The first day of jury deliberations in former PresidentDonald Trump's "hush money" trialin New York ended without a verdict as jurors asked to review several portions of testimony and rehear the judge's instructions in the case. The 12 New Yorkers who will decide Trump's fate met for ne...
Addressing the court, Judge Juan Merchan said he was finding Trump in contempt of court for the 10th time, and imposing another $1,000 fine, for violating the gag order limiting what Trump can say about those involved in the case. The judge warned that the penalty would be harsher if Tr...
Judge Juan M. Merchan said it will take some time to gather the requested sections and about half an hour for it to be read aloud. Trump lashes out again Trump dismisses trial as 'rigged' Trump struck a pessimistic tone as he left the courtroom after jury instructions w...
scheduled the hearing — held in an otherwise closed courthouse and with jurors absent — in an effort to keep Maxwell’s trial on a fast track that will have her case reach a jury early next week. Closing arguments and Nathan's reading of about 80 pages of instructions are set for...
In a key ruling on jury instructions, the judge overseeing the case sided with Heard’s lawyers Thursday that Waldman does not qualify for privilege, a defense from defamation, because his statements were not in response to anything Heard said or wrote. A ruling the other way could have ...
Carroll also claimed that Trump defamed her last fall when he said she had made up her account of being raped. Trump at the time called her allegations “a complete con job,” and said that she was not his “type.” Despite that claim, Trump in a deposition for the case taken by Ro...
Jurors rejected Ms Carroll’s claims that she was raped but found Mr Trump liable for sexually abusing her. Hours earlier, US District Judge Lewis A Kaplan read instructions on the law to the nine-person jury before the panel began discussing Ms Carroll’s allegations of battery and defamation...
Jurors in Manhattan federal court asked for multi-colored sticky notes and a white board, along with transcripts of some trial testimony, the definition of “enticement” and a question on the law. Judge Alison J. Nathan referred them to her legal instructions that she read to them just befor...
If the jury — which sat through days of testimony — needs more help, the chances of voters with only a cursory knowledge of the case forming their own strong impressions seem remote. Trump’s vigil As Merchan laid out his instructions for the first time on Wednesday, Trump watched from ...
Trump walked out of court: Carroll’s attorney was just minutes into her closing argument Friday when Trump got up and walked out of the courtroom. Trump remained outside of court until after the break and it was his attorney Alina Habba’s turn to make her case to the jury. The walkou...