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…
A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld Steve Bannon’s conviction, a former top adviser to former President Donald Trump, for defying a subpoena from the congressional panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The ruling brings Bannon a step closer to serving a four-month prison sentence for contempt of…
On Wednesday, Donald Trump secured another victory in his campaign to slow down the criminal cases against him, as a Georgia appeals court agreed to hear his bid to disqualify the district attorney prosecuting him for attempting to overturn his election loss in the state. This ruling extends the legal battle regarding a past romance…
Porn star Stormy Daniels testified at Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Tuesday, describing her 2006 encounter with him in unflattering terms. She stated that she tried not to think about the sex while it took place and feared it would become public. Daniels, 45, provided riveting details on the witness stand about her encounter with…
On Monday, Justice Juan Merchan fined Donald Trump $1,000 and held him in contempt of court for the tenth time for violating a gag order. Merchan warned that further violations could result in jail time for the former president. Merchan stated that the $1,000 fines he had previously imposed did not appear to deter Trump…
A California man, Marc Shultz, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly posting death threats against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is prosecuting former President Donald Trump in an election interference conspiracy case. Shultz, 66, faces charges of transmitting interstate threats to injure Willis due to her prosecution of Trump,…
In a significant legal maneuver, Waltine “Walt” Nauta, one of the co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago documents case involving former President Donald Trump, is pushing to suppress all evidence obtained during the search of Trump’s Palm Beach estate. Nauta, Trump’s personal valet, contends that the search warrants used in the raid lacked sufficient probable cause and…
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…
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…