Donald Trump
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has leveled severe accusations against BF Borgers, the independent accounting firm responsible for auditing Trump Media & Technology Group. The charges include widespread fraud and operating what the SEC termed a “sham audit mill.” While the allegations are serious, the SEC clarified that they do not implicate Truth Social…
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Hope Hicks, a former top aide to Donald Trump, testified on Friday that he instructed her in the final days of the 2016 presidential election to deny his sexual relationship with porn star Stormy Daniels. Hicks’ testimony provided jurors with an inside look at the campaign’s damage-control efforts when Trump faced multiple accusations of unflattering…
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On Thursday, a lawyer representing Donald Trump attempted to depict the hush money payment central to his criminal trial as extortion. The lawyer, Emil Bove, questioned Keith Davidson, a lawyer involved in the deal, about his negotiations for cash in exchange for compromising information with other celebrities. Bove’s interrogation of Davidson hinted at a strategy…
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In Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, the judge, Justice Juan Merchan, fined the former U.S. president $9,000 for contempt of court on Tuesday. Merchan warned that he would consider imprisonment if Trump continued to violate a gag order. Merchan imposed the gag order to prevent Trump from criticizing witnesses and other participants in the…
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When the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately rules on Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity from prosecution, a third of those deciding the matter will be justices he appointed to their lifetime posts. Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, and Neil Gorsuch, comprising half of the court’s 6-3 conservative majority, posed questions from various angles as the…
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David Pecker, former National Enquirer publisher, testified on Friday at Donald Trump’s criminal trial that he suppressed a story about an alleged affair to aid Trump’s 2016 presidential bid. He acknowledged that it would have boosted sales of his tabloid. Testifying for a third day, Pecker, 72, agreed with a prosecutor who asked whether it…
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In a pivotal moment as the nation’s highest court deliberated over former President Donald Trump’s claims of immunity from prosecution, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson raised probing questions regarding the assumption underlying Trump’s argument. Trump’s attorney, D. John Sauer, contended that official acts by a sitting president are shielded from criminal prosecution, while private…
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The Supreme Court’s conservative justices signaled their support on Thursday for granting U.S. presidents some level of protection from criminal charges for certain acts performed in office as they tackled Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution in his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. During approximately 2-1/2 hours of arguments in the case,…
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An Arizona grand jury has handed down indictments against 18 allies of former President Donald Trump for their roles in attempting to subvert the 2020 election. Among those indicted are former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Boris Epshteyn, and several other prominent Trump allies. The 58-page indictment, which includes…
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In the criminal hush money trial of Donald Trump, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker took the stand on Tuesday. He testified that he utilized the supermarket tabloid to suppress stories that could have damaged Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Pecker, aged 72, testified in a New York court, revealing that the Enquirer engaged in “catch…
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