• 'Trump's nightmare': Expert ponders putting ex-president in soundproof room for trial

    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...

  • 'Trump is threatening violence on Americans': Internet pounces on ex-president's new video

    Donald Trump on Saturday shared a video that purports to be about his "virtues," but political onlookers said it is about more than that.Trump posted the video on Saturday. Titled "Trump's virtues," the video opens with Thomas Klingenstein, self identified as a writer, a playwright, and an investor, calling on those who "can't stand" Trump to support the former president nonetheless.Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance sounded the alarm about the video hours after it was published."This is an...

  • 'Everything Trump does is a scam': Ex-president accused of duping media on shoe sales

    Donald Trump recently bragged about a pair of his gold shoes selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars, but there may be more to that story, according to a report.Trump released the golden sneakers in what was largely seen as his latest response to the massive legal judgments he has been getting peppered with in his various court cases. He received some laughter and mockery for his fundraising effort that included putting out the pair of gold high-top sneakers that cost hundreds of...

  • 'Clown': Trump supporters melt down after judge tells ex-president he can't claim immunity

    Former President Donald Trump's supporters and allies went berserk after Judge Juan Merchan ruled the former president can't assert presidential immunity in his Manhattan hush money criminal case, which is scheduled to start later this month.Aside from the fact that the alleged offenses happened before he even became president, Merchan found Trump had exhausted the window of time when he could even raise such objections. This comes as Trump has launched a volley of attacks against Merchan and...

  • Trump will be first ex-president on criminal trial. Here's what to know about the hush money case

    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...

  • Trump will be first ex-president on criminal trial. Here's what to know about the hush money case

    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 […]

  • 'Scared' Trump has 'something deep to lose' at hush money trial: ex-president's biographer

    Monday is the beginning of Donald Trump's New York trial that will decide whether he is just as guilty as Michael Cohen was in the hush money scheme involving an adult film star. Trump, who faces 34 felony counts in the case, is accused of paying off Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to keep her mouth shut about their purported affair. Despite three attempts this week to delay the trial, it is moving forward. All the while, a new poll shows that 64 percent of Americans see the matter as...

  • 'One of the biggest spenders': Former Trump aide blames ex-president for current inflation

    Donald Trump was one of the biggest spending presidents of all time, and he helped cause the current inflation numbers, according to a former official from his administration on Wednesday. Former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor, who has claimed his home was targeted by a break-in shortly after he published a scathing "Anonymous" op-ed about Trump's presidency, Wednesday evening appeared on MSNBC's The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle. He was asked about the revisionist history of Trump...

  • Trump's Homeland Security advisor calls ex-president's latest claim 'complete nonsense'

    Donald Trump's former Homeland Security advisor Tom Bossert had some harsh words for his former boss.Trump earlier in the day lashed out against a statute he supported as president. Specifically, the former president Wednesday directed House Republicans to "kill" a legislative effort he mistook for another statute, according to a Fox News reporter."KILL FISA, IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS," Trump wrote on Truth Social Wednesday. "THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!"ALSO READ: A...

  • 'I'm out': Former Trump campaign staffer says ex-president has 'lost her vote'

    "I'm out," said Donald Trump's former campaign staffer on Wednesday.Lizzie Marbach, a former director of communications at Ohio Right to Life who also worked for the Ohio GOP and Trump's 2020 campaign, said the former president recently took things a step too far and failed to earn her vote.Marbach specifically pointed to a CSPAN video showing Trump suggesting Arizona went "too far" in enacting a law that essentially outlaws abortion.ALSO READ: A criminologist explains why keeping Trump from the...

  • Billionaire backing Trump's $175M civil fraud bond was once sued by ex-president's admin

    The billionaire who secured Donald Trump's $175 million bond has handed the him cash before — after he was sued by the former president's Justice department for unlawful lending, according to a new report. The Daily Beast Wednesday uncovered a new link between Trump and Don Hankey, best known for running an empire of subprime car loans, that began with a settlement agreement after his company Westlake Services was accused of violating military employees' rights by repossessing their cars....

  • One disgraced ex-president, four trials: Inside Donald Trump’s legal troubles

    The Former commander-in-chief faces cases in Washington, Florida, New York and Georgia – all while campaigning to become president once again. Josh Marcus explains each one and the lengthy prison sentences that could be attached