Month: April 2024

How to pick a jury that can judge Donald Trump  POLITICOsource

Former President Donald Trump spent his first day on trial as a criminal defendant lashing out at the judge and prosecutors.

When CNN anchor Jake Tapper asked Trump attorney Will Scharf about ex-Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal being a witness against former President Donald Trump, Scharf complained about the gag order — then answered anyway.Tapper interviewed Scharf during CNN’s branded “Trump Hush Money Trial” coverage, and asked about a ruling Judge Juan Merchan made allowing McDougal —…
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Jury selection begins in Trump hush money criminal trial  NBC Newssource

Watch CBS News By Graham Kates Updated on: April 15, 2024 / 7:38 PM EDT / CBS News When former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial began in New York on Monday, it marked the culmination of a yearslong investigation and open a new chapter of a story that goes back even further, to an alleged…
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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Donald Trump is 0 for 3 in last-minute attempts to delay his looming hush money criminal trial. An appeals court judge Wednesday swiftly rejected the latest salvo from the former president’s lawyers.FILE – Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg gestures while speaking…
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The judge refused a request to appear at the U.S. Supreme Court next week and said it was too soon to decide if Trump could attend his son’s graduation.

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeTwo days before the start of Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial, the former president attacked his former attorney Michael Cohen, who is expected to be a key witness in the case.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “Has disgraced attorney and felon…
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Former President Trump railed against the judge in his criminal hush money case early Monday, just hours before the first criminal trial against a former U.S. president is set to begin.Repeating complaints he has made for months, Trump argued that Judge Juan Merchan is corrupt and the charges against him are political in nature and…
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Donald Trump has a way of ducking trouble. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation found Russia helped Trump defeat Hillary Clinton, but Trump dodged a criminal charge for publicly encouraging Russia to do so. He was impeached, twice—once for allegedly using the presidency to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political rival Joe Biden, and again for…
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Trump has an unusual request on trial Day 1  CNNsource

New York criminal trial against former President Donald Trump begins today  NPRsource

Hearing on motion to sanction Trump for social media posts scheduled for next week  CNNsource

Live updates: Jury selection to begin soon in Trump’s N.Y. hush money trial  The Washington Postsource

New York Judge Juan Merchan on Monday warned former President Donald Trump could be arrested if he disrupts proceedings or skips the trial in his hush money case in Manhattan, as prosecutors claim Trump violated his gag order.Former President Donald Trump’s attorney said the 2024 GOP candidate wants to attend “everything” in … [+] his…
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Trump Media shares plunge 11% after company files to issue additional DJT stock  CNBCsource

Watch CBS News By Graham Kates, Katrina Kaufman Updated on: April 15, 2024 / 7:30 PM EDT / CBS News The historic criminal trial of former President Donald Trump is poised to kick off in a Manhattan courtroom Monday, when he will become the first former president in U.S. history to stand trial.The proceedings before…
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Up First briefing: Iran’s strike on Israel; Trump hush money trial  NPRsource

How we got here: A timeline of the Donald Trump-Stormy Daniels hush money case  CNN Internationalsource

Donald Trump’s history-making criminal trial is set to start Monday with a simple but extraordinary procedural step that is vital to American democracyNEW YORK — Donald Trump's history-making criminal trial is set to start Monday with a simple but extraordinary procedural step that is vital to American democracy. A group of regular citizens — Trump's…
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Trump is the first former president to face a criminal trial.On Monday morning, several hundred New Yorkers will arrive at the Manhattan criminal courthouse to potentially serve as jurors in an historic trial of a former president of the United States.In the coming weeks, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg — who announced a 34-count indictment…
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One of former President Donald Trump’s lawyers argued Sunday that Trump ought to take the witness stand in his hush money trial, claiming that he would be a “compelling witness.”The comments from lawyer Will Scharf come a day before the trial is scheduled to begin on Monday, which relates to Trump’s 34 counts of falsifying…
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The first criminal trial of an American president got underway in downtown Manhattan on Monday. Former President Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records. The underlying events revolve around a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the last stages of the 2016 presidential election campaign. The payment was made…
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When Donald Trump’s hush money trial starts Monday, a lot of people would probably like to tune in to watch the historic proceedings, but they won’t be able to.Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for allegedly disguising hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels. He has pleaded not guilty.Trump’s former…
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