Judge Juan Merchan scolded lawyer Robert Costello for his behavior during former President Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial.
On Monday afternoon, Merchan cleared out his Manhattan courtroom of jurors, spectators and the press so that he could dress down at Costello, who was there as a key defense witness for Trump, after he made a frustrated comment about the judge’s rulings, according to a court transcript.
The transcript also mentioned that the lawyer commented under his breath and rolled his eyes.
The judge told Costello that his behavior during testimony was “contemptuous.” Costello frequently angered the judge, in part by speaking after objections were sustained.
“Geez,” the lawyer muttered after Merchan sustained several prosecution objections to his testimony.
He also called the whole exercise “ridiculous.”
When the judge had addressed Costello for not adhering to basic courtroom decorum, the witness told the court stenographer to “strike...
On Monday afternoon, Merchan cleared out his Manhattan courtroom of jurors, spectators and the press so that he could dress down at Costello, who was there as a key defense witness for Trump, after he made a frustrated comment about the judge’s rulings, according to a court transcript.
The transcript also mentioned that the lawyer commented under his breath and rolled his eyes.
The judge told Costello that his behavior during testimony was “contemptuous.” Costello frequently angered the judge, in part by speaking after objections were sustained.
“Geez,” the lawyer muttered after Merchan sustained several prosecution objections to his testimony.
He also called the whole exercise “ridiculous.”
When the judge had addressed Costello for not adhering to basic courtroom decorum, the witness told the court stenographer to “strike...
- 5/22/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Update: The testimony is done in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, and the jurors are off until next Tuesday, but Judge Juan Merchan still found cause this afternoon to call out one of Trump’s lawyers.
Merchan scolded lawyer Emil Bove during a conference on jury instructions for trying to resurrect a defense that the judge rejected during pre-trial motions. Merchan said it was “disingenuous” of Bove to bring the matter up again. It was a moment reminiscent of the judge warning defense lawyer Todd Blanche that he was “losing all credibility” during a gag order hearing in April.
The subject today was “advice of counsel,” in which defendants can lessen or eliminate their guilt by providing evidence that they relied on what their lawyers told them. More than two hours into the negotiation, Bove raised the subject — but apparently under a different name, “involvement of counsel.” The language...
Merchan scolded lawyer Emil Bove during a conference on jury instructions for trying to resurrect a defense that the judge rejected during pre-trial motions. Merchan said it was “disingenuous” of Bove to bring the matter up again. It was a moment reminiscent of the judge warning defense lawyer Todd Blanche that he was “losing all credibility” during a gag order hearing in April.
The subject today was “advice of counsel,” in which defendants can lessen or eliminate their guilt by providing evidence that they relied on what their lawyers told them. More than two hours into the negotiation, Bove raised the subject — but apparently under a different name, “involvement of counsel.” The language...
- 5/21/2024
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: A “suicidal” Michael Cohen said he almost threw himself off a 21-story building on Park Avenue in Manhattan because he saw no other way out after an FBI raid turned him into a federal criminal target, a lawyer testified this afternoon in the hush money trial of Cohen’s former boss, Donald Trump.
Shortly after prosecutors for the Manhattan District Attorney rested their case against the former president, the lawyer, Robert Costello, was called by Trump’s defense team to discuss a meeting with Cohen. The meeting took place a week after an April 2018 raid by the FBI on Cohen’s hotel room, home, office and safety deposit box.
“He was putting on quite a show,” criminal defense lawyer Costello said, referring to the sit-down at the Loews Regency New York hotel, where Cohen was also staying with his family when the raid occurred.
Costello was introduced to Cohen...
Shortly after prosecutors for the Manhattan District Attorney rested their case against the former president, the lawyer, Robert Costello, was called by Trump’s defense team to discuss a meeting with Cohen. The meeting took place a week after an April 2018 raid by the FBI on Cohen’s hotel room, home, office and safety deposit box.
“He was putting on quite a show,” criminal defense lawyer Costello said, referring to the sit-down at the Loews Regency New York hotel, where Cohen was also staying with his family when the raid occurred.
Costello was introduced to Cohen...
- 5/20/2024
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
While testifying at Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial, Michael Cohen, his former lawyer, admitted that he ridiculed the former president repeatedly and explained why he stopped admiring him.
On Thursday, Trump’s attorney, Todd Blanche, continued his cross-examination in an attempt to discredit Cohen’s testimony against Trump.
The attorney asked Cohen about the many compliments he gave the former president when he was still his lawyer and the money Cohen had made from books and podcasts since he turned against him.
Cohen wasn’t flustered when his statements were read back to him, and Trump barely reacted to his lawyer’s interrogation.
Regarding the ex-Trump lawyer’s first podcast in 2020, Blanche asked him if he called his former client a “Did you call Trump a ‘boorish cartoon misogynist’ and a ‘Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain’ on your podcast?” Blanche asked.
“Sounds like something I would say,” Cohen stated.
On Thursday, Trump’s attorney, Todd Blanche, continued his cross-examination in an attempt to discredit Cohen’s testimony against Trump.
The attorney asked Cohen about the many compliments he gave the former president when he was still his lawyer and the money Cohen had made from books and podcasts since he turned against him.
Cohen wasn’t flustered when his statements were read back to him, and Trump barely reacted to his lawyer’s interrogation.
Regarding the ex-Trump lawyer’s first podcast in 2020, Blanche asked him if he called his former client a “Did you call Trump a ‘boorish cartoon misogynist’ and a ‘Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain’ on your podcast?” Blanche asked.
“Sounds like something I would say,” Cohen stated.
- 5/17/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Update: Michael Cohen appeared to win a battle this afternoon over how reliable his memory is of eight-year-old phone calls with Donald Trump, after faltering in an earlier round of cross-examination questioning today in the former president’s hush money trial in New York.
Before a lunch break, Trump lawyer Todd Blanche got Cohen to admit that his memory of a key call with Trump in late October 2016 — to discuss paying off porn star Stormy Daniels — was largely a product of reviewing phone logs provided by prosecutors.
