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The decision may cause a delay that reduces the possibility that the case will go to trial before the November general election.
Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.
Judge Merchan has threatened to jail Trump if he continues to break a gag order imposed on his hush money trial.
Daniels was paid $130,000 in the final weeks of the 2016 presidential race to keep quiet about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump.
Judge Juan Merchan warned Donald Trump of potential jail time if he failed to comply with the gag order in his hush money trial.
Former President Donald Trump scored two back-to-back legal victories this week, effectively delaying two of the four criminal cases against him. An appeals court in Georgia agreed Wednesday to consider Trump's appeal of the disqualification matter related to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and attorney Nathan Wade.
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal trial denied on Tuesday a mistrial request by Trump's lawyer, who argued the day's testimony by porn star Stormy Daniels about a 2006 encounter was irrelevant and would only inflame the jury.
Donald Trump immediately took an interest in porn star Stormy Daniels in 2006 at a celebrity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe while she posed for photos with other adult film actresses, she told a captivated jury Tuesday at the former president’s hush-money trial.
Former defense attorney for Donald Trump, Robert Ray, provides his insights on Judge Juan Merchan's finding of contempt against Trump.
"I do not want to impose a jail sanction," Judge Juan Merchan warned the former president. He added, "But I will if necessary."
By Luc Cohen, Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) -Stormy Daniels testified at Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Tuesday, setting up a long-awaited showdown between the former U.S. president and the porn star who says they had sex.
The porn actor's testimony, even if sanitized and stripped of tell-all details, is the most-awaited spectacle in Donald Trump's hush money trial.
Witness testimony continues Tuesday in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York City. Follow Newsweek's live blog for the latest updates.
Donald Trump on Monday completely contradicted his previous complaint about his hush money trial when addressing reporters outside the New York courtroom where it is taking place. The former president and presumptive GOP nominee griped that the trial,
Mr. Trump, it’s important to understand that the last thing I want to do is to put you in jail,” New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan said at the trial.
Week four of Donald Trump's hush-money trial wrapped-up with the former president fined for a 10th gag order violation, threatened with possible jail time as current and former Trump Organization officials got on stand.
Judge Juan Merchan politely but firmly deflated Trump’s latest misleading spin about whether the trial gag order prevents the former president from testifying.
Jimmy Kimmel said there’s a big difference between himself and Judge Juan Merchan, who threatened Donald Trump with jail time on Monday after finding the former president again violated a gag order in the Stormy Daniels hush money case.
With Donald Trump sitting just feet away, Stormy Daniels testified Tuesday at the former president's hush money trial about a sexual encounter the porn actor says they had in 2006 that resulted in her being paid to keep silent during the presidential race 10 years later.
Fox News senior correspondent Jonathan Serrie says the Trump Georgia election case will most likely be delayed on 'Special Report.'
In a victory for former President Donald Trump, a Georgia appeals court ruled that he can appeal a lower-court decision that kept District Attorney Fani Willis on the Georgia election interference case.
A Georgia appeals court says they will hear former President Trump's appeal of a judge's ruling that allows DA Fani Willis to stay on his election interference case. MSNBC political contributor Greg Bluestein and Former Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Catherine Christian weigh in on the delay and Trump's other legal woes.
A Georgia appeals court has agreed to review a lower court ruling that kept District Attorney Fani Willis on Donald Trump's election subversion case. The former president has tried to have Ms Willis removed from the case,
A Georgia appeals court has agreed to take up Donald Trump's appeal of the Fani Willis disqualification ruling, which could delay the election case against Trump.
A Georgia appeals court announced they will review the decision that kept Fulton County DA Fani Willis on former President Trump's election interference case. Also, a federal judge indefinitely delayed Trump's classified documents trial.
But stultifying Day 12 began with high drama when Judge Juan Merchan warned the 45th president that his 10th violation of the gag order would be his last or he’d be sanctioned with jail time. Merchan told Trump that he was well aware that “you are the former president of the United States and possibly the next president as well.
Donald Trump watched Stormy Daniels testify on Day 13 of his hush money trial. Stormy Daniels takes the stand in Trump hush money trial Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
The judge in Donald J. Trump’s criminal case has threatened him with jail if continues violating the terms of a gag order.
"Our Constitution is much more important than jail,” Trump told reporters Monday, in an apparent attempt to portray himself as a martyr for free speech.
Prosecutors in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump have called porn actor Stormy Daniels to the witness stand. Daniels has alleged that she had a sexual encounter with Trump a decade before the 2016 presidential election.
The adult film actress is expected to tell jurors about the former president buying her silence after an alleged sexual encounter.
In a post to his social media platform this morning, former President Trump wrote, "I have just recently been told who
Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial is full of terms you don’t typically hear in a courtroom. Centering on allegations Trump falsified his company’s records to conceal the nature of hush money reimbursements,
A few key individuals connected to the Donald Trump hush-money case were critical to the criminal charges against the former president. Here’s what you need to know about the players involved. Illustration: Ryan Trefes Porn star Stormy Daniels began her testimony at Donald Trump’s hush-money trial Tuesday and was expected to tell jurors how she was paid on the eve of the 2016 election to remain silent about an alleged sexual encounter with the former president.
Proceedings will get underway this morning on Day 13 of former President Trump's criminal hush money trial. Two longtime Trump Organization employees took the stand yesterday to testify about their roles in executing a string of 2017 payments to Michael Cohen in order to reimburse him for a $130,
Juan Merchan says he will impose jail sanction upon former president if he continues to discuss trial witnesses or jurors
Donald Trump returns to his hush money trial Tuesday facing a threat of jail time for additional gag order violations as prosecutors gear up to summon big-name witnesses in the final weeks of the case.
An attorney for porn actor Stormy Daniels says she’s expected to appear as a witness in Donald Trump’s hush money trial Tuesday
Judge Juan Merchan on Monday again cited former President Donald Trump for violating the gag order he imposed on the trial and warned he could face jail "if necessary" for continuing to ignore it. Merchan previously found that Trump had violated the gag order in nine other instances and fined him $9,
The Court of Appeals for the State of Georgia agreed on Wednesday to consider former President Donald Trump‘s appeal of a judge’s decision not to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting his sweeping racketeering case.
A Georgia appeals court agreed Wednesday to review a lower court ruling in former President Trump's 2020 state-level election case allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue overseeing it,
A Georgia appeals court agreed to hear a bid by Donald Trump to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from his election interference case.
Stormy Daniels could take the stand in Donald Trump's hush money trial as soon as today, according to multiple press reports. The porn actress - whose real name is Stephanie Clifford - was paid $130,000 by a Trump lawyer,
Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday rejected former President Trump's request for a mistrial in the ongoing hush money criminal trial. The big picture: Trump's push for a mistrial is not uncommon. He has repeatedly criticized the trial proceedings,