Browsing: New York Hush Money Case

Former White House ethics head Norm Eisen criticized a failed effort by former President Trump to delay his New York hush money case. “It was a dead loser from the get-go,” Eisen said Monday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” with host Wolf Blitzer, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. That same day, an appeals court…

Former President Trump demanded on Friday that his hush money judge recuse himself from the upcoming trial, which is less than two weeks away, because of his daughter’s firm’s digital marketing work for prominent Democrats. Last summer, Justice Juan Merchan rejected an earlier recusal motion that also cited his daughter’s employment. Trump’s second attempt comes after Merchan limited…

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) office on Monday criticized former President Trump’s recent criticisms of his hush money judge’s daughter, renewing a request that the judge strengthen or make clearer Trump’s gag order to keep her safe. “Defendant’s dangerous, violent, and reprehensible language seriously puts the fairness of these proceedings at risk and is meant to scare witnesses and…

Manhattan prosecutors and former President Trump are sparring over the scope of the gag order imposed on the former president in his hush money criminal case less than three weeks out from the start of trial. The former president has continued to direct his rage at Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter in social media posts after…

Former President Trump is pulling out all the stops to stave off the start of his first criminal trial, but the New York judge overseeing the case is increasingly appearing to lose his patience in the matter. Judge Juan Merchan just this week refused to sideline the hush money case over alleged discovery violations, issued…

The Manhattan district attorney’s office prosecuting former President Trump’s hush money case indicated in a court filing Thursday that no further trial delays were warranted after a trove of new documents punted what was supposed to be the start of the criminal proceeding. Trump’s lawyers had asked for a minimum 90-day delay to review more…

Forty-four percent of respondents in a new survey say their vote would not be affected if former President Trump is convicted in the New York hush-money case. The Politico Magazine/Ipsos poll found that about half of Americans believe Trump is guilty in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s hush-money case against him, where the former president is charged…