Blanche showed Cohen texts from the same exact time frame that suggested another matter — a 14-year-old prank caller — was the reason Cohen rang Trump’s bodyguard.
Cohen said he still believed that the bodyguard, Keith Schiller, handed the phone to Trump so he could report to the presidential candidate that a deal with Daniels was close. Cohen was getting ready to pay her...
Before a lunch break, Trump lawyer Todd Blanche got Cohen to admit that his memory of a key call with Trump in late October 2016 — to discuss paying off porn star Stormy Daniels — was largely a product of reviewing phone logs provided by prosecutors.
Blanche showed Cohen texts from the same exact time frame that suggested another matter — a 14-year-old prank caller — was the reason Cohen rang Trump’s bodyguard.
Cohen said he still believed that the bodyguard, Keith Schiller, handed the phone to Trump so he could report to the presidential candidate that a deal with Daniels was close. Cohen was getting ready to pay her...
- 5/16/2024
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael Cohen sat for a third day of testimony in Donald Trump’s ongoing criminal hush-money trial on Thursday. The attorney and former fixer sat for rigorous cross-examination by Trump’s lawyers, who attempted to poke holes in Cohen’s previous testimony and cast doubt on his credibility given his past conviction on charges of perjury.
Trump’s attorneys pressed Cohen on his personal feelings regarding the trial, and the possibility that Trump might be convicted. At one point, the jury heard a recording of Cohen discussing the news of...
Trump’s attorneys pressed Cohen on his personal feelings regarding the trial, and the possibility that Trump might be convicted. At one point, the jury heard a recording of Cohen discussing the news of...
- 5/16/2024
- by Catherina Gioino and Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Updated: Donald Trump’s attorney in the former president’s hush money trial went straight at the prosecution’s star witness, Michael Cohen, kicking off a profanity-laced cross examination.
To start off, Todd Blanche introduced himself to Cohen, saying that although they’d never met “you went on TikTok and called me a crying little s—t” after the trial started.
“Sounds like something I would say,” Cohen deadpanned before a prosecutor could finish objecting to the question.
So it went for much of the next two hours in a Manhattan courtroom: Blanche confronting Cohen with insults he’s lobbed mainly at Trump on his podcasts and social media, including a TikTok account he signed up for about six weeks ago to live-stream chats, and Cohen allowing that he had probably said those things.
“Dictator d—bag,” “boorish cartoon misogynist” and “Cheetoh-dusted cartoon villain” were a few of the slurs that Cohen admitted to.
To start off, Todd Blanche introduced himself to Cohen, saying that although they’d never met “you went on TikTok and called me a crying little s—t” after the trial started.
“Sounds like something I would say,” Cohen deadpanned before a prosecutor could finish objecting to the question.
So it went for much of the next two hours in a Manhattan courtroom: Blanche confronting Cohen with insults he’s lobbed mainly at Trump on his podcasts and social media, including a TikTok account he signed up for about six weeks ago to live-stream chats, and Cohen allowing that he had probably said those things.
“Dictator d—bag,” “boorish cartoon misogynist” and “Cheetoh-dusted cartoon villain” were a few of the slurs that Cohen admitted to.
- 5/14/2024
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: Judge Juan Merchan told the prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial to pass along a message to one of their likely witnesses, lawyer Michael Cohen: Please stop talking or posting on social media about the case.
Moments before the day in court ended early around lunchtime, Judge Merchan took up a request from defense lawyer Todd Blanche, who said, “Mr. Cohen continues to speak publicly about this trial.”
Blanche cited a TikTok post this week by Cohen wearing a white t-shirt with a picture of Trump behind bars. He asked that Cohen — the lawyer whose $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels in 2016 triggered the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation — be ordered to not talk about Trump or the criminal proceedings against him.
Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass replied, “We have repeatedly asked the witnesses not to do that. And not just Mr. Cohen. All the witnesses.”
“We have no remedy,...
Moments before the day in court ended early around lunchtime, Judge Merchan took up a request from defense lawyer Todd Blanche, who said, “Mr. Cohen continues to speak publicly about this trial.”
Blanche cited a TikTok post this week by Cohen wearing a white t-shirt with a picture of Trump behind bars. He asked that Cohen — the lawyer whose $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels in 2016 triggered the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation — be ordered to not talk about Trump or the criminal proceedings against him.
Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass replied, “We have repeatedly asked the witnesses not to do that. And not just Mr. Cohen. All the witnesses.”
“We have no remedy,...
- 5/10/2024
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: Stormy Daniels took a swipe at Donald Trump and his legal team for their complaints about her testimony over two days in the New York hush money trial.
“Real men respond to testimony by being sworn in and taking the stand in court. Oh…wait. Nevermind,” Daniels wrote on X/Twitter.
Real men respond to testimony by being sworn in and taking the stand in court. Oh…wait. Nevermind.
— Stormy Daniels (@StormyDaniels) May 9, 2024
That was an apparent reference to a request from Trump’s lawyer for a modified gag order so the former president could respond to her. The former president’s legal team also sought a mistrial, arguing that Daniels was allowed to go too far in describing her claim of a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006. Judge Juan Merchan denied both requests.
As Daniels suggested, Trump also could be sworn in and take the stand in the...
“Real men respond to testimony by being sworn in and taking the stand in court. Oh…wait. Nevermind,” Daniels wrote on X/Twitter.
Real men respond to testimony by being sworn in and taking the stand in court. Oh…wait. Nevermind.
— Stormy Daniels (@StormyDaniels) May 9, 2024
That was an apparent reference to a request from Trump’s lawyer for a modified gag order so the former president could respond to her. The former president’s legal team also sought a mistrial, arguing that Daniels was allowed to go too far in describing her claim of a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006. Judge Juan Merchan denied both requests.
As Daniels suggested, Trump also could be sworn in and take the stand in the...
- 5/10/2024
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump’s hush money trial resumes today with one of his chief antagonists, Stormy Daniels, returning to the stand and court observers wondering if the former and possible future president is close to being thrown into jail.
