The first witness in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, testified on Tuesday that he used his supermarket tabloid to suppress stories that might have hurt Trump's 2016 presidential bid.
Trump's trial officially begins. The heart of former President Donald Trump's New York hush money trial, overseen by Judge Juan Merchan, kicked off on Monday with opening statemen
The National Enquirer's former publisher is expected to return to the stand in Donald Trump's historic hush money trial as testimony continues in the first-ever criminal trial against a former U.S. pr
A judge is holding a hearing on prosecutors’ request to hold Donald Trump in contempt of court and fine him for social media posts that they say violated his gag order
Opening statements are expected Monday morning in Donald Trump’s trial for allegedly falsifying business records to hide a hush money payment during the 2016 presidential election campaign. Once the prosecutor and Trump’s legal team have outlined their cases to the jury,
The jury selection process for Trump’s hush money trial gave ordinary Americans a chance to offer their opinions on the former president’s nearly five decades in the public spotlight.
Donald Trump’s hush money trial moved into opening arguments and witness testimony on Monday about a six-figure payout to block a scandalous story before the 2016 election.
The opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former American president provided a clear roadmap of how prosecutors will try to make the case that Donald Trump broke the law, and how the def
Opening statements kicked off on Monday in the criminal hush money trial of Donald Trump and the first prosecution witness, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, took the stand. Trump has pleaded not guilty to falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment made by Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
Former President Donald Trump faces serious charges in two separate cases over whether he attempted to subvert the Constitution by overturning the results of a fair election and illegally remain in po
But Trump's legal team is expected to say in their opening argument that say he didn't know about the payment to Daniels, only that he was paying his lawyer to negotiate a non-disclosure agreement. “There is no crime,
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences: whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
With cameras not allowed at former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York, live news blogs are coming into their own as an important news tool
Testimony in Donald Trump’s historic hush money case resumed Tuesday, with prosecutors urging the court to hold the former president in contempt for attacking witnesses and others, and former tabloid impresario David Pecker returning to the stand with details that linked Trump’s circle to a slew of salacious stories.
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.
Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York has barely begun but one of the highest-profile court cases in U.S. history has already highlighted the challenges of insulating a jury from social media. As opening statements are set to begin in New York on Monday,
The commencement of opening statements in Donald Trump’s hush money trial sets the stage for weeks of testimony about the former president’s personal life and places his legal troubles at the center o
The judge in Donald Trump's hush-money trial delayed a decision on whether the former president should be held in contempt for multiple alleged gag order violations as the National Enquirer's ex-publisher retakes stand.
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.
Key takeaways from Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan: Lawyers argue over the former president’s social media posts and whether he violated the established gaga order, the judge gets frustrated with Trump’s lawyer and David Pecker details the messy world of tabloids.
Testimony in Donald Trump’s historic hush money case resumed on Tuesday, with prosecutors urging the court to hold the former president in contempt for attacking witnesses and others, and former tabloid impresario David Pecker returning to the stand with details that linked Trump’s circle to a slew of salacious stories.
Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial in New York is set to feature a colorful cast of witnesses. Among the prosecution witnesses expected to testify are Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen, porn star Stormy Daniels,
In the Trump trial opening statements, New York prosecutors allege an illegal scheme to influence the election. Rachel Maddow watched from inside the courtroom.
Donald Trump will be judged in his historic New York criminal trial by 12 jurors selected last week after a painstaking search for people who could be fair and impartial to the Republican former U.S.
Plan to boost Trump was hatched in 2015, Pecker says. Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker's "secret arrangement" with Donald Trump and his then-attorn
For the first time in history, prosecutors are presenting a criminal case against a former American president to a jury as they accuse Donald Trump of a hush money scheme aimed at preventing damaging
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial on Tuesday warned that Trump's lawyer was "losing all credibility" in his arguments that the former president should not be punished for violating a gag order in the case.
Donald Trump will likely be found in contempt of court for his social media posts that may violate a gag order as the New York judge overseeing his hush-money case characterized arguments by the former president’s lawyer as “silly.
After the hearing, David Pecker, a longtime tabloid publisher, will return to the stand and is expected to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign.
Prosecutors asked the judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial on Tuesday to fine the former U.S. president $10,000 for violating a gag order that prevents him from criticizing witnesses and others involved in the case.
Lawyers for the Manhattan DA will try to convince the judge in Donald Trump's hush money case to hold Trump in contempt for violating the limited gag order in the case.