A judge is holding a hearing on prosecutors’ request to hold Donald Trump in contempt of court and fine him for social media posts that they say violated his gag order
Pecker, a longtime tabloid publisher, returned to the stand and told jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign.
Plan to boost Trump was hatched in 2015, Pecker says. Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker's "secret arrangement" with Donald Trump and his then-attorn
Prosecutors asked the judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial on Tuesday to fine the former U.S. president $10,000 for violating a gag order that prevents him from criticizing witnesses and others involved in the case.
A longtime tabloid publisher was expected Tuesday to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign as testimony resumes in the historic hush money trial of the former president.
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial will decide on Tuesday whether the former U.S. president should be punished for violating a gag order that prevents him from criticizing witnesses and others involved in the case.
New York prosecutors said on the first day of Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial that the former president broke the law and corrupted the 2016 election by trying to cover up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model,
The trial started with competing narratives of whether the former president’s payment to a porn star was a legal means of swaying voters or part of a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election.
Monday's opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former American president provided a clear roadmap of how prosecutors will try to make the case that Donald Trump broke the law, and how the defense plans to fight the charges on multiple fronts.
Defense attorneys on Monday argued that former President Trump “is innocent," maintaining that he “had nothing to do" with the alleged hush money payments for which he is facing trial.
Donald Trump’s first criminal trial began with opening statements. Prosecutors alleged the former president tried to hide payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, which Trump denied. Photo: Victor J. Blu
According to a Department of Justice announcement, it was alleged that Cohen had "concealed more than $4 million in personal income from the IRS, made false statements to a federa
Donald Trump did not commit any crimes, his lawyer said on Monday in the first day of a historic trial that will determine whether the former president illegally covered up a hush money payment to a porn star during the 2016 election.
The criminal trial, taking place in the midst of Trump’s campaign for president, might be the only of the four he faces to be heard by a jury before voters head to the polls in November. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg,
A New York prosecutor on Monday told a jury that Donald Trump's hush money payment to a porn star broke the law by deceiving voters shortly before the 2016 election, as the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.
After being selected last week, the jurors in Donald Trump's hush money case will hear opening statements Monday in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.
Donald Trump arrived at a New York courthouse on Monday to hear prosecutors explain why his alleged cover-up of a hush money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign broke the law, as the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.
Opening statements in Donald Trump's historic hush money trial are set to begin Monday morning, setting the stage for weeks of unsavory and salacious testimony about the former president's personal life and placing his legal troubles at the center of his closely contested campaign against President Joe Biden.
Judge Juan Merchan appeared poised on Tuesday to sanction Donald Trump for violating the gag order in his criminal hush money case after peppering the former president’s lawyers with questions about why Trump’s social media posts were acceptable.
For the first time in history, prosecutors will present a criminal case against a former American president to a jury Monday as they accuse Donald Trump of a hush money scheme aimed at preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public.
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Pecker described for jurors a pivotal August 2015 meeting at Trump Tower involving Trump, his lawyer and personal fixer Michael Cohen, and another aide, Hope Hicks, in which he was asked what he and the magazines he led could do for the campaign.
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,
The judge overseeing former President Trump's hush money trial began the day with a hearing over whether Trump violated his gag order with social media posts allegedly attacking potential witnesses.
Donald Trump's New York hush money criminal trial continued Tuesday with more testimony from former tabloid executive David Pecker. The judge also held a gag order hearing.
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.
Conroy asked Merchan to advise Trump that for future violations of the gag order, “incarceration is an option should it be necessary.” Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo read aloud part of the transcript of the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape to jurors.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers for former President Donald Trump opened the New York criminal trial on Monday by laying out their opposing sides of the case.
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,