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Conservative lawyer George Conway said former Trump aide Hope Hicks’ testimony at former President Trump’s hush money trial “absolutely” corroborates his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen’s story about Trump in the case. “She put in Donald Trump’s mouth, the fact that he understood that those payments were made on his behalf before the election by Michael Cohen,”…

A majority of Americans believe former President Trump is being treated differently than most criminal defendants in his hush money case, according to a new CNN poll. Trump’s hush money trial began last Monday, marking the first criminal trial of a former American president. He has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records…

Former President Trump is busy in court on Thursday as his trial for hush money in New York clashes with arguments over presidential immunity before the Supreme Court. David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, is expected to testify again in Manhattan where he will continue providing a timeline of his agreement to bury…

Mary Trump, former President Trump’s niece, joked that she’s concerned narcolepsy runs in the family after rumors of her uncle falling asleep in court this week came to light. The former president seemed to doze off during his first day of the New York hush money criminal trial. The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman reported…

Former President Trump made a new plea for presidential immunity Saturday in a Truth Social post, ahead of arguments at the Supreme Court next week on his immunity claim in his federal election interference case. “IF IMMUNITY IS NOT GRANTED TO A PRESIDENT, EVERY PRESIDENT THAT LEAVES OFFICE WILL BE IMMEDIATELY INDICTED BY THE OPPOSING…

Former White House ethics lawyer Jim Schultz stated that he believes the New York judge in former President Trump's hush money case will still find his social media posts quoting others as violating the gag order.

Americans are split on whether former President Trump will be convicted in his New York hush money case, according to a new poll. The Economist/YouGov poll found that 24 percent of Americans think the former president is going to be convicted of a crime in the case. Thirty-six percent in the same poll said they…

Jury selection in former President Trump’s hush money trial could conclude on Friday after 12 jurors and one alternate were seated the day before. There’s still a chance, however, a juror could be dismissed. On Thursday, two jurors who had been seated were dropped – one who expressed frustration over the media’s extensive coverage and…

NEW YORK — Reporters covering former President Trump’s New York criminal trial were admonished Thursday by the judge overseeing it following the dismissal of a seated juror who expressed frustration about the case’s extensive media coverage. The snag led Justice Juan Merchan to direct the press to stop reporting prospective jurors’ employers and physical characteristics…

A New York appeals court on Tuesday denied former President Trump’s final attempt to postpone his hush money criminal trial while he disputes a gag order imposed by the judge overseeing the case. Judge Juan Merchan’s gag order prevents Trump from criticizing witnesses, prosecutors, court staff, and the judge’s family, but does not prevent him from…