Donald Trump was confronted on Monday with the unsavory details of his alleged attempt to illegally influence the 2016 election by covering up his hush-money payments to the adult film star Stormy Daniels, as the first criminal trial for a former US president got under way in New York. Trump has pleaded not guilty to […]
The prosecution offered a series of evidence that, Colangelo says, prove that Trump falsified business records. (Yuki Iwamura/Getty Images, Pool) Prosecutor Colangelo mused during his opening statement that the Trump Organization couldn’t exactly write a check to Trump’s ex-attorney Michael Cohen with the memo line reading: “Reimbursement for porn star payoff.” “So they agreed to […]
The prosecution offered a series of evidence that, Colangelo says, prove that Trump falsified business records. (Yuki Iwamura/Getty Images, Pool) Prosecutor Colangelo mused during his opening statement that the Trump Organization couldn’t exactly write a check to Trump’s ex-attorney Michael Cohen with the memo line reading: “Reimbursement for porn star payoff.” “So they agreed to […]
Trump speaks to reporters upon arriving at Manhattan Criminal Court Monday. (Yuki Iwamura/AP, Pool) Speaking to reporters on his way into court, former President Donald Trump continued to rail against prosecutors, claiming without evidence that the hush money case and the other three ongoing criminal proceedings against him are being orchestrated by President Biden. “I […]
Donald Trump is expected to return to the Manhattan criminal courthouse on Monday, where his historic hush money trial is slated to proceed in earnest with opening statements. The former president had a difficult first week in court as jury selection got underway. He apparently fell asleep at the defense table, was forced to listen […]
By Jack Queen, Luc Cohen and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Monday will hear prosecutors explain why his alleged cover-up of a hush money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign broke the law, as the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president begins in New York. Lawyers […]
Former President Donald Trump appears for jury selection in his trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York on April 19. (Curtis Means/DailyMail.com via AP, Pool) As of Sunday, seven men and five women make up the jury that will decide whether former President Donald Trump is guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business […]
Opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial are set to begin on Monday morning, setting the stage for weeks of testimony about the former president’s personal life. A panel of New Yorkers — 12 jurors and six alternates — was sworn in last Friday after four days of jury selection and will hear […]
Opening statements are set to begin Monday morning in the case of the People of the State of New York versus Donald Trump, the first criminal trial of a former president. Former National Enquirer David Pecker is also expected to take the stand as the first witness for the prosecution, a source with direct knowledge […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements in Donald Trump‘s historic hush money trial are set to begin Monday morning, setting the stage for weeks of unsavory and salacious testimony about the former president’s personal life and placing his legal troubles at the center of his closely contested campaign against President Joe Biden. A panel of […]
Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial in his hush-money case starts in earnest Monday morning with opening statements that mark a momentous day in US history. Trump is the first American president, former or sitting, to face a criminal trial and the proceedings also play out against a 2024 presidential race in which Trump is almost […]
NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in history, prosecutors will present a criminal case against a former American president to a jury Monday as they accuse Donald Trump of a hush money scheme aimed at preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public. A 12-person jury in Manhattan is set to […]