Trump indicted by Manhattan grand jury
1 year, 9 months ago

Trump indicted by Manhattan grand jury

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury empaneled by the Manhattan District Attorney's office — the first time a former president has been criminally charged in the history of the United States. However, they stem from a $130,000 illegal hush payment Trump is accused of facilitating through his former attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, to adult film star Stormy Daniels, to cover up an affair the two of them had during the 2016 presidential election. In Georgia, Fulton County DA Fani Willis is investigating him as part of her probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia — including the effort to seat fake Trump electors and the former president's phone call with Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger demanding he "find" extra votes to win the state for him. Meanwhile, Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is investigating Trump on two different fronts: his role in the incitement of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and his efforts to confiscate and improperly stash highly classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago country club in Palm Beach, Florida.

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Trump becomes first U.S. president sentenced as a felon
5 days, 21 hours ago

Trump becomes first U.S. president sentenced as a felon

LA Times  

President-elect Donald Trump appears remotely with his attorney Todd Blanche for his sentencing in a New York court on Friday. One group held a banner that read, “Trump is guilty.” The other held one that said, “Stop partisan conspiracy” and “Stop political witch hunt.” The case saw the former and future president charged with 34 felonies, put on trial for …

Trump will be sentenced Jan. 10 in New York case, days before his inauguration
1 week, 5 days ago

Trump will be sentenced Jan. 10 in New York case, days before his inauguration

NPR  

Trump will be sentenced Jan. 10 in New York case, days before his inauguration toggle caption Rebecca Noble/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 10 in New York, 10 days before he is sworn in to be president of the United States. Trump's New York criminal charges were the only to go to trial After about …

"He now has immunity": Expert warns second term Trump can do "awful lot" without fear of prosecution
2 months, 1 week ago

"He now has immunity": Expert warns second term Trump can do "awful lot" without fear of prosecution

Salon  

President-elect Donald Trump projected victory on Tuesday left the legal cases in jeopardy as he prepares to take office. Smith's case against Trump in D.C., accusing him of attempting to subvert President Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory and obstruct Congress' certification of the results on Jan. 6, 2021, was dealt a heavy blow in July when the Supreme Court ruled …

Trump has vowed to shake some of democracy’s pillars
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump has vowed to shake some of democracy’s pillars

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — American presidential elections are a moment when the nation holds up a mirror to look at itself. Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is moved from the stage at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is moved from the stage at a campaign rally, Saturday, July …

What's Next For Donald Trump’s Criminal Cases
2 months, 1 week ago

What's Next For Donald Trump’s Criminal Cases

Huff Post  

Now that Donald Trump has won the White House for a second time, the path ahead seems clear for him to brush off key federal criminal indictments that have dogged him for years while potentially delaying other cases he faces in state court. The man in charge of enforcing laws can now just break them.” When writing her dissent, which …

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump’s criminal trials: where do they stand now?
4 months, 1 week ago

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump’s criminal trials: where do they stand now?

The Hindu  

The year 2024 was set to be a judicial minefield for Donald Trump, with some thinking the former president could be behind bars before the November 5 presidential election. Challenging the 2020 election results Donald Trump faces federal charges for his illegal attempts to reverse the results of the 2020 election won by US President Joe Biden. However, the case …

Trump’s Jan. 6 Case Resumes — Days After He Claimed A Right To ‘Interfere’ In The Election
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s Jan. 6 Case Resumes — Days After He Claimed A Right To ‘Interfere’ In The Election

Huff Post  

An image of a mock gallows on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is shown as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing. via Associated Press WASHINGTON ― A federal judge on Thursday is holding her first hearing in Donald Trump’s criminal case for his Jan. 6, …

Opinion: Donald Trump is a five-time loser with grand juries
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Donald Trump is a five-time loser with grand juries

LA Times  

By now, two months before the presidential election, we voters ought to have seen a verdict in the federal criminal case against the three-time Republican nominee accused of conspiring to overturn the result of the previous contest. Its right-wing super-majority — half of whom were selected by Trump, and two of whom should have recused themselves — dallied for half …

