Jury selection in Donald Trump's hush money trial in Manhattan highlighted the challenges of finding impartial jurors. Topics that engaged Trump included Miami, real estate, and media. Some potential jurors mentioned their affiliations with Yankees season tickets, reading the New York Post and Daily News, and watching Fox News. Despite positive encounters, opinions on Trump diverged, with one juror stating her differing views on him as a president. Trump's reactions varied during the selection process, emphasizing the complexities of assembling a jury in a Democratic-leaning Manhattan.
A jury of seven men and five women from diverse backgrounds and locations in Manhattan has been chosen for the criminal trial against former President Donald Trump in the US. The jurors have varying opinions on Trump, with some not closely following the news. Their identities remain anonymous for security reasons, with restrictions on disclosing their employers and physical descriptors. Key jurors include a man in sales who reads news from various sources, a married man in investment banking with an MBA in finance, and a younger man from the west coast.
Jury selection for the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump in New York has swiftly progressed, with seven jurors chosen from Manhattan in just a day and a half. The selected jurors include professionals such as attorneys, an oncology nurse, a software engineer, a schoolteacher, and a grandfather. Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records related to payments made to bury an allegation of an affair with Stormy Daniels. Prosecutors are focusing on jurors' ability to follow instructions and set aside biases, while Trump's attorneys are gauging opinions on the former president's credibility.
As former President Donald Trump's first criminal trial begins in New York, challenges arise in jury selection as two jurors were excused due to anonymity concerns and personal information becoming public. Judge Juan Merchan instructed the media to limit details about jurors, while prosecutors allege Trump breached his gag order multiple times. Securing 12 jurors and six alternates gains importance, with the possibility of alternates playing a crucial role in the historic case. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
The jury selection for the hush money trial of Donald Trump in New York is proceeding, with seven jurors already selected, including a variety of professionals. Eleven more jurors need to be sworn in, with opening statements expected to begin next week. Prospective jurors have been questioned about their social media, personal lives, and political views, acknowledging their opinions on Trump. The trial will be significant, placing Trump's legal jeopardy at the forefront of the campaign against Joe Biden, with potentially revealing testimony about Trump's private life before becoming president.
Seven jurors have been selected for Donald Trump's hush-money trial in New York, with five more jurors and six alternates yet to be chosen. The jury pool underwent intense scrutiny of political views, personal lives, and social media posts. Trump faces 34 felony counts for allegedly falsifying business records to conceal payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal. This high-profile trial marks the first time a former US president faces criminal charges related to campaign expenses.
Former President Donald Trump pleads not guilty in his hush money trial involving a $160,000 payment to Stormy Daniels, directing criticism at Judge Juan Merchan and blaming Joe Biden for his trial. Despite maintaining his innocence, Trump expresses frustration over the legal proceedings and suggests political motives behind the trial, claiming it's orchestrated by the Biden White House. Trump arrives at court dressed in a blue suit, shirt, and tie, appearing composed alongside his lawyers during jury selection in Manhattan.
Former President Donald Trump's trial on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records has started with jury selection, including the dismissal of two jurors due to privacy concerns. Prosecutors have asked the judge to hold Trump in contempt over social media posts about trial witnesses. Trump was seen briefly using his cellphone in court violating rules. The court aims to select fair jurors in this high-profile case as Trump repeatedly tests the limits of the gag order imposed. Jury selection continues with challenges and the trial is expected to begin soon.
Former President Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his historic hush-money criminal trial, which started in a Lower Manhattan courtroom. Prosecutors allege Trump covered up hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. Trump pleads not guilty. Sketch artists and photographers capture Trump's various moods during jury selection. Lara Trump claims the trial is over a 'bookkeeping error,' sparking social media backlash. Trump also faces trial in three other criminal cases, hindering his campaign activities.
