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The Latest | Judge excuses jurors, ending first day of deliberations in Trump's criminal trial
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...
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Trump's hush money case has gone to the jury. What happens now?
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....
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The Latest | Closing arguments in Trump's hush money trial have concluded
NEW YORK (AP) — Closing arguments in Donald Trump 's historic hush money trial concluded Tuesday evening in a Manhattan courtroom. It was the final opportunity for prosecutors and defense attorneys to convince the jury of their respective cases before deliberations begin. Defense...
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Here's what every key witness said at Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Closing arguments are coming
NEW YORK (AP) — After 22 witnesses, including a porn actor, tabloid publisher and White House insiders, testimony is over at Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York. Prosecutors called 20 witnesses. The defense called just two. Trump decided not to testify on his own behalf. ...
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The Latest | Prosecution and defense debate jury instructions in Trump's criminal trial
NEW YORK (AP) — The defense rested its case in Donald Trump's hush money trial on Tuesday morning without the former president taking the witness stand to testify, bringing proceedings one step closer to closing arguments. After more than four weeks of testimony, jurors were sent...
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The Latest | Judge is sorting out the final stretch of Trump's hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors' star witness in the hush money case against Donald Trump was back in the hot seat Thursday as defense lawyers tried to chip away at Michael Cohen’s crucial testimony implicating the former president. The trial resumed in Manhattan with the potentially...
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Star witness Michael Cohen says Trump was intimately involved in all aspects of hush money scheme
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stories about sex that threatened to torpedo his 2016 campaign, his former lawyer said Monday in matter-of-fact testimony that went to the heart of the former president’s hush money trial. ...
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What to know about Trump fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen's pivotal testimony in the hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Once Donald Trump's loyal attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen pointed the finger at his former boss Monday in pivotal testimony about hush money payments at the center of the first criminal trial of a former American president. Cohen provided jurors with an insider's...
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The Latest | Michael Cohen takes the stand as testimony in Trump hush money case enters 4th week
NEW YORK (AP) — The fourth week of witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial could be a doozy: Michael Cohen, the prosecution's star witness, has taken the stand. The long-anticipated testimony on Monday from Trump’s former lawyer and personal fixer follows a...
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Trump hush money trial: A timeline of key events in the case
NEW YORK (AP) — The events at the center of former President Donald Trump’s hush money case date back almost two decades, with new dates coming to light as the trial plays out in a Manhattan courtroom. Here are the key moments in the case, as described in trial testimony and court documents: ...
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