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Is Trump still under a gag order after his conviction? He thinks so, but the answer isn't clear

Jun. 01, 2024 00:19 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump said he remains muzzled by a gag order after his conviction in his hush money criminal trial. His lawyer said he thinks the gag order was supposed to expire with the verdict and he may seek clarity from the court. “I’m under a gag order, nasty gag...

Answers to your questions about Donald Trump's historic hush money trial conviction

May. 31, 2024 17:30 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Will Donald Trump go to prison? Could he pardon himself? What about the election? The first criminal conviction of a former American president raises a host of legal and political questions. Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury Thursday of 34 felony counts...

Here's what you should know about Donald Trump's conviction in his hush money trial

May. 31, 2024 05:57 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts marks the end of the former president’s historic hush money trial, but the fight over the case is far from over. Now comes the sentencing and the potential for a prison sentence. A lengthy appellate process. And all...

The Latest | Trump becomes first former US president to be convicted of felonies

May. 30, 2024 21:59 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday was found guilty on all 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial. It was the first time a former U.S. president was ever tried or convicted in a criminal case, and was the first of Trump’s four indictments to...

The Latest | Jury finds Trump guilty on all charges in hush money trial

May. 30, 2024 17:58 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday was found guilty on all 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial. It was the first time a former U.S. president was ever tried or convicted in a criminal case, and was the first of Trump’s four indictments to...

Jurors in Trump hush money trial end 1st day of deliberations after asking to rehear testimony

May. 29, 2024 20:31 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in Donald Trump’s hush money trial ended its first day of deliberations without a verdict Wednesday but asked to rehear testimony from key witnesses about the alleged hush money scheme at the heart of the history-making case. The 12-person jury was sent...

The Latest | Judge excuses jurors, ending first day of deliberations in Trump's criminal trial

May. 29, 2024 17:40 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The first day of jury deliberations in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial concluded after the panel sent their first two notes to the judge Wednesday afternoon, just a few hours after beginning deliberations. They requested to rehear jury instructions, as well...

Trump's hush money case has gone to the jury. What happens now?

May. 29, 2024 16:59 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly two dozen witnesses, 16 days of testimony and hours of lawyers' closing arguments, it's time for the jurors to have their say in Donald Trump's hush money trial. Jury deliberations began Wednesday in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president....

Prosecutor says Trump tried 'to hoodwink voters' while defense attacks key witness in last arguments

May. 28, 2024 22:28 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump engaged in a conspiracy “to hoodwink voters” in 2016, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday during closing arguments in the former president’s hush money trial, while a defense lawyer branded the star witness as the “greatest liar of all time” and pressed the...

Cohen's credibility, campaigning at court and other takeaways from Trump trial's closing arguments

May. 28, 2024 21:18 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers and Manhattan prosecutors made their final pitches Tuesday to jurors who will decide whether the Republican will be the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime, squaring off over the strength of the evidence and credibility of the prosecution’s...