First Day of Testimony in Trump Criminal Trial Ends After Opening Statements and First Witness
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Live coverage: Testimony resumes in Trump's first criminal trial
On Tuesday, Judge Juan Merchan ruled that Donald Trump had repeatedly violated the gag order in his trial for 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal payments made as part of a “catch-and-kill” scheme during the 2016 presidential election. Merchan found Trump in contempt for nine social media posts that prosecutors identified and fined Trump $1,000 for each violation. He also warned that since he was unable to levy fines high enough to be significant to Trump, incarceration is a...
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Live coverage: Trump's first criminal trial continues with testimony and gag order hearing
On Monday, the first criminal trial of Donald Trump began with both prosecution and defense delivering their opening statements, followed by the first witness in the case, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, taking the stand. Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo gave the opening statement for prosecution. "This case is about a criminal conspiracy,” said Colangelo. “Trump orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election. Then he covered up that criminal conspiracy...
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Day 1 in Trump's historic criminal trial
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. In New York City, opening statements began today in former U.S. president Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial. He’s accused of falsifying business records in order to keep an alleged affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels out of the public eye ahead of the 2016 election. We were joined live by CNN’s Gloria Pazmino, who […]