Former President Donald Trump chose not to testify in his criminal hush money trial on Tuesday, concluding his defense quickly and allowing jurors to begin deliberations next week. Trump had fueled speculation for weeks about whether he would take the stand to defend himself against charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush-money…
John Eastman, the first of 18 defendants accused of illegally seeking to claim Arizona’s 2020 electoral votes for then-U.S. President Donald Trump, appeared before a state judge and pleaded not guilty on Friday. Eastman, 64, joined others, including former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, in plotting to…
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct dismissed an ethics complaint against Justice Juan Merchan, who oversees the hush money criminal case against former U.S. President Donald Trump, a spokesperson for the judge confirmed. “Justice Merchan said the complaint, filed more than a year ago, was dismissed in July with a caution,” stated Al…
On Thursday, Donald Trump’s lawyer accused star witness Michael Cohen of lying at the former U.S. president’s trial about a phone conversation he claimed to have had with Trump regarding a hush money payment to a porn star before the 2016 presidential election. Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, asserted that the conversation was about harassment from…
On Tuesday, Donald Trump’s lawyers grilled Michael Cohen about insulting social media posts and television appearances in an attempt to undermine his testimony that Trump authorized a hush money payment to a porn star. Trump attorney Todd Blanche aggressively questioned Cohen, who acknowledged calling the former president a “dictator douchebag” on TikTok and admitted to…
In a dramatic courtroom testimony on Monday, Michael Cohen, aged 57, provided a detailed account of the events leading up to the controversial hush-money payment central to former President Donald Trump’s legal troubles in New York City. The pivotal moment occurred on October 7, 2016, when Trump’s presidential campaign was rocked by the release of…
In Monday’s trial at New York state criminal court in Manhattan, jurors heard Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former fixer, testify that the Republican presidential candidate expressed fury over porn star Stormy Daniels shopping a story in 2016 about an alleged sexual encounter with him. Cohen stated that Trump considered it catastrophic for his campaign, expressing…
Former personal attorney to Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, is set to take the stand on Monday, May 13, in Trump’s criminal trial concerning hush money payments. The trial, taking place in New York, is poised to potentially alter Trump’s fate, with Cohen’s testimony likely serving as a critical piece of evidence for prosecutors. Cohen, who…
the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial urged prosecutors to instruct Michael Cohen, Trump’s estranged former lawyer and fixer, to cease making public statements about the case before his anticipated testimony next week. Todd Blanche, Trump’s defense lawyer in the case related to hush money paid to a porn star, highlighted Cohen’s social media activity…