CNN legal analyst Elie Honig made the case that convicting former President Trump in the New York hush money trial is not the slam dunk many liberals believe it is.
In the Trump-hating venue in New York City, the defendantβs jury of purported peers are likely predisposed to accept magic for magicβs sake. That is the aim of Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and his team of prosecutors seemed ecstatic over the revelation of an old political ploy as Day Two of the Trump hush money trial played out.
The Trump hush money trial is exactly what it appears to be: a politically motivated case brought by a corrupt prosecutor to fulfill a campaign promise to nail Biden's rival.
In the Trump hush money trial, prosecutors have been shameless in tossing out incendiary words like "conspiracy" and "fraud."Β But Trump is not charged with either.
HBO's Bill Maher was no longer pessimistic about the New York case against former President Trump, insisting it will "change the whole election" if he is convicted.
In Braggβs Kabuki Theater everything is allowed, and every prosecutorial deception is a Trump chimera.Β He must be bad, donβt you know, because he fraternized with scandalous people.
When a prosecutor contorts statutes and deploys lying witnesses to fool a jury into convicting an innocent defendant, it is an assault on the rule of law and an abuse of our system.
Manhattan DA Bragg and his team called Stormy Daniels to the witness stand to humiliate and smear Donald Trump. But by the time she slinked off the stand, her narrative was in shreds.
Former U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin discussed and criticized Stormy Danielsβ testimony against former President Donald Trump on a CNN panel Tuesday.
Michael Cohen was front and center In the Trump hush money trial on Monday. The former attorney presents a vivid contradiction about truth and falsity in a New York courtroom.
The prosecution's star witness, Michael Cohen, was kept off balance by Trump defense attorney Todd Blanche's questions in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday.
It is undoubtedly true that, to convict Trump, the jury must believe Michael Cohenβs uncorroborated testimony that Trump knew the details of how Cohen was going to be paid.
The U.S. government's case in its corruption trial for Sen. Menendez amounts to guilt by association, co-defendants' attorneys in the New Jersey Democrat's corruption trial said.
Former Trump personal attorney Michael Cohenβs credibility was shredded on Thursday in the Manhattan trial of the former president. Lie after lie after lie was laid bare.
For any discerning juror, the trial has been conspicuously lacking any clear statement from the prosecutors of what crime Trump was attempting to commit.
MSNBC's Lisa Rubin declared a key exchange between Trump attorney Todd Blanche and star prosecution witness Michael Cohen a "real triumph" for the defense team.