Disgraced lawyer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/msnbc-interviews-convicted-felon-michael-avenatti-from-prison-about-trump-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Avenatti</a> said he is willing to testify as part of the hush-money trial in New York against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> that involves his former client, adult film star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stormy-daniels" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stormy Daniels</a>.
The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/20/us-news/michael-avenatti-says-hes-in-conversations-with-trump-legal-team/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Saturday that Avenatti spoke with the outlet by phone from the Los Angeles federal prison where he is <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/lawyer-michael-avenatti-sentenced-14-years-federal-prison-stealing-millions-dollars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">serving more than a decade</a> behind bars for crimes that include extortion, fraud, and embezzlement.
&#8220;The defense has contacted me,&#8221; Avenatti said, adding, &#8220;I’d be more than happy to testify; I don’t know that I will be called to testify, but I have been in touch with Trump’s defense for the better part of the year.&#8221;
Though the report said that Avenatti refused to divulge specific details about conversations with Trump&#8217;s team, it noted that a source close to Trump affirmed that ongoing discussions were taking place.
Trump faces 34 felony <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-indicted-on-34-felony-counts-of-conspiracy-falsifying-business-records-pleads-not-guilty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">counts</a> of falsifying business records to allegedly cover up payments in a bid to conceal damaging information as part of a <a href="https://manhattanda.org/district-attorney-bragg-announces-34-count-felony-indictment-of-former-president-donald-j-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“catch-and-kill”</a> scheme to influence the 2016 election. He has pleaded not guilty and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blasts-hush-money-case-ahead-of-jury-selection-attack-on-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> what he says is a &#8220;political persecution.&#8221;
Manhattan District Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alvin-bragg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alvin Bragg</a>, who is leading the case, <a href="https://manhattanda.org/district-attorney-bragg-announces-34-count-felony-indictment-of-former-president-donald-j-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refers to Daniels</a> as receiving one such payment of $130,000 in exchange for her silence concerning an alleged tryst with Trump. The former president denies the alleged affair took place.
With the jury selection process completed last week, opening statements are <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-hush-money-jury-selection-24147c3774c8a411044c530cafcab292" target="_blank" rel="noopener">set to begin</a> Monday. Michael Cohen, Trump&#8217;s former attorney who allegedly facilitated payments to Daniels and others, is expected to be a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-ex-fixer-michael-cohen-be-key-witness-hush-money-criminal-trial-2024-04-17/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">key witness</a> despite his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-sues-michael-cohen-for-500-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">own criminal history</a>.
Avenatti once represented Daniels in lawsuits against Trump, but in 2022 he was found guilty of stealing nearly $300,000 in book advance payments from his former client, among other crimes. He now appears sympathetic to Trump despite a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-avenatti-cross-examines-stormy-daniels-about-speaking-with-the-dead" target="_blank" rel="noopener">history</a> of criticizing him.
&#8220;There’s no question [the trial] is politically motivated because they’re concerned that he may be re-elected,&#8221; Avenatti said. “If the defendant was anyone other than Donald Trump, this case would not have been brought at this time.&#8221;
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Avenatti claimed to be &#8220;bothered by the fact that Trump, in my view, has been targeted&#8221; and suggested there were parallels to his situation. He said &#8220;there’s a significant chance&#8221; the four total criminal cases against Trump would &#8220;backfire&#8221; and &#8220;propel him to the White House.&#8221;
The New York Post also reported that Avenatti said he wished he had never met Daniels. Avenatti pushed back against the notion that he was speaking out because he is seeking a pardon from Trump in a potential second term.
Daniels told the news outlet that Avenatti is a &#8220;lunatic&#8221; and a &#8220;scumbag.&#8221; She also quipped about being glad she met him &#8220;because I’m the one that helped convict him so he couldn’t steal from even more unsuspecting clients.&#8221;

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Michael Avenatti Claims He Is Willing To Testify In Trump Hush-Money Trial

