The jury trial is scheduled to start on Apr. Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old chair of Fox’s parent Fox Corp, is not on the witness list. Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Maria Bartiromo, and other top Fox News personalities will be available to testify in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit, said Fox News in a letter filed yesterday. The statement of facts in the case of The People of the State of New York vs. The indictment in the case of The People of the State of New York vs. foreign policy think tank, said, “We haven’t seen Russia or China, at least through overt channels, amplifying outright disinformation about President Trump’s indictment and arrest.” Courtney Kube and Carol E. Bret Schafer, who leads a team tracking Russian, Chinese, and Iranian disinformation efforts at the German Marshall Fund, a U.S. Intelligence officials are watching for any influence campaigns from Russia or China aimed at amplifying existing political divisions or stoking unrest among Americans over the indictment of former President Trump, according to two U.S. Isaac Stanley-Becker and Jacqueline Alemany report for the Washington Post. The prosecution says the post demonstrates Trump has behaved recklessly during the investigation, creating a threatening environment for parties to the case. Judge Juan Merchan advised former President Trump to “refrain from making statements that are likely to incite violence or civil unrest.” The advice was given following Trump’s post on Truth Social, which showed a photo of him holding a baseball bat next to an image of Alvin Bragg, the district attorney in Manhattan. Charlie Savage reports for the New York Times. Trump’s alleged plan to deceive state tax authorities may offer judges and jurors alternative routes to finding that falsifying business records was a felony, particularly as proving that the hush money payment was made to affect an election illegally is substantively and procedurally difficult. For Trump to be guilty of a felony, prosecutors must prove that the falsification of business records was done in pursuit of a further crime. Prosecutors claim former President Trump falsified business records partly in a plan to deceive state tax authorities. Trump pleaded not guilty to all the charges. All charges relate to the $130,000 hush-money payment to adult actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to prevent her from speaking about her alleged affair with Trump in 2007. Here’s today’s news.ĭOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS – TRUMP HUSH MONEY PAYMENTSįormer President Trump faces 34 felony charges of falsifying business records. Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here.Ī curated weekday guide to major national security news and developments over the past 24 hours.
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