Live coverage: Trump trial resumes with payoff to Stormy Daniels front and center
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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 trial resumes with former adviser Hope Hicks taking the stand
On Thursday, during Donald Trump’s trial for 34 counts of falsifying business records, much of the day’s testimony day was taken up with Trump defense attorney Emil Bove’s cross-examination of entertainment lawyer Keith Davidson. Bove drew out names of others involved with Davidson’s clients, from Lindsay Lohan to Hulk Hogan, to make it seem that the entertainment lawyer had been running a hub for scams in which his clients set out to entrap celebrities. Unsurprisingly, the back-and-forth...
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Live coverage: Trump's first criminal trial starts with opening statements
On Monday, the first criminal trial of Donald Trump will start with opening statements, and there is the possibility that one or more witnesses will testify. CNN is reporting that the first witness could be National Enquirer publisher David Pecker. The prosecution will be up first and is expected to describe how Trump orchestrated a scheme to suppress stories involving adult film actress Stormy Daniels just weeks before the 2016 election, at a time when the release of the “Access Hollywood”...