Donald Trump returns to a New York City courtroom Thursday as his business records trial resumes. He is expected to testify from a lawyer who represented two women who say they had sexual relationships with the former president.
AP report Testimony by attorney Keith Davidson is seen as the basis for prosecutors’ argument that President Trump and his allies tried to bury the sordid story in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
He represented both Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougall in negotiations with the government. national inquirer and Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and sometimes personal fixer.
Mr. Davidson is one of several key players expected to be called to the stand before Mr. Cohen, the prosecution’s star witness.
Trump has denied all charges and has consistently maintained his innocence, even though he has claimed “election interference” in response to judicial challenges.
Judge Juan Marchan is scheduled to hear four more charges against Trump on Thursday for violating the gag order.
As reported by Breitbart News, this comes as President Trump was fined $9,000 for nine violations on Tuesday and could face “prison time” if he continues to comment outside of court. This was after the defendant had been warned that there was.
Marchan also ordered Trump to remove “seven offensive posts” from Truth Social, which Trump complied with.
During a one-day break from the trial Wednesday, President Trump continued to condemn the incident but refrained from making any comments that might go beyond the gag order.
unrealistic. pic.twitter.com/SYMVlMsnVV
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) April 30, 2024
“There is no crime,” he told supporters in Waukesha, Wisconsin. “I have a perverse judge. A totally contradictory judge.”
A CNN poll on Friday found that a majority of Americans doubt that Trump’s appearance in court will have a fair outcome, with the trial now in its second week of testimony.
A CNN poll found that while more Americans believe Trump’s criminal trial has no bearing on his suitability for re-election, fewer Americans believe he is being treated the same as other criminal defendants. It turned out that it was only 13%.
.@Senator TimScott He told Breitbart News that the court case Democrats are dragging Donald Trump through is only driving black voters away from the Democratic Party. https://t.co/zYpVQJIDMC
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) April 16, 2024
An AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found Tuesday that only about one-third of American adults believe President Trump acted illegally in the incident.
The case is new york vs trump, New York County Supreme Court No. 71543-23.
