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Donald Trump demands a new judge just days before the start of his hush-money trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Former president Donald Trump demands a new judge just days before his hush-money criminal trial is set to begin, repeating long-standing grievances with the current judge in a long-running, eleventh-hour effort to disrupt and delay the case. Trump’s lawyers — echoing his recent complaints on social media — urged Manhattan Judge… Read More »

Judge in hush money case gives Trump a partial gag order

The judge presiding over the criminal case against Donald Trump in New York imposed a partial gag order on the former president on Tuesday. State Judge Juan Merchan’s ruling orders Trump to “refrain” from “making or inciting others to make public statements about known or reasonably foreseeable witnesses regarding their potential participation” in the corporate… Read More »