The hush money trial of former President Donald Trump started on April 15, 2024, with jury selection, marking the first criminal trial of a former US commander-in-chief. The trial focuses on $130,000 in payments made by Trump's company to his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, to prevent Stormy Daniels from disclosing her alleged sexual encounter with Trump a decade earlier.
Day two of jury selection in former President Trumps Manhattan criminal trial resumes Tuesday after half of prospective jurors were excused Monday for saying they could not be impartial toward the presumptive Republican nominee. (Angela Weiss/AFP via AP Pool) TRUMP TRIAL Jury selection to resume after possible jurors excused for admitting they could not be impartial. Continue reading ...
The Manhattan District Attorney's office has requested a $3,000 fine and a contempt of court charge against Donald Trump for breaching a gag order by disparaging trial witnesses Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels. Trump faces potential jail time if he continues to violate the court order. The trial involves hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels, with jury selection ongoing and over 500 potential jurors summoned. Trump's lawyers have unsuccessfully attempted to postpone the trial and change the judge overseeing the case.
Melania Trump has expressed her discontent towards the hush money trial against her husband, Donald Trump, considering it as a form of election interference. The trial involves a payment to Stormy Daniels in 2016, with Donald Trump facing accusations of falsifying business records. Melania Trump, who was reportedly furious about the $130,000 payment to Daniels in 2018, now stands by her husband's view of the trial. Judge Juan Merchan hinted at Melania Trump potentially being a witness in the case, while Stephanie Grisham highlighted Donald Trump's fear of his wife.
Tyler Vogel, a 26-year-old man from Lancaster, New York, pleaded guilty to sending death threats to New York Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron who presided over former President Donald Trump's civil fraud case. Vogel used text messages and obtained private information to make the threats, leading to felony and misdemeanor charges. Vogel will participate in probation and mental health court, facing potential withdrawal of his felony plea. Meanwhile, Trump faces 34 felony counts in Manhattan related to falsifying business records and appealing a ruling regarding his wealth misrepresentation.
Former President Donald Trump visited Jose Alba, a bodega worker who was cleared of murder for fatally stabbing an ex-con in self-defense at his Manhattan store in July 2022. The visit to Hamilton Heights, where the incident occurred, included a raucous welcome from supporters chanting 'four more years.' Alba's case, initially sparking controversy, saw charges dropped by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, a target of Trump's criticisms. Surveillance footage indicated Alba acted in self-defense as the ex-con initiated the confrontation by jumping the counter and assaulting the store clerk.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer's rebuttal to the committee's top Democrat, Rep. Jamie Raskin, during a hearing started promisingly by refuting the discredited allegation of President Biden taking a bribe from a Ukrainian businessman. The debate escalated when Raskin questioned Donald Trump's dealings with the Chinese government, highlighting the foreign income Trump received while in office. Comer defended Trump's business, contrasting it with the unanswered question of the Bidens' business ventures. The discussion delved into the legality and perception of foreign business dealings by political figures.
During and after his term as President of the United States, Donald Trump made tens of thousands of false or misleading claims. The Washington Post's fact-checkers documented 30,573 false or misleading claims during his presidential term, an average of about 21 per day. The Toronto Star tallied 5,276 false claims from January 2017 to June 2019, an average of 6.1 per day. Commentators and fact-checkers have described the scale of Trump's mendacity as "unprecedented" in American politics, and the consistency of falsehoods a distinctive part of his business and political identities. Scholarly analysis of Trump's tweets found "significant evidence" of an intent to deceive.By June 2019, after initially resisting, many news organizations began to describe some of his falsehoods as "lies". The Washington Post said his frequent repetition of claims he knew to be false amounted to a campaign based on disinformation. Trump campaign CEO and presidency chief strategist Steve Bannon said that the press, rather than Democrats, was Trump's primary adversary and "the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit."As part of their attempts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Trump and his allies repeatedly falsely claimed there had been massive election fraud and that Trump had won the election. Their effort was characterized by some as an implementation of the big lie propaganda technique.On June 8, 2023, a grand jury indicted Trump on one count of making "false statements and representations", specifically by hiding subpoenaed classified documents from his own attorney who was trying to find and return them to the government. In August 2023, 21 of Trump's falsehoods about the 2020 election were listed in his Washington, D.C. indictment, while 27 were listed in his Georgia indictment.
