Trump hush-money trial

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Trump Juror With Concerns About Being IDed Excused
'We Have Our Jury,'
Trump Judge Announces
UPDATED
Apr 18, 2024 4:19 PM CDT

'We Have Our Jury,' Trump Judge Announces

Five more alternates are still needed

(Newser) - Judge Juan Merchan announced late Thursday afternoon that his court is no longer in the process of choosing the 12 jurors needed for Donald Trump's hush-money trial. "We have our jury," the judge told his Manhattan courtroom. "Let's pick our alternates." One alternate has...

Judge to Trump: I Will Not Have Any Jurors Intimidated

7 jurors selected on Day 2 of hush-money trial

(Newser) - This story has been updated with new developments. The second day of Donald Trump's hush-money trial in Manhattan ended with seven jurors selected. ABC News reports that the seven jurors chosen Tuesday include the foreperson, a man born in Ireland who works in sales. Other jurors include an oncology...

&#39;New Reality&#39; for Trump: Judge Sets His Schedule
'New Reality' for Trump:
Judge Sets His Schedule
analysis
Apr 16, 2024 11:18 AM CDT

'New Reality' for Trump: Judge Sets His Schedule

Former president is chafing at restrictions imposed in New York trial

(Newser) - As his hush-money trial continues in New York, Donald Trump is confronting what Kyle Cheney at Politico calls a "jarring new reality" for the former president: "Criminal defendants don't get to set their own schedules." On three different occasions Monday, Judge Juan Merchan sounded a pessimistic...

Trump Seemingly Falls Asleep in Court
Trump Appears to
Nod Off in Courtroom
Apr 16, 2024 12:00 AM CDT

Trump Appears to Nod Off in Courtroom

As jury selection was underway in his hush money trial

(Newser) - Donald Trump was taking a lot of flak for apparently nodding off in the courtroom during day one of proceedings in his hush money trial. As the New York Times puts it, he seemed at times "exhausted," "his mouth going slack and his head drooping onto his...

As Trial Starts, Trump Scores a Win and a Loss
More Than 50 Potential
Trump Jurors Dismissed
UPDATED
Apr 15, 2024 4:30 PM CDT

More Than 50 Potential Trump Jurors Dismissed

They said they couldn't be fair or impartial

(Newser) - Developments on the first day of Donald Trump's historic criminal case in New York:
  • Dozens of potential jurors dismissed. More than 50 of the 96 potential jurors brought in for a preliminary round of questioning were immediately excused after raising their hands to indicate they couldn't be fair
...

Trump Arrives at Court for Historic Trial

Jury selection begins Monday in his hush-money case

(Newser) - Donald Trump arrived at a Manhattan courtroom Monday morning to watch jury selection begin in his hush-money trial , briefly speaking outside and calling the case an "assault on America," reports the Hill . And it's not just any trial, of course, but the "first criminal trial of...

Jury Selection in Trump&#39;s First Criminal Trial Starts Today
A High-Stakes
Day Arrives
for Trump
the rundown
Apr 15, 2024 5:03 AM CDT

A High-Stakes Day Arrives for Trump

On Monday, he becomes the first former US president to face a criminal trial

(Newser) - An unprecedented moment will take place Monday in Manhattan, when jury selection begins for Donald Trump's trial in what will be the first-ever criminal trial for a former US president. A roundup of some of the points being made in coverage leading up to the historic proceedings in his...

Publicity Argument Doesn't Sway Trump Judge, Either

Prosecutors say there must be 12 impartial potential jurors in Manhattan's 1 million people

(Newser) - The judge in Donald Trump's hush money criminal case on Friday turned down the former president's request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case. It's the latest in a string of delay denials that Trump has gotten from various courts this week as he fights...

Court Rejects Trump's Latest Attempt to Delay Trial

Filing was his 3rd attempt this week to push back the start of hush-money trial

(Newser) - This story has been updated with new developments. Donald Trump's lawyers struck out yet again Wednesday with an attempt to delay his hush-money trial in New York. The AP reports that an appeals court rejected Trump's third attempt in three days to halt the trial indefinitely. Earlier, the...

