by Doyle McManus WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records in New York is an ignoble first. No former president has ever been tried, much less found guilty, for felonies before. But Trump’s new status as a ...
by Harry Litman After 20 days, 22 witnesses and intermittent courtroom fireworks, the evidence in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial is all in. The case will soon be in the hands of the jury. Who holds the advantage at this critical juncture? My assessment, after attending ...
by Robin Abcarian Last week, after Stormy Daniels spent nearly eight hours over two days testifying in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York, the time seemed right to crack open her memoir, “Full Disclosure.” I had missed the book when it was published ...
by Harry Litman When Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Susan Hoffinger announced on Tuesday, the 13th day of Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, that “the people call Stormy Daniels,” there was a perceptible tremor of anticipation among the jurors. Although the 34 criminal ...
by Harry Litman For those rightly concerned about the timing of Donald Trump’s federal Jan. 6 trial, Thursday’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court gave plenty of reasons for worry. Moreover, the court’s conservative majority seemed inclined to define presidential immunity ...
by Robert Reich Trump’s first criminal trial — the first criminal trial of a former president, ever — began Monday. The 34-count business falsification case may be the only case against Trump to reach a verdict before the November election. Many people I speak with are worried ...