Donald Trump faces revised US indictment in 2020 election subversion case
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump faces revised US indictment in 2020 election subversion case

ABC  

Donald Trump has been hit by a new federal indictment in his bid to overturn his 2020 election defeat, with prosecutors narrowing their approach after a US Supreme Court ruling that former presidents have broad immunity form criminal prosecution. The revised indictment no longer includes allegations that Trump sought to pressure the US Justice Department in the alleged election subversion, …

US special counsel files new indictment against Trump in Jan 6 case
4 months, 2 weeks ago

US special counsel files new indictment against Trump in Jan 6 case

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-08-28 09:24 US former president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump WASHINGTON - US Special Counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a new indictment in the federal criminal case against former president Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, following a Supreme Court decision that granted Trump sweeping immunity from prosecution for his "official" conduct as president. The …

Trump facing new federal indictment over 2020 election
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump facing new federal indictment over 2020 election

The Telegraph  

The US’s highest court ruled that a president’s interactions with the Justice Department constitute official acts for which he is entitled to immunity, effectively stripping those allegations from the case. The indictment also no longer accuses “Co-Conspirator No 4”, who was understood to be former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, meaning there are now five co-conspirators listed in the indictment …

US Supreme Court rules Trump has some immunity from criminal charges
6 months, 2 weeks ago

US Supreme Court rules Trump has some immunity from criminal charges

China Daily  

Former US President Donald Trump leaves the courthouse after a jury found him guilty on all 34 counts in his criminal trial in New York State Supreme Court in New York, New York, the US on 30 May. WASHINGTON - US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, has some immunity from criminal …

Donald Trump rallies GOP support in Washington following his criminal conviction
7 months ago

Donald Trump rallies GOP support in Washington following his criminal conviction

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump returns to Washington on Thursday to rally support from Republican lawmakers and the business community following his historic criminal conviction in his New York hush money trial. "The speaker and the House GOP Leadership look forward to hosting President Trump on Thursday morning to discuss growing the House Republican majority and the 2025 legislative agenda," a spokesman for …

Trump has probation interview ahead of July sentencing
7 months ago

Trump has probation interview ahead of July sentencing

Raw Story  

Donald Trump was interviewed by New York's probation service on Monday ahead of his sentencing next month for concealing hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. "President Trump and his legal team are already taking necessary steps to challenge and defeat the lawless Manhattan DA case," said Trump's communications director Steven Cheung. U.S. media reported that Trump -- …

Republicans weaponizing ignorance is a dangerous game
7 months ago

Republicans weaponizing ignorance is a dangerous game

Raw Story  

Donald Trump’s felony convictions are fueling another disinformation campaign, this one equal in destructive force to his Big Lie. Johnson has also suggested the "Trump-ed up" Supreme Court would “step in” to overturn Trump’s state convictions, the irony of simultaneously claiming that Biden controls the judiciary apparently over his head. Franco Friday has begun.” Without considering what comes next when …

Republicans Join Trump's Attacks On Justice System And Campaign Of Vengeance After Guilty Verdict
7 months, 1 week ago

Republicans Join Trump's Attacks On Justice System And Campaign Of Vengeance After Guilty Verdict

Huff Post  

US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy listen as former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives to attend his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 14, 2024. And those Republicans who expressed doubts about Trump’s …

Republicans join Trump’s attacks on justice system and campaign of vengeance after guilty verdict
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Republicans join Trump’s attacks on justice system and campaign of vengeance after guilty verdict

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Embracing Donald Trump’s strategy of blaming the U.S. justice system after his historic guilty verdict, Republicans in Congress are fervently enlisting themselves in his campaign of vengeance and political retribution as the GOP runs to reclaim the White House. And those Republicans who expressed doubts about Trump’s innocence or political viability, including his former hawkish national security adviser …

What the conviction of Donald Trump means
7 months, 2 weeks ago

What the conviction of Donald Trump means

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump has become the first man who served as president of the United States to be convicted of a crime. A day after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee addressed the conviction and likely attempt to cast his campaign in a new light. For the Democrats, independents and …

