Lies, loyalty and a gag order upheld: Tuesday's Trump hush money trial takeaways
Donald Trumpโs defense attorneys have grilled prosecutorsโ star witness in his hush money trial, portraying former attorney Michael Cohen as a media-obsessed liar whoโs determined to see the former president behind bars.
Star witness Michael Cohen says Trump was intimately involved in all aspects of hush money scheme
The star prosecution witness at Donald Trump's hush money trial says Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stories about sex that threatened to torpedo his 2016 campaign.
Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial
Porn actor Stormy Daniels has testified at Donald Trumpโs New York hush money trial about a sexual encounter she says they had in 2006 that resulted in her being paid off to keep silent during the presidential election a decade later.
Hope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, recounts fear in 2016 campaign over impact of 'Access Hollywood' tape
Former longtime Donald Trump adviser Hope Hicks testified about how his 2016 presidential campaign became embroiled in a political firestorm over a tape in which he boasted about grabbing women sexually without their permission.
Hush money trial judge raises threat of jail as he finds Trump violated gag order, fines him $9K
Donald Trump has been held in contempt of court and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case.
Key takeaways from the opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money trial
The opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former American president provided a clear roadmap of how prosecutors will try to make the case that Donald Trump broke the law, and how the defense plans to fight the charges on multiple fronts.
The Latest | Lawyers in Trump hush money case paint competing portraits of him in opening statements
The commencement of opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money trial sets the stage for weeks of testimony about the former presidentโs personal life and places his legal troubles at the center of his closely contested campaign against President Joe Biden.
Trump was forced to listen silently as potential jurors offered their unvarnished assessments of him
Over the past week, Donald Trump has been forced to sit inside a frigid New York courtroom and listen to a parade of potential jurors in his criminal hush money trial share their unvarnished assessments of him.
Trump lawyers say Stormy Daniels refused subpoena outside a Brooklyn bar, papers left 'at her feet'
Donald Trumpโs legal team says it tried serving a subpoena on Stormy Daniels as she arrived for a screening of her documentary at a gay bar in Brooklyn last month, but the porn actor and hush money trial figure refused to take it and walked away.
Trump's historic hush money trial gets underway; 1st day ends without any jurors being picked
The historic hush money trial of Donald Trump got underway Monday with the arduous process of selecting a jury to hear the case charging the former president with falsifying business records in order to stifle stories about his sex life.
Trump tests limits of gag order with post insulting 2 likely witnesses in criminal trial
Days after a New York judge expanded a gag order on Donald Trump meant to curtail โinflammatoryโ speech ahead of his upcoming criminal hush money trial, the former president tested its limits by disparaging two key witnesses in the case as liars.
Donald Trump is demanding a new judge just days before the start of his hush-money criminal trial
Former President Donald Trump is demanding a new judge just days before his hush-money criminal case is set to go to trial, rehashing longstanding grievances with the current judge in a long-shot, eleventh-hour bid to disrupt and delay the case.
'Access Hollywood' tape won't be played at Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial, judge rules
The infamous โAccess Hollywoodโ video in which Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women sexually without asking permission will not be shown to jurors at the former presidentโs hush-money criminal trial.
Donald Trump wanted trial delays, and he's getting them. Hush-money case is latest to be put off
Delays in Donald Trumpโs criminal cases are increasing the possibility Americans will be deep into the presidential election season before they know whether or not he has been convicted of any wrongdoing.
Court upholds Michael Avenatti's conviction for plotting to extort up to $25 million from Nike
A federal appeals court has upheld disgraced lawyer Michael Avenattiโs conviction for plotting to extort up to $25 million from shoe giant Nike โ one of several legal messes that have landed him behind bars.
Whoโs who in the Manhattan DAโs Donald Trump indictment
As Donald Trump fought his way to victory in the 2016 presidential campaign, key allies tried to smooth his bumpy path by paying off two women who had been thinking of going public with allegations of extramarital encounters with the Republican.
Cohen says DA took phones for renewed Trump hush-money probe
Donald Trumpโs long-estranged former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, says Manhattan prosecutors recently took his cellphones to preserve evidence related to a hush-money payment he made to porn actress Stormy Daniels in the waning weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign.
Cohen meets Trump prosecutors amid renewed hush money probe
Donald Trumpโs former personal lawyer Michael Cohen says he met Tuesday for about 2ยฝ hours with Manhattan prosecutors, who are again investigating hush money payments he made to a porn star who said she had an extramarital affair with the former president.
Suit faults FEC for inaction on Trump's teasing of 2024 run
A pro-Democratic super PAC is accusing the Federal Election Commission of allowing former President Donald Trump โto continue violating the lawโ by dragging its feet over a complaint concerning Trumpโs teasing of a future White House bid.
Jury selection proceeds for Avenatti-Stormy Daniels trial
Michael Avenatti, the once high-profile California attorney who regularly taunted then-President Donald Trump, was introduced to prospective jurors who will decide whether he cheated porn star Stormy Daniels out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
What NY prosecutors could learn from Trump's tax records
Vance Jr. fought for a year and a half to get access to former President Donald Trumps tax records. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)NEW YORK โ Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. fought for a year and a half to get access to former President Donald Trumpโs tax records. Whether Trump's records will contain evidence of a crime is uncertain. It isnโt clear, though, whether Trumpโs tax records will add much to that part of the probe. โThey'll look at the billings of attorneys to see what their expenses were for.โMonday's ruling does not ensure the public will see Trump's financial records.
Court won't revive porn starโs defamation suit against Trump
FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2018, file photo, adult film actress Stormy Daniels attends the opening of the adult entertainment fair "Venus," in Berlin. When Donald Trump left the White House in January 2021, he remained "Individual-1" in the federal campaign finance crimes case against his former attorney, Michael Cohen. The prosecution stemmed from six-figure payments Cohen arranged to Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, to keep them quiet during the campaign about alleged affairs with Trump. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)WASHINGTON โ The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from porn star Stormy Daniels, who sought to revive a defamation lawsuit she filed against former President Donald Trump. The justices did not comment in leaving in place a lower court ruling dismissing the case.