Former president Donald Trump is now on trial in a Manhattan courtroom, where facts are paramount, and a jury will assess the evidence and render a verdict. But as he enters and leaves that courtroom,
Veteran tabloid publisher David Pecker returned to the witness stand in Donald Trump’s hush money case on Tuesday. Testimony in the case resumed just before midday following a morning hearing on the former president’s alleged gag order violations.
Former President Trump returns to the Manhattan courthouse for further witness testimony in the New York v. Trump case on Thursday. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court will also hear arguments in Trump's presidential immunity case.
Jurors in former President Donald Trump's trial in New York heard testimony from a former media executive about his efforts to bury negative stories about Trump before the 2016 presidential election.
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Donald Trump introduced David Pecker to Steve Bannon to strategize future stories about Trump's opponents, the former National Enquirer publisher testified. " [Trump] thought both of us could work very well together,
Manhattan prosecutors accused Donald Trump of violating a gag order mere steps away from the courtroom in which he is standing trial, as they asked a judge to impose fines and warn the former president that he could be jailed if he continues to attack witnesses and jurors.
Before concluding the hearing, Judge Merchan told Trump attorney Todd Blanche, "You're not offering me anything … to hang my hat on." The trial will resume shortly with the return of former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker to the witness stand.
Trump’s criminal trial in detail but can’t make it to the Lower Manhattan courthouse in person, you can still read every word of the proceedings. The New York State Court system will publish a transcript of each day’s court action by the end of the following day on its website.
Former President Trump has taken to social media in an attempt to boost the number of his supporters outside the courthouse in Lower Manhattan, and he has suggested the poor turnout was a result of a plot against his supporters.
The contempt hearing has turned tense as Trump attorney Todd Blanche tries to defend Trump's posts as mere responses to attacks -- but isn't giving clear examples of how Trump was being attacked. Instead,
Donald Trump’ s first and potentially only criminal trial before Election Day has begun. It’s also the first-ever such trial for a former president, who could be sent to prison if convicted on charges that he broke the law by paying,
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he will testify in his hush money trial in New York, but a decision this week by the case’s presiding judge may have thrown a wrench into those plans.
Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media at the end of the day at Manhattan Criminal Court during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments on April 22, 2024 in New York City.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will urge a judge on Tuesday at a hearing to hold Donald Trump in criminal contempt for allegedly violating a gag order in the former president’s hush money case in New York.
Lawyers for the Manhattan DA will try to convince the judge in Donald Trump's hush money case to hold Trump in contempt for violating the limited gag order in the case.
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case in New York appeared to strongly disagree Tuesday with the former president’s lawyers’ explanation for why he should be considered in compliance with a gag order in the case.
While the judge has held off on ruling so far, he tore into Trump’s lead lawyer Tuesday in a scene that may spell trouble for the former president’s defense, telling attorney Todd Blanche: “Mr Blanche,
A colorful former tabloid publisher took the witness stand Tuesday at Donald Trump's "hush money" trial and described how he suppressed negative stories about the real estate tycoon, a practice
Prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office say former President Trump has violated a gag order 10 times since it was imposed April 1. The order bars him from attacking witnesses, prosecutors,
Prosecutors have alleged that Trump has violated the gag order against him nearly a dozen times, and are calling for him to be fined and held in contempt of court.
Prosecutors on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of brazenly violating a gag order imposed by the judge presiding over his "hush money" trial to prevent him from intimidating witnesses.
Donald Trump's continued posting of attacks on witnesses in his criminal trial is one piece of evidence that suggests he's "angling" for jail time, prosecutors said Tuesday at a contempt hearing in Manhattan where the former president's attorney was told that he was losing all credibility with the court after trying to defend his client's actions.
Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over Trump’s New York criminal trial, has issued a gag order preventing Defendant Trump from attacking people like witnesses and court personnel, though the judge has allowed Trump to continue to attack both him and the district attorney.
Pool/GettyA New York judge did not hold back on Tuesday as prosecutors pushed to hold Donald Trump in contempt for attacking jurors and witnesses—just seven days into his landmark hush money trial.“You’re losing all credibility,
During a devastating day for Donald Trump at his Manhattan hush money trial, a jury heard damning testimony from his decades-long ally David Pecker about a wide-ranging plan to hoist him out of obscurity and into the White House — and the presiding judge said his lead lawyer was “losing all credibility with the court.
Lawyers for the Manhattan district attorney, in a hearing Tuesday morning, will attempt to convince the judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money case to hold the former president in contempt for repeatedly violating the limited gag order in the case.
Oral arguments in former President Donald Trump’s historic case in New York began Monday in a Manhattan courtroom where jurors will be tasked with deciding whether deceptive hush money payments to hide an affair amount to a criminal conviction.
Former President Trump’s hush money trial adjourned Tuesday after a second day of testimony from former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, who gave a detailed account of an agreement he reached with Trump and his fixer,
A New York judge is expected to hear arguments Tuesday over whether former President Trump violated a gag order imposed against him in his hush money case. Prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office claim Trump has so far violated the order barring him from attacking witnesses,
Former President Trump’s hush money trial on Tuesday will begin with a New York judge hearing arguments over whether the former president violated a gag order imposed on him in the case. Prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office claim Trump has so far violated the order barring him from attacking witnesses,
Former President Donald Trump is standing trial in New York City on felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Trump is accused of falsifying internal business records as part of an alleged scheme to bury stories he thought might hurt his presidential campaign in 2016.
Former President Trump’s hush money trial is underway Tuesday with a New York judge hearing arguments over whether the former president violated a gag order imposed on him in the case. Prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office claim Trump has so far violated the order barring him from attacking witnesses,
More than a year after securing an indictment, New York prosecutors for the first time on Monday laid out their case against Donald Trump in a courtroom. Legal analyst Lisa Rubin and Chuck Rosenberg join Morning Joe to discuss.
Former President Trump’s hush money trial is underway Tuesday with a second day of testimony from former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker returning to the stand. The day began with a New York judge hearing arguments over whether the former president violated a gag order imposed on him in the case.
Former President Donald Trump expected huge crowds of supporters to show up in protest as he stood trial in Manhattan this week — and now he's desperate to come up with any explanation for their absence that avoids the harsh truth,
Donald Trump on Tuesday is expected to be threatened with thousands of dollars in fines — and potentially jail time — for denigrating anticipated witnesses and jurors in his hush-money case in violation of a gag order.