Politics Jan 10 LISTEN: Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment
Politics Jan 10 Days before he returns to the White House, Trump to be sentenced in New York hush money case President-elect Donald Trump is facing sentencing for his New York hush money conviction after the nation's highest court refused to intervene… By Michael Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press
Politics Jan 08 Trump asks the Supreme Court to block Friday’s sentencing in his New York hush money case Trump's lawyers turned to the nation's highest court Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone the sentencing by the judge who presided over Trump's trial and conviction in May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press
Politics Aug 05 Supreme Court ends Missouri’s long shot effort to lift Trump hush-money gag order The decision comes Monday after the Missouri attorney general had argued in the unusual request that the New York gag order wrongly limits what the GOP presidential nominee could say on the campaign trail and Trump's eventual sentence could affect… By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press
Politics May 29 Guilty or not guilty, Trump verdict won’t sway most voters, poll shows A quarter of Republicans said they would be even more likely to vote for Trump if he were found guilty by a jury, while 27 percent of Democrats said they would be less likely to vote for him – a… By Laura Santhanam
May 26 Here’s what every key witness said at Trump’s hush money criminal trial By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press After 22 witnesses, including an adult film actor, tabloid publisher and White House insiders, testimony is over at Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York. The trial now shifts to closing arguments, scheduled for Tuesday. Here’s a look at key trial witnesses… Continue reading
May 24 What to watch for in Trump trial’s closing arguments, from a law school professor By Jules Epstein, The Conversation For both prosecutors and defense attorneys, the closing arguments serve to tell the jury why the evidence is believable or not, why and how the facts are linked or not and, most importantly, why their decision to either acquit or… Continue reading
May 20 Michael Cohen faces more tough questions as Trump’s hush money trial nears end By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Under questioning from defense attorney Todd Blanche, Cohen admitted that he pocketed cash that supposed to be reimbursement for a $50,000 payment Cohen claimed he had shelled out to a technology firm. Continue reading
May 13 A timeline of key events in the Trump hush money trial By Associated Press Key moments in the case, as described in trial testimony and court documents, begin with allegations from two women about relations with Trump in 2006, which he denies. Continue reading
May 10 Live Updates: Witness testimony resumes as third week of Trump hush money trial winds down By Associated Press Prosecutors in Donald Trump's hush money trial said Friday that they expect to call just two more witnesses to the stand, potentially laying the ground for resting their case next week. Continue reading