Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York continues with the cross-examination of Stormy Daniels by the defense team. Trump pleads not guilty to charges of falsifying business records related to a hush-money payment to Daniels and denies allegations of a sexual encounter. BBC's Nada Tawfik covers Daniels' defiant testimony during the trial. The BBC News app offers optimized mobile viewing for updates.
Former President Trump's criminal trial in New York includes the cross-examination of Stormy Daniels, a key witness for the prosecution, following the denial of a mistrial. Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money payments before the 2016 election. The charges allege efforts to silence Daniels about an extramarital affair. Manhattan District Attorney aims to prove Trump's involvement in a conspiracy to influence the election.
Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial learned the details of Michael Cohen's reimbursement for the Stormy Daniels payment, which was disguised as a legal expense. Trump now faces potential jail time for violating additional gag orders in the trial. Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen are expected to testify in the upcoming weeks, with prosecutors preparing to call them as witnesses. The trial includes revelations about how Trump Organization reimbursed payments to suppress damaging stories, presenting legal challenges for the former president.
The trial in the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse involves Stormy Daniels giving testimony about her alleged sexual affair with Trump and efforts to conceal it. Judge Juan Merchan found Trump in contempt of court for the 10th time for violating a gag order. Trump faces 34 felony counts for falsifying business records to hide the hush money payment to Daniels. Rick Scott, a Republican Florida Senator, supports Trump in court, calling it political persecution. The trial continues with cross-examination of Daniels.
Stormy Daniels took the witness stand in Donald Trump's criminal trial, describing her alleged 2006 sexual encounter with the former U.S. president. Trump is facing charges of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 payment to Daniels for her silence before the 2016 election. Daniels testified confidently and described the encounter as consensual but uncomfortable, stating that she did not decline Trump's advances but blacked out before finding herself on a bed with no clothes on.
On January 12, 2018, The Wall Street Journal reported that in October 2016, just before the 2016 United States presidential election, Michael Cohen, lawyer for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, arranged a payment of US$130,000 to pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels to stop her disclosing an affair she and Trump allegedly had in 2006. Daniels had signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). At first, Cohen denied Trump had the alleged affair and sought to suppress the allegation based on the NDA, but a month later publicly acknowledged making the payment.Besides allegations surrounding the details of the affair itself, the acknowledged payment raised legal and ethical questions as to whether the payment violated federal campaign finance laws, either because the payment was not duly disclosed as a campaign contribution or because campaign funds may have been used towards the payment. On February 13, Cohen said he paid the money out of his own pocket, not as a campaign contribution; and that neither The Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign reimbursed him for making it. On April 5, Trump said he had no knowledge of Cohen's payment; but on April 26 admitted for the first time that Cohen represented him in "the Stormy Daniels deal". On May 2, Trump's new lawyer Rudy Giuliani said that Trump had reimbursed Cohen for the payment.In August 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges, including a campaign finance violation for Daniels's payment. He stated under oath that he paid her "in coordination with and at the direction of a candidate for federal office". Cohen was sentenced to three years in federal prison on various charges, and was disbarred.Daniels filed three lawsuits against Trump and/or Cohen. In the first lawsuit she argued that the NDA was invalid. She won the lawsuit, though it was dismissed after Trump and Cohen agreed not to enforce the NDA. A California court subsequently ordered Trump pay $44,100 to reimburse her legal fees. She lost the second lawsuit, in which she argued she was defamed, and was ordered to pay almost $300,000 in legal fees and court sanctions. In the third lawsuit she claimed that Cohen colluded with her previous attorney Keith Davidson against her interests when he negotiated the payment. The lawsuit did not name Trump as a defendant, and settled in May 2019.Trump's accounting firm, Mazars, provided his tax returns and related documents to the Manhattan District Attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., following the outcome of the Supreme Court's Trump v. Vance ruling in February 2021. Although an internal report said there was "reason to believe" Trump's campaign had knowingly violated campaign finance law, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) abandoned an inquiry into the payment to Daniels. The FEC's vote on May 6, 2021, split 2–2 along party lines.On March 30, 2023, a Manhattan grand jury indicted Trump for his alleged role in the scandal. Trump was arraigned in the Manhattan district court on April 4.
