Trump jury articles
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'Not a good look': Ex-prosecutor says jury will hold Trump's sleeping in court against him
Donald Trump has reportedly dozed off in court several times during his own criminal trial, and it's likely to affect whether he's found guilty of felonies, a federal prosecutor said on Saturday. New York Times' Maggie Haberman was first to report that the former president was sleeping during a trial in which he faces the potential of jail time for a purported hush money cover-up scheme to impact the election in 2016. Haberman has since reported that people close to Trump confirm he has...
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'Insidious attack': Expert warns Trump's lawyer ready to break rules to get hung jury
Former President Donald Trump's attorney needs to be brought to heel by Judge Juan Merchan before Michael Cohen takes the stand, warned former Manhattan-based federal prosecutor Kristy Greenberg in an MSNBC article Friday.Specifically, there is a strong risk that when Cohen, the former attorney and fixer at the heart of Trump's alleged hush payment scheme being prosecuted as business fraud, takes the stand, Trump attorney Todd Blanche will defy established orders from the court and try to bring...
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'Jury is taking notice': Ex-aide says Trump GOP allies' court appearance hurts his case
The slate of elected officials who appeared with former President Donald Trump Monday for his criminal hush money trial only highlighted the absence of the person he needs most to be there, a onetime aide argues. Sarah Matthews, a former Trump White House deputy press secretary, made this argument during an appearance Monday evening on CNN's "The Situation Room," after a day in Manhattan criminal court that saw the former president flanked by Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH ) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville...