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Donald Trump assails judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush-money criminal case

Mar. 27, 2024 19:54 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at the New York judge who put him under a gag order ahead of his April 15 hush-money criminal trial, making a fallacious claim about his daughter and urging him to step aside from the case. In a social media post, the former...

Judge issues gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting on witnesses, others in hush money case

Mar. 26, 2024 18:18 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge Tuesday issued a gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial, citing the former president's history of “threatening, inflammatory, denigrating" remarks...

Trump's New York hush money case is set for trial April 15

Mar. 25, 2024 20:43 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The first of Donald Trump’s four criminal trials will begin April 15, a Manhattan judge ruled Monday after tearing into the former president’s lawyers for what he said were unfounded claims that the hush-money case had been tainted by prosecutorial misconduct. ...

Prosecutors say Donald Trump's hush money trial should start April 15 without further delay

Mar. 21, 2024 17:07 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors on Thursday urged a judge to start Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial on April 15, saying the defense's calls for further delays or dismissal of the former president’s case because of a last-minute evidence dump were a “red herring.” ...

Judge says Michael Cohen may have committed perjury, refuses to end his probation early

Mar. 20, 2024 15:20 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge suggested Wednesday that Michael Cohen committed perjury under oath, giving fresh support to former President Donald Trump’s claims that his onetime personal lawyer — poised to be a star prosecution witness at his upcoming New York criminal trial — is an...

'Access Hollywood' tape won't be played at Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial, judge rules

Mar. 18, 2024 20:13 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The infamous “Access Hollywood” video in which Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women sexually without asking permission will not be shown to jurors at the former president's hush-money criminal trial, a New York judge ruled Monday. Judge Juan M. Merchan said...

Donald Trump wanted trial delays, and he's getting them. Hush-money case is latest to be put off

Mar. 15, 2024 21:32 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Delays in Donald Trump's criminal cases are increasing the possibility Americans will be deep into the presidential election season before they know whether or not he has been convicted of any wrongdoing. The former president’s Washington, D.C., election...

Judge delays Trump’s hush-money criminal trial until mid-April, citing last-minute evidence dump

Mar. 15, 2024 18:26 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s New York hush-money criminal trial was delayed Friday until at least mid-April as the judge seeks answers about a last-minute evidence dump that the former president's lawyers said has hampered their ability to prepare their defense. Manhattan...

Prosecutors say they're open to delaying Donald Trump's March 25 hush-money trial for a month

Mar. 14, 2024 20:51 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors said Thursday they are open to delaying the start of Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial by a month “in an abundance of caution” to give the former president's lawyers time to review evidence they only recently obtained from a previous federal...

Donald Trump wants New York hush money trial delayed until Supreme Court rules on immunity claims

Mar. 11, 2024 21:34 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is seeking to delay his March 25 hush money trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases. The Republican former president’s lawyers on Monday asked Manhattan Judge Juan Manuel...