Whatever happens inside the courtroom, there may no longer be photographers to document it.
Judge Juan Merchan has barred photography inside the courtroom for the remainder of the trial after one of the pool photographers reportedly violated the judge’s rules by taking a picture of Trump from the side, as he walked into the well, instead of waiting for him to be seated with his lawyers, according to a dispatch this morning from pool reporters stationed in the hallway who said they received the news from a court officer.
It wasn’t immediately clear when the offending photo was snapped, since Trump had not yet arrived this morning when word of...
Whatever happens inside the courtroom, there may no longer be photographers to document it.
Judge Juan Merchan has barred photography inside the courtroom for the remainder of the trial after one of the pool photographers reportedly violated the judge’s rules by taking a picture of Trump from the side, as he walked into the well, instead of waiting for him to be seated with his lawyers, according to a dispatch this morning from pool reporters stationed in the hallway who said they received the news from a court officer.
It wasn’t immediately clear when the offending photo was snapped, since Trump had not yet arrived this morning when word of...
- 5/9/2024
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
As Stormy Daniels took the stand in Donald Trump’s hush money trial today, the judge in the case complained to the former president’s lawyer that he could hear his client “cursing audibly” about what was being said.
The judge, Juan Merchan, even suggested that Trump’s behavior put him again at risk of contempt of court.
“I understand that your client is upset at this point, but he is cursing audibly, and he is shaking his head visually and that’s contemptuous,” Merchan told Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, according to a transcript of a sidebar conversation between the two.
Merchan added, “It has to potential to intimidate the witness and the jury can see that.”
Blanche said that he would talk to Trump. The judge said that he wanted to speak to Blanche and not to Trump directly “because I don’t want to embarrass him.”
“You need to speak to him,...
The judge, Juan Merchan, even suggested that Trump’s behavior put him again at risk of contempt of court.
“I understand that your client is upset at this point, but he is cursing audibly, and he is shaking his head visually and that’s contemptuous,” Merchan told Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, according to a transcript of a sidebar conversation between the two.
Merchan added, “It has to potential to intimidate the witness and the jury can see that.”
Blanche said that he would talk to Trump. The judge said that he wanted to speak to Blanche and not to Trump directly “because I don’t want to embarrass him.”
“You need to speak to him,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: Stormy Daniels faced a contentious cross examination today over her claim that she had sex with Donald Trump in 2006 and that, five years later, a stranger threatened her in a Las Vegas parking lot to not talk about the sexual encounter publicly.
Susan Necheles, a lawyer for Trump, questioned Daniels’ motivations and tried to cast doubt on her story. She also highlighted the fact that Daniels owes more than $500,000 in legal fees from a failed defamation lawsuit against Trump.
Necheles argued that as far back as 2011, Daniels was alternately confirming or denying sex with Trump depending on whether she was being paid for her story.
A $130,000 payment to Daniels in 2016 from Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, is the centerpiece of the Manhattan District Attorney’s case against Trump, for allegedly falsifying business records to conceal a reimbursement of the money to Cohen. Daniels, a key prosecution witness, spent more...
Susan Necheles, a lawyer for Trump, questioned Daniels’ motivations and tried to cast doubt on her story. She also highlighted the fact that Daniels owes more than $500,000 in legal fees from a failed defamation lawsuit against Trump.
Necheles argued that as far back as 2011, Daniels was alternately confirming or denying sex with Trump depending on whether she was being paid for her story.
A $130,000 payment to Daniels in 2016 from Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, is the centerpiece of the Manhattan District Attorney’s case against Trump, for allegedly falsifying business records to conceal a reimbursement of the money to Cohen. Daniels, a key prosecution witness, spent more...
- 5/7/2024
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
Stormy Daniels took the stand at Donald Trump’s ongoing criminal hush-money trial on Tuesday, and even the former president seemed caught off guard by the news.
Trump posted — then quickly deleted — a furious rant about the prosecution’s plan to call Daniels shortly before The Associated Press reported on it ahead of Tuesday’s proceedings.
“I have just recently been told who the witness is today. This is unprecedented, no time for lawyers to prepare,” the former president wrote. “No Judge has ever run a trial in such a biased and partisan way.
Trump posted — then quickly deleted — a furious rant about the prosecution’s plan to call Daniels shortly before The Associated Press reported on it ahead of Tuesday’s proceedings.
“I have just recently been told who the witness is today. This is unprecedented, no time for lawyers to prepare,” the former president wrote. “No Judge has ever run a trial in such a biased and partisan way.
- 5/7/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Updated, 3:04 Pm: The judge in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial hasn’t tossed the ex-president behind bars yet for violating a gag order, but the former Celebrity Apprentice host won’t be getting out of the courtroom anytime soon either.
On a dry day in front of Judge Juan Merchan, the jury on Monday saw prosecutors put another Trump Organization accounting employee on the stand in the start of the third week of Trump’s trial to walk jurors through the gritty details and record-keeping behind checks signed by the Art of the Deal author to his fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen.
Deborah Tarasoff, who still works for Trump as an accounts payable supervisor, followed her former boss, the company’s retired comptroller Jeffrey McConney on the stand today in the Manhattan courtroom.
With cable news jumping to a possible ceasefire in Gaza for parts of the day, Tarasoff...
On a dry day in front of Judge Juan Merchan, the jury on Monday saw prosecutors put another Trump Organization accounting employee on the stand in the start of the third week of Trump’s trial to walk jurors through the gritty details and record-keeping behind checks signed by the Art of the Deal author to his fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen.
Deborah Tarasoff, who still works for Trump as an accounts payable supervisor, followed her former boss, the company’s retired comptroller Jeffrey McConney on the stand today in the Manhattan courtroom.
With cable news jumping to a possible ceasefire in Gaza for parts of the day, Tarasoff...
- 5/6/2024
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
On Friday, former White House press secretary and director of communications Hope Hicks delivered a powerful testimony against former President Donald Trump. On the third week of Trump’s Manhattan hush-money trial, Hicks became a key witness. The announcement of Hicks’ appearance stirred a whispers in the courtroom.