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Donald Trump

Michael Cohen

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Stormy Daniels

The 12-person jury has been selected for former President Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial over accusations that he falsified business records related to payments made before the 2016 election by one of his lawyers. 
Lawyers for Trump and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg are still working on selecting alternates in case any of the primary jurors has an emergency. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 counts brought by Bragg’s office and denied that he authorized Michael Cohen to make payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. 
The jurors on the case <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/04/18/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial/what-we-know-about-the-jury-00153194" target="_blank" rel="noopener">include</a> an investment banker, a security engineer, a retired man from Lebanon, a speech therapist, a man who works at an eyewear company, a product developer, a physical therapist, a salesman, a corporate lawyer, an educator, a software engineer, and a civil litigator. There are seven men and five women on the jury.
One woman on the jury, whom Trump’s team was unable to remove, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-manhattan-stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-b514cb52bb31a82579cb827c40166173" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that she thought Trump was “very selfish and self-serving,” and that she didn’t “really appreciate that from any public servant.”
Five additional alternates need to be selected after one was selected on Thursday. The selection of the jurors has been difficult as many New Yorkers have strong opinions about the former president. On Thursday, one juror <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/juror-selected-for-trump-trial-dismissed-after-its-revealed-he-was-arrested-for-tearing-down-right-leaning-posters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was dismissed</a> after it was discovered that he had previously been arrested for tearing down Right-leaning political posters.
Another juror also left after saying that she did not think she would be able to be impartial. “I definitely have concerns. I don’t think I can be fair,” she said, adding that “outside influence” would “interfere” with her judgment.
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The trial is being overseen by Judge Juan Merchan, a donor to President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign, whom Trump has repeatedly attempted to have removed from the case. 
Trump has said the case is election interference, saying on Thursday that he was supposed to be out campaigning instead of being stuck in court all day. “It really is a shame. This country is devolving into a third world country between having no borders, having no justice, we have no justice, and having a press that doesn’t want to cover the facts,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.

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Full Jury Selected For Trump New York Criminal Trial As Opening Arguments Approach

Alvin Bragg

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New York

U.S.

Jury selection for former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump&#8217;s</a> New York hush-money trial hit more roadblocks on Thursday when two jurors were dismissed after being sworn in on Tuesday, including one who had previously been arrested for tearing down Right-leaning political posters.
Judge Juan Merchan excused juror #4 after a prosecutor from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said the man had been arrested for ripping down &#8220;political posters that were on the Right,&#8221; Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-juror-previously-arrested-ripping-down-right-leaning-political-ads-dismissed-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Juror #4&#8217;s dismissal came just after another juror — juror #2 — was excused by Merchan following her admission that she could no longer be impartial.
&#8220;I definitely have concerns. I don’t think I can be fair,&#8221; she said, adding that &#8220;outside influence&#8221; would &#8220;interfere&#8221; with her judgment.
The dismissals of jurors #4 and #2 brought the total of those seated down to five, but shortly after they were let go, more jurors were sworn in, bringing the total to 12, according to <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/18/us-news/trumps-hush-money-nyc-trial-live-updates-photos-and-analysis-from-jury-selection/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the New York Post</a>. Five more jurors must be selected as alternates before the trial can move forward. Thursday marks the third day of the hush-money trial, which is the first criminal trial against a former U.S. president. Judge Merchan said jury selection will continue on Friday and he hopes that opening statements will kick off at the beginning of next week.
Dozens of prospective jurors were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-happened-during-day-1-of-trumps-hush-money-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dismissed</a> on Monday after they said it would be difficult for them to remain impartial throughout the trial. Trump, who is being charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records to make alleged hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels, has raged against his prosecution, calling it &#8220;a political persecution&#8221; and an &#8220;assault on America.&#8221;
Trump was hit with a gag order by Judge Merchan last month, and Bragg&#8217;s office <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/manhattan-da-wants-trump-thrown-in-jail-for-30-days-if-he-violates-gag-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed a motion</a> on Tuesday, suggesting Trump be thrown in jail for 30 days if he violates the gag order. Merchan&#8217;s order prohibits Trump from talking about witnesses, jurors, court staff, and prosecutors with the exception of Bragg, who holds an elected office. The gag order was also recently expanded to prevent Trump from talking about the family members of those involved in the case.
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Bragg&#8217;s office alleged that Trump had already violated the order multiple times with his posts on social media.

Juror Selected For Trump Trial Dismissed After It’s Revealed He Was Arrested For Tearing Down Right-Leaning Posters

Juror Selected For Trump Trial Dismissed After It's Revealed He Was Arrested For Tearing Down Right-Leaning Posters

