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The judge could not have been more furious. 'I think that saying that was outrageous, Mr. Blanche ¿ please have a seat,' said Judge Juan Merchan. 'For someone who has been a prosecutor as long as you have, and a defense attorney as long as you have, you know that making a comment like that is highly inappropriate. It¿s simply not allowed. Period.

Report: Donald Trump's defense team has irritated Judge Merchan

By Rob Crilly, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com At Manhattan Criminal…
Todd Blanche (left) is Donald Trump's lead defense attorney. But he has attracted the judge's irritation at times as he defends the world's most famous (and difficult) client

Donald Trump's defense team has irritated Judge Juan Merchan, struggled to control its own client and had a witness who behaved 'like a horse's ass': Will these missteps cost him the case?

The judge could not have been more furious. ‘I think that saying…
Donald Trump did not take the stand during his criminal trial, but prosecutors used plenty of his own words against him. They mined his books for examples of how he micromanaged the Trump Organization, how he was motivated by revenge, and how he saw sexual potential in encounters with women.

How prosecutors mined Trump's books to use his own words against him

By Rob Crilly, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com At Manhattan Criminal…
'Trump: How to Get Rich'

Could Trump's books bring him down? How prosecutors still used his words against him without him testifying in the hush money trial: 'I always sign my checks'

Donald Trump did not take the stand during his criminal trial, but…
Michael Cohen has come in for intense criticism from witnesses at the Donald Trump hush money trial, even without setting foot in the Manhattan court room

Why Michael Cohen could make or break the case against Donald Trump: The prosecution and defense have already spent days preparing the jury for a very difficult witness

Even before he set foot inside courtroom 1530, Michael Cohen’s role as…
The atmosphere inside courtroom 1530 was already electric. A brooding Donald Trump glared out at the ranks of press as if to gauge the size of his audience before prosecutors and defense lawyers haggled over how much of the mechanics of his alleged affair could be brought up before the jury. Only no-one had reckoned with the way Adult star Stormy Daniels would become a runaway witness as she described their 2006 hotel encounter. 'I had my clothes and my shoes off. I believe my bra however was still on. We were in the missionary position,' Daniels said.

The Stormy Daniels testimony so lurid it almost derailed Trump's trial

By Rob Crilly, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com At Manhattan Criminal…
Donald Trump 's relief was clear as Monday's first witness left the court. For three hours the former president's head bobbed left and right, soaking up the dense financial details of former Trump Organization controller Jeff McConney's testimony . Then it was over.

Trump pumps his fist after hours of testimony

Donald Trump ‘s relief was clear as Monday’s first witness left the…
Former President Donald Trump pumped his fist as his former controller Jeff McConney spent Monday morning giving evidence. Trump looked relieved that his evidence was not worse

Donald Trump pumps his fist after hours of testimony: His loyal former staff line up to dump on Michael Cohen in court even as their evidence builds prosecution case

Donald Trump’s relief was clear as Monday’s first witness left the court. …
Texts between top Trump aides Michael Cohen and Hope Hicks from days before the 2016 election were published in court on Thursday. They show the panic as they wait for a Wall Street Journal report to drop on allegations that a Playboy model was paid off

The frantic texts Hope Hicks sent to Michael Cohen when details of the McDougal deal were published just FOUR DAYS before the 2016 election … with hints about Stormy Daniels

Text messages swapped by two key Trump insiders reveal their panic as…
Former President Donald Trump listened to opening arguments in courtroom 1530 of Manhattan criminal court on Monday morning. The trial could last six weeks or even longer

Donald Trump's hush money trial: Five things we learned from opening statements and the first witness

The prosecution and defense delivered their opening statements in Donald Trump’s hush money…