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Donald Trump's attorneys can only do so much to keep their client off the witness stand, but in the end the former president will do what he wants, his former attorney said Monday.

Jim Trusty, the attorney who bailed on Trump's classified documents, appeared on CNN to discuss the prospects of whether his ex-client should take the stand in his ongoing criminal hush money trial.

Former President Donald Trump's team's collaboration with right-wing media outlets is truly "anathema to democracy," warned former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on MSNBC Monday.

The warning came as the panel, led by anchor Nicolle Wallace, discussed Trump's Manhattan criminal trial opening and National Enquirer's David Pecker's role in the scheme to bury damning information about the former president, which Weissmann argued could prove damning.

Donald Trump's longtime ally Steve Bannon Monday urged the former president to simply blow off his Manhattan criminal court trial and dare law enforcement to put him in jail for it.

He made the comments on his "War Room" show on Monday — and specifically suggested Trump should instead go to the Supreme Court hearing reviewing whether he has immunity from prosecution from a separate criminal trial being charged in Washington, D.C. by special counsel Jack Smith.

Former President Donald Trump should be outside swinging a wedge instead of stuck in a bunker of a Manhattan criminal courtroom, according to Fox News' Jesse Watters.

"The guy needs exercise," Watters proclaimed. "He’s usually golfing, and so you’re going to put a man who’s almost 80 sitting in a room like this on his butt for all that time?"

Manhattan prosecutors Monday read to the jury transcripts of former President Donald Trump's notorious "Access Hollywood" tape, prompting one legal expert to describe it as both "cringy" and "damning."

The reading came after a debate between District Attorney Alvin Bragg's team and Trump's lawyers over whether the video could be aired in Trump's criminal hush money trial. Judge Juan Merchan ultimately ruled the transcript was permissible but not the video.

A full jury has been empaneled to hear former President Donald Trump's criminal case in Manhattan — but that doesn't necessarily mean the court won't have to deal with more jury complications, trial expert J. Lee Meihls told CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday.

That's because there's every risk that more jurors could bail on the whole proceeding out of fear for their safety or pressure over their responsibilities — especially if Trump supporters or others trying to disrupt the trial expose the identities of the jury. Several jurors were excused after being seated during the process of selection, and that could continue to happen even now — another juror raised fears about media exposure, but ultimately decided to stay on.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) lashed out at Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after he agreed to release tapes from the riot of Jan. 6, 2021.

Defenders of those charged on Jan. 6 have long believed that the Capitol tapes would show the incident was a protest instead of a riot.

Donald Trump's campaign avowal that his hush money trial would mean "all hell breaks loose" failed to pass as news spread of the former president's sleepy demeanor inside the courtroom, a new analysis notes.

Molly Jong-Fast Monday published for Vanity Fair an essay on the lack of MAGA fury on the steps of 100 Centre Street courthouse hosting the historic criminal trial of a former U.S. President.

President Donald Trump was reportedly seen receiving election-related documents from Jeffrey Clark, a lawyer and former official at the Department of Justice.

The information comes in a new batch of unsealed exhibits in Trump's classified documents case.

Michael Cohen trolled Donald Trump Monday after he was badmouthed by the former president outside the New York City courtroom where Trump faces an ongoing hush money trial.

"Your attacks of me stink of desperation," Cohen told Trump, using his lewd nickname for the former president. "We are all hoping that you take the stand in your defense."

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) saw a drop in fundraising from individual donors after switching to a more conservative congressional district earlier this year, according to a new analysis.

Federal Election Commission filings show Boebert raised about $388,805 from individuals in the first quarter of 2024 — significantly less the $2.7 million, excluding PAC cash, she raised from the same group in 2023, Newsweek reported.

Former President Donald Trump is enraged about how he looks in the courtroom sketches at his Manhattan trial — and thinks that the sketch artist is trying to make him look bad on purpose.

According to Rolling Stone's Ryan Bort, Asawin Suebsaeng, and Catherina Gioino, the former president "privately asked people close to him if they agree that the courtroom sketch-artist must be out to get him, two of the sources say. Trump has critiqued the sketches of him that have circulated in the media this week, and insisted some of the images were likely drawn to make fun of him. One such sketch captured Trump snoozing, with his eyes closed and head tilted."