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Prosecutor asks judge to sanction Donald Trump for gag order violation in hush money case: Live updates

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[ad_1] Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan criminal court with his legal team ahead of the start of jury selection in New York, NY on Monday, April 15, 2024.  Jabin Botsford | Via Reuters Editor’s note: This is developing news. Check back for updates. Prosecutors on Monday asked a New York judge to sanction Donald Trump for violating a gag order in multiple social media posts commenting on likely witnesses at the former president’s criminal hush money trial. “He is a criminal defendant, and like all criminal defendants he…

Finally, a Case Goes to Trial

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[ad_1] Welcome back to Trump on Trial. I’ll be filling in for Maggie Haberman and Alan Feuer today. Starting on Monday, I’ll be part of the Times team of reporters covering the first criminal trial of a former American president. It will unfold in a dingy courthouse just blocks from New York’s City Hall, and we’ll be there for every twist and turn. It should be a doozy, complete with hush money, a porn star and a fuming defendant. And oh, yes, it could test the resilience of our legal…

Trump posts $175 million bond in New York civil fraud case

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In the New York civil fraud case, former President Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond to prevent the seizure of his assets while the case is under appeal. This action follows a state appeals court ruling that Trump and his co-defendants had 10 days to post the amount, which was reduced from the initial $464 million judgment. Trump’s attorney expressed confidence in overturning the verdict on appeal. [ad_1] Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after attending a wake for New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer Jonathan Diller,…

Woman Who Received 5-Year Sentence in Voter Fraud Case Is Acquitted

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[ad_1] In a case that has prompted outrage from voting-rights activists for years, a Texas appeals court reversed itself on Thursday and acquitted a woman who had been sentenced to five years in prison for illegally casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election. The decision came two years after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest criminal court, ruled that the lower appeals court, the Second Court of Criminal Appeals, had misconstrued the illegal voting statute under which Crystal Mason was found guilty in 2018. Ms. Mason,…

Trump hasn’t posted $464 million bond in fraud case. Here’s what the New York attorney general could do now.

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[ad_1] Update: An appeals court on Monday reduced Trump’s bond to $175 million, due in 10 days. Read the latest here. The story below is from before the latest ruling. Former President Donald Trump and other defendants have not posted the nearly half a billion dollars in bond needed to pause enforcement of a judge’s February ruling in a New York civil fraud case, potentially leaving some of his prized real estate and other assets vulnerable to seizure by the state. As the clock struck midnight Monday, time expired on…