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg suggested that former President Donald Trump should be thrown in jail for 30 days if he violates a gag order that was imposed by hush-money trial Judge Juan Merchan.
Bragg&#8217;s office filed a motion on Tuesday calling on the court to hold Trump accountable and suggesting that additional fines or even jail time would be reasonable responses if Trump spoke publicly about jurors, court staff, or witnesses in the trial.
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&#8220;This Court should again admonish defendant to comply with his obligations under the order. And finally, this Court should warn defendant that future violations of the Court’s restrictions on his extrajudicial statements can be punished not only with additional fines, but also with a term of incarceration of up to thirty days,&#8221; Bragg&#8217;s filing read.
&#8220;It is absolutely critical that defendant immediately halt any conduct that would violate the April 1 order’s narrow restrictions to protect the integrity of the ongoing trial,&#8221; Bragg&#8217;s filing continued. &#8220;A finding of criminal contempt, imposition of sanctions, and stark warnings from this Court are the minimum remedies necessary to achieve this indispensable objective.&#8221;
The filing alleged that Trump had already violated the order on three separate occasions — each of which would carry a fine of $1000.
According to Bragg&#8217;s filing, Trump&#8217;s comments via social media on former porn star Stormy Daniels and his own former attorney Michael Cohen amount to attacks against &#8220;known witnesses&#8221; and &#8220;unquestionably violate the Court&#8217;s April 1 order.&#8221; Bragg further accused the former president of engaging in such attacks as &#8220;deliberate and intended to intimidate this Court and impede the orderly administration of this trial.&#8221;
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Prosecutors release their written arguments for finding Trump in contempt for posts that they say &quot;unquestionably&quot; violate the gag order.
Full filing in the thread. <a href="https://t.co/XdXfMYnZjB">pic.twitter.com/XdXfMYnZjB</a>
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After the first day of the trial, some 50 potential jurors were dismissed and the former president complained to reporters about Judge Merchan — who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-may-be-forced-to-miss-his-own-scotus-hearing-sons-graduation-due-to-hush-money-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refused to allow</a> him to miss court for a Supreme Court hearing on presidential immunity and suggested he could prevent Trump from attending his son Barron&#8217;s graduation in mid-May.

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Manhattan DA Wants Trump Thrown In Jail For 30 Days If He Violates Gag Order

Former federal prosecutor Sunny Hostin admitted that she was worried about the prospect of a Trump supporter being able to &#8220;sneak onto&#8221; the jury in the former president&#8217;s Manhattan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-all-the-trump-cases-stand-as-hush-money-trial-begins" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hush-money trial</a> but shared no such concerns that Trump haters might do so.
Hostin made the comments during Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;The View,&#8221; telling her co-hosts on the ABC midday talk show that she did not believe anyone who supported Donald Trump could be impartial when it came time to examine the evidence and deliver a verdict.
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Former federal prosecutor Sunny Hostin fears a Trump supporter will &quot;sneak onto that jury.&quot; She suggests the surefire way to get onto the jury is to say &quot;I hate Trump.&quot; She&#39;s not worried about a Trump hater sneaking onto the jury. <a href="https://t.co/nHkXdyHKMV">pic.twitter.com/nHkXdyHKMV</a>
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Hostin began by noting that the obvious difficulty in finding a jury for Trump&#8217;s case stemmed from the fact that everyone knew who he was, and most people had strong feelings about him one way or the other.
&#8220;They are never going to find someone who doesn&#8217;t know about the former twice-impeached loser president, right?&#8221; she began with her standard Trump insult and referred to the trial as her own personal &#8220;Super Bowl.&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;re never going to find that. But what I did find also interesting about my Super Bowl is that — ah — the legal teams will be checking the jurors&#8217; social media to see if they can assess the truthfulness and intention of what they said during voir dire, which is their questioning,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And I think that&#8217;s really really important because if you start liking Trump&#8217;s – and you follow Trump&#8217;s stuff on social media, are you going to — can you be impartial? I don&#8217;t really think so.&#8221;
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Hostin went on to suggest that Trump supporters might lie to get themselves on the jury so that they could force a mistrial.
&#8220;You get one person that sneaks onto that jury with untoward feelings, that person can hang that jury,&#8221; she complained.
&#8220;How do you sneak onto a jury, you have to be called,&#8221; Joy Behar protested.
&#8220;You lie,&#8221; Hostin replied, suggesting that Trump supporters could potentially lie their way onto the Manhattan jury simply by claiming that they &#8220;hate&#8221; the former president. &#8220;You say, &#8216;I hate Trump, but I can be impartial.&#8217; And all of a sudden that&#8217;s the person who won&#8217;t vote to convict.&#8221;

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Former Fed Prosecutor Apparently Fine With Trump-Haters On Hush-Money Jury, Terrified A Trump Supporter Will ‘Sneak’ In

Former Fed Prosecutor Apparently Fine With Trump-Haters On Hush-Money Jury, Terrified A Trump Supporter Will 'Sneak' In

