They contended prosecutors working under Bragg, a Democrat, did so to gain an unfair advantage in the case and harm Trump's election chances. Cohen, now a vocal Trump critic, was a key prosecution witness against his ex-boss. At the March 25 hearing, Merchan said the DA's ...
Merchan was about to bring the jury back in when he asked Costello, “Are you staring me down right now?” and then kicked out the press to further admonish him. “I’m putting you on notice that your conduct is contemptuous,” Merchan said, according to the transcript of the...
Judge Juan Manuel Merchan agreed to a 30-day postponement and scheduled a hearing for March 25 to address questions about the evidence dump. The trial had been scheduled to start on March 25. It is among four criminal indictments against Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nomin...
Manhattan Judge Juan Manuel Merchan agreed to a 30-day delay starting Friday and scheduled a hearing for March 25 after Trump’s lawyers complained that they only recently started receiving more than 100,000 pages of documents from a previous federal investigation into the matter. The trial had...
Merchan postponed it until April 15 after Trump’s lawyers complained about a last-minute document dump from a prior federal investigation into the matter that sent Cohen to prison. Trump and his lawyers have continued to lobby for even more delays, parlaying gripes abo...
over to the defense. He said the defense's motion to dismiss the case cited a law that says prosecutors must produce material from any office under their purview. Merchan asked Blanche if there's any case that shows the federal U.S. Attorney's Office is under the local prosecutors' ...
If Trump is found in violation of the order, Merchan could order him to pay the fine or spend 30 days in jail per incident, under New York state law. The judge could seek to find a compromise that would prevent jail time for Trump so early in the case, Obama White House ethics lawy...
Judge Merchan just last weekreportedly cited Trump’s own wordsfrom his own book when defending his decision to keep the gag order in place and not modify it. “When you are wronged, go after those people, because it is a good feeling a...