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  • Judge Merchan challenges Trump lawyer credibility during hush money gag order hearing

    A lawyer’s credibility is all they have with a judge. Donald Trump’s criminal defense lawyer in Manhattan may be losing that valuable currency in the early days of the hush money trial. The judge himself said so. At a hearing over whether Trump violated a gag order in his first criminal trial, Judge Juan Merchan voiced disbelief when attorney Todd Blanche said that Trump was attempting to comply with the judge's order. “Mr. Blanche, you’re losing all credibility” with the court, NBC News...

  • Trump faces 'lose-lose proposition' in imminent hush money trial decision: jury expert

    Former President Donald Trump faces a lose-lose situation as he and his legal team grapple with the question of whether he should testify in his criminal hush money case, a legal strategist says. Jury consultant Steve Duffy told the Independent Wednesday that Trump can't win if he takes the stand in the ongoing Manhattan trial but takes a big risk if he does not. “Jurors generally don’t react well to criminal defendants not testifying, because it just leads to speculation about, 'Why – what do...

  • Judge: Trump Lawyer ‘Losing All Credibility’ During Gag Order Arguments

    The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money election interference case appears poised to rule that the former president repeatedly violated his gag order. But what’s much less clear is how he chooses a punishment that preserves judicial integrity and avoids political theater.It won’t be easy. After an hour-long hearing, which concluded with Judge Juan Merchan warning Trump’s attorney that he is “losing all credibility with this court,” an angry Trump stormed out of the courtroom, refusing to...