The last time Hope Hicks spoke to Donald Trump, she said in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday, was in 2022. That year, text messages from the former president’s longtime aide—and one of the most visible faces associated with his early grip on political power—emerged during a House investigation into his role in the Capitol riot … Read more
Testimony to resume in Trump New York trial Banker testimony to resume in Trump “hush money” trial 02:45 The third week of former President Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial is resuming Tuesday with continued testimony from its third witness, bank executive Gary Farro. Farro testified last Friday that Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney, was … Read more
David Pecker appeared to be in a breezy mood this week. The former National Enquirer publisher was describing the inner workings of his trade—“checkbook journalism,” he called it on Monday—without needing much prompting from the district attorney who was questioning him. Pecker, a longtime friend and ally of Donald Trump’s, was the state’s first witness … Read more
What to expect from opening statements in Trump’s “hush money” trial – CBS News Watch CBS News Opening statements will get underway Monday in Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial over his alleged payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Trump is the first former U.S. president to face a criminal trial. CBS News’ Errol … Read more
Alvin Bragg is the Manhattan district attorney. He’s the boss and makes the big decisions, and thus has been receiving the bulk of the abuse from Donald Trump. But Bragg will be only a passing presence in the courtroom during the former president’s trial on charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush … Read more
Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he was “absolutely” planning on taking the stand in his upcoming trial in New York, where he currently faces 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records related to his $130,000 “hush money” payment to former adult film star Stormy Daniels before his 2016 election. “I’m testifying. I tell … Read more
By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz and Jennifer Peltz | Associated Press NEW YORK — A New York appeals court judge on Monday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial while he mounts a last-minute fight to move the case out of Manhattan, foiling the former president’s latest attempt … Read more
Donald Trump skulked into a wood-paneled courtroom on Monday morning that was packed with reporters and onlookers waiting to see when his Manhattan hush-money trial might finally begin. It was an unceremonious setting and atmosphere for a procedural affair. The prospect of some resolution in one of the four criminal indictments the former president faces … Read more
NEW YORK — A New York judge ruled Friday against Donald Trump, imposing a $364 million penalty over what the judge ruled was a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated the former president’s wealth. Trump also was barred from serving as an officer or director of any New York … Read more