Donald Trump's trial was a 'sham' and he will fight the guilty verdict
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump's trial was a 'sham' and he will fight the guilty verdict

Daily Mail  

Donald Trump's trial was a 'sham' and he will fight the guilty verdict, his supporters and advisors have said, after the ex-president became the first in US history to be convicted of a crime in a historic day for America. Now, a chorus of Trump's supporters have doubled down on his claims - labelling the trial a political witch hunt …

Trump, first ex-president ever convicted of a crime, slams New York trial
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump, first ex-president ever convicted of a crime, slams New York trial

Al Jazeera  

Donald Trump has ratcheted up his unfounded claims that his New York hush-money trial was a political hit job, a day after becoming the first former president in United States history to be convicted of criminal charges. Trump’s remarks – which oscillated between condemnation of the trial and his now familiar stump speeches – came less than 24 hours after …

History has just been made at Donald Trump's trial in New York City. It could shape America's future
7 months, 2 weeks ago

History has just been made at Donald Trump's trial in New York City. It could shape America's future

ABC  

It's difficult to overstate how significant the verdict delivered in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday is to the future of the United States. Over a day and a half, they considered the prosecution's case: that Trump falsified business records to cover up "hush money" paid to porn star Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election, to silence her …

Republican lawmakers react with fury to Trump verdict and rally to his defense
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Republican lawmakers react with fury to Trump verdict and rally to his defense

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers reacted with immediate fury on Thursday as a New York jury convicted former President Donald Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the 2016 election, speaking out with near unanimity in questioning the legitimacy of the trial and how it was conducted. Trump’s defense has complained about a $15 donation Judge Juan Manuel …

Donald Trump becomes first former US president to be convicted of felony
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump becomes first former US president to be convicted of felony

ABP News  

Washington, May 31 : Donald Trump on Thursday became the first former US president to be convicted of a felony as a grand jury in New York found him guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records. The Biden Harris Campaign said no one is above the law while Trump said the verdict is a result of a rigged political …

Donald Trump found guilty on all 34 counts in New York hush-money case, sentencing hearing on this date
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump found guilty on all 34 counts in New York hush-money case, sentencing hearing on this date

Hindustan Times  

Former US President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up his sexual affair with former porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of his ascent to the White House in 2016. Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, …

Trump found guilty on all counts in first-ever criminal trial of a former president
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump found guilty on all counts in first-ever criminal trial of a former president

Raw Story  

A New York City jury found former President Donald Trump guilty on several counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments ahead of the 2016 presidential records, according to breaking reports. Trump's sentencing is scheduled for July 11 at 10 a.m. Trump maintained his innocence throughout the six-week trial that saw a former fixer, adult film star, and …

Former President Trump is found guilty in historic New York criminal case
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Former President Trump is found guilty in historic New York criminal case

NPR  

Former President Trump is found guilty in historic New York criminal case toggle caption Steven Hirsch/Pool/Getty Images For live updates about the verdict, follow NPR's live blog. NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, a historic verdict as Trump, the …

Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes

LA Times  

Former President Trump returns to the courthouse before his verdict in his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday. Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to …

Column: Trump is officially a convicted felon, but that may not stand in his way
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: Trump is officially a convicted felon, but that may not stand in his way

LA Times  

Former President Trump leaves a Manhattan court after being found guilty Thursday on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Under New York law, Trump’s lawyers have 30 days to file a notice of appeal and six months to file briefs supporting the appeal — a period that would extend well past election day. In an ABC News/IPSOS poll last …

Trump guilty or innocent? Know what's at stake for former US President as hush money trial nears its end
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump guilty or innocent? Know what's at stake for former US President as hush money trial nears its end

Hindustan Times  

Jurors will soon deliver a verdict in the New York trial of Donald Trump. Former US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at Manhattan criminal court in New York, US, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. But the case ultimately boils down to whether Trump knowingly falsified business records to reimburse his lawyer Michael Cohen for a $130,000 …

Trump will 'most likely' be indicted in Arizona election subversion case: legal expert
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump will 'most likely' be indicted in Arizona election subversion case: legal expert

