Mike Johnson says Trump is ‘innocent of these charges’ outside hush-money trial – live | US politics
Johnson says Trump is ‘innocent of these charges’ outside of fraud trial mike johnson made a firm defense of donald trump The former president appeared outside a New York courthouse where he is on trial on charges related to falsifying business documents to conceal hush-money payments in the run-up to the 2016 election. “President Trump […]
Judge In Trump Classified Docs Case Indefinitely Postpones Trial Date
The judge presiding over the case against former President Donald Trump involving allegations surrounding classified documents indefinitely postponed the trial date Tuesday. United States District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, a Trump appointee, said that setting a date would be “imprudent” before a number of pre-trial motions were addressed in her ruling. Special counsel Jack Smith […]
US v Menendez: Dem senator’s corruption trial kicks off with surprising delay
Jury selection continues Tuesday morning in the federal corruption trial of Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez. As of Monday afternoon, no jurors had been seated for the trial, which is being held in a Manhattan courtroom and is expected to last until the end of June. By Monday afternoon, the judge had excused 38 […]
Speaker Johnson to appear at courthouse amid Trump hush money trial
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) will appear in a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday as former President Trump appears for another day in his hush money trial, sources confirmed to The Hill. Johnson is the latest Republican to appear in court amid Trump’s ongoing criminal trial, which has largely kept him out of campaigning for re-election to […]
‘Huge Problem’: Trial Expert Tells CNN Lack Of Evidence Could Lead To Trump Acquittal Even With Dem Jury
Jury consultant Robert Hirschhorn told CNN on Monday that the prosecution’s lack of evidence in former President Donald Trump’s trial so far is a major issue that could lead to a “not guilty” verdict despite the likelihood of the jury being largely Democratic because of the Manhattan venue. WATCH: “Cases are won and lost on […]
The NYC Business Record Trial Is Helping Trump
Attorney George Conway said Monday in CNN’s special coverage of former President Donald Trump’s New York trial that cable news broadcasting the details is helping President Trump politically. Mr Conway said: I mean, they’re saying exactly the same thing. And actually, I’m trying to make a political point here. I have already made a legal […]
Tuberville after attending Trump trial: ‘Most depressing thing I’ve ever been in’
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) walked out of former President Trump’s hush-money criminal trial courtroom Monday, calling the Manhattan courtroom “the most depressing thing I’ve ever been in.” “First of all, I was disappointed in the courtroom. I hear ‘Mr. Mr. Trump, Mr. Trump. “He is ‘former President Trump,”’ Tuberville told the media outside court. “Give […]
Michael Cohen gives wistful Trump trial testimony: ‘I would only answer to him’ | Michael Cohen
WWhen Michael Cohen took the stand Monday morning in a Manhattan courtroom for Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial, his appearance was the first of many witnesses for the former president and former fixer-turned-prosecution. He was ready to mark a turning point in the showdown between the two. But anyone expecting chaos in the courtroom will […]
Another Jan. 6 defendant dies by suicide while awaiting trial: Report
A Florida man committed suicide on January 6, 2021 while awaiting trial for his actions at the U.S. Capitol, according to reports. David Kennedy Homol, who lives in Umatilla, Florida, about 45 miles northwest of Orlando, and his much younger half-brother Dillon Homol went to the Capitol on that fateful day to participate in a […]
George Conway: Trial is helping Trump; showing his rallies would hurt him
Lawyer and political commentator George Conway said Monday that former President Trump was benefiting politically from his New York hush money trial, in part by diverting attention from his rallies. “Actually, if you look at this politically, in my judgment this is helping him politically… It prevents him from going on TV and saying crazy […]