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Former President Trump’s first criminal trial began in earnest Monday, with opening statements from prosecutors and the defense team, as well as the calling of the first witness. Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The alleged offenses center on a $130,000 payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in…

An alleged conspiracy to launch Donald Trump to the White House, with top allies pulling the strings to get him there: That’s the case against Trump that prosecutors said Monday they intend to present to a jury of New Yorkers, who will decide whether to make the former president a felon before Election Day. “This…

Former President Trump aired grievances on social media ahead of Monday’s opening arguments in his trial over an alleged hush money scheme, taking aim at prosecutors and urging demonstrators to “peacefully protest” in support of him. In a post just before he left for the courthouse, Trump questioned why pro-Palestinian protesters were allowed to “roam…

Magazine publisher David Pecker is slated to be the first witness in former President Trump’s criminal hush money trial, The New York Times reported Sunday, setting the stage as the first criminal trial of a former president gets underway Monday. The case against Trump centers on payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels, with…

The man who set himself on fire outside the New York courthouse where former President Trump’s first criminal trial is happening has died from his injuries, according to police. The New York Police Department (NYPD) stated early Saturday that Max Azzarello, 37, was pronounced dead by hospital staff, The Associated Press stated. The update comes…

CNN analyst Mark Preston believes that if former President Trump is imprisoned for breaking the gag order in his hush money trial, there would be widespread social upheaval and it would benefit him in the polls. Preston, along with CNN’s Jim Acosta and others, discussed the potential for Judge Juan Merchan to temporarily place the former president in a holding cell after he deliberately disobeyed the expanded gag order, which prohibits Trump from publicly criticizing witnesses, prosecutors, court staff, jurors, and the judge’s family.

CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said on Thursday that he believes additional jurors will be required for former President Trump’s hush money trial, as some may become anxious and wish to be excused. “Jurors become unwell, jurors become anxious. Some of them could be frightened by a social…

Stephen A. Smith criticized the hush money trial against former President Trump in Thursday comments, saying he wants to see him “lose the right way.” As primarily Democratic voter, the sports commentator said he is “utterly disgusted” with Trump’s criminal trial, which kicked off Monday with jury selection. Smith said he sees it as Democrats…

Former Trump administration aide Hope Hicks is expected to testify for the prosecution in the former president's New York hush money trial, as reported by NBC News on Monday. Hicks, once one of Trump's closest aides, was interviewed by prosecutors for the case last year.

U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton is criticizing former President Trump’s attacks on the judges involved in his criminal cases, most recently his hush money trial, warning that undermining an independent judiciary risks sliding the country toward tyranny. Walton joined CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to discuss Trump’s aggressive remarks about the families of his perceived foes in…