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Judge Merchan won’t let prosecutors play 1999 Larry King clip at Trump trial
A New York judge on Friday rejected prosecutors' attempts to enter a 1999 interview between Donald Trump and Larry King into evidence in the ex-president's hush money trial. Published May 10, 2024
N.Y. judge says photographer broke rule, will not allow Trump pictures in court
New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan is forbidding photographs of former President Donald Trump in his trial because a pool journalist took a picture from the aisle instead of the front of the courtroom, as required, according to court officers. Published May 10, 2024
N.Y. judge again refuses to grant mistrial for Trump or alter gag order related to Stormy Daniels
NEW YORK -- A New York judge on Thursday rejected a second request by former President Donald Trump to declare a mistrial over the testimony of porn actress Stormy Daniels. Published May 9, 2024
Defense portrays Stormy Daniels as a money-hungry author of sex stories at Trump trial
Donald Trump's lawyers on Thursday tore into Stormy Daniels as a creative profit seeker who used the former president's 2016 candidacy and legal troubles to extort money from him, sell merchandise and launch a "Make America Horny Again" tour. Published May 9, 2024
Trump lawyers: Stormy Daniels is adept at making up sex stories
Former President Donald Trump's lawyers on Thursday argued that Stormy Daniels' experience in the porn industry made her an expert at fabricating stories about sexual encounters. Published May 9, 2024
Defense portrays Stormy Daniels as money hungry as Trump trial resumes
Former President Donald Trump's lawyers on Thursday painted Stormy Daniels as a profit seeker who tried to extort him ahead of the 2016 election, as the porn star returned to the witness stand in Manhattan. Published May 9, 2024
Sen. Rick Scott of Florida attends Trump hush money trial in New York
Sen. Rick Scott of Florida is attending former President Donald Trump's hush money trial in Manhattan. Published May 9, 2024
Stormy Daniels’ steamy testimony isn’t expected to sway the presidential race
Adult film actress Stormy Daniels' testimony about an extramarital sexual encounter with former President Donald Trump is the kind of thing that would sink a normal politician. But there was no indication on Wednesday that his Rolodex of congressional supporters or evangelical base was ready to ditch him over Ms. Daniels' X-rated narrative. Published May 8, 2024
Trump says Stormy Daniels’ testimony backfired: ‘This whole case is just a disaster’
After a day in court where porn star Stormy Daniels recounted in excruciating detail an alleged sexual romp with former President Donald Trump, he emerged to declare the prosecutors' case is "totally falling apart." Published May 7, 2024
Stormy Daniels takes stand, dishes tawdry testimony in Trump trial
Prosecutors dove straight into the seamy details of the hush money case against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday by putting adult-film actress Stormy Daniels on the stand to testify about an alleged sexual encounter in a Lake Tahoe suite in 2006 and efforts to sell her story before the presidential election a decade later. Published May 7, 2024
Defense gets crack at Stormy Daniels, highlights her hatred for Trump
Former President Donald Trump's lawyers undercut Stormy Daniels and her motivations Tuesday after prosecutors spent hours eliciting salacious testimony from the porn star, a central witness in the New York hush-money trial against the former president. Published May 7, 2024
NYC Mayor Eric Adams says city will be ready if Trump thrown in jail
The New York City corrections department will be ready if former President Donald Trump is jailed for violating the gag order in his hush-money trial, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday. Published May 7, 2024
Judge rejects Trump’s motion for mistrial over Stormy testimony
Former President Donald Trump moved for a mistrial Tuesday, saying testimony offered by porn star Stormy Daniels went too far. The motion was swiftly rejected, though the attempt will preserve some of Mr. Trump's rights in an appeal of a potential conviction. Published May 7, 2024
Stormy Daniels takes the stand in Trump trial
Porn star Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial, a remarkable moment that breathed life into proceedings that had been mired in copies of checks, invoices and other mundane details of the state's case. Published May 7, 2024
N.Y. judge allows Stormy Daniels to testify about alleged 2006 encounter
A New York judge said Tuesday he will allow porn star Stormy Daniels to offer limited testimony about an alleged sexual encounter with former President Donald Trump when she takes the stand in Mr. Trump's hush money trial. Published May 7, 2024
New York judge to Trump: You’re heading to jail if you violate gag order again
A New York judge warned former President Donald Trump on Monday that he'll go to jail if he further violates a gag order, starting the third week of his hush money trial on an ominous note before Trump Organization employees walked the jury through accounting evidence at the heart of the case. Published May 6, 2024
Ex-Trump Organization accountant testifies about efforts to repay Michael Cohen
A former Trump Organization controller testified Monday about efforts to pay thousands of dollars in reimbursements to Michael Cohen, the lawyer who managed a hush payment at the heart of the criminal charges against former President Donald Trump. Published May 6, 2024
Final notice: New York judge threatens to jail Trump for next gag-order violation
A New York judge on Monday told Donald Trump that he will send the former president to jail the next time he violates a gag order that prevents him from opining witnesses, jurors and certain court staff in his hush money trial. Published May 6, 2024
Hope Hicks describes hectic 2016 climate, cries on witness stand at Trump trial
Prosecutors will call a new witness Monday when former President Donald Trump's hush money trial moves on from a dramatic cameo by Hope Hicks, a key former Trump aide who broke down in tears while describing the hectic days around the 2016 election and reports of hush money payments. Published May 3, 2024
Former Trump aide Hope Hicks testifies about key events in 2016
Hope Hicks, a top aide to former President Donald Trump during his political rise, is testifying in her former boss' hush money trial about key players in 2016 payoffs to women and the fallout from the "Access Hollywood" tape before the election. Published May 3, 2024