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 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 LISTEN: Justices ask government which ‘core powers’ are covered by presidential immunity By News Desk The justices proposed a hypothetical scenario of a president leading a peaceful protest outside of the U.S. Capitol that went on to disrupt official proceedings. Continue reading
Apr 25 LISTEN: Justice Coney Barrett asks Trump lawyer why impeachment ‘gateway’ would only apply to the president By News Desk Former President Donald Trump’s lawyer D. John Sauer has argued that impeachment and conviction is necessary as a precursor to criminal conviction. Continue reading
Apr 25 LISTEN: Justice Jackson asks what stops presidents from committing crimes if they’re immune from prosecution By News Desk Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson questioned Trump attorney D. John Sauer's underlying assumption that official acts by a sitting president are immune from criminal prosecution while private acts are not. Continue reading
Apr 25 Ex-tabloid publisher testifies at hush money trial about scheme to shield Trump from damaging stories By Associated Press Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker shed light on the inner workings of the supermarket tabloid industry, calmly bringing to life the machinations he says were involved in identifying and burying stories on Trump’s behalf. 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 24 Arizona indicts 18 Republicans, including Giuliani, Meadows, over 2020 fake elector scheme By Jacques Billeaud, Jonathan J. Cooper, Josh Kelety, Associated Press An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their efforts to use so-called fake electors to try to overturn Trump's loss to Joe Biden in the… 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