count on is that anything can happen. From further last-ditch efforts to...
Despite the fact that Donald Trump is currently being tried in a criminal case involving the January 6 riot and the attempt to overturn the 2020 election result, lawsuits filed by lawmakers and police officers against Trump over his actions on the day move forward, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.Trump's effort to have the lawsuits paused until his election interference charges, brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, are resolved was rejected by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, Politico...
A coalition of timber companies has filed a lawsuit against Pacific Gas & Electric Co. seeking roughly $225 million in damages from a 2021 fire sparked by a utility power line. The complaint, filed Wednesday by Oregon-based Collins Pine Co. and six affiliated timber businesses with property in the Collins Almanor Forest in Plumas and Tehama counties, alleges that PG&E failed to properly manage the forest and electrical equipment to prevent the devastating Dixie fire and that the businesses...
Former President Donald Trump Friday suggested he might take the stand in the criminal hush money case slated to begin in New York City next week."Do you plan to testify in your trial in New York," a reporter asked the former president at his Mar-a-Lago press conference. "Yeah, I would testify," Trump said. "That's not a trial, that's a scam." Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records tied to $130,000 Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says he paid adult film star Stormy Daniels...