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.
Former president Donald Trump is now on trial in a Manhattan courtroom, where facts are paramount, and a jury will assess the evidence and render a verdict. But as he enters and leaves that courtroom,
Veteran tabloid publisher David Pecker returned to the witness stand in Donald Trump’s hush money case on Tuesday. Testimony in the case resumed just before midday following a morning hearing on the former president’s alleged gag order violations.
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial will decide on Tuesday whether the former U.S. president should be punished for violating a gag order that prevents him from criticizing witnesses and others involved in the case.
Donald Trump was expected to return to court Thursday morning as witness testimony in his hush money trial enters a third day. The trial resumes at the same time that the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Washington over whether he should be immune from prosecution for actions he took during his time as president.
A longtime tabloid publisher was expected Tuesday to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign as testimony resumes in the historic hush money trial of the former president.
Former President Trump returns to the Manhattan courthouse for further witness testimony in the New York v. Trump case on Thursday. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court will also hear arguments in Trump's presidential immunity case.
After a solid opening for former President Donald Trump at his criminal trial, his case suffered two substantial blows Tuesday, write Norman Eisen and George Conway.
Jurors in former President Donald Trump's trial in New York heard testimony from a former media executive about his efforts to bury negative stories about Trump before the 2016 presidential election.
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Pecker described for jurors a pivotal August 2015 meeting at Trump Tower involving Trump, his lawyer and personal fixer Michael Cohen, and another aide, Hope Hicks, in which he was asked what he and the magazines he led could do for the campaign.
Donald Trump introduced David Pecker to Steve Bannon to strategize future stories about Trump's opponents, the former National Enquirer publisher testified. " [Trump] thought both of us could work very well together,
Manhattan prosecutors accused Donald Trump of violating a gag order mere steps away from the courtroom in which he is standing trial, as they asked a judge to impose fines and warn the former president that he could be jailed if he continues to attack witnesses and jurors.
The contempt hearing has turned tense as Trump attorney Todd Blanche tries to defend Trump's posts as mere responses to attacks -- but isn't giving clear examples of how Trump was being attacked. Instead,
The judge overseeing former President Trump's hush money trial began the day with a hearing over whether Trump violated his gag order with social media posts allegedly attacking potential witnesses.
The first witness in former President Donald Trump's New York criminal trial is expected to retake the stand Tuesday morning, but only after a hearing in which the judge in the case will examine a batch of Trump's recent social media posts.
Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he will testify in his hush money trial in New York, but a decision this week by the case’s presiding judge may have thrown a wrench into those plans.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media at the end of the day at Manhattan Criminal Court during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments on April 22, 2024 in New York City.
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.
Former President Trump called for multiple judges to be removed Wednesday, ahead of the gag order decision in his hush money case. Trump went after Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the New York hush money case,
Curtis Means/ReutersDonald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan will be on hiatus Wednesday as Judge Juan Merchan takes the day to work on other cases—which is probably just as well, as it gives the public a chance to digest some of the most explosive claims made so far in the first trial ever of a former U.
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case in New York appeared to strongly disagree Tuesday with the former president’s lawyers’ explanation for why he should be considered in compliance with a gag order in the case.
A colorful former tabloid publisher took the witness stand Tuesday at Donald Trump's "hush money" trial and described how he suppressed negative stories about the real estate tycoon, a practice
Prosecutors have alleged that Trump has violated the gag order against him nearly a dozen times, and are calling for him to be fined and held in contempt of court.
Prosecutors on Tuesday will try to convince the judge in Donald Trump's hush-money trial that the former president should be held in contempt for multiple alleged breaches of a gag order imposed on him in the case.
Prosecutors on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of brazenly violating a gag order imposed by the judge presiding over his "hush money" trial to prevent him from intimidating witnesses.
Former President Donald Trump returned to a New York City courtroom Tuesday. His criminal trial continued with a gag order hearing and more witness testimony.
Donald Trump's continued posting of attacks on witnesses in his criminal trial is one piece of evidence that suggests he's "angling" for jail time, prosecutors said Tuesday at a contempt hearing in Manhattan where the former president's attorney was told that he was losing all credibility with the court after trying to defend his client's actions.
During a devastating day for Donald Trump at his Manhattan hush money trial, a jury heard damning testimony from his decades-long ally David Pecker about a wide-ranging plan to hoist him out of obscurity and into the White House — and the presiding judge said his lead lawyer was “losing all credibility with the court.
Oral arguments in former President Donald Trump’s historic case in New York began Monday in a Manhattan courtroom where jurors will be tasked with deciding whether deceptive hush money payments to hide an affair amount to a criminal conviction.
President Trump does in fact know what the gag order allows him to do and what it does not allow him to do,” Blanche told the court, insisting that his client had not violated the court order since Trump’s comments toward witnesses,
Former President Trump’s hush money trial adjourned Tuesday after a second day of testimony from former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, who gave a detailed account of an agreement he reached with Trump and his fixer,
Former President Trump’s hush money trial on Tuesday will begin with a New York judge hearing arguments over whether the former president violated a gag order imposed on him in the case. Prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office claim Trump has so far violated the order barring him from attacking witnesses,
Lawyers for the Manhattan district attorney, in a hearing Tuesday morning, will attempt to convince the judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money case to hold the former president in contempt for repeatedly violating the limited gag order in the case.
Former President Donald Trump is standing trial in New York City on felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Trump is accused of falsifying internal business records as part of an alleged scheme to bury stories he thought might hurt his presidential campaign in 2016.
More than a year after securing an indictment, New York prosecutors for the first time on Monday laid out their case against Donald Trump in a courtroom. Legal analyst Lisa Rubin and Chuck Rosenberg join Morning Joe to discuss.
Former President Trump’s hush money trial is underway Tuesday with a second day of testimony from former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker returning to the stand. The day began with a New York judge hearing arguments over whether the former president violated a gag order imposed on him in the case.