Tag: Juan Manuel Merchan

What Other Dirt Does David Pecker Have on Donald Trump?

Parnas, who had been tasked with helping Giuliani connect with Ukrainian officials in his effort to “find dirt on the Bidens” ahead of the 2020 election, has been unearthing the inner workings of his former associates since the scheme blew up. On Tuesday, Parnas revealed that Giuliani had basically insisted on bribes while meeting with […]

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Is Trump Afraid of This Key Hush-Money Trial Witness?

Parnas, who had been tasked with helping Giuliani connect with Ukrainian officials in his effort to “find dirt on the Bidens” ahead of the 2020 election, has been unearthing the inner workings of his former associates since the scheme blew up. On Tuesday, Parnas revealed that Giuliani had basically insisted on bribes while meeting with […]

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Alina Habba Proves Once Again She May Be Trump’s Most Idiotic Lawyer

Idaho already has a near-total abortion ban, but the Alliance Defending Freedom, the far-right Christian legal advocacy group arguing the lawsuit on behalf of the state, is utilizing the case to advance the idea of fetal personhood. This stipulation would effectively require doctors to treat fetuses—no matter how underdeveloped—with the same medical care as the […]

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Why Would Alina Habba Admit This About Trump’s Hush-Money Case?

Idaho already has a near-total abortion ban, but the Alliance Defending Freedom, the far-right Christian legal advocacy group arguing the lawsuit on behalf of the state, is utilizing the case to advance the idea of fetal personhood. This stipulation would effectively require doctors to treat fetuses—no matter how underdeveloped—with the same medical care as the […]

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Trump Is Livid He Has to Obey the Law in Hush-Money Trial

Idaho already has a near-total abortion ban, but the Alliance Defending Freedom, the far-right Christian legal advocacy group arguing the lawsuit on behalf of the state, is utilizing the case to advance the idea of fetal personhood. This stipulation would effectively require doctors to treat fetuses—no matter how underdeveloped—with the same medical care as the […]

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Trump’s Untethered 2AM Rant Seems Unlikely to Help His Gag Order Fight

“Only pregnant women will be forced to surrender their EMTALA rights to make healthcare decisions about their bodies, and only pregnant women will have treatment guaranteed under federal law limited to Idaho’s prohibitory terms,” the brief reads. “Pregnant women stripped of their EMTALA rights under bans like Idaho’s have already experienced devastating harms because of […]

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Trump’s Untethered 2 A.M. Rant Is Unlikely to Help His Gag Order Fight

“Only pregnant women will be forced to surrender their EMTALA rights to make healthcare decisions about their bodies, and only pregnant women will have treatment guaranteed under federal law limited to Idaho’s prohibitory terms,” the brief reads. “Pregnant women stripped of their EMTALA rights under bans like Idaho’s have already experienced devastating harms because of […]

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Judge Warns Trump’s Idiot Lawyer His Entire Credibility Is at Risk

“If you get rid of TikTok, Facebook and Zuckerschmuck will double their business,” Trump posted in March. “I don’t want Facebook, who cheated in the last Election, doing better.” Since then, two possible explanations for Trump’s dramatic shift in position have emerged. One of Trump’s allies, former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, revealed plans to purchase […]

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Alina Habba Shows Up at Trump’s Trial and Suddenly Makes Things Worse

And like Sotomayor, the other liberal justices weren’t so impressed. The Grants Pass legal team tried to argue that homelessness is “conduct,” something someone does, rather than “status,” something that someone is. But justice Elena Kagan pushed back saying matter of factly “homelessness is a status, it’s a status of not having a home.” “Sleeping […]

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The Most Devastating Hush-Money Trial Testimony Could Come from Trump

And like Sotomayor, the other liberal justices weren’t so impressed. The Grants Pass legal team tried to argue that homelessness is “conduct,” something someone does, rather than “status,” something that someone is. But justice Elena Kagan pushed back saying matter of factly “homelessness is a status, it’s a status of not having a home.” “Sleeping […]

