Special Counsel Smith announced, "My office will seek a speedy trial so that our evidence can be tested in court and judged by a jury of citizens." But that "speedy" trial (which was originally scheduled to begin in a federal courtroom in Washington, D.C. tomorrow) ran into a roadblock...
The jury selection process in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York came to a close on Friday, part of a flurry of activity that marked the end of a dizzying first week in the historic proceedings. The trial will enter a new phase on Monday with the beginning of ope...
Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks, in part addressing his opposition to a grand jury subpoena for testimony about efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump's 2020 reelection loss, to the Coolidge Presidential Foundation conference at the Library of Congress in Washington, ...
The jury in Donald Trump’s hush money trial heard an audio recording Monday that Michael Cohen secretly made of himself briefing Trump in September 2016 about a plan to buy the rights to ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal’s story from the National Enquirer. Published 5:00 PM GMT+8, May 13...
’s theory that their partnership was a way to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election. The Manhattan district attorney is seeking to elevate the gravity of the history-making first trial of a former American president and thefirst of four criminal casesagainst Trump to reach a jury....
His lawyer Joseph Tacopina told CNBC, “Her claim was that she was raped and the jury rejected it. Perplexing to say the least.” “Obviously we will be appealing,” said Tacopina. He noted that Judge Lewis Kaplan, the trial judge who is not related to Roberta Kaplan, last year had a...
Trump's legal team asked the judge to postpone the trial indefinitely as efforts are made to change the venue of the trial. Seen as the first of this kind facing an ex-U.S. president, the criminal trial against Trump regarding election interference would begin on April 15 with jury selecti...
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. ...
While former President Donald Trump is spinning conspiracy theories about people infiltrating the jury in his hush money criminal trial, the judge in the case is finding it difficult to protect jurors’ anonymity.
Donald Trump spent the first half of 2024 juggling a busy court and campaign schedule as he defended himself in several criminal cases while also vying for a second term in the White House. After a seven-week trial this spring in Trump’s New York hush money trial, a jury found the form...