Hicks, 35, sat in the witness box and kept her eyes away from Trump. Not once did she look at her former boss, and she went into detail about his numerous scandals. Trump himself appeared indifferent during Hicks’ testimony, though the former president was seen whispering to his lawyer Todd Blanche.
Hicks was visibly nervous on the stand but still delivered a concise, three-hour testimony. She spoke positively about her career in the White House, praising the Trump family, before moving into Trump’s legal issues. Hicks discussed Trump’s infamous Access Hollywood clip where he talked about grabbing women’s genitals and the Stormy Daniels hush-money situation.
Hicks, 35, sat in the witness box and kept her eyes away from Trump. Not once did she look at her former boss, and she went into detail about his numerous scandals. Trump himself appeared indifferent during Hicks’ testimony, though the former president was seen whispering to his lawyer Todd Blanche.
Hicks was visibly nervous on the stand but still delivered a concise, three-hour testimony. She spoke positively about her career in the White House, praising the Trump family, before moving into Trump’s legal issues. Hicks discussed Trump’s infamous Access Hollywood clip where he talked about grabbing women’s genitals and the Stormy Daniels hush-money situation.
- 5/4/2024
- by Ann Hoang
- Uinterview
2nd Update 1:56 Pm: Not for the first time, Donald Trump made someone cry today.
Hope Hicks wept on the stand today in the hush money trial of her former boss moments after a prosecutor had finished questioning her about her dealings with Trump and Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen. Finished talking to Assistant D.A. Matthew Coloangela on the stand in Manhattan, the former White House Communications Director had just begun taking questions from a defense lawyer when she turned her head away from the courtroom gallery and, crying audibly, reached for a tissue to dab away tears.
“Ms. Hicks, do you need a break?” Judge Juan Merchan asked of the much anticipated witness. “Yes,” she replied in a shaky voice.
The court recessed for about 10 minutes, and Ms. Hicks returned to the stand. “Sorry about that,” she said.
Earlier, Hicks discussed the Trump campaign’s decision to deny...
Hope Hicks wept on the stand today in the hush money trial of her former boss moments after a prosecutor had finished questioning her about her dealings with Trump and Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen. Finished talking to Assistant D.A. Matthew Coloangela on the stand in Manhattan, the former White House Communications Director had just begun taking questions from a defense lawyer when she turned her head away from the courtroom gallery and, crying audibly, reached for a tissue to dab away tears.
“Ms. Hicks, do you need a break?” Judge Juan Merchan asked of the much anticipated witness. “Yes,” she replied in a shaky voice.
The court recessed for about 10 minutes, and Ms. Hicks returned to the stand. “Sorry about that,” she said.
Earlier, Hicks discussed the Trump campaign’s decision to deny...
- 5/3/2024
- by Sean Piccoli and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Former President Donald Trump denied reports that he has fallen asleep during certain moments of the hush money trial, insisting that he is still awake even if his eyes are closed.
Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, “Contrary to the Fake News Media, I don’t fall asleep during the Crooked D.A.’s Witch Hunt, especially not today. I simply close my beautiful blue eyes, sometimes, listen intensely, and take it All in!!!”
The notion that Trump dozed off largely started during jury selection, when Maggie Haberman of The New York Times reported that Trump “appeared to nod off a few times, his mouth going slack and his head drooping onto his chest.” She wrote that his attorney, Todd Blanche, “appeared to jolt” Trump awake so that he would notice notes that he had passed to him during the proceedings.
Trump has since complained of the...
Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, “Contrary to the Fake News Media, I don’t fall asleep during the Crooked D.A.’s Witch Hunt, especially not today. I simply close my beautiful blue eyes, sometimes, listen intensely, and take it All in!!!”
The notion that Trump dozed off largely started during jury selection, when Maggie Haberman of The New York Times reported that Trump “appeared to nod off a few times, his mouth going slack and his head drooping onto his chest.” She wrote that his attorney, Todd Blanche, “appeared to jolt” Trump awake so that he would notice notes that he had passed to him during the proceedings.
Trump has since complained of the...
- 5/2/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Former President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump for a lack of “seriousness.”
Obama joined Joe Biden and Bill Clinton during an episode of the Smartless podcast to criticize Trump’s behavior.
Actor Jason Bateman, one of the podcast’s hosts, asked Obama if he was surprised “how quickly that protection and passion for democracy was diluted” and “how primed the country was to just sort of dissolve and – and get lazy with it and let it go.”
“You know, I will say – and Bill saw this begin to happen during his presidency – it then accelerated during my presidency – I have been surprised that there haven’t been guard rails inside the Republican Party,” Obama replied.
“Trump didn’t surprise me, no,” he added. “You watch Trump’s campaign, you watch his career. If you know anybody who’s a—I mean, he comes from New York, there’s nobody in...
Obama joined Joe Biden and Bill Clinton during an episode of the Smartless podcast to criticize Trump’s behavior.
Actor Jason Bateman, one of the podcast’s hosts, asked Obama if he was surprised “how quickly that protection and passion for democracy was diluted” and “how primed the country was to just sort of dissolve and – and get lazy with it and let it go.”
“You know, I will say – and Bill saw this begin to happen during his presidency – it then accelerated during my presidency – I have been surprised that there haven’t been guard rails inside the Republican Party,” Obama replied.
“Trump didn’t surprise me, no,” he added. “You watch Trump’s campaign, you watch his career. If you know anybody who’s a—I mean, he comes from New York, there’s nobody in...
- 5/2/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Judge Juan Merchan found Donald Trump in contempt of court on Tuesday for repeatedly violating the gag order in the former president’s New York hush-money case. Merchan fined Trump a total of $9,000 for bucking the order against publicly commenting on court staff, prosecutors, prospective jurors, or the judge’s family — and lamented that New York state law prevented him from laying down a steeper penalty.
Penalizing Trump $1,000 for each infraction “unfortunately will not achieve the desired result,” the judge said, adding that the court “must therefore consider whether in...
Penalizing Trump $1,000 for each infraction “unfortunately will not achieve the desired result,” the judge said, adding that the court “must therefore consider whether in...
