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Former President Donald Trump’s business records trial is drawing to an end, with closing arguments possible on Tuesday.

Former President Donald Trump slammed the pace of the trial in Manhattan for his falsifying business records case, saying the prosecution and Judge Juan Merchan were trying to rush it in order to hurt him before the election.

Trump’ s defense team continued its cross-examination of the prosecution’s “star witness” Michael Cohen, during which even establishment media acknowledged Cohen’s lack of credibility.

The controversy could to raise a conflict of interest for Goldman, who seemed to say on MSNBC that he prepared Cohen for his testimony in the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump. 

Former President Donald Trump’s defense wasted no time in questioning Michael Cohen about his TikTok page, where he has frequently held live streams that he fundraises from while talking about the case and disparaging Trump.

Former President Donald Trump will remain gagged during his criminal trial in Manhattan, a New York appeals court ruled Tuesday.

Former President Donald Trump decried election interference as he arrived at a Manhattan courthouse on Monday to begin the fourth week of his criminal trial.

Former President Donald Trump said on Friday that his New York business records trial is “election interference” and that “it all comes out of” Washington, DC.

Former President Donald Trump shredded Justice Juan Merchan, who gagged Trump in his business records trial, as he left court on Friday.

Former Donald Trump touted Tuesday as a “great day” in court, after adult actress Stormy Daniels delivered hours of testimony that even Judge Juan Merchan indicated was too much detail and did not seem to move jurors.

Reporters this week have asked former President Donald Trump questions about the jury and witnesses in the business records trial in Manhattan that, if he answered, would be a violation of Judge Juan Merchan’s restrictive gag order and possibly land him in jail.

Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley said Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s America Reports that Judge Juan Merchan lost control of the courtroom during Stormy Daniels testimony at former President Donald Trump’s New York business records trial.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) announced that the city’s Department of Corrections was prepared to imprison former President Donald Trump at Rikers Island.

Justice Juan Merchan denied former President Donald Trump’s defense’s move for a mistrial on Tuesday over adult film star Stormy Daniels’ testimony at his business records trial in Manhattan.

Most voters predict the business records trial will lead to a conviction of former President Donald Trump “on some charges,” per a poll. 

Donald Trump cited some of his fiercest critics on Tuesday to underscore the political nature of his criminal trial in Manhattan.

Donald Trump returns to a New York City courtroom Tuesday as his business records trial resumes with an attorney for Stormy Daniels predicting the porn actor is expected to appear as a witness.

Judge Juan Merchan admitted in court Monday that former President Donald Trump could become “the next president” — a tacit acknowledgement that his business records trial is occurring in the middle of a presidential election with direct bearing on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

New York County Judge Juan Merchan ruled Monday for a second time former President Donald Trump violated his gag order during the trial, holding him in criminal contempt and threatening him with jail time for any further infractions.

President Joe Biden’s historically low polling numbers would not receive a boost if former President Donald Trump is potentially found guilty in any legal case against him, a poll shows.

Alvin Bragg asked Justice Juan Merchan to punish Donald Trump for four comments concerning Michael Cohen and David Pecker.

Donald Trump returns to a New York City courtroom Thursday as his business records trial resumes. Testimony is expected from a lawyer who represented two women who allege they had sexual encounters with the former president.

The gag order against former President Donald Trump is the “biggest assault” on the First Amendment in at least 50 years, Trump lawyer Jesse Binnall said.

The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s business records trial will allow him to attend his son Barron’s high school graduation.

New York County Judge Juan Merchan has ruled that former President Donald Trump violated a gag order during his trial, holding him in criminal contempt and threatening him with jail time for any further infractions.

The CNN poll appears to confirm the diminishing impact of prosecuting former President Donald Trump to prevent his reelection. 

Former President Donald Trump made an early morning surprise appearance at a New York City construction site on Thursday to rally union workers before appearing for trial.

Former President Donald Trump will be back in a New York City courtroom Thursday as his business records trial resumes after a day’s break.

Though most Americans expect our judges to be neutral arbiters of the law, Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the New York trial against President Trump, is anything but.

New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan could fine former President Donald Trump up to $11,000 for violating a gag order that his legal team argues prevents him from defending himself publicly in a case where a Democrat district attorney is seeking to put him in jail.

Justice Juan Merchan appeared to show his dark side during a Tuesday gag order hearing concerning former President Donald Trump.

New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan on Tuesday could fine and send former President Donald Trump to jail for up to 30 days for allegedly violating his gag order.

Matthew Colangelo, a former Biden DOJ official, delivered the prosecution’s opening statement on Monday in the Trump criminal trial.

Donald Trump continued to rip Justice Merchan for implementing an “unconstitutional” gag order that prevents him from “telling the truth.”

Court reporter Maggie Haberman’s statement confirms a widely held belief among Republicans that former President Donald Trump will not receive a fair criminal trial.

Justice Merchan excused a second seated juror for unknown reasons during the third day of the Trump criminal trial.