The jury in Donald Trump’s New York hush money criminal trial started deliberating Wednesday whether the former U.S. president illegally sought to influence the outcome of the 2016 election that sent him to the White House. New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan read legal instructions to the jury of seven men and five women […]
Michael Cohen, a convicted perjurer, a former lawyer and one-time political fixer for Donald Trump, is set to testify on Monday against his ex-boss in the first-ever criminal trial of a U.S. president. Cohen, 57, worked for Trump, a New York real estate magnate since the early 2000s, before Trump became a politician. Cohen once […]
Prosecutors at Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial laid the groundwork Friday for the main event coming on Monday, the expected testimony of the former U.S. president’s longtime lawyer and political fixer, Michael Cohen, who now has turned against Trump. Cohen’s name has been mentioned almost daily during three weeks of testimony, often described as […]
The judge at former President Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial held him in contempt of court again Monday for violating a gag order prohibiting him from attacking prospective witnesses in the case. New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan sternly warned Trump he could be jailed if he continues to ignore the order. Merchan […]