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Sunny Hostin

The View

With jury selection getting underway in the New York hush-money case on Monday after a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/14/trump-trial-hush-money-delay/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one-month delay</a>, the slate of criminal trials that former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> faces as he runs for re-election has begun in earnest.
A grand jury voted last spring to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-indicted-on-34-felony-counts-of-conspiracy-falsifying-business-records-pleads-not-guilty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indict</a> Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to allegedly cover up payments, including to adult film star Stormy Daniels, in a bid to conceal damaging information as part of a <a href="https://manhattanda.org/district-attorney-bragg-announces-34-count-felony-indictment-of-former-president-donald-j-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“catch-and-kill”</a> scheme to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Trump, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blasts-hush-money-case-ahead-of-jury-selection-attack-on-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assailed the case</a> brought by Manhattan District Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alvin-bragg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alvin Bragg</a> ahead of jury selection. &#8220;This is a political persecution, a persecution like never before. Nobody has ever seen anything like it,&#8221; he said.
Prosecutors <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/04/15/prosecutors-want-trump-fined-3000-for-violating-judge-merchans-gag-order/?sh=49e49877749d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> Trump should be fined for allegedly violating his gag order after criticizing potential witnesses. Jury selection <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/15/jury-selection-trump-hush-money-trial/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">could take weeks</a> as prospective jurors are vetted until 12 people and several alternates are picked. Opening statements and testimony <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/04/15/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial/no-access-hollywood-tape-00152240" target="_blank" rel="noopener">may not even start</a> until May.
Trump has broadly denied any wrongdoing in three other criminal cases that have not reached the trial stage. He has also been <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-steele-dossier-uk-lawsuit-russia-55427915a83f33a8ead484109b8a89f6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordered</a> to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-fined-350-million-in-civil-business-fraud-trial-banned-from-doing-business-in-ny-for-3-years#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pay hundreds of millions</a> of dollars in civil litigation, including as part of a New York business fraud judgment that the former president is <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-new-york-civil-fraud-appeal-letitia-james-2f8cc521e00e4a34a1342b961c1416ce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appealing</a>.
<h4>Fani Willis: 2020 Election Interference Case In Fulton County</h4>
In Georgia, Fulton County District Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fulton-county-prosecutors-have-another-recording-of-trump-pressuring-georgia-house-speaker-to-overturn-election-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fani Willis</a> is leading a 2020 election interference case against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> and his allies. Trump and 18 co-defendants pleaded not guilty to a bevy of charges, but four of them have since taken <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/fourth-trump-co-defendant-takes-plea-deal-in-georgia-election-interference-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plea deals</a>.
The case got sidetracked as the defense raised concerns about Willis and her special prosecutor, Nathan Wade, having an improper relationship. A judge allowed Willis to stay on the case Wade <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nathan-wade-steps-down-as-special-prosecutor-in-trump-georgia-case-following-judges-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a> in March. Afterward, CNN reported Willis <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/politics/fani-willis-trump-georgia-trial/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hoped</a> to have the trial before the 2024 election.
Willis has <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/special-reports/ga-trump-investigation/fulton-county-da-court-appeals-decline-review-disqualification-ruling/85-43861f0b-9934-4ab7-8d21-591ab3332656" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested an</a> appeals court uphold the ruling after the defense <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/29/trump-fani-willis-nathan-wade-georgia-election/77209956-ee03-11ee-8f2c-380a821c02db_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sought a review</a>. She said in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fani-willis-responds-to-jordans-demand-for-docs-after-contempt-threat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent letter</a> to House GOP investigators seeking documents that &#8220;nothing that you do will derail the efforts of my staff and I to bring the election interference prosecution to trial.&#8221;
<h4>Jack Smith: 2020 Election Interference Case And Classified Documents Case</h4>
The two remaining criminal matters hanging over Trump are being spearheaded by special counsel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jack-smith">Jack Smith</a>. One case accuses Trump of unlawfully plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The other pertains to Trump&#8217;s handling of classified documents after leaving office and his allegedly trying to obstruct an investigation into his retention of those records.
Smith has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-matt-gaetz-calls-on-doj-inspector-general-to-investigate-jack-smith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressed</a> the Supreme Court to fast-track consideration of Trump’s presidential immunity claim to clear the way for a trial in the election case in Washington, D.C., which has already blown past the presiding judge&#8217;s plan for a March 4 start date. The high court <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnaBower/status/1765450613066715420" target="_blank" rel="noopener">is expected to hear</a> oral arguments on April 25.
The trial in Smith&#8217;s documents case has been <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-trial-date-documents-case-may-20-2024/">set to begin on May 20</a> in Florida, though the judge in that matter has indicated she may postpone it. Prosecutors have proposed the trial be pushed back to July 8 while Trump&#8217;s legal team <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-jack-smith-propose-new-trial-dates-classified-docs-case-rcna141272" target="_blank" rel="noopener">settled on August 12</a> as their preferred start date after pressing for it to start after the November election.
Trump is now the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, after his major rivals dropped out and he secured enough delegates to clinch the nomination, even as much of his time and resources have gone into the court battles and paying legal bills. He has claimed that prosecutors and others are waging a &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; against him in an effort to boost his 2024 rival President Joe Biden.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump

Where All The Trump Cases Stand As Hush-Money Trial Begins

2024 Election

Fani Willis

Jack Smith

Readers Pass

New York Justice Juan Merchan expanded his gag order against former President Donald Trump on Monday, further limiting the Republican presidential candidate&#8217;s criticisms of family members of lawyers and jurists.
In a five-page ruling, Merchan scolded Trump for his posts on Truth Social targeting the judge&#8217;s daughter, Loren, who has served as an executive at a leftist political consulting firm that has worked with clients like President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/4568757-trumps-gag-order-in-hush-money-case-expanded-to-include-judges-family/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“This pattern of attacking family members of presiding jurists and attorneys assigned to his cases serves no legitimate purpose. It merely injects fear in those assigned or called to participate in the proceedings, that not only they, but their family members as well, are ‘fair game’ for Defendant’s vitriol,” Merchan wrote.
In the hush money case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg against Trump, the former president stands accused of falsifying business records in an attempt to cover up an alleged affair with porn actress Stormy Daniels. The hush money case, widely viewed as the weakest case against the former president, was the first in a slew of criminal charges against Trump and made Trump the first ex-president to be charged with a crime. Trump has denied sending Daniels any hush money along with denying the alleged affair between them.
The trial is set to begin on April 15 after Merchan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-delays-trumps-hush-money-case-heres-where-the-former-presidents-4-criminal-trials-now-stand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delayed</a> it last month to give Trump&#8217;s legal team time to review a new dump of 100,000 pages of material that could be used as evidence in the case.
In his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-issues-gag-order-on-trump-ahead-of-new-york-criminal-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">initial gag order</a> last week, Merchan — who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-overseeing-trumps-hush-money-case-donated-to-bidens-2020-presidential-campaign" target="_blank" rel="noopener">donated</a> to Biden&#8217;s campaign against Trump in 2020 — restricted Trump&#8217;s ability to speak out about witnesses, prosecutors, and jurors involved in the criminal case, but the judge&#8217;s order didn&#8217;t apply to him or his family. Following the gag order, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rails-against-judge-daughter-following-gag-order-in-ny-criminal-case-an-acute-case-of-trump-derangement-syndrome" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slammed</a> Merchan and his daughter, writing that Loren “represents Crooked Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, and other Radical Liberals.”
Trump&#8217;s lawyers argued that the leading presidential candidate&#8217;s social media posts about the judge and his daughter are protected by the First Amendment and “necessary and appropriate in the current environment.”
Merchan disagreed, saying that the lawyers&#8217; arguments are &#8220;farcical&#8221; and calling Trump&#8217;s posts &#8220;dangerous rhetoric,&#8221; according to The Hill.
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Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112201335389709319" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to the expanded gag order, writing on Truth Social on Tuesday morning that Merchan &#8220;should be recused, and the case should be thrown out.&#8221;
&#8220;I just was informed that another corrupt New York Judge, Juan Merchan, GAGGED me so that I can not talk about the corruption and conflicts taking place in his courtroom with respect to a case that everyone, including the D.A., felt should never have been brought,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;They can talk about me, but I can’t talk about them??? That sounds fair, doesn’t it? This Judge should be recused, and the case should be thrown out. There has virtually never been a more conflicted judge than this one. ELECTION INTERFERENCE at its worst!&#8221;

Judge Expands Gag Order Against Trump In Hush Money Case

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a> judge has placed a gag order on former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> restricting his ability to speak out about witnesses, prosecutors, and jurors involved in the criminal case brought against him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
The case accuses the former president of falsifying business records related to payments made before the 2016 election by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to Stormy Daniels. Trump has pled not guilty to the 34 counts brought by Bragg’s office and denied claims that he ever had a relationship with Daniels.
Judge Juan Merchan, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-dismisses-trumps-attempt-to-delay-hush-money-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scheduled</a> the trial to begin on April 15, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-new-york-hush-money-case-places-limited/story?id=108510449" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Tuesday that Trump would be restricted from making statements on those testifying against him, like Cohen, who is testifying for Bragg. Trump is also restricted from speaking out about prosecutors and jurors, according to the gag order.
Merchan said that previous statements Trump made about individuals involved in the case &#8220;were threatening, inflammatory, denigrating,&#8221; and &#8220;a sufficient risk to the administration of justice.”
&#8220;The consequences of those statements included not only fear on the part of the individual targeted, but also the assignment of increased security resources to investigate threats and protect the individuals and family members thereof,&#8221; the judge said.
&#8220;Such inflammatory extrajudicial statements undoubtedly risk impending the orderly administration of this Court,&#8221; Merchan added. &#8220;Given that the eve of trial is upon us, it is without question that the immanency of the risk of harm is now paramount.&#8221;
Trump had previously tried to have the trial delayed, but Merchan, a donor to President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign, rejected his arguments on Monday.
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Before the gag order was issued, Trump said in a Truth Social <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112162726199012291" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> that Bragg’s case against him was pushed by the Biden administration and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
“D.A. Bragg fought everyone about trying this ‘no crime’ case, but Crooked Joe Biden’s ‘Thugs’ pushed him to go forward, and pushed him hard,” Trump said. “They wanted him to go after ME, Crooked’s Political Opponent. He just didn’t want to do it. They ended up sending Matthew Colangelo, Merrick Garland’s ‘right hand,’ after a stop at the Corrupt and Racist New York State A.G. Letecia ‘Peekaboo’ James’ Office, to directly oversee the D.A., perhaps to make sure that Bragg followed their illegal orders and commands. He eventually agreed to do the ‘case’ that he never wanted to do.”
Bragg’s case, which has been widely viewed as the weakest case against the former president, was the first in a slew of criminal charges against Trump and made Trump the first ex-president to be charged with a crime.