Despite facing multiple criminal trials, Donald Trump secured legal victories this week, delaying two trials until after the 2024 election with Judge Aileen Cannon scrapping a May trial date in Florida and the Georgia court of appeals considering removing the prosecutor in another case. Trump's legal strategy focuses on delaying cases to potentially dismiss them if he wins the upcoming election. Meanwhile, ongoing proceedings in Manhattan continue with testimony linking Trump to hush-money payments and Stormy Daniels detailing their alleged affair, leading to objections from Trump's lawyers.
The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump is a pending criminal case against Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States. On March 30, 2023, Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury for his alleged role in a scandal relating to hush money payments made to the pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, making him the first U.S. president to be indicted. Trump faces 34 felony charges of falsifying business records in the first degree, carrying a maximum sentence of 136 years if Trump is convicted on all counts.Trump traveled from his residence in Florida to New York City on April 3, 2023 where he surrendered to the Manhattan District Attorney's office on the afternoon of April 4. After his arraignment, he immediately returned to Florida. The trial was set for March 25, 2024.Throughout the investigation that led to the indictment, Trump accused district attorney Alvin Bragg—the case's prosecutor—of having political motivations. Months before he was indicted, Trump declared that he would run in the 2024 presidential election; neither the indictment nor any resulting conviction would disqualify his candidacy.
During the ongoing hush-money trial in Manhattan, Trump attorney Todd Blanche accused Stormy Daniels of insinuating rape when she testified that Trump did not use a condom during their alleged sexual encounter. Daniels described the encounter with Trump in anxious terms but has not explicitly accused him of rape. The defense lawyer argued that her graphic accusations prejudiced the jury, while the judge countered that the defense team is to blame for the situation.
CNN legal analyst Elie Honig criticized Stormy Daniels' responses under cross-examination after testifying against former President Trump as damaging to her credibility. Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records related to payments to silence Daniels about an alleged affair in 2006. Daniels claimed she would go to jail before paying Trump $500,000. Honig highlighted the significance of a witness disliking the defendant in a trial involving their liberty. The cross-examination occurred following Daniels' testimony about a 2006 sexual encounter with Trump in a hotel room, deemed "plausible" by Honig.
Judge Juan Merchan rejected Donald Trumps defense teams motion for a mistrial in the hush money case, pointing out their failure to object to Stormy Daniels testimony about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump, including details like Trump not wearing a condom. Merchan emphasized that the defense put the jury in a position to assess Danielss credibility by denying the encounter in their opening statement. He also denied the defense teams motion to modify the gag order, expressing concerns about protecting the integrity of the proceedings and the potential impact on future witnesses.
Overnight Editor, HuffPost Jimmy Kimmel was disappointed when the judge in Donald Trump s hush money trial on Tuesday told Stormy Daniels to skip the graphic details of their alleged sexual affair. Now thats where I have to object, Kimmel objected. Yes we do need to know the details. Some of us are trying to host a show here, OK? Kimmel noted that they ultimately did get some very unnecessary details from Daniels. Stormy said their encounter was brief and that Trump did not wear a condom, which is not surprising.
US District Judge Aileen Cannon has indefinitely postponed Donald Trump's federal trial in Florida due to unresolved questions over trial evidence, cancelling the previous start date of 20 May 2024. The trial is now unlikely to begin before the 5 November US election. Trump's lawyers propose holding the trial after the presidential rematch with Joe Biden, while prosecutors push for it to take place this year. Trump is accused of keeping top-secret documents after leaving office and obstructing efforts to return them, facing 40 felony charges to which he has pleaded not guilty.
Michael John Avenatti (born February 16, 1971) is an American former attorney and convicted felon, currently incarcerated in federal prison at FCI Terminal Island. He is best known for his legal representation of adult film actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against then U.S. President Donald Trump, and his multiple convictions for attempting to extort sports apparel company Nike and defrauding and embezzling settlement money from a series of other clients. Avenatti has appeared extensively on television and in print as a legal and political commentator, and as a representative for prominent clients.In March 2019, Avenatti was indicted in California and New York on various criminal counts including extortion, tax evasion, fraud, and embezzlement. On February 14, 2020, Avenatti was convicted of extorting Nike in New York court, and on July 8, 2021, he was sentenced to 30 months in prison. Additionally, on another date, he received another 30 months (technically 4 years with half concurrent) for a financial crime against Stormy Daniels. He has been imprisoned since February 7, 2022. On December 5, 2022, he was sentenced to an additional 14 years for stealing millions from clients, bringing his total sentence to 19 years without the possibility of parole.
