Court Battles
John Dean, who was a counsel for former President Nixon, commented in a Saturday interview that the New York hush money trial against former President Trump is very strong, particularly with the awaited testimony from Trump’s ex-fixer Michael Cohen. Dean stated in a CNN interview that he has reviewed the trial transcripts…
Republican politicians have flocked to New York City in recent days to stand alongside former President Trump as he attends his hush money trial. Trump’s group on Monday included several members of Congress: Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), who represents Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn. Sen.…
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) stuck by his attacks against the daughter of the judge overseeing former President Trump’s criminal case on Sunday, claiming she is a “political operative.” Scott was in New York City on Thursday to support Trump in his criminal case, where he faces over 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related…
Former President Trump on Friday complained about a recording of a phone call between him and Michael Cohen played as evidence during his hush money trial. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said the tape, “while good for my case, was cut off at the end, in the early stages of something very positive that…
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and his spouse were charged Friday with accepting almost $600,000 in bribes and moving the money illegally. The legal document brought by the Justice Department (DOJ) describes payments Cuellar purportedly received from an oil business owned by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico. “The bribe payments were purportedly laundered,…
The judge handling former President Trump’s hush money case clarified Friday that Trump is allowed to testify during the trial, correcting the former president’s assertion a day earlier that a gag order prevented him from doing so. Judge Juan Merchan at the start of Friday’s proceedings in the case said it had come to his…
The trial of hush money involving former President Trump is in its seventh day of testimony on Friday. A forensic analyst with the Manhattan DA’s office is expected to testify again. Doug Daus spent part of Thursday explaining to jurors how he examined phones belonging to ex-fixer Michael Cohen. More witnesses are expected to testify…
Conservative lawyer George Conway in an interview late Thursday dismissed former President Trump’s claims about not sleeping in court after reporters noticed Trump closing his eyes during the hush money case in New York. Conway, a frequent Trump critic, claimed the former president has struggled to get up in the morning for some time, even…
Mary Trump, former President Trump's niece, expressed mixed confidence that her uncle will be convicted in court, suggesting there is 'always a way out for him,' as his criminal hush money trial continues in New York. “I think the real split screen we need to think about is Donald Trump, presidential candidate for the Republican…
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