Donald Trump‘s first criminal trial is slated to begin in March 25. A Manhattan judge on Thursday rejected Trump’s bid to toss out District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s criminal case accusing the former president of fraudulently paying off a porn star ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Judge Juan Merchan followed …
Read More »Trump's NYC Criminal Trial Is His Final Showdown With Michael Cohen
Donald Trump’s first criminal trial is here — and both his attorneys and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office are girding themselves for the man who could be standing between Trump and the first-ever criminal conviction of an American president: Michael Cohen. The hush money case, which revolves around Trump’s …
Read More »Trump Loses Bid to Have Hush Money Trial Moved to Federal Court
It’s been a rough day for Donald Trump’s legal team. On Wednesday, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein slapped down a bid by the former president to have charges related to his 2016 hush money payment to adult actress Stormy Daniels moved from state to federal court. In his decision, Hellerstein wrote …
Read More »Jack Smith Moves to Muzzle Trump
Special Counsel Jack Smith submitted a request Friday for a protective order “against the dissemination of discovery materials and the sensitive information that they contain,” in relation to the Justice Department’s criminal case against former President Donald Trump. The order would directly prevent Trump from disclosing evidence and materials shared …
Read More »Bragg Seeks to Muffle, But Not Gag, Trump From Discussing Evidence
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office is seeking to bar former President Donald Trump from publicly distributing evidence submitted by prosecutors to his attorneys during the discovery phase of New York’s criminal case against him. While the request from Bragg’s office is not an explicit gag order, it lays bare …
Read More »Jim Jordan Tried to Pull Some D.C. Bullshit on New Yorkers
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan’s “field hearing” in New York City over violent crime — an attempted clapback against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s recent indictment of Donald Trump — got off to a chaotic start on Monday. It didn’t get better from there. As the hearing began, members …
Read More »Alvin Bragg Sues Jim Jordan Over Trump Case Meddling
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has sued House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in an effort to stop Republicans for meddling in his case against former President Donald Trump. The New York Times was the first to report the suit. Bragg and Jordan have been exchanging attacks as the …
Read More »Trump's Lawyers Are Begging Him for Restraint. His Political Allies Are Preparing to 'Fight Dirty'
Donald Trump’s political allies are preparing an all-out blitz against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, judge Juan Merchan, and anyone else in the American judicial system who dares cross him. But as his political operation gears up, the former president’s own lawyers are pleading with him to show a modicum …
Read More »'Abuse of Power': Alvin Bragg Slams Jim Jordan for Subpoena
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is doing his best to undermine Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against the former president. The Trump sycophant issued a subpoena to former New York County Special Assistant District Attorney Mark Pomerantz on Wednesday, demanding testimony regarding his resignation from Bragg’s office. Pomerantz’s departure from …
Read More »QAnon Believers Think Trump's Indictment Will (Somehow) Lead to Mass Arrest of Democrats
For many of Donald Trump‘s supporters, today is a dark day indeed: The president pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts today after being formally arrested in a Manhattan courtroom. But for those in the Qanon conspiracist movement, hope springs eternal, and “The Storm” is always just around the corner. …
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