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Supreme Court Has Bad News for Michael Cohen

Justices uphold ruling that lawsuit against Trump claiming retaliatory imprisonment can't go forward

(Newser) - The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Michael Cohen, who wanted to hold his former boss and ex-president Donald Trump liable for a jailing he said was retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir. The justices did not detail their reasoning in the brief order, reports the AP , as is...

Trump Seeks Postponement in Hush-Money Sentencing
Trump Wants Sentencing Delay

Trump Wants Sentencing Delay

Letter to judge suggests post-election hearing in hush-money case

(Newser) - Donald Trump wants the judge in his criminal hush-money case to again postpone sentencing, with his lawyers saying in a letter, "There is no basis for continuing to rush." Judge Juan Merchan has postponed a sentencing hearing once, after the Supreme Court released its ruling on presidential immunity....

SCOTUS Rules Against Move to Nix Trump Gag Order

High court rebuffs Missouri AG's argument that gag order in NY hush-money case would stifle Trump

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Monday shut down a long-shot push from Missouri to remove a gag order in former President Trump's hush-money case and delay his sentencing in New York. The Missouri attorney general went to the high court with the unusual request to sue New York after the...

New York Court Keeps Trump's Gag Order in Effect

Court denies former president's appeal; Merchan's order will stay in effect until sentencing

(Newser) - A New York appeals court on Thursday denied Donald Trump's bid to end a gag order in his hush-money criminal case, reports the AP , rejecting the former president's argument that his May conviction "constitutes a change in circumstances" that warrants lifting the restrictions. A five-judge panel in...

Trump Prosecutors Say Ruling on Immunity 'Has No Bearing'

Hush-money trial didn't involve official acts, Bragg's filing argues

(Newser) - Manhattan prosecutors have made their argument to the judge who presided over Donald Trump's criminal hush-money trial that he should uphold the conviction despite the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. The filing by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office, an answer to Trump's appeal citing the...

Trump Lawyers Make Case for Tossing Conviction

Prosecutors should have waited for Supreme Court ruling, defense argues

(Newser) - Donald Trump's lawyers have made their arguments for overturning the conviction in his hush-money trial, a motion released Thursday shows. The filing contends the US Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity this month means some of the evidence should not have been allowed in the trial, the Washington Post...

Trump Sentencing Delayed Until September

'TOTAL EXONERATION,' he says

(Newser) - Donald Trump's sentencing in his New York hush-money case won't happen until September—if it happens at all. Judge Juan Merchan, in response to legal filings from Trump's team after Monday's Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity, pushed the sentencing date back Tuesday from July 11...

DA OKs Delaying Trump's Sentencing
DA OKs Delaying
Trump's Sentencing

DA OKs Delaying Trump's Sentencing

Alvin Bragg says sentencing on 34 felonies can stall until July 24

(Newser) - Manhattan prosecutors said they'd be open to delaying Donald Trump's sentencing in his criminal hush-money case following a Supreme Court ruling that granted broad immunity protections to presidents. In a letter filed Tuesday, prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office said they wouldn't oppose delaying...

After Storm of Threats, Bragg's Office Makes an Ask

Prosecutors ask judge to keep much of Trump gag order in place in hush-money case till sentencing

(Newser) - Manhattan's district attorney has asked the judge who oversaw Donald Trump's hush-money trial to extend the former president's gag order, with modifications. The Guardian notes that the gag order, which Trump's circle has long pushed back on, was placed on Trump before his felony trial kicked...

New York's Top Court Declines Trump's Gag Order Appeal

Court of Appeals finds gag order in hush-money trial doesn't raise 'substantial' constitutional issues

(Newser) - New York's top court declined on Tuesday to hear Donald Trump's gag order appeal, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. As the AP reports, the Court of Appeals found that the order doesn't raise "substantial" constitutional issues that would warrant an...

Biden Unleashes Withering New Trump Attack

$50M ad blitz puts the focus on former president as a 'convicted criminal'

(Newser) - After Hunter Biden was convicted, some pundits wondered whether it would make President Biden less likely to go after Donald Trump on that front. A $50 million ad campaign rolling out Monday suggests the answer is no.
  • Brutal ad: The Biden campaign released a "Character Matters" ad that gets
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After Hunter Biden Conviction Comes the Political Fallout

Biden preps for attacks that he's not a good father, while a Trump talking point is weakened

(Newser) - Tuesday saw the conviction of Hunter Biden on federal gun charges. With Wednesday comes a whole slew of assessments about what just happened and how it might play out going forward. Some highlights:
  • Biden strategy: Politico Playbook reports that President Biden's team is prepping for him to be labeled
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Trump's Probation Interview Is Monday, on Zoom

Meeting is the next step in sentencing process

(Newser) - Donald Trump's interview with a New York City probation officer is scheduled to take place over Zoom on Monday. It's the next step in the sentencing process after the former president was convicted of 34 felonies in a hush-money case last month. Trump will sit for the interview...

Merchan: Facebook Post Said Jury Would Convict Trump

Judge tells both sides but requests no action

(Newser) - Judge Juan Merchan, who's handling the New York trial in which Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts, has informed both sides in the case that someone claimed to know the verdict before it was announced in court. Merchan wrote prosecutors and defense lawyers on Friday that a...

Next on NYPD's Radar: Trump's Gun License

Felons in New York, Florida can't possess firearms; NYPD reportedly seeking to revoke Trump's license

(Newser) - As a convicted felon, Donald Trump is no longer legally allowed to own a firearm, under both federal law and state law in New York and Florida. Now, the NYPD is reportedly looking to lock that down. A senior police official tells CNN that the police department is getting ready...

Prosecutors Argue Against Lifting Trump Gag Order

His lawyers call for 'unrestrained campaign advocacy' now that trial has concluded

(Newser) - Prosecutors don't want the judge in Donald Trump's hush-money trial to lift what the former president calls a "nasty gag order." In a letter to Judge Juan Merchan made public on Wednesday, prosecutor Matthew Colangelo argued that the restrictions should remain in place "at least...

One in 10 Republicans Less Likely to Vote for Trump

New poll finds some dissatisfaction after former president's guilty verdicts

(Newser) - All eyes are on Republican voters after Donald Trump was found guilty this week of 34 felony charges related to his hush-money trial . According to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll , the bloom is coming off the rose for some on the former president. In the survey of 2,500-plus adults nationwide...

Johnson: Supreme Court Will 'Set This Straight'

McConnell also rips verdict but leaves justices out of it

(Newser) - House Speaker Mike Johnson, who slammed Donald Trump's conviction on Thursday as political , has a fix in mind. "I do believe the Supreme Court should step in," the Republican said Friday on Fox News. "I think they'll set this straight but it's going to...

Trump Aide to Hogan: 'You Just Ended Your Campaign'

Chris LaCivita slams Republican Senate candidate for saying, 'Respect the verdict'

(Newser) - For allies of Donald Trump, "respect the verdict" appears to be the new "Biden won the election." After Trump was found guilty of 34 felonies on Thursday, a senior Trump adviser quickly went after former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on that front, Axios reports.
  • "Regardless of
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Trump Blasts Judge in Trump Tower Press Conference

He says his trial was 'very unfair,' confirms he will be 'appealing this scam'

(Newser) - A little under nine years after he came down the escalator at Trump Tower to announce his successful candidacy for president, Donald Trump spoke in the building's atrium again on Friday. His remarks were wide-ranging in the 33-minute press conference , but his main focus was what he called his...

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