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Join our Whatsapp channel It was, by many measures, a trial like New York had definitely seen before — a panel of citizen jurors finding a real estate mogul guilty of business fraud. But it was anything but ordinary because when it comes to Donald Trump, the average routinely turns surreal. His criminal sentencing after a conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records caps a roller coaster of delays and legal proceedings that began when the Republican was a former president and en

The reimbursement was later logged as legal expenses.... Mr Davidson said it was “ about completing a deal between two consenting adults, or that my client wanted and that his entity wanted[ it].... This was one of the many reasons I fired her as a client in[ February] 2019.” Avenatti has said he has been in contact with Mr Trump’s legal team and is willing to testify....

5 election, was audibly muttering while one of the possible members of the panel was questioned. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election.... Daniels says she had a sexual encounter with Trump about a decade beforehand.... Trump has pleaded not guilty and denies an encounter took place....

The trial of Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran charged in the May 2023 choking death of a homeless man in a New York City subway car, is set to begin Monday with jury selection. The trial is expected to last between four and six weeks, according to Judge Max Wiley. Penny, 25, has pleaded not guilty to the charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in connection with Jordan Neely's death. Wiley denied Penny's bid to dismiss his involuntary manslaughter case in January.

No jury in American history has faced such a task — deciding whether a former president and presumptive major party nominee will be convicted of a crime.... Trump denies having an affair with Daniels and has pleaded not guilty in this first of four looming criminal cases— which may be the only one to go to trial before November’s election.... Trump has now spent six ignominious weeks breathing the stale air of a foreboding tower block of a courthouse that has dispensed justice to some of New Y

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Last week, the district attorney’s office cited another four comments from Trump that allegedly violated the order.... “ It’s going to be the easiest deal you’ve ever done in your entire life, ” Davidson said, before pausing and letting out a little laugh. Rodriguez told him it had already been negotiated.... “ Yes, he was on my high school hockey team, ” Davidson said.“ How does he feel about you now?...

Mr Blanche started spewing arguments, claiming the hush money case is “ political persecution ”, prompting Judge Merchan to interject.“ Did he violate the gag order?... That’s what I want to know, ” he said.... “ He spoke about the jury, right?...

Trump at one point spoke loudly and gestured while the judge was questioning the would-be juror, causing the judge to admonish the former president.“ I don’t know what he was uttering, but it was audible and he was gesturing.... ” while he walked down the aisle.... Trump then took his seat at the defense table with his attorneys. With the trial expected to last for six weeks or more, multiple jury pool members brought up plans they have for Memorial Day and beyond....