To know how weak the “hush money” case against Donald Trump is, just listen to the worries of one of its strongest supporters. Even on MSNBC, a network teeming with hatred of all things Trump, former Justice Department spokesman Anthoney Coley stands out — penning columns calling for Trump to be jailed, and supporting Fulton […]
Having served on three Manhattan juries, I would not be surprised if the 12 men and women hearing New York vs. Donald J. Trump acquit him of all charges. During two civil actions and one criminal case, my fellow jurors were serious, professional, and movingly civic-minded. A quiet, solemn patriotism infused our deliberations. Several jurors said that we […]
NEW YORK — The prosecution’s star witness has yet to take the stand in Donald Trump‘s hush money trial. But jurors are already hearing Michael Cohen‘s words as prosecutors work to directly tie Trump to payments to silence women with damaging claims about him before the 2016 election. The second week of testimony in the […]
With jury selection having been wrapped up last week, the first criminal trial of a former president of the United States got underway Monday morning at just about 9:30, when Judge Juan Merchan took the bench. Opening statements in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan were expected to take a little over an hour, with […]
It’s not quite like The New York Times is putting former President Donald Trump on trial. But it is the lens through which the vast majority of jurors see the world. The Times reported on the media preference of jurors chosen for the trial of former President Donald Trump on charges he falsified business records […]
NEW YORK — The judge in Donald Trump‘s hush money trial ordered the media on Thursday not to report on where potential jurors have worked and to be careful about revealing information about those who will sit in judgment of the former president. Judge Juan Merchan acted after one juror was dismissed when she expressed […]
Well, that was fast. Juror #2, the oncology nurse who lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, was dismissed from the jury in former President Donald Trump’s bookkeeping case when the trial resumed on Thursday. Then, soon thereafter, prosecutors booted another juror from the case. Both jurors were […]
Four men and three women have so far been selected to hear the trial of former President Donald Trump for bookkeeping misdemeanors that have been transmogrified into an election year spectacle meant to help Joe Biden win the 2024 election. The judge demands that the other eleven jurors are […]
Light moments have been few in the thunderous collision of former President Donald Trump and the legal system. But one incident Tuesday put a brief smile on Trump’s face. Trump faces 34 counts of first-degree falsifying business records, which Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is prosecuting as felonies. The allegations against Trump are that ahead […]
The Donald Trump Stole the Election from Hillary in New York Trial enters Day 2 Tuesday, and the effort to find anyone in Manhattan who doesn’t hate him is becoming a problem. Roughly 200 people reported in person on Monday to the courthouse, out of a universe of about […]
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