[ As Stormy Daniels took the stand in Donald Trump‘s hush money trial today, the judge in the case complained to the former president’s lawyer that he could hear his client “cursing audibly” about what was being said. The judge, Juan Merchan, even suggested that Trump’s behavior put him again at risk of contempt of … Read more
[ UPDATE: Stormy Daniels took the stand in Donald Trump‘s hush money trial in New York on Tuesday, a star witness in the prosecution’s case against the former president. Speaking at a rapid clip, Daniels started by telling the jury her biography, before she answered questions about a 2006 celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe … Read more
[ A judge again found Donald Trump in contempt of court for violations of a partial gag order. Trump was fined $1,000 over a statement he made attacking the jury in the case. Read the latest Trump contempt order. The judge in Trump’s hush money case, Juan Merchan, also warned the former president of possible … Read more
[ Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial walked jurors through the financial specifics of their case against the former president. A former chief of accounting at the Trump Organization testified today that he was instructed to pay $420,000 to Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, using a form of reimbursement that was totally unfamiliar to him. … Read more
[ Former President Donald Trump denied reports that he has fallen asleep during certain moments of the hush money trial, insisting that he is still awake even if his eyes are closed. Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, “Contrary to the FAKE NEWS MEDIA, I don’t fall asleep during the Crooked D.A.’s … Read more
[ UPDATE: The lawyer representing Stormy Daniels in her $130,000 settlement with Michael Cohen — who prosecutors say was acting on behalf of Donald Trump — was confronted on the stand today with his past dealings in earlier cases involving Hulk Hogan, Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan and Tia Tequila. Keith Davidson, cross examined by Trump … Read more
[ UPDATE: Donald Trump deleted a series of Truth Social posts that were the subject of a judge’s contempt order today. Trump had until 2:15 p.m. to remove the posts. Trump also slammed the judge for the order. In a new Truth Social post, written during a break in the trial, he said, “This Judge … Read more
[ After leading jurors through the seamy inner workings of the Donald Trump-allied National Enquirer tabloid, prosecutors in the New York hush-money case against the former president are retracing the money trail that runs through their indictment of Trump for criminal election conspiracy. The scene outside the Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday. Sean Piccoli A banker … Read more
[ The first criminal trial of a former president has reached the end of week one, with plenty of drama along the way. The jurors who will decide former President Trump’s fate heard from former magazine executive David Pecker, Trump’s longtime assistant Rhona Graff and a previously little-known figure from the banking world, Gary Farro. … Read more
[ UPDATED: After David Pecker finished his fourth day of testimony, the next prosecution witness in Donald Trump‘s hush money trial Friday was Rhona Graff, Trump’s longtime assistant. Graff was a Trump Organization employee who, while there, kept contacts for both Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal in the company’s computer system. She testified today that … Read more
