Today, Bragg will become the first prosecutor to put an American president on trial, with jury selection set to begin in Manhattan Criminal Court. Bragg will become one of the biggest characters of the 2024 election — and a hero to many Democrats, regardless of the outcome of the trial....
Judge Juan Merchan denied Trump's motion to dismiss the charges at the beginning of the hearing. "At this point I can inform you that we're moving ahead with jury selection on March 25," he told the court. He later said he expected the trial to last about six weeks. Speaking outsid...
Democratic House managers received bipartisan praise for their performanceon the opening day of the impeachment trial, while Donald Trump's legal team was not so warmly received — not even by the former president himself,outlets reported. The House prosecutors, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.,...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on the day he attends the closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Jan. 11, 2024. David Dee Delgado | Reuters Before entering the courtroom, Donald Tr...
Donald Trump’s New York criminal hush money trial has adjourned until next Tuesday, when closing arguments are expected to take place.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer projected an air of confidence tonight as he walked through the Capitol after the trial concluded for the day, saying he believes the push for witnesses and documents “gains every day.” “The fact that gives me some real hope here is that the public ...
Former President Donald Trump said today was “a very good day” before he repeated his laments about the hush money trial that’s in its fifth week. Here’s what he claimed while speaking to journalists in the Manhattan court hallway after the trial wrapped for the day: The trial is...
Here are key takeaways from the final day of the trial: Trump finds a way to be heard in court: The former president effectively delivered the same speech in multiple locations on Thursday: The cameras outside the courtroom, to Engoron inside court and at his 40 Wall Street property in...
Trump had asked to skip his New York criminal proceedings for the day so he could sit in on the Supreme Court’s special session, but that request was denied by Judge Juan M. Merchan, who is overseeing Trump’s trial on34 felony counts of falsifying business recordsin connection with th...
The alleged scheme first came to light years ago, when Trump was still in the White House. The state trial is the first in thefour criminal casesTrump faces. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has denied wrongdoing in each and pleaded not guilty. ...