May 02 Live Updates: Trump’s hush money trial By Associated Press Lawyer Keith Davidson returned to the witness stand in Donald Trump's hush money trial on Thursday following a contempt hearing over whether the former president violated a gag order again. Follow here for updates. Continue reading
Apr 30 Read the decision finding Trump in contempt for violating gag order with social media posts By Hannah Grabenstein A New York judge has fined Trump $9,000 for social media posts about his hush money trial. Continue reading
Apr 26 Trump’s lawyers grill ex-tabloid publisher Pecker as 1st week of hush money testimony nears close By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz, Alanna Durkin, Associated Press David Pecker returned to the witness stand for the fourth day as defense attorneys try to poke holes in the testimony of the former National Enquirer publisher. Continue reading
Apr 25 Trump back in New York court for hush money trial while the Supreme Court considers presidential immunity case By Jennifer Peltz, Michael R. Sisak, Colleen Long, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press A reluctant Donald Trump is back in a New York City courtroom as his hush money trial resumes at the same time that the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Washington over whether he should be immune from prosecution for… Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch 6:51 New York hush money trial judge considers if Trump violated gag order By William Brangham, Ian Couzens Former President Trump’s hush money trial continued Tuesday. On the witness stand, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker described the relationship between Trump and the tabloid during the 2016 campaign, where it would squash negative stories about him and publish… Continue watching
Apr 23 Tabloid publisher testifies he pledged to be Trump’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press David Pecker is the first witness in Donald Trump’s history-making hush money trial in Manhattan, where he faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records… Continue reading
Apr 23 David Pecker: Michael Cohen used to ask tabloid to run negative articles on Trump’s political opponents By Associated Press “He would send me information about Ted Cruz or about Ben Carson or Marco Rubio, and that was the basis of our story, and then we would embellish it a little,” the National Enquirer's former publisher said in court. Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch 6:16 What happened in the courtroom during opening statements in Trump’s hush money trial By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz Opening statements began Monday in the first criminal trial of Donald Trump. Prosecutors accused Trump and his associates of falsifying business records during his 2016 campaign to conceal an alleged extramarital affair. But the former president’s attorney said he was… Continue watching
Apr 22 Trump tried to ‘corrupt’ the 2016 election, hush money prosecutor alleges in opening statement By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press A defense lawyer countered by saying that Trump “was innocent” and that the case should never have been brought. Continue reading
Apr 22 How opening statements in Trump’s hush money criminal trial will make history By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Prosecutors accuse Donald Trump of a hush money scheme aimed at preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public. Continue reading