Former President Trump claimed Wednesday that he is being prevented from mounting an advice-of-counsel defense in his hush money trial — a defense his own lawyers made clear months ago that they would not invoke.

Closing arguments began Tuesday in the People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump, with the former president's lawyer maintaining his client is innocent while casting prosecutors' key witness Michael Cohen as "the MVP of liars.

Throughout the course of former President Donald Trump’s Manhattan “hush money” trial, the 12 members of the jury have remained anonymous. Some details about their lives have been divulged, including their occupations, neighborhoods and media consumption habits. But their names have been withheld.

The Michigan certificate was mailed by Donald Trump supporters to the U.S. Senate and the National Archives to try to challenge Joe Biden's victory.

A defense lawyer painted Donald J. Trump as the victim of unscrupulous people, but a prosecutor said Mr. Trump had directed a scheme to conceal a hush-money payment.

Donald Trump's lawyer urged jurors at his hush money trial on Tuesday to set aside their personal views while considering whether he should be the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime. “This isn’t a referendum on your views of President Trump,

Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti suggests how Trump could have pre-empted potential conviction in hush money case.

Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial will enter its final stage Tuesday as defense lawyers and prosecutors deliver their closing arguments in a last attempt to sway the 12 New Yorkers who will decide his fate.