Former President Donald Trump’s historic trial in Manhattan heard its first witness called by the district attorney’s office on Monday, former publisher David Pecker.  Pecker previously served as chairman of the National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media Inc., and allegedly was a key figure in a “catch and kill” scheme ahead of the 2016 election. Pecker, 72, took the stand early Monday afternoon ahead of the trial concluding...

Defense attorneys on Monday argued that former President Trump “is innocent,” maintaining that he “had nothing to do” with the alleged hush money payments that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg argues he orchestrated.   Opening statements were delivered in the historic and unprecedented criminal trial of the former president on Monday.  Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has been charged by Bragg with 34 counts of falsifying business records...

Defense attorneys on Monday argued that former President Trump “is innocent,” maintaining that he “had nothing to do” with the alleged hush money payments that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg argues he orchestrated.   Opening statements were delivered in the historic and unprecedented criminal trial of the former president on Monday.  Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has been charged by Bragg with 34 counts of falsifying business records...