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This Damning Trump Tape Will Be Used Against Him in Hush-Money Trial

And like Sotomayor, the other liberal justices weren’t so impressed. The Grants Pass legal team tried to argue that homelessness is “conduct,” something someone does, rather than “status,” something that someone is. But justice Elena Kagan pushed back saying matter of factly “homelessness is a status, it’s a status of not having a home.” “Sleeping […]

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Trump Suffers a Major Loss Just Minutes into Hush-Money Trial

Screenshot Trump Media fired back with a statement of their own.  “Citadel Securities, a corporate behemoth that has been fined and censured for an incredibly wide range of offenses including issues related to naked short selling, and is world famous for screwing over everyday retail investors at the behest of other corporations, is the last […]

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Did Trump Blow Up His Hush-Money Trial Before It’s Even Begun?

Screenshot Trump Media fired back with a statement of their own.  “Citadel Securities, a corporate behemoth that has been fined and censured for an incredibly wide range of offenses including issues related to naked short selling, and is world famous for screwing over everyday retail investors at the behest of other corporations, is the last […]

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Trump Issues Dangerous Warning to Followers Before Hush-Money Trial

Screenshot Trump Media fired back with a statement of their own.  “Citadel Securities, a corporate behemoth that has been fined and censured for an incredibly wide range of offenses including issues related to naked short selling, and is world famous for screwing over everyday retail investors at the behest of other corporations, is the last […]

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If Trump’s Sitting in His Hush-Money Trial, Who the Heck Is Posting?

Omar, on the other hand, asked Shafik about protests specifically, pointing out several attacks against antiwar as well as Palestinian solidarity protests, including an alleged chemical attack against pro-Palestinian protesters in January that is still under police investigation, according to Shafik. Columbia has also been sued by five Jewish students and two student organizations after […]

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How Trump’s Hush-Money Trial Is Wrecking His Campaign

Omar, on the other hand, asked Shafik about protests specifically, pointing out several attacks against antiwar as well as Palestinian solidarity protests, including an alleged chemical attack against pro-Palestinian protesters in January that is still under police investigation, according to Shafik. Columbia has also been sued by five Jewish students and two student organizations after […]

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The Unexpected Way Trump’s Hush-Money Trial Is Hobbling His Campaign

Omar, on the other hand, asked Shafik about protests specifically, pointing out several attacks against antiwar as well as Palestinian solidarity protests, including an alleged chemical attack against pro-Palestinian protesters in January that is still under police investigation, according to Shafik. Columbia has also been sued by five Jewish students and two student organizations after […]

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Trump Finally Sees Consequences for his Big Mouth in Hush-Money Trial

Omar, on the other hand, asked Shafik about protests specifically, pointing out several attacks against antiwar as well as Palestinian solidarity protests, including an alleged chemical attack against pro-Palestinian protesters in January that is still under police investigation, according to Shafik. Columbia has also been sued by five Jewish students and two student organizations after […]

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The Judge in Trump’s Hush-Money Trial Is Already Sick of Him

Omar, on the other hand, asked Shafik about protests specifically, pointing out several attacks against antiwar as well as Palestinian solidarity protests, including an alleged chemical attack against pro-Palestinian protesters in January that is still under police investigation, according to Shafik. Columbia has also been sued by five Jewish students and two student organizations after […]

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Trump Savagely Dragged by Another Hush-Money Trial Juror

Omar, on the other hand, asked Shafik about protests specifically, pointing out several attacks against antiwar as well as Palestinian solidarity protests, including an alleged chemical attack against pro-Palestinian protesters in January that is still under police investigation, according to Shafik. Columbia has also been sued by five Jewish students and two student organizations after […]

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Trump Hush-Money Juror Shows Danger of Being Identified