Former President Donald Trump Attends Pre-Trial Hearing In New York Hush Money Case

Judge Issues Gag Order On Trump Ahead Of New York Criminal Trial

Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s attempt to further delay the hush money trial against him was dismissed on Monday by Judge Juan Merchan, who moved forward with the April 15 start date.
Trump appeared in a Manhattan courtroom Monday morning and requested another delay in the case against him, where he is charged with falsifying business records while covering up an alleged affair with porn actress Stormy Daniels. Earlier this month, Merchan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-delays-trumps-hush-money-case-heres-where-the-former-presidents-4-criminal-trials-now-stand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moved the trial start date</a> to April 15 after Trump’s attorneys argued that they needed more time to review a new dump of roughly 195,000 pages of material that could be used as evidence.
During Monday&#8217;s hearings, however, the judge was unconvinced when Trump&#8217;s lawyers argued that they needed additional time to review the documents. Prosecutors <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/25/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial/98e3ee37-4dac-5865-9c3f-1fa812ab5764?smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> that only around 300 pages in the roughly 195,000-page dump were “relevant usable new documents,&#8221; while the defense said “tens of thousands&#8221; could be important in the case, The New York Times reported.
“We’re not doing our jobs if we don’t independently look at the new material,” Trump&#8217;s attorney Todd Blanche <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/25/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial/c6ceeb7b-5c03-5a60-9842-bcf4532011b8?smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Merchan.
But Merchan, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-overseeing-trumps-hush-money-case-donated-to-bidens-2020-presidential-campaign" target="_blank" rel="noopener">donated</a> to President Joe Biden&#8217;s 2020 campaign, didn&#8217;t buy the argument, even calling the defense&#8217;s assertions that the prosecution violated discovery rules “very confusing.”
Merchan did, however, allow Trump&#8217;s legal team the opportunity to file another motion seeking to delay the trial based on pre-trial publicity concerns, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-bond-deadline-trials-03-25-24/h_cff7a95d4fa9879ed38dfc434f3b2a09" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The hush money case, brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and widely viewed as the weakest case against the former president, was the first in a slew of criminal charges against Trump and made Trump the first ex-president to be charged with a crime. After Monday&#8217;s court hearing, Trump <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/U4iqDbY-2ZQ?si=vPGCbjwVavhpjcN3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the prosecution is fighting over the timing of the trial because they want it to begin before the 2024 election, calling the trial &#8220;election interference.&#8221;
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&#8220;This is a pure case of voter intimidation and election interference, and it shouldn&#8217;t be allowed to happen,&#8221; Trump told reporters gathered outside the courtroom, adding, &#8220;As you know DA Bragg did not want to bring this case. He was forced into it for outside reasons, and it&#8217;s a disgrace that it can happen. This was a case that could&#8217;ve been brought three and a half years ago, but they decide to wait [until] now, just during the election, so that I won&#8217;t be able to campaign.&#8221;

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Attempt To Delay Hush Money Trial