Judge Won&#39;t Move Trump Trial
Judge Rejects Another
Bid to Delay Trump Trial
UPDATED
Apr 9, 2024 2:17 PM CDT

Judge Rejects Another Bid to Delay Trump Trial

His lawyers wanted to put it on hold during appeal of gag order

(Newser) - Donald Trump has lost yet another bid to delay his New York hush-money trial. On Tuesday an appeals court judge rejected the former president's bid to put the trial on hold while he appeals a gag order that was issued in February and expanded last week . Trump lawyer Emil...

Trump's Jury Questionnaire Is Released

Judge has 42 questions for potential jurors in Stormy Daniels case set to begin Monday

(Newser) - Judge Juan Merchan doesn't care if potential jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial particularly like or don't like the former president, but he does care if they've dabbled in groups like QAnon, the Proud Boys, or antifa. As Politico reports, the New York Supreme Court...

Trump Makes 11th-Hour Move in Hush-Money Trial

'New York Times' reports on sealed filings

(Newser) - Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial is due to start a week from today—unless Trump succeeds in his latest effort to push back its start. CBS News reports on a pair of sealed filings made Monday, which appear under "change of venue" and "stay" in an...

Trump Trash-Talks Judge Over Gag Order

Candidate likens himself to Mandela in addressing potential gag order punishment

(Newser) - Likening himself to a Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped end apartheid in South Africa, Donald Trump taunted the judge presiding over his hush money trial who has prohibited the defendant from making statements attacking most people involved in the case and their families. "I will gladly become a...

Days Before Hush Money Trial, New Demand From Trump

Ex-president's lawyers want Judge Juan Merchan to step away, alleging conflict of interest, bias

(Newser) - Donald Trump is demanding a new judge just days before his hush money criminal trial is set to begin, rehashing long-standing grievances with the current judge in a long-shot, 11th-hour bid to disrupt and delay the case. Trump's lawyers, echoing his recent social media complaints, urged Manhattan Judge Juan...

Judge: Trump Trial Can Start Before Immunity Ruling

Merchan rejects bid to delay hush-money trial

(Newser) - A judge Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's bid to delay his April 15 hush-money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan deemed the former president's request untimely, ruling that his lawyers...

After Attacks on Judge's Daughter, Trump's Gag Order Expanded

Relatives of judge, DA now included

(Newser) - Donald Trump's gag order was expanded Monday night after the former president went after the daughter of the judge in his hush money case. Trump, who has also verbally attacked the judge himself , had previously been barred from talking about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff, and jurors in the case...

Judge Issues Gag Order in Trump Hush-Money Case
Trump Rails Against Judge
in Hush-Money Case
UPDATED
Mar 27, 2024 1:52 PM CDT

Trump Rails Against Judge in Hush-Money Case

He's banned from making remarks about witnesses, prosecutors, jurors, but not the judge

(Newser) - Donald Trump on Wednesday took a verbal swing at the New York judge who will oversee his hush-money trial and who put him under a gag order the day prior. In a Truth Social post , Trump called the order "illegal, un-American, unConstitutional" and framed Judge Juan Merchan as "...

Trump Loses Fight to Delay Hush-Money Trial

It will start April 15, judge rules

(Newser) - Donald Trump may have received good news in his civil fraud case on Monday, but he also received bad news in his hush-money case . A New York judge said the latter trial would begin on April 15 despite the former president's attempts to delay it. Judge Juan M. Merchan...

Judge Delays Trump Trial Over Late Evidence Dump

Criminal case will be held up at least 30 days, though defense asked for 90

(Newser) - A judge on Friday delayed Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial until at least mid-April after his lawyers said they need more time to sift through a profusion of evidence they only recently obtained from a previous federal investigation into the matter. Judge Juan Manuel Merchan agreed to a 30-day...

Trump Loses Attempt to Toss Classified Documents Case

He has similar motions still in play, and in New York, a delay in hush-money case is possible

(Newser) - This file has been updated with the judge's decision on a motion to dismiss. Donald Trump's legal travails had two notable developments on Thursday:
  • Classified documents: In Florida, the former president looked on in court as his lawyers urged a federal judge to dismiss the case accusing him
...

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