In the time since his historic criminal conviction in his New York hush-money trial, Donald Trump has been growing increasingly frustrated with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill, venting in conversations and phone calls with prominent allies — including some members of Congress — that they are not moving swiftly enough …
Read More »Prosecutors Say Trump Violated Gag Order Seven Times Since Monday
Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial is back in session, and Manhattan prosecutors are accusing the former president of violating a court gag order at least seven times since the trial began on Monday. On Monday, prosecutors requested that Trump be punished for allegedly violating a gag order barring him from …
Read More »Trump and His Team Are Already Lying About What Happened in Court
Donald Trump’s first criminal trial promises to be one of the most heavily reported legal affairs in American history, but the former president and his defense team already think they can get away with lying about what’s happening in the courtroom. After leaving court on Monday following the first day …
Read More »Trump Rants That Porn Star Hush Money Trial Is an 'Assault on America'
Donald Trump is making history — and not in a good way. The former president appeared in Manhattan court on Monday, becoming the first-ever American president to stand trial on criminal charges. Jury selection has begun in Trump’s trial on charges of falsifying business documents related to his 2016 hush …
Read More »Trump Reportedly Nods Off While Attending First Day of Criminal Trial
Donald Trump has been in court plenty of times in the past few months, but on Monday, he became the first American president to stand trial for an alleged criminal offense. Day one of the former president’s trial on charges related to a 2016 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy …
Read More »Trump Pauses Fraud Bond Meltdown to Sleep for a Few Hours
Donald Trump has been ranting incessantly over his inability to pay his $464 million bond following a New York judge ruling he must pay the state hundreds of millions for fraud. The deadline to pay the bond is Monday, and after the former president fails to do so, state Attorney …
Read More »Trump's New York Criminal Trial Will Kick Off Next Month
Donald Trump‘s first criminal trial will begin on April 15. JudgeJuan Merchan ruled on Monday that the former president’s criminal hush-money trial will kick off next month. The ruling comes after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed to delay the initial start date of March 25 so that his office …
Read More »Team Trump Begs Him to Keep His Mouth Shut at NYC Criminal Trial
Several lawyers and political advisers for Donald Trump tell Rolling Stone that they want him to keep his mouth shut during his upcoming criminal trial in Manhattan, and say they’ve made gentle internal pushes to try to persuade him to heed their pleas. It remains an open question, of course, …
Read More »Trump's Plan to Skirt Conviction in New York: Blame His Lawyers
If your lawyers advised you to commit a crime, does that exonerate you? Former President Donald Trump intends to argue this is what happened, and that he is indeed exonerated, in the case of hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels in 2016. In a court filing publicly released Tuesday, …
Read More »Manhattan DA Wants Trump Gag Order Ahead of Hush Money Trial
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is asking a judge to impose a gag order on Donald Trump in the leadup to the former president’s trial regarding hush money payments made to former porn star Stormy Daniels. The request, filed on Monday, seeks to prevent Trump from speaking out against witnesses, …
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