May 07 Live Updates: Adult film star testifies in Trump hush money trial By Associated Press Tuesday's witness testimony is set to dig further into the events and people involved in what prosecutors have said was a scheme to influence the 2016 presidential election by buying and burying negative stories about the then-candidate. Follow here. Continue reading
May 07 Testifying in Trump's hush money trial, Stormy Daniels describes meeting former president By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Cohen paid Daniels after her lawyer at the time, Keith Davidson, indicated she was willing to make on-the-record statements to the National Enquirer or on television confirming a sexual encounter with Trump. Continue reading
May 06 Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as former employee testifies By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press The reprimand Monday opened a revelatory day of testimony, as jurors for the first time heard the details of the financial reimbursements at the center of the case and saw payment checks bearing Trump's signature. Continue reading
May 06 Watch 5:05 Former Trump employees detail hush money payments at heart of his trial By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz Two former employees of the Trump Organization were on the stand in New York. Jeffrey McConney and Deborah Tasaroff were involved in the payments that are at the center of the charges filed against the former president in his hush… Continue watching
May 06 With 'Gestapo' comment, Trump adds to numerous past Nazi Germany references By Bill Barrow, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Donald Trump's unfounded comparison to Nazi-era tactics comes as he denies and tries to deflect from the charges against him — most notably his effort to overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory. Continue reading
May 06 Read the full court ruling warning Trump of jail time if he continues violating gag order By Associated Press The judge fined the former president $1,000 and warned that going forward, additional violations could result in jail time. Continue reading
May 06 Live Updates: Trump slapped with fine as hush money trial's third week opens By Associated Press The judge in Donald Trump's hush money trial sanctioned him Monday morning for violating his gag order for a second time. Follow updates here. Continue reading
May 06 Trump fined $1,000 for violating gag order and is warned about jail time By Associated Press The judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial has fined him an additional $1,000 for again violating a gag order barring him from making inflammatory comments about witnesses and jurors. Continue reading
May 06 What to know as Trump's hush money trial enters a third week By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Prosecutors in Donald Trump's hush money trial are moving deeper into his orbit following an inside-the-room account about the former president's reaction to a politically damaging recording that surfaced in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign. Continue reading
May 03 Watch 4:48 What Hope Hicks said on the stand in Trump's hush money trial By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz One of former President Trump’s most senior aides took the stand during his trial in New York. Hope Hicks served as Trump’s press secretary during the 2016 campaign and was his White House communications director. She detailed how Trump handled… Continue watching