Fox News host Sean Hannity shuts down the 'kangaroo court' following Stormy Daniels' testimony on 'Hannity.' Fox News host Sean Hannity shreds Stormy Daniels' testimony that was designed to "besmirch and slander" former President Trump on " Hannity ." SEAN HANNITY: This nothing-but-bogus, politically motivated trial against Donald Trump has gone totally, completely off the rails, and we still have not heard from the prosecution's star witness. You know, the convicted felon, notorious liar, Michael Cohen. .
US District Judge Aileen Cannon in Florida has indefinitely delayed former President Donald Trump's trial on charges of illegally keeping classified documents after leaving office. The trial, originally set for May 20, has raised doubts about starting before the November 5 US election. Trump faces multiple charges related to retaining classified information and obstructing FBI efforts. The trial delay is due to unresolved case issues and ongoing proceedings in a New York trial involving hush money payments. Judge Cannon, appointed by Trump, has not set a new trial date citing uncertainties.
Adam Leitman Bailey, a Manhattan lawyer with a history of controversial actions, claimed to have given unsolicited advice to the judge in Donald Trump's civil fraud trial three weeks before the judge issued a $455 million ruling against Trump. This sparked a probe by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct in New York, as judges are not allowed to consider case-related communications outside the presence of all parties involved. Bailey shared his opinion on the fraud statute central to the case, expressing doubts about using it to take down major companies like the Trump Organization.
Georgia's appeals court has agreed to hear former President Donald Trump's appeal to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the election fraud case. The legal battle involves a former romance between Willis and a top deputy. Trump and his co-defendants seek to overturn a ruling allowing Willis to continue supervising the prosecution, causing potential delays. Amid sensational testimony of a romantic relationship between Willis and a special prosecutor, the court must decide on potential conflicts of interest before the trial.
Stephanie A. Gregory Clifford (born Stephanie A. Gregory; March 17, 1979), known professionally as Stormy Daniels, is an American pornographic film actress, director and former stripper. She has won many industry awards and is a member of the NightMoves Hall of Fame, AVN Hall of Fame and XRCO Hall of Fame. In 2009 a recruitment effort led her to consider challenging incumbent David Vitter in the 2010 Senate election in her native Louisiana.In 2018, Daniels became involved in a legal dispute with U.S. president Donald Trump. Trump's attorney Michael Cohen paid $130,000 to silence her about an affair she says she had with Trump in 2006. Trump has denied the affair and accused her of lying.
House Republicans are investigating claims that the FBI may have tampered with classified documents recovered from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home following a raid. Special Counsel Jack Smith's team admitted the boxes of files were altered, contradicting previous claims of original condition. Trump faces 40 felony charges related to mishandling classified materials. Republican Jim Jordan raised concerns over impartiality, alleging witness tampering. Trump aide Walt Nauta's legal team discovered the alleged tampering, leading to accusations of conspiracy and misleading prosecutors. Jay Bratt of Smith's team offered favorable considerations to Nauta's lawyers.
President Biden plans to announce a new data center and meet with Black voters in Wisconsin, his fourth trip to the key state this year. Testimony in former President Trump's trial related to a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels resumes in New York.
The Georgia Court of Appeals granted oral arguments for former President Donald Trump's appeal against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis being allowed to stay on the criminal case involving Trump. This decision diminishes the likelihood of the Georgia election interference case going to trial this year. Fulton Judge Scott McAfee permitted Willis to continue if the special prosecutor she had a relationship with resigned, which occurred. Pretrial hearings are ongoing, but it is unlikely for the case to reach trial before the November election.
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.
Former federal prosecutors and judges have expressed concern over Donald Trump's verbal attacks on the US justice system, witnesses, jurors, and prosecutors, stating that his actions undermine the rule of law and American democracy. Trump has launched multiple attacks on the legal system via his Truth Social platform to counter the 88 federal and state criminal charges he faces. Additionally, Trump has glorified the insurgents who attacked the Capitol, called them patriots, cast doubt on the electoral system, and refused to commit to accepting the results of the 2024 elections.
In a video posted on Truth Social, Donald Trump challenged Joe Biden to a debate, suggesting locations like the White House or New York. Biden responded tersely, saying 'Set it up.' Trump, currently facing trial in New York, has not confirmed his availability for a debate. The two clashed twice during the 2020 election cycle. Trump skipped primary events but is now the presumptive Republican nominee for 2024. The future of the country is deemed at stake as voters need to be well-informed, according to HuffPost.
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.
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.
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