- 5/1/2024
- by Ryan Bort and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump needed to be woken up by his lawyer, Todd Blanche, after he fell asleep during his New York hush money trial for the fourth time since the trial proceedings started.
“Trump is struggling to stay awake,” Susanne Craig, a reporter for The New York Times, wrote regarding Trump’s behavior during the trial. “His eyes were closed for a short period. He was jolted awake when Todd Blanche, his lawyer, nudged him while sliding a note in front of him.”
MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin reported that the former president’s lawyers are using tricks to keep him awake.
“I guess they have tried a number of different devices,” Rubin said. “Yeah, sleeping for a lot of it. I would say they’ve tried a number of different devices to keep Trump awake. Partially in response, or what appears to be in response to collective press corps observations.
“Trump is struggling to stay awake,” Susanne Craig, a reporter for The New York Times, wrote regarding Trump’s behavior during the trial. “His eyes were closed for a short period. He was jolted awake when Todd Blanche, his lawyer, nudged him while sliding a note in front of him.”
MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin reported that the former president’s lawyers are using tricks to keep him awake.
“I guess they have tried a number of different devices,” Rubin said. “Yeah, sleeping for a lot of it. I would say they’ve tried a number of different devices to keep Trump awake. Partially in response, or what appears to be in response to collective press corps observations.
- 5/1/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
The Judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial has found the former president in contempt of court for repeatedly violating a gag order, and fining him $9,000 — $1,000 for nine separate violations.
Judge Juan Merchan determined on Tuesday that Trump had breached a court order barring him from publicly commenting on court staff, prosecutors, prospective jurors, or their families in 9 out of 10 instances alleged by Manhattan prosecutors. Merchan is expected to hear arguments regarding four more additional violations in a hearing on Thursday.
Merchan also warned Trump that “the Court will...
Judge Juan Merchan determined on Tuesday that Trump had breached a court order barring him from publicly commenting on court staff, prosecutors, prospective jurors, or their families in 9 out of 10 instances alleged by Manhattan prosecutors. Merchan is expected to hear arguments regarding four more additional violations in a hearing on Thursday.
Merchan also warned Trump that “the Court will...
- 4/30/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez and Catherina Gioino
- Rollingstone.com
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly moaned about how the courtroom in his New York hush money trial is too cold.
“I’m sitting here for days now, from morning [until] night, in that freezing room,” Trump told a crowd of reporters standing in the hall outside the courtroom. “Freezing. Everybody was freezing in there.”
“And all for this,” he added, showing a large stack of printed-out articles and opinion columns about the hush money case. “And this is your result. Look at that. Each one of them is a story. And it’s very unfair.”
It is noticeably chilly inside 100 Centre Street, the 17-story Art Deco facility built during World War II, which is home to the Manhattan Criminal Court.
It is also cold in the 15th-floor courtroom and even the overflow room a few doors down, where media members started bringing their winter coats with them in the morning...
“I’m sitting here for days now, from morning [until] night, in that freezing room,” Trump told a crowd of reporters standing in the hall outside the courtroom. “Freezing. Everybody was freezing in there.”
“And all for this,” he added, showing a large stack of printed-out articles and opinion columns about the hush money case. “And this is your result. Look at that. Each one of them is a story. And it’s very unfair.”
It is noticeably chilly inside 100 Centre Street, the 17-story Art Deco facility built during World War II, which is home to the Manhattan Criminal Court.
It is also cold in the 15th-floor courtroom and even the overflow room a few doors down, where media members started bringing their winter coats with them in the morning...
- 4/29/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
It’s been Donald Trump’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week.
The past and potentially future leader of the free world spent most of it in a dingy Manhattan courtroom, no longer the master of his domain. It’s a place where he dutifully sits down when the judge tells him to sit, where he’s unable to say whatever he wants, where he’s not allowed to use his phone. And worst of all, where there’s no red button for him to push when he wants a Diet Coke. And according to him, it was bitterly cold — “freezing,” in fact, sounding like your elderly uncle at Thanksgiving. Forget a legal defense; someone needs to give him a sweater.
The criminal hearing in which he’s facing 34 felony counts is not the trial we deserve. That would be either the Georgia election interference case, the federal classified...
The past and potentially future leader of the free world spent most of it in a dingy Manhattan courtroom, no longer the master of his domain. It’s a place where he dutifully sits down when the judge tells him to sit, where he’s unable to say whatever he wants, where he’s not allowed to use his phone. And worst of all, where there’s no red button for him to push when he wants a Diet Coke. And according to him, it was bitterly cold — “freezing,” in fact, sounding like your elderly uncle at Thanksgiving. Forget a legal defense; someone needs to give him a sweater.
The criminal hearing in which he’s facing 34 felony counts is not the trial we deserve. That would be either the Georgia election interference case, the federal classified...
- 4/26/2024
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
David Pecker, a former publisher for the National Enquirer, confessed that an article which claimed a connection between Sen. Ted Cruz‘s (R-Texas) father, Rafael Cruz, and Lee Harvey Oswald was completely fabricated.
The story, published in 2016, claimed that a previously unidentified man photographed with Oswald handing out leaflets to support the former Cuban president Fidel Castro in New Orleans was actually Rafael.
The report noted that “experts” who reviewed photos of the evangelical preacher from this period found that he appeared to look similar to the assassin’s companion.
Former President Donald Trump made comments about this article by saying that Sen. Cruz’s father was in the company of Oswald just months before when he shot John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Even though Rafael confessed that he once backed Castro, he says he had been “duped” and did not know he was a communist.
One of Sen. Cruz’s...
The story, published in 2016, claimed that a previously unidentified man photographed with Oswald handing out leaflets to support the former Cuban president Fidel Castro in New Orleans was actually Rafael.
The report noted that “experts” who reviewed photos of the evangelical preacher from this period found that he appeared to look similar to the assassin’s companion.