Raw Story  

Ex-president Donald Trump has already been indicted four times in criminal courts, and he's on the track for number five, and even possibly number six, according to a legal expert. "Donald Trump could be charged in two further criminal cases, according to a legal expert who told Newsweek it is 'more than likely' he will also be indicted in the …

Trump trial reaches its end game
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump trial reaches its end game

Raw Story  

NEW YORK — The historic trial of Donald Trump enters its final act Tuesday, with closing arguments to the jury who must then decide whether to hand down the first ever criminal conviction of a former U.S. president. Speaking to reporters before and after each day in court, Trump launched regular tirades against Judge Juan Merchan — calling him "corrupt" …

Trump criminal trial: How the former president’s tendency to act like a mob boss is being revealed.
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump criminal trial: How the former president’s tendency to act like a mob boss is being revealed.

Slate  

Read our ongoing coverage of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial here. In previous testimony in Trump’s civil fraud trial, Cohen described Trump as directing his minions much like a “mob boss.” Daniels has asserted that she and her daughter were threatened to keep quiet about her affair with Trump as far back in 2011, by someone she said she assumed …

Trump Makes His Final Case To Supreme Court To Avoid Prosecution For His Coup Attempt
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump Makes His Final Case To Supreme Court To Avoid Prosecution For His Coup Attempt

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Donald Trump makes his final case Thursday for why he should not be criminally prosecuted for his coup attempt, as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on his claims of “absolute immunity” for actions he took while president. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leaves the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, New York on April …

Tabloid publisher says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Tabloid publisher says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A veteran tabloid publisher testified Tuesday that he pledged to be Donald Trump ‘s “eyes and ears” during his 2016 presidential campaign, recounting how he promised the then-candidate that he would help suppress harmful stories and even arranged to purchase the silence of a doorman. But that wasn’t all, he said, telling jurors how he told Trump: …

Trump was forced to listen silently as potential jurors offered their unvarnished assessments of him
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump was forced to listen silently as potential jurors offered their unvarnished assessments of him

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — He seems “selfish and self-serving,” said one woman. His “negative rhetoric and bias,” said another man, is what is “most harmful.” Over the past week, Donald Trump has been forced to sit inside a frigid New York courtroom and listen to a parade of potential jurors in his criminal hush money trial share their unvarnished assessments of …

Donald Trump brings his campaign to the courthouse as his criminal hush money trial begins
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Donald Trump brings his campaign to the courthouse as his criminal hush money trial begins

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump began his day as a criminal defendant lashing out at the judge and prosecutors, casting himself as a victim and angrily posting on social media. Former President Donald Trump walks out of the courtroom following the first day of jury selection for his trial at the Manhattan criminal court in New York, on …

Donald Trump hush money trial LIVE: Trump says ‘amazing things happened today’
9 months ago

Donald Trump hush money trial LIVE: Trump says ‘amazing things happened today’

Hindustan Times  

Summary Donald Trump hush money trial LIVE: The 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, has been involved in three civil lawsuits in New York after exiting the White House, but this is the first time he could face imprisonment. The amount was handed over for hush money payments he made to former adult film star Stormy Daniels who …

Every day brings Trump legal drama. Here’s why today really matters
9 months ago

Every day brings Trump legal drama. Here’s why today really matters

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy On 30 March 2023, the streets surrounding Manhattan Criminal Court …

Trump goes on panicky early-morning Truth Social spree hours before his trial
9 months ago

Trump goes on panicky early-morning Truth Social spree hours before his trial

Raw Story  

Donald Trump will become the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges starting Monday, and he began the morning with a series of panicky social media posts about his legal predicament. The ex-president again blamed President Joe Biden for his indictment in the Manhattan criminal trial involving his hush money payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels weeks ahead …

A criminologist explains why Trump’s Manhattan trial is the biggest threat to his freedom
9 months ago

A criminologist explains why Trump’s Manhattan trial is the biggest threat to his freedom

