New York Judge rejects Trump bid to delay hush-money trial

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

Manhattan Prosecutors Claim Trump Violated Gag Order After Attacks On Judge’s Daughter

Local prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case in New York have asked the state judge overseeing the impending trial, scheduled to begin April 15, to clarify the terms of a gag order placed on Trump last week, after the former president repeatedly attacked the judge’s daughter. Judge Juan Merchan instituted the gag order … Read more

Skulking and Winking, Donald Trump Is Told His Criminal Trial Will Start Next Month

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

Delay, Delay, Delay: Will Trump Ever Be Held Accountable?

“When the hell are these Trump cases going to happen?” That’s the question we’re all asking as we wait and wait for a real, live Donald Trump courtroom trial.  On this week’s Inside the Hive, host Brian Stelter, Vanity Fair politics correspondent Bess Levin, and staff writer Dan Adler examine the many criminal charges against the former president and presumptive GOP nominee. … Read more