Judge Dismisses Trump's Attempt To Delay Hush Money Trial

Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s legal battles are piling up on Monday, with the former president appearing in court for the hush money case involving porn actress Stormy Daniels on the same day as the bond deadline in his $454 million New York civil business fraud judgment.
Trump is expected to appear in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday and request another delay in the case against him, where he is charged with falsifying business records while covering up an alleged affair with Daniels, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial-manhattan.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. In March, the judge overseeing the hush money case — which would’ve begun on Monday — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-delays-trumps-hush-money-case-heres-where-the-former-presidents-4-criminal-trials-now-stand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moved the trial start date</a> to April 15 after Trump&#8217;s attorneys argued that they needed more time to review a new dump of 100,000 pages of material that could be used as evidence in the case.
The hush money case, brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and widely viewed as the weakest case against the former president, was the first in a slew of criminal charges against Trump and made Trump the first ex-president to be charged with a crime. The former president pleaded not guilty last year to all 34 charges of falsifying business records leveled against him by Bragg.
Meanwhile, if Trump and his legal team are going to stop New York Attorney General Letitia James from potentially seizing Trump&#8217;s assets, they must also post bond Monday in the New York civil business fraud judgment leveled against him by Judge Arthur Engoron. The judge ruled in agreement with James last month after the attorney general brought civil charges against Trump, alleging the former president inflated his net worth and misled investors. In his judgment, Engoron ordered Trump to pay $350 million, which increased to $454 million, including interest, and also ordered Trump’s co-defendants to pay $10 million.
James had been abiding by a 30-day grace period following the judgment in the case, but as of Monday, the Democratic attorney general can seek to collect on Trump, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trumps-454-million-judgment-is-due-new-york-is-coming-to-collect-05f590e4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Trump blasted the cases brought against him, <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112156054919177562" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posting</a> on Truth Social on Monday morning, &#8220;These are Rigged cases, all coordinated by the White House and DOJ for purposes of Election Interference.&#8221;
&#8220;THE NUMBER ENGORON SET IS FRAUDULENT. It should be ZERO, I DID NOTHING WRONG!&#8221; the former president added. &#8220;The D.A. Case, that I am going to today, should be dismissed. No crime. Our Country is CORRUPT!&#8221;
In a follow-up post, the leading 2024 presidential candidate <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112156189891475737" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>, &#8220;Crooked Pols!!! There should be no FINE. Did nothing wrong! Why should I be forced to sell my &#8216;babies&#8217; because a CORRUPT NEW YORK JUDGE &amp; A.G. SET A FAKE AND RIDICULOUS NUMBER[?] &#8216;TAKE HIS CASH SO THAT HE CAN’T USE IT TO DEFEAT HIS POLITICAL OPPONENT, CROOKED JOE BIDEN.&#8217; ELECTION INTERFERENCE, ALL HEADED UP BY THE WHITE HOUSE &#8211; THIS INCLUDES FANI AND THE CORRUPT MANHATTAN D.A. BRAGG ADMITTED THERE WAS NO CRIME, WAS MORTIFIED BY WHAT MARK POMERANCE DID &#8211; AND HE SHOULD BE. WITCH HUNT!&#8221;
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Last week, Trump&#8217;s lawyers requested a stay on the civil fraud judgment, which they said securing the bond for would be “a practical impossibility,” but a New York appeals court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/appeals-court-judge-denies-trumps-request-to-delay-payment-on-massive-new-york-civil-business-fraud-fine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> the request. Later in the week, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112139048661343988" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on Truth Social, saying that “through hard work, talent, and luck,” he had nearly $500 million cash on hand and “intended to use” the money for his 2024 presidential campaign.

Trump Bond Deadline Hits On Same Day He’s Set To Appear In Court For Hush Money Case

Trump Bond Deadline Hits On Same Day He's Set To Appear In Court For Hush Money Case

