Ella Lee

Questions are flying about whether Donald Trump will put up a defense in his historic hush money criminal trial as the Manhattan district attorney’s office winds down its case-in-chief this week. The former president’s attorneys, it seems, don’t have any answers, including whether Trump plans to take the stand – something he’s suggested he’d like...

Michael Cohen detailed to a New York jury on Tuesday what he called a “pressure campaign” by allies of former President Trump to remain loyal to his former client as he was undergoing an FBI investigation into matters involving the real estate mogul. Prosecutors showed jurors emails which, along with Cohen’s testimony, indicate that people...

In the first four weeks of former President Trump’s hush money trial, his one-time personal attorney, Michael Cohen, has been called a “jerk,” an “asshole” and challenging to work with – to the point that some sought to actively avoid him. But when Cohen takes the stand on Monday – billed as a star witness...

NEW YORK — Salacious celebrity scandal peppered with foundation-building evidence defined the second week of testimony in former President Trump’s New York criminal trial.  Witnesses this week began digging into the minutiae of the Manhattan district attorney’s case, from bank records and non-disclosure agreements to text messages suggesting efforts to keep quiet negative stories about...

NEW YORK — Lindsay Lohan, Hulk Hogan and Tila Tequila were among a who’s who of celebrities name-dropped on the sixth day of testimony in former President Trump’s ongoing criminal trial. The trial took a detour on Thursday into a graveyard of celebrity scandals, exhumed by the former president's attorney as he attempted to diminish...

Donald Trump has many enemies – or so he says. But it seems that David Pecker, the ex-National Enquirer publisher and lead witness in the Manhattan district attorney’s case against the former president who has an immunity agreement with the very prosecutors targeting Trump, is not among them. “David’s been very nice,” the former president...

The sordid details of shady backroom dealings spilled out in open court on Tuesday when ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker confessed his magazine used “checkbook journalism” to pay off sources with unsavory stories about Donald Trump. The longtime executive admitted to a judge and a jury that his job was to “catch and kill” bad...

NEW YORK - The Manhattan district attorney’s office on Monday sought to fine former President Trump over his inflammatory tweets and remarks about his criminal hush money case. Assistant District Attorney Chris Conroy said the former president in three recent Truth Social posts violated a gag order imposed by Judge Juan Merchan barring him from...

The first criminal trial of any U.S. president is set to begin Monday, when former President Trump stands trial for his role in a hush money deal with a porn actress ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Trump for months has sought to push back the start of his first criminal trial, launching a series...

Former President Trump is facing a do-or-die moment in his effort to delay the start of his first criminal trial with his choice of punting tactics dwindling in the days leading up to his day in court in New York. The former president has vigorously fought to stave off his criminal trials until after Election...