Former President Donald Trump made comments about this article by saying that Sen. Cruz’s father was in the company of Oswald just months before when he shot John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Even though Rafael confessed that he once backed Castro, he says he had been “duped” and did not know he was a communist.
One of Sen. Cruz’s...
- 4/25/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
On Tuesday, Donald Trump‘s lawyer, Todd Blanche, was slammed by Judge Juan Merchan in court while discussing a gag order on the former president.
When Blanche said that Trump was doing his best to comply with the order, Judge Merchan cut him off, snapping, “You are losing all credibility with the court.”
Initially, the gag order blocked the former president’s ability to make public statements about witnesses, prosecutors and court staff if they had been “made with the intent to materially interfere with” the case.
On April 1, Merchan expanded a gag order in the hush money case, including family members of the court and prosecution. Trump repeatedly attacked Merchan’s daughter, Loren Merchan.
The prosecution cited ten incidents in recent days when Trump violated the order.
Last week, Trump reposted a clip from Fox News host Jesse Watters claiming that liberals were “lying” to get the jury. “They...
When Blanche said that Trump was doing his best to comply with the order, Judge Merchan cut him off, snapping, “You are losing all credibility with the court.”
Initially, the gag order blocked the former president’s ability to make public statements about witnesses, prosecutors and court staff if they had been “made with the intent to materially interfere with” the case.
On April 1, Merchan expanded a gag order in the hush money case, including family members of the court and prosecution. Trump repeatedly attacked Merchan’s daughter, Loren Merchan.
The prosecution cited ten incidents in recent days when Trump violated the order.
Last week, Trump reposted a clip from Fox News host Jesse Watters claiming that liberals were “lying” to get the jury. “They...
- 4/24/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Update: Judge Juan Merchan has not yet issued a decision on whether Donald Trump violated a gag order and, if so, what kind of sanction he should face.
Merchan listened to both sides during an hourlong hearing, at one point getting perturbed at Trump’s attorney, Todd Blanche.
“You’re losing all credibility with the court,” Merchan told Blanche at one point, after Trump’s attorney said that the former president was “being very careful” to comply with the order.
Prosecutors are pointing to at least ten instances where they say Trump has violated the order. That includes a Truth Social post that appeared to quote Fox News host Jesse Watters. “They are catching undercover Liberal Activists lying to the Judge in order to get on the Trump Jury,” the post quoted Watters as saying.
But prosecutors said that Trump added words to the quote, and it was not merely a repost.
Merchan listened to both sides during an hourlong hearing, at one point getting perturbed at Trump’s attorney, Todd Blanche.
“You’re losing all credibility with the court,” Merchan told Blanche at one point, after Trump’s attorney said that the former president was “being very careful” to comply with the order.
Prosecutors are pointing to at least ten instances where they say Trump has violated the order. That includes a Truth Social post that appeared to quote Fox News host Jesse Watters. “They are catching undercover Liberal Activists lying to the Judge in order to get on the Trump Jury,” the post quoted Watters as saying.
But prosecutors said that Trump added words to the quote, and it was not merely a repost.
- 4/23/2024
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump’s alleged violations of a gag order restricting him from attacking witnesses, jurors, prosecutors, and court staff during his ongoing criminal hush money trial got their own day in court on Tuesday.
During a tense hearing, Judge Juan Merchan heard arguments from Manhattan prosecutors requesting that Trump be sanctioned for “willful” violations of the gag order — and sparred with Trump’s attorneys over claims of ignorance by the president. No decision was handed down Tuesday, but prosecutors have requested that Trump be fined $1,000 for each violation, and reminded...
During a tense hearing, Judge Juan Merchan heard arguments from Manhattan prosecutors requesting that Trump be sanctioned for “willful” violations of the gag order — and sparred with Trump’s attorneys over claims of ignorance by the president. No decision was handed down Tuesday, but prosecutors have requested that Trump be fined $1,000 for each violation, and reminded...
- 4/23/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez and Catherina Gioino
- Rollingstone.com
Update: David Pecker, the former CEO of the celebrity magazine and tabloid company American Media, was first witness today, as prosecutors try to show the extent to which Donald Trump sought to suppress embarrassing stories in advance of the 2016 election.
Pecker testified for about 25 minutes, telling the jury about his work publishing Star magazine, National Enquirer and other periodicals before the clock ran out on a court day that was scheduled to end early. He said matter-of-factly that he practiced “checkbook journalism, with budgets of $10,000 per story, sometimes more, for paying sources.
Pecker will return to the stand on Tuesday after a morning hearing on a request by prosecutors to seek a contempt ruling against Trump for allegedly violating the judge’s gag order in the case.
In opening statements, prosecutor Matthew Colangelo identified Pecker — who is testifying under a subpoena — as “the eyes and ears” in the “catch and...
Pecker testified for about 25 minutes, telling the jury about his work publishing Star magazine, National Enquirer and other periodicals before the clock ran out on a court day that was scheduled to end early. He said matter-of-factly that he practiced “checkbook journalism, with budgets of $10,000 per story, sometimes more, for paying sources.
Pecker will return to the stand on Tuesday after a morning hearing on a request by prosecutors to seek a contempt ruling against Trump for allegedly violating the judge’s gag order in the case.
In opening statements, prosecutor Matthew Colangelo identified Pecker — who is testifying under a subpoena — as “the eyes and ears” in the “catch and...
- 4/22/2024
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
Editors note: Running until the final general election results come in, the Deadline ElectionLine podcast spotlights the 2024 campaign and the blurred lines between politics and entertainment in modern America. Hosted by Deadline’s political editor Ted Johnson and executive editor Dominic Patten, the podcast features commentary and interviews with top lawmakers and entertainment figures. At the same time, you can follow all the news in the Biden & Trump rematch and more on the ElectionLine hub on Deadline.
“In the event of a Trump loss …he’s going to yell, and scream, and kick and moan, I know that, and Fox will do the same, perhaps, unless Rupert Murdoch or Lachlan intervene and say let’s get back to reality,” postulates Brian Stelter of what America may wake up to the day after the election in November with a win for Joe Biden.
“But maybe nothing really happens,” the Network of...