Judge Aileen Cannon rejected efforts by Donald Trump's co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira to dismiss obstruction charges they faced in the classified documents case. The judge ruled that the charges will proceed to trial, stating that the arguments raised by the co-defendants can be presented in court. The indictment accuses Nauta and De Oliveira of obstructing government efforts to retrieve classified materials from Trump's property. Trump, Nauta, and De Oliveira have pleaded not guilty to the charges. Prosecutors allege that Nauta and De Oliveira misled investigators and plotted to delete security footage to hinder the retrieval of boxes of documents from Mar-a-Lago.
Thanks for contacting us. We've received your submission. Thanks for contacting us. We've received your submission. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg collected a cool $850,000 in donations after indicting former President Donald Trump last March with powerful Democrats and left-leaning labor unions cheering on the prosecution with their wallets, records show.
Late-night hosts reacted to Donald Trump's Truth Social post criticizing Jimmy Kimmel's Oscars performance and incorrectly claiming Kimmel announced the Best Picture award. Kimmel fact-checked Trump's statements, highlighting the falsehoods. Trump's focus on past events, amid criminal charges, garnered responses from late-night hosts mocking his fixation with the Oscars. Trump's feud with Kimmel extended to social media exchanges and campaign banter. Meanwhile, Stephen Colbert commented on the turmoil faced by House Speaker Mike Johnson within his party.
A criminal justice advocate turned suspected killer in a wig was snapped with Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg - and used sign language to help his deaf child rapist dad carry out drug deals as a child. The disturbing family history of Sheldon Johnson Jr, 48, has been unearthed following his murder charges this week, as he is accused of shooting and beheading 44-year-old Collin Smalls. His family's three generations of criminals were profiled in 2016 by Buzzfeed , including his father's convictions for raping his seven-year-old daughter several times in 1986. The father, also named Sheldon Johnson, told New York Daily News that he thought his son was 'reformed' in the wake of his week's beheading murder, a point Johnson Jr made a month ago in an appearance on Joe Rogan 's podcast where he detailed his comeback from incarceration. The ex-con had left prison in May 2023 after serving 25 years for a 1997 armed robbery, before becoming a client advocate for the Queens Defenders that put him in the orbit of progressive Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
Former President Donald Trump's attorney, Alina Habba, has retracted her conflict of interest claim against U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over the E Jean Carroll defamation trial. Habba had filed a letter with the court citing a New York Post story that mentioned Kaplan and Carroll attorney Roberta Kaplan had worked at the same law firm in the 1990s. However, Carroll's lawyer threatened sanctions, prompting Habba to back off. The claim alleged that Kaplan's relationship with Roberta Kaplan posed an ethics violation and could be used as grounds for a new trial.
Donald John Trump Jr. (born December 31, 1977) is an American businessman, former television presenter, political activist, and author. He is the eldest child of former U.S. President Donald Trump and his first wife Ivana Trump.Trump serves as a trustee and executive vice president of The Trump Organization, running the company alongside his younger brother Eric. During their father's presidency, the brothers continued to do deals and investments in foreign countries, as well as collect payments in their U.S. properties from foreign governments, despite a pledge that they would not do so. He served as a boardroom judge on the reality TV show featuring his father, The Apprentice. He authored Triggered in 2019 and Liberal Privilege in 2020.Trump was active in his father's 2016 presidential campaign. He cooperated with Russia in their interference in the 2016 United States elections and had a meeting with a Russian lawyer who promised damaging information about the campaign of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Trump campaigned for several Republicans during the 2018 midterm elections. He has promoted several conspiracy theories.Trump was also active in his father's 2020 presidential campaign, often being on the campaign trail and being featured in the news for making unfounded claims. During the election he called for "total war" as the results were counted and promoted the stolen election conspiracy theory. Following his father's defeat, he engaged in attempts to overturn the results. He spoke at the rally that led to the storming of the Capitol, where he threatened Trump's opponents that "we're coming for you." In January 2021, Attorney General for the District of Columbia Karl Racine said that he is looking at whether to charge Donald Trump Jr. with inciting the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in the criminal investigation into the attack. CNN reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows outlining paths to subvert the Electoral College process and ensure his father a second term.
