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Judge delays ruling on whether to scrap Trump’s conviction in hush money case

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Tuesday put off a key ruling in President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case as his lawyers argued for dismissing it so he can run the…

John McCarthy November 12, 2024

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Trump Rolled The Dice Taking His Hush Money Case To Trial And Lost. Now He Might Lose Again.

NEW YORK — A long-standing, unwritten rule that evolved to avoid clogging up the criminal justice system could now work to sentence newly convicted felon Donald Trump to prison when he appears before…

John McCarthy June 15, 2024

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Trump’s attacks on US justice system after guilty verdict could be useful to autocrats like Putin

NEW YORK (AP) --After his historic guilty verdict in his hush money case, Donald Trump attacked the U.S. criminal justice system, making unfounded claims of a “rigged” trial that echoed remarks from the…

John McCarthy June 2, 2024

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Trump supporters try to dox jurors and post violent threats after his conviction

On social media and web forums, users called for jurors, judges and prosecutors to be killed after the former president was found guilty on 34 felony counts. WASHINGTON — The 34…

John McCarthy June 1, 2024

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Donald Trump found guilty in historic New York hush money case

NEW YORK — A New York jury has found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records — the first time a former U.S. president has…

John McCarthy May 30, 2024

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Jurors in Trump hush money trial end 1st day of deliberations after asking to rehear testimony

NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in Donald Trump’s hush money trial ended its first day of deliberations without a verdict Wednesday but asked to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged…

John McCarthy May 29, 2024

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What to know about Trump fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen’s pivotal testimony in the hush money trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Once Donald Trump’s loyal attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen pointed the finger at his former boss Monday in pivotal testimony about hush money payments at the center of…

John McCarthy May 13, 2024

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PORN STAR AND THE PRESIDENT: Trump curses during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial

NEW YORK (AP) — With Donald Trump sitting just feet away, Stormy Daniels testified Tuesday at the former president’s hush money trial about a sexual encounter the porn actor says they had in 2006…

John McCarthy May 8, 2024

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‘What do we got to pay for this?’ Jurors in Trump hush money trial hear recording of pivotal call

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in the hush money trial of Donald Trump heard a recording Thursday of him discussing with his then-lawyer and personal fixer a plan to purchase the silence of a…

John McCarthy May 2, 2024

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ODOR IN THE COURT: Fart puns explode on Jimmy Kimmel after rumor Trump farted

NEW YORK — There was a rumor late last week that Donald Trump farted in court, and on Monday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” host Jimmy Kimmel had a blast making a lot of jokes…

John McCarthy April 23, 2024