Trump's defense used a jury consultant to research and help them select jurors
The New Yorkers who could decide Donald Trump’s fate were vetted in real time on Friday by the former president’s defense team.
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Judge releases jury questionnaire for Trump's hush money trial
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's hush money case in New York has approved a questionnaire for jury selection and instructions for prospective jurors in the trial, which is set to begin next week.
Trump again asks hush money judge to recuse himself less than two weeks before trial starts
Lawyers for Donald Trump have again asked the judge presiding over his upcoming criminal trial to recuse himself from the former president's case, this time citing an "unacceptable appearance of impropriety."
Who is Don Hankey? The billionaire and ‘king of subprime car loans’ behind Trump’s $175m fraud bond
Donald Trump managed to post the $175m bond in his New York civil fraud case on Monday thanks to the help of a California lender called the Knight Specialty Insurance Company.
Trump plans to lean on attorneys' involvement in hush money payments as part of trial defense
In his upcoming hush money trial, former President Donald Trump intends to argue that he didn’t think he was doing anything wrong because various lawyers were involved with the underlying conduct that gave rise to the charges against him.
Trump asks judge to delay New York criminal trial until Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity
Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys are asking the judge presiding over his impending criminal trial in New York to delay the trial until after the U.S. Supreme Court issues its ruling on the scope of presidential immunity.
Trump may have defamed E. Jean Carroll again, one day after posting a $91.6 million bond for last case
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday stood by his 2019 statement that writer E. Jean Carroll made a "totally false accusation" against him, despite similar claims resulting in him losing a defamation case in January.