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US News: During Trump's hush money trial, judge Merchan criticized Todd Blanche for lacking evidence. Prosecutor Conroy seeks a $10,000 fine for Trump violatin

Meanwhile, the former president wrote: "This is a kangaroo court and the judge should recuse himself".

The National Enquirer's former publisher has returned to the stand in Donald Trump's historic hush money trial. David Pecker is the first witness in the first-ever criminal trial against a former U.S. president. Prosecutors say Pecker worked with Trump and Trump’s then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, on a “catch-and-kill” strategy to buy up and then spike negative stories during the 2016 campaign. Testimony resumed Tuesday after a morning hearing on Trump's alleged gag or...

Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday said he would make a decision on the potential gag order violations at a later date

The first witness in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, testified on Tuesday that he used his supermarket tabloid to suppress stories that might have hurt Trump's 2016 presidential bid.

Citing 10 posts on his social media account and campaign website that they said breached the order, prosecutors called it a “deliberate flouting” of the court’s prohibition.

"Your client manipulated what was said and put it in quotes," Judge Juan Merchan told attorney Todd Blanche

The details and significance of Donald Trumps hush money trial, including key players, potential witnesses, legal stakes, and historical context as prosecutors make history with opening statements.

(NEW YORK) — Lawyers for the Manhattan district attorney, in a hearing Tuesday morning, will attempt to convince the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case to hold the former president in contempt for repeatedly violating the limited gag order in the case. Prosecutors […]

Prosecutors say Trump violated his gag order 10 times in the past three weeks. He faces fines and a threat of future jail time, legal experts say.