A high court in Maldives overturned former president Abdulla Yameen's conviction and 11-year prison sentence on graft and money laundering charges, paving the way for his release from jail. A three-judge bench in the archipelago nation held Yameen's 2022 trial as unfair and ordered the lower court to restart the criminal proceedings."The lower court ruling was not fair," judge Hassan Shafeeu said while reading out a lengthy decision that was broadcast live.Read: Maldives' opposition parties...
After three days of jury selection, 12 Manhattan residents were been selected to sit on the panel that will decide the fate of former president Donald Trump
Trump let loose outside court after the first day of jury selection as he became the first U.S. ex-president to stand criminal trial.
Donald Trump trial LIVE: Former president returns to hush money trial as Supreme Court considers whether he is immune from prosecution - When Trump appeared in court, he told reporters about the poor economic numbers, specifically referring to GDP, gas prices and the U.S. dollar. "This is Bidenomics, it's catching up with himit's destroyed our country at the border, destroyed our country with other countries, they don't respect the United States anymore," he said. “This is very bad news,” he...
Jailed former Maldives president Abdulla Yameen was freed Thursday after the High Court overturned his conviction and 11-year prison sentence on graft and money-laundering charges.
The Supreme Court’s conservative justices said Thursday they agree a former president should be shielded from prosecution for his truly official acts while in office, but not for private schemes that would give him personal gain. They also suggested the case against former President Trump will have to be sent back to the lower courts to decide which parts of the pending criminal indictment can proceed to a trial. Trump was indicted on charges of conspiring to stay in office after losing the 2020...
Former President Donald Trump might have to be removed from the courtroom in Manhattan if he exhibits his typical behavior — and former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance has some thoughts on how that might work.This comes after Judge Juan Merchan gave Trump a standard defendant warning that outbursts at trial might lead to his detention — and after his own attorneys pleading with him to stay calm and not blow up."Judge Merchan tells Trump that if he disrupts the trial they will proceed without him...
A court in the Maldives has overturned the conviction of former President
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens Monday with jury selection. The case will force the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to juggle campaigning with sitting in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks to defend himself against charges involving a scheme to bury allegations of marital infidelity that arose during his first White House campaign in 2016. TRUMP REQUEST TO DELAY HUSH-MONEY...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens Monday with jury selection. The case will force the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to juggle campaigning with sitting in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks to defend himself against charges […]
Second day of jury selection in New York criminal case sees former president hear how some New Yorkers feel about him as attorneys question prospective jurors
The former president was in court as jury selection got underway for his trial on 34 felony counts over payments to former porn star Stormy Daniels. The Biden campaign leapt on claims by the New York Times that he fell asleep in court: 'It doesn't speak to him as an engaged, energetic candidate'. But Trump's campaign team dismissed the claim as '100% Fake News coming from 'journalists' who weren't even in the court room'