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'Cheaters don't like getting caught': VP Harris speaks about Trump conviction on Jimmy Kimmel

Jun. 05, 2024 01:40 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris spent part of a Tuesday episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” rehashing how she found out about former President Donald Trump's conviction on 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial. She deflected a light-hearted question from...

Trump's lawyers ask judge to lift gag order imposed during New York trial

Jun. 04, 2024 18:26 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are asking a New York judge to lift the gag order that barred the former president from commenting about witnesses, jurors and others tied to the criminal case that led to his conviction for falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal. ...

Biden lays into Trump over convictions and says he now poses a greater threat than in 2016

Jun. 03, 2024 23:29 PM EDT

GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — President Joe Biden laid into his predecessor and likely opponent in November's election, Donald Trump, for being convicted by a Manhattan jury on 34 felony counts related to hush money payments, saying Monday night that “this campaign has entered uncharted territory.”...

How Trump's deny-everything strategy could hurt him at sentencing

Jun. 03, 2024 20:10 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has had plenty to say since his hush money trial conviction last week. He’s claimed the case was rigged, incorrectly linked President Joe Biden to the state prosecution, called the star witness against him a “sleazebag" and said the judge was a...

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...