Ken Bredemeier

Trump: ‘Not sure public would stand’ for his imprisonment   

Former U.S. President Donald Trump says he can cope with possibly being imprisoned after being convicted of illegally trying to influence the outcome of the 2016 election that he won but is “not sure the public would stand for it.”

Jury finds Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts

A New York jury on Thursday convicted former U.S. President Donald Trump of illegally trying to influence the outcome of the 2016 election that sent him to the White House, unanimously finding him guilty on all of the 34 felony charges he faced.

Jury starts deliberating Trump hush money criminal case

One-time Trump fixer Michael Cohen testifies again against former president

Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s one-time political fixer, was back on the witness stand Tuesday, soon to face tough questioning by the former president’s defense lawyers about his claim that Trump ordered him to make a secret $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels just days before the 2016 election.

Porn actress reaffirms her claim of 2006 sexual encounter with Trump

A defense lawyer for former U.S. President Donald Trump belittled porn actress Stormy Daniels as a money-grubbing liar in a withering cross-examination of her at his criminal trial on Thursday. But she held fast to her claim that he invited her to dinner in his hotel suite in 2006, never brought food in and then undressed to have sex with her.

Porn actress Stormy Daniels describes 2006 sexual liaison with Trump

Porn film actress Stormy Daniels came face to face with former U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, graphically telling jurors at his New York trial that she had an unwanted 2006 sexual encounter with him and then was paid $130,000 to stay quiet about it ahead of Trump’s successful run for the presidency in 2016.

Trump violates gag order again, held in 'contempt of court'

The judge at former President Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial held him in contempt of court again Monday for violating a gag order prohibiting him from attacking prospective witnesses in the case.

Trump 2016 campaign worried about salacious remarks, aide testifies

Hope Hicks, Donald Trump's press secretary in his 2016 run for the presidency, testified at his New York criminal trial on Friday that his campaign was thrown into a frenzy a month ahead of the voting when an old outtake from the celebrity-driven "Access Hollywood" program showed him saying he could grope women with impunity because he was a star.

Trump facing more contempt of court accusations

The New York criminal trial of Donald Trump resumed Thursday with a familiar scenario — prosecutors sparring with the former president’s defense lawyers about whether he violated a gag order prohibiting him from attacking witnesses and jurors in the case.

Judge holds Trump in contempt of court for violating gag order

A New York judge on Tuesday held former President Donald Trump in contempt of court and fined him $9,000 for violating the judge’s gag order prohibiting Trump from criticizing potential witnesses at his criminal trial.

Banker in key transaction testifying Tuesday at Trump trial

WASHINGTON—A banker who played a role in the $130,000 hush money payment to a porn star who claimed to have had a one-night tryst with Donald Trump returns to the witness stand when the former president’s New York criminal trial resumes Tuesday.

Former tabloid publisher says Trump called alleged paramour ‘a nice girl’ 

WASHINGTON—Former tabloid publisher David Pecker testified at Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial Thursday that the then-future president gave him the impression that he knew a Playboy model who was trying to sell rights to her claim of a monthslong affair with Trump.

Trump’s Hush Money Trial Begins, First Ever Criminal Case Against a Former US President

Jury selection began Monday in a New York trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is accused of scheming to hide hush money payments to cover up alleged extramarital affairs just ahead of his successful 2016 campaign for the White House.

US Supreme Court Allows Trump to Remain on Colorado Election Ballot

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that former President Donald Trump can stay on the 2024 Colorado election ballot, handing the leading Republican presidential candidate a key victory a day before the state and 14 others vote in Super Tuesday party primary elections.

Hours Before Shutdown, House Votes to Fund Federal Government

The measure now goes to the Senate

US Prosecutor Wants Trump Racketeering Trial to Begin in March

Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis called Wednesday for her sweeping 2020 election interference trial against former U.S. President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants to start March 4, possibly further filling up Trump’s 2024 calendar while he seeks the Republican presidential nomination to reclaim the White House.

Trump Arrives in New York Ahead of Arraignment

WASHINGTON — Former U.S. President Donald Trump has arrived in New York, where he plans to spend the night at his Trump Tower residence, before turning himself in Tuesday to face a criminal indictment, the first ever filed against a current or former U.S. leader.

House Adjourns After McCarthy Fails Speaker Votes

U.S. House of Representatives adjourned Tuesday after lawmakers voted three times against a fellow Republican, Kevin McCarthy, to become the next speaker as the 118th session of the Congress opened. The House will return for voting noon Wednesday.