“In the event of a Trump loss …he’s going to yell, and scream, and kick and moan, I know that, and Fox will do the same, perhaps, unless Rupert Murdoch or Lachlan intervene and say let’s get back to reality,” postulates Brian Stelter of what America may wake up to the day after the election in November with a win for Joe Biden.
“But maybe nothing really happens,” the Network of...
- 4/19/2024
- by Dominic Patten and Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: A 12-person jury has been selected for Donald Trump’s hush money trial.
“We have our jury,” said Judge Juan Merchan, after several days of lengthy questioning of prospective jurors on the panel.
Jury selection is not over, as the process now moves to selecting alternates. One was selected later in the day today, with as many as five more to go.
And even as the additional jurors were sworn in this afternoon, issues can still be raised. Earlier today, two of the seven jurors who already had been sworn in were excused from the case. One of the jurors raised issues about her ability to be impartial and over the disclosure of some of her personal information; the other was excused after prosecutors raised issues over a prior arrest.
Trump himself continued to blast the case. “I’m sitting here for days now, from morning til night in that freezing room.
“We have our jury,” said Judge Juan Merchan, after several days of lengthy questioning of prospective jurors on the panel.
Jury selection is not over, as the process now moves to selecting alternates. One was selected later in the day today, with as many as five more to go.
And even as the additional jurors were sworn in this afternoon, issues can still be raised. Earlier today, two of the seven jurors who already had been sworn in were excused from the case. One of the jurors raised issues about her ability to be impartial and over the disclosure of some of her personal information; the other was excused after prosecutors raised issues over a prior arrest.
Trump himself continued to blast the case. “I’m sitting here for days now, from morning til night in that freezing room.
- 4/18/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Judge Juan Merchan issued a warning to former President Donald Trump, saying that he would be arrested if he disrupted or skipped his hush money trial.
On April 15, the day this warning was issued, Trump’s attorney, Todd Blanche, claimed that the former president wanted to be present for trial proceedings. Such proceedings include sidebar conferences during the trial and voir dire, the initial examination of a witness or a juror.
In response, Merchan warned that Trump’s presence may also pose logistical challenges involving the Secret Service.
Judge Merchan warned Trump that if he disrupted the proceedings, he could be imprisoned, and the trial would continue in his absence. The judge also warned the former president that he might face an arrest warrant if he skipped his trial for no reason—a statement given to defendants in New York called the Parker Warning.
In addition, Blanche stated that the...
On April 15, the day this warning was issued, Trump’s attorney, Todd Blanche, claimed that the former president wanted to be present for trial proceedings. Such proceedings include sidebar conferences during the trial and voir dire, the initial examination of a witness or a juror.
In response, Merchan warned that Trump’s presence may also pose logistical challenges involving the Secret Service.
Judge Merchan warned Trump that if he disrupted the proceedings, he could be imprisoned, and the trial would continue in his absence. The judge also warned the former president that he might face an arrest warrant if he skipped his trial for no reason—a statement given to defendants in New York called the Parker Warning.
In addition, Blanche stated that the...
- 4/18/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
During jury selection for Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial, Judge Juan Merchan accused the former president of “intimidating” a juror after he made a gesture and muttered at him.
Merchan asked Trump’s attorney, Todd Blanche, to “speak to him” about his behavior.
“Your client was audibly uttering something. He was gesturing and muttering in the direction [of the juror],” the judge said to Blanche.
“I will not tolerate that,” Judge Merchan added, raising his voice. “I will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom. Take a minute and speak to your client about it!”
On day two of jury selection, the former president and his lawyers had a potential juror dismissed over a Facebook post he wrote about Trump in 2017.
“Get him out and lock him up,” the man wrote.
When the potential juror had been called into court to explain his actions, he admitted that he had...
Merchan asked Trump’s attorney, Todd Blanche, to “speak to him” about his behavior.
“Your client was audibly uttering something. He was gesturing and muttering in the direction [of the juror],” the judge said to Blanche.
“I will not tolerate that,” Judge Merchan added, raising his voice. “I will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom. Take a minute and speak to your client about it!”
On day two of jury selection, the former president and his lawyers had a potential juror dismissed over a Facebook post he wrote about Trump in 2017.
“Get him out and lock him up,” the man wrote.
When the potential juror had been called into court to explain his actions, he admitted that he had...
- 4/17/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Donald Trump, a man renowned for craving adulation and approval, has this week been confronted with the disdain of Manhattanites called as prospective jurors in his New York criminal trial for allegedly falsifying business records to cover up a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. No wonder he’s apparently trying to sleep through the proceedings.
While no jurors were selected on Monday — with dozens excused after indicating they could not be fair and impartial in weighing the 34 felony charges against Trump — seven made the cut on Tuesday. (The...
While no jurors were selected on Monday — with dozens excused after indicating they could not be fair and impartial in weighing the 34 felony charges against Trump — seven made the cut on Tuesday. (The...
- 4/16/2024
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
Former President Donald Trump seemed to fall asleep a few times during his court appearance on the first day of his hush money trial in Manhattan.
“Trump has apparently jolted back awake, noticing the notes his lawyer passed him several minutes ago,” Maggie Haberman, a reporter for The New York Times, wrote in the paper.
Haberman later said that Trump glared at her in the courtroom after she reported he had fallen asleep during the trial.
“After the thirty-some jurors remaining file out of the room for a brief afternoon break, Trump rises,” the Law360 reporter Frank Runyeon mentioned in the press pool report. “After the jurors leave the courtroom, he stares over at Da Alvin Bragg. Then Trump turns his eyes to the press pool.”
“As he exits, he glares at New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman for several seconds as he walks out,” Runyeon wrote.
During an interview...
“Trump has apparently jolted back awake, noticing the notes his lawyer passed him several minutes ago,” Maggie Haberman, a reporter for The New York Times, wrote in the paper.
Haberman later said that Trump glared at her in the courtroom after she reported he had fallen asleep during the trial.
