Judge Juan Merchan denies a motion by Donald Trump that sought to delay the April 15 start of the hush money trial until after the United States Supreme Court ruled on whether presidential immunity protects him from prosecution. In the classified documents case, meanwhile, prosecutors on special counsel Jack Smith’s team ask Judge Aileen Cannon […]
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Judge Merchan expands gag order after Trump goes after his daughter
Following several attacks on his daughter by former President Donald Trump, Judge Juan Merchan expands his gag order in the hush money trial to include family members. Hope Hicks, who served as former President Donald Trump’s press secretary and communications director in the 2016 campaign, is expected to be called as a witness in the […]
Judge Merchan slaps gag order on Trump ahead of hush money trial
Judge Juan Merchan slaps a gag order on former President Donald Trump that prevents him from making public statements about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his hush-money criminal trial which is set to begin on April 15. The gag order comes just hours after Trump attacked Merchan and his daughter in a social […]
Judge Juan Merchan sets April 15 trial date for Trump hush money case
The judge presiding over Donald Trump‘s hush money case on Monday scheduled the trial to begin on April 15. The ruling by Judge Juan Merchan came after the former president’s attorneys had asked for a lengthy delay or for the falsifying business records charges against their client to be dismissed because of evidence that was […]