Former President Donald Trump visited a bodega in Manhattan during his criminal trial, demonstrating his willingness to continue campaign activities amid the legal proceedings. Trump's past campaign strategies in 2020 focused on covid-friendly airport rallies, with no mid-May rallies historically. Despite the trial affecting his schedule, Trump has shown flexibility in how he conducts his campaign activities.
Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network (colloquially Dominion v. Fox) was a U.S. defamation lawsuit filed in March 2021 by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News Channel and its corporate parent Fox Corporation. Dominion's complaint sought US$1.6 billion in damages, alleging several Fox programs had broadcast false statements that Dominion's voting machines had been rigged to steal the 2020 United States presidential election from then-president Donald Trump. Fox News argued that it was reporting "pure opinion" regarding what others were saying which, if true, would be protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution and New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964).Dominion focused on allegations made between November 2020 and January 2021 by hosts Maria Bartiromo, Tucker Carlson, Lou Dobbs, Sean Hannity, and Jeanine Pirro. Guests who often appeared with these hosts included Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, both of whom have also been sued individually by Dominion in federal court. During pre-trial discovery, Fox News' internal communications were released, indicating that prominent hosts and top executives were aware the network was reporting false statements but continued doing so to retain viewers for financial reasons.In a summary judgment on March 31, 2023, Delaware Superior Court judge Eric M. Davis ruled that none of the disputed statements Fox News made about Dominion were true and ordered a trial to determine if the network had acted with actual malice. Several prominent Fox News personalities and senior executives were expected to testify at trial.On April 18, 2023, as opening statements were about to begin, the judge announced that the parties had reached a settlement. Fox News agreed to pay Dominion $787.5 million and acknowledged the court's earlier ruling that Fox had broadcast false statements about Dominion. The settlement did not require Fox News to apologize. It is the largest known media settlement for defamation in U.S. history.
Donald Trump's media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, plans to launch a streaming platform, despite its falling stock prices. The company's stock has dropped close to 14% and more than halved in value since going public. The new platform, Truth Social, will expand into livestreaming, offering content at risk of cancellation or suppression. CEO Devin Nunes mentioned providing a platform for content facing discrimination. The company's stock, majority-owned by Trump, is down over 70% from its all-time high, struggling to make profits. Investors are cautioned due to the lack of fundamentals supporting its valuation.
Donald Trump's presidential campaign is requesting down-ballot Republican candidates to contribute 5% of their fundraising earnings if they use Trump's name, image, or likeness in their solicitations. The request, outlined in a letter to GOP digital vendors by top Trump advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita, also includes guidelines on language to avoid when referencing Trump. Vendors responsible for clients who do not comply will face consequences, and candidates approved by Trump will have the opportunity for an upsell donation personally signed by the former president, with a 1% split requested on these upsells.
WOR radio host Mark Simone and New York Post politics reporter Jon Levine join Kudlow to discuss President Biden honoring Transgender Day of Visibility on Easter. FIRST ON FOX: A conservative watchdog group is accusing President Biden of possible violations of federal financial disclosure laws related to lavish vacations he took at the homes of wealthy businessmen and Democratic donors. Russ Vought, president of the Center for Renewing America, is asking the Department of Justice to investigate Biden for alleged "serious ethical lapses" in failing to disclose free vacations that do not appear to qualify under certain exemptions in the Ethics in Government Act (EIGA), according to a complaint addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland and obtained by Fox News Digital. "Since at least the time he was Vice President, Biden has demonstrated a concerning and systematic trend of accepting lavish vacations as gifts from wealthy individuals with business before the government. And he has failed to disclose these gifts in violation of EIGA," wrote Vought, who was director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under President Trump.
