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 […]
Judge fines Trump $US9,000, threatens jail for contempt in hush money trial
Reuters The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial fined the former US President $US9,000 for contempt of court on Tuesday and said he would consider jailing him if he continued to violate a gag order. In a written order, Justice Juan Merchan said the fine may not be enough to serve as a […]
On first day of Trump hush money trial, prosecutors say he corrupted 2016 election
New York, US Reuters New York prosecutors said on the first day of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial that the former president broke the law and corrupted the 2016 election by trying to cover up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model, while his defence lawyer said he committed no crime. […]
Updated: Trump pleads not guilty to 34 criminal charges in New York
Updated: 12:45pm (AEST) New York, US Reuters Former President Donald Trump was charged on Tuesday with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a historic case over allegations he orchestrated hush-money payments to two women before the 2016 US election to suppress publication of their sexual encounters with him. Prosecutors in Manhattan accused Trump, […]
Trump arrives in New York for surrender, opposes TV court coverage
New York/Palm Beach, Florida, US Reuters Former US President Donald Trump flew into New York City on his private plane on Monday to face charges stemming from a probe into hush money paid to a porn star, while his lawyers argued against letting cameras in the courtroom. With New York taking security precautions and the […]
Trump to fly to New York for court surrender amid tight security
New York/Palm Beach, Florida, US Reuters Former US President Donald Trump is set to fly from Florida to New York City on Monday, ahead of his scheduled arraignment related to hush money paid to a porn star before the 2016 election, as security tightens in Manhattan. Trump, the first former US president to face criminal […]
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 […]
Essay: Trump indictment won’t keep him from presidential race, but will make his reelection bid much harder
STEFANIE LINDQUIST, Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science at Arizona State University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the ramifications of news former US President Donald Trump has been indicted…
Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday, calls for protests
New York, US Reuters Former US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he expects to be arrested on Tuesday as New York prosecutors consider charges over a hush money payment to a porn star, and called on his supporters to protest. “Illegal leaks from a corrupt & highly political Manhattan district attorney’s office…indicate that, with […]