The first seven jurors were selected following a stern warning from Merchan to Trump about intimidating prospects waiting to be picked.
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Donald Trump is at it again, muttering something out loud in the courtroom and forcing a judge to immediately shut him down.
Court documents filed late on Monday night have finally disclosed what the former president had to do to secure a deal with the Knight Specialty Insurance Company.
Trump’s first day in court was marked by failed requests, little patience, quick naps, and a new timeline that indicates this trial could go much longer than initially expected.
“This is 100% Fake News coming from ‘journalists’ who weren’t even in the court room,” the Trump campaign falsely claimed in a statement following the day’s proceedings.
Prosecutors want to hold Trump accountable for his social media posts violating a gag order. The judge has already indicated those posts may be used against Trump in court.
A scowling Trump showed up for the first day of his historic trial and declared it “an assault on our country.”
It’s been a long wait, but Trump’s Stormy Daniels trial in Manhattan finally starts on Monday. His lawyers tried their best to kill it, delay it, and pare it down. They failed.
The company that saved Donald Trump with a $175 million bank fraud bond is playing an insurance game that has experts questioning whether New York will ever see the money.
“Making a former president immune from criminal prosecution could make the presidency itself a profound threat to national security,” retired generals wrote to the Supreme Court.