A long-standing, unwritten rule that evolved to avoid clogging up the criminal justice system could now work to sentence newly convicted felon Donald Trump to prison when he appears before a New York City judge next month. The former president, legal experts say, has put himself on the wrong side of a process that rewards … Read more
David Pecker is cross examined by Emil Bove during former U.S. President Donald Trump’s criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S. April 26, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. Jane Rosenberg | Reuters … Read more
New York: After 22 witnesses, including a porn actor, tabloid publisher and White House insiders, testimony is over at Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York. Prosecutors called 20 witnesses. The defence called just two. Trump decided not to testify on his own behalf. The trial now shifts to closing arguments, scheduled for Tuesday. After … Read more
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This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. The linchpin to a case that could — in theory — lead to former President Donald Trump seeing the inside of a jail cell stems from a scandal the American public had almost forgotten: the “Access Hollywood” tape, which emerged way back … Read more
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom at Manhattan criminal court in New York on April 26, 2024. Jeenah Moon | Via Reuters This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day. Defense attorneys for former President Donald Trump continued the cross-examination on Friday of former National Enquirer publisher David … Read more
Former U.S. President Donald Trump waits for the start of proceedings in Manhattan criminal court on April 23, 2024. Yuki Iwamura | Via Reuters The New York criminal trial of Donald Trump resumed Thursday with more testimony from David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer and a key player in the former president’s … Read more
This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. Now that former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial has started in earnest, it’s thrown a spotlight onto a grimy corner of the media business: pay-to-play tabloid journalism, where editors pluck the juiciest stories from a marketplace of potential scandals. During his … Read more
David Pecker, former publisher of the National Enquirer, testified at Donald Trump’s hush money trial Tuesday about the “catch and kill” agreements between the former president and the tabloid, detailing arrangements involving Trump’s former doorman and an ex-Playboy model. Pecker’s testimony comes a day after prosecutors alleged that Trump greenlighted the catch-and-kill schemes in which … Read more
Former U.S. President Donald Trump exits the courtroom for the day at Manhattan Criminal Court during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments on April 19, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Via Reuters This is developing news. Check back for updates. Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the New York hush … Read more
