Letitia James

Donald Trump has been able to get more than one of his criminal trials delayed, but a columnist warned Tuesday that the former president's "knee-jerk reaction to argue against any procedural task or appeal any ruling that appears unfavorable to him in the hopes of delay" will backfire.

In an op-ed published Wednesday, author and researcher Jeremy Novak points out that when it comes to Trump's classified documents case, he recently argued that he should know the identities of witnesses before the trial begins — likely because he wants to intimidate them, Novak contends.

A political commentator and regular guest on Fox Business suggested on air that Donald Trump should sue New York Attorney General Letitia James for "sex and race discrimination."

Deroy Murdock made the comments during a discussion regarding a New York appeals court agreeing to delay the collection of Trump's $454 million civil fraud judgment — which was recently lowered to a bond of $175 million that he must turn over within 10 days from Monday while he appeals the verdict.

A day after the start date for Donald Trump's New York hush money criminal trial was announced, the former president was hit with a gag order by presiding New York State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan Tuesday.

The order came hours after Trump took to Truth Social to attack both Merchan and his daughter, calling the judge "a true and certified Trump Hater who suffers from a very serious case of Trump Derangement Syndrome."

Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig had some sharp words for Trump lawyer Alina Habba after she seemingly spiked the football to celebrate getting the bond her client will have to pay reduced.

Appearing on Fox News on Monday, Habba boasted that "we won" after an appeals court slashed the bond amount Trump must pay to appeal his civil fraud verdict from $464 million to just $175 million.

Former President Donald Trump faces a brand new challenge in the current string of legal cases against him, said MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace on Monday: the truth.

Wallace pointed to the civil property valuation fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James and the upcoming criminal hush money case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Former President Donald Trump got a lucky break on Monday, when a New York appeals court reduced the bond he owes in the $464 million civil fraud case to just $175 million — and gave him an extra 10 days to come up with the money before state Attorney General Letitia James can begin seizing his assets to pay what he owes.

The decision in the case, in which Trump was found liable for inflating property values to manipulate the Trump Organization's tax burden and loan interest terms, came just hours before James would have been able to seize his properties, which by some accounts, she was gearing up to do with his Westchester assets.

A Georgia judge has set a Thursday hearing to consider dismissing a conspiracy case against Donald Trump on First Amendment grounds.

On Monday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ordered the hearing for March 28. McAfee is expected to consider motions from Donald Trump and other defendants in an election interference case.

After news broke that an appeals court significantly lowered the bond that was leveled against him in his fraud trial, New York Attorney General Letitia James released a statement reminding people that Trump is nevertheless "still facing accountability for his staggering fraud."

"The court has already found that he engaged in years of fraud to falsely inflate his net worth and unjustly enrich himself, his family, and his organization. The $464 million judgment – plus interest – against Donald Trump and the other defendants still stands," James said.

After notching a legal victory Monday, Donald Trump repeated his false claim that a New York appeals court had already decided a civil fraud lawsuit in his favor.

An appeals court reduced the amount of the bond he must pay to stave off enforcement of a judgment in the case from $545 million — 120 percent of the $454 million judgment against him — to $175 million, and gave him 10 more days to come up with the money.

CNN legal analyst Van Jones compared Donald Trump's courtroom headaches to a bullfight Monday, with Trump being the "bull" and the legal system being the "matador."

According to Jones, "Every single opening and vulnerability" in Trump's character "is being poked at by the legal system." He then went on to list what he sees as Trump's personality traits and how they've steered him towards the legal problem he has today.

A New York appeals court slashed the amount of the bond Donald Trump must post to cover a $454 million civil fraud judgment Monday.

The ruling reduces the bond to just $175 million to stave off enforcement of the judgment until the appeals process is finalized. The court gave the former president 10 days to post the bond, reported Bloomberg Law.

Donald Trump has apparently been unable to secure a bond to hold off enforcement of his $454 million fraud judgment, and a legal expert said Monday his options look bleak.

The former president has filed notice that he would appeal the court order, but New York law requires defendants to put up 110 percent of the penalty to delay enforcement until the appeal process is completed, and MSNBC legal analyst Catherine Christian told "Morning Joe" that Trump had few options to do that after getting turned down by more than 30 lenders for that bond.

The $454 million fraud judgment comes due for Donald Trump on Monday, and he started off the day with a fresh complaint about his legal predicament.

The former president has already filed notice that he would appeal the judgment from New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, who found him liable for habitually inflating his assets to obtain business loans, but he has been unable to secure a bond worth 110 percent of the penalty to block the attorney general from enforcing the court order during the appeal.