“After the thirty-some jurors remaining file out of the room for a brief afternoon break, Trump rises,” the Law360 reporter Frank Runyeon mentioned in the press pool report. “After the jurors leave the courtroom, he stares over at Da Alvin Bragg. Then Trump turns his eyes to the press pool.”
“As he exits, he glares at New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman for several seconds as he walks out,” Runyeon wrote.
During an interview...
- 4/16/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Update: Jury selection has ended for the day in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, with 11 people so far having gone through an extensive questionnaire. A total of 32 potential jurors were left in the courtroom.
After the prospective jurors left the courtroom, Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche requested that his client be excused from the proceedings on April 25. That’s the day that the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump’s claims of immunity from prosecution.
But Merchan rejected the request. “Arguing before the Supreme Court is a big deal, and I can certainly appreciate why your client would want to be there. But a trial in New York Supreme Court … is also a big deal,” he said, per a pool report. “I will see him here next week.”
The trial will be dark on Wednesdays, when Merchan has other court duties. But he has not ruled out...
After the prospective jurors left the courtroom, Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche requested that his client be excused from the proceedings on April 25. That’s the day that the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump’s claims of immunity from prosecution.
But Merchan rejected the request. “Arguing before the Supreme Court is a big deal, and I can certainly appreciate why your client would want to be there. But a trial in New York Supreme Court … is also a big deal,” he said, per a pool report. “I will see him here next week.”
The trial will be dark on Wednesdays, when Merchan has other court duties. But he has not ruled out...
- 4/15/2024
- by Sean Piccoli and Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann stated that former President Donald Trump could face prison time if he ends up being convicted of falsifying business records in his New York hush money trial.
Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts in connection to with a scheme to falsify business records to cover up hush money payments made to conceal an alleged affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the closing weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign. This case is going to trial on April 15.
“He could be looking at the jail,” Weissmann told CNN host Wolf Blitzer. “This is one where [Judge Juan Merchan]—I think—is going to be looking at the rule of law to see how other people were treated, other people with a similar criminal background. I think this is an area where Donald Trump’s pretrial behavior is going to be relevant.”
The ex-federal prosecutor pointed out that Trump...
Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts in connection to with a scheme to falsify business records to cover up hush money payments made to conceal an alleged affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the closing weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign. This case is going to trial on April 15.
“He could be looking at the jail,” Weissmann told CNN host Wolf Blitzer. “This is one where [Judge Juan Merchan]—I think—is going to be looking at the rule of law to see how other people were treated, other people with a similar criminal background. I think this is an area where Donald Trump’s pretrial behavior is going to be relevant.”
The ex-federal prosecutor pointed out that Trump...
- 4/11/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
On Tuesday, Judge Juan Merchan ruled against former President Donald Trump‘s legal team’s effort to block former adult film star Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen from testifying in his New York hush money trial.
The trial was set to begin on March 25 but now won’t start until mid-April.
Trump’s hush money case is centered around accusations that he had his then-attorney Cohen make payments to Daniels and Karen McDougal as part of an attempt during his 2016 presidential campaign to bury claims he had affairs.
Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying internal business records kept by the Trump Organization to hide the true nature of payments made to Cohen, who paid Daniels $130,000 and McDougal $150,000.
Falsifying business records is a felony punishable by up to four years in prison. However, there is no guarantee that a conviction would eventually result in Trump serving jail time.
On February 25, his attorney,...
The trial was set to begin on March 25 but now won’t start until mid-April.
Trump’s hush money case is centered around accusations that he had his then-attorney Cohen make payments to Daniels and Karen McDougal as part of an attempt during his 2016 presidential campaign to bury claims he had affairs.
Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying internal business records kept by the Trump Organization to hide the true nature of payments made to Cohen, who paid Daniels $130,000 and McDougal $150,000.
Falsifying business records is a felony punishable by up to four years in prison. However, there is no guarantee that a conviction would eventually result in Trump serving jail time.
On February 25, his attorney,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
The start date for the Florida trial on Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents is in the hands of a judge the former president appointed to the federal circuit.
The trial, currently scheduled to begin May 20, is likely to be delayed after prosecutors and defense attorneys met at a federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida, on Friday.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, appointed by Trump to the Southern District of Florida in 2020, said the timeline proposed by prosecutors for a trial this summer was “unrealistic.”
The hearing ended...
The trial, currently scheduled to begin May 20, is likely to be delayed after prosecutors and defense attorneys met at a federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida, on Friday.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, appointed by Trump to the Southern District of Florida in 2020, said the timeline proposed by prosecutors for a trial this summer was “unrealistic.”
The hearing ended...
- 3/1/2024
- by Jeremy Childs
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump’s first criminal trial is here — and both his attorneys and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office are girding themselves for the man who could be standing between Trump and the first-ever criminal conviction of an American president: Michael Cohen.
The hush money case, which revolves around Trump’s alleged payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, represents the culmination of a years-long saga of scandal, secrets, and betrayal between Trump and Cohen, his former longtime attorney.
Though Trump’s own lawyers have warned him that he is...
The hush money case, which revolves around Trump’s alleged payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, represents the culmination of a years-long saga of scandal, secrets, and betrayal between Trump and Cohen, his former longtime attorney.
Though Trump’s own lawyers have warned him that he is...
- 2/13/2024
- by Adam Rawnsley and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
High profile — and deeply polarizing — attorney Joseph Tacopina is no longer representing Donald Trump in the ex-president’s cases in New York City. Tacopina had previously represented Trump in a criminal hush money case as well as in E. Jean Carroll’s sexual abuse and defamation civil suit last year.
Reps for Tacopina didn’t immediately reply to request for comment. Trump campaign spokesman Steve Cheung said in a statement that Trump “has the most experienced, qualified, disciplined, and overall strongest legal team ever assembled.”
Trump currently faces a flurry...
Reps for Tacopina didn’t immediately reply to request for comment. Trump campaign spokesman Steve Cheung said in a statement that Trump “has the most experienced, qualified, disciplined, and overall strongest legal team ever assembled.”
Trump currently faces a flurry...
- 1/15/2024
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
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