Closing arguments begin Tuesday in Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial, and the former president is not pleased with the order of operations. On Monday night, Trump published a series of Truth Social posts complaining about the trial. At one point, the former president claimed that standard courtroom procedure allowing the …
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Republican lawmakers in the House have recently been skirting their legislative duties to make unholy pilgrimages to Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York. They’re now using whatever time they do spend legislating to silence references to the former president’s many ongoing legal issues on the House floor. On Tuesday, …
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Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal hush money trial was briefly thrown into chaos on Monday when Judge Juan Juan Merchan ordered the courtroom cleared in order to dress down a combative witness. Robert Costello, a lawyer and former adviser to Michael Cohen, testified on behalf of Trump’s defense in a tense …
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Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to his criminal hush-money trial as a “witch hunt” and a “show trial,” and if the former president wanted to make a spectacle of the court’s proceeding, he now has quite the supporting cast. In the last several days of courtroom drama, Trump has been …
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The most anticipated showdown of Donald Trump’s hush money trial began Monday as Michael Cohen — the former president’s ex-fixer and lawyer —- took the stand to detail his close relationship with Trump, and how he craved his validation by consistently updating Trump on his efforts to stifle Karen McDougal’s …
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Stormy Daniels took the stand at Donald Trump’s ongoing criminal hush-money trial on Tuesday, and even the former president seemed caught off guard by the news. Trump posted — then quickly deleted — a furious rant about the prosecution’s plan to call Daniels shortly before The Associated Press reported on …
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Donald Trump claimed that he is unable to take the stand as a witness in his New York hush-money trial because he is under a gag order. This is not true. Nevertheless, the former president claimed on Thursday that he’s “not allowed to testify.” “I’m under a gag order,” he …
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The Judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial has found the former president in contempt of court for repeatedly violating a gag order, and fining him $9,000 — $1,000 for nine separate violations. Judge Juan Merchan determined on Tuesday that Trump had breached a court order barring him from publicly …
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As Donald Trump sat through another day of damning testimony in his criminal hush-money trial, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in his bid to establish widespread presidential immunity from criminal prosecution over “official” acts committed in office. The case before the Supreme Court stems from Trump’s ongoing efforts to …
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Donald Trump would really like his fans to protest outside of his criminal hush money trial in Manhattan. It’s not really happening, though, so Trump is lying about the police presence outside the court to create the impression that his fans aren’t able to get near the area. “We have …
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