Raw Story  

Donald Trump has always been terrified by the thought of going to prison. Second, unlike Trump’s three other criminal cases I cannot imagine any judge sentencing a former president to prison for the Manhattan crimes. Up to now most thinking people have supposed that the Manhattan trial would be the least significant of the four criminal trials Trump is facing …

Manhattan court must find a dozen jurors to hear first-ever criminal case against a former president
9 months ago

Manhattan court must find a dozen jurors to hear first-ever criminal case against a former president

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Of the 1.4 million adults who live in Manhattan, a dozen are soon to become the first Americans to sit in judgment of a former president charged with a crime. Jury selection is set to start Monday in former President Donald Trump’s hush money case — the first trial among four criminal prosecutions of the presumptive Republican …

Trump is going on trial in New York today. Here’s what to expect
9 months ago

Trump is going on trial in New York today. Here’s what to expect

LA Times  

The first criminal prosecution of a former president in American history begins Monday as Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, stands trial in New York. The trial is over whether Trump falsified business records to cover up a $130,000 payment his lawyer Michael Cohen made in the final days of the 2016 campaign to adult film actor Stormy Daniels …

Here’s where all the cases against Trump stand as he campaigns for a return to the White House
11 months ago

Here’s where all the cases against Trump stand as he campaigns for a return to the White House

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — From allegations of plotting to overturn a lost election to illegally stowing classified documents at his Florida estate, former President Donald Trump faces four criminal indictments in four different cities as he vies to reclaim the White House. Former President Donald Trump speaks before entering the courtroom at Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in New York. …

Trump’s election conspiracy trial is off the calendar for now. New York is next
11 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s election conspiracy trial is off the calendar for now. New York is next

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. After Mr Trump’s “immunity” defence was shot down by the federal judge overseeing his …

With The Supreme Court On Sideline For Now, Trump's Lawyers Press Immunity Claims Before Lower Court
1 year ago

With The Supreme Court On Sideline For Now, Trump's Lawyers Press Immunity Claims Before Lower Court

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was acting within his role as president when he pressed claims about “alleged fraud and irregularity” in the 2020 election, his lawyers told a federal appeals court in arguing that he is immune from prosecution. “The indictment of President Trump threatens to launch cycles of recrimination and politically motivated prosecution that will plague …

Trump’s lawyers are preparing his defence. He already claims he ‘won’
1 year, 2 months ago

Trump’s lawyers are preparing his defence. He already claims he ‘won’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Lawyers with New York Attorney General Letitia James …

Here’s where all the cases against Trump stand as he campaigns for a return to the White House
1 year, 3 months ago

Here’s where all the cases against Trump stand as he campaigns for a return to the White House

Associated Press  

The civil fraud trial that kicked off against Donald Trump this week in a New York courtroom is just one of many legal problems facing the former president as he campaigns for a return to the White House. ELECTION INTERFERENCE Smith’s second case against Trump was unveiled in August when the former president was indicted on felony charges for working …

Donald Trump used 'inaccurate' financials, New York says as fraud trial begins
1 year, 3 months ago

Donald Trump used 'inaccurate' financials, New York says as fraud trial begins

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump went on trial for fraud in a civil case against him and his family business. In his opening statement, Kevin Wallace, a lawyer in state Attorney General Letitia James' office, said that Donald Trump described his finances to banks and insurers in a "materially inaccurate way" for a decade. Donald Trump New York Trial: Former US president Donald …

Witness in Trump documents case changed lawyers and then his testimony, prosecutors say
1 year, 4 months ago

Witness in Trump documents case changed lawyers and then his testimony, prosecutors say

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A witness in the criminal case against Donald Trump over the hoarding of classified documents retracted “prior false testimony” after switching lawyers last month and provided new information that implicated the former president, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Prosecutors said in a court filing Tuesday that the witness told a grand jury in Washington in March that he …

Explained | How will the indictments affect Donald Trump?
1 year, 5 months ago

Explained | How will the indictments affect Donald Trump?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The U.S. Department of Justice brought its third indictment against former President Donald Trump this week, with the latest charges relating to his role in blocking the peaceful transfer of power by seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The four charges against Mr. Trump in the 2020 election case include conspiracy to …

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