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump received a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, and his father named him president of his real estate business in 1971. Trump renamed it the Trump Organization and reoriented the company toward building and renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. After a series of business failures in the late twentieth century, he successfully launched side ventures that required little capital, mostly by licensing the Trump name. From 2004 to 2015, he co-produced and hosted the reality television series The Apprentice. He and his businesses have been plaintiff or defendant in more than 4,000 state and federal legal actions, including six business bankruptcies.Trump won the 2016 presidential election as the Republican Party nominee against Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton while losing the popular vote. During the campaign, his political positions were described as populist, protectionist, isolationist, and nationalist. His election and policies sparked numerous protests. He was the first U.S. president with no prior military or government experience. A special counsel investigation established that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election to favor Trump's campaign. Trump promoted conspiracy theories and made many false and misleading statements during his campaigns and presidency, to a degree unprecedented in American politics. Many of his comments and actions have been characterized as racially charged or racist and many as misogynistic.As president, Trump ordered a travel ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries, diverted military funding toward building a wall on the U.S.–Mexico border, and implemented a policy of family separations for migrants detained at the U.S. border. He weakened environmental protections, rolling back more than 100 environmental policies and regulations. He signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which cut taxes for individuals and businesses and rescinded the individual health insurance mandate penalty of the Affordable Care Act. He appointed Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. He reacted slowly to the COVID-19 pandemic, ignored or contradicted many recommendations from health officials, used political pressure to interfere with testing efforts, and spread misinformation about unproven treatments. Trump initiated a trade war with China and withdrew the U.S. from the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, the Paris Agreement on climate change, and the Iran nuclear deal. He met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un three times but made no progress on denuclearization.Trump refused to concede after losing the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden, falsely claiming widespread electoral fraud, and attempted to overturn the results by pressuring government officials, mounting scores of unsuccessful legal challenges, and obstructing the presidential transition. On January 6, 2021, he urged his supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol, which many of them then attacked, resulting in multiple deaths and interrupting the electoral vote count.Trump is the only American president to have been impeached twice. After he tried to pressure Ukraine in 2019 to investigate Biden, he was impeached by the House of Representatives for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress; he was acquitted by the Senate in February 2020. The House impeached him again in January 2021, for incitement of insurrection, and the Senate acquitted him in February. Scholars and historians rank Trump as one of the worst presidents in American history.Since leaving office, Trump has continued to dominate the Republican Party and is a candidate in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries. In 2023, a civil trial jury found that Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll. In 2024, a New York state court found Trump liable for financial fraud. Trump is appealing both judgments. He was also indicted in New York on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, in Florida on 40 felony counts related to his mishandling of classified documents, in Washington, D.C., on four felony counts of conspiracy and obstruction for efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, and in Georgia on 13 charges of racketeering and other alleged felonies committed in an effort to overturn the state's 2020 election results. Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Fox News is an American basic cable and satellite television channel owned by Fox Corporation. During its time on the air, it has been the subject of several controversies and allegations.Fox News has been described by academics, media figures, political figures, and watchdog groups as being biased in favor of the Republican Party in its news coverage, as perpetuating conservative bias, and as misleading their audience in relation to science, notably climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.Fox News was sued for defamation in 2021 by two voting machine companies alleging the network's hosts and guests knowingly promoted falsehoods that voting machines were rigged to deny Donald Trump's reelection in the 2020 presidential election. The companies sought a total of $4.3 billion in damages. Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to resolve the defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over the network's promotion of misinformation about the 2020 election.
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