According to prosecutors' formulation, Donald Trump skirted campaign finance laws by funneling a payment of USD 130,000 to adult film actress Stormy Daniels through Michael Cohen, his attorney, and then falsely claiming that the money used to repay Cohen was for legal work.
As Michael Cohen resumed testifying for the second day on Tuesday at the Republican presidential candidate's criminal trial in hush money trial, House Speaker Mike Johnson, on Tuesday joined former president Donald Trump at the New York courthouse and said that Trump is not the bookkeeper fo
In a testimony marked by a mostly casual and conversational tone, Daniels painted a picture of the encounter, describing the floors, furniture, and even the contents of Trump's toiletry kit.
Former US President Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined USD 9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush-money case.
A man set himself on fire outside the Manhattan courthouse on Friday, where former US President Donald Trump's first criminal trial was ongoing, The Hill reported, citing police.
Amidst discussions on jury selection, which had initially hinted at potential weeks-long deliberations, Tuesday saw significant progress, with over a third of the needed jurors already chosen.
The criminal trial of Donald J. Trump, the nation's 45th president and the Republican Party's presumptive nominee, started with potential jurors assembling in a drab courtroom in New York City while Trump looked on.
The judge's decision comes after Trump requested the New York appeals court for emergency relief to stop the criminal trial scheduled to begin on Monday from going ahead so he could appeal a lower court's ruling on presidential immunity and have the judge recused from the case.
Days before the former President of the US, Donald Trump is set to face a criminal trial in Manhattan, an appeals court judge denied his request to put the case on hold and transfer it to a new place, the New York Times reported.
A New York judge has scheduled former US President Donald Trump's hush money trial to begin on April 15, enabling his first criminal trial to begin this spring following a last-minute delay, as reported by The Hill.