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump’s</a> hush money trial in Manhattan was delayed by around three weeks on Friday by the judge overseeing the case.
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan sent a letter to District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office pushing the scheduled March 25 start date back 30 days from the date of his Friday letter, meaning jury selection won’t start for Trump’s hush money trial until at least mid-April, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/15/trump-hush-money-trial-bragg-delay/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Merchan delayed the trial after Trump’s lawyers asked for a 90-day delay, arguing that the prosecution wasn’t giving them enough time to review a new dump of 100,000 pages of material that could be used as evidence in the case. The former president and current frontrunner in the 2024 election is accused of trying to cover up alleged hush money payments he sent to porn actress Stormy Daniels in 2016. Trump has denied sending Daniels any hush money along with denying the alleged affair between them.
The hush money case, brought by leftist DA Alvin Bragg and widely viewed as the weakest case against the former president, was the first in a slew of criminal charges against Trump and made Trump the first ex-president to be charged with a crime. The former president pleaded not guilty last year to all 34 charges of falsifying business records leveled against him by Bragg.
With the delay in the hush money case against Trump, all four criminal trials indicting the Republican presidential nominee now face different types of delays as the 2024 election nears.
Federal Election Interference Case
In the 2020 election interference case against Trump being tried in Washington, D.C., the court is awaiting a ruling from the Supreme Court on Trump’s claim of presidential immunity. The high court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-takes-up-trump-immunity-claim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> late last month that it would take up the issue of whether former President Donald Trump can invoke presidential immunity to shield himself from federal prosecution.
The D.C. case, which was brought by special counsel Jack Smith, is unlikely to begin before the 2024 election, according to legal experts, as the Supreme Court will not begin oral arguments on the immunity claim until April 24.
Trump has pleaded not guilty in the federal case in which he is accused of unlawfully plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. His lawyers filed to dismiss the case in October by arguing that Trump’s actions were “within the heartland” of his “official duties.”
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Classified Documents Case
In Florida, special counsel Jack Smith has also leveled criminal charges against Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents after leaving office, but that case has also run into a roadblock as the judge is considering complex legal questions.
Earlier this week, Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed Trump’s motion to dismiss charges in the case based on unconstitutional vagueness, but she still has to rule on the former president’s argument to dismiss charges based on his presidential authority to declare documents his “personal” records, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-classified-documents-hearing-03-14-24/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Cannon <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/14/cannon-trial-date-trump-classified-document-case-00147056" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has not hinted</a> at a potential start date for the trial.
Georgia Election Interference Case
The case against Trump in Georgia — alleging that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state — is in the midst of a months-long setback after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was accused of misusing taxpayer dollars and showing favoritism to special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
Willis was accused by Trump’s co-defendant Mike Roman of being romantically involved with Wade at the time she hired him for the Trump case. A witness testified last month that the romantic relationship between Willis and Wade began before the case started, while Willis maintains that the relationship didn’t take place until later.
Testimony from a former employee in the DA’s office, who said Willis and Wade began their relationship in 2019, contradicted claims by both Willis and Wade that their personal relationship did not begin until 2022.
On Friday, Judge Scott McAfee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-rules-that-fani-willis-or-nathan-wade-has-to-leave-the-georgia-trump-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> that either Wade or Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had to exit the 2020 Georgia election case against Trump for the prosecution to continue. Hours later, Wade <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nathan-wade-steps-down-as-special-prosecutor-in-trump-georgia-case-following-judges-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent</a> his resignation letter to the district attorney’s office.
Willis is being investigated by the House Judiciary Committee, which subpoenaed the district attorney last month. The Georgia state Senate is also investigating Willis, allowing it to issue subpoenas and put witnesses under oath.
It remains to be seen if any of the criminal trials against Trump officially begin jury selection and get off the ground before election day, which is now less than eight months away. The delays are a welcome sign for the former president and his campaign as Trump leads President Joe Biden in the polls, including in vital swing states, according to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitics</a> average.

Judge Delays Trump’s Hush Money Case. Here’s Where The Former President’s 4 Criminal Trials Now Stand.

Judge Delays Trump's Hush Money Case. Here's Where The Former President's 4 Criminal Trials Now Stand.

Porn actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stormy-daniels-wants-to-testify-against-trump-hopes-hes-jailed-if-convicted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stormy Daniels</a> regrets opening up about an alleged affair with former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-responds-to-newest-legal-action-from-e-jean-carroll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> and accused Trump supporters of threatening her.
Daniels told “Good Morning Britain” that she spoke her truth about the alleged affair and hush money payments, but “it was just for nothing.” The porn actress <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/25/stormy-daniels-says-trump-sycophants-attacked-her-horse/">said</a> she doesn’t believe Trump will be convicted of criminal charges related to the alleged hush money payments made during the 2016 election campaign.  
“I just feel like if people don’t want to face facts and see the truth and make a change and let somebody get away with this, then you know what, I’d rather have had the time back with my family,” Daniels said.
Daniels said that she regrets the decision to come forward with the allegation partly because she’s faced threats from Trump’s supporters. The adult film actress claimed that her horse was attacked by Trump supporters who climbed her fence, but she did not offer any details about whether her horse was injured or how it was targeted.
“I’m not frightened of him. He doesn’t scare me at all,” Daniels said of Trump, adding “I’m frightened of his sycophants and his followers.”
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Trump was arrested on April 4 and charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection to the alleged hush money payments to Daniels, making him the first ex-president to be charged with a crime. Daniels claims she had consensual sex with Trump in 2006, an allegation Trump denies. The former president pleaded not guilty to all the charges brought against him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Daniels told “Good Morning Britain” she would still “absolutely” testify against Trump if called on by the jury. She <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stormy-daniels-wants-to-testify-against-trump-hopes-hes-jailed-if-convicted">told</a> Piers Morgan last month that she was excited about the possibility to testify against Trump and hoped he would be jailed if convicted. 
“It’s daunting, but I look forward to it,” Daniels said when asked about the grand jury calling her in to testify. “I have nothing to hide. I’m the only one that has been telling the truth, and you can’t shame me anymore.”
“So you want to have them [ask you to testify],” Morgan pressed. 
“I do,” Daniels said. “Having them call me in and put me on the stand legitimizes my story and who I am, and if they don’t, it almost feels like they’re hiding me.”

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