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
Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records related to his reimbursement of longtime lawyer Michael Cohen for a hush money payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, who alleged that she had a sexual encounter with Trump years before he sought the presidency.
The insurer that provided Donald Trump a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case will try to convince a state judge on Monday that it is qualified and financially strong enough to issue the guarantee.
Donald Trump on Monday will 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.
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.
Donald Trump lawyer Alina Habba has mocked Judge Arthur Engoron over his supposed understanding of Trump's bond in his New York civil fraud case. Habba, who is also Trump's legal spokesperson, reacted despite the judge allowing the Republican's $175m bond,
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 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.
Attorneys for Donald Trump at a Monday hearing successfully defended the $175 million bond the former president secured in his New York state civil fraud case.
Donald Trump’s effort to appeal a $454 million judgment following the guilty verdict in his civil corporate-fraud case has been given a green light to proceed, after his lawyers reached a deal over the financial strength of a bond the former president had secured.
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,
The judge presiding over Donald Trump's trial in Manhattan delivered the jury its rules ahead of opening statements from prosecutors and the defense team Monday.
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.
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences: whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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.
Opening statements are set to take place on Monday in Donald Trump's hush money case, the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president. The charges are tied to a $130,000 payment made to buy a porn star's silence before the 2016 election about a sexual relationship she says she had with him.
Donald Trump "orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the start of the former president's historic hush money trial. The opening statements marked the first time that prosecutors have presented a criminal case against a former president to a jury as they accuse Trump of a scheme aimed at preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming
With the former president's hush money criminal trial set to resume this week, Glenn Kirschner said James "might be up the street seizing Trump's properties."
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 trial: day six At a hearing on Tuesday the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush-money trial will determine whether the former president has violated his gag order, as prosecutors have argued. The consequences could be a reprimand or a fine (or less likely,
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.
Letitia James had asked a court to reject the bond that Donald J. Trump posted in his civil fraud case. A deal on Monday will keep the terms of the bond largely unchanged.
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,
In the first-ever trial of a former U.S. president, Donald Trump is charged with falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 to keep quiet about a sexual encounter she says they had 10 years earlier.
David Pecker, who once called Donald Trump "a personal friend of mine," flashed a big smile as he took the stand as the trial's first witness, belying the gravity of the moment. Pecker cackled loudly into the microphone,
Former President Donald Trump agreed on Monday to additional restrictions on the $175 million bond in the former U.S. president's New York civil fraud case, resolving concerns by the state attorney general that the funds were not secure.
Former President Trump, sitting at the defense table, softly shook his head "no" when prosecutor Matthew Colangelo told the jurors that Trump formed a "conspiracy" with Michael Cohen and David Pecker to "help him get elected.