Ex-president’s lawyers had asked court to halt collection of rest of amount plus ban on securing new loans from New York banks A New York appeals judge has denied Donald Trump’s request to pay just $100m of the $454m judgment for his New York fraud trial. Trump’s lawyers had asked the court to halt the … Read more
Aileen Cannon appears inclined to reject prosecutors’ proposed timeline as Trump lawyers push for delay in classified papers case A federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case over his retention of classified documents has rejected a proposal by special counsel prosecutors that she set a schedule culminating in a July trial. US district judge Aileen … Read more
Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor who lost to Donald Trump in the South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary, has expressed her belief that Trump would not follow the US constitution if elected for a second term as president. Haley, who served as Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, has said Trump cannot win a … Read more
A three-day evidentiary hearing was held to determine whether district attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from the election interference prosecution against Donald Trump due to her romantic relationship with a deputy handling the case. The matter began in January when Republican operative Michael Roman filed a motion claiming Willis financially benefited from the case … Read more
The Fulton county superior court judge, Scott McAfee, is considering whether to dismiss Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade from the trial of former president Donald Trump and co-defendants in the racketeering and election interference case. The stakes are high, as if Willis is disqualified, it could plunge the prosecution … Read more
Donald Trump is likely to face a cash crunch this summer as his presidential campaign ramps up for an expected rematch with President Joe Biden. Trump spent $51.2 million in 2023 on legal expenses and can tap another $23.5 million, most of it stashed in an allied super political action committee. As his four criminal … Read more
Former President Donald Trump has urged President Joe Biden to undergo a cognitive test due to his age of 81. Trump, nicknamed “Crooked Joe Biden,” claims that Biden “aced” two exams and calls for the tests to be mandatory for all presidents and presidential candidates. Presidents are not legally required to undergo physical or cognitive … Read more
Donald Trump has lost a bid to pause a $454.2 million civil fraud judgment against him for overstating his net worth and real estate values to dupe lenders. The decision by Associate Justice Anil Singh of the New York Appellate Division must be affirmed by a full panel of the mid-level state appeals court. Trump’s … Read more
Prosecutors are moving to admit Stan Brody’s affidavit into evidence, which claims that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis paid cash when she visited Napa Valley with special prosecutor Nathan Wade in 2023. The affidavit supports part of Willis’ earlier testimony, and prosecutors want Judge Scott McAfee to accept Brody’s affidavit into evidence. If Brody … Read more
Terrence Bradley, a lawyer in Atlanta, was the star witness in the disqualification of Fani Willis, the district attorney leading the election interference case against former President Donald Trump in Georgia. However, his testimony did not resolve a question at the heart of the defense’s attempt to show that Willis had an untenable conflict of … Read more