“The point is, HB 1285 is not ‘mission accomplished’ on stopping the needless censorship happening in FL schools, but it might slow it in certain areas,” posted the Florida Freedom to Read Project on X. “So for that, thanks for this small amendment to 1006.28. Let’s tackle this again in 2025.” Despite repeatedly insisting that […]

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Why It’s Crucial Trump Hush-Money Trial Jurors Stay Anonymous

“The point is, HB 1285 is not ‘mission accomplished’ on stopping the needless censorship happening in FL schools, but it might slow it in certain areas,” posted the Florida Freedom to Read Project on X. “So for that, thanks for this small amendment to 1006.28. Let’s tackle this again in 2025.” Despite repeatedly insisting that […]

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Trump Hush-Money Trial Juror Shows Peril of Being Identified

“The point is, HB 1285 is not ‘mission accomplished’ on stopping the needless censorship happening in FL schools, but it might slow it in certain areas,” posted the Florida Freedom to Read Project on X. “So for that, thanks for this small amendment to 1006.28. Let’s tackle this again in 2025.” Despite repeatedly insisting that […]

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Trump’s Weird Hush Money Trial Lie That Finally Ticked Melania Off

“The point is, HB 1285 is not ‘mission accomplished’ on stopping the needless censorship happening in FL schools, but it might slow it in certain areas,” posted the Florida Freedom to Read Project on X. “So for that, thanks for this small amendment to 1006.28. Let’s tackle this again in 2025.” Despite repeatedly insisting that […]

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Trump Starts Day 3 of Hush Money Trial in the Trumpiest Way Possible

“The point is, HB 1285 is not ‘mission accomplished’ on stopping the needless censorship happening in FL schools, but it might slow it in certain areas,” posted the Florida Freedom to Read Project on X. “So for that, thanks for this small amendment to 1006.28. Let’s tackle this again in 2025.” Despite repeatedly insisting that […]

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Trump Gets Accidentally, Hilariously Roasted During Hush Money Trial

But none of this should be news to Trump, who so far has been hit with two other gag orders in his prior legal trials. In October, Judge Arthur Engoron silenced the former president after he ushered a wealth of far-right venom onto Engoron’s chief law clerk. Trump was later fined $15,000 for violating the […]

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Trump’s Big Mouth Just Got Him in Trouble in Hush Money Trial

But none of this should be news to Trump, who so far has been hit with two other gag orders in his prior legal trials. In October, Judge Arthur Engoron silenced the former president after he ushered a wealth of far-right venom onto Engoron’s chief law clerk. Trump was later fined $15,000 for violating the […]

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Trump Can’t Stop Railing Against Order He Isn’t Remotely Following

But none of this should be news to Trump, who so far has been hit with two other gag orders in his prior legal trials. In October, Judge Arthur Engoron silenced the former president after he ushered a wealth of far-right venom onto Engoron’s chief law clerk. Trump was later fined $15,000 for violating the […]

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Trump Keeps Digging His Grave Deeper Over Hush Money Trial Gag Order

But none of this should be news to Trump, who so far has been hit with two other gag orders in his prior legal trials. In October, Judge Arthur Engoron silenced the former president after he ushered a wealth of far-right venom onto Engoron’s chief law clerk. Trump was later fined $15,000 for violating the […]

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Trump Just Made the Weirdest False Claim About Hush-Money Trial Judge

Other lawmakers, such as Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, completely threw the judicial system under the bus, blaming Trump’s woes—which also include repercussions for bank fraud, sexual abuse, election interference, hoarding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, and more—as the failures of another pillar of government. “I’m very uncomfortable with the weaponized justice system,” Vance told the outlet. […]

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Republicans Are Furious Over This Very Normal Thing in Trump’s Trial

Other lawmakers, such as Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, completely threw the judicial system under the bus, blaming Trump’s woes—which also include repercussions for bank fraud, sexual abuse, election interference, hoarding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, and more—as the failures of another pillar of government. “I’m very uncomfortable with the weaponized justice system,” Vance told the outlet. […]

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