Analysis – For Trump’s false records conviction, prison is rare but not unprecedented
New York City, US Reuters Now that the jury in Donald Trump’s criminal trial has made the historic decision to convict him, the judge overseeing the case will soon face a monumental choice: whether to sentence the 2024 Republican presidential candidate to time behind bars. After the 12-member jury on Thursday handed down its verdict […]
Trump trial jurors finish first day of deliberations without a verdict
New York, US Reuters Jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial finished their first day of closed-door deliberations on Wednesday without reaching a verdict that would decide the fate of the only US president to be charged with a crime. The 12 jurors and six alternates were due to return to the New York courthouse […]
Trump sought to “hoodwink” voters with porn star payment, prosecutor tells jury
Updated: 11:25am (AEST) New York, US Reuters A New York prosecutor told jurors that the hush money payment at the heart of former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial was an attempt to “hoodwink the American voter” during the 2016 election, as lawyers made their closing arguments on Tuesday. Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass said the $US130,000 payment […]
After prosecution rests, Trump lawyers ask judge to dismiss hush money trial
New York City, US Reuters Donald Trump’s lawyers asked the judge overseeing his criminal hush money trial on Monday to dismiss the case before it reaches the jury, arguing the testimony of star witness Michael Cohen was not credible given his criminal record and history of lying. Justice Juan Merchan did not immediately rule on […]
Trump’s lawyer accuses Michael Cohen of lying at hush money trial
New York, US Reuters Donald Trump’s lawyer on Thursday accused star witness Michael Cohen of lying at the former US President’s trial about a phone conversation he claimed to have had with Trump about a hush money payment to a porn star shortly before the 2016 presidential election. Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche said the phone […]
Trump’s lawyers assail estranged fixer Michael Cohen’s credibility at hush money trial
New York, US Reuters Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen sustained a withering assault from the Republican presidential candidate’s legal team on Tuesday, as Trump’s defence lawyers sought to undermine Cohen’s testimony that Trump was intricately involved in a scheme to buy a porn star’s silence. In sometimes aggressive questioning, Trump attorney Todd Blanche confronted […]
Ex-fixer Michael Cohen testifies Trump signed off on hush money payment to porn star
New York City, US Reuters Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen told jurors on Monday that the Republican presidential candidate personally approved a hush money payment to bury a porn star’s story of a sexual encounter before it could derail his 2016 campaign. “Just do it,” Cohen said Trump told him, instructing him to figure […]
Dozens of potential jurors at Trump hush money trial dismissed for bias
New York, US Reuters The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial dismissed dozens of potential jurors on Monday who said they could not impartially decide whether the former US President is guilty or innocent of criminal charges. On the first day of the historic criminal trial, the first to involve a former president, Justice […]
Trump charges bring New York ‘zombie case’ back to life
New York, US Reuters Manhattan has started and stopped its investigation into Donald Trump’s hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels so many times that it has come to be known as a “zombie case” like the mythical character who returns from the dead. A grand jury of New Yorkers has brought charges against the […]
Updated: Trump criminally charged in New York, a first for a US ex-president
Updated: 3pm (AEDT) New York, US Reuters Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury after a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, becoming the first former US president to face criminal charges even as he makes another run for the White House. The specific charges are not yet […]