Trump News for Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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Viral claims about Donald Trump's hush money trial, fact checked
CBS News
CBS News Confirmed examines three viral claims that have emerged so far during Trump's first criminal trial.
Apr 16, 2024, 11:57 PM
Speed of Trump jury selection surprises after predictions of drawn-out slugfest
CBC.ca
Seven jurors were empanelled by the second day of Donald Trump’s trial Tuesday, leaving only five slots plus several backups unfilled. It was faster than most had predicted for the historic and unusual criminal trial.
Apr 16, 2024, 11:47 PM
Trump Visits New York Store Where Clerk Fatally Stabbed Man in Self-Defense
Newsweek
Former President Donald Trump visited the New York bodega where an employee stabbed a man in 2022.
Apr 16, 2024, 11:47 PM
Trump stops by Harlem bodega after second day of hush money trial
The Hill
Former President Trump on Tuesday visited a bodega in Harlem after getting out of court for the day, highlighting how he’s seeking to balance his time as both a criminal defendant and the presumptive Republican nominee for president. Trump stopped by the bodega, where supporters had gathered and greeted him with chants of “four more…
Apr 16, 2024, 11:39 PM
Trump's lawyers and prosecutors spar over 'lock him up' posts and 2020 social media. Here's what you missed on trail Day 2.
NBC News
The task of finding 12 impartial jurors was off to a bumpy start on Tuesday as attorneys for Donald Trump, a former president known for his unfiltered use of social media, pressed New Yorkers about whether they could fairly judge him.
Apr 16, 2024, 11:35 PM
Takeaways from the second day of jury selection in Trump’s hush money trial
Cable News Network
Seven jurors were placed Tuesday on the panel that will decide former President Donald Trump’s guilt or innocence in the New York hush money case, a process that has highlighted how difficult – and often contentious – it will be to pick a full jury.
Apr 16, 2024, 11:26 PM
Trump's criminal hush money trial has its first 7 jurors
Rappler
The process so far highlights the challenges of choosing a group of impartial jurors from heavily Democratic Manhattan
Apr 16, 2024, 11:25 PM
Trump lawyer Habba calls reports he’s falling asleep in court ‘unlikely’
The Hill
Alina Habba, an attorney and spokesperson for former President Trump, said in a Tuesday interview that it was “unlikely” that Trump fell asleep in the courtroom during the first two days of jury selection for his hush money case in Manhattan, despite reports indicating otherwise. “If anything, he’s probably brutally bored,” Habba told Fox News’s…
Apr 16, 2024, 11:13 PM
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Irishman among seven selected for Trump hush-money jury
The Irish Times
The individual is originally from Ireland and said he watched both MSNBC and Fox News as search continues for ‘fair’ jurors
Apr 16, 2024, 11:06 PM
Joe Biden calls for more taxes on the rich and casts Donald Trump as elitist
BreakingNews.ie
Mr Biden is looking to gain ground in a key battleground state while Mr Trump spends much of the week in a New York City courtroom.
Apr 16, 2024, 11:00 PM
REVEALED: Irishman selected as foreman of jury for major Trump hush-money jury
Longford Leader
The individual is originally from Ireland and said he watched both MSNBC and Fox News as search continues for ‘fair’ jurors
Apr 16, 2024, 11:00 PM
President Trump wants to launch a MAGA-fied Netflix rival
BGR
President Trump's media company is planning to launch a streaming service focused on documentaries, religious, and family-friendly titles.
Apr 16, 2024, 10:57 PM
5 things to know as Trump’s trial jury takes shape
The Hill
The second day of former President Trump’s criminal trial in New York was more productive than expected, with the jury beginning to take shape. Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. He is the first former president to be tried in a criminal case. The underlying story of the alleged crimes…
Apr 16, 2024, 10:53 PM
Prospective jurors questioned by Trump’s legal team as search for impartial New Yorkers continues
The Globe and Mail
Second day of Trump’s hush-money trial ends with seven jurors selected
Apr 16, 2024, 10:49 PM
Here's what we know about 12 jurors, 6 alternates seated in Trump's hush money criminal trial
KABC-TV
Here's what we know about all the jurors and alternates who've been chosen for Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial.
Apr 16, 2024, 10:34 PM
Here are the first 7 jurors picked to serve on Trump’s hush money trial
The Hill
NEW YORK — Seven New Yorkers have so far been picked to serve as jurors on former President Trump’s hush money trial, the first criminal case of any U.S. president in history. The judge, along with prosecutors and Trump’s defense team, whittled down an initial group of 96 potential jurors starting Monday afternoon. They answered…
Apr 16, 2024, 10:31 PM
'Everyone and their mother': Trump team and prosecution grapple with visceral opinions of the former president
NBC News
If the prosecution and defense in former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial can agree on one thing, it's this: he's not quite like any other defendant.
Apr 16, 2024, 10:28 PM
Day 2 of Trump’s Criminal Trial: Five Takeaways
The New York Times
Lawyers chose seven jurors to help decide the case against the former president, who is accused of falsifying business records to cover up a sexual scandal involving a porn star.
Apr 16, 2024, 10:22 PM
Biden Bashes Trump in Pennsylvania as He Lays Out His Tax Plan
The New York Times
Speaking in Scranton, Pa., his hometown, the president used a speech about economic fairness as a new avenue of attack against his Republican rival, who was in a courtroom two hours away.
Apr 16, 2024, 10:21 PM
Trump Holds Series of Meetings With Foreign Leaders
The New York Times
The former president has had several private interactions with foreign heads of state and their emissaries. He plans to meet Wednesday with Poland’s president.
Apr 16, 2024, 10:20 PM
Gorsuch hammers Biden DOJ on ‘mostly peaceful protests’
Washington Examiner
Neil Gorsuch questioned the Biden Justice Department about "mostly peaceful protests" in a major Jan. 6 riot case implicating Trump.
Apr 16, 2024, 10:19 PM
Trump visits bodega where clerk Jose Alba was hit with murder charge for stabbing an ex-con in self-defense
New York Post
Former President Donald Trump made a post-court visit Tuesday to the Manhattan bodega where clerk Jose Alba infamously stabbed an ex-con to death in self-defense two years ago.
Apr 16, 2024, 10:16 PM
First 7 jurors seated at the end of the second day of Trump’s hush money trial
Yahoo Canada Finance
Following a protracted questionnaire phase and hours of questioning on Tuesday, seven jurors were seated by the time the court adjourned on the second day of Donald Trump’s hush money trial. (AP produced by Javier Arciga)
Apr 16, 2024, 10:08 PM
First 7 jurors are chosen for Trump's hush money criminal trial; 11 more still needed
Vancouver Is Awesome
NEW YORK (AP) — The first seven jurors for Donald Trump's hush money trial were seated Tuesday after lawyers grilled the jury pool about their social media posts, political views and personal lives to decide who can sit in fair judgment of the former
Apr 16, 2024, 10:00 PM