Apr 11 Trump tests limits of gag order with post insulting 2 likely witnesses in criminal trial By Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press In a post on his Truth Social platform Wednesday, Trump called his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, and the adult film actor Stormy Daniels "two sleaze bags who have, with their lies and misrepresentations, cost our Country dearly!"… Continue reading
Apr 11 As he prepares to prosecute Trump, NYC DA Bragg says hush money criminal trial not about politics By Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press The upcoming trial over hush money payments allegedly made by Trump during the 2016 election will test Bragg’s efforts to portray himself as apolitical in the face of relentless attacks from the Republican former president and his supporters. Continue reading
Apr 08 New York appeals judge rejects Trump’s request to delay his April 15 hush money trial By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Donald Trump is asking a New York appeals court to move his hush money criminal trial out of Manhattan and reverse his gag order in an eleventh-hour bid for a delay just a week before the scheduled start. Continue reading
Apr 05 Trump’s lawyers can’t force NBC to turn over ‘Stormy’ documentary materials, judge rules By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan said the defense's subpoena for NBC Universal was “the very definition of a fishing expedition" and did not meet a heavy legal burden. Continue reading
Apr 03 Judge rejects Trump’s request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan deemed the former president's request untimely, ruling that his lawyers had myriad opportunities to raise the immunity issue before they finally did so in a March 7 court filing. Continue reading
Apr 01 Judge expands Trump’s gag order after the former president’s social media posts about judge’s daughter By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Judge Juan M. Merchan said his original gag order issued last Tuesday did not include members of his family, but Trump's subsequent actions warranted including them. Continue reading
Mar 29 Manhattan DA suggests Trump violated gag order with post about daughter of hush-money trial judge By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press The Manhattan DA's office asked the judge to "clarify or confirm" the scope of the gag order, which he issued on Tuesday, and direct the former president and presumptive Republican nominee to "immediately desist from attacks on family members."… Continue reading
Mar 27 Trump lashes out at judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush money case By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Donald Trump has lashed out at the New York judge who put him under a gag order that bars him from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial. Continue reading
Mar 26 Judge issues gag order barring Trump from commenting on witnesses, others in hush money case By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Judge Juan M. Merchan on Tuesday cited Trump's previous comments about him and others involved in the case, as well as a looming April 15 trial date, in granting the prosecution's request for a gag order. Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch 5:11 Trump hush money trial set for April 15 as N.Y. court reduces fraud bond By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz The first criminal trial of former President Donald Trump is set to begin in April after a judge rejected Trump’s claims of prosecutorial misconduct. That comes as a New York appeals court reduced the amount he needs to post in… Continue watching