WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump faces serious charges in two cases over whether he attempted to subvert the Constitution by overturning the results of a fair election and illegally remain in power. Yet it’s a New York case centered on payments to silence an adult film actor that might provide the only legal reckoning […]
President Joe Biden was not in Manhattan on Monday, but his minions were hard at work on his behalf, former President Donald Trump charged Monday. “I just want to say before we begin — these are all Biden trials,” Trump said in a video posted to his Truth Social platform on the day opening statements […]
PHOENIX — An Arizona judge declares a mistrial Monday in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. George Alan Kelly, 75, was charged with second-degree murder in the Jan. 30, 2023, shooting of Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, 48, who lived just south of the border […]
As the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump enters its second week, the prosecution’s first witness is drawing criticism. Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying documents. If convicted, he faces four years in prison. On Monday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg called former CEO American Media Inc David Pecker to the […]
BRENTWOOD, N.H. — A lawyer defending the state of New Hampshire against abuse allegations at its youth detention center attacked the plaintiff’s credibility Monday, suggesting he was a troublemaker who was appropriately punished as a teen and is now a delusional adult seeking a payout. David Meehan, 42, who says he was repeatedly raped, beaten […]
NEW YORK — Prosecutors began building their case Monday against Donald Trump in the first criminal trial against a former president, telling jurors he committed tax and election crimes to hush up bad press ahead of the 2016 election. Mr. Trump and tabloid allies used “catch-and-kill” tactics to stiff-arm bad press and lied about it […]
NEW YORK — Former tabloid executive David Pecker said Monday he had “final say” over stories that ran in his marquee National Enquirer magazine and other publications, as prosecutors laid the groundwork to claim former President Donald Trump engaged in payoff tactics before the 2016 election and concealed them in ways that broke the law. […]
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 […]
Former President Donald Trump called on his supporters to “peacefully protest” and show their support of the Make America Great Again movement as he spends another day in a Manhattan courtroom for his criminal hush-money trial. In a Truth Social post before he headed to the courthouse Monday, Mr. Trump cited pro-Palestinian protestors and questioned […]
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump entered a drab Manhattan courtroom Monday for the start of a historic criminal trial that will keep him off the campaign trail and could impact his standing with undecided voters ahead of his rematch with President Biden in November. A jury of seven men and five women, plus […]
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